Glorifying God Among the Nations

 

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Our focus this month begins with the National Day of Prayer on May 7th in the United States.  The artwork for this event depicts our founding father George Washington kneeling in prayer during a battle at Valley Forge, New Jersey, a place dear to us growing up in the garden state. 

As Americans, we are fully award of the historic value the Revolutionary War brought to this nation and the importance prayer played in the freedom we now enjoy.  However, contrary to the most sought after painting of our beloved leader with his favorite horse Nelson, there is no written or photographic evidence that our first president actually prayed in that specific location.  

We do know that he was a man of prayer who had a heart for the people, much like King David, which led to the scripture base for this year's prayer theme as America celebrates her 250th anniversary as a nation.  The prayer event is based on 1 Chronicles 16:24 where we as a people are to "Glorify God among the nations; seeking Him in all generations."

"Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples." 1 Chronicles 16:24 NASB

For more information about this event visit their website.

The broadcast will air live at 8 p.m. ET.  Watch it here.

Please join us as millions of believers unite in prayer to glory God among the nations with a message of hope.

Help spread the message about the "God of Hope" who will meet every need spiritually, physically, financially, socially and emotionally.  God is our hope, our only hope and to Him we lift our voices humbly in prayer for our nation and the world.

For more focused devotionals on prayer, please visit our National Day of Prayer topic.

Our second focus for May is on mothers, motherhood and women.  These helpful devotionals are geared to this topic.

Prayer for Guidance (for anyone)

Provision for Moms

Are You Raising Godly Children? (also for anyone)

More Precious than Jewels

Mother’s & Ladies Day: “Let Her Works Praise Her.”

A Believing Mother

We end the month with a tribute to those who sacrificed their lives in a Memorial Day devotional: Trained and Skilled for Battle

Glorify God by continuing in the Word. 

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We appreciate you choosing Faith Moments Devotional (FMD) teachings by Pastors Jim and Cher to help you grow in grace, wisdom, knowledge and understanding through Christ Jesus.  (Proverbs 2:6)

They are lessons on faith to live a Christian lifestyle, with daily scripture readings to help you read through the Bible in one year.  Each lesson is designed to be used in private, small group or Sunday school Bible study.

For more Daily Bible Reading (DBR) suggestions click on the month located at the top of the page and then select the day of the week.  Our daily morning and evening reading schedule is geared to help the individual read through the entire Bible in one year at a pace that is easy to follow.

Daily Bible Reading Schedule

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We are looking forward to reading with you!  Share this site with others to help them grow in faith as you journey with us throughout the year.

May all your days be filled with Faith Moments!

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National Week of Prayer

Verse of the Week

“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves,

and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then

I will hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

(2 Chronicles 7:14 NKJV)

May 1^st – 7^th

Scripture Reading:

2 Chronicles 7:14; Hebrews 4:16; Mark 3:25; Habakkuk 2:14

National Week of Prayer

Today we begin a special National Week of Prayer leading up to America’s National Day of Prayer, which is the first Thursday in May.  Although this is an American event, all believers from every nation are encouraged to take part as we seek God’s face for salvation, healing and mercy for our land(s).

“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves,

and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then

I will hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

(2 Chronicles 7:14 NKJV)

This year's theme is "Pray God's Glory Across the Earth" based on the scripture in Habakkuk 2:14:

"For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, 

as the waters cover the sea."

Each day we will unite in prayer and enter God’s throne room covering seven specific subjects throughout the week.  A reminder will be posted here and on our Facebook site daily to pray throughout the day.

“Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we

may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”

(Hebrews 4:16 NKJV)

We begin this National Week of Prayer by praying for the family. (cw)

“If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.” (Mark 3:25)

May 1^st – 7^th Daily Bible Reading

1.   Deuteronomy 26-27; Joshua 17-18

2.   Deuteronomy 28-29; Joshua 19-20

3.   Deuteronomy 30-31; Joshua 21-22

4.   Deuteronomy 32-34; Joshua 23-24

5.   Romans 1-2; Judges 1-2

6.   Romans 3-4; Judges 3-4

7.   Romans 5-6; Judges 5-6

*Also be sure to read a Proverb a day. 

 Daily Readings are designed to read through the entire Bible in one year. 

Invite Jesus into your heart. Say the prayer of salvation.

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Focusing on Prayer

Our focus for May seems appropriate since it has begun with the National Day of Prayer for the United States.  The event is based on Romans 15:13, which has three points of focus: hope, joy and peace through the power given to all believers by the Holy Spirit of God.

"Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13

With so much negativity, discouragement, and thoughts of despair, we need to spread the message about the "God of Hope" who will meet every need spiritually, physically, financially, emotionally, and socially.  God is our hope, our only hope and to Him we lift our voices humbly in prayer for our nation and the world.

For more focused devotionals on prayer, please visit our National Day of Prayer topic.

To find out more about this year's theme visit their website.

Enrich Your Spiritual Journey

After reading and sharing the devotional, browse through the subject/topical section or click a specific article title on the right side panel for details. 

We appreciate you choosing Faith Moments Devotionals (FMD) teachings by Pastors Jim and Cher to help you grow in grace, wisdom, knowledge and understanding through Christ Jesus. (Proverbs 2:6)  

The devotionals are lessons on faith to live a Christian lifestyle, with daily scripture reading to help you read through the Bible on one year.  Each lesson is designed to be used in private, group or Sunday school Bible study settings.

For Daily Bible Reading (DBR) suggestions, click on the month located at the top of the page and then select the day of the week.  Our daily morning and evening reading schedule is geared to help the individual read through the entire Bible in one year at a pace that is easy to follow.

View Daily Bible Reading Schedule here:

January - March DBR

April - June DBR

July-September DBR

October - December DBR

We're looking forward to reading with you!  Share this site with others to help them grow in faith as you journey with us throughout the year. 

May all your days be filled with Faith Moments!

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A Prayer to Love

Verse of the Month

“This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” (John 15:12 NKJV)

May 1^st – 7^th

Scripture Reading: John 13:34-35

A Prayer to Love

On the National Day of Prayer (the first Thursday in May) millions of Americans will gather at church, work, schools, government buildings and home uniting in prayer for our country.  No matter what we may be experiencing in our personal lives, it does not relieve us of the responsibility to pray for our nation and leaders.

Over the past few decades America has become a nation where it has forgotten its first love for Christ, and as a result has failed to love one another as our Lord commanded. 

“A new commandment I give you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” (John 13:34 NKJV)

Here are 5 things to pray over not just on the National Day of Prayer, but everyday.

1. Pray for America to love one another like Christ loved us.

“Love one another. Just as I have loved you,” (John 13:34)

2. Pray for the Body of Christ in America to love one another as a witness of God’s love for us.

“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples,

if you love one another.” (John 13:35)

3. Pray for families, workplaces, communities and cities in America to put love first over differences that it may not hinder our testimony before the unsaved.

“Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God,

 and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.” 

(1 John 4:7)

4. Pray for all ethnicities and people that they might come to know Christ through our example of Christ’s love.

“Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth.

 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures

all things. Love never ends.” (1 Corinthians 13:6-8)

5. Pray for the spiritual awakening of America.  That we will love God and one another so much that other nations see we are united and agree that we are one nation under one God, Jesus Christ.

“Besides this, since you know the time, it is already the hour for

you to wake up from sleep, because now our salvation is nearer

than when we first believed.” (Romans 13:11)

This year let’s change how we love through prayer and by doing what Jesus commanded in John 13:34. (cw)

May 1^st – 7^th Daily Bible Reading

1.   Deuteronomy 26-27; Joshua 17-18

2.   Deuteronomy 28-29; Joshua 19-20

3.   Deuteronomy 30-31; Joshua 21-22

4.   Deuteronomy 32-34; Joshua 23-24

5.   Romans 1-2; Judges 1-2

6.   Romans 3-4; Judges 3-4

7.   Romans 5-6; Judges 5-6

*Also be sure to read a Proverb a day. 

Daily Readings are designed to read through the entire Bible in one year. 

Invite Jesus into your heart. Say the prayer of salvation.

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Unity Will Take Prayer

Verse of the month 

“… Be doers of the Word, and not hearers only…”  (James 1:22)

May 1^st – 7^th, 2018

Scripture Reading:  Ephesians 4:3

Unity Will Take Prayer

For the past 67 years America has joined in celebrating the Annual National Day of Prayer on the first Thursday in May.    It’s a day when people from all over the world, not just this country, pray for the United States return to its first love - God.

What exactly is it that all Christians need to be praying as a united body for this country and every nation?  Scriptures tell us that believer’s have a responsibility to uphold the Word of God by doing it.  This year the focus is on “unity” based on Ephesians 4:3.

“Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit,

binding yourselves together with peace.” (NLT)

It’s almost impossible to keep peace and agree with everyone, but what the passage means is that our unity is based on and through Jesus Christ. If we are abiding in Him and seek His ways we can be bound together peacefully, because our focus is on the Lord not things that are happening all over the world.

Prayer has a way of bringing God’s people together drawing them closer to the Lord.  If one, two or three people gathered together can move mountains, what can we accomplish if millions unite in prayer seeking the face of God?  Anything!

God is beckoning all believer’s to be united and reconciled back to Him.  As a child of God will you pray not only on the National Day of Prayer, but every day that Christians will purpose in their hearts to seek unity and bind together with peace? (cw)

May 1^st – 7^th, 2018 Daily Bible Reading

1.   Deuteronomy 26-27; Joshua 17-18

2.   Deuteronomy 28-29; Joshua 19-20

3.   Deuteronomy 30-31; Joshua 21-22

4.   Deuteronomy 32-34; Joshua 23-24

5.   Romans 1-2; Judges 1-2

6.   Romans 3-4; Judges 3-4

7.   Romans 5-6; Judges 5-6

   

*Also be sure to read a Proverb a day. 

Daily Readings are designed to read through the entire Bible in one year. 

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Prayer for Guidance

Remember to prayer for America. 

Verse of the month

“…a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.” (Proverbs 31:30)

Scripture Reading: Psalm 5 & 25 

Prayer for Guidance

There are many times when believers seek God for direction, but often we forget to include Him in the “little things”. 

Even though we think we have a handle on things, God still sees the entire picture and wants to be a part of everything in your life.  It’s important to Him.

No matter what life seems to throw at us, we need to remember God hears our prayers for guidance and is attentive to our tears and frustration.

Rejoice in the Lord that your answer is on the way, as you seek guidance in prayer and stay in the Word.  Your answer will come and you will hear clearly from God. (cw)

“But let all those who put their trust in You rejoice.” (Psalm 5:11) 

*Remember National Day of Prayer

  1.   Deut.26-27; Joshua 17-18

  2.   Deut.28-29; Joshua 19-20

  3.   Deut.30-31; Joshua 21-22

  4.   Deut.32-34; Joshua 23-24

  5.   Romans 1-2; Judges 1-2

  6.   Romans 3-4; Judges 3-4

  7.   Romans 5-6; Judges 5-6

*Also be sure to read a Proverb a day.

Daily Readings are designed to read through the entire Bible in one year.

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May 7th Daily Bible Reading

National Day of Prayer Event 

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National Week of Prayer: Today pray for government and leaders.

“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves,

and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then

I will hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

(2 Chronicles 7:14 NKJV)

This week's Devotional & Group Bible Study: See Feature Devotional

Today’s Bible Reading: 

Morning:  Romans 5-6

 
Evening:  Judges 5-6

*Also be sure to read a Proverb a day. 

Daily Readings are designed to read through the entire Bible in one year. 

Invite Jesus into your heart. Say the prayer of salvation.

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May 2nd Daily Bible Reading

National Week of Prayer: Today pray for military chaplains and soldiers.

“He appointed military officers over the people and assembled them...

and encouraged them with these words: Be strong and courageous. 

Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the 

vast army with him. With him only is the arm of flesh, but with us is the

 Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles...” (2 Chronicles 32:6-8)

This week's Devotional & Group Bible Study: See Feature Devotional

  

Today’s Bible Reading: 

Morning:   Deuteronomy 28-29 

Evening:   Joshua 19-20

*Also be sure to read a Proverb a day. 

Daily Readings are designed to read through the entire Bible in one year. 

Invite Jesus into your heart. Say the prayer of salvation.

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