Life is simply, in it’s most reduced form the sum of many moments. Each moment is different and yet each moment is ordered and held in the hands of God. There are moments of weakness and moments of strength; moments of unsurety and moments of clarity; moments of failure and moments of victory and there...
Author: City of Refuge
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Day of Prayer for National Leaders
We have set aside every Tuesday as a day of prayer for our National leaders: President Obama, the Senate and the Congress. Each week we present a specific focus, birthed from Scripture, that we can agree and pray together. This week we pray that: All the ways of a man are pure in his own...
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Fasting to Become the Possession of Christ DAY 10
Day 10 Giving God Possession of Our Future II Timothy 1:12 “For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.” We have lived much of our...
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Fasting to Become the Possession of Christ DAY 9
Day 9 Giving God Possession of Our Judgment and Pride James 2:13 “For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.” I Peter 5:5 “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Our minds have justified our own sin by focusing on that of others....
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Fasting to Become the Possession of Christ DAY 8
Day 8 Giving God Possession of Our Guilt and Shame (Past) John 8:36 “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.” Guilt and shame are the tools of the enemy. If we are ashamed we will hide from God. Adam and Eve hid from God after they sinned because they were...
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Comforted or Comfortable?
As a pastor I get invited into some of the most personal and intimate times in people’s lives. Pastors officiate weddings, dedicate children, bless new seasons and opportunities, give eulogies and help with funeral plans and lend an ear, a shoulder, a laugh, a tear or whatever might be called for in any given moment....
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Fasting to Become the Possesion of Christ DAY 7
Day 7 Giving God Possession of Our Fear and Anxiety II Timothy 1:7 “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” Philippians 4:5b-6a “The Lord is near. Be anxious for nothing.” Our culture has become paralyzed by fear and anxiety. Our enemy...
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Day of Prayer for National Leaders
We have set aside every Tuesday as a day of prayer for our National leaders: President Obama, the Senate and the Congress. Each week we present a specific focus, birthed from Scripture, that we can agree and pray together.This week we pray that Our National leaders will seek to please the Lord in all their...
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Fasting to Become the Possession of Christ DAY 6
Day 6 Giving God Possession of Our Minds II Corinthians 10:4-5 “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being...
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Fasting to Become the Possession of Christ DAY 5
Day 5 Giving God Possession of Our Community Acts 1:8 “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” We have been filled with the Holy Spirit that we...