Posts by Andy McMahon

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

You are about to read the day one devotional from Lou Engle’s website: The Jesus Fast. We will be posting more of his devotionals and some of our own over the next 40 days. Discover Life Church is also hosting prayer calls, Monday – Friday from 6:45 am to 7:45 am.  Reach out to a pastor…