Just a Guy and his Journey Back to God

Send us Fan Mail The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 2 Corinthians 10:4 Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and in John 1 we read that the Word was with God and the Word was God. Let's speak the Word over o...

Send us Fan Mail And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.  Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should. E...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! 2 Corinthians 9:15 At times, when I had fallen away, I often thought I needed to get my act together before coming back to God. I believed I had to clean up my swearing, my health, my anger, my... but none of that mattered because I could never earn the Gift of Christ! The redemptive power of Christ could never be earned! It is a gift o...

Send us Fan Mail I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— for kings and all those in authority, 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship with God. The spoken word is powerful. God spoke the world into existence and in John 1 we read that the Word was with God and the Word was God. Let's spea...

Send us Fan Mail And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege...

Send us Fan Mail “What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign LORD.  For the sake of your word and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant. 2 Samuel 7:20-21 RC Sproul writes in his work, Does Prayer Change Things, "Prayer, like everything else in the Christian life, is for God’s glory and for our benefit, in that order....

Send us Fan Mail For when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn —conflicts on the outside, fears within. 6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus, 7 and not only by his coming but also by the comfort you had given him. He told us about your longing for me, your deep sorrow, your ardent concern for me, so that my joy was greater...

Send us Fan Mail Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said: 2 Samuel 7:18 “Who am I, Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? 19 And as if this were not enough in your sight, Sovereign LORD, you have also spoken about the future of the house of your servant—and this decree, Sovereign LORD, is for a mere human! 2 Samuel 7:18-19 Let's pray dai...

Send us Fan Mail  As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:1-2 I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that...

Send us Fan Mail “Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.” Mark 14:36 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” Romans 8:15 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of...

Send us Fan Mail We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:20-21 Charles Spurgeon says of this fundamental element of the Gospel, "I have not known men made to live unto...

Send us Fan Mail Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. James 5:13 RC Sproul writes in his book, Does Prayer Change Things , "The neglect of prayer is a major cause of stagnation in the Christian life. Consider the example of Peter in Luke 22:39–62. Jesus went to the Mount of Olives to pray, as was His custom, and told His disciples, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” The...

Send us Fan Mail You do not have because you do not ask God. James 4:2 One of the greatest US evangelist of the early 1900s is Reuben Archer (RA) Torrey. He established churches all of over the US, including BIOLA (Bible Institute of Los Angeles) University. He was the second  President/Superintendent  of the Moody Bible Institute. His churches and evangelical events reached thousands. He was also...

Send us Fan Mail You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. James 4:2-3 I'm reading various works regarding prayer and one of the greatest US evangelist of the early 1900s is RA Torrey. He established churches all of over the US, including BIOLA (Bible Institute of Los A...

Send us Fan Mail The LORD bless you  and keep you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26 Good morning -  I'm not able to record today. I hope to return tomorrow with Pray 365 and 2 Corinthians 5 on Monday. Take care and be blessed!   Just a Guy and His World  

Send us Fan Mail  But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who...

Send us Fan Mail Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before. Daniel 6:10 A Morning Prayer  We give Thee thanks  —yea, more than thanks O Lord our God, for all Thy goodness at all times, and in all p...

Send us Fan Mail And if what was transitory came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts! 2 Corinthians 3:11 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:18 Transitory to permanent. The Law to the Gospel. God moved us from death t...

Send us Fan Mail “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:7-8 For Protection  Be gracious to our prayers, O merciful God, and guard Thy people with loving protection; that they who confess Thine only begotten Son as God, b...

Send us Fan Mail in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes. 2 Corinthians 2:11 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. 1 Peter 5:8-9 John W...

Send us Fan Mail  Hide your face from my sins  and blot out all my iniquity.  10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,  and renew a steadfast spirit within me.  11 Do not cast me from your presence  or take your Holy Spirit from me.  12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation  and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalms 51:9-12 Let's pray daily for our nation, family and relationship wit...

Send us Fan Mail Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 2 Corinthians 1:9 Charles Spurgeon spoke about verse 9 this way, "We are justified, dear Friends, in speaking about our own experience when the mention of it will be for the benefit of others. Especially is this the case with leaders in...

Send us Fan Mail “The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior— from violent people you save me. “I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and have been saved from my enemies. 2 Samuel 22:2-4 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the fu...

Send us Fan Mail I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. ” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:7-9 Paul prayed that the thorn in hi...

Send us Fan Mail Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1-2 Almighty God, we beseech Thee to hear our prayers for all who sin against Thee, or neglect to serve Thee, all who forget Thee, all who leave Thee out of their lives. O Lord, have...