Word for Today, Mon, 14 Jun 2004: Weekly Verses
Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>
Dear friends,
Here is this week's collection of Weekly Verses
written by Phil Ware and compiled by Crosswalk.com.
In this week's edition, a major theme is Fathers.
We read about God's attributes as Our Father, the
One who made us, and we read about the role of men
to be good fathers in their homes, modeling their
behavior after characteristics displayed by God.
Next weekend, we celebrate Father's Day. Be sure
to honor your own father, if he is living and
accessible. If not, give honor to a person who
is like a father to you, or possibly a father to
someone you know.
Yours in Christ,
Brian
Weekly Verses
from Crosswalk.com
link.crosswalk.com/UM/T.asp?A1.23.22973.1.293748
June 14, 2004
These verses are taken from Heartlight Daily Verse, by Phil Ware
link.crosswalk.com/UM/T.asp?A1.23.22973.2.293748
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MONDAY
If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts
to our children, how much more will your Father in heaven give
the Holy Spirit to those who ask for him.
--Luke 11:13
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Think of all the great gifts you've been given. Next to
Jesus, the gracious sacrifice for our salvation, the greatest
gift we can receive is God's abiding presence in the Holy
Spirit! He is ours if we ask. In fact, when we ask, he is
already there interceding for us!
MY PRAYER...
Abba Father, through the precious Holy Spirit I come before
you asking you to empower me, my loved ones, and my church
through the power of the Holy Spirit. I pray for renewal to
sweep my country and this world led by your Spirit of grace,
power, and love. Through Jesus, the giver of this great gift I
pray. Amen.
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TUESDAY
Our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior
from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.
--Philippians 3:20
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
No matter what your passport says, if you are a Christian,
there is no earthly country that can hold you, no borders that
can claim you and no flag that flies above you but Jesus and
the Kingdom of Heaven. You have more in common with the
believing aboriginal tribesman of Indonesia, the Christian
refugee in Africa, or the Bedouin brother in Egypt, or the
high-rise business person in Hong Kong who bows to pray in
Jesus name, or the Spirit-filled Brazilian housewife, than you
do your next door neighbor if they don't know Christ as Lord
and Savior.
MY PRAYER...
Glorious God and Almighty Father, I look forward to the day
when people from every language, tribe, nation, and language
join the angels and elders around your throne and worship you
in joy forever. Make us one, if not here, then soon, we ask
you Lord, please come. Amen.
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WEDNESDAY
The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise
son delights in him.
--Proverbs 23:24
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
The greatest gift I can give my father, and my Father, is to
be righteous in my heart and life.
MY PRAYER...
Holy and righteous Father, may my life please you and bring
honor to my father and his name. I know that if I please you,
it will make his heart glad. Help me as I seek to know you and
serve you in ways that show your character in my life. Through
Jesus I pray. Amen.
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THURSDAY
As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has
compassion on those who fear him.
--Psalm 103:13
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Compassion. Not pity, not anger, not shame, not impatience,
not intolerance, not rejection, but compassion is what God, my
Father, gives to me. He cares for my pain enough to enter into
my world and share it in Jesus.
MY PRAYER...
Father of Mercies and God of all Compassion, thank you for
not only knowing and caring about my struggles and problems but
sending me help in Jesus and the Holy Spirit. By one I know
your love and mercy and by the other I know your might and
power. May your Spirit of compassion be found in my
relationships. Through the grace of Jesus I pray. Amen.
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FRIDAY
Sing to God, sing praise to his name, extol him who rides on
the clouds -- his name is the Lord -- and rejoice before him.
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his
holy dwelling.
--Psalm 68:4-5
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
I can't help but think of what James, Jesus' brothers said:
"Pure religion, undefiled before God the Father is this: keep
oneself undefiled and care for orphans and widows in their
distress." Jesus showed clearly this was the Father's heart in
his ministry. Now it is up to us to continue it!
MY PRAYER...
Father, may my life, my compassion, and my ministry reflect
your heart for those who need care and protection and love.
Give me eyes to see this need more clearly and a heart to
responded more certainly so that your love may be demonstrated
through me. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.
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SATURDAY
Fathers, do not exasperate your children, instead, bring them
up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
--Ephesians 6:4
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Mothers have such an inside road with children that it is
interesting that God commands fathers to be about the work of
spiritual nurture. I don't believe he means to exclude
mothers. No, I think he assumes they'll do their part. But
the father's influence and intentional training is so
essential.
MY PRAYER...
Abba Father, may my children come to find you in me.
Through Jesus I pray. Amen.
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SUNDAY
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and
gave himself up for her to make her holy.
--Ephesians 5:25-26
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
For husbands, there is sacrificial love in our purpose and
purpose in our sacrifice. We give up ourselves to love our
wives. But Jesus is the example here, and he gave up
everything. His purpose? Simply to make us holy. Our motives
are to be equally as sacrificial and pure in surrendering our
rights to bless and love our wives.
MY PRAYER...
Holy God, help our families to be full of love and may it
begin with me, today. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
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