Devotions

If you have the Dynamite Prayer book, today, you should be reading Day 8: "Power" Charge. For the entire devotion, please pick up a book from the church or online. Scripture Focus: Ephesians 1:19-20 (NLT)I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of h...

If you have the Dynamite Prayer book, today, you should be reading Day 7: Timing. For the entire devotion, please pick up a book from the church or online. Scripture Focus: Acts 1:8 (NLT)But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”For furthe...

If you have the Dynamite Prayer book, today, you should be reading Day 6: Wait Training. For the entire devotion, please pick up a book from the church or online. Scripture Focus: Luke 24:49 (NLT)“And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven.”For further Biblical Read: Luke 24:35-49 What ...

If you have the Dynamite Prayer book, today, you shold be reading Day 5: Ability. For the entire devotion, please pick up a book from the church or online. Scripture Focus: Matthew 25:14-18 (NLT)“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. He called together his servants and entrusted his money to them while he was gone. He gave five bags of silver t...

If you have the Dynamite Prayer book, today, you shold be reading Day 4: Unbelief. For the entire devotion, please pick up a book from the church or online. Scripture Focus: Matthew 13:54-58 (NLT)He returned to Nazareth, his hometown. When he taught there in the synagogue, everyone was amazed and said, “Where does he get this wisdom and the power to do miracles?” Then they scoffed, “He’s just the ...

If you have the Dynamite Prayer book, today, you shold be reading Day 3: Sent. For the entire devotion, please pick up a book from the church or online. Scripture Focus: Luke 9:1-2 (NLT)One day Jesus called together his twelve disciples[a] and gave them power and authority to cast out all demons and to heal all diseases. Then he sent them out to tell everyone about the Kingdom of God and to heal t...

If you have the Dynamite Prayer book, today, you shold be reading Day 2: The Wilderness. For the entire devotion, please pick up a book from the church or online. Scripture Focus: Luke 4:14 (NLT)Then Jesus returned to Galilee, filled with the Holy Spirit’s power. Reports about him spread quickly through the whole region.For futher Biblical Read: Luke 4:14-30 What temptation (of any kind) faces you...

If you have the Dynamite Prayer book, today, you shold be reading Day 1: Overshadowing. For the entire devotion, please pick up a book from the church or online. Scripture Focus: Luke 1:25 (NLT)The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power [dunamis] of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God.For futher Bib...

The topic of how to deal with what’s right and wrong is a big deal in the church world right now. I see things on Facebook like, “you can’t change the Bible to meet your needs” with everyone agreeing left and right. I don’t disagree with this, but do people really stand behind it? I mean, are people striving every day to live a holy and blameless life themselves? Are they putting God first in thei...

I have lived around military bases for 12 years (if I did my math right). I have learned that there is a different weight that comes with scars that people can see and scars that people can’t. I learned this firsthand as the scar on my forehead healed, but the scars on my brain were still present. Every one of us carries the effects of our life’s story–the good and the bad. “Too many carry the sca...