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Dear friends,

Here are this week's Weekly Verses from Crosswalk.com. I hope
you find them a useful supplement to your personal devotions.

Your brother in Christ,
Brian

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Subject: Weekly Verses from Crosswalk.com - 6/4/01
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 12:00:23 -0400

Weekly Verses
from Crosswalk.com
www.crosswalk.com
6/4/01

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

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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TUESDAY

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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WEDNESDAY

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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THURSDAY

The Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud
command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet
call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After
that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up
together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
And so we will be with the Lord forever.
--1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
What do you have that is forever? Most of everything we
have falls apart, breaks, or runs down in a short time. But we
have three things that last forever: God, our Christian
friends, and our praise of God. These are eternal.

MY PRAYER...
God, I look forward to the day of your next great surprise.
I join the angels in standing on tiptoe as I look to the clouds
to see my Lord, your Son, return in glory and receive the
welcome and honor he deserves. I praise you for that day now,
even though I see it only by faith. Until I see you on that
day, please know my heart's desire is to serve you, even when
my weakness gets in the way of showing it as fully as I should.
My thanks to you in Jesus name. Amen.

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FRIDAY

I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of
heaven from God, prepared as a bride, beautifully dressed for
her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
"Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with
them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with
them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their
eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or
pain, for the old order of thing has passed away.
--Revelation 21:2-4
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
I don't know about you, but I'm kind of ready for that old
order stuff to go away. The end of tears, death, mourning,
crying and pain sounds pretty good to me! No wonder the early
Christians would say, "Marantha. Come Lord Jesus!" They
couldn't wait.

MY PRAYER...
Holy God, please help me as I try to continue serving you
faithfully. My desire is to be steadfast in my love and living
for you until the glorious day that so many of your children
have longed for over the centuries. I long to see you in your
glory and to share in your presence and to join with the saints
of all ages past praising you around your glorious throne.
Through Jesus, I pray. Amen.

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SATURDAY

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up
anger.
--Proverbs 15:1
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Why is it so hard to endure an unjust or unfair criticism?
Why do we always have to defend ourselves no matter how
ridiculous the charge? Often the problems we have with others
simply escalate because we do not choose to forgive and let
them go on in the Lord!

MY PRAYER...
Precious and Holy God, help me more carefully guard my
speech from things you despise, especially gossip, slander, and
innuendo. Thank you. Through Jesus' grace. Amen

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SUNDAY

Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many
people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but
to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
--Hebrews 9:28
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Who are you waiting for? Can you think of anything more
exciting than to wait for Jesus to come take us home in his
glory.

MY PRAYER...
Majestic King of the Ages, may your Kingdom come in all its
fullness and every knee bow to your Savior, and may you grant
that it may come to pass in our generation. Through Jesus I
expectantly pray. Amen.

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