Author Archives: Intentional Faith

Here are just a few of the praises for Moms from yesterday: I thank God for what she taught me…so loving unconditional…singing while she cleaned…her love for dad…taking us everywhere…special mother-in-laws…my best friend…loved the Lord…fought the good fight…waving to me every day…gave me life…patience…her memory…her inspiration…beautiful within…sacrificed for me…my special grandmother…raising me a Christian…started meContinue reading “Mother’s Day Praise”

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons. The believer is firmly—if reluctantly—engaged in spiritual warfare with Satan and his demons. Although you are no longer under the devil’s mastery, you are not immune to his plotsContinue reading “Drinking with Demons”

She has every reason to be bitter. Though talented, she went unrecognized for years. Prestigious opera circles closed their ranks when she tried to enter. American critics ignored her compelling voice. She was repeatedly rejected for parts for which she easily qualified. It was only after she went to Europe and won the hearts ofContinue reading “Better or Bitter”

O Lord God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and in Your hand is there not power and might, so that no one is able to withstand You? Jehoshaphat’s prayer was God centered. He didn’t indulge in negativism by dwellingContinue reading “Prayer Centered On God”

You shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. You are Almighty God; I walk before You and am blameless. I shall be holy to You, for You the Lord are holy, and have separated me from the peoples, that I should be Yours. I was bought at a price; therefore IContinue reading “Your Highest Calling”

Born of woman, I am of few days and full of trouble. I come forth like a flower and fade away; I flee like a shadow and do not continue. The world is passing away, and the lust of it; but if I do Your will, God, I abide forever. As in Adam I die,Continue reading “Time Is Short”

Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. Lord Jesus, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom when You suffered once for sins, You the just, for me the unjust, that You might bring me to God. The way into the Holiest of AllContinue reading “The Door of the Sheep”

In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise. Father, You warn me to be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.Continue reading “Watch Them Words!”

A new national survey of registered voters conducted by the Barna Group reveals that the issues that will most affect the candidate people support for President in the 2012 election are most likely to be those affecting their personal security and comfort. The matters that are likely to have the least impact on their choiceContinue reading “Cast Your Vote”

Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. Lord, I have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest, but I have come to Mount Zion to You, my Holy God, the Judge of all, to the spirits ofContinue reading “I Am Not Afraid”