Week 30, Thursday Liz Traylor When you fasted . . . did you really fast for Me—for Me? Zechariah 7:5 (nkjv) Sunday school that morning in Texas began with prayer request time. One member asked us to join her in fasting and praying for her daughter to make the cheerleading squad. As ignorant as…
Week 30, Wednesday Liz Traylor So the children of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and served the Lord only. . . . And they fasted that day, and said there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” 1 Samuel 7:4,6 (nkjv) Giving up food for a period of time was easy. Well,…
Week 30, Tuesday Liz Traylor But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place. Matthew 6:17-18 (nkjv) Look at me. Look closely. Do I look a little gaunt? Can you…
Week 30, Monday Liz Traylor When you give . . . when you pray . . . when you fast. Matthew 6:2,5,16 Give—yes. Pray—sure. Fast? You’ve got to be kidding! Go without food? No way. I have a thousand things to do today and I need my energy. Besides, I can’t stand being hungry….
Week 29, Weekend Dayna Street For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body. 1 Corinthians 6:20 (nasb) Nineteenth-century English evangelist and orphanage founder George Müller once wrote, “Our walk counts far more than our talk, always!”[i] Müller built five facilities that provided homes for over ten thousand orphans…
Week 29, Friday Dayna Street He has also set eternity in their heart. Ecclesiastes 3:11 (nasb) Life in the world is a finite existence. It will one day come to an end. Eternity is infinite. It will never end. As believers, we were created with a longing for the infinite and eternal. Regardless of…
Week 29, Thursday Dayna Street If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 (nasb) One August morning I went out to get into my car to go to work. When I opened the car door, a large cockroach…
Recently I was tagged in a Facebook post by a woman who was active in the student ministry in one of our former churches. She posted an old picture of her and another friend ( scrunched 80’s hair and all) saying, “This was taken over twenty years ago right after I was baptized. I will…
Week 29, Wednesday Dayna Street No weapon that is formed against you will prosper. Isaiah 54:17 (nasb) We have a trap that we use to try to catch the little animals that like to feast on the roses in our flower gardens. Notice the word try. Rarely are we successful in our attempts to…
Week 29, Tuesday Dayna Street The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way. Psalm 37:23 (nkjv) I almost missed God the other day. It had been one of those days where my “to do” list could easily have filled my entire weekly calendar. Late in…
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