“But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will bring glory to me by taking from what is...
The theme of the 2021 National Day of Prayer, is “Lord pour out your love, life and liberty.” 2 Corinthians 3:17 says, “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” In Christ Jesus, we encounter the love of God, eternal life by the...
Join in prayer with millions around the world to pray for families, the church, the nation and our culture. Prayer is preceded by musical worship and encouraging comments by Ken Boa, author of the Handbook to Prayer (which was mailed to Idlewild households in May 2020). An additional session of prayer...
MAY 6, 2021...
“Christ came not to destroy – sin does that – but to save and release men from their sin. Will you as a church pray for the sinners of [your town] and pray for God to save them through his Spirit? That is the meaning of a church…May God give...
“Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers and children. But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot...
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” (2...
“Yes, truth is lacking; and he who turns aside from evil makes himself a prey. Now the LORD saw, And it was displeasing in His sight that there was no justice. And He saw that there was no man, And was astonished that there was no one to intercede; then...
This Week’s Requests Will Patterson (son-in-law of Dennis and Kathy Horton) Pray for healing of liver Irene Foxx Pray for healing of aneurysm Michael Willingham - Pray for successful major surgery tomorrow at 1:00 pm Continue to Pray for: (03.03.21 and prior) Lydia Gaponiuk Healing Betty Caruthers Healing of Covid-19 Amy Keagy Recovery from cancer surgery and successful...
OFFICE OF THE PASTOR Dr. Ken Whitten Senior Pastor Pray for our new 7 week series...
This Week’s Requests: Lydia Gaponiuk Pray for healing Betty Caruthers Pray for healing of Covid-19 Amy Keagy Pray for recovery from cancer surgery and successful treatments Kim Griffin Pray for recovery from surgery Clyde McDonald Pray for healing of Covid-19 Sharron Counter (mother of Mauree Booth) Pray for recovery from surgery Becky Gibson Braeham Pray for healing...
“Then I thought to this I will appeal; the years of the right hand of the Most High. I will remember the deed of the LORD; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. I will meditate on all your works and consider all your mighty deeds. Your ways,...
He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” —John 7:38 (nasb)...
“I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of...
“For He chose us in [Christ] before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.” (Ephesians 1:4) Christmas is about the Gospel. Christmas is about salvation in Christ Jesus. Before the foundation of the world, God had a plan for salvation in Christ Jesus for sinful...
“The Lord loves such pleadings because there is a measure of faith in them. When the person in trouble cries, ‘Lord, deliver me’ he is looking away from himself. You see, he is driven out of himself because of the despair in his life. He cannot find hope or help...
“Come, Desire of nations, come! Fix in us Thy humble home: Rise, the woman’s conqu’ring seed, Bruise in us the serpent’s head; Adam’s likeness now efface, Stamp Thine image in its place: Second Adam from above, Reinstate us in Thy love. Hark! The herald angels sing, ‘Glory to the newborn...
“I shall wash my hands in innocence, And I will go about your altar, O LORD, That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving And declare all your wonders. O LORD, I love the habitation of your house And the place where your glory dwells. (Psalm 26:6-8) In times of...
“Oh Lord, how excellent it is to commune with Thee in the early morning hours. Enable me by patience to reproduce these exalted moments of calm into the activities of the day.” - Oswald Chambers “Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I...
“No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.” (1 Corinthians 10:13) “Every...
“Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends….He urged them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven…so that he and his friends might not be executed….During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God...
OFFICE OF THE PASTOR Dr. Ken Whitten Senior Pastor Thank you for the positive feedback about our study in I John. It was a rich study for me personally. Would you join me in asking God what our church body needs to study next on Wednesdays and Sundays? I'm grateful for the way our...
“God looks for those whose hearts are prepared to be intercessors before Him. Intercessors have hearts in tune with God’s heart….intercessors can be the only ones standing between a family and God’s judgment, or between an individual or nation and God’s wrath.” - Henry Blackaby “So I sought for a man...
“God looks for those whose hearts are prepared to be intercessors before Him. Intercessors have hearts in tune with God’s heart….intercessors can be the only ones standing between a family and God’s judgment, or between an individual or nation and God’s wrath.” - Henry Blackaby “So I sought for a man...
“God is calling you into a life of prayer and fellowship with Him. He has given you the privilege of coming to Him. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit have chosen to make their abode in you. This, my friend, is the greatest privilege the universe will ever know. -...
“So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly [fervently] praying to God for him….Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. ‘Quick, get up!’ he said, and the chains fell off...
“…the Spirit…transforms us to be like Christ. He helps us to be dependent and prayerful, and by bringing us into the Father-Son relationship he brings us to share God’s life and purpose. Our desires start echoing God’s, his passions become ours, and so we begin to share his love and...
“Oh, friends…let us always have something to plead. Do not think that you have prayed unless you have pleaded, for pleading is the very marrow of prayer. He who pleads well knows the secret of prevailing with God, especially if he pleads the blood of Jesus, for that unlocks the...
“You can only go as far for God as you have time with God. The greater the size of the building, the deeper its foundation must be.” - Jim Maxim “Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them…he is like a man building a house, who...
“People ask, ‘Which is more important – private prayer or corporate prayer?’ The answer is yes. This is like asking, ‘Which is more important for walking – your right leg or your left leg?” - Daniel Henderson “…in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we...
“O that we may be graciously enabled to love God, and live up to our profession! O to be, indeed, the servants of the Lord the lovers of Jesus, this is our main concern.” - Charles H. Spurgeon True worship includes a thankful heart. God acknowledged Israel was continuous in external worship...
"Above all, O Holy Spirit, descend more mightily. O God, flood the land until there are streams of righteousness. Is there not a promise that says, ‘I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground?’ (Isaiah 44:3) Lord, set Your people praying. Stir up...
"Jesus replied, 'I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea' and it will be done. If you believe, you...
“I will utter…what we have heard and known, what our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power and the wonders he has done.” (Psalm 78:2b-3) Pray that God will strengthen the fiber...
“I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy. I pour out my complaint before him; before him I tell my trouble. When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who know my way.” (Psalm 142:1-3) “In order for God to make...
“Essential to all successful ministry, prayer acknowledges dependence on God. Prayer realizes that God is ‘able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to [His ] power that works with in us.’ (Eph. 3:20).” - John MacArthur “Peter…got down on his knees and prayed. Turning toward...
“In order for God to make you greatly useful, He must teach you how to pray….If you can be great without prayer, your greatness will be your ruin. If God means to bless you greatly, He will make you pray greatly, as He did with David, who [prayed Psalm 142]...
“The Lord called to him in a vision, ‘Ananias!’….ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying. In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.” (Acts 9:10b, 11b-12) “Prayer is the spontaneous response of the believing...