Posts with the tag “prayer”

40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 40
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 26th, 2023
We have come to the final day of our forty days of fasting and prayer...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 39
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 25th, 2023
Tomorrow we shall finally gather...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 38
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 24th, 2023
Have you ever stood among a field of wheat that stretches as far as the eye can see and is ready for harvest?  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 37
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 23rd, 2023
Ask God to help you see what things you may need to repent of and turn over to him...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Sunday Feast 10/22
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 22nd, 2023
First they prayed...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 36
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 21st, 2023
By prayer we draw close to God and align ourselves with him.  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 35
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 20th, 2023
Take some time in prayer to praise and thank God, and invite him to be among us when we gather in praise, for his presence to move powerfully among us, and that we may hear and heed his word.  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 34
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 19th, 2023
Jesus is our cornerstone. We pray this and sing this, but do we understand it?  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 33
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 18th, 2023
When the battle lines have been drawn and we are standing on that front line looking across the field at the armies that are arrayed against us, it is easy to find ourselves shaking in our boots like the Israeli army standing before Goliath...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 32
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 17th, 2023
What gods do you attempt to follow in addition to God?  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 31
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 16th, 2023
When we think of Kingdoms we may think of castles, borders, and monarchs. But when the New Testament talks about Jesus’ Kingdom it is something else entirely...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Sunday Feast 10/15
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 15th, 2023
The testimony of the church is tied to our unity...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 30
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 14th, 2023
Jesus does not invite us to an easy, comfortable life without burden, but he does promise that the burden asks us to carry is lighter than what we bear on our own, and that he helps us to bear it...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 29
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 13th, 2023
We must guard against this because we can easily miss the mysterious and unexpected ways that God is working...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 28
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 12th, 2023
While many things can impede our walk with Jesus, few things can stop us and hold us as surely as guilt...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 27
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 11th, 2023
We complain about how busy we are, and yet at the same time sometimes feel lost or even guilty when we have nothing to do...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 26
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 10th, 2023
...think about what mountains are standing or have stood in your way, and thank your Father for giving you the faith to conquer mountains.  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 25
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 9th, 2023
Instead of giving into temptation or ignoring sin, Peter tells us to be “holy in all [we] do.”   Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Sunday Feast 10/8
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 8th, 2023
In most team sports the difference between a good or bad season can come down to one thing: unity...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 24
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 7th, 2023
God isn’t, as some humans imagine deity to be, distant and disconnected...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 23
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 6th, 2023
Near the end of Isaiah’s writings, God speaks through the prophet to tell the people in exile that their suffering is near an end...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 22
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 5th, 2023
God reaches out to every person in prevenient grace prior to their accepting his invitation into REdemptive RElationship....  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 21
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 4th, 2023
Our world is often chaotic and uncertain...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 20
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 3rd, 2023
The Church as a whole and individual Christians need to seek the REnewal of the Holy Spirit sometimes, the RE-creation as God forms us into new creations.  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 19
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 2nd, 2023
Christ’s Kingdom, in many ways, is completely opposite from the way the rest of the world exists....  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Sunday Feast 10/1
by Rev. Shane Ross on October 1st, 2023
Search me, God, and know my heart...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 18
by Rev. Shane Ross on September 30th, 2023
What chains do you bear that weigh you down and slow your walk?  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 17
by Rev. Shane Ross on September 29th, 2023
What spiritually formative habits have you fostered in your private life?  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 16
by Rev. Shane Ross on September 28th, 2023
The comfort that God offers is freedom from fear, freedom from worry, and freedom from sin...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 15
by Rev. Shane Ross on September 27th, 2023
Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 14
by Rev. Shane Ross on September 26th, 2023
Even now, he says, even now it is not too late. Even now, if you turn, I will welcome you with open arms...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 13
by Rev. Shane Ross on September 25th, 2023
Our mission, our calling, is to share what Jesus has done in our lives...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Sunday Feast - You are the Light of the World
by Rev. Shane Ross on September 24th, 2023
Who would try to hide a city on a hill?  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 12
by Rev. Shane Ross on September 23rd, 2023
Swords can be dangerous if you’re at the wrong end of them...  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 5
by Rev. Shane Ross on September 15th, 2023
For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 4
by Rev Shane Ross, Pitman Church of the Nazarene on September 14th, 2023
I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly; I do not seal my lips, Lord, as you know. I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help. I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness from the great assembly. -Psalm 40:9-10  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 3
by Rev. Shane Ross, Pitman Church of the Nazarene on September 13th, 2023
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him. -1 John 5:14-15  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting - Day 2
by Rev. Shane Ross, Pitman Church of the Nazarene on September 12th, 2023
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. -Jeremiah 29:13  Read More
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40 Days of Prayer and Fasting
by Rev. Shane Ross, Pitman Church of the Nazarene on September 11th, 2023
I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord.Repeat them in our day,    in our time make them known;    in wrath remember mercy.-Habakkuk 3:2  Read More
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Day 55: Numbers 14-15; Mark 6:30-56
by Jonathan Merki on February 24th, 2023
For whatever reason, our reading from Numbers (and I read ahead through Numbers 16) took me back to our Wednesday night conversation about loving God and loving His church. I certainly hope that the church is never as 'stiff-necked' as the wilderness wanderers. However, there are always those in the larger context of the Church (capital 'C') who don't embrace the vision of God to move into the pro...  Read More
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