Author: debo

Passion is a really cool word. In a spiritual sense, it can be an intense desire, strong hunger, extreme thirst, even a hearty appetite. Hi, this is Dorette Schaal with your dailyeword. I’m glad God is passionate about us, and he puts that same passion in us to do what we are called to do. This week, do some introspection and see if you really are doing what God has called you to do. There is nothing more fulfilling in life that accomplishing God’s plan for our life. Living the best life that God has for us, is something to be grateful for. Here is your dailyeword.

My husband and I had the beautiful opportunity recently to be with a group of my friends in ministry who were all spiritual sons and daughters of my husband’s Pastor growing up. We had a three day prayer summit, and not only prayed for each other, but prayed for our nation, for the lost around the world, and for the people that each of our ministries touch. We love and appreciate how much Brother and Sister Behrman have sown into so many lives, including ours. As Thanksgiving approaches, I have so many things for which I am grateful. One thing that I am thankful for is the opportunity to have been mentored by a great couple who continue to serve God wholeheartedly. I am also thankful that because of Christ we have the opportunity to live out our lives with passion and purpose. It is an awesome thing to know that God has placed us here at this time, to accomplish His will on the earth. He’s entrusted so much to us, and He wants us to live life full! We can make each day count and expect to live life by design and not by default. How sad it would be to reach the end of our days and know that we didn’t live up to our potential. Savor each moment and determine to live life with passion and purpose with a thankful heart. The Lord will fulfill his purpose in you.

It is easy to be distracted, and lose focus when we pray. God wants us to be attentive and listen. We can be familiar with His voice. You get to know someone’s voice by being around them, and listening. It says in John 10:4,5 that I know His voice, I won’t follow the voice of a stranger. Listening is more than hearing with your natural ears. He that hath an ear, let Him hear. Mark 7:16 If any man has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him perceive and comprehend by hearing is how it is stated in the Amplified Bible. God knows how to speak to you! He spoke through a donkey in Numbers 22, so surely He can handle speaking to and through you! Be attentive, and pay attention! He’ll bring the Word to your remembrance, (John 14:26.) The important part of remembering it is having it in your heart to begin with. That is why we are to hide His Word in our hearts. Get the Word inside! Jesus will take what is God’s and reveal it to you! (John 16:14-15). If we’ll be teachable and attentive to His Words, He will teach us if we will listen! I John 2:27. It is proof that we are God’s sons and daughters when we are led by His Spirit. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God. (Rom 8:14) As children of God, lets do our part and take time to pray, know His voice, and pray for our leaders, for all men, for us to live peaceably on the earth.

If we want our prayers to be effective, we must stay vitally connected to the vine, and whatever you ask will be yours. It really says that in John 15:5-7 What a promise! Today remember to pray for our nation and the many issues we are facing. God is bigger than it all! Now is a great time to enlist in the prayer army of God. When you volunteer to spend time praying for our nation, you can be mobilized to make a difference. God is looking to us to be His earth representatives. It is up to us to know our authority. Then it is our responsibility to use the keys of the kingdom, including of binding and loosing (Matt 16:19) to see God’s will accomplished on the earth. We have to believe that what God says will actually come to pass. Sometimes we pray not really expecting anything to change. When an answer is revealed to something you’ve been praying for, if you consciously write down what you had on your heart to pray for, you can look back and see when and what you prayed for, and then when the answer came. Then don’t forget to thank God when the answer is manifested. As you make a choice to pray fervently for our nation, let’s remember to celebrate even the little victories that we see. It takes a while to turn a big ship around, but big ships do turn! Let’s believe for it. `

One of the best ways to pray, is to be Spirit led while praying. Instead of just following a list, or going through a set pattern, it is good to stop, look and listen to the Holy Spirit and let Him direct your prayers. Today we’re going to look at the importance of stopping, taking time and just giving ourselves a moment to be still in God’s presence. When we quiet our heart, we can be prepared to hear effectively. If we want our strength renewed, the Bible says in Is 40:31 for us to wait on God and we won’t be weary and we won’t faint! Is 30:15-18 – says that in quietness and confidence we will find our strength, and there is a blessing for all who earnestly wait for Him. Is 64:4 says that eyes have not seen, and ears have not heard what God has prepared for those who wait on God. Is 49:23 says we will not be ashamed when we wait on God. Busyness and activity can keep us from hearing from God. We can look at Mary and Martha and see a visible example of this. Martha’s timing was off. She was busy when she should have been still. It was time to lay aside busyness and concentrate on what was most important at the moment. Don’t miss your visitation with God because of busyness! Don’t let the enemy or activity steal your time with God. Two final scriptures today are found in Ps 37:7 where it says to rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him. And probably one of my favorites when it comes to stopping to listen is found in Ps 46:10 where we are told to be still. God wants us to know that He is God. He sees the big picture, He knows all the details, and we can rest in Him. How encouraging is that!

Prayer has been my topic this week and last, and how fitting it would be if today each of us would spend time praying for our country, for the newly elected candidates, for peace, for safety, for freedom and fairness to prevail and for unity to return to our nation. It seems like a huge, impossible prayer, but nothing is impossible WITH GOD! Today, let’s concentrate on how important it is that we pray for our country. I have always been an advocate of prayer, and I love to pray. In fact, I’ll pray anywhere, anytime, for anybody. One time, I remember going into a store to pick up something, and as I was standing in line, when I asked the checker how she was, she replied that she was having a terrible headache. I asked her if I could pray for her, and there at the front of the line, I laid my hands on her and prayed, then paid for my item, and left. The next time I was in the store, I went to the same checker again, and she told me that she couldn’t believe I prayed for her right in line, but more than that, she couldn’t believe that she felt better right away. Prayer works! The thing that most of us don’t realize is that our prayers can make a world of difference. Prayer can make a difference not just with headaches, but with governments as well. Because of the political climate of election time, and the division that often results, it makes our world feel at turmoil. There is obvious division, just because we have to make a choice basically between two ideologies, and both are trying to get our vote. It can bring America’s “soul” to a stress point. On top of that, as a nation, we are at wrestling with unrest in the Middle east. Those two things alone give us lots to pray about! More than ever, as the body of Christ, we need to stand together in prayer.

Make this your prayer today: Father in the name of Jesus, we believe that we your people are called to pray to see your kingdom done, and your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us your heart for the world, and your heart for people. Help us to see the big picture, and know that we know the end of the story, and we know who wins. We are thankful to be on your team. In Jesus Name, AMEN.

Prayer is a divine call, a Biblical priority, and a humble privilege. I hope you are praying today. We know the results about the elections, and life goes on! Just keep on praying.

One thing I have noticed when I start praying is that the more I pray, the more I find to pray about! Once you start praying for one area, many more areas come to mind. One of the most dedicated and committed systematic woman of prayer I know, has a system of praying that is incredible. It is very detailed and there are certain areas she prays for on specific days, and her prayer list is like a book. One incredible thing about having a specific plan is when an answer is revealed to something you’ve been praying for, you can actually look back and see when you prayed, and then when the answer came. Many times, we forget when and what we prayed for and then forget to thank God when the answer is manifested. (Yikes!)

There are many organizations that systematically pray for our country including prayforournation.com and the Presidental Prayer Team. The World Prayer Center in Colorado Springs, CO has prayer teams that pray for our nation around the clock. In the natural realm, we have no way of knowing how powerfully our nation has been affected by the prayers of God’s people. Prayer has the power to turn the heart of a nation toward what is just and right. Prayer for our nation can cause victories to be won, which would not have happened without God’s people spending time on their knees.

Today is the day. I encourage you to go out and vote, and then make sure you continue to fervently pray, our nation needs it today!

Since early this year, I have had a strong impression to spend more time in prayer. Some of my prayer time was directed toward our country. Some of it was directed toward our church, and some of it was directed toward my own family. We need to be aware of the enemy’s tactics, and ready with our shield of faith raised, to ward off any darts the enemy shoots our way. As the year has progressed, I can see specifically what God was doing in regard to each of the situations I was praying for.

When we feel impressed to pray for any situation, we should be as persistent as the problem is. In other words, we pray as though no one else was praying, even though many are. The promise in II Chronicles 7:14 holds true. If God’s people humble themselves and pray, God will heal our land. As we pray on election day, I Tim 2:1-brings 3 important things to mind. 1) We intercede for everyone, including government leaders- that is our assignment as the body of Christ. 2) Our prayers can change the spiritual climate and culture, so we can lead a quiet and peaceful life. 3) The objective of our prayer is so that God’s kingdom will be advanced and more people can come to know Christ.

So lets pray together. Today as our nation elects new leaders, we pray for them, we believe for their safety and their wisdom to turn to You God for direction and help. We pray that the fervent, healthy spiritual climate and culture can return to our nation so the result would be Your will on earth, which is for us to lead a quiet and peaceful life in our nation. We also believe that we can be the light that shines around the world, showing the love of Jesus, and that Your Kingdom God can be advanced, and people can come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. In Jesus Name, AMEN.
Remember, prayer is a divine call, a Biblical priority, and a humble privilege.

Today, as the day before Election Day in the United States, I thought we could put into practice what we have been talking about last week. Pray with me!

Dear Lord, I thank You that You have called me to pray. I answer the call and join the great army of people who are praying for our nation. I thank You that all things are possible when we pray, and that You are waiting for us to ask, so that You can answer. We pray right now our city, our state and our nation. We declare that You are Lord over these places, and that Your plan will prevail in our cities, our states, and our nation. We come against the enemy who comes to kill, steal, and destroy, and we believe his work is brought to naught, and that his schemes, plans and strategies will fail. Drive back the works of darkness, and deliver us from evil. We stand in the gap for our country. We intercede on behalf of our nation, and we repent for the sins of its people. We come before you humbly and ask that you would heal our land. We appeal for your mercy, and know that you are a God who shows mercy, even when we don’t deserve it. We ask that the blinders would be removed from the eyes of the lost of our nation, so that they can see the light of the glorious gospel, and repent and return to you, Father so they can know truth from deception. We pray that justice, truth and righteousness would prevail in our elections. We pray for righteous rulers to be placed in office, and for all evil and unrighteous rulers to be removed, so that our nation can experience freedom to spread the truth of the gospel. We ask your protection on our military and pray especially for those who are in active service at this time. We pray that evil men would be captured and that in the process, no harm would come to the men and women who serve our nation and the allied forces. We ask you Lord, that by Your Spirit, You would move people who are complacent to a position of action. We pray that the people of God would realize that the election process is not just a privilege, but also a duty of God fearing citizens. We also pray that we would get a revelation of the importance that each person makes – one prayer and one vote really do matter. We ask Lord, that America would be a light to the world, and that You God, would shine Your light through us, so that Your kingdom can be established, on earth as it is in heaven. In Jesus Name, AMEN!

Release heaven into this earth life through prayer. One of my favorite verses in the Bible says Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. For the believer, this earth life can be wonderful. Of course there will be bumps along the way, we live on a fallen planet, and our earth has a curse, but we can rise above, even the difficult moments of our life. Think about this, we have the right and the responsibility to pray for everything this is God’s will that we don’t see manifested on the earth just yet. Our prayer can be what releases God’s power to do immeasurably more than we can ask or even imagine. That stretches my thinking! I have a huge imagination, and I come up with enormous ideas, but Eph 3:20 says that God wants to increase us beyond what we can even imagine. He wants life to be amazing. We can see that accomplished when we take off any limitations we might have, and let our spiritual imagination take over. God’s will for us is way bigger than we can even think. My prayer is that we can grab ahold of that. So many of us live so far beneath what God has for us. Let’s not wait until we get to heaven to realize it. Let’s reach for that immeasurably more that is available, right now….. More power, more anointing, more ability, more provision. God is more than enough!

Has anyone ever asked you to pray for them, and you see them the next week at church and realize you forgot to pray at all? I have an easy remedy for that!!! PRAY immediately when they ask you. I have made it a habit of doing that, and so I pray in some very unexpected places. I pray over the phone, I pray in Costco, I pray at a track meet, I pray in the pew right before church starts, I pray in the kitchen, I pray in the parking lot, I’ve probably even prayed in the bathroom! I look for people who have needs. You can tell by looking when someone isn’t feeling well, or they have a heavy burden, ask them if you can pray for them! All it takes is being observant! Then make a point to follow up. Sometimes we don’t know if a prayer was answered just because we forgot to follow up. What an amazing faith builder answered prayer can be! Follow up and get that praise report. If it’s not a praise report yet, continue praying. Keep standing in faith. Keep thanking God that he heard your prayer and is working on the situation. Make prayer a part of your daily life. I pray in the spirit before I get out of bed in the morning. I pray as I get ready, as I drive places, when I am alone, before meals, before bedtime, there are opportunities to pray all day long, each and every day. Take them, and find people to pray for, and then take the time, to check back with them and find out how they are doing.