Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Colossians 4:12 Happy Friday, everyone. I can't type a single word without acknowledging how powerful these few weeks of prayer have been. Chris has done such a great job of spotlighting the power of prayer without making the practice of prayer overwhelming. I've been encouraged and challenged each morning when I open up my Bible and my prayer book. Today's passage and reading is another just as powerful but also simpl

Journey of Prayer Day 19 Thursday, January 28, 2021 Epaphras, who is one of your number, a bondslave of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you many stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God. Colossians 4:12 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Colossians 4:2 (NIV) I love that Chris describes devoting ourselves to prayer as having “a running conversation” with God as we go about our da

Wednesday, January 27 The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit. James 5:16-18 In our devotional today, we read about two great prayer warriors of old: one being Elijah (as seen in the verses above) and the other being James (t

Journey of Prayer - Day 17 Tuesday, January 26, 2021 “For this boy I prayed, and the Lord has given me my petition which I asked of Him. So I have also dedicated him to the Lord; as long as he lives he is dedicated to the Lord.” And he worshipped the Lord there. 1 Samuel 1:27-28 For the full story, please read: 1 Samuel 1:24-28 through 1 Samuel 2:1-11. Let’s praise like Hannah! That’s what we are called to do next on our prayer journey. Yesterday we focused on praying like Ha

Day 16 Forty Day Journey of Prayer Monday, January 25, 2021 As for Hannah, she was speaking in her heart, only her lips were moving, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk…But Hannah replied, “No, my lord, I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord.” 1 Samuel 1: 13-15. For the full story, read 1 Samuel 1: 1-20. What a lesson in “prayer workout” we receive from Hannah today. The older I’ve become, the more I fin

Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord before the new court, and he said, “O Lord, the God of our fathers, are You not God in the heavens? And are You not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand so that no one can stand against you. …Now behold, the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir…(are) coming to drive us out…O our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this great mu

Journey of Prayer Day 14 Thursday January 21, 2021 Now Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and that You would keep me from harm that it would not pain me!” And God granted him what he requested. 1 Chronicles 4:10 What Chris said about sometimes being hesitant to ask God to bless her totally resonated with me. Growing up I believed that that I didn’t have the right to ask Go

And answering (Bartimaeus), Jesus said to him, ‘What do you want Me to do for you?” And the blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, I want to regain my sight!” And Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he recovered his sight and followed Him on the way. Mark 10:52 For the full story please read Mark 10:46-52. As we saw in our post yesterday, Jesus asked James and John, "What do you want me to do for you?" The disciples gave their request and

Journey of Prayer - Day 12 Tuesday, January 19, 2021 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to Him and asked Him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of You.” And He said to them, “What do you want Me to do for you? And they said to Him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.” Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking…”. Mark 10:35-38 (For the full story, please read Mark 10:32-45.) God asked James

Day 11: Forty Day Journey of Prayer January 18, 2021 But (Jacob) said, “I will not let go until you bless me.” Genesis 32:26 (for the full story, take time to read Genesis 32: 9-32) Have you ever had a time or two of “wrestling it out” with the Lord. Maybe you’re there now: Questioning, crying out, doubting, believing , and circling back around to each one of these over and over again. It truly can be like a wrestling match - very exhausting , not knowing the outcome while yo