Dear Lord please be with us this day and may the Holy Spirit be by our side in every thought and deed on this day. Please help us to have the energy and foresight to accomplish things in a timely manner so they don,t pile up to overwhelm us when they must be done. Please may the Holy Spirit instruct us in wisdom to discern what needs to be done in our spiritual life so rather than being overwhelmed by burdens, we can enjoy the wonderful Peace of God, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
Quotation:
A great many people are trying to make peace, but that has already been done. God has not left it for us to do; all we have to do-is to enter into it. - D.L. Moody
KJV
Jas 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Jas 3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Php 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Php 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Php 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Who to Trust
Dear Lord please be with us this day, guide and protect us, and may the Holy Spirit be with us in all things. Help us to see Your Children from a correct point of view on this day and may we not let one incident, that could be taken wrong, be a point that we judge from when we evaluate our relationship with someone. Please help us learn to search and weigh many things when we choose who to trust as we travel through the paths of Your creation, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
KJV
2Co 5:12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
2Co 10:7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
KJV
2Co 5:12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
2Co 10:7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Oppressed
Dear Lord please be with us this day and may the Holy Spirit be involved with us, guiding and protecting us from the many temptations to take advantage of the weakness of others. Please show us how to strengthen the weak, and protect the oppressed from the greedy covetousness that is so prevalent in the world. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
KJV
1Co 3:3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
Ga 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Ga 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Jas 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
KJV
1Co 3:3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
Ga 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Ga 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Jas 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Choices
Dear Lord please be with us this day and may the Holy Spirit be walking with us as we travel the paths of this day through the valleys and high places of thought and deed, among Your children in a tiny speck of Your Creation. Dear Lord please help us with our choices and may our priorities not be seeking acceptance by others no matter what their priorities are, but to influence others to seek Your Kingdom and live by the golden rule. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
Quotation:
The great-heartedness of religion craves expression and must be expressed. -Jacks
KJV
Isa 43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
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.
Heb 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Quotation:
The great-heartedness of religion craves expression and must be expressed. -Jacks
KJV
Isa 43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
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.
Heb 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Garden
Dear Lord please be with us this day and may the Holy Spirit be guiding us in every thought and deed all the day long. Please help us see our part of Your creation as a garden of personalities that You have planted. Please help us understand the pruning, shaping, and tending that You do for every planted personality in Your garden. Please show us the blossoms and fruits on and in these personalities that we might otherwise overlook, missing out on some of the beauty of Your creation, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
KJV
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 61:11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
KJV
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 61:11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Stewardship
Dear Lord please be with us this day and please may the Holy Spirit be with us in all things that we try to do and may all things work out alright and for the best. Please help us to be good stewards and take good care of our worldly possessions that you have enabled us to own, but may we not let that ownership shape our values, priorities, attitudes, or other virtues. Please help us find paths that will let our worldly possessions be of assistance in showing paths to others that will lead to Your Kingdom, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
Quotation:
To love is to want to give and above all give oneself. A perfect love is the perfect gift of oneself without thought of reward or return. -Stuart
KJV
1Co 4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
1Co 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
1Co 4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
1Co 4:4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
1Pe 4:10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
1Pe 4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Quotation:
To love is to want to give and above all give oneself. A perfect love is the perfect gift of oneself without thought of reward or return. -Stuart
KJV
1Co 4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
1Co 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
1Co 4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
1Co 4:4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
1Pe 4:10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
1Pe 4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Keys
Dear Lord please be with us this day, guide and protect us, and lead us to walk with the Holy Spirit on every path that we take. Please give us the keys to understanding the Truths that Jesus taught, which would be our daily bread of life. Please forgive our sins as we forgive those who sin against us, and guide us not to the evils that will tempt us with the vain glories of coveted desires, but to a wonderful path to Your Kingdom and the Peace of Mind that is beyond our comprehension, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
Quotations:
If you carefully fulfill the various duties of life, from a principle of obedience to your heavenly Father, you shall enjoy that peace which the world cannot give nor take away. --Samuel Adams
Joh 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Php 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Php 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Quotations:
If you carefully fulfill the various duties of life, from a principle of obedience to your heavenly Father, you shall enjoy that peace which the world cannot give nor take away. --Samuel Adams
Joh 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Php 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Php 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Tapestry
Dear Lord please be with us this day and may the Holy Spirit guide and protect us in all that we say and do. Please help us to be attracted to the Wisdom that is in Your Creation and to shun the temptation of misdirected pride and vanity. Please weave us into a tapestry of love and fellowship with your children as we intermingle and share our blessings and burdens with each other. Please help us learn to lighten the burdens of others and increase their blessings, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
KJV
Ga 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Joh 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Ro 15:14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
1Co 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
1Co 13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Jas 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
KJV
Ga 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Joh 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Ro 15:14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
1Co 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
1Co 13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Jas 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Struggle
Dear Lord please be with us and may this be a good day and may the things that we try to do work out alright and for the best. Please give us patience with ourselves and with others as we struggle with our inabilities to do what is required to excel physically or our inability to keep our personality in check and keep from losing our temper over something insignificant and causing pain where it should not be. Please may the Holy Spirit control our thoughts and deeds when our pride is trying to prevail, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
KJV
Jas 4:5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
Jas 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Jas 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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.
KJV
Jas 4:5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
Jas 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Jas 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Needs of Others
Dear Lord thank You for all of the great gifts that You have given us and please forgive our sins and help us live by the golden rule. Please may the Holy Spirit be with us guiding and protecting us in every thought and deed on this day and please show us the needs of others if we fail to notice, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
KJV
1Co 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
1Co 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
1Co 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
1Co 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
1Co 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
KJV
1Co 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
1Co 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
1Co 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
1Co 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
1Co 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Common Sense
Dear Lord please be with us this day and may our thoughts and deeds be guided by the Holy Spirit with the teachings of Jesus holding our attention instead of the loud outcry from the covetousness of the lustful world. Dear Lord please lead us on the paths to Your Kingdom without glory for ourselves, but with examples of the Truths and common sense of living as Your Children blessed by Your forgiving Grace, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
Quotation:
Those that will not be content with their allotments shall not have the comfort of their achievements. -Henry
KJV
Mt 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Mt 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Mt 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Quotation:
Those that will not be content with their allotments shall not have the comfort of their achievements. -Henry
KJV
Mt 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Mt 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Mt 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Open to Insights
Dear Lord please be with us this day and please enter into our thinking the influence of the Holy Spirit as we make our choices and decisions for what we say and do on this day. Please help us to be open to whatever insights that the Holy Spirit might show us, and may patience, wisdom, and compassion with humility, be among our virtues as we journey on, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
KJV
Pr 22:17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Pr 22:18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
Pr 22:19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
Pr 22:20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
Pr 22:21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
KJV
Pr 22:17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Pr 22:18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
Pr 22:19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
Pr 22:20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
Pr 22:21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Paths
Dear Lord please be with us this day and help us find paths to follow both in thought and deed where we will meet the Holy Spirit and be in His company all the day long. Please encourage us to engage others in conversation that can lead them to find paths that will take them to Your Kingdom when they are ready to seek the rewards that are available in Your presence, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
KJV
Isa 55:6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
2Co 6:1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
2Co 6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
Mt 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
KJV
Isa 55:6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
2Co 6:1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
2Co 6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
Mt 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Traps and Snares
Dear Lord please be with us as we travel through this day on the journey assigned to us when we were placed in Your creation. Please may the Holy Spirit guide and protect us from making poor choices as we deal with Your Children, and please help us see clearly the traps and snares that are set for those who do make the poor choices that are caused by coveting worldly riches, over Spiritual Truths of Love and Peace of Mind, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
Quotation:
Peace is the evening star of the soul, as virtue is its sun; and the two are never far apart. -Colton
KJV
Ps 119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Ps 119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
Ps 141:9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Ps 141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
Jas 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Ga 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Joh 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Quotation:
Peace is the evening star of the soul, as virtue is its sun; and the two are never far apart. -Colton
KJV
Ps 119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Ps 119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
Ps 141:9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Ps 141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
Jas 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Ga 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Joh 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Encounters
Dear Lord please be with us this day and please guide and protect us from giving in to the many temptations that seem to be at every turn of every path that we have to tread on a normal day as we live this life that has been molded around decisions from our past encounters with these same temptations. Please give us the strength we need to follow the Holy Spirit's leading to dealing with these temptations with wisdom and compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others. Please help us to have self esteem and confidence in our self worth and ability to do all things that we are inspired and led to do by the Holy Spirit, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
Quotation:
No one can ask honestly or hopefully to be delivered from temptation, unless he has himself honestly and firmly determined to do the best he can to keep out of it. -Ruskin
2Pe 3:17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
2Pe 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Php 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Quotation:
No one can ask honestly or hopefully to be delivered from temptation, unless he has himself honestly and firmly determined to do the best he can to keep out of it. -Ruskin
2Pe 3:17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
2Pe 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Php 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Rough Places
Dear Lord please be with us this day and please give us the strength we need to cope with the problems that arise on this day. Please may the Holy Spirit walk beside us and carry us over the rough places where we are in danger of giving up or giving in to bad judgement and poor choices. Please forgive our sins and thank you for all of the great gifts that You have given us, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
KJV
Mt 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
Eph 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Col 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Ga 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
KJV
Mt 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
Eph 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Col 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Ga 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Friday, March 9, 2012
Addiction
Dear Lord please be with us this day and may addiction be on our minds as we travel the paths of Your Creation on this day. Please may we be accompanied by the Holy Spirit at every turn and may we come to some understanding of why there is addiction in our lives. Please give us the strength to overcome the terrible grasp of addiction every where that it has caught a hold on us and may the Holy Spirit give us enough power and desire to be free and clean of addiction if we but surrender our will for the Lords, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
KJV
Mt 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Mt 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Mt 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
KJV
Mt 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Mt 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Mt 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Answers
Dear Lord please be with us this day and please show us paths to take on this day. May the Holy Spirit be with us and give us answers for solving problems and making decisions, when choices seem to be difficult to sort through. Please show us the path to travel, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
KJV
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.
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.
KJV
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.
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.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Risks
Dear Lord please be with us this day and may this be a day on which we build memories of times guided by the Holy Spirit to do and say the right things while taking risks beyond our limited confidence. Please show us paths to new understanding and wisdom that will keep us from straying into areas of vanity and pride, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
KJV
Ga 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Ga 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Ga 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
KJV
Ga 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Ga 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Ga 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Personalities
Dear Lord please be with us on this day and please may the Holy Spirit be with us as we travel through the fields, meadows, and forests of Your Creation if only in thought. As our minds wander and deal with the many personalities we meet, similar to the many grasses and shrubs that would be growing in the fields, meadows, and forests of Your Creation. Some rough, some fragile, some beautiful to the eye, some with pleasant aroma, and some with thorns and needles that harm the flesh of the unaware and naive. Dear Lord please may the Holy Spirit show us how to love all of these personalities and learn how to cultivate each one to grow as Your Plan dictates, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
KJV
Isa 51:3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Isa 52:10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
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,
KJV
Isa 51:3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Isa 52:10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
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,
Monday, March 5, 2012
Understanding
Dear Lord please may this be a good day and help us find a good path of thought and deed to follow this day. Please may the Holy Spirit be leading us from the start and help us learn things that will show us places of wisdom and understanding that we have overlooked before, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
Quotation:
Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that thou mayest believe, but believe that thou mayest understand. -St. Augustine
KJV
Ps 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Ps 119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Pr 2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Eph 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Quotation:
Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that thou mayest believe, but believe that thou mayest understand. -St. Augustine
KJV
Ps 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Ps 119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Pr 2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Eph 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Faithful Humility
Dear Lord please be with us this day and thank You for all of the great gifts that You have given us. May the Holy Spirit be guiding us and showing us paths to take on this day that will lead to memorable destinations both in thought and deed. Please keep us from saying or doing anything that might cause pain of any kind to others. May the Holy Spirit please be able to use us to instruct others with our witness and may we display our fruits with a faithful humility, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
Quotation:
When thy latter end is greatly increased, remember the smallness of thy beginnings. -Henry
KJV
Pr 15:32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Pr 15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
Mt 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Php 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Quotation:
When thy latter end is greatly increased, remember the smallness of thy beginnings. -Henry
KJV
Pr 15:32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Pr 15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
Mt 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Php 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
God's Work
Dear Lord please be with us this day and please help us find the hand of the Holy Spirit to lead us to the work that You want us to do today. May we find those in need and give a smile or kind word or as much as needed to bring their day to the place that makes them available to the path to Your Kingdom, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
Quotation:
The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people. -Tolstoi
Jas 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Jas 1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
Joh 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Joh 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
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.
Quotation:
The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people. -Tolstoi
Jas 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Jas 1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
Joh 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Joh 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
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.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Weaknesses
Dear Lord please forgive our sins and help us overcome our weaknesses to the point of better relationships with Your Children as we travel the highways and byways of our part of Your Creation. Please may the Holy Spirit be with us to show wisdom and humility where we might be overcome with pride and vanity. Please direct us to witness for possibilities available to all who seek Your Kingdom, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
Quotation:
You cannot run away from a weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand. --Robert Louis Stevenson
KJV
Mt 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
1Co 1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
Jas 2:5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
2Co 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
Quotation:
You cannot run away from a weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand. --Robert Louis Stevenson
KJV
Mt 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
1Co 1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
Jas 2:5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
2Co 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Patience
Dear Lord please be with us this day and please help us to be in rhythm and harmony with the Holy Spirit as we travel through this time in our life. Please give us patience with those who we can't get in harmony with and may we not make things worse by being out of reach for compromise, but show us the paths through the maze of selfish misunderstandings and intentional misleading information that we are confronted with. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.
KJV
2Th 3:1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
2Th 3:2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
2Th 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
2Th 3:4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
KJV
2Th 3:1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
2Th 3:2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
2Th 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
2Th 3:4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
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