November
Lord, you understand sacrifice intimately - you paid the ultimate price for my freedom. Today I'm grateful for those who've sacrificed for earthly freedoms I often take for granted. Thank you for men and women who've put their lives on hold to serve, who've faced dangers I'll never know, w
November
Today many nations remember veterans who've served and sacrificed for their countries. While we honor their service, Christians must grapple with complex questions about faith and military service, about following Jesus who said "turn the other cheek" while living in nations that wage war,
November
I want you filled with so much joy and peace that hope literally overflows from you. This isn't wishful thinking - it's confident expectation that I'm working all things together for your good. Let My Spirit fill you with hope that bubbles over into every area of your life. You have every
November
Father, you work on eternal timelines while I operate on earthly calendars, and the disconnect frustrates me. I want what I want when I want it, which is usually now. But you're teaching me that waiting is not wasting - it's working in ways I can't see. Help me wait well during this season
November
Moses spent forty years as an Egyptian prince, then forty years as a shepherd in Midian, before God called him at age eighty to lead Israel. That's eighty years of preparation for forty years of ministry. Abraham waited twenty-five years for Isaac's birth. Joseph endured thirteen years of
November
I started a good work in you, and I promise I'll complete it. I don't abandon projects halfway through or give up when things get difficult. What I began in you, I will finish. Your transformation is My commitment, and I always keep My promises. Trust the process - I'm not done with you ye
November
Jesus, you constantly withdrew from crowds to simply be with your Father - no agenda, no performance, just presence. You show me that relationship comes before activity, that knowing you matters more than serving you. Yet I keep reversing the order. I've been so busy doing things for you t
November
Martha was doing everything right according to religious performance metrics. She was serving, working, preparing - all the things good Christians should do. Meanwhile, Mary sat at Jesus's feet doing nothing productive, nothing measurable, nothing that would show up on a ministry report. W
November
You can approach Me with confidence - not because you've earned it, but because Jesus made a way for you. Come boldly to My throne of grace, especially when you need mercy and help. Don't tiptoe in shame or stay away in fear. You're welcomed, wanted, and loved. Come to Me just as you are.
November
Father, you're present in Sunday morning worship and Tuesday afternoon errands alike. You inhabit my most spiritual moments and my most mundane ones with equal fullness. Forgive me for treating ordinary life as time to get through until I can return to "real" spiritual activity. Open my ey
November
Brother Lawrence spent his life in a monastery kitchen washing dishes, peeling potatoes, and scrubbing pots. His work was repetitive, unglamorous, and seemingly insignificant. Yet he wrote about "practicing the presence of God" in the mundane, discovering that he could commune with Christ
November
This day - yes, this very one you're living right now - is a gift I've made specifically for you. Don't wish it away waiting for tomorrow or waste it regretting yesterday. Rejoice and be glad in THIS day, with all its ordinary moments and unexpected graces. Today is My gift to you; receive