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Weekly Verses
from Crosswalk.com
www.crosswalk.com
10/16/00

These verses are taken from TODAY'S VERSE, by Phil Ware
< devotionals.crosswalk.com/TodaysVerse >
We hope they're a blessing to your week!

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MONDAY

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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TUESDAY

Listen to advice and accept instruction and in the end you will
be wise. Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the
Lord's purpose that prevails.

--Proverbs 19:20-21
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
"Man proposes, heaven disposes." Most of us rush to give
advice and make grandiose plans. The wise man reminds us that
wisdom comes from submitting to instruction for a significant
period of time and then, only at the end of long listening,
does it come. If you are like me, you would do much better to
let your plans ripen a bit more in the light of the Lord before
you launch into them. I am comforted that James, the wisdom
writer of the New Testament, reminds us that God will give that
wisdom if we seek it and not doubt.

MY PRAYER...
Almighty God, teach me your ways and help me discern your
paths for my life. I have so many plans and schemes, but I
know if they are not from you, they will not stand. Lead me to
your wisdom and I pledge to you that I will not only seek to
know it, but also seek to live it. Through Jesus I pray.
Amen.

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WEDNESDAY

Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to
him, for God is our refuge.

--Psalms 62:8
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
It is so hard to share the secrets of our hearts with
anyone. We want to keep our secret failings, embarrassments,
and sins hidden, fearing others would reject us and we would
shame ourselves. But hidden sin is only hidden from us, not
from our Father. Hidden sin festers in our hearts and drives a
wedge between us and the God who would forgive us and empower
us to triumph over it if only we would pour out our hearts to
him, because he is our refuge.

MY PRAYER...
Loving Father and Holy God, today I want to confess to you
several things on my heart. Father, I am afraid for others to
know that I have. Holy God, I have sinned and ask your
forgiveness for. Eternal Lord, I get anxious about. You alone
are my refuge and strength. I trust these confessions with you
and ask that you strengthen me by the power of your Holy Spirit
not to fall into these same traps again and again. In Jesus
name I pray. Amen.

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THURSDAY

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will
make your paths straight.

--Proverbs 3:5-6
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
When things are tough, I find it easy to call on God and
lean on his mercy and grace. He's my ripcord Savior. But I
must confess, when I'm reveling in his blessings and things are
going well, I am so much like the Israelites and forget to
acknowledge that all the blessings I have and all the
opportunities I have received come because of his grace. In my
joy and success, I need to learn to acknowledge him!

MY PRAYER...
Gracious Father, every good thing I have in my life has come
because of you. The family I have been blessed with, the
protection I have received, the values that I hold, the successes
I have enjoyed, the hope I have, the salvation I have received,
and the future I anticipate are all mine because of your grace
and not my goodness. Thank you! Thank you! Through Jesus I
thank you more! Amen.

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FRIDAY

"I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a
future."

--Jeremiah 29:11
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
When Israel lay devastated in the face of a ruthless enemy
that would rob all glory and strip bare the very soul of God's
people, God issued his promise. While the destruction visited
upon them was in response to their rebellion and sin, God's
punishment wasn't punitive alone, but redemptive. In their
destruction, God promised prosperity, hope, and a future. Just
as a doctor must cause pain when he sets a broken bone so it
may heal, God's discipline is not capricious but curative and
ultimately life-giving.

MY PRAYER...
In my struggles, O Lord, help me find your grace -- not in
the relief of struggle and pain, but in redemption and change
to your glory. By your grace and through my Savior I say it.
Amen.

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SATURDAY

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be
able to test and approve what God's will is -- his good,
pleasing, and perfect will.

--Romans 12:2
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Don't be molded by the world. Wow, isn't that a tough one
to obey? It's a reminder that what we think is one of the
places of greatest spiritual warfare. Sloppy thinking is more
than sloppy, it's dangerous because we are fed messages
constantly that distort God's truth and holy values. But
rather than being incensed by the world acting like the world,
let's be transformed by renewing our minds and doing what Paul
said he did -- take every thought, every word, captive for
Christ. We often think a tithe is giving ten percent of our
money, but an even more vital tithe is giving ten percent of
our thought time totally to the things of God!

MY PRAYER...
O Lord, please guard my soul from pride, my heart from
callousness, and my mind from too much focus on unimportant
things and not enough on your things. Teach me in my heart
what it means to be about my Father's business, especially in
the world of my thoughts! Through Jesus, my greatest example
of time spent with you. Amen.

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SUNDAY

How great you are, O Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you,
and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own
ears.

--2 Samuel 7:22
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
"I am Yahweh, who saved you out of Egypt. You must never
have any other god but me!" The Lord God Almighty said at the
beginning of the Ten Commandments. What else is there to say?

MY PRAYER...
Holy, Righteous, and Only Living God, I hold you in the
highest place in my heart. Forgive me when I do not hold you
in the highest place in my life. Empower me with your Holy
Spirit to give up all the little things that distract my
allegiance to you and interfere with you being the Supreme and
Sovereign God in my day-to-day life. In Jesus name. Amen.

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