Joy Divine Christian Fellowship Centre International

09/02/2025

31/01/2025

Fasting & Prayer Day 19
Spiritual Growth

Remember when you were a kid and you desired to grow up immediately? Putting on clothes far too big or imagining what your wedding day would look like? Just like we have a desire to grow up physically, God also has a desire for us to grow spiritually. That we would move from what the bible describes as infant stages, milk, into meat. Understanding the word of God and leading other people into truth.

Prayer: God I pray that you would help me to grow from milk to meat, infancy to maturity, and that you would add or take away anything that would inhibit my growth. Amen.

30/01/2025

Prayer & Fasting Day 18
"Jesus, Our Healer"

Moses went up the mountain and waited on the Lord to receive the Ten Commandments. When he returned, he became so angry that he smashed the Ten Commandments. Moses told the Israelites that they were to burn the calf, grind it up, put it in water and then drink it.

Many years later, Jesus went into the temple and saw that the money changers had turned His Father’s house into a market place. What did He do? He made a whip, went into the temple and cleared it out. Do you see the similarity?

God sent venomous snakes to punish the children of Israel. They were suffering dreadfully and Moses called out to God for help. God told him to make a bronze snake and to put it on a pole. The people were to look at the snake and they would be healed.

Jesus didn’t make a bronze snake; He simply touched sick people and they were made well. Or He spoke a word and they were restored to health. Jesus still heals the sick today. If you are unwell, I have good news for you. There is healing in the name of Jesus. He says, “Call to Me, and I will answer you” (Jer. 33:3).

PRAYER: Lord, I pray that as I sit in Your presence, You would heal me, both physically and in the deepest parts of my soul. Renew my heart and my mind, I pray. Amen.

29/01/2025

Fasting & Prayer Day 17
"Ask in Faith"

I believe that God will give you anything that is within His will. When you say, “Lord, heal my body so that I can be a breadwinner for my family,” or, “Lord, save my prodigal son, bring him home to me,” those are the kind of things the Lord expects you to ask of Him.

On one occasion, a woman asked Jesus to heal her daughter who was possessed by a demon. Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.” She replied, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat from the children’s crumbs.” Jesus then said, “For this saying go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter.” When she returned home, she found that her daughter was healed (see Mark 7:27-30).

This woman was not even a Christian, but she had faith. She asked God to do something for her. She persisted and He eventually agreed to heal her daughter. Why is it that we don’t ask God for things and assume that the Lord knows our needs? The Lord wants to hear us ask Him.

PRAYER: Father God, You are a great and wonderful God. Thank You for supplying my needs. Thank You that You hear me. Amen.

28/01/2025

Fasting & Prayer Day 16
"A Vibrant Prayer Life"

I am an uneducated farmer, but I want to tell you one thing: I know that God answers prayer. You can ask anybody who goes on our campaigns with us, it regularly starts raining at the end of a campaign. I don’t know why this happens, but I am yet to hear a farmer say they are getting too much rain.

God gave Noah a sign. He gave him a beautiful rainbow. God promised that He would never again flood the earth (see Gen. 9:11), and He never has. God has given us a sign. It’s like the Lord is saying, “Well done, good and faithful servants.” That’s why I love Jesus so much. He’s more real to me than anything I can see in front of me. All He wants us to do is call out to Him so that He can answer us.

How do you pray, how long do you pray and where do you pray? We need to lock ourselves in our prayer closet. Let’s take hold of the Lord, and not let go until He answers. When we pray an effective prayer, God can move.

PRAYER: Lord, I rejoice in You. Thank You for Your great love for me. I want to have a vibrant prayer life – I want to spend time in Your presence so that I can be close to You. I realize that nothing can take the place of spending time with You. Amen.

27/01/2025

Prayer & Fasting Day 15
"Start Praying and See God Move"

I know that when people pray, God works. I am passionate about prayer. When you pray you need to go into your prayer closet every morning. You see, prayer is really talking to Jesus.

They say that James Hudson Taylor, the man who started the China Inland Mission, was not a great preacher. When he was home on furlough from China, he became well known. A journalist came to interview the Englishman who was shaking China, and attended a Bible study where Taylor was present. He did not impress the journalist. Disappointed, the journalist wondered how he was going to write an interesting article about Taylor and his work.

Right at the end of the evening, the group began to pray. And that’s when the tide changed. The journalist reported that he had never in his life heard a man talking to God like Taylor did. He said that he then realized who this great giant of the Christian faith was: he was a man of prayer. I want to say to you today, start praying and you’ll see God move.

PRAYER: Almighty God, You have given me the wonderful gift of prayer. Help me to make prayer a way of life. I ask that You would work in my heart and life so that You might give me a passion and yearning for prayer. Amen.