Start with Praise

Sally Burke

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Feeling Inadequate? Be Empowered!Today's needs and tomorrow's uncertainties can bring us to our knees. We often don't feel up to the task of carrying out God's mission with strength and courage in our jobs, activities, and families. Let this 40-day devotional help empower you to be bold in all you do and to experience the joys of faithful prayer. Just like Jesus chose 12 ordinary men to be His disciples, God placed you right where you arein the middle of an ordinary life that can have eternal impact. Follow the Moms in Prayer four-step prayer process day by day, and learn how to invite God's power into every area of your heart. It all starts with praise...

Sujets

• Prayer in Christianity

Informations

• Publié par: Harvest House Publishers
• Date de parution: 07 août 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780736971706
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from the New American Standard Bible , 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. ( www.Lockman.org )
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Cyndie de Neve is published in association with William K. Jensen Literary Agency, 119 Bampton Court, Eugene, Oregon 97404.
Sally Burke is published in association with William K. Jensen Literary Agency, 119 Bampton Court, Eugene, Oregon 97404.
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Start with Praise
Copyright 2018 Sally Burke and Cyndie Claypool de Neve
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97408
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
ISBN 978-0-7369-7169-0 (pbk)
ISBN 978-0-7369-7170-6 (eBook)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Burke, Sally (President of Moms in Prayer International), author.
Title: Start with praise / Sally Burke and Cyndie Claypool de Neve.
Description: Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House Publishers, 2018.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017059570 (print) | LCCN 2018012281 (ebook) | ISBN 9780736971706 (ebook) | ISBN 9780736971690 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: God (Christianity)-Worship and love. | Prayer-Christianity. | Mothers-Prayers and devotions.
Classification: LCC BV4817 (ebook) | LCC BV4817 .B795 2018 (print) | DDC 242/.2-dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017059570
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Dedication
This devotional is dedicated to every mom around
the world who carves out an hour a week to pray
in a Moms in Prayer group. Oh, how God is using
your prayers to impact children and schools!
Contents
Dedication
A Scripture Prayer for You
Let s Get Started Living Empowered
Empowered Through Praise
1. First Things First: We Start With Praise
2. Elohim: God, My Creator
3. The Lord Is Worthy of Our Praise
4. Jehovah Jireh: The L ORD Provides
5. The Lord Is My Helper
6. Jehovah Sabaoth: The L ORD of Hosts
7. God Is Love
8. God Our Hope
9. God Overflows with Mercy
10. Run to Adonai
Empowered Through Confession
11. The Cure for the Spiritual Blahs
12. Stop Pushing God Away
13. Do We Really Love One Another?
14. Forgive as the Father Forgives Us
15. Let the God of Peace Cleanse You
16. Confession Brings Rest and Refreshment
17. Giving God Our Worries
18. Confessing Our Anger
19. What Am I Focusing On?
20. Pride of Life
Empowered Through Thanksgiving
21. Giving Thanks Is a Mighty Weapon
22. Offering a Sacrifice of Thanksgiving
23. Remembering Our Thanksgivings
24. Can We Really Give Thanks in All Circumstances?
25. Thanking God for His Discipline
26. When Tears Turn to Cheers
27. Thanksgiving: A Holy Spirit Party
28. Thanksgiving Brings Light to the Darkest Days
29. We Are Triumphant in Christ!
30. Thanking God for Pulling Us from the Mud and Mire
Empowered Through Intercession
31. Learning That God Is Not a Genie in a Bottle
32. Praying God s Will
33. More Than All We Ask or Imagine
34. Just Keep Praying
35. The Ache Is in the Waiting
36. Praying for Our Enemies
37. Praying for More Than Wealth and Success
38. Love Others as You Love Yourself
39. The Key to Remaining Unshaken and Empowered by Christ
40. Standing in the Gap
Moms in Prayer International
About Sally Burke
About Cyndie Claypool de Neve
Unshaken
Unshaken Study Guide and Personal Reflections
About the Publisher
A Scripture Prayer for You from Sally and Cyndie
May the L ORD answer you when you are in distress;
may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
May he send you help from the sanctuary
and grant you support from Zion.
May he remember all your sacrifices
and accept your burnt offerings.
May he give you the desire of your heart
and make all your plans succeed.
May we shout for joy over your victory
and lift up our banners in the name of our God.
May the L ORD grant all your requests.
Now this I know:
The L ORD gives victory to his anointed.
He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary
with the victorious power of his right hand.
Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the L ORD our God.
They are brought to their knees and fall,
but we rise up and stand firm.
L ORD , give victory to the king!
Answer us when we call!
P SALM 20 NIV
Let s Get Started Living Empowered
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms.
E PHESIANS 1:18-20 NIV
T he same power that raised Christ from the dead and defeated sin and death is at work within every Christian to empower us to fulfill God s great calling in our lives. Our prayer is that these 40 devotionals, based on the four steps of prayer, will help you live empowered and victorious through the Holy Spirit, so that you can throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus (Hebrews 12:1-2 NIV ).
Christ fulfilled His calling here on earth, and now He lives in each person who has accepted His free gift of salvation. Christ is just as determined and able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us (Ephesians 3:20 NIV ). But one thing can stop Him from accomplishing His will in our lives: ourselves.
We want to help you unlock God s power in your life to do His will for His glory and purpose. Even when Christ was on earth giving His disciples a lesson on prayer, He prayed Your kingdom come, your will be done (Matthew 6:10 NIV ). Prayer empowers us to do God s will on earth as it is in heaven.
Do you feel inadequate for the tasks God has set before you, whether it be as an employee, volunteer, student, parent, or caretaker? Remember who Christ chose when He was here on Earth: twelve ordinary men. It was their faith in Christ that set them apart. As Jesus was ascending to heaven, He told them they would soon receive the Holy Spirit and be clothed with power from on high (Luke 24:49 NIV ). That is the same Holy Spirit that lives in each one of us who has accepted Christ as our personal savior. As Philippians 4:13 reminds us, we don t have to do anything in our own power: I can do all this through him who gives me strength ( NIV ).
This 40-day devotional is designed to remind you each day what a powerful God we serve. We structured this around the four steps of prayer: 10 devotionals about praising our heavenly Father; 10 devotionals about the peace and power that comes through confessing our daily sins; 10 devotionals about the power in giving thanks, even when it s difficult; and 10 devotionals about interceding with powerful prayers for others, handing every concern to the Lord in prayer.
While we highlight praise, confession, thanksgiving, and intercession separately, each day offers an opportunity to pray through the four steps of prayer, including scripture prayers. During intercession, you will have the opportunity to boldly pray God s Word for your loved ones by placing their names in the scripture prayer. In addition, we ve added a section called petition where you can pray the scripture prayer for yourself, as well.
Our prayer is that this devotional will encourage God s peace and power to flow through you freely so that you can share the love of Christ with all those around you.
We pray this for you from Ephesians 3.
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
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