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Sep 22, 20221 min read

What are you waiting for? - Praise & Pray (for others) September 23, 2022

2022 is rapidly coming to a close. Next weekend, we'll be strutting into the month of October, meaning December is right around the corner and 2023 will quickly follow.


However, before we enter a new year, let's look back at this one and the prayer requests we had when it began. Some think it is too late for their unanswered prayers to come to pass. The word of God says that with God all things are possible (Matthew 19:26). Therefore, God can do anything in an instant and there's no need to this year is too far gone. There's plenty of time left in 2022 for Him to answer prayers.


So, what one solitary thing have you been waiting on God to do for you? That one prayer that's been stuck on your prayer list and carried over from one year to another? Now is the time to share it and have someone else pick it up as a prayer point in today's fellowship. Let us join our faith with that of our fellow intercessors during today's prayer segment.


God bless you!





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Writer's pictureP L U N D E R E R
Sep 19, 20222 min read

Eyes On The Prize - Tuesday Praise & Pray (for others) September 20, 2022

1 John 2:24-25 - As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. And this is what he promised us—eternal life.


We wake up each day and are faced with a long list of tasks. Get to work. Finish those reports. Buy groceries. Pay bills. The list goes on and on. These everyday demands not only take up most of our focus during the daytime, we're also preoccupied with them when we're supposed to be sleeping. And when our lives get like this, our prayer points start to take on a certain tenor - God, I need... Lord, bless me with...Father, give me and mine...


There's nothing wrong with asking the King of kings to help with the issues we face each day. After all, He has called us to cast our burdens onto Him (Psalm 55:22). However, we need to strive for a relationship with God that doesn't just focus on problems. Even with the issues we have to overcome, we still have to train our gaze on the promise of eternal life with the Lord.


Our everyday challenges and tasks are far from irrelevant. For instance, we can't just sit in a corner and say, "I'm not going to work because it's not as important as the goal of eternal life." That attitude would contravene the teaching in 2 Thessalonians 3:10 - ...“The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.” God does not reward the lazy. Nevertheless, we must build time into our daily life that allows us to build a strong relationship with the one who granted us our eternal inheritance. It also means that as we go through the motions of each day, we must do so knowing that this world is not our final destination (Hebrews 13:14).


Therefore, let us live with heaven in mind and make choices that will increase the chance of getting there. Choices that honor God and display love to others, for instance. This could mean giving the elderly man our seat on a train in accordance with Leviticus 19:32 or assisting a blind person safely across the street (Deuteronomy 27:18). Another choice is to do our job well at our work place because Colossians 3:23 tells us, Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.


We live in bodies that will one day return to dust. Our souls, on the other hand, were created for an eternity. As we wake up each day, we have a choice as to where that eternity shall be spent - heaven or hell. May we never lose sight of the need to get to heaven. May we make choices that bring us closer to the place the Lord has prepared for us to enjoy eternal life. May the Lord help us get there because we have received salvation because of His grace, IJMN, Amen.




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God bless!

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Writer's pictureP L U N D E R E R
Sep 15, 20223 min read

God's Discipline - Friday Praise & Pray (for others) September 16, 2022

I've had to discipline my children more times than I can count. Often, it was because they did something they shouldn't have. In those moments, I've had to be tough, ensuring they come out of the experience in a way where they'd never forget it. Why? Because I wanted them to remember the consequences of their decision and never repeat it. There were times, however, where I kicked into disciplinarian mode before they did something wrong. Given my knowledge of them, I knew I had to teach them lessons and thereby preempt them from making certain choices. My aim was and remains always to prepare them for life and the challenges that will come their way.


Similarly, God disciplines us - His children. He does it for our own good and it helps us become better members of the Holy Household. Whether that discipline is post- or preemptive, there is one common factor - love. Hebrews 12:6 - because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.” As weird as it seems, we should take it as a compliment to be disciplined, because God does not waste time disciplining those who aren't loved by Him. In fact, His discipline is a sign that we are His legitimate children and a means to make us holy (Hebrews 12:10). Additionally, Psalm 94:12 tells us that those who are disciplined are blessed.


And yet, for the one being disciplined, there's nothing lovey-dovey about it. Actually, it is when we're being disciplined that we think our parents or God hates us. Alas, that is not the case. Proverbs 13:24 states that a parent who loves their offspring will discipline them but a parent who hates their children will not. God is no different in His love for us.


When human parents discipline, we know there's an end in sight. They may ground us from going to two or three parties but eventually, things will get back to relative normal. With God, on the other hand, we may not know how long the disciplinary period will be. And that is the hardest part. There you are dealing with a challenge that's too much for you to bear and it's hard! It's been going on for months or years, and there may be no end in sight. Still, Paul admonishes us in Hebrews 12:7 - Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?


It is in these tough seasons that we must remind ourselves that God loves us (Isaiah 43:4). We must seek out His word in the Bible that says exactly that. We must fight the doubts and fears creeping into our minds and declare that we will wait on God to get us through. We must remember that no matter the reason for the discipline, we are being refined for His purpose (Isaiah 48:10). After all, He has promised that His plans for us are for good and not for evil (Jeremiah 29:11). This is not to say you won't cry, or feel frustration and fear. It is by doing the suggested tips above that you will overcome those negative emotions and get back on track as you wait on God to bring you to the ultimate place and plan He has for you.


May the Lord help us to remember that He disciplines us not just because we erred, but because in His love, He wants to train us to be mighty in His kingdom. Able to stand in the gap for others and wield the Lord's staff here on earth to His glory. May He remind us ever so frequently of His loving kindness and may His wonderful deeds be seen in our lives and the lives of those around us, IJMN, Amen.




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