Word for Today, Mon, 24 May 2004: Weekly Verses
Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>
Dear friends,
Here are this week's collection of Weekly Verses from Phil Ware.
I pray that they are useful to you.
Yours in Christ,
Brian
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Weekly Verses
from Crosswalk.com
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May 24, 2004
These verses are taken from Heartlight Daily Verse, by Phil Ware
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MONDAY
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another
above yourselves.
--Romans 12:10
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Being "devoted to another in brotherly love" requires that
our church conversations -- we're family, brothers and sisters,
children of God -- must be more than mere words. We must enter
each others' lives, getting to know one another so that we can
serve, love, and bless each other. What have you done lately
to get more involved in the lives of your fellow Christians?
Devotion to others follows a commitment to know and be known by
them!
MY PRAYER...
Father, thank you for giving me a world-wide family. Thank
you for loving me so completely. Father I ask that you help me
be more open with myself and my time to those in your family.
Give me a heart that burns to bless and be blessed by those you
have made your children. Through my brother Jesus I pray.
Amen.
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TUESDAY
>From everlasting to everlasting the Lord's love is with those
who fear him, and his righteousnesswith their children's
children -- with those who keep his covenant and remember to
obey his precepts.
--Psalm 103:17-18
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Forever love is talked about in dime store novels, but only
found in God. We tap that reservoir of eternal and divine love
through the Holy Spirit, who helps us receive it and share it.
MY PRAYER...
Everlasting Father, may your love fill your people so the
world may know we are Jesus' disciples. Through him I pray.
Amen.
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WEDNESDAY
Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.
--Romans 12:15
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
We are not alone. God has given us each other to live our
lives for him and get us back home to him. Along the way, we
want to share each others' burdens, soar on each others joys,
and love each others' hurts. There is no such thing as a solo
Christian.
MY PRAYER...
Loving Father, lead me to the people today who need their
burdens lifted and their joys shared. Let me be your presence
in the world of your children today. This I ask in Jesus name.
Amen.
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THURSDAY
I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish
the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given to me
-- the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace.
--Acts 20:24
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
How important is grace? Paul said it was more important
than his life! Telling about grace was more important to Paul
than his life! In fact, that was his life!
MY PRAYER...
Almighty God, Holy Father, thank you for your lavish grace
demonstrated and fully expressed in sending Jesus to die for
me. As your child, and in thanks to your sacrificial gift, I
pledge to you my life, my love, and my all. Through Jesus.
Amen.
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FRIDAY
My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick
to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.
--James 1:19
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Have a brake on your tongue, hit the throttle on your ears.
Let your angry email sit three days before responding and make
sure you read it and edit it before you send it. Keep you
mouth shut and your ears open. They all say the same thing.
Now if we would just do it, wouldn't the Christian community be
so much more blessed!
MY PRAYER...
Mighty and Holy God, you are incredible. Beyond my
comprehending. How you put up with all the drivel, senseless,
and hurtful speech that I and your other children spew out is
beyond my understanding. I ask that you release the Holy
Spirit to convict my heart and guard my lips from any form of
hurtful speech. I want my voice to be as much yours as my
heart is. This I pray through Jesus. Amen.
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SATURDAY
God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but to save the world through him.
--John 3:17
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
How do you view God? Is he someone looking for a way to
condemn you? Is he an out-of-touch old man who doesn't really
know what it's like in our modern world? Is he too holy to
soil himself with the concerns of mere mortals and has left it
up to us to work everything out for ourselves? No. NO. NO!
God chose to enter our world and experience it from the side of
mortality. God chose to enter our world, not to condemn us, or
it, but to redeem it. Jesus is the great reminder that God
longs to save us, not judge us. Thank God for God! Thank God
for Jesus who was God with us.
MY PRAYER...
Holy and Heavenly God, thank you that you live with those
who are contrite and repentant and who long for your presence.
You know we are only mortal, but you love us. You know that we
are flawed, but you redeemed us. You know that we are not
perfect, but you sent Jesus as the perfect sacrifice to save
us. Thank you. Through my Savior I offer my sincerest
gratitude and praise. Amen.
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SUNDAY
In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be
afraid. what can mortal man do to me?
--Psalm 56:4
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
One of the powerful things about having a Bible, a
repository of God's words, is that its age and varied countries
and cultures remind us how enduring God's truth actually is.
Yet it is God in whom we put our trust. His enduring presence
through cultures, centuries, and countries reminds us that
eternal is outside our grasp, but God holds us in his grasp.
MY PRAYER...
O Great and Eternal God, thank you that you are more stable
than the ground on which I stand, more enduring than the
mountain peaks I admire, and more constant than the waves upon
the oceans. I trust my life and my future and soul with you.
Please be pleased, but even more, help me to be constant in
faithfulness to you. Through Jesus I ask this prayer. Amen.
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