•”BREAKING 🚨•
By Pastor Jason Answers
After 12 YEARS in a Chinese prison, Pastor Zhang Shaojie is FINALLY FREE — and his story is shaking the Church worldwide.... View More•”BREAKING 🚨•
By Pastor Jason Answers
After 12 YEARS in a Chinese prison, Pastor Zhang Shaojie is FINALLY FREE — and his story is shaking the Church worldwide.
Chinese Pastor Zhang Shaojie just walked out of prison after more than a decade behind bars — imprisoned on charges believers say were nothing but a political hit-job to silence the Gospel and seize church land.
Locked up since 2013.
Convicted in 2014 of “disrupting public order” and “fraud.”
Translation? He refused to bow to the government and give up the land meant for a new church.
Today, as he steps into freedom during Thanksgiving week, Pastor Zhang says it was ONLY global prayer that kept him alive — because “without it, I might not be here and could have been forcibly disappeared.”
#christian #PastorZhang #Faith
His 84-year-old mother, who prayed every single day for 12 years, was waiting to embrace him.
This is bigger than one man’s release.
This is a reminder that faithful Christians are STILL being persecuted worldwide — while the West argues about petty church politics and TikTok trends.
Some will celebrate this moment.
Others will pretend persecution isn’t real.
Either way, God just showed the world He still breaks chains.
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•Prayer for the Filling of God’s Power and Love•
By Anthony Valente
👉 “I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ ... View More•Prayer for the Filling of God’s Power and Love•
By Anthony Valente
👉 “I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to measure of all the fullness of God.”
(Ephesians 3:16-19)
God is powerful and loving. And He desires to fill our lives, our days, with that same power and love through His Holy Spirit. Paul prayed this prayer over the Ephesians. He had spent over 3 years with these people, working with the church of Ephesus, he loved them and longed to see them walking closely with God. His desire was that they would be continually strengthened with God’s power, and living out their faith with the example of the love of Christ.
We can know this in our heads, yet find it difficult at times to walk it out in daily life. We’re busy. We’re tired. We feel alone or broken. We’re distracted. We get offended. We harbor bitterness or resentment.
But no matter what we might be facing or feeling, when we’re willing to stand together as the body of Christ, dependent on God for the Spirit’s fresh filling of power and love, all other things lose their hold on us.
For God’s love encompasses all. It reaches every dark crevice and fills every need or longing. It gives power to forgive and to let go of the past. It releases sin’s hold and gives peace to the hurting. It is powerful and surpasses our own knowledge and understanding.
— It is “wide.” It stretches to a greater expanse and extent than we can ever imagine.
— It is “long.” It encompasses the length of our days, before and all beyond.
— It is “high.” It reaches to the highest heavens.
— It is “deep.” It extends to the deepest pit.
His love never fails.
✝️ Dear God,
We thank You that You indeed are powerful and loving, that out of Your glorious riches You strengthen us through Your Spirit in our inner being. We ask you for the fresh filling of your Holy Spirit, we ask for your power and love to fill us. We thank You that as believers we know that Christ dwells richly within our hearts through faith. We pray that You would strengthen our roots and establish our lives firmly in Your love.
When the world shouts hate, help us to love. When the past won’t let go, help us to love. When the enemy taunts with lies and surrounds us with darkness, help us to love.
When a relationship feels broken or we’re betrayed or rejected, help us to love. Help us to love, and to keep on loving. By the power of Your Spirit.
Even when it seems impossible.
Even when it doesn’t make sense.
May our lives be filled with Your goodness and power, today and every day, as we walk in Your Spirit of love.
May we live and love to Your praise and glory, and may we love to live as You would have us to live, rooted and grounded in You. Thank You Lord. We trust and love You Lord.
In Jesus’ name,
AMEN 🙏
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
(1 John 14:16)
He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.
(John 14:17)
Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.
(John 14:23)
He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
(Isaiah 40:29-31)
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
(Galatians 2:20)
For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.
(Galatians 5:6)
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
(Philippians 4:19)
“Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty? It is higher than heaven—what can you do? Deeper than Sheol—what can you know? Its measure is longer than the earth and broader than the sea.
(Job 11:7-9)
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
(1 Corinthians 16:13)
I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.
(John 17:23)
But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.) And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God. The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.
(Romans 8:9-11)
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
(Psalm 103:11-12)
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
(1 John 4:9-14)
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
(John 15:13)
“Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.
(Revelation 3:20)
And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.
(Mark 1:35)
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
(Hebrews 1:3)
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But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
(2 Corinthians 12:9)
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I Am With You Always - David Delfeld
•A Prayer to Remember You Matter to God•
👉 “By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples…. you did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that yo... View More•A Prayer to Remember You Matter to God•
👉 “By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples…. you did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit.”
(John 15:8,16)
We all want to matter in this world. The truth is we do matter, already, exactly as we are, wherever we are, and no matter what we’ve done up unto this point. Everything changes when you let your Maker show you why you matter. The One who fashionably knit you together one thread at a time in your mother’s womb, who created you and the world we live in, says that you matter immensely to Him. It’s God that we must look to, to truly recognize our worth in this world.
God uses everything in your life for His purpose, Everything. It all matters — every ounce of it. Nothing is dropped, nothing is discredited. God wants you to flourish and grow in Him, and bear fruit for Him. We do this by giving ourselves fully to His faithful ways, trusting our lives in the hands of the master Gardner. It is then that we can grow and bear fruit and come to realize it all matters.
Every small or large seed He plants in your life is intended to grow into fruit. Yes, even the painful, hurtful things planted in your life can become fruit for His greater purpose. He will use it all for His glory just as He promises us in Romans 8:28, saying “He works all things for good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.”
Your failures matter, your relationships matter, your childhood matters, your past matters, your present matter, your dreams matter, your work matters, your tears matter, your pain matters, your prayers matter, your voice matters. You dear brother and sister in Christ, YOU matter.
We were chosen to bear fruit, so take every seed planted and surrender it to the Lord for it all matters. Allow Him to water and flourish it so we can bear fruit for the glory of Him, our Maker.
Let’s pray.
✝️ Dear God,
Thank You for forming us uniquely, making us one-of-a-kind and choosing us for a purpose. Thank You that you appointed us as modern-day disciples to bear fruit for Your Kingdom. Often, we wish away seasons and seeds of pain, but Lord, we pray that we would learn to embrace everything You plant in our life, for we know that trials of any kind still produce fruit.
James 1:2 says, “to count it all joy when trials come in any form because it produces the fruit of perseverance, so let it grow, for when our endurance is fully developed, we will be perfect and complete, not lacking anything.” Please remind us in moments where we feel like what we have around us doesn’t matter, that it all matters to You. It’s all a part of Your bigger purpose.
Uplift us today, reminding us that our story, no matter how messy it is, matters to You and will be used for good. Our mess ultimately is our message we can use to be lights in this dark world. We surrender and sacrifice everything to You today Lord. Our past, our present and our future. We want to bear fruit for You and Your Kingdom. May Your Word water our souls today so the seeds planted can grow and flourish into who You’ve designed and called us to be. Thank You for choosing us to partake in Your beautiful garden. We trust You, Lord. We love You, Lord.
In Jesus’ Name we pray,
AMEN 🙏
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
(Matthew 5:16)
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
(John 15:5)
But the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon. For they are transplanted to the LORD’s own house. They flourish in the courts of our God. Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green. They will declare, “The LORD is just! He is my rock! There is no evil in him!”
(Psalm 92:12-15)
“Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to those who are unthankful and wicked.
(Luke 6:35)
Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.
(1 Peter 4:11)
The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.
(John 15:19)
“I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.” “O Sovereign LORD,” I said, “I can’t speak for you! I’m too young!” The LORD replied, “Don’t say, ‘I’m too young,’ for you must go wherever I send you and say whatever I tell you.
(Jeremiah 1:5-7)
And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles.
(Luke 6:13)
"I'm not talking about all of you. I know the people I've chosen [to be apostles]. However, I've made my choice so that Scripture will come true. It says, 'The one who eats my bread has turned against me.'
(John 13:18)
Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil.”
(John 6:70)
We love because he first loved us.
(1 John 4:19)
But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.
(1 Peter 3:15)
At that time you won’t need to ask me for anything. I tell you the truth, you will ask the Father directly, and he will grant your request because you use my name. You haven’t done this before. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy.
(John 16:23-24)
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.
(Isaiah 44:3)
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
(Psalm 56:3-4)
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Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
(Matthew 19:14)
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I Am With You Always - David Delfeld
•A Prayer for God to Search and Know Your Heart•
By Anthony Valente
👉 “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead ... View More•A Prayer for God to Search and Know Your Heart•
By Anthony Valente
👉 “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.”
(Psalm 139:23-24)
“Can you please take out the trash?”
“There are dishes in the sink…who’s turn, is it?
As a single father of multiple teens, my days are lately filled reminder after reminder for them to complete the tasks needed to help our house feel like a home. Yet, if I am honest, having a cozy home is not my only motivation for having them to work around the house. As my mother used to say, “Always keep your house clean so that if someone comes over unannounced, you won’t be embarrassed.” Although we don’t get regular visitors, etched in the back of my mind is the reality that an unexpected visitor could walk in to see the bursting trash can or the dishes stacked to the roof. The idea of being ashamed keeps me on my toes.
Over the last few weeks, I started to think about how much effort I make to not let others see “my mess.” Truthfully, this level of trying to “cover the trash” is not just pertaining to my home. In public, I try to keep myself from getting angry. Many times, I hide my emotions to not be seen in a negative way. Even more so, my secret thoughts would put me to shame if brought to light. How could one recover from the shame of their own jealousy, fury, disgust, and selfishness were ever aired out like dirty laundry? Much like the way I seek to hide away the trash in my home, the same happens in my own soul. Day after day, I think we all work hard to ensure no one is exposed to our “messy situations.”
In Psalm 139, we see David’s heart cry as he says, “Search me Lord.” David had a life full of messy moments. From adultery and deception to murder, his fleshly desires had caused him much inner turmoil. Yet, instead of allowing these moments to define him, we see in the Psalms a humility to run to God with his turmoil.
The Lord is not only David’s refuge, his place to share his heart, but also his guide to deliver him from future temptation. David doesn’t resolve to simply hide his thoughts for fear of embarrassment. Instead, he faces them head-on and asks the Lord for help to experience true change.
I believe his heart cry for God to “point out anything that is offensive” is why David is called the man after God’s own heart. Rather than settle in the mess, he decides to get things right with the Lord.
The truth is, without a conscience effort we will find that sinful thoughts and actions will overtake our lives. Much like I need to remind my children to clean dishes or take out the trash, if enough time goes by without purposeful action the entire home will suffer. Until we acknowledge the areas of our lives that need change, we will continue to allow it to build and become a heavy burden.
Today, I want to encourage you to pray for God to do a thorough cleaning of your heart and mind. Yet, instead of doing so for everyone else and what they would say or think, do it for your growth. It’s time to ask the Lord to search you and your thoughts so you can live a more peaceful and joyful life.
Let’s pray.
✝️ Heavenly Father,
Thank You for the wonderful insights that David has given us into Your perfect character. Thank You for Your love and grace and that You are our all-knowing God, Who knew us intimately in our mother’s womb and scheduled every day of our life. Thank You that You are the all-powerful God Who has promised to help and protect us; uphold and support us; sustain and defend us; comfort and equip us — heal and help us. I pray that You would search my heart and expose anything that is clouding my Christian walk and hindering my relationship with You. Cleanse me from my sin, purify my heart, comfort any anxious thoughts and draw me into closer fellowship with Yourself, from this day forward. Lord, lead me along the path of righteousness and bring Your conviction when I need to do better. I give You full permission to transform me from the inside out. Thank You, Lord, for Your grace and love towards me. I trust and love You Lord.
In Jesus' Name,
AMEN 🙏
These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.
(1 Peter 1:7)
“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? But I, the LORD, search all hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve.”
(Jeremiah 17:9-10)
Let God weigh me on the scales of justice, for he knows my integrity.
(Job 31:6)
I will eagerly pursue your commandments because you continue to increase my understanding.
(Psalm 119:32)
Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
(Deuteronomy 8:2)
Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
(Proverbs 17:3)
LORD, I have so many enemies! Lead me to do your will; make your way plain for me to follow.
(Psalm 5:8)
Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
(Psalm 25:8-9)
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
(Psalm 143:8)
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!
(Psalm 143:10)
Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.
(Proverbs 28:26)
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
(Psalm 16:11)
You have probed my heart. You have confronted me at night. You have tested me like silver, but you found nothing wrong. I have determined that my mouth will not sin.
(Psalm 17:3)
For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
(Matthew 7:14)
Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many. Make sure that no one is immoral or godless like Esau, who traded his birthright as the firstborn son for a single meal.
(Hebrews 12:15-16)
In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps.
(Proverbs 16:9)
Then Mary took a twelve-ounce jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet with it, wiping his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance.
(John 12:3)
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
(Ezekiel 36:26)
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“Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”
(Luke 22:42)
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I Am With You Always - David Delfeld
•Jesus Raises The Dead•
By Joshua Adams
They laughed at Jesus because they thought they knew how the story ended.... View More•Jesus Raises The Dead•
By Joshua Adams
They laughed at Jesus because they thought they knew how the story ended.
The girl was dead.
As far as everyone standing in that house was concerned, there was nothing left to discuss.
Then Jesus arrived.
When He said, “The maid is not dead, but sleepeth,” Scripture says something almost uncomfortable to read:
“They laughed him to scorn.”
Matthew 9:24
Think about that.
They were standing in the presence of the One who gave life, laughing because His words contradicted what their eyes were telling them.
Then Jesus did something I have learned not to overlook.
He put them out.
“But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.”
Matthew 9:25
The people who laughed did not get the final word.
Death did not get the final word.
The circumstances did not get the final word.
Jesus did.
There is something in this passage that reaches far beyond that room.
Sometimes people will pronounce something finished because they cannot imagine God doing anything with it.
They will look at your past and decide who you are.
They will look at your failure and decide what you can become.
They will look at what you lost and tell you there is nothing left.
Sometimes you will even do it to yourself.
I know I have.
I have stood over pieces of my own life and quietly decided, “That part is over.”
Then God showed me how little I understood about what He could still do.
That does not mean every dead dream gets resurrected.
It does not mean God promises to restore everything exactly the way we wanted it.
Matthew 9 is not permission to turn Jesus into a guarantee that every circumstance will end the way we choose.
It is something greater.
It is a reminder that what looks impossible to us has never intimidated Christ.
So be careful about putting a period where God has not put one.
Be careful about declaring someone unreachable.
Be careful about deciding your usefulness to God ended with your worst chapter.
And be especially careful about allowing the voices outside the room to become louder than the One standing inside it.
Everyone else had already decided how this story ended.
Jesus had not.
And when He took that girl by the hand, every person who laughed discovered that their certainty had never been authority.
Christ still has the final word.
#Matthew9 #JesusChrist #FaithInJesus #BibleTeaching #ChristianFaith
•"🔥 SHOULD CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS?”•
By Pastor Jason Answers
Every year, Christians brace for the same debate: “Is Christmas the birth of Christ… or a pagan holiday wrapped in lights and nos... View More•"🔥 SHOULD CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS?”•
By Pastor Jason Answers
Every year, Christians brace for the same debate: “Is Christmas the birth of Christ… or a pagan holiday wrapped in lights and nostalgia?”
And honestly? It’s one of the hardest questions believers face.
Some point to Scripture and say, “This is when our Savior entered the world — of course we celebrate!” Others insist the date was chosen because of pagan winter festivals, and that Christians shouldn’t touch anything that has even a shadow of idolatry in its past.
But here’s the uncomfortable truth nobody wants to confront:
🎄 If Jesus gets buried under gifts, movies, shopping lists, Santa, and family pressure… then what exactly are we celebrating?
Are we honoring the Savior of the world — or feeding our desire for childhood nostalgia and feel-good traditions?
Because a holiday without Christ is not a holy day.
And a season filled with spiritual distraction won’t draw us closer to God, no matter how pretty the lights are.
The real issue is not the date, the tree, or the history behind December 25th.
The real issue is devotion.
Does Christmas stir your heart toward worship, repentance, gratitude, and awe of the Incarnate Christ?
Or does it numb your spirit under busyness, debt, and shallow tradition?
We should never cling to a holiday harder than we cling to holiness.
So here’s the question for the body of Christ:
👉 Should Christians celebrate Christmas?
Is it a redeemed day of worship — or a distraction wrapped in sentiment?
Christians, it’s time to speak up.
Comment below: Should followers of Jesus celebrate Christmas or not — and why?
Your perspective might help someone choose conviction over compromise this year."
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