Listen to Hear Wisdom’s VoiceProverbs 8:32-35 (TPT) So listen, my sons and daughters, to everything I tell you, for nothing will bring you more joy than following my ways.  Listen to My counsel, for My instruction will enlighten you.  You’ll be wise not to ignore it.  If you wait at wisdom’s doorway, longing to hear a word for every day, joy will break forth within you as you listen for what I’ll ...

 Speak Lord, for Your servant is listening. John 10:271 Samuel 3:10There are many ways the Lord can speak to us but the two main ways are through the Scriptures and through the inward voice of the Holy Spirit.  It is an inward voice because that is where He dwells—on the inside of us—and when He speaks to us it comes through “thoughts or impressions.”  The more we are led by the Holy Spirit and le...

Daniel 10:12-13  Then He said, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel.  Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven.  I have come in answer to your prayer.  But for twenty-one days the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia blocked my way.Daniel’s prayer was heard on day 1 and heaven’s response was initiated, even though i...

Ezekiel 22:30  I looked for one among them who would build up the wall and stand before Me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.Did you know that your heart-felt prayers have power to actually change the course of someone’s life, or the spiritual atmosphere of a city or region or the destiny of a nation? God looks for those who would be willing to ...

If fasting is the jawbone, then prayer and passion are how we swing it. Not ordinary prayer. Not casual prayer. Prayer with persistence, focus, and faith. There are moments where the church has to decide: we will swing the jawbone of fasting and prayer, or we will lose ground to passivity....