The Praying Wife

Obedience Before Confidence

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Key Scripture Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went. Devotional Confidence does not always come before obedience. Sometimes confidence grows because we obeyed. Abraham went without knowing every detail of the journey. His faith was demonstrated by movement, not merely agreement. We can spend so much time waiting to feel ready that we miss the grace God has already given for the next step. Readiness …

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The Mission Field Around You

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Key Scripture Acts 1:8 You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses. Devotional Sometimes we imagine ministry happening somewhere far away while overlooking the people God has already placed within reach. Jesus told His followers they would be witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. The movement started where they were and expanded outward. Your Jerusalem may be your home, your workplace, your neighborhood, your family …

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Here Am I: Send Me

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Key Scripture Isaiah 6:8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” Devotional There are moments when God is not asking us for a perfect plan; He is asking for a willing heart. Isaiah’s response came from surrender. He did not begin by presenting his résumé, listing his strengths, or explaining everything he still needed to learn. He simply made himself …

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Expanding God’s Territory

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“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?’ And I said, ‘Here am I. Send me!’” — Isaiah 6:8 There is a world around us that desperately needs the hope, truth, and love of Jesus. There are people in our homes, workplaces, churches, schools, neighborhoods, and communities who need to know that God sees them and cares about what they are facing. The question is not always whether God …

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Faith Keeps Moving Forward

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Scripture “And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.” – Numbers 13:30 Devotional Caleb saw the same land and the same giants as everyone else, but he had a different spirit. While others were overwhelmed by what stood in the way, Caleb was confident in what God had promised. He said, “Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we …

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Do Not Throw Away Your Confidence

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Scripture “Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience…” – Hebrews 10:35-36 Devotional Hebrews tells us not to throw away our confidence. That means confidence can be thrown away. Not always all at once, but little by little. Through disappointment. Through delay. Through fear. Through comparison. Through weariness. Through listening to the wrong voices. Sometimes we start strong in faith, but the waiting wears us down. We begin to question …

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Step Into the Promise

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Scripture “Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you…” – Joshua 1:3 Devotional Faith does not stop at believing. There are moments when faith has to move forward. Joshua 1:3 reminds us that God had given the land, but the people still had to walk into it. The promise was real, but possession required movement. This is important because some of us have been believing God for something, but we have …

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Bring the Mountain to God

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Scripture “Have faith in God.” – Mark 11:22 Devotional As we close this week of bold prayer, let us come back to the simple command of Jesus: have faith in God. The power is not in the mountain. The power is not even in our ability to sound spiritual. The power is in the God we are trusting. Bring the mountain to God. Bring the impossible thing. Bring the fear. Bring the disappointment. Bring the marriage concern. Bring the financial …

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Believe Before You See It

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Scripture “When ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” – Mark 11:24 Devotional Faith often asks us to believe before we see. That is not easy because we are used to letting evidence lead us. We want proof first, then confidence. We want results first, then peace. We want the situation to change first, then faith. But Jesus teaches us to pray and believe. Faith reaches for God’s Word before natural evidence arrives. Faith chooses …

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Ask Again

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Scripture “What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” – Mark 11:24 Devotional Some of us need permission to ask again. Not because God stopped listening, but because disappointment taught us to stop asking. We asked once, maybe many times, and when the answer did not come how or when we expected, something in us pulled back. We still love God. We still believe in Him. We still pray for …

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