Prayer Closet Devotionals

Truth --God's standard and viewpoint about us -- must come first in our hearts and minds if we want to be effective in battle against the enemy.

I encourage you to Click Here to DOWNLOAD "Who I Am in Christ Jesus" and read this allowed each morning and declare your Identity in Christ! Let's fight with the armor God gave us!

But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!) For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:4-6)

I gave you expensive clothing of fine linen and silk, beautifully embroidered, and sandals made of fine goatskin leather. I gave you lovely jewelry, bracelets, beautiful necklaces, a ring for your nose, earrings for your ears, and a lovely crown for your head. And so you were adorned with gold and silver. Your clothes were made of fine linen and costly fabric and were beautifully embroidered. You ate the finest foods—choice flour, honey, and olive oil—and became more beautiful than ever. You looked like a queen, and so you were! (Ezekiel 16:10-13)

But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God. (John 1:12-13)

For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:10)

So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.” For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering. (Romans 8:15-17)

"Listen to me, all who hope for deliverance—

    all who seek the Lord!

Consider the rock from which you were cut,

    the quarry from which you were mined." (Isaiah 51:1)

Remember that the Lord rescued you from the iron-smelting furnace of Egypt in order to make you his very own people and his special possession, which is what you are today. (Deuteronomy 4:20)

See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands.

    Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusalem’s walls in ruins. (Isaiah 49:16)

For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ. We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves. (2 Corinthians 4:6-7)

But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. (1 Peter 2:9)

Now all glory to God, who is able to keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into his glorious presence without a single fault. All glory to him who alone is God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord. All glory, majesty, power, and authority are his before all time, and in the present, and beyond all time! Amen. (Jude 24-25)

We are reading from the book Fervent by Priscilla Shirer. I encourage you to grab a copy of this book and use it as a reference for your spiritual battle plan!

The Devil knows he can weaken you by attacking those you love most and hitting you where it hurts the most! Today we talk about the importance of praying over your family.

I encourage you to Click Here to DOWNLOAD "Who I Am in Christ Jesus" and read this allowed each morning and declare your Identity in Christ! Let's fight with the armor God gave us!

Scriptures For Your Family

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)

Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God. (Titus 2:4-5)

Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. (1 Peter 3:1-2)

How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? (1 Corinthians 7:16)

Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. (Proverbs 31:11)

Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. (Proverbs 16:3)

When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way, he causes their enemies to make peace with them. (Proverbs 16:7)

Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. Cherish her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you. (Proverbs 4:6-8)

Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. (Proverbs 4 25-26)

Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words. (Proverbs 2:16)

Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the Lord will be at your side and will keep your foot from being snared. (Proverbs 3:25-26)

Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for their children it will be a refuge. (Proverbs 14:26)

Here am I, and the children the Lord has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the Lord Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion. (Isaiah 8:18)

We are reading from the book Fervent by Priscilla Shirer. I encourage you to grab a copy of this book and use it as a reference for your spiritual battle plan!

Your past belongs right where it is! Behind you. But the Devil seeks to stir up the emotional rollercoaster of regret and shame.

We are reading from the book Fervent by Priscilla Shirer. I encourage you to grab a copy of this book and use it as a reference for your spiritual battle plan!

I am going to bare it all for you folks! It has taken me one week to post this episode. The struggle with fear is real and the irony is not lost on me. Please forgive me for the lull in time. The Enemy wasted no time in attacking me after I was done recording this episode. So, with that I pray it blesses you. And who ever you are who needed to hear this message, Jesus loves you!

What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. (Psalm 56:3-4)

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7)

Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord. (Jeremiah 1:4-8)

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (John 14:27)

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. (Jeremiah 29:11)

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. (Psalm 32:8)

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. (Luke 21:15)

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. (John 10:27-29)

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised. (Hebrews 10:19-20,24)

We are reading from the book Fervent by Priscilla Shirer. I encourage you to grab a copy of this book and use it as a reference for your spiritual battle plan!

I am coming to you today with a special message. Yes, we will continue with or chapters in the Pricilla’s Book about Battling in the Spiritual Realm.

But the message I’m going to share with you today is to help you understand the importance of the call on our lives to fight in this manner. 

There is coming a time very soon when Christians all around the world will be persecuted for our faith in Jesus. Unlike anything, the western world has seen in all of history. I don’t say this to scare, I say it to prepare. That is the message God has laid in my heart and I pray you’ll listen well and receive the hope found in our Faith in Jesus Christ.

If we are surprised by this suffering we are about to endure if we think that the God that we worship does not use suffering and if any of those ideas make us angry then we're not ready. 

Suffering as a Christian

12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. 16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name. 17 For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18 And

“If the righteous is scarcely saved,

    what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”

19 Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.