The Key To Your Heart

Matthew 6:21 Lord God, thank you for your presence. Tell me how to realign my heart and pursue the kind of treasure that will last. In Jesus’ name, Amen. The human condition is one of pursuit, isn’t it? We pine after more, and better, and all that glitters only to come up exhausted and disappointed. … Read more

The Gift Of Manna

Psalm 103:2 Let all that I am praise the LORD; may I never forget the good things he does for me PRAYER Lord God, thank you for the gift of your provision. When I am in need, help me to turn to you first because you are the only one who can truly and completely … Read more

Mercy For Our Mistakes

Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. PRAYER Lord, thank you for Your great mercies. They are new every morning. Help me to approach Your throne of grace with confidence knowing You have … Read more

Room To Grow

 John 15:2 Any branch in Me that does not bear fruit [that stops bearing] He cuts away (trims off, takes away); and He cleanses and repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more and richer and more excellent fruit. PRAYER Lord God, Almighty Father, you are the divine gardener … Read more

Sacred Scars

Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. PRAYER Lord God, I want my scars to tell a greater story than my pain. … Read more

ON QUEST – C-R-A-V-E Challenge Wrap-up

Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. PRAYER Lord God, give me the courage to do the hard work of transformation. Help me to practice the strategies needed to change habits that hinder, anxieties … Read more

ON QUEST – Engage New Behaviors

Philippians 3:13-14 I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But 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 PRAYER Lord God, Help me form … Read more

ON QUEST – Visualize Success

Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he PRAYER Lord God, open my eyes to see the vision of who you want me to be on the other side of the cravings that confine me. Help me to focus on this vision so I … Read more

ON QUEST – Act Fast

1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it PRAYER Lord God, show me … Read more

ON QUEST – Replace Feelings With Faith

2 Corinthians 10:5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ PRAYER Lord God, you are my truth; help me to trust in you. Teach me how to capture the feelings that consistently lead me astray, … Read more