Sunday, July 31, 2011

Help Others

Dear Lord please be with us this day, may the Holy Spirit be with and guide us as we walk the paths of this day. Please help us to be generous, yet wise in what we say and do. May we not promise what we cannot do, yet be watching for ways to do all that we can to help others find the peace and joy of Your Kingdom. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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2Ti 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Ro 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Ro 8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Prodding

Dear Lord please be with us this day, may we have obvious opportunities to further the work of Your Kingdom and to help Your Will to be done on earth as it is in heaven. Please help us to act to the prodding of the Holy Spirit as these opportunities arise and may we feel a warming of our hearts as we sense positive results. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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Ro 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Ro 8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Friday, July 29, 2011

Difficulties

Dear Lord please be with us today and help us to have no fear in conquering the difficulties of this day. Please may the Holy Spirit be with us and guide us throughout the day. In Jesus Christ’s name we pray, amen.

Quotation:

They are able because they think they are able. Vergil

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Eph 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

Php 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Influence

Dear Lord please be with us this day and please keep us safe as we travel where ever that might be. Whether it be in our thoughts or on the highways and byways. If we influence others by our presence and actions, please may it be a positive and helpful influence, and may it help to light the way to Your Kingdom in Jesus Christ's name we pray, for Thine is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory Forever, amen.

Quotation:
A candle is a small thing. But one candle can light another. And as it gives its flames to the other, see how its own light increases! Light is the power to dispel darkness. You have this power to move back the darkness in yourself and in others with the birth of light created when one mind illuminates another, when one heart kindles another, when one man strengthens another. And its flame also enlarges within you as you pass it on. -The Eternal Light

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Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Heb 12:15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Blessed

Dear Lord You have blessed us again, so many times when circumstances seem to be going negative, every thing turns to the positive. Our lives will be richer after having lived these experiences and we will gain in being confident and capable of handling problems as they arise. Dear Lord thank You for all of the great gifts that You have given us and please guide us and protect us through Your Holy Spirit's influence in our lives. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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Ps 89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Ps 89:16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
Ps 89:17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Compassion

Dear Lord please be with us all on this day, please may this day be one of compassion and forgiveness with the Holy Spirit bringing comfort to the world. Please may the hearts of the strong be softened, and the weak and the poor be satisfied with food and loving care. Please guide us to live with true compassion for those in need, and to truly give help unselfishly, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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Mt 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

Ps 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

1Jo 3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
1Jo 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

Jas 2:15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Jas 2:16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Jas 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Jas 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

Jas 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Listen

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may we listen to the Holy Spirit as we travel the paths of the day. May we not react rashly to circumstances and speak words that will hurt others or cause more rash reactions. Help us to be guided by the Holy Spirit to wisdom and patience that will influence others not to be rash in their reactions. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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Jas 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Jas 3:2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

Ps 32:9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

Heb 10:24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

Friday, July 22, 2011

Quiet

Dear Lord please be with us this day and help us to find Your Holy Spirit in the quiet of the morning. Even if it is not quiet in the world around us may we be able to quiet our souls to hear Your Holy Spirit's messages. May they be messages of how to be tolerant, and how to be a peacemaker, and how to bring Your children to Your love, and to Your Kingdom. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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2Pe 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
2Pe 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
2Pe 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
2Pe 1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
2Pe 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Achievement

Dear Lord please may the blessing of knowing an achievement is accomplished be ours this day. May the beauty and peace of the morning help us find the path to this deed that awaits our work, in Jesus Christ's name,we pray, amen.

Quotation:
It is not doing the thing which we like to do, but liking to do the thing which we have to do, that makes life blessed. -Goethe

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2Pe 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
2Pe 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
2Pe 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Love Over Regret

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may we not dwell on things or memories of regret, but let us dwell on the love generated by family and friends. May we come to understand that Your purpose is not easy to accept nor cope with, but it is Your purpose, and Your formula that drives life, it is ancient and will still be working with Your power and glory forever, in Jesus Christ' name we pray, amen.

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Ps 116:1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
Ps 116:2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Ps 116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Ps 116:4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
Ps 116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
Ps 116:6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
Ps 116:7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
Ps 116:8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Ps 116:9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Grieve

Dear Lord please be with Your children this day and especially those who grieve. May the Holy Spirit be in our midst as the true Comforter and may new understandings of Your Kingdom and Your Will be there for those who seek comfort. May blame and guilt not be dividing, but be bringing together in love, support, and fellowship. Please be with all who seek and come to You in humble worship, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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Ps 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Isa 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Ro 15:5 ¶ Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

2Co 1:3 ¶ Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
2Co 1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

2Th 2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
2Th 2:17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Power

Dear Lord please be with us and may we consider Your Kingdom, Your Power, and Your Glory on this day. Please forgive us when we cannot clear our minds of worldly thoughts long enough to truly consider in what little capacity of thought we have, the great wonders of Your Powers. Please forgive our sins and lead us into Your presence both of thought and experience, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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Ac 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Eph 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Eph 3:21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

2Ti 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Mt 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Point of View

Dear Lord please give us this day our daily Bread and may our point of view be from after we have counted our blessings. May we not let a point of view that is created from some disappointment that we have no control over, be what controls our thoughts and guides us into a depressed frame of mind. Please may the Holy Spirit gain control and override all negative thinking and show us that in God's plan for our lives all things are going to work for our good and best outcomes. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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Ro 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Ps 111:2 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

Ps 139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Limitations

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may we have a better understanding of our limitations and more respect for the need to have order in our lives. Please help us find your hand and the leadership of the Holy Spirit on this day and at this day's end may we feel peace and satisfaction, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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Joh 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

Php 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

2Co 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

Friday, July 15, 2011

Make a Difference

Dear Lord please be with us this day and show us ways to make a difference in peoples lives and may we set good examples for those we meet. If we find challenges for ourselves or others may the Holy Spirit guide us to victory and a positive answer to the challenge whatever it might be. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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Isa 58:11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Isa 58:12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

Mt 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Adjustments

Dear Lord please be with us this day and help us see where to make needed adjustments and where things should be left as they are. May we feel the guidance of the Holy Spirit and be efficient with the time that we have on this day. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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1Th 1:3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

2Th 3:5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Chrst.

Ps 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Ps 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Ps 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Decisions

Dear Lord please be with us this day, help us make wise decisions and please forgive our decisions that are made for the wrong motives. Give us the strength and courage enough to follow the Holy Spirit's guidance as we travel the paths that You would have us take this day. Please stay with us, guide us, and protect us, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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Isa 42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

Ps 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

Ps 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Others

Dear Lord please be with us this day and help us learn to truly put other's will being ahead of our own. May we not be seeking our own comfort and happiness but do as Jesus the Christ taught and put the happiness of others first in our daily lives. Please dear Lord may the Holy Spirit make this an easy to see path to follow every day of our lives, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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Ro 12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

Php 1:9 ¶ And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

Php 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Hope

Dear Lord please be with us this day and help us to feel Your presence keeping us safe from temptation and evil. Help us to have confidence in ourselves and our abilities to perform the actions that we are guided to by the Holy Spirit, and know that the things that we try to do will work out for the best. May we be able to instill this Divine confidence given to us into those around us if it be Thy Will. Please stay with us guide us and protect us, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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Ps 31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

Ps 33:22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

Ro 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Ro 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Priorities

Dear Lord please be with us today and please may the Holy Spirit speak to us and guide us to the right priorities. May we be honest to ourselves and all others as we move through this day and may we not put ourselves ahead of others, but find ways to further Your Kingdom by serving others. Thank You for all of the great gifts that You have given us and please be with us on this day, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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1Co 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Eph 6:7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

Heb 12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Talents

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may we find that with the help of the Holy Spirit we have the necessary talents to finish the things that we work on this day. Please give us the confidence and desire to seek solutions and understandings enough to overcome any doubts that may creep in to our thoughts. Please stay with us, guide us, and protect us from temptation and deliver us from evil, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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Mt 4:19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Joh 12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

Ps 139:3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Paths

Dear Lord please be with us this day and guide us down the many paths that we may tread. Help us to make wise decisions and be generous, humble, and helpful to those that we meet on these paths. May we build bridges for future friendships rather than burn bridges because of impatient attitudes and hurried responses. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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Ps 23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Ps 31:3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.

Ps 25:11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
Ps 25:12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Ps 25:13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
Ps 25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Safe

Dear Lord please be with us today and please keep us safe from bad decisions and mistakes caused by haste and poor judgement. Thank You for all of the great gifts that You have given us and may we hear the voice of the Holy Spirit as guidance is given on this day. At the end of this day may we find satisfaction and peace of mind, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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Pr 1:33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

Pr 3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

Ps 107:9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

2Co 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Priorities

Dear Lord please be with us this day and help us to have the right priorities and to give some thought to what things have importance in our lives and what do not. May the Holy Spirit help us to discern through serious thought the things in our lives that really matter over the things that are only possessions that really have no value in the Kingdom of God. Help us to seek this truth that is the philosophy taught by Jesus the Christ. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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Pr 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Pr 3:4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Joh 1:14 And the Word was made 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.

Joh 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Action

Dear Lord please be with us this day, and help us to act with wisdom when situations arise. May the action of others not cause unwise reactions from us, but let the Holy Spirit lead us into wise action and we not lose control because of anger. Please help us to show others actions that reflect the teaching and philosophy of Jesus the Christ, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

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Jas 3:13 ¶ Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

Ro 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Ro 13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Jas 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Jas 1:20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.