The Lord's House Community Church

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Scripture

Matthew 28:18-20

¹⁸And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. ¹⁹ Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

Reflection

In the last 21 days, you have come before God in prayer and fasting in earnest, seeking His face for repentance, clarity, guidance, direction and a fresh anointing in your life. This has been a period of spiritual preparation by God for the next phase of your life and the Kingdom assignments and experiences that He has planned for you. For you to accomplish these things, you must receive “ignition” from the Holy Spirit to activate you forward in faith with a new sense of purpose and passion in your life and ministry. When NASA designs and builds a new rocket to launch into a space mission, years of planning, preparation and practice are spent by hundreds of engineers to build and test every system of the rocket and spacecraft to ensure the success of every phase of the mission. Many failures and setbacks occur and are remediated during the path to lift off. But all of those efforts and challenges lead to a single phase on the launch pad called “Ignition” that sparks a massive combustion that thrusts and propels the rocket, its boosters and the capsule through the atmosphere and stratosphere toward its destination.

As Jesus made final preparation for His death, burial and resurrection, He called His disciples to “Ignition” through the great commission. He thrust them into action by igniting a fire in them to “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” This was divine activation and empowerment, by His mighty power for them to spread the Gospel to every person, baptizing them, teaching them and making disciples of them. Beloved, you and I are ignited and anointed to make disciples by preaching and teaching the Gospel. We must “Go”, meet people where they are, witness to them of His mighty power to save and walk with them as they are transformed into His likeness and filled with the Holy Spirit.

Let’s Go!

Prayer

Lord Jesus, thank you for laying down Your life and shedding Your precious blood to save me from my sins and give me everlasting life. I am humbled and excited the You have ignited and anointed me to share Your glorious gospel to each person that I meet that they might also come to know You as their Savior and Lord through the confession and repentance of their sins to You. Thank You Jesus for Your great commission and ignition that activates my faith and witness for You. Help me to win many souls. Amen!

Friday, January 30, 2026

New Wine, New Wineskin

Scripture

Luke 5:37-38

“And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.” 

Reflection

In these verses, Jesus responds to people questioning Him about why His disciples ate and drank during times when the Pharisees and John’s disciples were in fasting and prayer. He responded with a metaphor that let them know that their judgement and condemnation was the result of their clinging to old religious traditions, customs and rituals. Their rigidity left no room for the new move of God’s Spirit that He was ushering in to His house and His people. The old wineskins represented the rigidly enforced rules and traditions that the Old Covenant of the Law required could not support the new covenant (new wine) that He had brought. The new covenant of the Kingdom of God that Christ brought was filled with grace and truth that dispelled the traditions of men. Therefore, a new Kingdom mindset is required to receive Christ in all of His fullness.

 As we approach the completion of this season of prayer and fasting, God desires to do a fresh work “a new thing” in our heart and life in the days, weeks and months to come. As you have come before Him in prayer, supplication and intercession, He has heard your crying to be transformed into His image and to be more obedient to His commands going forward. But you must trust that the changes the Holy Spirit is making in your character and nature are real and permanent. He is infusing you with new wineskin, so that He can pour new wine into your heart and soul so that you will be of greater use to Him in the Kingdom. The new wineskin will open you to the work of the Holy Spirit in your life. Rigid rules, rituals and ungodly attitudes will be replaced with a greater desire to serve the Lord with gladness and worship Him in spirit and in truth. There is a freshness and newness in the Kingdom filled with mercy, grace and truth through Jesus Christ. God is offering it to you for the next season. Please partake!

Prayer 

Lord Jesus, I open myself to the new and fresh work of the Holy Spirit in my life. I confess and repent of holding on to old, habits, traditions and attitudes that represent old wineskin. Cleanse me and create a new wineskin and pour new wine in and through me so that I may bring lost and hurting people to You. I receive New Wineskin and New Wine. Thank you Lord! Hallelujah! Amen!

Thursday, January 29, 2026

 Bearing Much Fruit

Scripture

John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.  

Reflection

 In John 15, Jesus teaches His disciples and all believers that He is the only source of spiritual and productive life. It is through a personal and continuous connection with Him that believers are nourished and sustained to live a life that is pleasing to God. As our source of salvation, abundant life and eternal life, He supplies all of the essential elements and nutrients required for godly living. He declares that He is the vine and believers are the branches. As the true vine, He is the sole source of nourishment and protection for the branches. And the fruit that they produce is a direct result of their staying connected to the vine. To bear much (and abundance of) fruit we must literally dwell, live and walk in Christ each day. But the key is that you and I must stay connected to Christ, “The Vine” at all times. Because without Him, we can do nothing.

Prayer 

Lord Jesus, You alone are my source for salvation, abundant life and eternal life. You are my true Vine and I desire to remain connected to You all the days of my life and to bear much fruit.. Everything that I need in this life, I find in You. Because without You I can do nothing. In Jesus Name, Amen!

Scripture:

2 Timothy 1:7

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

Reflection/Prayer

 Father, when I am afraid, I will put my confidence in You. Yes, I will trust Your promises. And since I trust You, what can mere man do to me?

You have not given me a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline (sound judgment). Therefore I am not ashamed of the testimony of my Lord. I have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but I have received a spirit of adoption as a son, by which I cry out, “Abba! Father!”

Jesus, You delivered me, who through fear of death had been living all my life as a slave to constant dread. I receive the gift You left to me—peace of mind and heart! And the peace You give isn’t fragile like the peace the world gives. I cast away troubled thoughts, and I choose not to be afraid. I believe in God; I believe also in You.

Lord, You are my light and my salvation, You protect me from danger—whom shall I fear? When evil men come to destroy me, they will stumble and fall! Yes, though a mighty army marches against me, my heart shall know no fear! I am confident that You will save me.
Thank You, Holy Spirit, for bringing these things to my remembrance when I am tempted to be afraid. I will trust in my God. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen!

Additional Scripture References:
Psalm 56:3-5 TLB Hebrews 2:15 TLB
Romans 8:15 NAS Psalm 27:1-3 TLB

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Thursday- JANUARY 29, 2026

Walking in Forgiveness

Scripture

Matthew 6: 14-15 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Thought for Today

Are the words “I forgive you” in your heart? Are those words followed by “will you forgive me?”

Forgiveness is at the heart of God’s love for you. He demonstrated His unfailing love when Christ gave His life and shed His blood to forgive your sins and mine. When you confess your sin, Christ is faithful and just to forgive you of your sin (1 John 1:9). He never remembers that sin again. Having received this great forgiveness from Christ, why do we have such a difficult time forgiving the people in our life?

Do you find yourself holding on to something someone said that offended you? Are you angry with a family member or friend who did something that hurt you? Are you harboring unforgiveness against a co-worker or manager because of the way they mistreated you? Think about these and other examples of unforgiveness that you are harboring in your heart.

The devil wants you to believe the lie that by refusing to forgive the people in your life who have hurt you, you punish them. Just the opposite is true, you are the one who is hurt emotionally and spiritually. In the verses following The Lord’s Prayer, Jesus teaches us that God, The Father will not forgive you of your sins if you do not forgive other people who have sinned against you. Can you imagine The Father turning a deaf ear to your prayers and holding your sins against you because of your stubborn refusal to forgive the other person?  Jesus cried out on the cross, “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” As He hung on the cross dying, Jesus asked the Father to forgive those who put Him to death because they did not understand the full extent of their sins against Him. Those who offend you, in some cases, do not know the extent of their actions and how they have affected you. By refusing to forgive, you carry an unnecessary weight and burden in your heart and mind because of your refusal to release the other person from the debt you believe they owe you. To forgive a person is a choice you must make. When you choose to forgive, it opens you, it frees you, it lifts you, it matures you and gives you peace.  And most important, it places you in right standing with God. Through forgiveness, you mature to become a true disciple of Jesus Christ. Learn to confess your trespasses and pray for others and allow them to do the same with you. Forgive others completely as Christ has forgiven you.

Prayer

Forgiving Father, please forgive me for my many sins, faults and weaknesses. I need Your forgiveness to live a life pleasing to You. Teach me how to love and forgive others as you have forgiven me. Once I have forgiven them, give me the desire to release them from the offense and move forward. Deposit your Word in my heart so that forgiveness is part of the way I live for You, in Jesus Name. Amen!

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Ephesians 5:1-2 

¹Therefore, be imitators of God as dear children. ² And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

Reflection

To Walk in Love is to live a life that demonstrates the agape love of God in Christ Jesus every day. Agape love is love that has no limitations. It is the love that is the essence of God Himself and emits His very nature. Apostle Paul instructs believers imitate God by showing Christ’s love in the way we treat others in the same way that Christ gave Himself for our sins on the cross. In dying for us, Christ gave Himself as an offering to God on our behalf and shed His blood for the redemption of our sins. He gave His life and shed His blood because He loved us that much and His sacrifice to God was a sweet-smelling aroma, a fragrance unto God. Beloved child of God, learn to love others unconditionally, intentionally and purposefully. Overlook their faults and forgive them freely just as Christ does with you and I each day. Let you love show, so the world will know that you are one with Christ and your brothers and sisters in Christ.

Prayer

Tuesday –  January 27, 2026

God Does Miracles, When the Church Prays

Scripture:

Acts 12:5 Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church.

Reflection

When the church prays according to God’s word, God hears and performs miracles. When we bear down in prayer together, God unleashes His mighty power in the middle of our circumstances and everything changes. He awakens us to His will, breaks the chains that bind us, and releases layers of breakthrough and releases us from captivity to complete freedom to serve Christ just as He did Apostle Peter.

Acts 12 describes an amazing story of the power of prayer and how prayer changed everything. The passage tells of Herod, the king harassing the church. He killed James, the brother of John with the sword. And when he saw the Jews excitement, he had Peter arrested and placed in prison during the Days of Unleavened Bread. Peter was the spiritual leader of the church and was highly respected and honored by the believers. So, Herod seized the opportunity to make an example of him. It seemed that Herod’s next step would be to execute Peter to crush the spread of the church. Acts 12:5 tells us, “Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church.” Look at what happens…as Peter was held captive in prison, the church prayed! And their prayers changed everything! Those saints knew that when they prayed, God would hear them, answer their prayers and set their leader Apostle Peter free!

The passage goes on to describe that while Peter was sleeping, he was bound with two chains between two soldiers with two prison guards at the door. Immediately, an angel of the Lord stood by Peter, and a light shined in the prison and the angel struck Peter and awakened him from his sleep. Miraculously, the angel called Peter to get up and put on his clothes and sandals…and the chains fell off his hands! The angel of the Lord continued and led Peter through two sets of guard post and ultimately through the Iron Gate which by God’s mighty hand opened on its own. Peter was set free from imprisonment and was delivered from captivity by God’s mighty power because the God’s people, the church, prayed!

Prayer

Heavenly Father, unite our church and likeminded churches across America and around the world in prayer and intercession. Place a persistence and passion in our heart to pray unto You through these times of great tribulation and adversity. Unleash Your mighty power to awaken us to Your will, break the chains that bind us, and releases layers of breakthrough and releases us from captivity to complete freedom to serve Christ just as You did Apostle Peter when the church prayed. In Jesus Name, Amen!

Sunday, January 25

The Power and Precision of the Word

Scripture
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

The Hebrew writer declared that the Word of God is living and active in accomplishing God’s purposes. And it is sharper than any two-edged sword enabling it to cut to the soul to reveal the truth of our spiritual condition. And it’s precision pierces between soul and spirit and joints and marrow, the deepest areas of the soul. It judges between the thoughts and intentions of the heart revealing the motives and intentions. Now that’s power!

Prayer
Lord, thank You for Your Word. Teach me to understand and operate in the power of your Word. As Your Word reveals my spiritual condition, I will confess and repent of my sins so that You find me acceptable for Your use. In Jesus’ name– Amen.

Saturday, January 24

Jesus, The Eternal and Living Word

Scripture
John 1:1, 14
¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
¹⁴ And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Reflection
John begins his book by introducing Jesus as the eternal Word (Logos) who existed with God before the beginning and is co-creator of the heavens and the earth with God. Through His divine nature as the Son of God, He is the architect of all creation, yet He became flesh to bring life, light and salvation into a dark world. In other words, He is fully God and fully man. He is the fullness of the Father, the Son and The Holy Spirit bodily. God sent His only begotten into the world as man-child born of a virgin, conceived of the Holy Spirit. And John attests to his humanity through providing evidence that he, the disciples and many other personally spent time with Jesus and witness His glory through the Word that He lived and ministered. John experienced the glory of Jesus, the only begotten of the Father who was filled with grace and truth. Jesus is the Gospel personified! Glory to His name!

One of the wonderful things about receiving Jesus in your heart and living for Him is that He is the eternal and living Word living inside of you. As a result, you are a new creature and become an agent of change for every person that God allows you to meet. You are a bearer of the Word!

Prayer
Lord Jesus, You are the eternal and living Word. Thank you for living in me and continuously depositing Your Word in my heart and transforming my life into Your image. Allow me to bear witness to others about your Life-changing power to save and give everlasting life. Amen.

Friday,  JANUARY 23
Hiding the Word in Your Heart

Scripture

Psalm 119:11
Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.

Reflection

When we were young children, our mothers nurtured us in the Word of God. She would often read and explain a scripture and pray with us early in the morning as we ate breakfast. Because we were so young, that time in the Word and prayer became something we looked forward to and over time she would do the same at night before we went to bed. Those precious times instilled in us a love for God and His Word created a desire to talk with Him throughout the day in prayer.

This verse was one of the first that I can recall my mother teaching me. She taught that hiding the Word of God meant treating the Word as God’s treasure to me and by reading it every day I was making a deposit in my heart that would guide and keep me in His Will through the day and beyond. She taught me that memorizing the Word and meditating upon it would enable the Holy Spirit to activate it in my character and that the Word would wash me like a bath and keep me from sinning against God. She also emphasized that I needed to hear the Word through sound preaching and teaching to build my faith.

All of these years later, I can attest that depositing God’s Word will transform your mind, your heart and your soul and increase your desire to please and serve Him.

Prayer
Oh God, thank you for your wonderful, powerful and Life-changing Word. I desire to increase the time I spend in your Word so that my faith grows stronger and that I might not sin against Thee. In Jesus’ Name I pray — Amen.