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Corporate Prayer

Thoughts and Encouragements: Personal and intercessory prayer will remain invaluable throughout our lives as we grow in our relationship with God. However, there is another kind of prayer that brings special strength to our spiritual life and becomes an essential part of the devotion of all who earnestly seek God’s face – corporate prayer. Fellowship plays a crucial role in the life of a Christian. Community dynamics provide a platform for spiritual growth that we cannot experience individually. The community accepts, encourages, inspires, teaches, and corrects us when we go astray. Through participation in corporate […]

Intercessory Prayer

Thoughts and Encouragements: “In intercessory prayer, we pray for others. If we truly love people, we will desire for them far more than is within our power to give them,” says Richard Foster (Prayer, HarperSan Francisco, 1992). Intercession is a priestly task. All who have believed and placed their trust in Christ have been made a royal priesthood. Intercessory prayer is not only an act of love but also an essential part of the Christian calling. There are several key aspects to keep in mind when talking about intercessory prayer. First and foremost, an intercessor […]

Personal Prayer

“When we pray for ourselves, we call it supplication; when we pray for others, we call it intercession.” (Richard J. Foster, Prayer, HarperSan Francisco, 1992). Thoughts and Encouragements: The need for daily, personal prayer reflects our understanding of the fact that we depend on God and His providence if we want to live a fulfilled and purposeful life. It is wrong to think that we will ever outgrow the need to pray for ourselves. Jesus teaches: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened […]

Sarajevo – focus in December

HOW DID SARAJEVO GET ITS NAME? Sarajevo got its name from a Slavicized abbreviation of the Turkish words saray (palace/house) and ovasi (field), referring to the vast fields west of the administrative buildings constructed for district administration. 1. Pray that God builds His palace (church, dwelling) in the Sarajevo Valley; 2. Pray that He transforms this city into a fertile field for the Good News DEMOGRAPHIC DATA: According to the latest population census from 2013, the total population of the City of Sarajevo is 275,524, while the population of Sarajevo Canton is estimated at 413,593. […]

God fights for us

Then on the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, for it was there that they blessed the Lord. For that reason they named that place “The Valley of Beracah (blessing)” until today. 2 Chronicles 20:26 I always remember that first year at our camp with joy and awe. Just a few days before the camp, we felt like King Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 20:12: “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.” I often feel that way in my life. It was as if I had come […]

Power to overcoming the fear

After a long time, in the third year, the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.” So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. 1 Kings 18:1-2 How awful this journey was! The Lord hid the prophet Elijah for three years. At that time, the idolatrous King Ahab set everything in motion to find this man of God whom he hated so much. He wanted to execute him. But Elijah was at peace in God’s hands. And now the Lord sends […]

Let us boast in the Lord

He is the one you praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes. Deuteronomy 10:21 Life obviously doesn’t work without having something to brag about. The athlete brags about his strength. An old sick woman brags about her many illnesses and her weaknesses. The rich man brags about his wealth, and the poor man lets everyone he meets know how hard it is for him. Everyone must have something to brag about. As far as I know, this is the only saying that […]

Lift up the flag of love

“So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love” 1 Corinthians 13:13 The disciples of Jesus Christ raised three flags: faith, hope and love. These three flags fly above the church community showing the world how much their Lord has enriched them. However, the apostle Paul reveals a wonderful picture in our text: one day this world will come to an end. One day God’s promise will come true: “Behold, I am making a new heaven and a new earth.” The old world is disappearing in the great storms […]

Where is our focus?

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13-14 The enemy wants each one of us to only look to where we have failed and been unsuccessful, instead of looking how much we have progressed and grown spiritually. The devil wants us to focus on our past, instead of focusing on our […]

Are you ready to be revived?

Disappointment comes in many different styles, shapes and sizes. It could be a relationship, a career choice, job promotion, Church, ministry, friends, home etc. etc. Some disappointments are because of our own choices, others because of other people’s choices, which we have no control over. The definition of disappointment is: sadness or displeasure caused by the non-fulfilment of one’s expectations. Or, feeling sad, unhappy, or displeased because something was not as good as expected or because something you hoped for or expected did not happen. Many get stuck and don’t get out of the tunnel […]