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You did it! This is the last devotional for this year’s first season of prayer and fasting. We pray that it impacted you in a powerful way. We would also like to hear what the Lord spoke to you, how this ministered to you, and what you see for the church as well as your home. At the end of the Prayer there will be a link. Please click it and spend some time testifying! Malachi 4:6 “He will turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children, and the hearts of the children t

Joshua 24:15 “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” At the close of his leadership, Joshua calls Israel to a decisive moment of allegiance. Having witnessed God’s faithfulness across generations, he understands that covenant faith must be lived out first in the most personal place, in the home. Joshua does not speak as a ruler issuing policy, but as a man committing his household to the lordship of God. Scripture consistently reveals that God’s redemptive work flow

Matthew 7:24 “Everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them… built his house on the rock.” Jesus concludes the Sermon on the Mount by emphasizing that obedience determines stability. Hearing His words without acting on them leads to collapse when pressure comes. Obedience, however, establishes a foundation that endures storms and hardship. This image speaks directly to beginnings. Foundations matter most before storms arrive. Jesus makes clear that faith is proven n

Matthew 16:18 “Upon this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.” Jesus introduces the Church not as a building or institution, but as an ecclesia, a people called out by revelation and allegiance to Him. The Church is built upon the confession that Jesus Christ is Lord, and it exists wherever His people live, obey, and proclaim that truth. This confession carries weight. To declare Jesus as Lord is to surrender ownership of our lives. Throu

Luke 6:46 “Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?” Today’s devotional will be a gut punch! It will be one the Holy Spirit can use to reveal, heal, and empower you to take your relationship with Jesus to deeper waters. Jesus speaks these words to confront the gap between confession and obedience. He makes clear that verbal acknowledgment of His lordship must be matched by a life submitted to His teaching. Obedience is not optional for those who follow Chri

Philippians 2:9 “For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name.” The lordship of Jesus Christ stands at the center of the Christian faith. In Philippians 2, Paul describes how Jesus willingly humbled Himself, taking on human flesh, submitting to obedience, and enduring the cross. Because of this obedience, God exalted Him above all, declaring that every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. To

Ephesians 4:16 “From whom the whole body… causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.” Paul concludes this section by describing the Church as a living body, joined and held together by Christ Himself. Growth does not come from one part alone, but from every part working as it was designed. When each believer functions faithfully, the Church is built up in love. This image emphasizes responsibility, purpose, and belonging. No role is insignificant, an

Ephesians 4:13 “Until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man…” God’s desire for the Church is maturity in Christ, not mere activity. Where there is maturity in Christ, there is unity in Christ. Unity within the context of the local body, as well as unity in the context of all believers everywhere. Our faith in the One who came and rules and reigns is in and of itself what unifies us. Paul teaches in this passage that s

Ephesians 4:12 “For the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ.” This passage is essential to the role of each follower of Christ within the local church. Paul explains that leadership in the Church exists not to perform all ministry, but to equip God’s people to do it. Ministry is not reserved for a few, but entrusted to the whole body. Every believer is called to participate in the work God is doing. This vision reframes ho

Ephesians 4:7 “But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.” Paul reminds the Church that grace is not only the means of salvation, but also the means by which the Church is built. Every believer receives grace from Christ, not as a reward for maturity, but as a gift intended for service. This grace is expressed through spiritual gifts, callings, and capacities designed to strengthen the whole body. Christ distributes gifts intentionally an

Acts 1:8 “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses…” In our service this morning, we talked through the importance of depending on the Holy Spirit as we look to invite the people God is leading us to invite to His church at our opening on the 25th. Before His ascension, Jesus promised His disciples that they would not be left alone or unprepared. The Holy Spirit would come upon them, not only to comfort them, but to empo

Romans 8:14 “For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.”  Paul teaches that the defining mark of God’s children is not fear, obligation, or performance, but relationship expressed through Spirit-led living. The Holy Spirit does not merely inform believers about God’s will; He actively leads them into it. This leadership is relational, ongoing, and rooted in identity rather than pressure. To be led by the Spirit means walking in trust and responsive

John 6:63 “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.” Jesus teaches that true life does not originate from human effort, intellect, or discipline, but from the Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit is not an abstract force or influence; He is the personal, life-giving presence of God at work within His people. From the beginning of Scripture, the Spirit is seen bringing order out of chaos, breathing life

John 3:17 “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.” Jesus makes clear that His mission was rooted in the rescue, not a condemnation. Though fully righteous and authoritative, He did not come to crush the broken or reject the sinful, but to offer Himself as the solution to humanity’s deepest need. Through His sinless life, sacrificial death, and victorious resurrection, Jesus reconciles humanity to God. The

John 1:14 “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John opens his Gospel by revealing Jesus not merely as a teacher or prophet, but as the eternal Word of God. Before creation, the Word existed with God and as God, active in bringing all things into being. When John declares that the Word “became flesh,” he is proclaiming one of the most profound truths of the Christian faith

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” Jesus speaks John 3:16 during a private conversation with Nicodemus, a Pharisee and respected teacher of Israel. Nicodemus comes to Jesus at night, representing both curiosity and caution, seeking understanding about the Kingdom of God. Rather than affirming Nicodemus’s religious credentials, Jesus redirects him to a deeper truth: e

1 John 1:5 “This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.” Scripture reveals God the Father as completely pure and wholly trustworthy. To say that God is light means there is no shadow, deception, or inconsistency in Him. He does not shift between moods or act from mixed motives. Everything He does flows from His perfect character, which is holy, righteous, and good. Knowing God as light shapes how H

Psalm 1:1-3 “How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers.” Psalm 1 opens the book of Psalms by contrasting two ways of life. The counsel

Hebrews 4:12–14 “ For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, even penetrating as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom we must answer. Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let

2 Timothy 3:16 “All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness;” Paul writes these words to Timothy near the end of his life, offering a final charge to what will sustain the Church beyond his own ministry. Facing imprisonment and uncertainty, Paul does not point Timothy to influence, innovation, or adaptability. He points him to Scripture as the enduring foundation for faith and obedience. Paul declares