Posts with the category “year-on-fire”

The magnetic attraction of Christian community is not the songs you sing, the car you drive, or the color of your skin.  Read More

God is a God of honor, and his church is a house of honor. When believers win battles, conquer kingdoms, overthrow enemies, and evict Satan in the Name, God gives them the honor of having his Name somehow imprinted on them. What an honor!  Read More

The Name is not a rabbit’s foot or good luck charm, but it is the password that gives you access to the storehouse of heaven.  Read More

The Name is not static, but active. The Name is not something to consider, but to act on.  Read More

Nothing tears down the artificial wall of separation between the secular and the sacred faster than when we work in the Name.  Read More

When you carry the Name, you carry the blessing that is in the Name.  Read More

More than anyone who ever lived, Jesus knew the power of the Name. He was a Name-Carrier.  Read More

God’s Name is not intended to simply affect your brain; his Name should also affect your feet.   Read More

When you were born again, God put his Name in your heart on speed dial. Don’t think for a moment that you need to be in trouble in order to call on the Name of the Lord.  Read More

Nothing brings more dignity to your name than the dignity of His Name. When you declare the majesty of His Name, you affirm the source of dignity for yourself.  Read More

God made you for one ultimate purpose—to exalt his Name. Think of it-- exalting God’s Name is your highest calling. And as challenging as this may be to believe, he has made you good at it.  Read More

We all like to pray prayers that get answered. One prayer that is always answered is, “Father, glorify your Name.”  Read More

When you discover the power of His Name, you will frequently drop to your knees in humble gratitude.  Read More

Because God values his Name, he guards and protects it with the guardrail of the third of the Ten Commandments, “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.” Exodus 20:7  Read More

Hallow your Name is the heart of worship. All worship is responding appropriately to the Name. You can effectively worship without music, but it is impossible to effectively worship without the Name.  Read More

As you declare the excellency of the Name of Christ today, no matter which aspect of the Name on which you focus, remember that his Name is One. "The Lord our God, the Lord is one,” (Deuteronomy 6:4.) The One God is three Persons-- Father, Son and Holy Spirit-- with One Name  Read More

The Name of God is like a 1000 carat diamond—His Name is a single diamond with 100,000 facets. Nowhere in scripture will you find the name of God plural; it is always singular. Always.  Read More

When you use the Name of God, don’t miss the Presence.  Read More

The Name of God does not lead you to an encounter; the Name IS an encounter with God. Every day in 2026 our Year on Fire will focus on the Name of God. We will declare his Name over every new day because his name is revealed to us so that we encounter God's manifest presence.  Read More

On this day, December 31, in the year of our Lord 1738, a mighty group of sixty seekers gathered on New Year’s Eve in London, England for prayer and fasting. They prayed into the early hours of the morning until they caught fire with the manifest presence of Christ. The group included George Whitfield, John Wesley, and Charles Wesley.  Read More

God invites each of us to consistently have new-song encounters with Him. There are essentially two ways to encounter God by singing a new song. Sometimes we sing to the Lord a song we have never previously heard, and God encounters us in that moment.   Read More

Hearing the voice of God was never intended to be a sporadic, random, nor infrequent occasion. God is always speaking, and He intends for you today and every day to hear His voice clearly.  Read More

It is only appropriate that when Jesus was born, all heaven would be opened and burst forth in praise and celebration. Heaven was unable to contain itself, and the celebration happening in heaven spilled over into earth.  Read More

Imagine meeting an angel eyeball-to-eyeball—an angel who spends all his time in the manifest presence of God.  Read More

Most religious people are familiar with a distant God. When a person comes to know God in Christ, however, they encounter not only a God who is infinitely superior, they also encounter Emmanuel - - God who is intimately present.  Read More

Merry Christmas from your College of Prayer family Christ is the manifest presence of God. There is no better day to celebrate His presence than Christmas day.   Read More

The naming of a child is always significant. When Father God named His Son He gave Him the name Jesus, which literally means Savior, Conqueror, Deliverer. Today, there are many people around the world who have the name Jesus; there is, however, only one Savior.  Read More

The only thing you need to truly celebrate Christmas is a glimpse of the glory of God in Christ. You don’t need the tree or the lights or the plum pudding. All you need is a glimpse of Christ.  Read More

The last five Psalms in the Bible, Psalm 146, 147, 148, 149, 150 each begin with the exhortation, “Praise the Lord!” which is translated from the single Hebrew word, Hallelujah!  Read More

Raising hands in worship would be silly without the manifest presence of Christ; because of the manifest presence of Christ, however, it would be silly not to raise our hands in honor and appreciation.  Read More

Christ-encountering obedience and Christ-encountering worship will stretch you in many ways.  Read More

There is no limit to what God can do through us as long as we give Him all the glory.  Read More

When you set your heart to encounter the manifest presence of Christ every day, one of the subtle sins that God will deal with early in your journey is the sin of irreverence, or treating as common the holy things of God. Particularly for children born to Christian parents, or children born to career Christian workers, it is easy to become casual with the holy things of God. This is the essence of irreverence.  Read More

Christ-encountering prayer is a redundancy; all too often, however, it is sadly a necessary repetition. While all prayer is ideally Christ-encountering, at times prayer becomes more of a religious routine that comes up empty.  Read More

The Weapon of All-PrayerPraying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. Ephesians 6:18A Roman soldier only had six pieces of armor, but we as followers of Christ have an additional seventh piece of armor that makes our armor superior in every way. Having taken the belt, breastplate, shoes, shield, helmet, and sword, we now take the piece of the armor known as all-prayer. Beca...  Read More

The Bible is the written word, and the Lord Jesus Christ is Himself the Living Word. When you take up the sword of the Spirit today, be sure to encounter Christ in the process -- He is the Living Word.  Read More

God not only wants you to be saved, He wants you to know with absolute certainty that when you die you will live with Him forever. The helmet of salvation could be called the helmet of the assurance of salvation.  Read More

When you take up the shield of faith today, be sure to encounter Christ in the process. Christ is your Protector and He will shield you from all evil.  Read More

The shoes are the third piece of armor the Roman soldier would put on. Once he put on his belt and breastplate, he would then put on the shoes to protect his feet from injury. When you put on the shoes of the Gospel of Christ today, be sure to encounter Christ in the process.  Read More

As you put on the breastplate of righteousness today, be sure you encounter Christ in the process. Any good habit and spiritual discipline can become a hollow religious ritual if you are not careful.  Read More