Quote from Forum Archives on October 23, 2000, 8:19 pm

Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>

Dear friends,

Crosswalk, besides making multiple Bible translations available
online, has a couple of really useful devotional messages. One
of them is "Quiet Time", a devotional series patterned after "The
Quiet Time" Bible. Another one is their weekly digest of
scripture verses, meditations, and prayers, from "Today's Verse".
I frequently like to share it with you because it has some brief,
yet useful and powerful scripture messages and prayers.

Brother Brian

From: Crosswalk.com <newsletters@crosswalk.com>

Weekly Verses
from Crosswalk.com
www.crosswalk.com
10/23/00

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

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be
pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
--Psalm 19:14
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
God does so much for us. He is the strength and promise
that undergirds our lives. He is the one who has saved us
from in and death. Our worship comes from our gratitude for
what he has done and recognition of who he is. But worship can
never be compartmentalized and fit into church places or quiet
times. Worship involves every aspect of life. That is why it
is so important for us to tune the words of our mouths and the
motives of our hearts to God's will and work. Then private
worship, whether alone in quiet or in a group of Christians,
becomes the tuning time for our hearts and lives so that our
public worship, our lives lived out in the world, will play
the song of God to a world who has not yet really heard it.

MY PRAYER...
O Holy and Almighty God, I want this day to be a day of
worship and honor to you. May my life praise you: not just in
thought, not just in words, but also in action. Through Jesus
I pray. Amen.

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TUESDAY

The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant
known to them. My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will
release my feet from the snare.

--Psalm 25:14-15
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Where does true deliverance come from? Only from God.
Salvation is found in God through deep reverential respect
for his holiness and might, through living in covenant
relationship with him, and through maintaining our focus on
him. Any other roads to salvation and deliverance are false
and ultimately prove themselves to be a snare.

MY PRAYER...
Precious Father, you have done so much to save me. You who
are so holy and righteous have reached down to take my hand.
Teach me your ways. Correct the wrongs in my life. Guide me
into your truth. I want to not only be saved from my sin, but
from days of uselessness and frustration. Make me a vessel
that can be used to honor you. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.

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WEDNESDAY

Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the
Lord.

--Psalm 27:14
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
If there is anything we don't like to do, it's wait. Maybe
that is why God is so interested in us learning to do it!
There is something purifying about remaining strong in tough
times and remaining faithful when ill winds blow. So God gives
us times of waiting to see if our search is really for him or
merely for something new.

MY PRAYER...
Loving Father, I know you have waited for me so many times
-- for me to show my faith, repent of my sins, grow in holiness,
come to you in prayer, act more mature, give to those who cannot
return my care... Help me as I wait for you to show me the way
with my decisions, to meet my needs, and reveal your presence in
my loneliness. I really do seek you with all my heart. Through
Jesus I pray. Amen.

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THURSDAY

Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires
of your heart.

--Psalm 37:4
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Rather than seeing this as a way to get our wish list
granted, let's see it for what it really is -- an invitation
toseek a love relationship with God above all other things.
In finding him, we will find our priorities properly aligned
and our hearts tuned to know what is really valuable and what
is not. Then we will see that what we have in him is our
heart's greatest desire.

MY PRAYER...
Awesome and Gracious Father, I confess to you that so often
my heart is full of selfish things. But in moments like these,
Father, I recognize that you are what I most need and your will
is my heart's desire. Please kindle your Spirit in me so that
I may see through any selfish, deception that would rob me of
having you first in my life. Forgive me when I'm petty,
selfish and shallow. May I know you as much as is possible for
a mortal to know you, not so that I may be full, but that you
may be honored. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.

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FRIDAY

Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing
spirit, to sustain me.

--Psalm 51:12
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
In the face of sin and separation from God, grace is a
refreshing stream that restores salvation. But the joy of
salvation is found only when we realize and accept the
forgiveness, grace, and restoration God has given us -- when
we drink from the stream of grace. The joy of salvation is
sustained in a changed lifestyle and an ongoing recognition
that we walk with God.

MY PRAYER...
Holy and Righteous Father, I long for the outbreak of the
joy of salvation like I see in the Book of Acts. I pray for
your Spirit to lead us into another era of outreach,
conversion, and celebration. I pray for wisdom to know and
eyes to see those around me who are most open to the Gospel.
I want to be a partner with you in your ongoing work of
salvation. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.

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SATURDAY

I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my
heart.
--Psalm 40:8
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Too many of us are paranoid about the word law and find it
hard to hear a scripture like this. But we must recognize that
the goal of the New Covenant of grace and Spirit is that God's
law is written on our hearts, not on tablets of stone.
Jeremiah prophesied of such a day. The focus, desiring to do
God's will -- a passion to love the things our Father loves and
despise the things he despises.

MY PRAYER...
Abba Father, I do want to do your will. I want to please
you, glorify you, and lead others to you. Give me spiritual
discernment to know your will and spiritual courage to do it
today. I want your character and righteousness to inform my
heart when I am tempted not to live for you. Gently humble
me when I am wrong or have lost my way. Through Jesus I pray.
Amen.

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SUNDAY

Carry each other's burdens and in this way you will fulfill the
law of Christ.

--Galatians 6:2
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
I feel so burdened myself, that sometimes I can't even see
others' burdens. But Jesus reminds me that if I am to be like
him, I will be a burden carrier. This is why he came, why he
died, and why his resurrection is so important -- to lift from
us the burdens of sin, death, and depravity.

MY PRAYER...
Compassionate Father, help me to see and respond to the
burdens in other lives around me. I want to be a blessing to
the broken and discouraged, so please help me find my place
and my way of serving to your glory. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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