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As Christmas Day 2020 fades into history, please know that God gave the ultimate gift at Christmas. No earthly celebration can fill the void in our hearts that God created to fill with His Son. The celebration…
Originally posted on Looking for the Blessed Hope:
Merry Christmas! As we celebrate the birth of the Christ child, let’s consider the eye witnesses to the spectacular event. When the angel, Gabriel, appeared to a young teenage virgin, he announced, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the…
Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29, 36), was born to die, that you and I might live! As we discovered yesterday, Jesus is both the Lamb of God and the Good Shepherd. He was born in a lowly stable, visited by lowly shepherds and intermingled among lowly people. Yet, in doing so, He became our Good Shepherd!
Miraculously, God granted us a way of salvation and redemption. But when was that plan conceived in the mind of God? When did He recognize that created beings would be less than perfect, and in desperate need of a Savior? When did He devise the plan of salvation and redemption? Graciously, Scripture clearly provides those answers in these passages:
…the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”
~Revelation 13:8 (NKJV)
Blessed be the God and Father…
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Most of us know what Christmas day is meant to signify. But how well do you know the central character? This post about the Messiah’s arrival—first published on December 1, 2017—is a valuable reminde…
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This post was first published December 19, 2012. -ed. An entire nation missed Christmas. All of Rome could have shared in the Savior’s birth, but they missed it. That first Christmas was set in a…
This post was first published December 17, 2012. -ed. At this time of year we’re used to fighting against the tendency to let the busyness of the season blind us to the true meaning of Christmas….
This post was first published December 13, 2012. -ed. Lots of people miss Christmas. They might observe the holiday by decorating their homes and exchanging gifts with family and friends, but the…
Today, September 23rd, marks the anniversary of the beginning of this extraordinary prayer movement and the global revival that ensued. I will let it speak for itself.
For a deeper dive into the events leading up to this revival, how it began, spread, its unique characteristics, and it’s national and global impact, please watch this excellent exposé!
The parallel of the times leading up to this revival and the present time is uncanny! Now the trumpet and the torch are in our hands!
-David
Related:
The Final Call to Repentance and The Return
The Ministry of Intercession – by Andrew Murray (free audiobook)
Sowing and Reaping – by Dwight L. Moody (free audiobook)
Does the call to a life of prayer and intercession seem daunting to you? Do you feel that an effective, consistent prayer life is beyond your reach? Have you tried to pray and intercede for others regularly but have failed miserably? I can relate to all of those sentiments and conditions at one time and another in my walk with the Lord. There have also been regular seasons in my life that have been marked by a deep, fervent, and abiding spirit of prayer and intercession. I’ve known both ends of the spectrum, and a wide range in-between.
In the drier times, I’ve felt like I have this little “match” of faith and desire and I place it up against these giant logs of prayer and intercession and all I get is a little puff of smoke. The match goes out and I’m done.
The fact of the matter, however…
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Praying for the millennials 