We readily accept God’s love for others but struggle with the belief that he loves us equally, radically, completely. Blessed am I, Lord, because You are faithful to correct me. I will not despise the discipline of the Almighty. I have despised my life at times. I have wanted people to leave me alone becauseContinue reading “Your Vesper Discipline”
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Your Evening Vesper
The biggest sacrifices of our lives will be those times when we chose our own way and forfeited God’s pleasing will for us. Your ways are not my ways, Lord God. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are Your ways higher than mine (Isa. 55:8-9). I may not always understand Your ways,Continue reading “Your Evening Vesper”
My Vesper Moment
Most of us would never acknowledge God as God alone if we didn’t experience crises when no one else could help. Lord God, if I feel hated by the world, You have told me to keep in mind that it hated You first. You said that if I belonged to the world, it would loveContinue reading “My Vesper Moment”
Your Evening Vesper
The Spirit of God released through our prayers and the prayers of others turns cowards into conquerors. Lord, I can find great encouragement in knowing that many believers, weak in their natural selves, have walked faithfully and victoriously with You (Heb. 11). Therefore, since I am surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, helpContinue reading “Your Evening Vesper”
Your Evening Vesper
Faithfulness in our Christian walk requires order, but within that order is glorious room for color and creativity. My Father, I celebrate the fact that You, Jehovah God, take delight in Your people; You crown the humble with salvation (Ps. 149:4). Even those who have been forsaken and hated by the world, You can makeContinue reading “Your Evening Vesper”
Your Evening Vesper
If you dare to believe and don’t get your miracle, God has a greater one planned. Stay tuned. Jesus, You told Your close followers, who were taught how to seek the Father’s heart, that whatever they asked for in prayer they were to believe they received it and it would be theirs (Mark 11:24). OContinue reading “Your Evening Vesper”
Your Evening Vesper
Christ isn’t asking us to believe in our ability to exercise unwavering faith. He is asking us to believe that he is able. My Father, great are Your works! They are pondered by all who delight in them. Glorious and majestic are Your deeds, O Lord, and Your righteousness endures forever. You have caused YourContinue reading “Your Evening Vesper”
The Evening Vesper
The enemy knows the power of prayer. He’s been watching it furiously for thousands of years. The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior! You are the God who avenges me, who subdues and saves me from my enemy. Therefore, I will praise You among the nations, O Lord. IContinue reading “The Evening Vesper”
My Vesper Prayer
Obedient lives flow from obedient days, and victorious lives flow from victorious days. Lord Jesus, when You were being led out to be executed, after being beaten, ridiculed, and spit upon, You said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34). If You can forgive those kinds of thingsContinue reading “My Vesper Prayer”
My Vesper Prayer
No matter how I have reacted to betrayal or any other kind of heartbreak, I am glad to know a way exists to be victorious. Father, even the great apostle Paul did not want us to be uninformed about the hardships he suffered while in the province of Asia. He, too, was under great pressure,Continue reading “My Vesper Prayer”
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