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December 2023 Prayer Focus

The songs filling the air during the Christmas season cover the spectrum of human experience, words and structure capturing the expression of our heart and soul. It’s in song, as recorded in the Gospel of Luke about the events leading up to and including the birth of Christ, that the joy and wonder of what God has done for those looking for Him is expressed. It’s Mary, chosen by God to bear His Son, rejoicing in “God my Savior” (1:47), and Zachariah proclaiming “the tender mercy of God” because of the coming Messiah (v. 78) that his own son “will go before…to prepare His ways” (v. 76).

December 1st, 2023|Categories: Latest Articles, Prayer Focus|

November 2023 Prayer Focus

So much of Jesus’ earthly ministry centered around the dining table. He shared meals with His disciples, friends such as Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, and even some Pharisees. He also dined with various others, most notably the fringe of society, those tax collectors and sinners who the self-righteous religious leaders looked down upon (Mark 2:15-16).

November 1st, 2023|Categories: Latest Articles, Prayer Focus|

October 2023 Prayer Focus

Against the unapproachable perfection of God, we don’t feel holy. Our words, actions, and attitudes as accomplished sinners speak volumes to that. And we aren’t holy—that is, in our own striving outside of Christ. Holiness is imputed to us only through Christ.

October 1st, 2023|Categories: Latest Articles, Prayer Focus|

Prayer first: Putting OCF’s Pray-Discover-Obey model into practice in your life

Proverbs 16:3 says to “commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.” This is God’s invitation for us to transfer our ideas, plans, and wants to Him so that He can make our plans firm. This is also the essence of OCF’s Pray-Discover-Obey model, which emphasizes prayer first, planning second, and obedient action third.

September 25th, 2023|Categories: Connected, Latest Articles|

September 2023 Prayer Focus

One thing is crystal clear from the onset, from Genesis to Revelation and all other 64 books of the Bible in between: pride is the problem, and not one of us is immune from its lofty, lying lure.

September 1st, 2023|Categories: Latest Articles, Prayer Focus|

July 2023 Prayer Focus

When it comes to “freedom” or “liberty,” this definition is usually listed first in collective humanity’s book: the right to be able to do anything I want to do without restraint, expectations—or sometimes even consequences.

June 30th, 2023|Categories: Latest Articles, Prayer Focus|
  • CAPT Brent and Nicole Breining, USN (Ret.)

“Pursue at all costs”: Solutions, healing, & recovery from porn addiction

In part 4 of this series with Brent and Nicole Breining, we break down the three parts of addiction recovery and address why we can feel so discouraged by the time and effort required to heal, the value of understanding the nature of addiction regardless of personal experience, and the importance of addressing these sin struggles for the purpose of restoration rather than rejection.

June 21st, 2023|Categories: Episodes|Tags: |

June 2023 Prayer Focus

If we could see with spiritual eyes what surrounds the unseen of those spiritual commissioning ceremonies, in our humanity we would be aghast and terrified at the spiritual warfare taking place.

June 1st, 2023|Categories: Latest Articles, Prayer Focus|
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