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Jesus is alive, and He’s with us today! He sees everything we go through—all the heartaches, rejections, worries, and trials. Jesus wants to walk next to us through life. He is never far away! In fact, when we get saved, the Holy Spirit indwells our hearts. He gives us understanding of God’s Word so we can deepen our relationships with Jesus. Let’s ask Him for understanding and fellowship today!

Christians face temptation. Jealousy, fear, lust, pride, and all kinds of sins tempt us every day. But even when we want to overcome, we are weak. How do we get victory? Not by just going to church, then we likely will fail. We need to read our Bibles. We need to pray. The only way to beat temptation is to spend time with Jesus—seeking Him, praying often. Let’s ask God to help us do that today.

Some say that the religious leaders put Jesus on the cross. Others say it was Judas or Pilate. Really, it was us—our sins, greed, and jealousy put Jesus on that cross. He chose to take on the curse and punishment for every single one of us! What would change if we started thinking of His sacrifice for us that way? Let’s thank God today for His love and mercy, and share that joy with others.

Our circumstances can often make us anxious, depressed, moody, or ungrateful. But here’s a secret: we can be content instead. How? By realizing that we can’t change the storms of our daily lives. But God can lift us up to where we won’t be affected by them anymore. We must ask the Holy Spirit to fill us with contentment so that we can rise above our circumstances and glorify the Lord.

Many of us have settled for spiritual isolation. We’re comfortable just being churchgoers. Or maybe we even get all our spiritual material from the Internet. But God created us for community! When we isolate ourselves from other believers, we become vulnerable to spiritual discouragement. Today let’s pray that the Holy Spirit will fill us with His love and help us to step into our church communities.

People around us are watching—how we react in seasons of plenty and in seasons of want. Do we obey God in every circumstance? He is glorified when we obey His Word. We are told to rejoice in the Lord always, to pray without ceasing, and to love one another. When we are obedient to God, He gives us everything we need. Let’s obey our Father and rejoice in the gifts of each new day.

We don’t start our days praying to wooden statues—but we Christians still have idols. Some people idolize their homes, others their relationships. Many of us are consumed by the idol of money. Anything that comes between us and Jesus is an idol. What miserable lives we lead when we try to worship God and idols at the same time! Let’s rededicate our lives to Jesus today and serve Him only.

When we feel anxious, depressed, and scared, those feelings aren’t from God. No, the Holy Spirit fills us with power, love, and self-discipline. That’s why the Bible tells us to be continually filled with the Spirit. Imagine how much stronger our daily prayer and Bible study times would be if we were led by the discipline of the Holy Spirit! Let’s be Spirit-filled and Spirit-led today.

Shouldn’t we want what the Lord has for us? Some of us are so stuck on checking off the box of going to church that we ignore the power of the Holy Spirit. Everything comes from the Spirit—He gives us boldness, discernment, and understanding. Let’s see lives radically changed as we ask God to fill our hearts and minds with the power of the Holy Spirit!

If you’re on the brink of making a big decision, don’t miss this warning—listen for God’s guidance and talk it through with trustworthy advisors! The Bible is full of examples of godly people taking bad advice and making poor decisions. We must humble ourselves and seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Without it, we’ll self-destruct!

Do you need solutions? Help? Strength? Instead of trying to fix things, enter into God’s rest. God’s rest is more than a vacation. It’s a state of blessing and calm that makes us trust in our salvation and live in expectation. It makes us both peaceful and aggressively hopeful! No matter the responsibility or the burden we carry, God exhorts us: “Make every effort to enter My rest.” Let’s return to our rest today.

What do you truly and deeply need God to do for you? Whether it’s a personal breakthrough, the spiritual return of a loved one, or some other miracle, pray for it! Jesus Christ is bigger than any problems we face in this life. Nobody is exempt from trouble, but praise the Lord, we can take it all to the only One who can bring us through anything!

We didn’t ask Jesus to go to the cross for us—He always acts first. The Lord meets us wherever we are, and He has divine compassion on us. He knows when we’re spiritually lukewarm or cold, and He knows everything that tries and tempts us. Yet our wonderful God is always waiting for us to simply turn back to Him. His mercy covers us every day! Let’s run toward His compassion today.

It’s easy to lose our zeal for the Lord in the valleys of life. We get discouraged, and then we get desperate—but that’s when God has all our attention! Here's the good news: we can still praise the Lord in those valleys! Time after time, God brings us out of our troubles. Let’s allow the Holy Spirit to renew our attitudes. Others will see the change in us and realize the faithfulness of God!

When was the last time you saw God’s grace around you? A great plague in churches today is Christians not purposefully looking for that grace. Life gets hard, and we only look at our circumstances—and miss out on the blessings surrounding us! God is not hiding the truth or His goodness from us. We just have to ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth of God’s Word to us, and He will bring renew our spirits!

God is not dead! How often do we consider that the God we pray to and worship is alive? If He were dead, He couldn’t hear us, speak to us, or answer prayers. But every single day, God Almighty hears and answers us! It’s amazing how our outlooks change when we lean into that truth. Let’s pray to God today and know that He’s living and listening.

How can we expect God to change our lives if we don’t tell Him what we need? The act of pouring out our hearts—laying every thought, feeling, fear, and expectation at Jesus’ feet—is what deepens our relationship with Him. We can tell the Creator of the universe how we feel at any given moment, and He cares! Let’s take advantage of that wonderful privilege today!

Where would we be if God wasn’t full of mercy? He has forgiven us of every wrong we’ve ever done! Yet we get bitter and nasty over the smallest things that others do to us. Unforgiveness hurts us more than the person we’re bitter toward. God has forgiven us of so much—we can’t hold onto bitterness. Let’s pray for God’s grace to help us let go of every offense.

Life can be hard—but that doesn’t mean that God has forgotten or left us. When troubles and negative circumstances cause storms in our lives, we shouldn’t panic, like the disciples did when their boat was tossed by wind and waves. Instead, we need to focus on Jesus, who is walking toward us above the very storm we’re afraid of! He will be faithful to see us through.

We’ve heard it before, but it still rings true—don’t stop praying! Imagine the prayers we’ve given up on as dusty boxes in our minds. Let's shake off the dust and pray some more! Our answered prayers are no longer dusty old boxes—they’re our trophies of God’s grace. The Lord hasn’t forgotten about us, nor has He left us. Let’s rejoice in that truth and revive our prayer lives!

Many of us struggle with anxiety—we’re preoccupied with wondering if and how things will work out. But God didn’t design us to live this way. When Jesus sacrificed Himself on the cross, He took the weight of the world onto His shoulders. We can have peace because God has a plan. Peace is His presence in our lives—we have the holy Answer to anxiety within us already!

Many of us equate God’s mercy with how much “good” we do for Him. But in reality, there’s nothing we can do to earn God’s love and mercy, because Jesus already paid for them by His death on the cross! Jesus taught that it's not the person who keeps all the rules who wins God's favor. Instead, it's the one who is poor in spirit. Let's go low and see God pour out His blessing on us.

Fire doesn’t need advertising—everyone can tell where it is. In our daily spiritual battles, we should seek the fire of the Holy Spirit! When the Holy Spirit illuminates to us what the Word of God says, it’s as if a holy fire erupts in our souls. And fires spread, right? Let’s ask the Lord today to fill us afresh with His Spirit so His fire will spread light wherever we go.

We need to wake up—spiritually! Sleep is a need for our physical bodies, but if we fall asleep spiritually, we’re in danger. The cares of the world can make us lethargic toward eternal realities. We must wake up and see that the world around us is full of lost and dying people! It’s not time to sleep; it’s time for us to share the gospel.

Ring in the New Year with a powerful evening of worship led by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir and an encouraging word from Pastor Jim Cymbala! Let's start the year by celebrating God’s goodness to us.

How many people in your life think of you as a blessing? In the Bible, God blessed Abraham so that Abraham would be a blessing to others. It's the same with us. God doesn't bless us just to make us happy. He blesses us so we can let His goodness flow through us to touch other people. Our actions are an advertisement of God to those around us. Let's not hold God's blessings tightly. Let's bless others and make the idea of God attractive to them.

When was the last time we prayed for missionaries? Places like South Sudan are in desperate need of the news of salvation. Missionary Ray Noah shares stories from the mission field and encouragement for us all from the great commission. Jesus goes with us when we go out with the gospel. We are given power from Him! If He is with us and empowering us, why would we ever hold back from sharing?

The world we live in is filthy—sin ruins the joy and peace of Christians. Our God is holy. He gives us His Holy Spirit so that we can be like Him. Jesus wants to help us. We have a God who saves and provides! We can have the peace of God today and every day if we choose to praise Him for all His goodness. As long as we have breath in our lungs we have reasons to praise!

Everyone is a candidate for salvation through Jesus Christ! Doctor John Easter shares incredible stories from the mission field that remind us of our holy calling—to tell others about the love of Jesus. We may not all be called to foreign countries, but we can be missionaries in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and families. Wherever God has placed us, we have the capacity to tell people about salvation!

People can be very aggravating. It is only by the Holy Spirit working within us that we can avoid lashing out at others sometimes! Our lives are testimonies of the Lord—we’d better handle things well. The Bible says that it is to our glory to overlook an offense. We Christians don’t pray for patience often enough. Let’s pray for patience from the Holy Spirit so that we can glorify God when altercations arise.

Only God can take a damaged past—heartbreak, substance abuse, adultery—and create a beautiful life. When we say yes to Jesus by accepting His gift of salvation and following Him every day, He turns our lives around! No matter how far down we go, Jesus can always bring us back to glory. What does God want to do in your life? Will you say yes to Him today?

We all need a Samuel experience. Remember Samuel from the Bible? When God called him as a young child, Samuel said, “Speak, Lord.” All Israel’s history was changed because a little boy received a word from the Lord. Let’s pray to have open hearts to whatever God wants us to hear! Our lives can be radically changed by a few powerful words if they’re from the Lord. He’s speaking today. Are we listening?

We tend to think that greatness comes by pushing our way to the top. But God's way are upside down from ours—He tells us that if we want to be lifted up, we need to humble ourselves. How can we be full of pride when Jesus went down to the cross for us? Through His grace and humility, God brought Him up to glory. Let’s be humble today—and be more like Jesus.

In life, we all face trials—illness, heartbreak, employment issues, the loss of loved ones. How can we be thankful amid these challenges? Our God is full of grace, mercy, and compassion. He holds us when we feel like everything is falling apart. The Lord is always working, and that’s a reason to be grateful! Let’s thank God for how He heals, holds, and guides us.

We are guaranteed hardships in our Christian lives. Friends will hurt and betray us—it happened to Jesus and Paul! We need to have spiritual maturity during trials. Obstacles in life don't mean God has abandoned us. He will always walk through the hard times with us, and He provides earthly friends to support us, too. Thank the Lord for His faithfulness and for godly friends!

We Christians often hear that the Holy Spirit lives inside of us, but He doesn’t want to just stay there! If we submit to Him, the Holy Spirit manifests Himself through our words and actions so that others can see Jesus in us. When we allow the Holy Spirit to work this way, we reflect the power of a living God. Let’s pray for the Holy Spirit to manifest Himself in our lives. He will do things beyond our imaginations!

All disasters start with little things—a disagreement, a slip-up, an ego. There are always repercussions to our actions! Samson saw this a woman he never should have been with led him to break his covenant with God. Every choice we make either draws us nearer to God or pushes us farther away. No matter how far we drift, God always helps us when we sincerely call on Him! Praise Him for His goodness!

We can’t change what we don’t confront. The Angel of the Lord wrestled with Jacob and asked him to define the strongholds in his life. Once we, like Jacob, name our battles, we can defeat them! God uses every crisis we face to change us and draw us closer to Him. It’s time we stop running from our problems and hand them over to God!

Jesus made something very clear: in this life, we will have pain. Just because we’re Christians doesn’t mean we’ll escape hardships; it means we have God Almighty to run to and trust in when those hard times come. Pain is not a punishment—it’s an invitation for us to experience God more. The choice of how we react to pain is completely up to us. God is always good—even when our circumstances aren’t.

When we are hurt, it’s imperative that we learn to forgive and let go. Being bitter is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to be affected! Forgiving others does not excuse their behavior or diminish our pain; rather, it frees us to heal. We only hurt ourselves further by holding onto unforgiveness. By the grace of God, let’s forgive others.