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,
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
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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