January 16, 2018

New Doors

By Russ Jacobson, Chief Operating Officer of Hour of Power  I meet my dear friend Charles for lunch every month.  Just last month Charles and I were talking about doors.  I am not sure how we got on the subject, but we starting rattling off Bible passages about doors.  There are lots of them!  Here are just two examples: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” (Matthew 7:7) “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.”  (Revelation 3:20) Charles told me that he had never looked for a job his whole life.  He just waited for God to open doors and walked through them.  The next time we met for lunch, Charles had

Read More »

God Is Awesome

“If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.” – Deuteronomy 28:1 This is a great quote from Matt Chandler, Lead Pastor of Village Church in Texas: “God is awesome. He doesn’t need us to be awesome. He needs us to be obedient.” So today, do what you love to do. Enjoy your life. Do what God has called you to do, but don’t worry about how people view you. Only think about what God thinks about you. Prayer God, thanks for being awesome enough for the both of us. I will be obedient to you. Reflection How can you train yourself to think only about the way God thinks of you?

Read More »

Receive your daily eDevotional

Don't miss new updates in your email!