Planning to Grow
on October 24th, 2022
Planning to GrowLUKE 14:25–33“For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?” (v. 28)Ideally, we learn at a young age the importance of setting goals in order to reach a desired end. We begin to save money in order to be able to buy certain things. The setting of deadlines for ourselves, we soon find out, is necessary ... Read More
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A Plan for Growth
on October 23rd, 2022
A Plan for GrowthLUKE 14:25–33“Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?” (vv. 27–28).The goal of reflecting the image of God more truly and consistently cannot be achieved through passivity. Paul tells us that we must work out our salvat... Read More
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Sermon Text for Sunday October 23rd
on October 21st, 2022
Luke 14:25-35Now large crowds were going along with Him; and He turned and said to them, "If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does ... Read More
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Prayer Alphabet—Day 40
on October 20th, 2022
KEY TAKEAWAY: Prayer is the difference between the best we can do and the best God can do.“In the same way the Spirit also joins to help in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with unspoken groanings. And He who searches the hearts knows the Spirit’s mind-set, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.... Read More
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Holy Ground—Day 39
on October 19th, 2022
KEY TAKEAWAY: The purpose of prayer is not to give orders to God; the purpose is to get orders from God.“Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. Then the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire within a bush. As Moses looked, he saw that the ... Read More
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Climb the Watchtower—Day 38
on October 18th, 2022
KEY TAKEAWAY: Going back to places of spiritual significance can help us find our way forward again.“I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the lookout tower. I will watch to see what He will say to me and what I should reply about my complaint.”Habakkuk 2:1 HCSBhttps://bible.com/bible/72/hab.2.1.HCSB1. In the ancient world, watchmen would stand at the ground posts on top of t... Read More
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Prayer Contracts—Day 37
on October 17th, 2022
KEY TAKEAWAY: Agreeing with someone in prayer is like getting your prayer notarized.“And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the forces of Hades will not overpower it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth is already bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth is already loosed in heaven.””Matthew 1... Read More
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Senior Partner—Day 36
on October 16th, 2022
KEY TAKEAWAY: What we keep we ultimately lose, what we give away we ultimately get back.“But collect for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and steal.”Matthew 6:20 HCSBhttps://bible.com/bible/72/mat.6.20.HCSB1. What does it mean to store up treasures in heaven?2. The same God who worked in the lives of men and women in the... Read More
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The Longest Level—Day 35
on October 15th, 2022
KEY TAKEAWAY: If we do the ordinary, God will add an extra to it.“He looked up and saw the rich dropping their offerings into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow dropping in two tiny coins. “I tell you the truth,” He said. “This poor widow has put in more than all of them. For all these people have put in gifts out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to li... Read More
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Raise a Remnent—Day 34
on October 14th, 2022
When the prayer meeting becomes the most important meeting, revival is just around the corner.“The surviving remnant of the house of Israel will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.”2 Kings 19:30 HCSBhttps://bible.com/bible/72/2ki.19.30.HCSBIs the most important appointment that you have daily the time you spend with God? Is God time your highest priority?Are you prioritizing pr... Read More
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Prayer Covering—Day 33
on October 13th, 2022
KEY TAKEAWAY: If you intercede for others, make sure others are interceding for you.“Again, I assure you: If two of you on earth agree about any matter that you pray for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there among them.””Matthew 18:19-20 HCSBhttps://bible.com/bible/72/mat.18.19-20.HCSB1. What is the power of sev... Read More
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Get a Testimony—Day 32
on October 12th, 2022
KEY TAKEAWAY: Most of us are educated way beyond the level of our obedience.“Then the woman left her water jar, went into town, and told the men, “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could this be the Messiah? ” They left the town and made their way to Him.”John 4:28-30 HCSBhttps://bible.com/bible/72/jhn.4.28-30.HCSB“Now many Samaritans from that town believed in Him because... Read More
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