Safe Heaven House Of Prayer

"In that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full." -John 16:23-24 What brings you joy? What brings you joy says a lot about you. If you could ask for anything, what would it be? We have an extravagant  God who loves us beyond measure. Why not ask Him to help you share the gospel? Ask God to make you a soul winner. After all, what could give you greater joy? Being present when the Lord saves another soul brings more joy to a believer's heart than any other thing. Tragically, in the American church today, we don't see in God's people a hunger for souls or hearts broken for the lost around us. Our passion for the salvation of others has cooled. Proverbs 11:30 says, "He who wins souls is wise." Proverbs 10:5 says, "He who sleeps in harvest awaits. We need to be awake, excited, e...

My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. -Philippians 4:19 God always supplies our needs. He always come through. He is, after all, Jehovah-Jireh, the God who provides. I had just gotten home from being away for a few days was excited about seeing my family. Holding my son, Jake, in my arms, I walked downstairs to see my daughters, Macey and Kenzey. I missed the last step, awkwardly pulled back to keep from dropping Jake, and tore my quadriceps muscle and the tendons in my leg, causing me to need surgery. Now, my ministry was completely faith-based, and I had no idea how long it would be before I could preach again. After just a few days at home, a supporter in Atlanta called me and said he wanted to send a little something to me in mail. I told my wife "a little something" could $50.00 or $500.00. A few days later, I grabbed my crutches and hobbled to the mailbox. There I found a small security envelope addressed to me. The ch...

He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. -2 Corinthians 9:6-8 God wants us to be cheerful givers of time, talents, and treasures He gives us. I'm on the road a lot. Once when I was in Missouri, I received a Facebook message from a woman asking me to pray about possibly presenting the gospel at a local skating rink where several lost teenagers hung out. She had grown up going there, and God had burdened her heart for young people she saw there each day. I told her, "I don't have to pray about it. Let's do it!" I was excited to go that night. The woman made the arrangements and spread the word, and the rink played Christian music and offer...

We have such trust through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. -2 Corinthians 3:4-6 As an evangelist, I am honored to see the Spirit give new life. I never want to be lazy about that privileged calling, and I always want to e mindful that I am to do all that I can and trust God to do what I cannot. When I go into a church to preach, I faithfully present the Gospel, but God saves the lost. I am the chaplain for a high school football team in my hometown. One day after I shared the devotion, I went into the coaches room, and the middle school coach pointed to my Bible and said, "Hey, will you do that for us? Will you be chaplain for our team too?" Of course I agreed. I asked, "When do you want to start?" He replied, ...

The Lord said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong. -2 Corinthians 12:9-10 One afternoon, I began to feel weak with flu-like symptoms. I thought I'd be tough and sweat it out. Two days later, I was in the ER and then admitted into the hospital. I remember a battery of tests, CT scans, MRIs, bloodwork, and, finally, the diagnosis: spinal meningitis. The eight long days quarantined in the hospital, thinking of my wife and children, wondering if I would live. The doctor said the reason for sickness was exhaustion. My body was drained. My immunities were down. I had been trying to be everything from the custodian to the CEO of the new church plant. The doctor said, ...

The Lord your God in your midst, the Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing. -Zephaniah 3:17 Today's verse is rich with promises from our God. We read that He is in our midst. Our Mighty God will rescue us. He rejoices over us with gladness and singing. And among those wonderful assurances is that line that captures my attention: "He will quiet you with His love." We've focused this week on Jesus gifting us with His guardianship. Often, world, our minds and emotions are most frequently under attack? Physical jeopardy, while possible, is inferior to the attack on our inner person. Pressures, anxieties, and all kinds of threats shriek so loudly that we can find it difficult to function in the daytime and sometimes difficult to sleep at night. Isn't it good to know that our God "will quiet you with His love"? You've undoubtedly seen a toddler fall down, ma...

He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that files by day, nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of destruction that lays waste at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. -Psalms 91:4-7 It was the middle of the night when one of those out-of-nowhere storms that we might in Kansas rolled in, bringing hail the size of ping pong balls. Out among those fiercely bouncing pieces of ice, a mother duck sat on her nest and she didn't move. She had eggs in that nest, so whatever happened to her would just have to happen. She refused to leave her eggs at the mercy of the storm. The atheist would have to engage in some serious mental gymnastics to imagine how such a self-sacrificial, altruistic instinct could happen accidentally. That's because the instinct...