BGC Devotionals
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Elijah’s Example:Ordinary People, Extraordinary Prayer
Elijah's Example: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Prayer Devotional From The Sermon: Healing Prayers Rev. Rev. Dr. Bankole Akinbinu Reading: 1 Kings 18:41-45 Devotional: Elijah was not a superhuman figure operating on a level of faith [...]
Confession and Community: Healing Happens Together
Confession and Community: Healing Happens Together Devotional From The Sermon: Healing Prayers Rev. Rev. Dr. Bankole Akinbinu Reading: James 5:16 Devotional: Suppression is not strength. Carrying hidden pain, unconfessed sin, and unspoken grief in silence [...]
The Prayer of Faith: Believing Without Wavering
The Prayer of Faith: Believing Without Wavering Devotional From The Sermon: Healing Prayers Rev. Rev. Dr. Bankole Akinbinu Reading: James 1:5-8 Devotional: There is a difference between saying words in prayer and actually praying in [...]
Life Is a Vapor: Trust the God Who Holds the Future
Life Is a Vapor: Trust the God Who Holds the Future Devotional From The Sermon: Healing Prayers Rev. Rev. Dr. Bankole Akinbinu Reading: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Devotional: Circumstances are not a reliable foundation. They shift without [...]
Pray Without Ceasing: God Hears You
Pray Without Ceasing: God Hears You Devotional From The Sermon: Healing Prayers Rev. Rev. Dr. Bankole Akinbinu Reading: James 5:13-16 Devotional: Prayer is not a last resort. It is not the option you turn [...]
Rise and Go: Purpose Is Waiting
Rise and Go: Purpose Is Waiting Devotional From The Sermon: From A Place of Pressure Rev. Quishun Jenkins Reading: Isaiah 60:1 Devotional: After Gethsemane came the cross. After the cross came the resurrection. The [...]
Strength for the Road Ahead
Strength for the Road Ahead Devotional From The Sermon: From A Place of Pressure Rev. Quishun Jenkins Reading: 1 Kings 19:4-8 Devotional: Prayer does not always remove what you are facing. Sometimes it simply [...]
When Your Help Needs Help
When Your Help Needs Help Devotional From The Sermon: From A Place of Pressure Rev. Quishun Jenkins Reading: Matthew 26:40-43 Devotional: People will disappoint you. Not because they do not love you, but because [...]
Surrender Is Not Defeat
Surrender Is Not Defeat Devotional From The Sermon: From A Place of Pressure Rev. Quishun Jenkins Reading: Matthew 26:36-39 Devotional: There is a profound difference between what we want and what we need. Jesus [...]
Permission to Be Honest
Permission to Be Honest Devotional From The Sermon: From A Place of Pressure Rev. Quishun Jenkins Reading: Psalm 61:1-4 Devotional: Pressure has a way of exposing what we have been hiding even from ourselves. [...]
The Payoff: Resurrection Hope After Gethsemane
The Payoff: Resurrection Hope After Gethsemane Devotional From The Sermon: When We Pray: And God Says No Rev. Adrienne Aiken Morgan Reading: Philippians 2:8-11; Romans 8:31-39 Devotional: Gethsemane was not the end of Jesus's [...]
The Olive Press: Discovering Purpose in God’s No
The Olive Press: Discovering Purpose in God's No Devotional From The Sermon: When We Pray: And God Says No Rev. Adrienne Aiken Morgan Reading: Romans 8:28; John 12:23-28 Devotional: The name Gethsemane means a [...]
Nevertheless: The Discipline of Surrender and Persistence
Nevertheless: The Discipline of Surrender and Persistence Devotional From The Sermon: When We Pray: And God Says No Rev. Adrienne Aiken Morgan Reading: Luke 22:39-44; Matthew 26:36-44 Devotional: The word nevertheless is one of [...]
Abba, Father: The Perspective of Relationship and Sovereignty
Abba, Father: The Perspective of Relationship and Sovereignty Devotional From The Sermon: When We Pray: And God Says No Rev. Adrienne Aiken Morgan Reading: Romans 8:14-17; Isaiah 55:8-9 Devotional: Jesus addressed God in Gethsemane with [...]
Honest Before God: The Freedom Found in Pain
Honest Before God: The Freedom Found in Pain Devotional From The Sermon: When We Pray: And God Says No Rev. Adrienne Aiken Morgan Reading: Psalm 22:1-11; Mark 14:32-36 Devotional: There is a particular kind [...]
