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Greetings,

Do you find yourself living from crisis to crisis? If so, perhaps there is a reason.

Great awakenings and revivals have often been preceded by dire need and adversity. That was true with Israel. It’s also been true in our own nation and of revivals that have occurred throughout the world! Have you ever wondered why? If so, notice this verse in the Book of Psalms:

Psalm 119:67 (NKJV) –“Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Your word.”

It isn’t that pain is necessary to obedience. Rather, it’s because that often when we are doing well, whether as a nation, a family or as individuals, we take God and His blessings for granted. When we forget God, we fail to seek His counsel. We are more inclined to make decisions that fail to honor Him. But during times of great challenge, we pray and ask God to help us more.

What would happen if we learned to pray every day and invited God to lead us—even when times are good?  No doubt, the same God who hears our cries of desperation when we’re hurting, would also hear us when times are good. In fact, our Heavenly Father would prefer that His children experience His blessings and favor every day.

So, why wait to pray? Let’s seek Him every day. Like the old song goes, “Oh, what peace we often forfeit, Oh, what needless pain we bear. All because we do not carry, everything to God in prayer.”

Father, we come to You in prayer. We ask You to guide our steps today. Help us to honor You in all we do. As we turn our eyes toward You, restore our nation, bring revival to our people, heal the economy .... and please, heal our land!

Today, I’m worshiping with Riddle/Gretzinger and “All Is for Your Glory.”

We love you and are praying for you. Be INSPIRED!

Pastor

Greetings,

Do you find yourself living from crisis to crisis? If so, perhaps there is a reason.

Great awakenings and revivals have often been preceded by dire need and adversity. That was true with Israel, in our own nation, and indeed, wherever revival has occurred throughout the world! Notice this verse in the Book of Psalms:

Psalm 119:67 (NKJV) – “Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Your word.”

Life doesn’t have to be that way. It certainly isn’t because pain has some magical ingredient that causes God to suddenly appear. I think that it’s because when we are struggling, we’re more inclined to pray.

What would happen if we learned to pray faithfully every day—even when times are good?  No doubt, the same God who hears our cries of desperation when we’re hurting, would also hear us when times are good.

So, why wait to pray? Like the old song goes, “Oh, what peace we often forfeit; oh, what needless pain we bear. All because we do not carry, everything to God in prayer.” So why live from crisis to crisis? Let’s live from victory to victory.

Father, we come to You today in prayer. As we turn our eyes toward You, restore our nation, bring revival to our people, heal the economy .... and please, heal our land!

Today, I’m worshiping with Riddle/Gretzinger and “All Is for Your Glory.”

We love you and are praying for you. Be INSPIRED!

Pastor

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Greetings,

I don’t believe that God is responsible for the many problems in our world that even affect believers, but I do believe that He can use them to get our attention!

Over the years, secularism and atheism have become much more dominant in our society. Prayer and value-based education were removed from our public schools. Abortion on demand was the rule of the day. Moral values are still mocked and God has been kicked out of our universities. In addition to all of this, affluence and prosperity caused us to feel we were secure and in need of nothing. But this is what scripture tells us:

Psalm 9:17 (NKJV) - “The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God.”

Haven’t we seen enough pain, suffering, division and trouble? When the principles of God’s Word are ignored, nations bring great suffering upon themselves. Our world is beginning to discover just how much we really do need God.

Thank God for the fresh winds of revival that have been visiting our campuses and churches! Statistics tell us that more and more people are now turning to God.

Fairest Lord Jesus, we need You in our world and in our own hearts. Move among us! Give us a fresh desire to know You more and to serve You with all of our hearts. Fill our hearts with a new passion to worship and bring honor to You!

Today, I’m worshiping with Paul Baloche and “Fairest Lord Jesus.” It is believed that this song, written in the 12^thcentury, became the theme song in one of the world’s greatest revivals in South Africa, led by Andrew Murray.

We love you and are praying for you. Be INSPIRED!

Pastor

Greetings,

Have the constant problems and distresses of our times robbed you of your peace of mind? Have recent events caused you to become worried or fearful? As you know, worry kills. That’s because fear has torment.

With so many challenges and people struggling to cope, depression has taken its toll. Statistics tell us there is a serious drug crisis and spike in drug abuse; a dramatic increase in suicides and divorces is also occurring. How can you keep your family from becoming part of these statistics? This Psalm tells us how to deal with stress..

Psalm 42:5 (AMPC) - “Why are you cast down, O my inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, my Help and my God.”

To quiet a raging storm of emotions, talk to yourself! Yes, that’s right. As the psalmist suggested, talk to yourself. Tell your mind to do these three things:

(1) Hope in God. Man may disappoint you, but God never will;

(2) Wait on God. His timing is fantastic. He always comes through, right on time!  

(3) Worship God. He is definitely worthy of our worship!

Lord Jesus, I place my hope in You. There is never a need to be despondent because You are our God. I will also wait on you. While I wait, I’m going worship You, and I’ll keep on worshiping until my breakthrough comes!

Today, I’m worshiping with Elevation and “Graves into Gardens.”  

We love you and are praying for you. Be INSPIRED!

Pastor

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