Word for Today, Mon, 20 Sep 2004: Weekly Verses
Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>
Dear friends,
Today's devotional message comes from Phil Ware's collection of
weekly verses. Please pray for me. I have had a pretty high
fever for several days. Yesterday the fever reached 104 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Yours in Christ,
Brian
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Weekly Verses
from Crosswalk.com
link.crosswalk.com/UM/T.asp?A1.23.26499.1.293748
September 20, 2004
These verses are taken from Heartlight Daily Verse, by Phil Ware
link.crosswalk.com/UM/T.asp?A1.23.26499.2.293748
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MONDAY
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In
his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
--1 Peter 1:3
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
The great truth about Jesus' empty tomb is not that he is
risen, but that he is living! His victory over death wasn't
short-lived, it was ultimate. He now lives to make
intercession for us until he can return and bring us to his
home. Our life is hidden with him so that no one and nothing
can take it from us. When he appears, we will get to share in
his never-ending glory. How can we not praise God for such
grace?
MY PRAYER...
Almighty God, I praise you from the bottom of my heart for
your incredible and glorious grace that has brought eternal
victory out of mortal anguish. Thank you for paying the price
to make it so. You are marvelous beyond my words and worthy of
more praise than all your children's voices together can tell.
My Hope will live forever because he is risen and reigning as
Lord. To you be all honor, glory, and majesty forever, and
ever, Amen!
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TUESDAY
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may
bring forth.
--Proverbs 27:1
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Don't you have your hands full with today? Don't you find
yourself distracted from the urgent and important things of
today by worrying about the problems of tomorrow and
fantasizing about all the possibilities down the road? Isn't
it a waste of time to be anxious about those things you have no
influence over? So why...?
MY PRAYER...
God, give me the strength to seize the moment and live the
life today that will please you and bless others. Help my
heart feel the urgency of today and act with boldness,
kindness, and salvation instead of worrying so much about what
may happen. Give me the immediacy of the moment I see in your
son's ministry. Through whom I pray. Amen.
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WEDNESDAY
Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is
near.
--Isaiah 55:6
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
In truth, God is always close to those who genuinely seek
after him. The real problem is that we drift away from him,
lose interest, and leave his presence. So let's seek him and
receive his grace and his help while we recognize that he alone
is the one who truly saves.
MY PRAYER...
Father, I seek you with all my heart. While I seek to know
about you through your Word, I long to know you and be known by
you as a tender father knows his child and as a child feels
complete trust toward his tender father. Be not only my God,
but be real to me in ways that transcend explanation. Help me
sense your nearness and to know your presence. Through Jesus I
pray. Amen.
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THURSDAY
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord is the Rock
Eternal.
--Isaiah 26:4
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
When we see mountains we feel small, knowing not only how
much larger they are than we are, but also how much longer they
have been here than we have been. But the Lord existed long
before any mountain and will exist long after it has melted
into nothing. The only rock of security, and all the forevers
we have, are found in him.
MY PRAYER...
Eternal I Am, who is and was and will be forever, I trust
that you are and will always be my God, my Redeemer, my Savior,
my Shepherd, and my Father. I commit all my tomorrows to you.
Through Jesus my Lord. Amen.
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FRIDAY
O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts
for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where
there is no water.
--Psalm 63:1
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Addiction has been defined as "God-hunger directed to the
wrong source of soul satisfaction." Psalm 63 reminds us this
is true. Deep in us is a desire to seek after God because he
is not far from us and longs to be known by us (see Acts 17).
But often when our soul-craving need for God is greatest, he is
the last place we turn for satisfaction.
MY PRAYER...
Holy Father, fill my heart with longing for you and my head
with understanding that it is your presence I crave. I confess
that I have often sought relief for my hunger in things that do
not satisfy. I pledge today to recognize all other sources of
satisfaction to be temporary and false. I promise to pursue you
and your will through your word and your Spirit until I rest in
your presence and grace. In the power of Jesus, my Lord, Amen.
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SATURDAY
"I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior.
I have revealed and saved and proclaimed -- I, and not some
foreign God among you. You are my witnesses," declares the
Lord, "that I am God."
--Isaiah 43:11-12
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
1 Peter 2 reminds us that we are here as witnesses to
"declare the praises of him who has called us out of darkness
into his marvelous light." We have seen and experienced God's
saving work. We are recipients of his blessing. We are the
people who anticipate his mighty deliverance yet to come. How
can we remain silent? How can we remain bitter, pessimistic,
or discouraged? The God who made the tomb empty and made the
corpse our living Lord is our God and he is mighty to save. He
is our Savior!
MY PRAYER...
O Mighty God, I confess that I slip so easily into my
day-to-day rut that I grow immune to the joy and excitement of
your salvation. Give me eyes to see and a voice to tell of
your glorious deeds, your mighty works, and your answered
promises. I believe you are leading me to glory, so help me
show and share that glory with those who do not know you as
God, Savior, and King. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.
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SUNDAY
It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must
revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold
fast to him.
--Deuteronomy 13:4
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
So many people want us to follow their lead and obey their
voice. But God has proved himself faithful and loving through
the ages. In his might he is to be revered. But rather than
seeing reverence as a "church thing," we are reminded by Moses
it is a "life thing." We are to obey and keep his
commandments, and we are to serve him and depend upon him in
our daily lives. Rather than silence in the assembly,
reverence is action to his glory!
MY PRAYER...
Holy and Righteous Father, help me take my worship outside
the church building into my day to day life as I try to live
what I sing, practice what I say, and pursue what I pray. In
Jesus' name. Amen.
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