Devotions to help you live out your faith
“O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my […]
“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!” Psalm 95:6 Everybody worships. Worship isn’t just something that Christians do. Worship is the act of ascribing worth to someone or something. We all worship something. Some worship sports stars, others worship actors, while yet others worship rock idols. Some […]
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness” 2 Timothy 3:16 During this season of prayer and fasting you likely will have some more spare time due to habits, hobbies or meals that you are fasting from. The important thing is not what you have […]
“Pray without ceasing” 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Prayer is essential for our relationship with God. It is how we converse with Him. He is our good and perfect Father. Far greater than any earthly father, He is holy and loving. He never lets us down or gives up on us. We should be passionate about getting to spend […]
“This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have […]
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 A vital part of a season of prayer and fasting is taking time to examine yourself, to do a stock take of your life and ask the Holy Spirit to identify any […]
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:2 This verse from Romans unpacks for us how we can know the will of God. That’s something most people want, to be […]
“Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.” Proverbs 19:1 You may have seen in fancy shoe shops they have a machine to analyse your gait. They monitor how you walk, and then recommend shoes that will help improve your comfort. Sometimes they […]
“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in […]
“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Matthew 6:33 As we kick off a new year with prayer and fasting this is a great opportunity to hit reset on our priorities. It can be easy to let our priorities get out of alignment with […]