Word for Today, Mon, 05 Apr 2004: Weekly Verses
Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>
Dear friends,
Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ Here
are this week's collection of Weekly Verses from Phil Ware. I
pray that each of us will pay special attention and read God's
Word this week, using more than a few devotions containing a
verse or two. Instead, I urge each person to use their own Bible
and find out what the Bible itself has to say about the Lord
Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son - the only person of the
Godhead to live and breathe as an actual human being, to live and
to die, offering Himself as the only possible sacrifice and
atonement (complete payment) to satisfy the debt of our sin
nature.
This past Sunday represented the week that Jesus approached
Jerusalem. This Thursday represents the day He was falsely
apprehended.for blasphemy, claiming (rightly so) that He is, in
very nature, God. This Friday represents the day that Jesus
Christ was forced to carry His own cross to Calvary, where He was
nailed to that cross, suffered, died, was crucified on that
cross, pierced to make sure He was dead, then buried. He was
placed in a sealed tomb, covered with a heavy boulder, then left
under heavy guard. Early Sunday morning, some of His followers
came to mourn and pay further respect to Him, for the time from
Friday evening until Saturday evening was sacred - their Sabbath.
On that Sunday morning, the tomb was already disturbed when his
followers arrived.
Read the Gospel accounts for yourself in any of the four Gospel
books of the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John.
Understand what it means. Because of what Jesus Christ did for
us, we have peace with God. We have been saved from the bondage
of sin. I pray that each of us embraces that truth and lives in
joy and contentment, ever thankful and grateful for Jesus'
sacrificial life and death, and also for His resurrection - He
rose, conquering both sin and death!
These verses below recount His life and His ministry to us, and
also prophesy concerning Jesus Christ. The New Testament books
of the Bible tell us of His life in the Gospels (the first four
New Testament books) and the implications and future that we have
in Christ.
Yours in Christ,
Brian
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Weekly Verses
from Crosswalk.com
link.crosswalk.com/UM/T.asp?A1.23.20646.1.293748
April 5, 2004
These verses are taken from Heartlight Daily Verse, by Phil Ware
link.crosswalk.com/UM/T.asp?A1.23.20646.2.293748
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MONDAY
[An angel of the Lord said,] "Today in the town of David a
Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will
be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and
lying in a manger." Suddenly a great company of the heavenly
host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory
to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his
favor rests."
--Luke 2:11-14
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
The sign to the shepherds was a baby in a feeding trough.
Pretty potent sign isn't it! The Almighty Creator of the
universe sleeping where the sheep and goats have eaten their
grain and hay. That God would love us so much as to reduce
himself to such an inauspicious beginning reminds us why the
angels praise him so. He is glorious and yet he chose not to
hide or protect that glory, but instead he shared it so we
could find it, too!
MY PRAYER...
God of the manger and Ruler of the constellations, I join my
heart and my voice with the angels in praise to your glorious
and holy name. Your sacrifice is so profound I am awe-struck.
You could have chosen any sign to show Jesus to the shepherds,
but you chose the manger. Thank you for revealing yourself in
such a common place so I could find your sign and come home to
you. Through Jesus with all my love. Amen.
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TUESDAY
[The shepherds] hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the
baby [Jesus], who was lying in the manger. When they had seen
him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them
about this child, and all who heard it were amazed... But Mary
treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the
things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had
been told.
--Luke 2:16-20
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
The shepherds reaction to baby Jesus is exactly what our
reaction will be when we see the returning Jesus: we will
glorify and praise God for all the things we see and hear and
will find that they are just as God has promised them to us.
Since God kept his word in the first coming of Jesus, we can be
assured that he will do it with the Second Coming of Jesus!
MY PRAYER...
Faithful and all powerful Lord, thank you for being
trustworthy and true. Help me to be faithful to you in what I
do and say and think during this stressful yet marvelous time.
May I never lose faith in the coming of Jesus and may my faith
in him ever shape my life to be more pleasing to you. Amen.
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WEDNESDAY
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the
government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of
Peace.
--Isaiah 9:6
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
While Jesus is God's Son and Mary's son, he is also our Son.
He is the child given to the world so you and I can become
God's child. What greater gift can we have than Jesus, and
through Jesus, God as our Father.
MY PRAYER...
On a day so glorious, when the world pauses and acknowledges
your gift of Jesus, all I can think to say is simply "Thank
you!" Amen.
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THURSDAY
Simeon took him [Jesus] in his arms and praised God, saying:
"Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss your
servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which
you have prepared in the sight of all people, a light for
revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people
Israel."
--Luke 2:28-32
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
God's gift to Simeon was truly precious and touching. He is
the embodiment of every nation, race, and culture that is
seeking God's salvation. God's salvation, as Luke loves to
remind us again and again, is for all people!
MY PRAYER...
Lord God of all nations, not only do I pray for peace on
earth, but I pray that the knowledge of Jesus may be spread to
every nation this coming year. Please make me sensitive to
those around me who need your grace and give me courage and the
right words to say. Please stir me to be generous to those who
are spreading your Gospel throughout the world. Please bind
the work of Satan that keeps nations in darkness and away from
grace. Make your Kingdom triumph through the growth of your
word throughout the world. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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FRIDAY
Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his
holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his
benefits.
--Psalm 103:1-3
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Praise must not come just from our lips. Praise must
emanate from deep within our soul, recognizing all the great
blessings God has given us. While God is worthy of praise
because he his holy and majestic and mighty, we have even
greater reasons to praise him. He has bee so very gracious to
us!
MY PRAYER...
Holy and loving Father, I praise you for your gift of
creation. I praise you for your love in granting us free will
to accept or reject you. I praise you for choosing Abraham to
be the beginning of faith and a people through whom Jesus would
come. I praise you for sending Jesus. I praise you for
providing the sacrifice for my sins. I praise you for raising
him from the dead and triumphing over sin and death. I praise
you for those who shared the Gospel of your grace with me. I
praise You for what you are doing through me and for me. I
praise You for what you are about to do and yet remains
enshrouded in mystery to me. I praise because you are Almighty
God who has chosen to be my Abba Father. Through Jesus Christ
my Lord, I praise you. Amen.
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SATURDAY
[Jesus said,] "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest."
--Matthew 11:28
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
At the end of the year, it sure is nice to be invited to
rest in Jesus. So before we begin a new year, let's pause and
place our hopes, our future, our dreams, and especially our
burdens down at his feet and let him give us rest.
MY PRAYER...
Teach me, O God, to learn to rest in your grace and
providence more and to worry less. I want to surrender my
burdens to Jesus and let him teach me his way and how to find
his rest. Sometimes I am so tired and weary I don't think I
can continue, so please, dear Father, let me find rest in
Jesus. Through whom I offer this prayer. Amen.
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SUNDAY
[Jesus said,] "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in
God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if
it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to
prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for
you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also
may be where I am."
--John 14:1-3
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
He's coming back! As much as the world likes to remember
Jesus' first coming during the Christmas season, we need to
remind people that his Second Coming will be even greater. We
want to be prepared -- lives dedicated to his glory and hearts
full of expectation at his coming.
MY PRAYER...
Loving God, I know Jesus will come again. May I be found
faithful and expectant when he returns. Thank you for sending
him the first time to live in my world and take away my sin.
Thank you even more for his next coming to take me to live in
your world and share in your victory over sin. Through Jesus I
pray. Amen.
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