Sep 16, 2015 | Inspiration
Matthew 6:12 Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
As issues arise in our Christian walk we are called to regular patterns of confession, repentance, and receiving forgiveness. These moments provide us with fresh opportunities to embrace the grace and love of Jesus as we take hold of the forgiveness and cleansing He already purchased at Calvary. In moments of repentance we also allow our minds to be renewed and for our thinking to align with His thinking. Lies are overcome with truth, hurts are healed and unhealthy patterns are replaced with redeemed thinking.
James 5:16 Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Romans 12:1-2 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. 2 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.
Sep 15, 2015 | Inspiration
Pray along with us this week. Each day a prayer devotional will be posted here to assist you in your times of prayer. For practical tips on fasting read this post. Join us today at Gateway for prayer meetings at noon and 7pm.
Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
God chooses to reveal Himself to us as our Father. He is a good dad, the best in fact. We are encouraged to bring our needs and desires to Him. He, rather than our pay checks, jobs, or talents, is our ultimate source of provision. As we pray today we pray with confidence that He is able and willing to provide for our needs as individuals and as a church family. The things that He is calling us to accomplish are beyond our natural ability and resources; thankfully we are filled with joyful expectation that He will provide all that we need with perfect wisdom.
Luke 10:2 He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.
Philippians 4:19 My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Matt 7:11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Sep 14, 2015 | Inspiration
Pray along with us this week. Each day a prayer devotional will be posted here to assist you in your times of prayer. For practical tips on fasting read this post.
Matthew 6:10 Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
As we pray we aren’t trying to get God to follow our lead. As we humble ourselves, we seek to discover His will and His wisdom as we move forward together as a church family. The Word tells us that Jesus is in the business of building His church. We partner with Him as we follow His lead. At the same time the Scriptures are full of instances where God makes His will know to us. He desires to see many, actually everyone, come to salvation. He has released the church to bring the reality of the kingdom to the nations. He has equipped us with the Spirit and gifts to bring healing, restoration, reconciliation, hope and life to our world. He wills that we would become transformed to the image of His Son.
God is building Gateway. Let’s pray for our church and that God’s kingdom would be expressed through our lives and that His will would be done.
Luke 22:42 “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
Mark 4:30-32 30 He said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, 32 yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”
Hebrews 13:20-21 20 Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, 21 equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Sep 13, 2015 | Inspiration
Pray along with us this week. Each day a prayer devotional will be posted here to assist you in your times of prayer. For practical tips on fasting read this post.
Matthew 6:9 Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
We begin our week with a focus on the worship of our great God and King. Take time today to praise God, to thank Him, to consider His character and nature. Ask Him to reveal Himself to you in a greater way and then pray and praise what He reveals back to Him. In a week of prayer and fasting it is vital for us to take the focus off of ourselves and our deeds and place our full attention and affections on God alone.
Zechariah 9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty
Isaiah 63:7 I will recount the steadfast love of the Lord,
the praises of the Lord,
according to all that the Lord has granted us,
and the great goodness to the house of Israel
that he has granted them according to his compassion,
according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
Titus 3:4-7 4 When the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
