Day 10: God's prophetic language

“Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.”

1 Corinthians 14:1

When I was a younger Christian, I thought spiritual gifts like prophecies were only for pastors and leaders, and not me. Once at a prophetic training, I shared my doubts and fears with God. To my surprise, God started giving me many prophetic words, which the trainer affirmed. Since then, I have learnt to be expectant to hear Father God’s voice.

Soon, I started asking God for dreams. I am still learning and growing with Him, and the Holy Spirit started teaching me to interpret the dreams and to encourage others as well. Recently, God gave me dreams for 2 individuals:

In the first dream, an older sister was doing high-intensity exercises with a trainer. (In real life, she has not exercised in decades!) In the second dream, a brother was struggling with half-truths, giving the enemy an open door. Upon God’s leading, I gently shared the dreams to both parties. The sister had just started exercising and felt so motivated by God’s affirmation. Meanwhile, the brother was indeed facing such a struggle and he felt God’s fresh grace to stand firm and overcome.

I thank God for His spiritual gifts to us, that we may be conduits of His love and encouragement to many. All for His glory! - By WT

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Pray Father, I want to receive Your spiritual gifts and operate in love, wisdom, and discernment to edify others.

Day 9: Fixing our eyes on Jesus

“…let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross...”

Hebrews 12:1-2

I took up cell-leading again in Generations Youth Ministry during Circuit Breaker and wow, it was not easy. Navigating community, discipleship, and worship became unpredictable and trying. On top of that, I was also handling other major life transitions.

I found myself caught between the demands of a new season of “adulthood” that my peers were all embarking on and my work in “youth” ministry. As I straddled between both seasons of life, the journey often felt lonely and frustrating. When I felt I was walking alone through the valleys, prayer was God’s way of providing me with His sustenance, His daily reminder to look to Jesus, and the revelation of His love and joy for my cell members.

Two years on, I am still leading my cell when more of my peers had moved on. God’s faithfulness has watched over me in my times of loneliness. As we obey God’s calling in our lives and contend with struggles and storms, let us pray unceasingly and fix our eyes on Jesus. For the joy set before us is truly only experienced through walking closely with Him. - By JC

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Pray Father, forgive me in times where I neglected spending time with You due to my busyness. You are the source of my strength and I choose to fix my eyes on You through my storms.

Day 8: Beau

“But now, O Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are our Potter; we are all the work of Your hand.”

Isaiah 64:8

A week after my 13-year-old son died in 2020, a Facebook memory from 8 years ago popped up, “Jesus wrecked my life, shattered it to pieces, and put it back together more beautifully. – Katie Davis.” The post continued in my own words, “Don’t be afraid to fall on the Rock and let Him break you.”

Two days later, a friend posted on my Facebook page a picture of pieces of a broken bowl fixed back together with gold, and captioned, “Kintsukuroi – to repair with gold; the art of repairing pottery with gold or silver lacquer and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken”.

God was speaking to me and reminding me that He is the Potter and He is in control. I did not even remember what I wrote on Facebook or who Katie Davis was. It could only be God speaking to me years ago and then using that to speak to me today. God transcends time in a way we do not understand. He sees the end from the beginning. This gives us the assurance that God knew everything that was to happen and He is in control.

He is the Potter, we are the clay. He is making something beautiful out of our broken surrender. - By DW

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Pray Father, I know that You are in control. In our times of brokenness, give us the hope to keep going.