Sunday, February 10, 2013

Faith and Strength

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may the Holy Spirit please be guiding us in all that we say and do as we interact with Your children in Your creation. Please grant us the strength and faith necessary to overcome and learn from all problems, situations, and circumstances that occur as we tread the paths of this day. Thank You for all of the great gifts and blessings that You have given us and as we contemplate our past and where we are today please cause our strength and faith to grow and become even firmer and stronger. Please forgive our sins the same as we forgive the mistakes of others, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen. 

KJV*
1Ti 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 

1Ti 6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 
1Ti 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 
1Ti 6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 
1Ti 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. 

2Ti 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 
2Ti 2:23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
2Ti 2:24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, 
2Ti 2:25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; 
2Ti 2:26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. 

Friday, February 8, 2013

Good Judgement

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may the Holy Spirit please be guiding and protecting us on this day. Please help us use good judgement in the paths that we take on this day and good judgement on the things that we say and do. Please help us to speak out only when we should and when it will bring better understanding and comfort with peace to others. Thank You for all of the great gifts and blessings that You have given us and please forgive our sins the same as we forgive the mistakes of others. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen. 

KJV*
1Co 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 
1Co 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 
1Co 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. 

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Discovery

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may the Holy Spirit please be guiding and protecting us in all things on this day. Thank You for all of the great gifts and blessings that You have given us and please forgive our sins the same as we forgive the mistakes of others. Please lead us on paths of discovery in our thought and deed as we seek Your Kingdom on this day, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

KJV*
Ps 119:162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. 

Jer 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 
Jer 29:12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 
Jer 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart 

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

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.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Loss or Gain

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may the Holy Spirit please be guiding and protecting us in all things all through this day. Dear Lord please help us to live by the same virtues as we expect and want others to live by, and may we not mourn over loss silver or gold where such apparent losses were the result of doing the unselfish or living the generous acts as led by the Holy Spirit and taught by Jesus Christ. Thank You for all of the great gifts and blessings that You have given us and as we count our blessings may we continue to gain in the joy of a peaceful mind and spirit of rest. Please forgive our sins the same as we forgive the mistakes of others, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen. 

KJV*
Php 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. 
Php 4:5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. 
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.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Making a Difference

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may the Holy Spirit please be guiding and protecting us in all that we say and do. Dear Lord please may this be a good day and please help us to make a difference in some way so it can be a better day for others than it would have been with out our actions if it be thou will. Please lead us on paths that give us opportunity to help and share with others as we seek Your Kingdom, thank You for all of the great gifts and blessings that You have given us and please forgive our sins the same as we forgive the mistakes of others. In Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen. 

KJV*
Ga 6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 
Ga 6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 
Ga 6:3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Ga 6:4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. 
Ga 6:5 For every man shall bear his own burden. 
Ga 6:6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. 
Ga 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 
Ga 6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 
Ga 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 
Ga 6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. 

Monday, February 4, 2013

Failing

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may the Holy Spirit please be guiding and protecting us in all that we say and do. Please give us understanding when we fail, and show us how to have love for ourselves when we are disappointed in our own weaknesses if we give in to worldly cares and do not listen to the calls of the Holy Spirit. Please keep us from putting the love of money and our own pleasures ahead of our love for others. Thank You for all of the great gifts and blessings that You have given us and please forgive our sins the same as we forgive the mistakes of others, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen. 

Quotation:*
It is curious- curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. --Mark Twain 

KJV*
Ro 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 
Ro 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. 

Col 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 

1Jo 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 
1Jo 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 
1Jo 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 

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.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Profit of Better Understanding

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may the Holy Spirit please be guiding and protecting us in all that we say and do. Please lead us on paths of discovery and enlightenment as Your Word and Your Creation becomes more important to us every day. Please show us how to weigh the words of others and interact with respect and an open mind for the views of different cultures and beliefs, as we gain in the strength and purpose of our own commitments with the profit of better understanding. Thank You for all of the great gifts and blessings that You have given us and please forgive our sins the same as we forgive the mistakes of others, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen. 

KJV*
Pr 18:15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. 

Pr 24:3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: 
Pr 24:4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 
Pr 24:5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. 

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. 
1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1Co 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.