Episodes

What you focus on every day is shaping your heart more than you realize. In today’s Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson explains how our eyes influence our thoughts, our thoughts shape our emotions, and our emotions ultimately shape our passions. Many of the struggles we battle spiritually grow stronger because we continue to fix our attention on the wrong things. But through the Holy Spirit, God can redirect our focus and increase our passion for Him. If you’ve been feeling spiritually distrac...

Why does your passion for God sometimes grow cold? In today’s Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson explores how our attention shapes our desires — and how what we fix our eyes on will ultimately shape our hearts. The things we constantly look at, think about, and consume begin to direct our passions. But through the Holy Spirit and God’s Word, we can learn to intentionally redirect our focus and grow in genuine passion for God. If you’ve been feeling spiritually distracted, distant from God, or ...

What does it really mean to love God with all your heart? In today’s Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson explores how surrendering your emotions, identity, fears, and hidden struggles to God can deepen your relationship with Him. Sometimes we invite God into only certain parts of our lives while keeping other rooms of our heart closed off. But God lovingly invites us to trust Him with everything — our worries, accomplishments, relationships, fears, and emotions. This devotional will encourage y...

What does it mean to love God with all your heart? In this Daily Hope devotional, Pastor John S. Dickerson continues walking through Mark 12:30, where Jesus teaches us to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. Loving God with all your heart includes your emotions, your passions, and even your resources. It means choosing to love Him when you do not feel it, and looking to Him first for emotional relief, joy, fulfillment, and connection. Our emotions can become messy ...

How can you love God more today? In this Daily Hope devotional, Pastor John S. Dickerson continues walking through Mark 12:30, where Jesus says the greatest commandment is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. This verse is more than a command to understand. It can become a daily prayer: God, increase my love for You. As we bring our heart, soul, mind, and strength before Him, God begins to grow our love, deepen our joy, strengthen our faith, and help us hear H...

How do you love God more? In this Daily Hope devotional, Pastor John S. Dickerson begins walking through Mark 12:30, where Jesus gives the greatest commandment: love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. Revival begins in the heart. Before nationwide revival spreads outward, God starts by reviving our love for Him personally. Every day you turn your heart toward heaven, God is working — growing your love, reshaping your desires, and drawing you closer to Himself. Over ...

Why do some Bibles end the Lord’s Prayer differently? In this Daily Hope devotional, Pastor John S. Dickerson wraps up the journey through the Lord’s Prayer by looking at the final phrase many Christians know by heart: “For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.” Some Bible translations include this ending, while others place it in a footnote because it appears in many manuscripts but not the oldest ones. But whether this line was part of the earliest manuscript or added later...

What does “deliver us from evil” really mean? In this Daily Hope devotional, Pastor John S. Dickerson continues walking through the Lord’s Prayer and shows how this final phrase teaches us to pray for protection from the evil one. Temptation does not only come from our own sinful desires. Scripture also teaches that we have a real enemy who lies, deceives, schemes, and sets traps. But if you belong to Jesus, you do not have to live intimidated by the enemy. Greater is He who is in you than he wh...

How do you stop falling into the same sin? In this Daily Hope devotional, Pastor John S. Dickerson continues walking through the Lord’s Prayer and shows how “Lead us not into temptation” can become a daily prayer for freedom. Temptation often wins when we wait until the moment of weakness to decide what we want. But Jesus teaches us to pray before temptation hits — to come to the Father, name the sins we are prone to, and ask Him to lead us away from what would pull our hearts from Him. This pra...

Are you tired of fighting the same sin? In this Daily Hope devotional, Pastor John S. Dickerson continues walking through the Lord’s Prayer and shows how the phrase “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” gives us daily armor for spiritual battle. If you keep struggling with the same sin, you are not alone. Satan wants believers isolated, ashamed, and detached from the people who can help them stand strong. But Jesus teaches us to pray before temptation finds us — asking the Fath...

Who do you need to forgive today? In this Daily Hope devotional, Pastor John S. Dickerson continues walking through the Lord’s Prayer and shows how the phrase “as we forgive our debtors” leads us into the daily practice of forgiving others. People wrong us every day. Sometimes the offense feels small, and sometimes forgiveness feels almost impossible. But unforgiveness and bitterness can clog the flow of relationship between us and God, slowing down our spiritual life and keeping us trapped unde...

Why do you feel far from God? In this Daily Hope devotional, Pastor John S. Dickerson continues walking through the Lord’s Prayer and the phrase, “Forgive us our debts,” showing how confession restores the flow of relationship with God. Unconfessed sin does not mean you have lost your salvation. But it can block the practical flow of fellowship, peace, joy, and sensitivity to the Holy Spirit in your life. Like a clogged drain, sin can build up over time until you feel spiritually stuck, disconte...

What does “forgive us our debts” really mean? In this Daily Hope devotional, Pastor John S. Dickerson continues walking through the Lord’s Prayer and shows how this line teaches us daily repentance for relationship. When Jesus teaches us to pray, “Forgive us our debts,” He reminds us that we need daily forgiveness just as much as we need daily bread. Repentance is not about living in shame. It is about returning to the Father, clearing away the idols that have grown between us and God, and lif...

What does it mean to pray for daily bread? In this Daily Hope devotional, Pastor John S. Dickerson continues walking through the Lord’s Prayer and shows another way to pray, “Give us today our daily bread.” Daily bread is not only something we ask God to provide for ourselves. We can also pray for the churches, ministries, leaders, and people God is using to equip us and advance His kingdom on earth. When we pray for daily bread, we can ask God to provide the resources, staff, finances, open doo...

What does “daily bread” really mean? In this Daily Hope devotional, Pastor John S. Dickerson continues walking through the Lord’s Prayer and shows how “Give us today our daily bread” teaches us to trust God one day at a time. When Jesus’ first listeners heard “daily bread,” they would have remembered the manna in the wilderness. God gave His people enough for each day, teaching them not to hoard tomorrow’s provision or live trapped in tomorrow’s worries. You do not need tomorrow’s bread today. G...

What does “daily bread” really mean? In this Daily Hope devotional, Pastor John S. Dickerson continues walking through the Lord’s Prayer and shows how “Give us today our daily bread” invites us to bring God every real need we have today. Your physical needs matter to God. Your sickness, your family, your work, your emotions, your relationships, your practical needs, and even the people you love who are hurting can all become doorways into His presence. But Jesus also teaches us to pray beyond ou...

What does “daily bread” really mean? In this Daily Hope devotional, Pastor John S. Dickerson continues walking through the Lord’s Prayer and shows how “Give us today our daily bread” is more than a request for food. It is a prayer of childlike boldness, daily dependence, and trust in the Father’s provision. Jesus teaches us to come to God with confidence because He is our Father. When we are surrendered to His kingdom and His will, we can boldly ask Him to give us everything we need today to do ...

What does “Your will be done” really mean? In this Daily Hope devotional, Pastor John S. Dickerson continues walking through the Lord’s Prayer and shows how this simple phrase can reorder your heart, your desires, and your view of the world. When we pray, “Your will be done,” we are asking God to take His rightful place on the throne of our lives. Instead of being ruled by our own desires, fear, pride, or confusion, we surrender to the will of the Father and ask for heaven to invade earth. This ...

What does “Your kingdom come” really mean? In this Daily Hope devotional, Pastor John S. Dickerson walks through the fourth phrase of the Lord’s Prayer and shows how these three simple words can completely reframe the way we see our lives, our problems, and the brokenness of the world. When we pray, “Your kingdom come,” we are remembering that Jesus’ kingdom is the only lasting answer to sickness, injustice, fear, conflict, and every form of human brokenness. This prayer lifts our eyes above ear...

What is the highest motivation for revival? In this Daily Hope devotional, Pastor John S. Dickerson shows that the deepest answer is not our comfort, our future, or even our nation’s well-being. The highest motivation is the glory of God: “Hallowed be Your name.” This message opens the next doorway in the Lord’s Prayer and helps us see that kingdom prayer begins by lifting our eyes above ourselves. Jesus teaches us to start prayer with who God is, where He reigns, and why His name deserves to be...

If your prayer life has mostly centered on daily needs, worries, and circumstances, this Daily Hope devotional is for you. Pastor John S. Dickerson opens the Lord’s Prayer and reminds us that Jesus absolutely teaches us to bring our earthly needs to God—but He also teaches us not to stop there. This message helps you see the bigger shape of prayer. In the Lord’s Prayer, “give us today our daily bread” matters, but it sits inside a much larger vision of prayer centered on God’s name, God’s kingdo...

If you want your prayer life to go deeper, this Daily Hope devotional is for you. Pastor John S. Dickerson opens the Lord’s Prayer and shows that Jesus did not just give us words to repeat—He gave us a doorway into kingdom prayer. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1} This message begins with the opening phrase, “Our Father in heaven,” and shows how much is packed into those few words. When you pray this way, you are reminding yourself who you belong to, who rules over everything, and where your...

If you have been praying for someone’s salvation for a long time, this Daily Hope devotional is for you. Pastor John S. Dickerson shares the powerful story of George Müller, who faithfully prayed for five friends to come to Jesus—and kept praying even when the answers took years and even decades. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1} This message is a strong encouragement not to give up on the people you love. Luke 18 reminds us that Jesus told His followers to always pray and never give up, and...

If you’ve been praying for someone’s salvation and wondering whether you should keep going, this Daily Hope devotional is for you. Pastor John S. Dickerson opens Luke 18 and reminds us that Jesus told this parable for one clear reason: we should always pray and never give up. This message is a powerful call to persistent prayer. Like the widow who kept coming, believers are invited to keep showing up before God with boldness, humility, and faith. When you pray for the people on your salvation pr...