Donna’s Arts

08/03/2025

14/01/2025

My Fave Book Edition: “Habits of Grace” by David Matthis

How Jesus modeled secret prayer.

Private prayer is an important test of whether we are real. Is he re our true treasure, or are we simply using prayer to appear godly and impress others.

Jesus said, “When you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees im secret will reward you.

Matt. 6:5-6.

Tim Keller comments on Matt. 6:5-6:

The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life. Many people will pray when they are required by cultural or social expectations, or perhaps by the anxiety caused by the troubling circumstances. Those with a genuinely lived relationship with God as Father, however, will inwardly want to pray and therefore will pray even through nothing on the outside is pressing them to do so. They pursue it even during times of spiritual dryness, when there is no social or experiential payoff.

13/01/2025

Oh what joy who’s God is the Lord.

08/08/2024

03/08/2024

My Fave Books Edition:

Prayer is not all about receiving; it’s more about becoming. The prayers of the disciples didnt change the situation, it changed them.

Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.” (Matthew 9:35-38)

Jesus instructed his disciples to pray for God to send workers into the ministry. Jesus told them to pray for more workers precisely because it was God’s will to send more workers. Jesus stressed that the harvest of souls is ready. The need was urgent. Pressing his disciples to pray, Jesus set them up to become an answer. At the beginning of the very next chapter of Matthew, the Bible says this:

Jesus called his twelve disciples together and gave them authority to cast out evil spirits and to heal every kind of disease and illness. Jesus sent out the twelve apostles with these instructions: “Don’t go to the Gentiles or the Samaritans, but only to the people of Israel—God’s lost sheep. Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near. Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons. Give as freely as you have received! (Matthew 10:1, 5-8)

Notice the sequence, the disciples prayed for God to send workers, amd then they become the workers that God sent. The prayers they prayed caused them to become the answer they requested.

From the book; Praying in the Spirit by David Diga Hernandez

29/04/2024

A powerful revelation of John 5:22 that proves Jesus Christ is God. Now we know Muslims only say Jesus is a prophet and they even claim to follow Jesus’ teachings, but this specific verse reveals that the God who created this universe has delegated Jesus to judge all humanity and proves the authority of Jesus while understanding He is omniscient.

Powerful preaching from Pastor TJ Capparos.

30/03/2024

Thank you Jesus

23/07/2023

David Diga Hernandez on Prayer.