Word for Today, Tue, 2 Dec 2003: Weekly Verses
Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>
Here are this week's collection of Weekly Verses from Phil Ware.
As is appropriate for this season, these verses all point in some
way to the Lord Jesus Christ. You may consider using these
verses as part of your personal meditation, considering what
Jesus Christ means to you, personally, then study the Word as
you normally do - or use these verses as a way to establish a
regular study of His Word.
Yours in Christ,
Brian
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Weekly Verses
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December 1, 2003
These verses are taken from HeHeartlightaily Verse, by Phil Ware
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MONDAY
By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me
-- a prayer to the God of my life.
--Psalm 42:8
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
I have always loved music. To this day, songs help unlock
the part of me that is most yielded to God. It helps me
declare my love for him and my praise to him. But as the
psalmist says, at night, especially on those nights when sleep
is hard to come by, his song is with me.
MY PRAYER...
O God of my life, thank you for music and song. Thank you
for giving me so many good things to sing joyfully about.
Thank you for hearing my heart when I sing, not just my words
or just the song's melody. I long, dear Father, for the day I
get to hear you sing. Until then, fill my life with your song.
Through Jesus I ask it. Amen.
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TUESDAY
He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all --
how will he not also, along with him, give us all things?
--Romans 8:32
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
If God gave up his Son to save me, what would he not give up
to bless us and keep us! That's Paul's point. In 1
Corinthians 6:19-20, he tells us we are bought with a price to
encourage us toward holiness. Here, he makes the same point,
but to give us assurance. IsIsn it amazing how the truth of
God's grace contains such a multifaceted blessing.
MY PRAYER...
Almighty God, I am overwhelmed at your sacrificial love
offered to me in Jesus. Father, please use your Spirit to stir
me to service in response to your grace and have this Comforter
build my assurance of the salvation and blessings that you so
long to give me. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.
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WEDNESDAY
When I said, "My foot is slipping," your love, O Lord,
supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your
consolation brought joy to my soul.
--Psalm 94:18-19
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
While we are amazed at the vastness of God's reach and the
awesome breadth of his power and the glorious sweep of his
majesty, the incredible truth is his personal nearness to us.
He chooses to know us and be actively involved in the trials
and triumphs of each day with us. How will today, or tomorrow,
be different because you are aware of his presence and
companionship?
MY PRAYER...
God who is near, please hear my heart. I am overwhelmed at
your presence near me and within me. The comfort you bring
when I am under siege, the strength you offer when I am weak,
the courage you give when I am under attack, and the hope you
instill when all seems hopeless -- these gifts of your presence
are precious to me. Without your presence I would not know
where to go or why I am here. Thank you for knowing me. I
look forward to knowing you one day as you know me today. In
Jesus name I pray. Amen.
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THURSDAY
I love the Lord, he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.
Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as
I live.
--Psalm 116:1-2
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Understanding the Lord's love and nearness should lead us to
serve him and continue our relationship with him. While we
love God for many reasons, we want to express our love to him
today especially for his personal concern for us.
MY PRAYER...
Father who knows each hair on my head and thought of my
heart, thank you for hearing my prayers. Thank you for
answering so many with the answer I sought from you. Give me
patience when I cannot see your hand in other situations. I
believe and trust you are there and working for my good even
when I can't see it. Please strengthen my faith so that I will
never outlive my trust and faith in you. Through Jesus I ask
this. Amen.
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FRIDAY
Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make
them stumble.
--Psalm 119:165
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
As someone who had a very clumsy stage of life, this promise
is almost beyond believing -- nothing can make me stumble! But
when it comes to living life, if I know God's will and love it,
I will do it. Then nothing can make me stumble.
MY PRAYER...
Thank you God for this day. Thank you for all that lies
ahead. Thank you that I don't have to face with doubts about
my basic values and without a sense of your will for my life.
Stir in me a love for your will and your way so that nothing
can make me stumble. Empower me by your Spirit and guide me by
your truth so that I may more perfectly reflect your character.
Through Jesus I pray. Amen.
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SATURDAY
Just as each of us has a one body with many members, and these
members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who
are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the
others.
--Romans 12:4-5
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
One of the key realities of Christianity is belonging. I
belong! I belong to God. I belong to Jesus. I belong to
Jesus' body the Church. I have a place and a purpose in that
body. I belong!
MY PRAYER...
Help me, Father, to find the place where I'm suppose to fit
in your body. Until then, I pledge to try all sorts of
ministries so that your Spirit, and not just my own preference,
will guide me into your place for me to serve. In Jesus name I
pray. Amen.
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SUNDAY
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast,
because he trusts in you.
--Isaiah 26:3
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
It is naive to think that trusting in God solves all of our
problems -- Christians have many of the same problems that
unbelievers do because they share the same mortal flesh. On the
other hand it's true that if we trust in God, we believe our
work stands or falls in his hands and that ultimately we will
share in his victorious and glorious presence. It means our
lives will not be lived in vain. That's not just confidence,
but it's the foundation to true peace -- life lived to its
fullest and richest knowing that it matters and we don't need
to be anxious about its results.
MY PRAYER...
Almighty Prince of Peace, thank you for giving me the
assurance that my life will not be lived in vain. May I share
that peace with others today. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.
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