“Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.” — 1 Kings 19:18 (KJV)
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” AMOS 3:7 Encounter Day 105 Devotional EXPOSING YOUR SECRETS Not everything hidden is evil. Read Day 105 Devotional EXPOSING YOUR SECRETS Not
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” 1 PETER 1:15–16 Encounter Day 106 Devotional HOLY HOURS My prayer life is holy. Read Day 106 Devotional HOLY HOURS My prayer
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” 2 CORINTHIANS 11:3–4 Encounter Day 107 Devotional THE GOSPELS THAT CULTURE CREATED Paul warned the church with a level of frustration that
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” PROVERBS 4:23 Encounter Day 108 Devotional LOVE DOESN’T MEAN LOSING YOURSELF One of my childhood friends committed suicide and affected me forever.
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” PROVERBS 14:12 Encounter Day 109 Devotional WHAT MAKES SOME CHRISTIANS SO DELUSIONAL? Convinced But Corrupted Sometimes the most dangerous people in a
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” MATTHEW 24:12 Encounter Day 110 Devotional LOVE ON TRIAL Recently, I found myself wrestling with something I never thought I would question:
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” 1 CORINTHIANS 14:33 Encounter Day 111 Devotional WORD SALAD Honestly, one of the most disturbing things to me right now is how
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” JOHN 8:44 Encounter Day 112 Devotional THE DANGER OF LIES Lies do not merely damage conversations. Read Day 112 Devotional THE DANGER
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” JOHN 4:24 Encounter Day 113 Devotional WHAT IN THE WORLD DOES “ANTHROPOMORPHIC” EVEN MEAN? Sometimes Christians hear big theological words and immediately
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” MATTHEW 4:17 Encounter Day 114 Devotional THE GREEK WORD MOST CHRISTIANS MISUNDERSTAND The word we translate as “repentance” is metanoia. Read Day
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” HEBREWS 13:8 Encounter Day 115 Devotional GOD STILL HEALS One of the enemy’s greatest attacks against believers is convincing us to lower
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” HEBREWS 4:13 Encounter Day 116 Devotional NOTHING IS HIDDEN Does God reveal hidden conversations, secret agendas, and private schemes? Absolutely He does.
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” PROVERBS 22:28 Encounter Day 117 Devotional DON’T ABANDON WHAT’S BEEN PROVEN One of the saddest patterns in human nature is this: People
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” MATTHEW 7:15 Encounter Day 118 Devotional FOLLOW THE GOD OF THE BIBLE “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” JOHN 1:14 Encounter Day 119 Devotional THE SAVIOR NEXT DOOR Every day I take a closer look at the One we call
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” 1 TIMOTHY 4:2 Encounter Day 120 Devotional A SEASON OF REVIVAL Sometimes I feel a deep resistance within the traditional church experience.
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” JEREMIAH 3:15 Encounter Day 121 Devotional SELECTIVE SUBMISSION Understanding spiritual authority becomes easier when you understand military authority. Read Day 121 Devotional
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” JOSHUA 2:11 Encounter Day 122 Devotional THE UNDERDOGS OF LIFE People often notice that I usually side with the underdog. Read Day
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” 2 SAMUEL 23:39 Encounter Day 123 Devotional LOYALTY UNDER ATTACK I know what it feels like to be mislabeled, lied on, misunderstood,
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” LUKE 11:1 Encounter Day 124 Devotional THY WILL, NOT MINE Recently, I was talking with a friend I have known for more
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” MATTHEW 6:32 Encounter Day 125 Devotional PRAYER IS NOT SELF-EXPRESSION Yesterday, we explored a truth that many believers have never been taught:
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” ROMANS 10:17 Encounter Day 126 Devotional THE CRISIS OF BEING SPIRITUALLY DEAF One of the greatest ironies in modern Christianity is that
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” EXODUS 29:20 Encounter Day 127 Devotional MARKED TO HEAR One of the most overlooked details in the entire Bible is found in
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” ACTS 2:8 Encounter Day 128 Devotional THE MIRACLE MOST PEOPLE MISS Pentecost was about more than speaking in tongues. Read Day 128
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” ACTS 2:8 Encounter Day 129 Devotional HEARING GOD FROM BABEL AND PENTECOST One of the most fascinating realities in Scripture is that
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” PROVERBS 11:30 Encounter Day 130 Devotional WISE ENOUGH TO CARE When I was sixteen years old, God met me at Deliverance Temple
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” GALATIANS 5:22-23 Encounter Day 131 Devotional GIFTS ATTRACT ATTENTION, FRUIT REVEALS CHRIST You can have gifts without fruit, and too many people
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” MATTHEW 4:1–11 Encounter Day 132 Devotional PRAYING OR PREYING? I make no apology for revisiting this subject because the devil is still
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” CHRIST ROMANS 5:8 Encounter Day 133 Devotional BE LOYAL TO KINDNESS My only daughter’s name reveals a conviction. Read Day 133 Devotional
“The Lord is near to all who call upon him in truth.” PSALM 145:18 Encounter Day 134 Devotional GOD STILL SPEAKS Have you ever noticed that the most important conversations in your
“The Lord is near to all who call upon him in truth.” PSALM 145:18 Encounter Day 135 Devotional HIS RESPONSE MATTERS MORE THAN MY REQUEST Most people think the power of prayer
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” 2 CORINTHIANS 12:7-9 Encounter Day 136 Devotional WHEN GOD SAID NO The question most people ask about Paul’s thorn is, “What was
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” PSALM 27:10 Encounter Day 137 Devotional THE PRAYER GOD CANNOT IGNORE The Bible helped me understand why God responded to my childhood
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” MARK 8:36 Encounter Day 138 Devotional THE VIEW FROM THE TOP One of the most misunderstood books in the Bible is Ecclesiastes.
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” MATTHEW 6:10 Encounter Day 139 Devotional GET SATAN’S INFLUENCE OUT OF YOUR PRAYER LIFE One of the greatest misconceptions about prayer is
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” GENESIS 11:4 Encounter Day 140 Devotional PRAYING HIS NAME, NOT BUILDING OURS One of the greatest dangers in prayer is approaching God
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” GENESIS 16:13 Encounter Day 141 Devotional EL ROI: THE GOD WHO SEES ME My family has a nickname for me that most
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” LUKE 1:13 Encounter Day 142 Devotional DON’T TALK YOURSELF OUT OF YOUR BLESSING One of the easiest things to do when life
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” JUDGES 6:23 Encounter Day 143 Devotional WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TO PRAY One of the greatest struggles in prayer is not
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” JOHN 14:30 Encounter Day 144 Devotional THE PRINCE OF PEACE DOES NOT PROMISE A PEACEFUL LIFE One of my earliest trips overseas
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” MATTHEW 7:21 Encounter Day 145 Devotional YOU DO NOT SERVE ELOHIM This devotion is about one of the scariest realizations I’ve experienced.
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” EXODUS 31:13 Encounter Day 146 Devotional DOES SIN MATTER ANYMORE? Not only is it a diabolical deception to exchange the God of
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” 1 KINGS 19:10 Encounter Day 147 Devotional YOU ARE NOT ALONE One of Satan’s greatest deceptions is convincing believers that they are
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” JOHN 17:6 Encounter Day 148 Devotional ENCOUNTERING GOD Over the past several days, we have revisited many of the names of God.
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” JUDGES 6:1–6 Encounter Day 149 Devotional GOD WANTS ALL THE GLORY The story of Gideon is not ultimately about a courageous man.
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” GENESIS 2:18 Encounter Day 150 Devotional THE FIRST THING GOD CALLED “NOT GOOD” Have you ever listened to the side effects at
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” ECCLESIASTES 12:1 Encounter Day 151 Devotional WAKE UP BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE I thank God that, even at an early age,
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” JOHN 8:12 Encounter Day 152 Devotional DON’T MISTAKE BRIGHTNESS FOR LIGHT One of the greatest dangers facing the church today is not
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” MATTHEW 22:39 Encounter Day 153 Devotional THAT IS NOT WHAT JESUS SAID Countless books, conferences, counselors, influencers, and even sermons claim that
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” JOB 31:1 Encounter Day 154 Devotional MAKE A COVENANT WITH YOUR EYES Most people don’t wake up one morning planning to destroy
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” JOSHUA 6:17–19 Encounter Day 155 Devotional THE SIN BENEATH THE TENT Israel had just witnessed one of the greatest miracles in Scripture.
“Open your Bible this week and let the Lord speak.” JOSHUA 7:11 Encounter Day 156 Devotional WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO STAND ALONE One of the greatest lies believers tell themselves is,