Word for Today, Mon, 21, Jul 2003: Weekly Verses
Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>
I often share with you Phil Ware's Weeky Verses at the beginning
of the week, particularly if they arrive in my Inbox soon enough
to share them with you. This week, Phil writes about obedience
in love, cleansing ourselves and ridding our ways of anything
that's unclean and not right, remembering that Jesus Christ is
true Deity in bodily form, that the Gospel of Christ is what
unleashes the power of God and shows His salvation to us, there
is nothing to fear because God is with us, His Gospel helps us to
know the truth, to be purified and forgiven, and Jesus Himself
provides the Way.
I encourage you to read this week's collection of scripture
passages and short thoughts and prayers. I often read them
myself in a single setting, getting an overall context of how all
of scripture relates, but sometimes I also will look at
particular passages and review them during the week. Perhaps
some of the messages may be an encouragement to you in your own
private, personal devotions and meditations.
Your Brother in Christ,
Brian
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Weekly Verses
from Crosswalk.com
link.crosswalk.com/UM/T.asp?A1.23.13302.1.293748
July 21, 2003
These verses are taken from Heartlight Daily Verse, by Phil Ware
link.crosswalk.com/UM/T.asp?A1.23.13302.2.293748
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MONDAY
(Jesus said) "If you obey my commands, you will remain in my
love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in
his love."
--John 15:10
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Love is not just a feeling, but it is action. For us as
believers, the action that most shows our love for Jesus is for
us to be obedient to his words and his example.
MY PRAYER...
Father, thank you for showing your love in Jesus. Thank
you, Jesus, for showing us how to love our Father by being
obedient to his will and word. Today I pledge to conciously
try to live in obedience to your will. Please receive my
actions, words, and thoughts today as an offering of praise to
you. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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TUESDAY
Get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent
and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
--James 1:21
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Isn't it true! When we find ourselves caught in the
clutches of the moral filth of our culture, we find the word of
God boring and irrelevant. Yet even in those moments when
Satan uses sin to harden our hearts, God's Spirit calls us to
change at a level deeper than just the mere understanding of
the words of Scripture. Thank God for his Spirit, which can
use his word like a surgeons scalpel on our hearts.
MY PRAYER...
Holy God, I pledge to you today to willingly and decisively
give up the immoral habits in my life. I recognize that these
not only offend your holiness and grace, but also harden me to
your will, pull me away from your character, and blunt my
witness to others. Please forgive me and then sustain me as I
seek to live a life wholly pleasing to you. In Jesus I pray.
Amen.
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WEDNESDAY
In Christ, all the fullness of the Deity lives bodily form, and
you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over
every power and authority.
--Colossians 2:9-10
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
If you had known Jesus' address in Nazareth along about A.D.
20, you could have gone to that house and said, "God lives
here!" The doctrine of Jesus as fully God and fully man, fully
God and yet having emptied himself of all of his divine
privilege, is nearly impossible to fully understand, but is the
awesome reality of Grace. God chose to be like us because we
could not be like him. So in Jesus, God came to us so we could
be given his fullness.
MY PRAYER...
Almighty God, I confess that you are too great for me to
comprehend. Yet as marvelous and mighty and majestic as you
are, your grace is greater still. Thank you for sending Jesus
so I could know you. Thank you for sending Jesus so I could be
forgiven. Thank you for sending Jesus so I can go home to you
and live forever. Thank you, Jesus, for coming to redeem me
and then returning to the Father so I can speak to him through
you. Amen.
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THURSDAY
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God
for the salvation of everyone who believes.
--Romans 1:16
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
For the rich and poor, young and hold, weak or strong,
skinny or fat, there is still just one message and one name and
one story that makes the eternal difference -- it is the
Gospel, the story of Jesus Christ.
MY PRAYER...
Great Redeemer, make me more bold to proclaim the Gospel
today. Give me eyes to see those who are waiting to be told.
Fill me up with your Spirit so that I will not be ashamed, and
help me gladly proclaim the story of Jesus so others may know
your grace. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.
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FRIDAY
[The Lord says,] "Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be
dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help
you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
--Isaiah 41:10
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Fear saps our will power and leaves us feeling depleted and
hopeless. Yet very few of us have ever experienced a defeat so
complete and bitter as the one God's people faced when Isaiah
shared this message of hope. The preservation of Israel to the
time of Jesus, the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, the
triumph of the Church through centuries of persecution and
opposition are powerful reminders that underneath us are the
everlasting arms of a mighty and loving God.
MY PRAYER...
Almighty and Eternal Father, it is such sweet comfort to
know that you are always there. Thank you! In Jesus' name.
Amen.
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SATURDAY
If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have
fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son,
purifies us from all sin.
--1 John 1:7
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
As we seek to please God and trust his grace, more grace is
supplied. While Jesus' death was "once for all," its cleansing
power goes on and on as long as our hearts are tuned to his
grace.
MY PRAYER...
Loving Father, thank you for the gift of Jesus and the
cleansing his death brings me. Help me today to live a more
dedicated life. Thank you for the assurance that as I seek
your will and live your life you are also forgiving me of my
sins and cleansing me and making me new. Through Jesus I offer
this thanks. Amen.
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SUNDAY
I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on your
laws.
--Psalm 119:30
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Jesus reminded us to "pick up your cross daily and follow"
him. The way of truth is a daily choice. To not choose God's
way, to not intentionally seek to put him at the center of our
life and as the top priority in all of our decisions, is to
slip a little bit further away from the life he calls us to
lead. Lack of a decision is a decision to not follow.
MY PRAYER...
Heavenly Father, I choose to follow you and your truth
today. Open my eyes so I may see your truth and open my heart
that I may live it. I decide today, again, to follow, you with
all my heart, soul, mind, and strength. In Jesus' name I pray.
Amen.
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