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Welcome to the Journey Church+ podcast where you'll find all of our non-sermon related content. We're one church in multiple locations in Central Florida and online. For more information such as service times and locations, please visit journeyconnect.org.
The Passion Of Christ By Pastor James Hilton
Read Revelation 5:9-14
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Living A Christ-Centered Life:Jesus—The Ultimate Pursuit By Pastor Tim Bulleman
Read Matthew 7:24-27 and Colossians 3:1-3
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A Better Rhythm By Adrienne Lugo
Read Deuteronomy 6:5-9
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Passion + Purpose By Matthew Rhoads
Read 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
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Passion-Filled PurposeBy Michael Alexander
Read Hebrews 12:1-2
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Pursuing Christ With Passion By Pastor James Hilton
Read Philippians 3:7-11
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This Week’s Memory Verse Is Philippians 3:7–8:
“But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ.”For additional resources or for more information about what 40 Days is all about, please visit journeyconnect.org/40days2024.
Move Toward The Mess By Pastor James Hilton
Read Romans 12:14-21
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Truly FreeBy Shana Hilton
Read Matthew 11:28
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Beware Of The Side Yard By Rebecca Sellers
Read Psalm 147
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Protecting God’s InvestmentBy Tricia Bulleman
Read Psalm 16:1-11
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Take The Bandage Off By Karen Estevez
Read Luke 23:13-32
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What Does Forgiveness Look Like?By Pastor James Hilton
Read Matthew 18:23-35
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The Power To ForgiveBy Pastor James Hilton
Read Ephesians 4:25-32
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This Week’s Memory Verse Is Ephesians 4:31-32:
“Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
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Put Your Money To Work By Pastor James Hilton
Read Luke 19:12-26
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What You Give Matters By Pastor James Hilton
Read Mark 12:41-44
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How To Manage Money God’s Way By Pastor James Hilton
Read Luke 14:28-30
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More Money, More Problems By Jadner Lugo
Read Matthew 19:16-22
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Money Can’t Buy You HappinessBy Gabbie Vega
Read Matthew 6:19-23
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Jesus Is EnoughBy Gracyn Hilton
Read Philippians 4:19-20
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How To Be RichBy Pastor James Hilton
Read Luke 12:13-21
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This Week’s Memory Verse Is 2 Corinthians 9:6–7:
“Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."
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The Church Is Unstoppable By Pastor John Sellers
Read Matthew 16:18 & Acts 2:38-47
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We Get To Do ThisBy Pastor John Sellers
Read 2 Corinthians 8:1-9
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Gifted To Serve OthersBy Pastor John Sellers
Read Romans 12:3-8 & 1 Corinthians 12:21-26
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Serving Takes SacrificeBy Pastor John Sellers
Read Mark 10:41-45
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Take The Focus Off YourselfBy John Sellers
Read Matthew 11:28-30 & Philippians 2:1-11
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It’s Not What You Think By John Sellers
Read Matthew 20:20-28
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The GoatBy Pastor John Sellers
Read Philippians 2:5-11
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This Week’s Memory Verse Is Mark 10:43-45:
“Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
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The Love Of Christ Is The Driving Force To Love OthersBy Martin Pedata
Read 2 Corinthians 5:14-15
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Love Has No LimitsBy Pastor James Hilton
Read Luke 10:25-37
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Unconditional Christ-Centered LoveBy Pastor Rob Ruston
Read John 13:35 & Galatians 5:22-23
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What Is Radical Love? By Kate Alexander
Read 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
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Receive Better – Love BetterBy Laura Hehre
Read Genesis 16:6-13
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What Would Love Do?By Pastor James Hilton
Read 1 John 4:13-21
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Loving God And Others By Pastor James Hilton
Read John 13:31-35
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This Week’s Memory Verse Is John 13:34-35:
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. by this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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God’s Way Is Better Than OursBy Hannah Peck
Read Isaiah 55:1-9
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Prone To WanderBy Darrell Leblanc
Read John 10:1-30
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A New “I”By Pastor James Hilton
Read Galatians 2:20–21
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Invitation To Live By Pastor James Hilton
Read Ephesians 2:1-10
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Power Of SinBy Pastor James Hilton
Read Romans 6:20-23
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Fully LiveBy Pastor James Hilton
Read John 10:10
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This week’s memory verse is John 10:10: “I have come that they may have life and have it abundantly.”
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God, You Are My Future
By Carl Mohr
Today’s reading:
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
-Jeremiah 29:11-13
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Called To Follow Jesus In Suffering
By Tricia Bulleman
Today’s reading:
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
-2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10
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Eternal Hope Vs. Earthly Circumstances
By Christian Funk
Today’s reading:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials…
-1 Peter 1:3-6
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Keep Your Eye On The Prize
By Pastor James Hilton
Today’s reading:
For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
-1 Corinthians 9:19–27
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Our Blessed Hope
By Dr. Thomas White: President and Professor of Theology at Cedarville University
Today’s reading:
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
-1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
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The Ladder of Hope
By Pastor James Hilton
Today’s reading:
For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
-Mark 8:38
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
-Philippians 2:9-16:
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This week’s memory verse is Philippians 3:13–14: “One thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
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Where's My Satisfaction?
By Michael Alexander
Today’s reading:
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity.
-Philippians 4:4-10
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Abiding in Jesus, In Order To Live In His Fullness
By Gracyn Hilton
Today’s reading:
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
-John 15:1-11
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Redefining Worth
By Rebecca Sellers
Today’s reading:
And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they existed and were created.”
-Revelation 4:9-11
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Taste And See The Goodness of God
By Pastor Jadner Lugo
Today’s reading:
I will bless the Lord at all times;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
let the humble hear and be glad.
Oh, magnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt his name together!
I sought the Lord, and he answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.
Those who look to him are radiant,
and their faces shall never be ashamed.
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
and saved him out of all his troubles.
The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,
for those who fear him have no lack!
The young lions suffer want and hunger;
but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
-Psalm 34:1-10
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Centering Your Life In Christ
By Pastor James Hilton
Today’s reading:
Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. But that is not the way you learned Christ!— assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
-Ephesians 4:17–24
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The Promise of Life
By Pastor James Hilton
Today’s reading:
After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything, he rose and followed him.
And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
-Luke 5:27–32
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Searching For Life
By Pastor James Hilton
Today’s reading:
And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
-1 John 5:11–12
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This week’s memory verse is Mark 8:35-37: “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?”
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Receiving Adoption; You Are A Child Of God!
By Michael Alexander
Today’s reading:
He predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
-Ephesians 1:5-6
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You Can't Earn Grace!
By Pastor Austin Prince
Today’s reading:
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
-Ephesians 2:8-9
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A Heart of Acceptance
By Kate Alexander
Today’s reading:
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
-Romans 5:1-11
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Living in Freedom
By Bryce Wright
Today’s reading:
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
-Galatians 5:13-26
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Being With Jesus
By Tricia Bulleman
Today’s reading:
Behold, the LORD GOD comes with might,
and his arm rules for him;
behold, his reward is with him,
and his recompense before him.
He will tend his flock like a shepherd;
he will gather the lambs in his arms;
he will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.
-Isaiah 40:10-11
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Receiving The Love Of Jesus
By Pastor James Hilton
Today’s reading:
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
-1 John 4:9-18
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Jesus Calls You Out
By Pastor James Hilton
Today’s reading:
He entered Jericho and was passing through. And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.” And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.
-Luke 19:1-9
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This week’s memory verse is Romans 5:8:
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
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Rest and Worship
By Nick Reiherzer
Today’s reading:
One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?” And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”
-Mark 2:23-28
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Too Great Not To Share
By Pastor Austin Prince
Today’s reading:
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
-Matthew 28:16-20
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Choosing To Give
By Pastor James Hilton
Today’s reading:
So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith! And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried. For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them. Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
-Luke 12:21-34
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Choosing To Pray
Gabbie Vega
Today’s reading:
Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” And he said to them, “When you pray, say:
“Father, hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread,
and forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation.”
And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’? I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs. And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
-Luke 11:1-13
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Choosing to Listen
By Adrienne Lugo
Today’s reading:
Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.
The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
-Psalm 1:1-6
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You Were Made For This!
By Nick Reiherzer
Today’s reading:
Oh sing to the Lord a new song;
sing to the Lord, all the earth!
Sing to the Lord, bless his name;
tell of his salvation from day to day.
Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples!
For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
he is to be feared above all gods.
For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.
Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
bring an offering, and come into his courts!
Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness;
tremble before him, all the earth!
Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!
Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;
he will judge the peoples with equity.”
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
let the field exult, and everything in it!
Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy
before the Lord, for he comes,
for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness,
and the peoples in his faithfulness.
-Psalm 96:1-13
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It's A Choice!
By Pastor James Hilton
Today’s reading:
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
-Luke 9:23
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
-Galatians 2:20
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This week’s memory verses are Galatians 2:20 and Luke 9:23.
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
-Galatians 2:20
“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”
-Luke 9:23
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Called To Make a Difference
By Shana Hilton
Today’s reading:
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
-1 Peter 4:10-11
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Hold Nothing Back
By Pastor John Sellers
Today’s reading:
And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’” And he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.” And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, “Then who can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”
-Mark 10:17-27
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Put Your Flesh to Death
By Pastor John Sellers
Today’s reading:
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
-Romans 8:1-17
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Surrender Your Thoughts
By Pastor John Sellers
Today’s reading:
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
-Romans 12:1-2
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Surrender Your Control
By Pastor John Sellers
Today’s reading:
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.
-Proverbs 3:5-8
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Will You Trust Me?
By Pastor John Sellers
Today’s reading:
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
-Psalm 16:11
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
-Philippians 3:7-11
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The Call to Surrender
By Pastor John Sellers
Today’s reading:
On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking. They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken, and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
-Luke 5:1-11
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This week’s memory verse is Romans 12:1-2: "I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."
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Are you a Mary or a Martha?
By Sydney Prince
Today’s reading:
Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”
-Luke 10:38-42
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Jesus' Commitment to You
By Pastor James Hilton
Today’s reading:
Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” And they answered, “John the Baptist. But others say, Elijah, and others, that one of the prophets of old has risen.” Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”
And he strictly charged and commanded them to tell this to no one, saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”
-Luke 9:18-27
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Wandering Into Danger
By Pastor James Hilton
Today’s reading:
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”
-John 10:10-18
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This Changes Everything
By Pastor James Hilton
Today’s reading:
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written,
“For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
-Romans 8:31-39
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In This Together!
By Pastor Rob Ruston
Today’s reading:
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
-Matthew 22:34-40
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Just Follow Jesus
By Pastor James Hilton
Today’s reading:
And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? For what can a man give in return for his soul? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
-Mark 8:34-38
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This week’s memory verse is Mark 8:34: “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”
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21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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Change in Your Workplace/School
By Matthew Rhoads
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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Change in your Perspective
By Tricia Bulleman
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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A Change in Your Diet
By Casey Funk
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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Change in Your Family
By Adrienne Lugo
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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Change in Your Walk/Faith
By Sydney Prince
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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Connecting to God's Desire
By Mary Ellen Chandler
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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Hungry for Change
By Pastor Austin Prince
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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You are Promised Peace and Hope
By Gabrielle Vega
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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You are Promised Restoration and Redemption
By Tricia Bulleman
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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You are Promised Promise
By Carl Mohr
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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You are Promised Provision
By Sydney Prince
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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Dependency is Freedom
By Aaron Bulleman
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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Worked for your Good
By Pastor Austin Prince
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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Praying with Purpose
By Pastor Austin Prince
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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Jesus Prayed for You
By Pastor Austin Prince
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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Praying with Submission
By Pastor Austin Prince
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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Jesus Modeled Prayer that Ministered to Others
By Carl Mohr
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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Praying with Authority
By Pastor Austin Prince
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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Praying in Boldness
By Gracyn Hilton
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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Jesus modeled prayer that’s dependent upon the Father
By Sydney Prince
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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Connecting to God's Heart
By Pastor Austin Prince
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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Praying with Purpose
By Pastor Austin Prince
21 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a time where we will intentionally press into seeking God every day in prayer as we believe for Him to move in powerful ways. We believe in the power of prayer. God calls us to pray without ceasing! Not just when times are bad, but also praising God for all that he has done in our lives. We believe prayer is not meant to be reactionary, but proactive.
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Live in Victory
Pastor James Hilton
Today's reading:
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
—Philippians 3:7-11
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The Last New Beginning
Pastor David Washburn
Today's reading:
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son.
—Revelation 21:1-7
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I Lack Nothing
Pastor Luke Wycuff
Today's reading:
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
—Psalm 23
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Free Indeed
Nick Reiherzer
Today's reading:
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
—Galatians 2:20
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Leading Us in His Victory
Pastor James Hilton
Today's reading:
And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
—Colossians 2:13-15
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More Than Conquerors
Pastor James Hilton
Today's reading:
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
—Romans 8:37-39
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This week’s memory verse is from Romans 8:37: “In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”
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From Brokenness to Breakthrough
Angella Bundz
Today's reading:
The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
and his ears toward their cry.
The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
and delivers them out of all their troubles.
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
and saves the crushed in spirit.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
He keeps all his bones;
not one of them is broken.
Affliction will slay the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
The Lord redeems the life of his servants;
none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
—Psalm 34:15-22
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Living In Redemption
Pastor James Hilton
Today's reading:
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
—1 Peter 2:9-17
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No Longer Broken
Shana Hilton
Today's reading:
For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses...
—Colossians 2:9-13
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The Right Side Up Kingdom
Kailey Simpson
Today's reading:
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
—Colossians 1:13-14
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Return to the Lord
Pastor James Hilton
Today's reading:
“Come, let us return to the Lord;
for he has torn us, that he may heal us;
he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
After two days he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord;
his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us as the showers,
as the spring rains that water the earth.”
—Hosea 6:1-3
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Redeemed Out of Brokenness
Pastor James Hilton
Today's reading:
And the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.” So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley. And I said to her, “You must dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you.” For the children of Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or household gods. Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days.
—Hosea 3:1-5
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Jesus Our Redeemer
Pastor James Hilton
Today's reading:
no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.”
—Romans 3:11-12
...because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
—Romans 10:9-13:
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This week’s memory verse is from 1 Peter 1:18-19: "For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ."
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Twice Bought
Christian Funk
Today's reading:
Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
—1 Peter 1:13-21
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God's Loving Discipline
Pastor James Hilton
Today's reading:
Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
—1 Peter 1:13-21
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A New Name
Tricia Bulleman
Today's reading:
Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will...
—Ephesians 1:4-11
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Grafted Into the Family
Kailey Simpson
Today's reading:
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full."
—John 15:1-11
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You Have a Good Father!
Pastor James Hilton
Today's reading:
And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
—Luke 11:9-13
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A Father Who Runs To You
Pastor David Washburn
Today's reading:
And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living. And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to[a] one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.
“But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’ And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.
—Luke 15:11-24
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God Chose You!
Pastor James Hilton
Today's reading:
The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) For from his fullness, we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
—John 1:9-18
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This week’s memory verse is from John 1:12: “All who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God”
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Championing Reconciliation For Others
Pastor Jadner Lugo
Today's reading:
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
—2 Corinthians 5:17-19
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You Can't!
Pastor Austin Prince
Today's reading:
For the Lord has called you
like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit,
like a wife of youth when she is cast off,
says your God.
For a brief moment I deserted you,
but with great compassion I will gather you.
In overflowing anger for a moment
I hid my face from you,
but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”
says the Lord, your Redeemer.
—Isaiah 54:6-8
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Lasting Change
Pastor Jadner Lugo
Today's reading:
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
—Colossians 1:19-20
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Christ The Reconciler
Rebecca Sellers
Today's reading:
All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
—2 Corinthians 5:18-21
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Striving For Eternity
Casey Funk
Today's reading:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.
—John 3:16-21
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Prince of Peace
Pastor Jadner Lugo
Today's reading:
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.
—Ephesians 2:13-16
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The End of Striving
Pastor Jadner Lugo
Today's reading:
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
—Romans 5:6-11
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This week’s memory verse is from Colossians 1:21–22: “You, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him.”
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Greater Than You Can Comprehend!
Pastor Austin Prince
Today's reading:
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
—Jeremiah 31:33-34
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Silence The Accuser
Pastor John Sellers
Today's reading:
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus...
—Romans 8:1
What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:
“For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
—Romans 8:31-38
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Wait, I'm a Saint?
Pastor John Sellers
Today's reading:
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
—2 Corinthians 5:21
This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile...
—Romans 3:22
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Receive It Through Faith
Pastor John Sellers
Today's reading:
God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished...
—Romans 3:25
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.
—Romans 5:1-2
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By His Blood
Pastor John Sellers
Today's reading:
God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
—Romans 3:25-26
Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!
—Romans 5:9
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Not Guilty!
Pastor John Sellers
Today's reading:
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.
—Romans 5:1-2
...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
—Romans 3:23-24
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Complete Forgiveness
Pastor John Sellers
Today's reading:
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
—1 Peter 2:24
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This week’s memory verse is from Romans 3:23-24: ”For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”
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Holiness Overcomes Uncleanliness
Christian Funk
Today's reading:
In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!”
And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
—Isaiah 6:1-7
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Identity Crises
Nick Reiherzer
Today's reading:
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
—Romans 8:14-17
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The Freeing Love of God
Pastor James Hilton
Today's reading:
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
We love because he first loved us.
—1 John 4:8-19
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Who Do You Follow?
Pastor James Hilton
Today's reading:
So, Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”
Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. So, if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
—John 8:31-36
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The Power of Sin
Pastor James Hilton
Today's reading:
All of us struggle! We have all done things and continue to do things that make us scream, “WHAT was I thinking?” When the regret, shame, or consequences of our decisions hit us, we know that something must change. But we soon discover that change is hard! Paul summarizes this battle: "I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do…For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing".
—Romans 6:1-14
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The Final Word
Pastor James Hilton
Today's reading:
After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
—John 19:28-30
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This week’s memory verse is from Romans 6:11: “You also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus."
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“It is finished” is a loud declaration of the victory that has been won; a roar for the whole world to know that sin has been conquered; a war cry to every evil force that they have lost the power of sin and death. Christ’s work on the cross has fully accomplished what we as sinful, broken people could never accomplish on our own. Jesus’ last words have now become the final word of freedom for all who come to Him by faith. Join us over the next 40 Days as we discover that we do not need to add anything, complete anything, or finalize anything when it comes to our salvation—Jesus did it all when he declared, “It is Finished!” For more information, head over to journeyconnect.org/40days2022