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Jan 5th 20
The Adventure Begins
The adventure begins! Today is the first day of Pursuit 21! We’re about to experience God in a powerful way as we give Him the first of our year through prayer and fasting. If you’re on this twenty-one day journey of pursuing Jesus through fasting and prayer, you’ve set yourself up to experience Him in a new, fresh way. These three weeks are going to rock your world for months and years to... read more
Jan 3rd 20
New Year, New Decade: How to Launch it Right
Not only are we beginning a new year—we’re beginning a new decade! Would you like to launch your new year and new decade the right way—setting the course for blessed days and years to come? What desires do you have for the new year? And for the coming decade? What would you like to see take place by the end of this year? By the year 2030? Perhaps there are things you’d like to see... read more
Jan 26th 19
Share Your Story and Give God Praise
What did God do through your fasting and prayer? If He worked in your life in any way, take a moment to share your story. It will put God on display—and bless and encourage others! Anything God did is testimony-worthy! Although dramatic accounts are wonderful, they’re not the only kind that demonstrate God’s goodness and faithfulness. Anything God did in your life—large or small—is... read more
Jan 26th 19
Lord, Thank You for the Overflow
By God’s grace, you did it! You made it through all twenty-one days of the fast! You sought God intensely these three weeks, and as a result, you’ve been living in the overflow of His anointing, His strength, His grace, His enabling. You’ve abstained not just from food but from anything that has hindered prayer. Consequently, you’ve experienced God’s presence in a fresh... read more
Jan 26th 19
Joining Jesus at the Throne of Intercession: Reigning Through Prayer (Part 2)
In Part One, we saw that Jesus is the Interceding Sovereign of the universe. Seated at the throne, ruling the universe, He lives to make intercession for us. Today we see that we join Him in this rule—that through prayer we reign with Him. This article is based on a chapter in Mighty Prevailing Prayer by Wesley Duewel. I highly recommend you get a copy! Mine is highlighted and bookmarked throughout.... read more
Jan 25th 19
Jesus, the Interceding Ruler: Reigning Through Prayer (Part 1)
Would you like more power in prayer? Do you want to fully exercise your God-given authority in prayer, like Jesus exercised His when He walked the earth? In order to pray with authority and prevail in prayer, you must first understand the role of intercession in Jesus’ life, past and present—and how you share that role with Him today. This is the first part of a two-part series in which we... read more
Jan 24th 19
The Touch of God – Moses: Sermon by David Wilkerson
Do you want to be a man or woman whom God has touched? When God gives you an urge to seek Him, it means He wants to touch your life. If you’re fasting with Pursuit 21, you no doubt have felt an urge to begin seeking God. So He clearly wants to touch your life. But in order to become a God-touched man or woman, you must first respond to two calls from Him—the call to come up and the call to... read more
Jan 23rd 19
Prayer Is an Invitation to Experience God’s Boundlessness
Are you experiencing great and mighty, incomprehensible things day in and day out? Or ordinary, explainable things? God invites us to prayer so that we might experience its boundless reach — His boundless reach! In the boundless reach of prayer, we experience unexplainable, extraordinary, great and mighty things! One of my favorite books on prayer is Prayer: Life’s Limitless Reach by Jack... read more
Jan 22nd 19
Satan Trembles When He Sees the Weakest Saint Praying
Do you feel inadequate in prayer? Do you look at godly men and women in history and feel small—microscopic—in comparison? Are you hesitant to pray because you feel you’re no Andrew Murray or E.M. Bounds? Satan trembles when he sees even the weakest saint upon his or her knees! Why? Because what God can do, prayer can do! The power of prayer is not in the one who prays but the One who... read more
Jan 21st 19