Week 5 Devotionals

The Oaks Community Church

Week 5 Devotionals

Families are important for growing, celebrating, enjoying, finding love, communication, safety, and a sense of belonging. However, many forces in the world seek to tear families apart. Similarly, there are competing forces

that aim to separate the family of God, even though we share the same Father. In these troublesome yet encouraging times, as brothers and sisters in Christ, we must now safeguard and strengthen the Body of Christ. Let each one of us continue to grow strong and thereby grow together as the family of God serving out the purposes of God.

40 Days of Prayer

December 24, 2023

Happy New Year and welcome to 40 Days of Prayer 2024! Our theme this year is now. pray. This is appropriate since, as The Christian and Missionary Alliance, we are engaged in the now. strategy. As we’ll see, now is a word and concept that appears in Scripture. The word now can communicate our current reality—what we are now. It can also communicate a sense of urgency—what we need to do now. We’ll see both of these aspects of the word now surface during these days of focused prayer

Wake Up Now - Stop Pressing The Snooze Button!

December 31, 2023 • Pastor Gary Barber • Romans 13, Philippians 3, Hebrews 11

Welcome to The Oaks Community Church. We are glad you have chosen to worship with us as we join thousands of members of the Christian and Missionary Alliance around the United States in our annual series called “40 DAYS OF PRAYER.” This is a six-week series and this year’s theme is NOW. Today Pastor Gary Barber is preaching from Romans 13, Philippians 3, and Hebrews 11. His sermon is titled “Wake Up Now - Stop Pressing The Snooze Button!” Download our app to view weekly videos and devotionals for the 40 Days of Prayer series. May God richly bless you and give you a greater understanding of His love for you and His plan for your life. Be sure to open the Worship Guide by pressing the link below. You can also download and print it if you wish. And press the link “I Am Watching Today!” and it will open your messaging app. We would love to know you are watching with us. Send us your name and email address. And if you have any questions or need prayer press that link also. It will send a text that will be given to one of our pastors/ministers and be kept private. Be sure to give us your name so we can contact you for follow-up. God bless you.

Week 1 Devotionals

December 31, 2023 • Romans 13:11

Every day, we wake up and go through our day full of tasks. In Romans 13:11, God calls us to spiritually wake up now: “Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed.” Each day that passes is a day closer to when we will experience the culmination of our salvation as we are with our Savior for all eternity. As we begin our 40 Days of Prayer, let’s take time to prepare ourselves spiritually through activities we experience on a daily basis. We begin our day with opening our eyes to His reality around us and surrendering ourselves anew to all He has for us. So, as we go throughout our week, let’s wake up now to the reality that salvation is near.