Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. – Romans 12:10 ESV OBSERVATION: As we end our 40 Days of Prayer let us continue to pray every day for our community, our state, and our nation and its newly elected officials. Although we have different opinions, so much more can be … More DAY 40:  Local, Specific Concerns

I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,” says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One. – Revelation 1:8 NLT OBSERVATION: We can praise, with confidence and trust, the One who holds the future, because He is eternal. PRAYER: … More DAY 39:  Praise to the God Who Holds the Future

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and burst their bonds apart. – Psalm 107:13-14 OBSERVATION: Addiction is no respecter of persons. Anyone can become an addict to damaging behaviors. It feels like being in … More DAY 38:  For Addicts and their Families

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. – Psalm 147:3 OBSERVATION: Today we are mindful of people who have been abused. Those who have suffered abuse are often filled with shame, fear, anger and hopelessness brought about by the abuse. PRAYER: Father, we pray for the abused. Those who are isolated, silenced, hurting … More DAY 37:  For The Abused and The Abusive

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. – 2 Corinthians 3:17 OBSERVATION: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,  that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit … More DAY 36:  Thanks for Our Freedoms and Liberties

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. – Acts 1:8 OBSERVATION: In Acts 1:8, in the Physician Dr. Luke’s writing to the church first turned loose in a … More DAY 35:  For the Spiritual Leaders in our Community

Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are His. He changes times and seasons; He deposes kings and raises up others. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. – Daniel 2:20–21 (NIV) OBSERVATION: Throughout the Bible it is clear that God is interested and … More DAY 34: Prayers for a Peaceful Election

We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. – John 9:4 OBSERVATION: In the gospel according to the writer John 9:4 it talks about working the works of Him that sent Jesus, while it is day: the night cometh, when no … More DAY 33:  Local Work Force/ Jobs

You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people … More DAY 32:  Those Unreached with the Gospel

And Jesus passing by, saw a man, who was blind from his birth…Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God should be made manifest in him…He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and spread the clay on his eyes, And said to him: Go, wash … More DAY 31:  Those Battling Presently Incurable Diseases