SCRIPTURE: “Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. 25 And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.” 1 Corinthians 9:24-25 The Apostle Paul rightly likened our faith walk to a race. From its’ beginning the salvatio...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be againstus? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” Romans 8:31-32 One Sunday, I believe, last year, Pastor taught on the above verses and basically brought out how God, not only poured out His love on us with every Righteous and Holy...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: "In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. 10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. 13 And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen." Matthe...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  “And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: ‘My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; 6 For whom the Lord loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.’ 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? 8 But if you are wit...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to eat. 37 And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, 38 and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with t...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;” Psalm 19:8 Father in Heaven again we look to You as we open Your Word. Lord, You have been gracious to us week in and week out. Your Spirit has given unto us enlightenment and understanding in these matters. So once again we yield to Him that He might indeed help us, gu...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  “’Hear, Lord, and be gracious to me; Lord, be my helper.’ 11 You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have untied my sackcloth and encircled me with joy, 12 That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent. Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.” Psalm 30: 10-12 [NKJV] Historically noteworthy was the Jewish resistance and regaining of control of Jerusalem, an...  Read More

Today marks the last day of our Bible Scripture and Prayer with Pastor Wayne Cockrell. We pray that your heart were encouraged by these devotionals! SCRIPTURE:John 14:16-18; 16:12-15; Galatians 5:16-26; Ephesians 5:18-21Father in heaven, we are thankful today to You and Your Son for the gift of the HolySpirit. It is unusual for many of us to focus upon and acknowledge the Holy Spiritspecifically i...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:Psalm 119:57-64 Lord God, the Almighty and everlasting God. We, in the strongest way seek Your face today. It is settled with me and a company of others like me that there is no other, nor better place to cast all of our cares today. Truly we have come to believe that there are no other arms strong enough to carry our burdens and cast our sins away from us as far as the east is from the ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:Deuteronomy 6:1-9 Our Father and our God, as we come to You today, we come believing the truth that Youhave taught us over the years, that the times that are and the times that are to come,never escape the ultimate authority of Your sovereign control. Today our Father inHeaven, most of us from time to time have prayed in various ways for the generationsthat have and will come from us. Ou...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:1 John 5:14-21 Almighty God, our Father Who art in Heaven. It is through the name of Jesus Your Son, and in the Holy Spirit, we submit ourselves before Your throne of grace once again. It is our desire to pray according to Your will. Only then can we have the confidence that assures our hearts that You truly hear us when we ask You concerning anything, and that You have said we can know ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:I John 3:1-3 Our Father in Heaven, it is before Your throne of grace this morning we come to seek Your face and to rest our hearts in the peace and joy from the privilege of praise and worship You have graciously granted to us. All we know about You comes from what You have taught us about You. We have heard with our ears and seen with our eyes enough to believe with all our hearts that ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:Matthew 5:11-16 Eternal God and our gracious Father, we do as Your people, bow before Your holy presence in anticipation that You would speak to us once again. You have been faithful, and You have given unto us the promise that Your Word will always accomplish that for which You purpose. That gives us anticipation and expectation that You would do something in us in response to what we h...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:Luke 6:27-37 Our Father in heaven we thank You so very much for the great gift of Your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Our hearts melt and we marvel when we see our Savior in action in the Gospels moving among sinners, moving among His enemies, moving among those who cursed Him and spit upon Him and beat Him and yet we see coming from Him love. We want to be that kind of lover and yet Father...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:Psalm 121 Our Father in Heaven, great is Your name and great is the worship due You with all of our hearts. Before You today I bow in the adoration of praise with much thanksgiving for the possessions that are mine through the assurances of Your promises. There are times Father when all around us it seems hard to look beyond the barrenness that tries our faith in times of loss and pain. ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:Isaiah 40:21-31 Our gracious God, as Your prophet Isaiah asked Your people, “To Whom will we liken our God?”  As we kneel today to pray unto You, we are very much aware that at the end of our words there is You, who sees all things, and knows all things, and with You nothing exists beyond the possibilities of Your limitless grace and almighty power. Many are the desires, needs, and conce...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:Luke 22:39-46 Father in Heaven, it is a struggle and sometimes a place of defeat when praying to You for what is right when everything we are feeling at the time seems just the opposite. It is our own version of the Garden of Gethsemane. In the same manner as our Lord, we are tempted and tried to give into the pull of the flesh against Your known will. In our hearts we want to do what is...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:Hebrews 11:1-6 Eternal God, our Father in Heaven, You have determined that we cannot have a personal relationship with You that is real without true faith.  To live in this world with You as an ever-present reality is at times a challenge to us that often results in failure because what we see means more to our decisions than what we believe.  It is when I am in Your presence, either in ...  Read More