| SCRIPTURE | TOPIC | DATE | THEME | JOURNAL |
| Rev 22:13 | Prayertower | 12.31.04 | My heart's desire is to see other prayer-warriors grow out of this ministry with a similar and even greater passion as mine. | Announce Pray Thru the Word in 2005 |
| Mal 1:10 | Repentance | 12.30.04 | Malachi: Forgiveness = Confession + Repentance. | |
| Zech 14:5 | Salvation | 12.29.04 | Saints are needed - the job is rewarding and the benefits eternal. | |
| Zech 12:10b | Judge | 12.28.04 | Ignorance will remain a popular way for a person to reject Jesus as Savior until he stands in front of Jesus the Judge of the Living and the Dead. | |
| Ps 146:7b | Sin | 12.27.04 | The real prisoners are those in a spiritual jail of their own making. | |
| Zech 9:9 | Followers | 12.26.04 | Fair-weather followers of Jesus have for over 2,000 years been making their own rules of engagement. | |
| Zech 8:2 | Lord | 12.25.04 | It's not nearly as important to respect Christmas as Jesus' birthday as it is to recognize Him as Lord. | |
| Ps 143:6b | Fellowship | 12.24.04 | Fellowship is found in a private time with the Lord in the prayer closet, not a mass gathering of public worshipers who sing and listen to preaching. | |
| Zech 4:6 | Appropriation | 12.23.04 | God delights in using weak people with little ability who allow Him to be great through their availability. | |
| Zech 2:5 | Return | 12.22.04 | Before Irsael and the Palestinians split the property called "Temple Mount," they need to consult the coming King of Kings, who owns the title. | |
| Rev 12:11a | Victory | 12.21.04 | It isn't just blood that makes us victorious, it's Jesus' blood AND our testimony. | |
| Rev 11:15b | Return | 12.20.04 | The last time Jesus came, we mocked and crowned Him with thorns. One can only imagine what this generation will try to do. | |
| Ps 138:8 | Trouble | 12.19.04 | The most brilliant diamond is the one with the sharpest cut in it and displayed to reflect focused bright light. | |
| Hag 1:6b | Church | 12.18.04 | A fancy new church built in a growing affluent part of town is in many ways like a purse with a hole in it. | |
| Rev 8:3b | Prayer | 12.17.04 | I wonder how some will answer God with an empty bowl of prayer in their hands? | |
| Micah 5:2 | Prophecy | 12.16.04 | There are thirty-eight predictions in Scripture about the Messiah that Jesus has alreaqdy fulfilled, but thirty-eight million wouldn't convince some people. | |
| Rev 6:17 | Authority | 12.15.04 | If I'm master of my fate and captain of my soul, then add idiot to my list of credentials. | |
| Jonah 1:3 | Grace | 12.14.04 | Jonah experience teaches us there is no sin so grievous that God's grace won't cover it. | |
| Pro 29:25 | Trust | 12.13.04 | Most of us are afraid to trust God even though He has never failed us. | |
| Amos 7:8 | Perception | 12.12.04 | It's amazing that what some people see as restriction, others view as freedom within liberal boundaries. | |
| Amos 4:6 | Revival | 12.11.04 | Revival - Few, if any, have experienced it, most pray for it, but would stop doin so if they knew what was required of them. |
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| Amos 3:7 | Gifts | 12.10.04 | Prophecy is a gift of the Holy Spirit to those who boldly proclaim the truth of God's word without compromise or reservation. | |
| Pro 29:18 | Ignorance | 12.09.04 | Ignorance breeds discontent except in church. | |
| Hos 14:9b | Discernment | 12.08.04 | Discernment is the ability to notice something and instantly relate it to the truth of God's Word. | |
| 3John 5 | Giving | 12.07.04 | Something tells me the first century disciples would have avoided such a public display of giving as a 501c3 and tax credit. | Remember Pearl Harbor |
| 2John 11 | Fellowship | 12.06.04 | Fellowship is the time we spend with people who share our active faith, not our passive label. | |
| 1John 5:16b | Sin | 12.05.04 | Have you committed the unpardonable sin and didn't know it? | |
| Dan 12:1b | Excuses | 12.04.04 | I wonder how many lost people will stand before God and say, "I intended to do it," or "I thought I did!" | |
| 1John 3:9a | Witness | 12.03.04 | A person who knows Jesus should not only act like it, but also stop acting like they're immune from the consequences of sin. | |
| 1John 2:19 | Antichrist | 12.02.04 | To be an antichrist, all we have to do is be lost and work against Christ. | |
| Psa120:7 | Peace | 12.01.04 | A truce is nothing more than time to reload. | |
| 1John 1:9 | Forgiveness | 11.30.04 | Foriveness is on the other side of "if we confess our sin." | |
| 2Pet 3:18 | Grace | 11.29.04 | If you want to see God's grace, take your eyes off your problems and focus on Jesus. | |
| Pro 28:19 | Wisdom | 11.28.04 | The difference between work and fantasy is in your ability to see things from God's point of view. | |
| 2Pet 1:10 | Promise | 11.27.04 | To promise a person something not in your power to deliver is irresponsible. | |
| Ps 119:81b | Testimony | 11.26.04 | People may not be able to see Jesus, but they can see you. | |
| Dan 2:23 | Bible | 11.25.04 | Praise and thanksgiving can be found in every page turn of Scripture. | |
| Eze 48:35 | Heaven | 11.24.04 | We don't know where heaven is or when we'll get there, but we know wherever Jesus is, that's where we'll be. | |
| 1Pet 2:10a | Blessings | 11.23.04 | U.S. citizens that are not believers should thank God for blessings they don't deserve. | |
| 1Pet 1:2 | Foreknowledge | 11.22.04 | God only chooses those who choose Him. | |
| Ezel 38:15 | Revelation | 11.18.04 | I'll take the word of one angel over the host of talking heads on television. | Network down for 3 days |
| Jas 1:5 | Perseverance | 11.17.04 | While testing develops perseverance, its primary purpose is to point us to God. | |
| Eze 34:26b | Listen | 11.16.04 | We need to hear things through the filter of the Holy Spirit. | |
| Heb 12:15 | Attitude | 11.15.04 | Time is like water to a seed of bitterness. | |
| Pro 27:17 | Enemy | 11.14.04 | We should not allow ourselves to be used as a weapon for the enemy. | |
| Ps 111:10 | Pride | 11.13.04 | Having pride is an invitation for God to look at our heart and reveal to us just how bad we really are. | |
| Heb 11:1 | Faith | 11.12.04 | Faith is not necessarily what we do, but instead in who we trust. | |
| Heb 10:36 | Perseverance | 11.11.04 | Perseverance is the refusal to quit, a desire to finish that's greater than the desire to give up. | |
| Pro 27:12 | Refuge | 11.10.04 | No reasonable person endures being in the rain for very long without seeking shelter. | |
| Heb 9:22b | Sin | 11.09.04 | If you're lost and clean on the outside, you're still filthy on the inside. | |
| Heb 9:12 | Redemption | 11.08.04 | Jesus' work in achieving forgiveness for our sin is a perfect paradigm. | |
| Ps 106:13 | Wait | 11.07.04 | Failing to wait of God is the wrong thing at the wrong time for the wrong reason. | |
| Heb 7:21b | Results | 11.06.04 | It's impossible to know in advance the results of action we take, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't act. | |
| Pro 27:3 | Victory | 11.05.04 | A fight is won by standing on God's side of an issue and not swapping licks with the other side. | |
| Eze 11:17a | Convictions | 11.04.04 | Convictions aren't changed by the outcome of a vote. | Geo W Bush elected to second term as U.S. President. |
| Heb 5:7 | Prayer | 11.03.04 | Have you learned to approach God in such a way He's interested in what you have to say? | |
| Heb 4:7b | Confession | 11.02.04 | If confidence is the door through which we approach God, then honest confession must be the knob that opens it. | |
| Eze 3:14 | Calling | 11.01.04 | It's sad that a pastor would view any church that offers an increase in salary, God's calling. | |
| Philemon 6 | Evangelism | 10.29.04 | Everything we do is a means through which we can preach Jesus | |
| Tit 3:1a | Authority | 10.28.04 | Whichever candidate prevails in an election may not be God's man but he is God-ordained. | |
| Tit 2:1 | Teaching | 10.27.04 | Everyone teaches without opening their mouth. | |
| Tit 1:6 | Accountability | 10.26.04 | Everyone in the church must be accountable to someone else or trouble is on the way. | |
| 2Ti 4:3 | World | 10.25.04 | Today we have naysayers who doubt everything God says, debaters who argue with everything He says and spinners who twist everything he says in order to give them reason to start over. | |
| 2Ti 3:12b | Deception | 10.24.04 | It's difficult, if not impossible, to convince a deceived person that he's been deceived. | |
| Jer 42:3 | Access | 10.23.04 | There is no access to the One true God except through Jesus Christ who makes a way. | |
| 2Ti 1:13 | Specificity | 10.22.04 | A person who aims at nothing will hit it every time. | |
| 1Ti 6:7 | Stewardship | 10.21.04 | We shouldn't worry about what we don't have, but use what we do have with godly discretion. | |
| 1Ti 5:22 | Devotion | 10.20.04 | If you hear a quiet knock at your heart's door, don't expect to hear it tomorrow. | |
| 1Ti 4:4b | Intercession | 10.19.04 | Should someone ask you to pray specifically about their condition, you must have the proper premise, promise and position. | |
| Jer 32:39 | Parents | 10.18.04 | If you won't submit to God for your own good, will you at least consider it for your children so they don't inherit your consequences. | Tornado warnings |
| 1Ti 1:7 | Deceit | 10.16.04 | Lies are peculiar in that the more you tell them, the more you're inclined to believe the manure you're spreading. | |
| 2Th 3:2 | Terrorism | 10.15.04 | Terrorists find that a threat can accomplish what a negotiation may not. | |
| 2Th 2:11a | Truth | 10.14.04 | The day after Jesus comes back, those left on earth will not know the truth from a lie. | |
| Jer 23:6 | Righteousness | 10.13.04 | The good news is you're made righteous in Jesus Christ, the bad news is you had nothing to do with it. | |
| 1Th 5:2b | Loss | 10.12.04 | Nothing prepares a person for loss like losing something. | |
| 1Th 4:11 | Witness | 10.11.04 | The best way to win souls is to live a holy life in full view of the lost. | |
| Jer 14:11 | Imitation | 10.10.04 | When someone says they speak for God, duck! | |
| 1Th 2:4 | Devotion | 10.09.04 | Men-pleasers do not please God. | |
| Jer 11:1a | Obedience | 10.08.04 | Obedience is not optional, but an obligation. | |
| Col 3:2 | Heaven | 10.07.04 | Prayer is the only way to look to heaven while walking on earth. | |
| Jer 7:5 | Accountability | 10.06.04 | In the first century church, accountability was a mandate, not an option. | |
| Col 1:21 | Heaven | 10.05.04 | Some call it heaven, I call it the only intelligent choice! | Break-in and robbery at PT offices |
| Php 4:6 | Prayer | 10.03.04 | Not only was Paul a man of prayer, but he did so with power and inspired others to do the same. | |
| Isa 66:4b | Prayer | 10.02.04 | Prayer has become a knee-jerk reaction for most people. | |
| Isa 64:8 | Negative | 10.01.04 | No matter how much light you shine on someone's darkness, some will find shadows. | |
| Isa 62:6 | Prayer | 09.30.04 | Have you taken up a position on the wall of prayer, O watchman? | |
| Isa 59:16 | Intercession | 09.29.04 | Intercession in the act of something coming between two things in conflict. | |
| Isa 55:6 | Specificity | 09.28.04 | Are we praying with the specificity of a laser guided missle? | |
| Eph 5:6 | Repentance | 09.27.04 | How can someone speak to another person about something they see no need for doing? | |
| Isa 49:4b | Favor | 09.26.04 | I don't know about you, but it's high time we stop pandering to the devil. | |
| Ps 68:19 | Burden | 09.25.04 | If we let God bear or burdens, we won't spend as much time on the ground and He won't have to spend as much time picking us up. | |
| Eph 3:12 | Prayer | 09.24.04 | Prayer is often ignored for the sake of exercising things conceived in the heart of men. | |
| Eph 3:12 | Mistake | 09.23.04 | There's never been anything man created that he didn't eventually mess up. | |
| Eph 2:5b | Inspiration | 09.22.04 | God will reveal Himself in us any way we let Him. | |
| Gal 6:15b | New | 09.21.04 | It's impossible to remain the same after God takes over your life. | |
| Gal 5:22-23a | Salvation | 09.20.04 | The best evidence of salvation is idenifying the fruit of the Spirit. | |
| Gal 5:6b | Religion | 09.19.04 | God's not impressed with religion or man's attempt to make Christianity one. | |
| Isa 29:16b | Pride | 09.18.04 | Arrogance is a process that begins by denying or ignoring God. | |
| Isa 28:10 | Patience | 09.17.04 | God is patient with sinners, but has little for His people who are ignorant. | |
| Isa 23:9 | Sovereignty | 09.16.04 | It's amazing to me we can discuss God's sovereignty and man's choice and some will vote in favor of man. | |
| Gal 2:12b | Obedience | 09.15.04 | We can save a lot of time and frustration by making the decision to obey God's word. | |
| Gal 1:11 | Revelation | 09.14.04 | God's word is not subject to man's experience or interpretation, but will always be revealed to those who seek Him. | |
| 2Cor 13:5 | Gospel | 09.13.04 | Is someone saved by what they say or do, or are they saved by what Jesus did? | |
| Isa 11:2a | Perception | 09.12.04 | It's difficult for some people to see Jesus anyway but as a baby in a manger. | |
| 2Cor 12:9 | Power | 09.11.04 | God's power is best demonstrated through the weaknesses of believers. | |
| Isa 6:8 | Sacrifice | 09.10.04 | You can tell a lot about someone's professed love of God by judging what they're willing to give up to follow Him. | |
| 2Cor 11:14 | Deception | 09.09.04 | In these days, Satan works under the guise of doing good things for a godly reason and worthy cause. | |
| Isa 2:22 | Trust | 09.08.04 | Jesus is the only One who can make sense of the world's nonsense. | |
| 2Cor 9:6a | Giving | 09.07.04 | Our reward will come as grace for living but not always as grease in our palm. | |
| Ps 50:10b | Work | 09.06.04 | God alone provides opportunity to be both boss and worker. | |
| Ecc 10:10 | Preparation | 09.05.04 | Don't let others chop wood while you're sharpening your ax. | |
| 2Cor 7:10 | Repentance | 09.04.04 | James refutes anyone who elevates personal choice over the power of God to save and change a person. | |
| 2Cor 6:16 | America | 09.03.04 | The reversal of conservative Christian values in America is nothing more than fruit of wrong choices. | |
| Ecc 1:18 | Wisdom | 09.02.04 | Solomon found that much wisdom leads to much sorrow and more knowledge to more grief. | |
| Job 42:8 | Service | 09.01.04 | To be an ambassador for Christ, we must bear the needs of others in His Name. | |
| Job 38:1 | Trouble | 08.31.04 | Just because Jesus is Master of the storm doesn't mean it will end prematurely. | |
| 2Cor 4:4 | Gospel | 08.30.04 | How many preach Jesus without His power energizing them? | |
| Job 31:1 | Lust | 08.29.04 | We men should avoid looking below the chin at any woman but our wife and never behind them. | |
| 2Cor 2:17 | Giving | 08.28.04 | Is it love for God or money that leads someone to give a large sum of money to a not-for-profit church in late December? | |
| Ps 41:1 | Intercession | 08.27.04 | Are your problems plural or singular? | |
| 2Cor 1:9 | Dependence | 08.26.04 | When we rely on ourselves, we limit God. | |
| Ps 40 :1 | Hope | 08.25.04 | Hope has a Name and it's Jesus. | |
| Job 14:14 | Choice | 08.24.04 | If you die lost, you'll have to deal with that choice for the rest of your death. | |
| 1Cor 15:10a | Grace | 08.23.04 | Grace is like manna, we need it daily to survive. | |
| 1Cor 14:29b | Neglect | 08.22.04 | Careless words are responsible for more offense, dejection, sorrow and disappointment among Christians than we can imagine. | |
| Job 2:10b | Problems | 08.21.04 | Sometimes problems are blessings in disguise. | |
| 1Cor 12:27 | Gifts | 08.20.04 | Your failure to use your Spirit giftedness renders it worthless. | |
| Est 4:14 | Forgiveness | 08.19.04 | Jehovah is the God of the second-chance | |
| Est 2:2 | Blessing | 08.18.04 | We need to peel the wrapper off our blessings and see who really gave it to us. | |
| 1Cor 11:19 | Value | 08.16.04 | The value of something is best judged when it's in use. | |
| Neh 10:39 | Race | 08.15.04 | "Winning the race" is doing whatever it takes to be the best and out performing every other believer in the competition. | |
| 1Cor 9:14 | Ministry | 08.14.04 | Some may get paid for doing it, but no Christian should minister part-time. | |
| 1Cor 8:9 | Deference | 08.13.04 | The primary reason husbands and wives divorce and their children rebel is a failure to lovingly show deference. | |
| Neh 4:14 | Service | 08.12.04 | The wall-builders worked, were well-armed, watched, prayed and remembered God's awesome ability to give them victory. | |
| Neh 1:11b | Respect | 08.11.04 | Don't allow the world to use your timidity as a license to mock God. | |
| Ezra 10:11 | Evangelism | 08.10.04 | Evangelical dating/marriage seldom works. | |
| Ezra 9:6 | Prayer | 08.09.04 | The way we pray demonstrates how well we know Him. | |
| 1Cor 4:16 | Witness | 08.08.04 | The best witness is to live like Jesus and invite others to follow your example. | |
| 1Cor 3:10 | Weakness | 08.07.04 | Your life is no stronger than your weakest member uness the Spirit is in control. | |
| Ezra 3:11 | Building | 08.06.04 | Did you check the credentials of the builder who laid your foundation? | |
| 1Cor 1:28b-29 | Sight | 08.05.04 | If you're limited to seeing only what you see with your physical eyes, you're missing some good stuff. | |
| Pro 20:21 | Decision | 08.04.04 | What comes in without due consideration usually goes out without explanation. | |
| Ro 16:19b | Truth | 08.03.04 | It's funny how we've come to believe that tradition trumps truth. | |
| 2Chr 32:26a | Pride | 08.02.04 | If you think you don't have any pride in you rlife, you just admitted your guilt. | |
| Ps 25:4 | Devotion | 08.01.04 | Morning by morning, O Lord, you hear my voice. | |
| Ro 14:7 | Unity | 07.31.04 | The word denomination is an antonym for division. | |
| 2Chr 26:15 | Pride | 07.30.04 | The day is yours, and yours also the night. | |
| Ro 12:1b | Enemy | 07.29.04 | I call to the Lord who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies. | |
| 2Chr 22:3 | Counsel | 07.28.04 | Know the word of God and speak it and you'll find yourself giving sound advice. | |
| 2Chr 20:21 | Enemy | 07.27.04 | When we praise the Name of Jesus, our enemy becomes powerless. | |
| 2Chr 18:4 | Knowledge | 07.26.04 | Knowing the right answer doesn't justify a wrong decision on my part. | |
| Ro 9:24 | Heaven | 07.25.04 | If you're going to heaven, then you'll enjoy the things here that you'll be doing there | |
| 2Chr 12:14 | Desire | 07.24.04 | The root problem of those who have no desire for the Lord is they have no desire for the Lord. | |
| Ro 8:15 | Security | 07.23.04 | The person who knows Abba, knows the love of a Daddy who will never leave or forsake him. | |
| 2Chr 6:18 | Prayer | 07.22.04 | Is you life filled with intimate time with God, or do you just listen while others pray? | |
| Ps 17:3b | Confession | 07.21.04 | Failing to confess sin is the first step in loosening the grip the Holy Spirit has on our desire. | |
| 2Chr 2:2 | Joyful | 07.20.04 | Our service to the Lord Jesus should be voluntary and joyful rather then conscripted. | |
| 1Chr 29:28 | Opportunity | 07.19.04 | Today is the tomorrow I talked about yesterday. | |
| Ro 4:21b | Listen | 07.18.04 | If God is in the woods and no one is there to hear him, how long should he stay there? | |
| Ps 13:1 | Prayer | 07.17.04 | We shouldn't expect God to answer a question we never pose. | |
| Ro 3:22 | Righteousness | 07.16.04 | We approach God through the righteousness of Jesus Christ alone and not our own. | |
| 1Chr 21:1 | Enemy | 07.15.04 | If teams are chosen, Jesus and Satan are opposing team captains. | |
| Ro 2:6 | Judgment | 07.14.04 | If judgment begins with the House of God, maybe it should end with us as well. | |
| 1Chr 15:3 | Worship | 07.13.04 | We should be prayed up before we walk into the sanctuary to worship. | |
| Ro 1:10a | Fellowship | 07.12.04 | You spend time with someone you love, so why aren't you spending more time in prayer? | |
| Acts 28:31 | Education | 07.11.04 | How much education is needed before a person acts on what God expects them to do? | |
| 1Chro 10:13 | Deception | 07.10.04 | Lying to the Holy Spirit is not only hazardous to your health, it is a deadly "game" to play. | |
| Acts 27:11 | Devotion | 07.09.04 | How much prayer time is enough? Daniel thought it was just a little bit more. | |
| Acts 26:20b | Repentance | 07.08.04 | Scripture never says God's grace is a substitute for our repentance. | |
| 1Chr 4:43 | Mission | 07.07.04 | If you don't have a mission statement, you can use mine: Listen - Learn and Live. | |
| Acts 24:16 | Excuses | 07.06.04 | Don't defend yourself; your enemies don't deserve it and your friends don't require it. | |
| Ps 3:8a | Witness | 07.05.04 | God planted us where we live in order to bloom and spread the fragrance of His love. | |
| 2Ki 23:25 | Leaders | 07.04.04 | We need leaders who'll do what God expects and not what it takes to stay in office. | |
| Acts 22:9 | Word | 07.03.04 | The next time God speaks to your heart, remember that He will never contradict His word. | |
| 2Ki 22:1 | Obedience | 07.02.04 | When we disregard God's word, we're vulnerable to whatever else tries to get our attention. | |
| 2Ki 18:4b | Action | 07.01.04 | God judges the value of something on its use or misuse, not its intended use. | |
| Ps 148:14 | Sin | 06.30.04 | The fact we consider our sin "small" doesn't mean God does | |
| Acts 19:15 | Revival | 06.29.04 | Preaching and teaching are nice, but the first step in revival is destruction, not instruction. | |
| 2Ki 13:4 | Prayer | 06.28.04 | Sadly, prayer is often the first thing mentioned in church, but the last thing done. | |
| Acts 18:6b | Revelation | 06.27.04 | God has a way of revealing his character to us even when our actions contradict it. | |
| Ps 144:3 | Opportunity | 06.26.04 | If you're going to make a difference, today might be the last opportunity you have to do it. | |
| Ps 143:10 | Fame | 06.25.04 | If you're rich and famous, you can call the shots. But if not, you may be the one that's shot. | |
| 2Ki 6:17 | Faith | 06.24.04 | May our faith not become three-dimentional, but God-dimensional. | |
| Ps 141:4a | Messenger | 06.23.04 | When you attack the messenger, you show contempt for the One who sent the message | |
| Acts 14:9b | Slander | 06.22.04 | Slander begins with too much information; it ends with not enough information. | |
| 2Ki 1:12a | Listening | 06.21.04 | Listening to authority is a good thing unless in doing so you close your ears to God. | |
| 1Ki 22:7 | Teachable | 06.20.04 | Are you seeking a word from God or simply looking for confirmation for your own plans? | |
| Acts 12:24 | Conviction | 06.19.04 | Religious persecution will reveal a person's conviction or lack of it. | |
| 1Ki 19:12b | Repentance | 06.18.04 | God forgive us for thinking repentance is necessary for only those who don't know you. | |
| Acts 11:24 | Calling | 06.17.04 | Call God what you will, but I don't think you should call His calling optional. | |
| 1Ki 17:24 | Service | 06.16.04 | There's no such thing as a normal day when you're serving God. | |
| 1Ki 14:27 | Problems | 06.15.04 | We'll know what our faith is made of when the heat gets turned up. | |
| 1Ki 13:33 | Legacy | 06.14.04 | The only legacy that matters is what God thinks of us after we're done here on earth. | |
| Acts 9:15b | Dependence | 06.13.04 | God looks beyond our frail tendencies to see if we have potential for God-dependency | |
| Acts 8:14 | Salvation | 06.12.04 | Salvation begins when you hear the word of God under conviction of the Holy Spirit. | |
| 1Ki 8:52 | Bondage | 06.11.04 | Prayer is the key to deliverance from sin that has us bound and gagged. | |
| Ps 128:6 | Truth | 06.10.04 | Solomon proved that knowing the truth doesn't always mean you have regard for it. | |
| Ps 127:1a | Apathy | 06.09.04 | Are you proving that God's work was not in vain or are you just waiting on the wrecking ball? | |
| 1Ki 3:9 | Discernment | 06.08.04 | Discernment is knowing right and wrong. Can we order some for our judicial system? | |
| Acts 5:38a | Church | 06.07.04 | You may enjoy the approval of the church membership, but that doesn't mean you have God's approval. | |
| 1Ki 1:6 | Children | 06.06.04 | If we don't lead our kids to live righteously, someone else will lead them unrighteousnessly. | |
| 2Sa 24:24 | Answers | 06.05.04 | Answered prayer may start with holy desire, but it takes personal sacrifice to seal the deal. | |
| Acts 2:42 | Preaching | 06.04.04 | The only purpose for preaching is to tell the Good News and call for a personal decision. | |
| Acts 1:14 | Prayer | 06.03.04 | Acts shows us that corporate prayer should be precursor to both preaching and witnessing. | |
| John 21:11b | Witness | 06.02.04 | When evidence is gone, the only thing that counts is the testimony of a credible witness | |
| 2Sa 19:1 | Children | 06.01.04 | David showed us that parents can either handle their children or be handled by them. | |
| John 19:30 | Liberty | 05.31.04 | Thank You God for sending Your Son whose blood purchased my liberty. | |
| Ps 119:130 | Apathy | 05.30.04 | There's not much going on in churches these days because there's not much praying going on. | |
| 2Sa 15:19b-20 | Desire | 05.29.04 | God won't change your desires on your way to heaven which raises the question whether you need to worry about it.. | |
| John 17:1a | Position | 05.28.04 | It's not your physical position of prayer that gets God's attention but your spiritual position. | |
| John 16:13 | Ignorance | 05.27.04 | Only a person running from God will try to put out the fire of conviction by fanning it. | |
| 2Sa 11:11 | Testimony | 05.26.04 | Regardless of your apologetics , one unconfessed sin can make your adversary's point. | |
| Ps 119:50 | HolySpirit | 05.25.04 | Peace has another name and it's Holy Spirit. | |
| 2Sa 5:19 | Preparation | 05.24.00 | Preparation is taking action now so we can spend time enjoying something later. | |
| John 13:17 | Trouble | 05.23.04 | We should thank God when He has enough faith in us to give us trouble. | |
| 2Sa 2:1 | Fellowship | 05.22.04 | When you love someone, you'll find a way to spend time with them and as much as you can! | |
| John 11:54 | Impression | 05.21.04 | God is not nearly as impressed with our accomplishments as He is in our attitude. | |
| Pro 15:22 | Prayer | 05.20.04 | Prayer is spending time in God's presence with conversation as an optional activity. | |
| Pro 15:21 | Testimony | 05.19.04 | You can tell a lot about somebody by the way they pray and how much time they spend doing it. | |
| John 10:18 | Prayer | 05.18.04 | It's amazing how many giants of the faith are out there that never put on God's armor. | |
| 1Sa 21:12 | Conflicts | 05.17.04 | Sometimes we allow God to choose our battles, but too often we make war on our own. | |
| John 8:51 | Hell | 05.16.04 | The only thing worse than dying once is doing it twice. | |
| 1Sa 17:37 | Confidence | 05.15.04 | Confidence comes from spending time in the ministry of the word and prayer. | |
| John 8:11b | Repentance | 05.14.04 | Repentance proves we're sorry for disappointing God and not that we got caught. | |
| John 7:34 | Repentance | 05.13.04 | The only thing a pretender and an backslidder have in common is the need to repent. | |
| 1Sa 13:14b | Contentment | 05.12.04 | Have you become satisfied with the best you can do and stopped praying for what God can do? | |
| 1Sa 10:7 | Salvation | 05.11.04 | If you're saved but unchanged, you're the first person to have ever lived with that distinction. | |
| John 6:29 | Faith | 05.10.04 | Believing God's word is not a substitute for doing it. | |
| Ps 106:23 | Intercession | 05.09.04 | You can be a pray-er and not an intercessor, but you can't be an intercessor and not a pray-er. | |
| 1Sa 3:21 | Ignorance | 05.08.04 | You can ignore God if you wish, but that doesn't mean He'll ignore you. | |
| 1Sa 1:28b | Death | 05.07.04 | Everyone will die, but having a rebellious attitude speeds up the process. | |
| John 4:53 | Belief | 05.06.04 | A person of prayer believes what Jesus said, even if his emotion causes him to question it. | |
| Ruth 1:18 | Determination | 05.05.04 | A Christian's determination is proportional to the amount of time he spends in God's word. | |
| John 3:30 | Control | 05.04.04 | If we're going the same way as God, why are we wrestling for control of the steering wheel? | |
| Jdg 17:6 | Idols | 05.03.04 | Be careful not to attach more importance to your religious icons than you do to God. | |
| Jdg 16:20 | Holy | 05.02.04 | Are you sanctified by the mark of the Holy Spirit or stigmatized with the mark of the world? | |
| John 1:33 | Salvation | 05.01.04 | We're saved by possession, not a hopeful profession. | |
| John 1:1 | Jesus | 04.30.04 | You'll never know God until you meet Jesus and when you meet Him, you've met God. | |
| Jdg 10:13 | Repentance | 04.29.04 | Without repentance, confession is an apology for doing something you'll do again. | |
| Ps 99:8 | Discipline | 04.28.04 | Disicpline builds character under fire; judgment builds a fire under an individual. | |
| Lu 23:12 | Sin | 04.27.04 | If you've seen the Passion Play and want to know who is guilty of Jesus' death, get a mirror. | |
| Jdg 6:27 | Appropriation | 04.26.04 | God is able. But if we never go, we'll never know. | |
| Lu 22:54b | Follow | 04.25.04 | Don't follow so far behind the Lord you lose track of him. | |
| Jdg 3:9a | Sin | 04.24.04 | It's sad the way we, as God's people have perfected the sin cycle | |
| Jdg 1:28 | Discipline | 04.23.04 | Ignoring God exposes us to the painful side of his love called discipline. | |
| Josh 24:15 | Salvation | 04.22.04 | If you come in through a wide gate, you can go out the same way. | |
| Pro 13:17 | Witness | 04.21.04 | Silence is golden unless you fail to tell someone what God told you. | |
| Josh 21:43 | Blessing | 04.20.04 | Don't be a sponge soaking up all God's blessing and fail to bless Him in return | |
| Lu 19:43 | Praise | 04.19.04 | We're no better than the palm wavers in Jerusalem that day. We're also conditional praisers | |
| Lu 19:10 | Victory | 04.18.04 | Joshua marched in a city and seldom lost; Jesus rode in and went to the Cross. | |
| Ps 86:17a | Miracle | 04.17.04 | A miracle is what man can't explain or replicate | |
| Josh 14:12 | Devotion | 04.16.04 | Don't allow your spiritual muscles to be in atrophy from lack of use. | |
| Lu 17:21 | Provision | 04.15.04 | Prayer is the key that unlocks the door of God's provision. | |
| Josh 10:14 | Prayer | 04.14.04 | Prayer is where faith begins. | |
| Lu 16:13 | Money | 04.13.04 | God is deadly serious when he says you can't serve both God and money. | |
| Mt 22:29 | Reluctance | 04.12.04 | Why don't you get up and do what God says instead of asking, "Is that your final answer?" | |
| Lu 14:33 | Passion | 04.11.04 | Before the resurrection the disciples lacked passion; after it, their passion ignited the world. | |
| Jos 2:1 | Defeat | 04.10.04 | Will you trust God in a face off with your enemy or die defeated never having tried? | |
| Lu 13:22 | Repentance | 04.09.04 | Repentance requires stopping, turning around and going in the direction God is going. | |
| Lu 12:35 | Preparation | 04.08.04 | Proper prayer requires preparation and the cornerstone of preparation is persistence. | |
| Lu 12:22 | Worry | 04.07.04 | Worry is most often inversely proportional to the degree we've been blessed. | |
| Ps 78:25 | Blessing | 04.06.04 | God wants us to reach out to Him because He wants to bless us and watch our reaction. | |
| Dt 28:2 | Blessing | 04.05.04 | Gods' blessing is most often conditional meaning there's something we're expected to do first | |
| Pr 12:16 | Persistence | 04.04.04 | Prayer isn't just about attitude and words, it's equally about persistence. | |
| Dt 25:4 | Service | 04.03.04 | Make us like the Good Samaritan who helps those who others ignore. | |
| Dt 21:21b | Sin | 04.02.04 | We condone stubbornness in our kids because we erroneously think God winks at our own. | |
| Lu 9:41 | Patience | 04.01.04 | Patience is coming, if we will just hold our horses. | |
| Dt 17:17 | Expectation | 03.31.04 | To know what God requires, go to the Word; to know Him, you've got to go to your knees | |
| Lu 9:1 | Will | 03.30.04 | God's purpose is being fulfilled regardless of our willingness to obey and participate in it. | |
| Dt 11:26 | Obedience | 03.29.04 | Determine to honor and obey God's word, not so much to be blessed, but just to please Him. | |
| Lu 8:21 | Examination | 03.28.04 | If you think you're living for God, it's a good idea to take your pulse every now and again and see what God thinks. | |
| Dt 7:6 | Pride | 03.27.04 | Are you so busy acting like something that you've forgotten what it feels like to be a nothing? | |
| Lu 7:35 | Obedience | 03.26.04 | I'm glad they don't stone kids anymore, or most of us would be dead right now. | |
| Dt 4:2 | Religion | 03.25.04 | Religion is built on guessing God's intention rather than obeying His instruction. | |
| Lu 6:38 | Investment | 03.24.04 | For every investment in His work, God does a similar work in the life of the one who did it. | |
| Dt 1:28 | Desparate | 03.23.04 | We seldom ask God to help us unless we've lost all other options. | |
| Lu 5:28 | Actions | 03.22.04 | If you're a disciple, then you'll be a friend to sinners and thereby demonstrate God's love. | |
| Lu 5:5 | Expectantcy | 03.21.04 | If you want to be a big pray-er, don't plan for failure and don't bring a small net. | |
| Nu 30:2 | Desire | 03.20.04 | Ask God to give you desire to do what you already know you ought to do. | |
| Lu 3:21b | Authority | 03.19.04 | Pray like Jesus: To the Father, through His Spirit power in the authority of His Name. | |
| Lu 3:3 | Discipleship | 03.18.04 | Discipleship begins when prayer and Bible study become dominant daily activities in your life and not before. | |
| Lu 2:37 | Actions | 03.17.04 | A person honors God when he acts responsibly. | |
| Lu 2:10 | Risk | 03.16.04 | You'll never be a winner until you're in the place you stand to lose something. | |
| Pro 11:2 | Perspective | 03.15.04 | If you have tunnel-vision, just make sure God is in the tunnel with you. | |
| Nu 21:2 | Anger | 03.14.04 | When God says to speak with authority to a rock, don't try to beat a response out of it with a stick. | |
| Ps 56:3 | Obedience | 03.13.04 | When God tells you what to do, do it right away, in the right way and then get out of the way. | |
| Mk 16:11 | Prayer | 03.12.04 | Your actions may indicate your love for Jesus, but your prayer life proves it. | New "Pray For" format with navigation to prayer primer |
| Nu 16:23 | Judgment | 03.11.04 | We should be aware of where we're standing or we risk judgment by association. | Reduced for clarity |
| Ps 54:3 | Righteousness | 03.10.04 | God doesn't see our righteousness but rather the Righteousness of the Lord Jesus in us. | Add new left panel navigation bar |
| Nu 12:9 | Revelation | 03.09.04 | When God's Spirit leaves, you don't want to hang around. | |
| Nu 11:14 | Confession | 03.08.04 | There is no sin more egregious than the sin of failing to confess sin. | |
| Nu 9:12 | Attention | 03.07.04 | We should be alert to things around us because we might be leaving at a moment's notice. | |
| Mk 12:44 | Devotion | 03.06.04 | God is not impressed with the flourish of public worship, but rather the spirit by which we approach him when no one is around. | |
| Mk 12:25 | Law | 03.05.04 | The law was disarmed at the foot of the Cross. | |
| Pro 12:16 | Forgiveness | 03.04.04 | Maybe the reason we have such a hard time dealing with God's forgiveness is the fact we've never forgiven any body. | |
| Mk 11:17 | Morality | 03.03.04 | It says something about our generation when the world's morality is more righteous than the church's. | Move image of hand to btm of devotional |
| Mk 10:51 | Answers | 03.02.04 | You get what you pray for everytime you fail to pray. | |
| Lev 24:3b | Knowledge | 03.01.04 | How sad it is when Christians are willing to sit in the dark when illumination is available for the asking. | New devotional format - Iti 4:2 and writing hand for Just Thinkin'... |
| Mk 9:46 | Hell | 02.29.04 | No one chooses to go to hell, rather they fail to choose Jesus. | |
| Pro 10:19 | Deceit | 02.28.04 | How far outside the line can embellishment go before becoming misleading? | |
| Mk 9:10 | Teachable | 02.27.04 | A teachable person is willing to surrender his plans to God's without qualification. | |
| Lev 20:8 | Holy | 02.26.04 | God expects us to holy, separate and distinct from the world. | |
| Ps 41:2 | Blessing | 02.25.04 | There is direct correlation between the way you bless other people and the way God blesses you. | |
| Lev 15:31 | Name | 02.24.04 | Through prayer, we have access in the Name of Jesus into God's presence. | |
| Mk 6:37 | Evidence | 02.23.04 | The Apsotles usually came to the wrong conclusion after considering the evidence. | |
| Mk 6:3 | Excuses | 02.22.04 | God will not tolerate excuses from someone who after walking with Jesus should know better. | |
| Mk 5:26 | Needs | 02.21.04 | God delights in confounding men by meeting their needs through Jesus. | |
| Lev 10:10 | Prayer |
02.20.04 | If you want to be a good pray-er, then practice, practice, practice! | |
| Lev 8:8 | Will | 02.19.04 | You don't need to depend on anyone but the Holy Spirit to know God's will. | |
| Mk 3:13 | Serve | 02.18.04 | You've been chosen to serve, not sit. | |
| Mk 3:4 | Freedom | 02.17.04 | Jesus has liberated all those who through his blood find forgiveness of sin. | |
| Mk 2:5 | Intercession | 02.16.04 | Intercessory prayer is not even on your list of priorities if you don't spend substantive time doing it! | |
| Ex 40:37 | Discipleship | 02.15.04 | Those who follow Jesus don't need to ask where he's going, but just get up and follow expectantly. | |
| Pro 9:10 | Jesus | 02.14.04 | We call Jesus, Savior, but if you don't know him that way before you die, then you'll only know him as your Judge. | |
| Ex 35:10-11 | Salvation | 02.13.04 | The death of God's Son wasn't the saddest part of the story. Rather, it's the fact that some people still don't get it and it can't be explained any clearer. | |
| Ex 34:10 | Justice | 02.12.04 | I'm afraid Sodom and Gomorrah are deserving of an apology if America is not punished for her sin. | |
| Ex 32:24 | Blind | 02.11.04 | Veiled sin makes a person say and do the most incredibly stupid things. | |
| Pro 8:32 | Disciple | 02.10.04 | Have you promised to follow Jesus but never showed up to see where he was going? | |
| Ex 28:41 | Intercession | 02.09.04 | Before you pray for someone else, you need to be in the right position. | |
| Ex 28:3 | Holy | 02.08.04 | Are you clean according to the world's standard or are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? | |
| Pro 8:11 | Value | 02.07.04 | Failure to fully utilize what God has placed in our care renders it worthless. | |
| Ex 25:40 | Pattern | 02.06.04 | God's method of delivery may have changed but it's always been about Jesus. | |
| Ex 23:13 | Sin |
02.05.04 | Sin can not only be a cycle, but can run over you if you let it. | |
| Ex 21:6 | Servant | 02.04.04 | The ultimate freedom is to be a willing slave of Jesus Christ. | |
| Mt 23:3 | Responsible | 02.03.04 | We're responsible to not only know what to do, but to do it, even when our authority doesn't. | |
| Ps 27:11 | Grateful | 02.02.04 | A joyful person has an grateful spirit even when uncomfortable. | |
| Ps 26:2 | Examination | 02.01.04 | It's not real smart to ask God to search your heart when you think he'll miss something. | |
| Ex 12:32 | Evidence | 01.31.04 | God's blessing may not be a true indicator of your salvation. | |
| Mt 20:28 | Attention | 01.30.04 | It's sad that it may take someone else losing their life for God to get your attention. | |
| Ex 8:10 | Possessions | 01.29.04 | Since you won't take it with you, why not learn to live without it now? | |
| Ex 5:22 | Service | 01.28.04 | Are you so busy recalling your failures that you've taken yourself out of God's service? | |
| Pro 5:21 | Reluctant | 01.27.04 | God found in Moses someone who, even though he was reluctant at first, would be faithful. | |
| Ex 3:17 | Suffering | 01.26.04 | Believe it or not, not everyone wants to be freed from their misery. | |
| Ge 50:3 | Disciple | 01.25.04 | Being a good follower of Jesus is not so much based on intention as much as it is devotion. | |
| Pro 4:20 | Attention | 01.24.04 | Are you listening to what God is saying through his Word and the Holy Spirit? | |
| Mt 15:8 | Pretender | 01.23.04 | Much of religion today is 90% trash and 10% Jesus. | |
| Ge 45:13 | Responsibility | 01.22.04 | We should never abuse God's grace. | |
| Mt 13:57 | Witness | 01.21.04 | Jesus didn't spend much time with people blinded by prejudice. | |
| Pro 4:1 | Attention | 01.20.04 | If you're not paying attention, then how can you expect to gain understanding? | |
| Pro 3:33 | Blessing | 01.19.04 | If you claim to know Jesus but you're living like the devil, it's not blessing you need but God's mercy. | |
| Mt 12:35 | Failures | 01.18.04 | I wonder how many times I've failed to do something for God that he used someone else to take care of it? | |
| Pro 3:23 | Peace | 01.17.04 | We can't have peace when we're at war with God | |
| Gen 32:26 | Prayer | 01.16.04 | The wrestling match between Jacob and the Angel of the Lord was fixed. | |
| Mt 10:26 | Word | 01.15.04 | God can use anyone to speak his Word. | |
| Gen 30:27 | Blessing | 01.14.04 | Many people think they're blessed when in fact God is showering it on people close to them. | |
| Ps 11:1 | Glory | 01.13.04 | Too many times we give credit to the wrong person | |
| Gen 26:18 | Legacy | 01.12.04 | Don't allow God's work to be buried with you. | |
| Mt 8:19 | Conviction | 01.11.04 | Conviction is my decision to act on what I believe regardless of how I feel and what it might cost me. | |
| Mt 8:10 | Faith | 01.10.04 | Faith is prayer with feet. | |
| Gen 22:18 | Obedience | 01.09.04 | Seeking God is the determination to stand fast on God's Word. It turns to prayer when I ask to get in on what He's doing. | |
| Mt 7:6 | Obedience | 01.08.04 | We wouldn't need angels if we would just listen to God's Word and obey. | |
| Ps 7:15 | Excuses | 01.07.04 | Why is it we always suspect someone else is responsible for digging the hole we're in? | |
| Mt 5:41 | Obligation | 01.06.04 | God loves us all the same, but we demonstrate how much we love and respect Him by the way we serve others. | |
| Ps 5:3 | Prayer | 01.05.04 | When God speaks to your heart, you've got your Bethel. | |
| Ps 4:3 | Witness | 01.04.04 | You may have to travel in the same boat with the world, but you don't wait till you reach shore to show them that you're different. | |
| Ps 3:1 | Repent | 01.03.04 | The message of John the Baptist was only three words long: "Turn or burn!" | |
| Gen 4:7 | Temptation | 01.02.04 | You may not realize sin is crouched at your door until it's pounced on you with both feet. | |
| Ps 1:3 | Meditation | 01.01.04 | Why do we make simple things so complicated? |