Friday, November 30, 2012

Victory

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may the Holy Spirit please be guiding and protecting us from all evil on this day. Please keep us safe from poor choices and vain desires of the heart and please show us places for humble love to overcome evil and have victory. 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*
2Co 2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

Ro 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 

Ac 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Seeking God's Kingdom

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 keep our thoughts and deeds on paths of unselfish values and motives that will lead us into Your presence as a daily routine that is part of seeking 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 sins of others, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen. 

Quotation:*
One must reach the point of not caring two straws about his own status before he can wish wholly for God's kingdom, not his own, to be established. --C.S. Lewis 

KJV*
Mt 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 
Mt 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 
Mt 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 
Mt 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. 

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.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Humble Love

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may the Holy Spirit please be with us guiding and protecting us in all that we say and do. Please lead us away from all temptation to seek glory for ourselves, but please let us enjoy pleasure from helping others with true honest humility and humble motives of love. 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 our enemies, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen. 

Quotation:*
Those that are truly desirous to be owned and accepted by God will likewise desire not to be taken notice of nor applauded by men. -Henry

KJV*
Ga 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Ga 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 
Ga 5:26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. 

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.
Jas 4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 

Mt 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Jas 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Memories

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may the Holy Spirit please be with us guiding and protecting us in all that we say and do. Please help us find Your presence as we seek Your Kingdom on this day and please show us wonders that we might miss if not for Your guidance. Please help us use our memories of past occurrences in our lives to gauge what our actions should be on days such as this might be, and also to show us a measure to use in our judgement of others. Please help us forgive ourselves as we ask for Your forgiveness for the many times that our selfish thinking was in charge of our actions. 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*
Jas 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 
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. 

Monday, November 26, 2012

Possibilities

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 have a positive and forward thinking attitude as we approach the possibilities of this day and please help us benefit ourselves and others by doing things in Your name with confidence and a humble desire for victory over our feelings of inability. 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*
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. 

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Kindness

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may the Holy Spirit please be with us this day guiding and protecting us in all that we say and do. Please help us to use this day that You give us to further the coming of Your Kingdom by the things that we say and do. Please show us places for kindness and please bring us into Your Presence as we witness Your Grace at work in another day of Your Creation. 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*
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. 

Friday, November 23, 2012

Sickness

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may the Holy Spirit please be with us in every deed and thought all through the day. May we please be protected from sickness and the fear of sickness if it be Thy Will. Please help us show wisdom and find good judgement when we care for others and please give us the patience and compassion to be good care givers and find the power of Your presence always available through prayer. 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*
Php 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

2Co 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 

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.