Proverbs 27:17
Saturday, October 31, 2026
This Teaching Clip made me think of you. Watch SATURDAY NIGHT PRAYERS - LECTIO 365 by 24-7 Prayer:
This Teaching Clip made me think of you. Watch SATURDAY NIGHT PRAYERS - LECTIO 365 by 24-7 Prayer:
I'm reading the @YouVersion plan 'Awestruck: 30 Days of Wonder in the Bible'.
I'm reading the @YouVersion plan 'Awestruck: 30 Days of Wonder in the Bible'.
God's Word Changes Us
God's Word Changes Us
Scripture is one of the most important aspects of the Christian faith.
God has revealed important and beautiful things about Himself through His creation and His Spirit, but one of the primary ways He's chosen to speak to us is through His Word.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 tells us first and foremost that Scripture is God-breathed. This means that it's inspired by God, making the Bible unlike any other book—because God divinely inspired human authors to write this collection of letters, books, and sacred writings.
More than that, Scripture has the power to radically change our lives—when we choose to read it and live it out. Paul tells us that Scripture is able to teach us, rebuke us, correct us, prepare us, and equip us for every good work. When we choose to engage in God's Word, God's Spirit works in us and through us in ways we cannot fully fathom.
When we read God’s Word, we should be attentive to what God is communicating to us. He may want to correct some of our wrong thinking or behavior, empower us to share His message of hope with others, or teach us something about Himself.
As we read Scripture and put what we learn into practice, we grow. Our desires change, our hearts expand, and our focus shifts. Reading the Bible also refines our perspectives and equips us for every good work that God wants to do through us.
Engaging with God’s Word is the primary way that God equips us for the life He planned for us.
So today, ask yourself: How can I continue to build a habit of reading God's Word? How can I bring others along with me? How can I put into practice everything I've learned?
When God Says NO... 😮
When God Says NO... 😮
“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” (Mark 11:24, NIV)
This verse is just sitting there in the Bible…Jesus Himself said it! 🫨
It’s a shame you haven’t believed it until now. I’m just going to boldly assume that, because if you really believed it, you would probably be praying nonstop.
After all, the short version of this verse is: “Pray and God will give it to you!”
Well... that’s one way you could understand it. But unfortunately, it’s not quite that simple. Sorry if I’m disappointing you now.
Two verses before this one, Jesus says something important: “Have faith in God.” (Mark 11:22, NIV)
He did not ask us to have faith in our own faith, or in our own prayers. That is a huge difference!
Real faith is not believing that God has to do what I want, but the conviction that I have placed my request into the hands of a God I can trust.
What if an unanswered prayer is actually an answered prayer?
What if God’s “No” to your request is, at the same time, His “Yes” to something better?
Jesus Himself prayed shortly before His crucifixion: “Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me…” (Luke 22:42, NLT)
And then He added: “Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” (Luke 22:42, NLT)
Why didn’t God answer the prayer of His own Son the way Jesus had asked? Because He had a far greater plan...
Maybe today, you are looking back at a prayer and still wondering why God didn’t answer it.
Can you choose to trust Him with it today? Because maybe that unanswered prayer is actually the answer.
I can personally confirm:
Sometimes God’s NOs
Are the greatest YES I didn’t see at first.
You are a miracle!
Déborah Rosenkranz
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