Day 1: Get Ready                                                                    Key Takeaway: If you pray to God regularly, irregular things will happen on a regular basis.Acts 10:1-8, NASBCornelius’ Vision1 Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort, 2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and made many charitabl...  Read More

Drawing a CircleI believe prayer is the difference between the best you can do and the best that God can do. It’s the difference between letting things happen and making things happen. It’s the difference between you fighting for God and God fighting for you. Over the next forty days, we are going to pray like it depends on God and work like it depends on us. And I believe that God is going to sho...  Read More

Matthew 4:1-2Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.  And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry....  Read More

Share honestly.People are messed up. I’m messed up, you’re messed up, and we all have problems. If you don’t think you have a problem…that’s your problem. — Stephen BlandinoMany of us probably have friends on some level. Whether it’s a rich, profound community as we mentioned in day three or friends we enjoy a movie or sporting event with—most of us have someone. But, we often don’t get very real ...  Read More

Do life together.You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. — Dale CarnegieActs 2 describes a community: they ate together, prayed together, and had a great time together. Most days were filled with awe and wonder by how God was moving in their midst. Generosity coursed through their vein...  Read More

Seek unity.Believers are never told to become one; we already are one, and are expected to act like it. — Joni Eareckson TadaAs Christ followers, unity is important because the goal of it is God's glory. In order to be “like-minded,” our community must have the same handbook that we live by: the Bible. When the Bible is the blueprint for our lives, we can live in unity with other believers.But it ...  Read More

Why do we need community?What if we just one-anothered one another better? — Andy StanleyFrom the beginning of creation, being alone was never the plan. So, God did something about that by creating fellowship for humans.  That’s where community comes in.So, what is community? As Christ followers, community is having meaningful relationships where we do life together by sharing, encouraging, servin...  Read More

Use Resources WiselyAs stewards, we have a responsibility to use what we have been given wisely. Just like in the parable of the talents, it is up to us how we use what we have been given. We can choose to bury it like the lazy steward or we can make more from what we have been given like the good stewards.As far as managing our finances goes, there is a tricky balance between not being wasteful (...  Read More

Matthew 25:1-13"Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.  Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent.  For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps.  Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep.  But a...  Read More

Stewards Can Only Serve One MasterI have found from my own life that my decisions about money reflect who I am serving. At the most stingy and greedy moments of my life it was painfully evident who my master was. I tried to convince myself that I was serving God, but in truth, my decisions were made on their financial impact rather than on my faith in God. It’s one of those areas that I believe we...  Read More

Realize That God Owns It AllIt can be easy to forget that God created the world we live in and us as well. He created the air we breathe, the sun that warms the earth, the oceans and land, and plants and animals for food. He is the one that gave us our brains to think, he placed different gifts and skills in each one of us and gave us each a unique personality.As we understand that, “the earth is ...  Read More

A Note of Victory“I will give you a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair.” Isaiah 61:3We are not victims, so we should not act as such! We should praise God for what He has already done in our lives, and praise Him for what He is yet to do!We have a note of victory over our circumstances when we realise that we serve a victorious God! ...  Read More