Archive for March 2020
COVID-19 March 9th Update
Dear Discover Life Family, I want to update you on what’s happening at Discover Life in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in our area. Currently, there are 2 known cases in Gwinnett County. Like you, I’ve been following this evolving story with great concern. I’ve also reached out to local city officials and spoken…
Read MoreDay 10: Rend Your Heart
Joel 1:14Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord. Rend Your Heart 12 “Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” 13 Rend your…
Read MoreDay 9: For the Joy Set Before Me
Isaiah 61: 10 – 1110 I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God.For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 11 For as the soil makes the sprout come up…
Read MoreDay 8: Actions
1 John 3:18 Amplified Bible (AMP)18 Little children (believers, dear ones), let us not love [merely in theory] with word or with tongue [giving lip service to compassion], but in action and in truth [in practice and in sincerity, because practical acts of love are more than words]. This scripture stirred in me after the 6:45am prayer…
Read MoreDay 7: Joy
James 1:2-4 2 Consider it nothing but JOY my [a]brothers and sisters, whenever you fall into various trials. 3 Be assured that the testing of your faith [through experience] produces endurance [leading to spiritual maturity, and inner peace]. 4 And let endurance have its perfect result and do a thorough work, so that you may be perfect and completely…
Read MoreDay 6: Repent
Matthew 4:17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” As part of the preparation for our 40 day Jesus Fast, one of our big prayer points was repentance. I’ve been stuck on this word for quite some time now. It’s a concept that goes against…
Read MoreDay 5: Glory
Romans 8:16-19 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. 18For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy…
Read MoreDay 4: Agreement
Matthew 18:19-20 “Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” During our Jesus fast there are things we are focused on and there is one…
Read MoreDay 3: To Wait
The story that God weaves in the Bible is so detailed, so intricate, it is impossible to sum up in a daily devotion or simple quote. But if I tried, my message would simply be Jesus….Holy Spirit…He, the creator of all things and father of the universe, knew what we needed. He promised He would…
Read MoreDay 2: A Reminder
Ecclesiastes 5:3 – For a dream comes through much activity. And a fool’s voice is known for many words. You’ve made it one day! (Or maybe you haven’t. That’s OK too! today is day 1 then, let’s press forward!). Things are starting to get real. You might have a headache, and you might be pretty…
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