May Fasting | Whole-Person Wellness

Luke 10:27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Luke 10:27 (MSG) He said, “That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence-and that you love your …

April Fasting | We Love Our City

April Prayer Emphasis: Cities of Albuquerque and Rio RanchoState Leaders (includes governors, state legislators {people who make the laws}, State House and Senate, Judges, Mayors, School Boards)First Responders (includes law enforcement officers, firefighters, paramedics, 911 operators and dispatchers, Chief of Police, Sheriff, and families of first responders) Jeremiah 29:7 (NIV)Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which …

Day 21 | Belief Builds Hope

SCRIPTURE:1 Peter 1:20-21 He (Christ) was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. DEVOTIONAL:Christ was at the beginning. John 1:1 tells …

Day 20 | God Has Hope for You

SCRIPTURE:Jeremiah 29:10-14 For thus says the Lord: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you My promise and bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. …

Day 19 | Remembering God Brings Hope

SCRIPTURE:Psalm 78:5-8 He (God) established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, …

Day 18 | Hold Onto Hope

SCRIPTURE:Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, since He who promised is faithful. DEVOTIONAL:We have confessed Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and in this confession, we gain hope. It’s almost as though an exchange has taken place, that at the moment we confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, He infuses our …

Day 17 | Hope in God’s Answer

SCRIPTURE:Psalm 38:15 For I put my hope in You, Lord; You will answer me, my Lord, my God. DEVOTIONAL:The author of this verse, King David, doesn’t say he is hoping for circumstances to change. He isn’t hoping for a better job or a new car or a spouse. He says he puts his hope in the Lord, which feels very …