Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Psalm 36:5WHEN THE WAITING IS OVER Last year at Encounter, God did something very personal for my wife and me. There was a specific call to pray for those who have wayward sons or daughters. Our...

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto  your own understanding. In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight PROVERBS 3:5-6PRAY FIRST It was a Tuesday evening, my wife and I were driving home from one of our granddaughters’...

Why, when I came, was there no man; why, when I called, was there no one to answer? Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? ISAIAH 50:2AYOU'RE NEVER OUT OF GOD'S REACH Every week, Josh and I have the honor of praying with many...

Jesus went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him. and he appointed tweleve whom he also named apostles. so that they might be with him and he might send them to preach. MARK 3:13-14GOD CALLS THOSE HE DESIRES These have got to...

AND THEY [THE ANGELS] WERE CALLING TO ONE ANOTHER: "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD ALMIGHTY; THE WHOLE EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY." ISAIAH 6:3GOD IS HOLY, HOLY, HOLY What would you say is the most important thing about you? Is it your job? Is it your family? Is it your...

DRAW NEAR TO GOD, AND HE WILL DRAW NEAR TO YOU. JAMES 4:8DRAW NEAR One moment in God’s presence can change everything. We see this in the lives of Moses (Exodus 3:1-2), the disciples (Mark 1:16-20), Paul (Acts 9), and countless others in Scripture (Hebrews 11). When...

SEARCH ME, O GOD, AND KNOW MY HEART; TEST ME AND KNOW MY ANXIOUS THOUGHTS. PSALM 139:23POWER OF PRAYER You really ought to read the little book of James. It only takes 15 minutes, and prayer is woven all the way through it. “If you lack wisdom, pray. If you’re sick,...

Be still, and know that I am god; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth PSALM 46:10WHAT PRAYER DOES Yesterday, we asked, “Why pray?” Today, let’s talk about what prayer does. James—the brother of Jesus—put it like this:“Therefore, confess...

one day jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "lord,teach us to pray." LUKE 11:1WHY PRAY? We’re currently on a 21-day encounter with God through prayer—one of the most significant things we do as a church. Prayer...

"Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts." isaiah 26:8HAVE AN EXPECTANT HEART Expectant—it’s the word that most fully captures how I feel at the beginning of 21 Days of Prayer each year. Taking the...