WEEK 1 Pray Gracious Father, as I turn to your Word, may your Spirit rest upon me.Help me to be devoted in hearing, faithful in speaking committed in my believing, and resolute in my living.   — Amen Scripture Reading 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians

WEEK 3 Prayer I Cannot Do This Alone O God, early in the morning I cry to you.Help me to pray and to concentrate my thoughts on you;I cannot do this alone.In me there is darkness, but with you there is light; I am lonely, but you do not leave

WEEK 1 Pray Gracious Father, as I read your word, help me hear your loving truth. Holy Spirit, transform me to greater faithfulness and obedience. Shine your light on harmful patterns and strongholds in my life. Help me lay down and turn away from those ways that do not bring

WEEK 1 https://youtu.be/xt9BlgRYbrY Hope in the Promised King Do you know someone who makes promises, so you’ll go along with what he or she wants?  Has someone made a promise to you he could not keep or she never intended to keep?  Promises made can become lies if the promiser

WEEK 1 Psalm 42 Psalm 42:8 But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to the God who gives me life. “Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart sad? I will put my hope in God! I

GETTING STARTED Jadav Payeng has lived his entire life on the river island of Majuli in India. In his lifetime, he has watched his island shrink and become barren due to soil erosion, deforestation, and other environmental reasons. At the age of 16, he had the big idea to replant

WEEK 1 This is the Gospel…the Good News Romans 5: 6-11When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a

WEEK 1 Being Intentional Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. Being a leader is an honor and a well-earned accomplishment. But most leaders didn’t just wake up one day a become a leader. They had to learn to be a leader, and they often learned

WEEK 1 READ NEHEMIAH 3:1-32In our highly individualistic culture we tend to focus on the one person who appeared to make the difference between victory and defeat. However, anything of substance is rarely accomplished through the efforts of one.In sports we mistakenly credit one player for a team’s success. Michael