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Today is the first day. We look forward to the growth that all of us doing this will experience. If you’re following the guidelines that we offered, during Supplication, we ask that you pray over the ministry. We thank you for doing so. And if you have any prayer requests that you would like others to pray over, send those to us.

February 1-22, 2025, will be our 22 Days of Prayer and Fasting. Here is what we want you to do. Each of those days, we ask that you set aside something that you do on a regular basis. For some of us eating in certain food. For others it may be social media. I think you get the point. Whatever it is, we ask that you “fast” from it. You can do that for a certain timeframe each day. Or maybe consider fasting from it all day, for every one of the 22 days.

Then, focus on praying. Set aside a time each day to pray. Praying for 22 minutes is an easy way to keep focused. If you need a format to follow, we have a simple way for you to guide yourself. ACTS: Adoration for God, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication. During Adoration for God and Confession, maybe consider reading a Psalm as you pray. During Thanksgiving, express who and what you are thankful for. Finally, during Supplication, send God your pleas and requests.

We’re not going reach out to you and keep you accountable. This is between you and God. Time for you to be alone with our Lord and Savior. Our Father in Heaven. Time for you to go to your knees and pray sincere prayers to God. Pray knowing that he wants to hear from us. Even though we’re not going to reach out to you, if you want to let us know how it is going, that would be great. Simply email us if you want to.

We love you all and we thank you for your support.

Forgiveness. We have talked about this topic before. It especially hits home with me because it’s a difficult one for me to do. Not so much when it concerns someone who has wronged me. But when it concerns someone who has wronged a member of my family. I actually have been struggling with this aspect for a while. Someone I have known since childhood, and deeply trusted and loved, wronged my youngest child. And it has been hard for me to forgive them.

But here is why I need to. Here is why we all need to forgive others. Forgiveness leads us to freedom. Freedom from those who have hurt us. If we choose to not forgive, then we are holding ourselves captive. We are basically keeping ourselves in “personal” prison. If we forgive, we can remove the bitterness from our hearts. We can remove the anger and hatred. We can get rid of the idea of getting revenge against whomever caused us harm. Actually, forgiving them is a form of revenge because it removes the incident from our hearts and sets us free! Not them. It frees us!

Now let’s go back in our minds around 2000 years when Jesus was on the cross. Let’s remember what had happened to him prior to the crucifixion. Arrested. Beaten. Whipped. Basically he endured a pain beyond anything we could ever comprehend. Then nailed to the cross, he died a torturous death. And what was it that he did right before he died? He used his last breath to forgive the Romans who had done this to him. He forgave those who were executing him. Wow! What a powerful example for us to follow. I know I need to. We all do. Because Jesus loves us. Always has. Always will.

Month: February 2025

Day 1: 22 Days of Prayer and Fasting

February 1 Devotion