It’s Friday…But This One Is First

It’s a new year. Are you interested in praying a prayer that could revolutionize your life? Try this: Begin each day by asking God a series of questions. “Lord, how can I love You today? What act of worship can I do? What words can I utter that will honor and bless You? What actContinue reading “It’s Friday…But This One Is First”

Its Friday…How Much Intensity We Will Accept

It’s Christmas, what are you asking God for? Do you know what His beloved, treasured people – Israel – asked for? They asked not to hear His voice or see His face anymore. The intimacy was too overwhelming, His holiness too heavy. His presence got to be too much for them, and they thought theyContinue reading “Its Friday…How Much Intensity We Will Accept”

It’s Friday…What You Really Need

Human nature is always craving something new and different. That’s why clothing styles change every season, TV schedules need constant refreshing, and exotic foods expand our trendy appetites. It’s also why many believers leave Christianity to try out other religions or some cult that has gotten their attention. When we’ve tried something and passed throughContinue reading “It’s Friday…What You Really Need”

It’s Friday…Our Reason For Being

It happened this week in America. But why don’t we do it more often? Why do we wait until we are on the cusp of desperation? We must make intercession a regular rhythm of our lives. “Sovereign LORD, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!”  (Amos 7:5) God looked atContinue reading “It’s Friday…Our Reason For Being”

It’s Friday…Remember His Irrefutable Answer

We are living in days which demand for the people of God to be courageous, to be champions who live and speak His Truth in love. Unfortunately, the warriors The Lord is looking for, whom He has resourced and equipped us to be, have become wimps, cowards, and, at best, reluctant. But I guess weContinue reading “It’s Friday…Remember His Irrefutable Answer”

It’s Friday…He Has Already Met It

God is a God of covenant. He makes promises and will not violate them. If we think He might renege because circumstances change or because we don’t deserve His fulfillment, we’ve forgotten who He is. He has perfect foreknowledge and He has perfect character. He makes His promises in full view of the future, andContinue reading “It’s Friday…He Has Already Met It”

It’s Friday…Out of Balance

“It’s a conspiracy.” That was the assessment of a paranoid priest warning a corrupt king of a prophet’s declaration of God’s plans for Israel. When the prophet Amos told the Truth of God, he was considered a troublemaker, a disturber of the national peace, a mudslinger void of constructive criticism. (Things haven’t changed much, haveContinue reading “It’s Friday…Out of Balance”