This Week With Jesus

Prayer is more than just words—it’s a spiritual invitation for heaven to intervene in earthly circumstances. Here's a deeper look at what it means: ✨ What Is Power Prayer? Divine Intervention : It’s when you call on God’s unlimited resources to act in your situation—whether for healing, guidance, protection, or transformation. Spiritual Authority : You’re not just asking; you’re declaring, binding, and loosing as Jesus taught in Matthew 18:18–20. It’s prayer with conviction and alignment to God’s will. Faith-Fueled Action : Power prayer is rooted in faith, not self-reliance. It acknowledges that only God can truly change hearts, circumstances, and outcomes2. 🔥 Why Is It So Powerful? It Connects You to God’s Power : The power isn’t in the prayer itself—it’s in the God who hears and responds. It Transforms the Pray-er : Who you become is shaped by how you pray. It’s a refining process that aligns your heart with...

 

A Life Woven with Love: The Story of Tabitha Today let us turn our hearts and minds today to a remarkable woman found in the book of Acts, chapter 9 and take inspiration from her. Her name was Tabitha, or Dorcas as she was also known – a name that means "gazelle," suggesting grace and beauty. But Tabitha's beauty wasn't just outward; it shone from within, radiating through her actions, as it should for us as well.  The scripture tells us in Acts 9:36, "In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which, when translated, is Dorcas). She was always doing good and helping the poor." This simple verse paints a profound picture of a life truly lived for others. Tabitha wasn't just an acquaintance of good deeds; she was "always doing good and helping the poor." This was her essence, her consistent character. Think about that for a moment. "Always doing good." In a world often preoccupied with self, with accumulation, with recognition, Tabit...

In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice;     in the morning I lay my requests before you     and wait expectantly. Psalm 5:3  There is something magical about early mornings. The sun is still deciding whether it really wants to come out and we have a soft awakening to a new day., no matter how hard we expect   it to be. However the previous day went, we will have a lot to look forward to in the new day.  In these early, dawn hours, it's a blessing to be able to connect with the one who created the morning and the day, the evening and the nights. created us and all that surrounds us. Our worries can be laid on Him and our joys can be shared with thanksgiving. No matter how hopeless we think a situation maybe, a new day will always bring hope - because the one above all, still rules. We only have to be silent, in mind and body.  As the sun slowly peeps over the horizon, a sense of unworthiness overtakes. How can we ever live up to t...

We are so like the Israelites. Just when we get what we want, we decide that we want more. The Israelites have been saved from slavery and then God brought them through the sea, and now they're complaining again. God again provided what they need, but they do have to follow some rules. They were only to gather what they needed for the day and on the sixth day they collected enough for the Sabbath. What they gathered was measured so that each had what they needed and no one had more. They were instructed not to save some for the next day and, of course, there were those who didn't follow instructions and what they saved became foul. On the sixth day, they could prepare enough for the next day so that the Sabbath could be a holy day dedicated to Yahweh. Let's think deeply about this: can we call it greed? Some may call it wisdom, saving up for a rainy day. What we call it, it reflects doubt on Gods ability to provide. It also reflects more trust in ourselves over God and in f...

Read: MATTHEW 6:25-34;1 PETER 5:5-11 While worry and anxiousness are somewhat negative emotions, concern is a legitimate one. Because if we did not have concerns, we would be apathetic individuals with no ability to focus on real problems. While concern and worry are related, and worry uses concern to enter our lives, the truth of the matter is that concern provides spiritual energy to respond to problems with Godly solutions. No so worry. And that is why, today, we need to make that distinction. Now without any exceptions all of us humans worry even those who say they do not worry about anything also worry about something or the other at some point in time. And the truth is that these days there is a lot to worry about. We worry about the rising cost of living in this volatile economic environment we worry about our jobs. We worry about our kids irrespective of how grown up they may be we worry about their well-being. And the list goes on. So, since worry is such an integral part of ...