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What Do You Have?

Today's Scripture

“There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?” John 6:9, NKJV

Late in the day, Jesus was teaching a great crowd in a remote place. He asked His disciples where they could buy bread to feed so many people. They said it would be too expensive and impractical, so Jesus asked them, “What do you have?” All they could find was five loaves of bread and two fish, “but what is that among so many?” That’s a logical question. But Jesus didn’t ask them to figure out how it was going to happen. He just asked them to use what they had and believe that He could take what seems too small and make something great out of it.

The enemy would love for you to get stuck, thinking you’re at a deficit. “When I get more funds, more training, more breaks, then I can move forward.” But you’re not lacking anything you need to fulfill your purpose. Don’t overlook or discount what God has given you. Don’t go around with a disadvantaged mentality. Recognize the gifts and talents you have and use what you have, and He’ll take the natural and do something supernatural.

A Prayer for Today

“Father, thank You for the gifts and talents You have given me and how You multiply them whenever I put them into Your hands. Help me to not overlook or discount what I have but rather use it for You. I believe that Your grace, favor, and mercy will abound in my life. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

COFA-Christian Outdoor Fellowship of America needs your help. COFA is looking for volunteers to help our growing ministry reach out to the unchurched outdoor enthusiast (locally and nationally). If you're retired or have extra time on your hands and can spare a few hours a week, we need you. Areas we need volunteers: Prayer team, Social media, church outreach, accounting, administrative work, IT, National women's director, National men's director, webpage design. If you have an interest in serving the Lord with your talents, we'd love to hear from you. You can email Leslie at lesliea@cofausa.org or call her at 303.909.3707 or Mike at mikeb@cofausa.org or call him at 303.880.9878

Mike Brooks is COFA's prayer coordinator. Please feel free to contact him anytime for prayer, and with your permission, pass it on to COFA's prayer team. You can contact Mike at 303.880.9878 or email him at mikeb@cofausa.org with your requests. Guidelines for all prayer requests, last names must be withheld due to privacy issues, no gossip, or slandering of people you want prayer for. If you have immediate prayer needs, you can call Mike at 303.880.9878

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Now Is the Right Time

Today's Scripture

As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, “That’s enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you.” Acts 24:25, NIV

The apostle Paul was standing before the governor of Judea, a man named Felix, on trial for sharing his faith. Felix was very intrigued by Paul, and as Paul spoke about what it meant to be a believer and how to live a godly life, Felix felt convicted. He knew he was not living with integrity, that he needed to stop compromising, but he didn’t want to deal with it. Even though he was frightened by the coming judgment, he sent Paul away, saying he would call Paul when he found it “convenient.” Two years later, Felix was out of office, and we never read anything more about him. We don’t know if a convenient time ever came or if he ever dealt with what God was bringing to light.

Don’t put off what you know God is speaking to you about. On the other side of that obedience is a level of your destiny that you’ve never seen. No more waiting for a more convenient time. This is your time to activate the power of God in your life by taking action.

A Prayer for Today

“Father, thank You for the ways You speak to my heart and open windows of grace for me to make changes in my life that need to be made. Help me to stop delaying to take the steps of faith that will take me higher. I will not put off dealing with these heart issues for a more convenient time. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

COFA-Christian Outdoor Fellowship of America needs your help. COFA is looking for volunteers to help our growing ministry reach out to the unchurched outdoor enthusiast (locally and nationally). If you're retired or have extra time on your hands and can spare a few hours a week, we need you. Areas we need volunteers: Prayer team, Social media, church outreach, accounting, administrative work, IT, National women's director, National men's director, webpage design. If you have an interest in serving the Lord with your talents, we'd love to hear from you. You can email Leslie at lesliea@cofausa.org or call her at 303.909.3707 or Mike at mikeb@cofausa.org or call him at 303.880.9878

Mike Brooks is COFA's prayer coordinator. Please feel free to contact him anytime for prayer, and with your permission, pass it on to COFA's prayer team. You can contact Mike at 303.880.9878 or email him at mikeb@cofausa.org with your requests. Guidelines for all prayer requests: last names must be withheld due to privacy issues, no gossip, or slandering of people for whom you want prayer. If you have immediate prayer needs, you can call Mike at 303.880.9878

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To Whom Are You Listening?

Today's Scripture

The arguments of the person who is influencing you do not come from the one who is calling you. Galatians 5:8, GW

In the Scripture, even though God said that Job was a “blameless and upright man,” almost overnight he suffered great personal losses. Things got so bad that his wife told him to just curse God and die. His friends, supposedly his comforters, said the tragedy was all his fault. Surely, they said, he sinned and was getting what he deserved. In times of difficulties, be careful who you listen to. Don’t give your ear to just anyone. Some people don’t have your best interest at heart. They’ll judge and condemn you, try to straighten you out, tell you everything you’ve done wrong. You need to be around people who speak faith into you. You need people who tell you that you’re coming out, that healing is on the way, that God has beauty for the ashes. And even if the difficulty is your fault, you need people who tell you that God’s mercy is bigger than any mistake, that His arms are still wide open. Tune out all the accusing, condemning voices and listen to those whose hearts are like the God who is calling you.

A Prayer for Today

“Father, thank You for the people in my life who inspire me, challenge me, and make me better. Help me to be wise about who I listen to and the counsel and opinions I receive. Help me to distance myself from anyone whose influence is condemning. I want to walk with the right people. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

COFA-Christian Outdoor Fellowship of America needs your help. COFA is looking for volunteers to help our growing ministry reach out to the unchurched outdoor enthusiast (locally and nationally). If you're retired or have extra time on your hands and can spare a few hours a week, we need you. Areas we need volunteers: Prayer team, Social media, church outreach, accounting, administrative work, IT, National women's director, National men's director, webpage design. If you have an interest in serving the Lord with your talents, we'd love to hear from you. You can email Leslie at lesliea@cofausa.org or call her at 303.909.3707 or Mike at mikeb@cofausa.org or call him at 303.880.9878

Mike Brooks is COFA's prayer coordinator. Please feel free to contact him anytime for prayer, and with your permission, pass it on to COFA's prayer team. You can contact Mike at 303.880.9878 or email him at mikeb@cofausa.org with your requests. Guidelines for all prayer requests, last names must be withheld due to privacy issues, no gossip, or slandering of people you want prayer for. If you have immediate prayer needs, you can call Mike at 303.880.9878

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Patiently Waiting

Today's Scripture

Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen. James 5:7, NLT

Are there some situations today that you need to be patient about and leave alone? You’re striving, trying to force something, living stressed, but nothing’s changing. Come back to a place of peace. Give yourself permission to rest. This takes all the pressure off. Say no to the urgency that makes you feel like it’s up to you to bring the rains, to make everything happen. No, God is in control. You keep honoring Him, being your best, and God will take care of those crops. He’ll bring the rains. He’ll bring the right people. He’ll open the right doors. He’ll turn your child around. He hasn’t brought you this far to leave you. Those dry seasons are not going to stop your harvest. They’re a distraction to try to steal your peace, to get you frustrated and impatient. Try a new strategy. Making everything work out is not your job. When your harvest is ready, all the forces of darkness cannot stop what God has for you. The reason it’s taking longer is because your harvest is going to supersede what you have in mind.

A Prayer for Today

“Father, thank You that everything You have for me will be released in my life at the right time. Thank You that I can wait with great expectancy for the harvest, knowing that You are working behind the scenes. Help me to be patient and know that You are always on schedule. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

COFA-Christian Outdoor Fellowship of America needs your help. COFA is looking for volunteers to help our growing ministry reach out to the unchurched outdoor enthusiast (locally and nationally). If you're retired or have extra time on your hands and can spare a few hours a week, we need you. Areas we need volunteers: Prayer team, Social media, church outreach, accounting, administrative work, IT, National women's director, National men's director, webpage design. If you have an interest in serving the Lord with your talents, we'd love to hear from you. You can email Leslie at lesliea@cofausa.org or call her at 303.909.3707 or Mike at mikeb@cofausa.org or call him at 303.880.9878

Mike Brooks is COFA's prayer coordinator. Please feel free to contact him anytime for prayer, and with your permission, pass it on to COFA's prayer team. You can contact Mike at 303.880.9878 or email him at mikeb@cofausa.org with your requests. Guidelines for all prayer requests, last names must be withheld due to privacy issues, no gossip, or slandering of people you want prayer for. If you have immediate prayer needs, you can call Mike at 303.880.9878

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Mountains Melt

Today's Scripture

The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. Psalm 97:5, NIV

Mountains represent problems that look permanent, immovable. It might be a mountain of depression, insecurity, addiction, lack, or anxiety. It looks as though it could never change, but there’s no mountain God can’t melt, and He can melt it to the point that there is no more sign of it. It may not have happened yet, but this is a new day. God is doing a new thing. He will not allow any obstacle to keep you from your destiny. What God put in your heart will still come to pass. The dreams He’s given you will still be completed.

Now do your part and start declaring God’s favor and power. Start declaring His promises, speaking what He says about you: “I can do all things through Christ. There’s nothing too difficult for my God.” Start thanking God that it’s going to happen. As you keep God’s Word in your heart, God promises it will prevail—not the sickness, not the trouble, not the fear. He will melt the obstacle that is set to defeat you. You will be victorious.

A Prayer for Today

“Father, thank You that no matter how big the mountain of obstacles is, I have Your promise that You will melt it down. Thank You that what has held me back will not limit me anymore. I receive this by faith and look forward to how You will turn it around. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

COFA-Christian Outdoor Fellowship of America needs your help. COFA is looking for volunteers to help our growing ministry reach out to the unchurched outdoor enthusiast (locally and nationally). If you're retired or have extra time on your hands and can spare a few hours a week, we need you. Areas we need volunteers: Prayer team, Social media, church outreach, accounting, administrative work, IT, National women's director, National men's director, webpage design. If you have an interest in serving the Lord with your talents, we'd love to hear from you. You can email Leslie at lesliea@cofausa.org or call her at 303.909.3707 or Mike at mikeb@cofausa.org or call him at 303.880.9878

Mike Brooks is COFA's prayer coordinator. Please feel free to contact him anytime for prayer, and with your permission, pass it on to COFA's prayer team. You can contact Mike at 303.880.9878 or email him at mikeb@cofausa.org with your requests. Guidelines for all prayer requests: last names must be withheld due to privacy issues, no gossip, or slandering of people for whom you want prayer. If you have immediate prayer needs, you can call Mike at 303.880.9878

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It’s Just a Matter of Time

Today's Scripture

For God says, “I will break the strength of the wicked, but I will increase the power of the godly.” Psalm 75:10, NLT

We all have things we’re believing will change. We’re fighting an illness, struggling with an addiction, or dealing with fear, anxiety, or depression. We prayed, we believed, but we don’t see anything improving. But in the unseen realm the moment you prayed, the strength of what was coming against you was being broken. The strength of the fear, the addiction, the sickness was being broken. Now, you may not see any manifestation for some time. There may not be any evidence that anything changed. This is where many people get discouraged. There will always be a time period when it looks as though God didn’t do what He promised. The fear still comes, the medical report hasn’t improved, the addiction is the same. But the strength of those things has been broken and power is increasing in your life. The truth is the fear is dead, the addiction is dead, the trouble at work is dead. Don’t get discouraged because you don’t see anything happening. It’s just a matter of time. What God promised you is on the way.

A Prayer for Today

“Father, thank You for all the promises You’ve given me in Your Word. Thank You that I don’t have to stress out when I don’t see things changing because You have broken off the strength of what comes against me. I will believe first and declare that answers are on the way. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

COFA-Christian Outdoor Fellowship of America needs your help. COFA is looking for volunteers to help our growing ministry reach out to the unchurched outdoor enthusiast (locally and nationally). If you're retired or have extra time on your hands and can spare a few hours a week, we need you. Areas we need volunteers: Prayer team, Social media, church outreach, accounting, administrative work, IT, National women's director, National men's director, webpage design. If you have an interest in serving the Lord with your talents, we'd love to hear from you. You can email Leslie at lesliea@cofausa.org or call her at 303.909.3707 or Mike at mikeb@cofausa.org or call him at 303.880.9878

Mike Brooks is COFA's prayer coordinator. Please feel free to contact him anytime for prayer, and with your permission, pass it on to COFA's prayer team. You can contact Mike at 303.880.9878 or email him at mikeb@cofausa.org with your requests. Guidelines for all prayer requests, last names must be withheld due to privacy issues, no gossip, or slandering of people you want prayer for. If you have immediate prayer needs, you can call Mike at 303.880.9878

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Fight the Good Fight

Today's Scripture

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day. 2 Timothy 4:7–8, NIV

Nobody faced more hardships for sharing his faith than the apostle Paul. Second Corinthians 11 lists some of them: beaten with rods three times, given thirty-nine lashes five times, stoned by an angry mob and left for dead, falsely accused and put in prison several times, shipwrecked, and deserted by colleagues when he stood trial. Paul had all these opportunities to be angry and bitter. But near the end of his life, he gives us the secret to living in victory. He said, “I have fought the good fight, finished the course, and kept the faith.” He was saying, “Through all the difficulties, betrayals, and things I didn’t understand, God was in control and leading me to new levels of my destiny.”

Maybe today you need to dig down a little deeper. You’re letting doubt, delays, detours, discouragements, or what someone said cause you to live sour and upset. You need to get your passion back, get your joy back, get your vision back. What happened may not have been fair, but God has beauty for the ashes. Now do your part and keep the faith.

A Prayer for Today

“Father, thank You for being the God who is in control and always leading me to victory. Thank You that You have designed me to fight the good fight of faith and finish my race even when I am hard pressed by it. I declare that I will keep the faith and will one day receive the crown of righteousness. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

COFA-Christian Outdoor Fellowship of America needs your help. COFA is looking for volunteers to help our growing ministry reach out to the unchurched outdoor enthusiast (locally and nationally). If you're retired or have extra time on your hands and can spare a few hours a week, we need you. Areas we need volunteers: Prayer team, Social media, church outreach, accounting, administrative work, IT, National women's director, National men's director, webpage design. If you have an interest in serving the Lord with your talents, we'd love to hear from you. You can email Leslie at lesliea@cofausa.org or call her at 303.909.3707 or Mike at mikeb@cofausa.org or call him at 303.880.9878

Mike Brooks is COFA's prayer coordinator. Please feel free to contact him anytime for prayer, and with your permission, pass it on to COFA's prayer team. You can contact Mike at 303.880.9878 or email him at mikeb@cofausa.org with your requests. Guidelines for all prayer requests, last names must be withheld due to privacy issues, no gossip, or slandering of people you want prayer for. If you have immediate prayer needs, you can call Mike at 303.880.9878

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Always Love Them

Today's Scripture

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. Proverbs 17:17, NIV

In tough times when a family member or a friend messes up and really needs you, it’s easy to criticize them and stir up more of the negative. But they don’t need your judgment or harsh, critical words, such as, “You should have known better. You deserve what you’re getting. Are you ever going to get it together?” No, they don’t need more guilt, more condemnation. They already know what they did was wrong. They have enough people finding fault and gossiping about them. They need someone who will show mercy, someone who will love them back into wholeness.

God is counting on you to be that person, to cover a mistake, to not hold their faults and shortcomings and what happened in the past against them. If you’re not there for them, if you don’t do it, who’s going to do it? Be a healer, be a restorer, be a lifter. When you quiet the gossip and condemnation, when you show honor, even when honor is not due, you’re going to be blessed, you will be honored, you will see favor and increase.

A Prayer for Today

“Father, thank You for loving me at all times, for pouring out Your grace and forgiveness upon me and never giving up on me when I’ve failed. Thank You for the loved ones and friends You’ve given. Help me to be loyal to them and be at my best when someone else is at their worst. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

COFA-Christian Outdoor Fellowship of America needs your help. COFA is looking for volunteers to help our growing ministry reach out to the unchurched outdoor enthusiast (locally and nationally). If you're retired or have extra time on your hands and can spare a few hours a week, we need you. Areas we need volunteers: Prayer team, Social media, church outreach, accounting, administrative work, IT, National women's director, National men's director, webpage design. If you have an interest in serving the Lord with your talents, we'd love to hear from you. You can email Leslie at lesliea@cofausa.org or call her at 303.909.3707 or Mike at mikeb@cofausa.org or call him at 303.880.9878

Mike Brooks is COFA's prayer coordinator. Please feel free to contact him anytime for prayer, and with your permission, pass it on to COFA's prayer team. You can contact Mike at 303.880.9878 or email him at mikeb@cofausa.org with your requests. Guidelines for all prayer requests, last names must be withheld due to privacy issues, no gossip, or slandering of people you want prayer for. If you have immediate prayer needs, you can call Mike at 303.880.9878

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Your Journey Will Be a Success

Today's Scripture

“He replied, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked faithfully, will send his angel with you and make your journey a success.’” Genesis 24:40, NIV

Abraham was living in the land of Canaan. He told his main assistant to travel to his homeland, which was four hundred miles away, and find a wife for his son Isaac. You can imagine the pressure on this man. But Abraham reassured him, “The Lord my God will send His angel ahead of you, and he will see to it that you find the right wife for my son.” Abraham believed that God had already arranged for the right young lady for his son. When this man arrived where Abraham’s brother had settled, the first young lady who showed up was a divine connection. Her name was Rebekah. She became Isaac’s wife.

It’s easy to go through life worried about how something is going to work out. You don’t see anything happening. How will you meet the right person? No, stay in peace. God is going before you right now. He’s already sent the angel ahead of you, lining up the right people, the good breaks, the healing. Now do your part and have faith. The right people are going to be waiting for you.

A Prayer for Today

“Father, thank You that Your hand has been upon my life in so many ways. Thank You for the countless things You have made happen for my good that I could never make happen. I believe You are protecting me and will make my journey a success. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

COFA-Christian Outdoor Fellowship of America needs your help. COFA is looking for volunteers to help our growing ministry reach out to the unchurched outdoor enthusiast (locally and nationally). If you're retired or have extra time on your hands and can spare a few hours a week, we need you. Areas we need volunteers: Prayer team, Social media, church outreach, accounting, administrative work, IT, National women's director, National men's director, webpage design. If you have an interest in serving the Lord with your talents, we'd love to hear from you. You can email Leslie at lesliea@cofausa.org or call her at 303.909.3707 or Mike at mikeb@cofausa.org or call him at 303.880.9878

Mike Brooks is COFA's prayer coordinator. Please feel free to contact him anytime for prayer, and with your permission, pass it on to COFA's prayer team. You can contact Mike at 303.880.9878 or email him at mikeb@cofausa.org with your requests. Guidelines for all prayer requests, last names must be withheld due to privacy issues, no gossip, or slandering of people you want prayer for. If you have immediate prayer needs, you can call Mike at 303.880.9878

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Ministering Spirits

Today's Scripture

Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation? Hebrews 1:14, NIV

We all face times when life is so overwhelming that we feel we’re at the breaking point. We may be dealing with an illness, a relationship that’s falling apart, or a setback to our business. We’ve done the right thing, worked hard, but the situation gets worse, and we don’t think we can take any more. It’s not that we don’t have faith; it’s battle fatigue.

God sees what you’re going through, and He knows when it’s too much. The Scripture says, “God is a very present help in times of trouble.” He will send angels to strengthen you, to encourage you, to help lighten that load. They are messengers that God uses to carry out His will, to fight our battles, to push back forces of darkness, and to refresh and reenergize us. Be encouraged that God has already dispatched angels with healing in their wings—with strength, with favor, with fresh vision, with victory. You’re going to feel a supernatural power lifting that load, a new attitude giving you a second wind so you can step up and fulfill your purpose.

A Prayer for Today

“Father, thank You that You know all the things I am carrying, and You make provisions of special strength for me all along the way. Thank You that You even send angels in various forms to minister to my needs. I believe that I have the power to endure whatever I face. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

COFA-Christian Outdoor Fellowship of America needs your help. COFA is looking for volunteers to help our growing ministry reach out to the unchurched outdoor enthusiast (locally and nationally). If you're retired or have extra time on your hands and can spare a few hours a week, we need you. Areas we need volunteers: Prayer team, Social media, church outreach, accounting, administrative work, IT, National women's director, National men's director, webpage design. If you have an interest in serving the Lord with your talents, we'd love to hear from you. You can email Leslie at lesliea@cofausa.org or call her at 303.909.3707 or Mike at mikeb@cofausa.org or call him at 303.880.9878

Mike Brooks is COFA's prayer coordinator. Please feel free to contact him anytime for prayer, and with your permission, pass it on to COFA's prayer team. You can contact Mike at 303.880.9878 or email him at mikeb@cofausa.org with your requests. Guidelines for all prayer requests: last names must be withheld due to privacy issues, no gossip, or slandering of people for whom you want prayer. If you have immediate prayer needs, you can call Mike at 303.880.9878