Monday, April 30, 2012

Communication

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may the Holy Spirit be guiding us in every thought and deed as we step out into another day, not knowing what or who we may encounter. Help us have the understanding necessary to realize that we can be in communication with You as long as we believe that the Holy Spirit is with us in all things. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

KJV*
Joh 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Joh 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

Joh 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Joh 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

Joh 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Accomplish

Dear Lord please be with us this day, and may the Holy Spirit be with us in every deed and thought throughout the day. Please show us our blessings as we observe our world from where we are on this day, and may our attitude be of positive confidence knowing that we can accomplish what ever we set out to do. In Jesus Christ name we pray, amen.

KJV*
Mt 8:2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Mt 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

Joh 3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

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.

Friday, April 27, 2012

Compassion

Dear Lord please be with us this day, guide and protect us and may Your Will prevail in our lives. Please may the Holy Spirit help us to be wise in what we say and do as the day goes by, and may compassion for others be our foremost virtue on this day, in Jesus Christ's name we pray.

KJV*
Pr 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Ga 5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Moving Parts

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may our lives be as work in progress as we tread the daily paths of Your Creation with the Holy Spirit as our guide and protector. Please make Your presence known to our heart, mind, and souls as we witness all of the moving parts in the natural world and in our own bodies. Please help us pursue Truths daily in deed and thought as we seek knowledge and wisdom available in Your Word and in Your creation, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

KJV*
Mt 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Mt 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Mt 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Mt 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Obstacles

Dear Lord please may this be a good day and may the Holy Spirit be with us in deed and thought throughout  every step enabling us to overcome every obstacle and finish the day feeling satisfied that we are so blessed. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

KJV*
Isa 49:11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

Mt 21:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
Mt 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Help

Dear Lord please help us this day to be productive and have a day of projects finished or at least advanced further in the direction towards completion. Please give us the energy needed and instill in us the desire to overcome the demon of procrastination. May the Holy Spirit please be guiding and protecting us on this day in every thought and deed, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

KJV*
Re 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

Ps 44:5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

 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.

1Jo 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

Friday, April 20, 2012

Ghosts

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may this be a good day. Please may the Holy Spirit be with us, guiding and protecting us as we go about the day in deed and thought. Please may the memories and ghosts of the past stop haunting us as we find comfort and strength in Your Word as it is written for us in the Holy Scriptures. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

Quotation:*
There is no father on earth who has as much love in his heart as God has for you.  You may be sinful as hell; yet God stands ready and willing to receive you to His bosom and to forgive you freely. - D.L. Moody

KJV*
Eph 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Eph 1:8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

Jas 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Jas 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Golden Rule

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may the Holy Spirit be with us in every thought and deed as we travel the paths set before us. May we please have understanding and insight into the teachings of Jesus about how to live and interact with Your Children, please lead us to be unselfish and generous with our time and love for others. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

KJV*
Mt 22:35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
Mt 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
Mt 22:37  Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Mt 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Mt 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mt 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Excited

Dear Lord please be with us this day and help us to have such an attitude about the paths that we are led to tread upon, and the thoughts and deeds inspired by the Holy Spirit for us to do, that we are truly excited and pleasantly looking forward to our next encounter. Please forgive our sins as we forgive others, and use us to bring others to Your Presence, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

KJV*
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 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.
Ps 23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Ps 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Compassion

Dear Lord please help us to have the right values and priorities on this day and may the Holy Spirit guide and protect us in every thought and deed all day long. Please give us the confidence to face what we must, and help us do it with a compassion that will inspire others to seek to be closer to You in their thoughts and deeds, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

KJV*
Ac 17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
Ac 17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
Ac 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Ac 17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Ac 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Monday, April 16, 2012

Aches and Pains

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may we not let our aches and pains from physical over doing or social missteps prevent us from having a positive and productive day. Please may the Holy Spirit give us the wisdom not to let social aches and pains prevent us from having a good day because of something that is now done and behind us, and may we now move on to have a productive day in spite of our physical aches and pains. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

KJV*
Eph 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

 Php 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Unknown

Dear Lord please be with us as we step off into the unknown of a new day. May knowing that the Holy Spirit is by our side both for guidance and protection, give us all of the faith, hope, and confidence that we need to face what ever happens on this day. If we find some who are lost along our way please help us generate faith, hope, and confidence for them too, by giving witness to the truths that we know even as we go into the unknown. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

Quotation:
You want to be your Lord's messenger to your neighbor?  To be that your love must instinctively seize on and love what is lovable in your neighbor. -Mackay

KJV *

Jer 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Joh 15:26  But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
Joh 15:27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Wait

Dear Lord please be with us, and may this be a good day, with the things that we try to do working out alright and for the best, and with the Holy Spirit bringing us into wisdom as our day unfolds. Please reveal to us the purposes for things that we may understand, and please give us the patience needed to accept with faith Your plans that we do not understand, and can only wait to see how they turn out as Your timing allows. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

KJV
Ps 25:3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Ps 25:4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
Ps 25:5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Omnipotent

Dear Lord how many songs does a mocking bird know? No doubt, we Your children of faith, have asked questions like this every since we began to worship You as our Heavenly Father. As we occupy our small station in Your creation, if we pay attention to such things as the singing birds, chirping insects, flowering plants, and beauty all around us, we can only be in awe to Your omnipotence and power. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

KJV
Eph 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Eph 3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
Eph 3:11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
Eph 3:12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Travels

Dear Lord please be with us this day, please guide and protect us. Please may we be in step and harmony with the Holy Spirit and be instilled with wisdom and understnding as we have need during our travels of thought and deed in Your Creation. Thank You for all of the great gifts that You have given us and please forgive our sins, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

Quotation:
Nurture your mind with great thoughts. --Benjamin Disraeli

KJV
Jas 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Jas 1:3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Jas 1:4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Jas 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Jas 1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Consideration

Dear Lord please be with us this day and help us overcome the problems that seem to be of overwhelming size and proportion. Please dear Lord help us feel the power of the Holy Spirit in our consideration of this day, and may we have no fear as we consider the wonderful powers available to us for the asking, if we only believe enough to surrender our cares to You. In jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

Quotations:
There can be no doubt in any man's mind nor in any man's heart that God is our sustenance and our strength. Each of us must believe wholeheartedly and fiercely in the power and the glory and the strength of God. Thus, it would be more proper to say that each man must seek the companionship of God. God awaits each one of us. --Harold K. Johnson

The word "Comforter" as applied to the Holy Spirit needs to be translated by some vigorous term. Literally, it means "with strength." Jesus promised His followers that "The Strengthener" would be with them forever. This promise is no lullaby for the fainthearted. It is a blood transfusion for courageous living. --E. Paul Hovey

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.

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

Sunday, April 8, 2012

To be Led

Dear Lord please be with us this day and please lead us to be generous with our love as we move about in Your Creation, touching Your Children both in thought and deed. May the Holy Spirit guide us in virtue to have the right motives and end results in mind as we deal with others expecting to be forgiven only as we forgive others, and please lead us away from sin, and protect us from evil. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

Quotation:
The Spirit of God first imparts love; he next inspires hope and then gives liberty; and that is about the last thing we have in many of our churches. -Moody

KJV
1Jo 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

1Jo 4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Seeking

Dear Lord please be with us this day bringing us into Your presence in thought and deed. Please help us find answers to questions that we have never asked until this time, by listening for the Holy Spirit's guidance as we seek the right paths to take as Your Plans for our life unfold. Please show us the best choices to make so our decision making will be in harmony with the rhythym of the Holy Spirit, as we take steps that need to be taken as we seek Your Kingdom, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

KJV
Mt 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Ro 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Lu 11:10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Isa 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Sheep

Dear Lord please be with us this day and please give us the insight necessary to understand Your Word, and may we see ourselves and others as helpless sheep in need of the care from the Shepherd who has the power to supply all our needs. If we can but imagine the trauma of being wet and cold in the mud, thorns, and stones ready to surrender to death, being raised up by a Power beyond our understanding, and being given a Peace of mind beyond our comprehension, if we only relax and surrender our will for the Shepherds. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

KJV
Ps 79:13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.

Mt 18:11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
Mt 18:12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
Mt 18:13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
Mt 18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

Ps 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Ps 23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
Ps 23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
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.
Ps 23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Ps 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Temptations

Dear Lord please be with us this day and guide us through the avenues of this day both of our thoughts and deeds. Please may the Holy Spirit help us sort out our virtues, when temptations spring before us in forms of worldly desires. Forms which have been hiding beside our paths, that are sometimes turned loose and brought forth by memories from our past. Dear Lord thank You for all of the great gifts that You have given us, and please forgive all of our sins, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

KJV
Jas 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Jas 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
Jas 1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Jas 1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Jas 1:16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
Jas 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Ro 6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
Ro 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
Ro 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Monday, April 2, 2012

Highways

Dear Lord please be with us this day as we travel the highways of Your creation whether in thought or deed. Please keep us safe and may we cause harm to no person, but may we show kindness and generosity while reflecting the Love of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, to all who will partake. Dear Lord please help us to be in step with the Holy Spirit as we follow the paths laid out for us this day, and may this day end with us at the destination of Your choice, according to Your Plans for us, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

Quotation:
To give life a meaning one must have a purpose larger than one's self. -Durant

KJV
Pr 16:17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

Isa 35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

Joh 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.