Meditate with Power! Today is the Gift! 2 Options! You Can Only Choose One!  James 4:14 Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Meditate on God’s Word:  It is a blessing to be slowed down by God to realize that we spend far too much time planning and worrying about tomorrow. So here is a simple exercise for you to do today.  If you could choose which way to die, for yourself or a loved one, which would you choose? Here are two options: Option 1: You die ..read more

Meditate with Power! Daniel’s Prayer! God Responds with a Powerful Vision and Prophecy! Daniel 9:4  And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and said, “O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments, 5 we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments. Meditate on God’s Word:  How interesting that Daniel begins with confession and acknowledging that we have sinned against God in our lives. Th ..read more

Meditate with Power! Daniel’s Prayer! Be a Person of Prayer! Watch What God Will Do! Daniel 9:3 Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. Meditate on God’s Word:  All of us in our lives when something goes wrong we just want to jump up and fix it, whatever it is. As we study the life of Daniel we find quite another example. Daniel prayed first, three times a day as he always sought God through these three things, worship, intercession and thanks. Daniel 6:10 Daniel in his upper room, with ..read more

Meditate with Power! Daniel Worshipped, Prayed and Gave God Thanks 3 Times a Day!   Daniel 6:10 Daniel in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days. Meditate on God’s Word:  Daniel knew what was important in life, consistency in his habits toward God each day. How many of us set aside a certain time of the day to do what Daniel did, much less three times a day? As we examine 3 times in his life we will see this pattern which p ..read more

Meditate with Power! New Series: God’s Power! Just Saying Thanks Lord!  James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above! Meditate on God’s Word:  Our challenge today for me and for you is to just remember to thank God for the hundreds of blessings that God gives you each day.  There are literally hundreds if we just slow down for a minute and realize how blessed you are and how much God loves you!  James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no varia ..read more

Meditate with Power! New Series: God’s Power! Knowing God! Mercy, Justice & Humility!  Jeremiah 22:16 King Josiah judged the cause of the poor and needy; Then it was well. Was not this knowing Me?” says the Lord. Meditate on God’s Word:  There is a Christian best selling book called Knowing God by J.I. Packard, that is a theological classic. It has sold over 1 million copies in North America alone.  We will not go into the depth that this book does but we will examine a few verses that really show the heart of God. When people ask, “what does God want?” He ..read more

Meditate with Power! New Series: God’s Power! God’s Promises are Real! What Does God Want? II Kings 4:35 Elisha returned and walked back and forth in the house, and again went up and stretched himself out on him; then the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. Meditate on God’s Word:   First God helps a widow who is almost starving turn her last jar of oil into multiple jars that she sells to keep her family from dying. The Bible talks often of God’s heart toward the widow and orphan. God loved King Josiah very much and when he died God sent Jeremiah to King Jos ..read more

Meditate with Power! Bonus Day! New Series: God’s Power! The Child Dies! Where is God? II Kings 4:29 Then Elisah said to Gehazi, “Get yourself ready, and take my staff in your hand, and be on your way. If you meet anyone, do not greet him; and if anyone greets you, do not answer him; but lay my staff on the face of the child.” Meditate on God’s Word:  This is one of the most powerful studies in the Bible about not giving up, when everything appears to be lost.  The woman who was childless is blessed by God with a child. Through an unforeseen circumstance the child d ..read more

Meditate with Power! New Series: God’s Power! God Rewards and Blesses  an Act of Kindness Shown to Elisha!  II Kings 4:15 So he said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the doorway. 16 Then he said, “About this time next year you shall embrace a son.” Meditate on God’s Word:  A short time later God’s prophet, Elisa is going out and doing what God has called him to do, preach, prophecy and teach.  II Kings 4:8 Now it happened one day that Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a notable woman, and she persuaded him to eat some food ..read more

Meditate with Power! New Series: God’s Power! God Blessings A Poor Widow! How About You? II Kings 4:1 A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha,saying,“Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord. And the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves.” Meditate on God’s Word: God’s power shows up in so many ways, from delivering a king and his nation to a poor widow who is about to lose everything. So Elisha, God’s servant and prophet asks the widow what can he do to help? II Kings 4:2 So Elisha said to he ..read more