Daily Archives: September 10, 2026

Turning Point

Turning Point; David Jeremiah – Huddle Up and Pray

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And when he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
Acts 20:36

Recommended Reading: Acts 20:32-38

Earlier this year an EF-2 tornado tore through the north Texas community of Runaway Bay. What did the people do in the path of the storm? According to the newspaper, they “huddled up and prayed.”1

Have you had an experience like that, when some kind of storm was bearing down on you or affecting the lives of those you loved? What a time to huddle up and pray! In the stomach of the huge fish, Jonah had to huddle up with himself because he was far from any other living soul. It was a lonely prayer, but God heard it.

We are so blessed to have brothers and sisters in Christ who will pray with us and for us and who will bear our burdens to the throne of grace. Though the Lord already knows our circumstances, He wants us to tell Him, to lay out our problems for Him so that He can lighten our load.

Cast your cares upon the Lord today. Pray about your own needs, pray about the needs of others, and pray with others for God’s fresh grace amid every unexpected storm.

What if we converted every problem, every opportunity, into a prayer?
Mark Batterson

  1. Tiffany Lou, “‘We Huddled and Prayed,’ Residents Recount Deadly EF-2 Tornado in Runaway Bay,” WFAA ABC8, April 26, 2026.

 

 

 

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Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread – Legacy of Generosity

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A good person leaves an inheritance 
for their children’s children. Proverbs 13:22

Today’s Scripture

Proverbs 13:18-22

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Today’s Devotion

Though we didn’t live in the same state as my maternal grandparents, I’m grateful to have known them as well as I did. They traveled regularly to Colorado to see us, and we enjoyed visits with them in California. As my sister and I became adults, our conversations with our grandparents expanded from playful childhood topics to include more serious discussion of finances. They explained to us that they wanted to share their resources with us while they were alive but that most of their estate would be given to charity at their passing.

My grandparents were, indeed, quite generous to us over their lifetimes. When they died, I was genuinely proud to see their remaining resources given to others. When I compare their real-life example with the words recorded in Proverbs 13:22, that “a good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children,” I see their legacy to me from a broader perspective. We aren’t to live selfishly but instead care for those coming after us.

We won’t all have financial wealth to pass on to future generations. Yet in choosing to live generously toward others with whatever resources we have, even if just time and attention, our children (and theirs) receive a precious inheritance: a legacy of generosity. As we depend on God for our needs, we’re able to share both our faith and our resources with others.

Reflect & Pray

Whose example of faithful, generous living benefited you? How might you extend practical help to others today?

Dear Father, please help me to live generously.

Today’s Insights

In the book of Proverbs, people are often contrasted using categories such as wise or foolish, good or bad, honorable or shameful. Generosity is a characteristic of those who are “good.” Generous people desire to benefit those who’ll outlive them: “A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children” (13:22). The Proverbs teach us some dimensions of giving that are unexpected. For example, “One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty” (11:24). Another insight is that God takes our generosity to others personally: “Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord” (19:17 esv; see 14:31). Believers in Jesus view money as an investment in God’s work and His people rather than a commodity to consume. And that’s the posture of a blessed person. There’s a mystery to giving that requires participation to fully appreciate. As God supplies our needs, we can choose to live generously toward others.

For further study, listen to this webinar: Christian Generosity

 

 

 

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Denison Forum

Denison Forum – Hope for an uncertain future

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Hope for an uncertain future – Part 1

During the bombing raids of World War II, many children in Europe were orphaned and eventually placed in refugee camps. Though they received food and medical care, they could not sleep at night, afraid of waking up to find themselves again homeless and without food.

Someone then suggested giving each child a piece of bread at night. Not to eat, just to hold. The idea worked—the children could sleep, secure in the knowledge that they would have something to eat the next day.

More than ever before in our history, Americans need such “bread” to hold when we go to sleep tonight, a “tune without the words” that sustains us amid the cacophony of threats we face.

Continue reading Denison Forum – Hope for an uncertain future →

Greg Laurie

Harvest Ministries; Greg Laurie – A Refreshing Ministry

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 The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed. 

—Proverbs 11:25

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Proverbs 11:25 

There is a story of an infamous pirate named Juan Carlos was rumored to have buried an enormous treasure in a location only he knew. One day a man approached Juan Carlos in Mexico, pushed him to the ground, and said, “Tell me where all your money is buried, or I will kill you right here on the spot!”

Juan Carlos didn’t speak a word of English and needed an interpreter, so he saw a boy nearby and called him over. The boy relayed the man’s message to Juan Carlos and, fearing for his life, Juan Carlos said to the boy, “Tell this man I don’t want to die. Tell him the money is located thirty paces north of the city water tower, under a large rock.”

The boy turned to the man and replied, “Juan Carlos says he is an honorable man and that he will never tell you where the money is. Juan Carlos says kill him now.”

There are some people who, once they see an opportunity to claim something for themselves, will do so without a second thought about the consequences. For them, joy and satisfaction come from possessing. In geometric terms, they see God’s blessings as a line segment with fixed ends. The blessings begin at Point A, with God, and end at Point B, with them.

God, on the other hand, views His blessings as a ray. They begin at Point A, with Him, but then continue indefinitely, through Point B and beyond. The apostle Paul explained it this way: “And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others” (2 Corinthians 9:8 NLT).

This perspective aligns with the words of Jesus in Luke 6:38: “Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back” (Luke 6:38 NLT). This isn’t a formula for getting rich; it’s a picture of the overflowing generosity God cultivates in His people.

Proverbs 11:25 puts it this way: “The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed” (NLT).

The amazing truth at the heart of these passages is that God blesses us so that we can bless others. Ultimate joy, satisfaction, and fulfillment come not from possessing or hoarding God’s blessings but from passing them on to others.

One of the best-known hymns ever written begins with the line, “Praise God from whom all blessings flow.” Flow is the key. His blessings flow to us and then through us to others. God wants us to be part of how He blesses others. When we think only in terms of benefit for ourselves, we dam the flow. We become obstacles to the ways He might bless others.

The only way for God’s people to truly prosper is to be generous. Refreshing others with what God has given us is one of our highest callings.

 

Reflection question: What would blessing others with what you’ve received from the Lord look like in your life? Discuss this with believers like you on Harvest Discipleship!

 

 

 

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Days of Praise

Days of Praise – Choose Life

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by John D. Morris, Ph.D.

“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live.” (Deuteronomy 30:19)

Shortly before his death, Moses restated the law and the covenant between God and His people summed up in the greatest commandment: “Thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might” (Deuteronomy 6:5).

Furthermore, Moses claimed that “this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven . . . . Neither is it beyond the sea” (30:11–13). Nothing about it was hard to understand. “But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it” (v. 14).

Indeed, the evidence that God is Creator, Judge, Provider, and Redeemer is all around us. Our text informs us that “heaven and earth” are witnesses of God’s nature. We have more than enough information to respond. In fact, these things “from the creation of the world are clearly seen” so that those who reject the Creator are “without excuse” (Romans 1:20). Indeed, to ignore the evidence of creation and the Flood, one must be “willingly . . . ignorant” (2 Peter 3:5). Rejection is foolishness.

“See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil” (Deuteronomy 30:15). The choice is between blessing (v. 16) and cursing (v. 19). All lines of reasoning point toward the God of the Bible as the one true God. “Therefore choose life,” as our text encourages us, “that thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life” (v. 20). JDM

 

 

 

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Joyce Meyer

Joyce Meyer – Rejoice and Be Glad

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Rejoice in the Lord always [delight, gladden yourselves in Him]; again I say, Rejoice!

Philippians 4:4 (AMP)

Many serious things are going on in this world, and we need to be aware of them and prepared for them. But at the same time, because of the Spirit of God in our lives, we can learn to relax and take things as they come without getting nervous and upset about them. Thankfully, with God’s help, we can learn how to enjoy the good life He has provided for us through the death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ. We do not need to worry or be afraid. God is in control!

Twice in Philippians 4:4–7, the apostle Paul tells us to rejoice. He urges us not to fret or have any anxiety about anything but to pray and give thanks to God—not after every difficulty is over, but in everything.

In spite of all the troubling things going on around us, we can maintain positive, joyful attitudes. Our daily confession can be based on Psalm 118:24 (AMP): This is the day the Lord has made; I will rejoice and be glad in it.

Prayer of the Day: God, no matter what challenges I face today, I thank You that I can rejoice and be glad. Thank You that my joy is not found in my circumstances—my joy is found in You. Help me keep this joyful attitude in everything and at all times, amen.

 

 

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Max Lucado – Trust the Promise 

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What tragedy has rendered your life a desert? Has God allowed a season of dryness to come your way? Then learn from the life of Elijah. He trusted the promise despite the predicament.

The predicament? Drought. The promise? It appears in 1 Kings 18:1 (NKJV): “Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth.” God had set a limit upon the predicament, and Elijah knew it was just a matter of time before the rain returned.

Do you know the same? “Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning” (Psalm 30:5 NLT). The Bible never guarantees the absence of a drought, but it emphatically assures that the drought will not end in eternal defeat.

 

 

 

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Today in the Word – Moody Bible Institute – Faithfulness over Fear

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Read Ezra 3:1–3

Courage is not a lack of fear. Courage is doing the right thing even when we’re afraid. We see courage on display in Ezra 3, when the people came “together as one” (v. 1), built an altar, and began offering sacrifices “despite their fear” (v. 3).

The chapter opens with the notice that “the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns” (v. 1). The seventh month, or Tishri (September–October), plays a particularly important role in Israel’s calendar. This is when Israel was to celebrate the new year, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Festival of Tabernacles (see Lev. 23:23–44; Num. 29). This is also the month Solomon dedicated the first temple and prayed his prayer that foreshadowed the people’s sin, the exile, and God’s merciful forgiveness and restoration of His people (see 2 Chron. 6, esp. vv. 36–39).

The returnees wasted no time in getting started on the most important feature of the rebuilt temple: the altar. Significantly, they did this “in accordance with what is written in the Law of Moses, the man of God” (Ezra 3:2). The returnees made every effort to avoid the sins that had caused the Lord to expel them from the land. They were off to a good start, paying close attention to what God revealed in Exodus 27:1–8. In Ezra 3:3 we read that “they built the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and evening sacrifices.” This is consistent with what God commanded through Moses in Numbers 28:1–4.

Despite their fear, God’s people demonstrated courage in keeping the Lord’s commands and following the instructions He had given them so many centuries ago. May we demonstrate the same faithfulness over fear!

Go Deeper

What motivated God’s people to demonstrate courage? In what area of your life do you need courage to obey God?

Pray with Us

Dear Lord, You have given us a spirit of courage, not fear. Our study of Ezra reminds us that when we are afraid, we can trust in You. Will You please make us courageous?

Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.Psalm 95:6

 

 

 

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