Word for Today, Tue, 26 Oct 2004: Weekly Verses
Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>
Dear friends,
Today's devotional message comes from Phil Ware's collection of
Daily Verses compiled in a Weekly Edition.
I urge any of you who are not strong in a personal relationship
with Jesus Christ to find Him today.
Yours in Christ,
Brian
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Weekly Verses
from Crosswalk.com
link.crosswalk.com/UM/T.asp?A1.23.27755.1.293748
October 25, 2004
These verses are taken from Heartlight Daily Verse, by Phil Ware
link.crosswalk.com/UM/T.asp?A1.23.27755.2.293748
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MONDAY
I urge, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and
thanksgiving be made for everyone - for kings and all those in
authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all
godliness and holiness.
--1 Timothy 2:1-2
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
God wants us to be a praying people. But more than that,
God wants us to pray for people. The blessing of that kind of
prayerful life is that we get to live peaceful and quiet lives
full of godliness and holiness. So pray, dear friend in Jesus,
pray as if world peace depends upon it, because it does!
MY PRAYER...
Majestic and Holy God, your greatness is beyond my mind to
grasp but your grace reaches me and teaches in a new way each
day. Forgive me when my prayer life has not been passionate.
Forgive me for letting my prayers focus only on what is wrong.
Use your Spirit, O God, to ignite a hunger in my soul so that I
come to find satisfaction only in you and your presence.
Through Jesus Christ and the intercession of the Holy Spirit, I
pray. Amen.
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TUESDAY
If serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for
yourselves this day whom you will serve.... As for me and my
household, we will serve the Lord.
--Joshua 24:15
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
While we can't speak for everyone in our family, we can
commit to what everyone in our family should desire: We will
serve the Lord!
MY PRAYER...
Give me wisdom, O tender Shepherd, on how to lead my family
to love you more. Please bless my parents, and thank you for
their faith. Please give me courage and sensitivity so that I
can effectively share your truth with my children. O God,
please bless those parents who are seeking to raise godly
children who will someday marry the children you've given me.
I want my house to be a place where you are known, appreciated,
honored, and loved. Through Jesus I ask it. Amen.
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WEDNESDAY
'Come now, let us reason together,' says the Lord. 'Though
your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.'
--Isaiah 1:18
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Nothing stains quite like sin. It not only leaves a stain
in our heart but a residue in our minds. But God's grace is
shown in that he doesn't just forgive our sins, he doesn't just
forget our sins, he banishes them. They are gone. The stain
is removed, the guilt is taken away. We are clean by his
grace.
MY PRAYER...
O the joy your grace gives me! I can never thank you or
praise you enough for rerouting my life so that it will end,
and begin again, in you. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.
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THURSDAY
God's voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things
beyond our understanding. He says to the snow, 'Fall on the
earth,' and to the rain shower, 'Be a mighty downpour.'
--Job 37:5-6
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Isn't that a beautiful phrase! "God's voice thunders in
marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding."
Rather than spending a lot of time talking or thinking about
how marvelous God is, let's praise him in prayer.
MY PRAYER...
Holy, Righteous, and Eternal God, You alone are truly and
fully holy. I cannot comprehend the distant outskirts of your
ways. But I love you. You are so far beyond me on my best
days, I can't quite understand why you would pay such a cost to
redeem someone like me. But, Dear God, I thank you. In Jesus'
name. Amen.
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FRIDAY
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone
loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For
everything in the world - the cravings of sinful man, the lust
of his eyes, and the boasting of what he has and does - comes
not from the Father but from the world.
--1 John 2:15-16
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Love for things, especially temporary ones, can sure get us
in trouble. Even worse, we can begin to think they will make
us happy or fill the empty places in our hearts. But if we
really place our hopes and dreams in our Abba Father, we are
attached to eternity, and what we need most is always with us!
MY PRAYER...
Give me wisdom, Holy God, to invest in you and things that
matter. I confess to you that my eyes and my heart are often
distracted by the glitzy stuff that is temporary. By your
Spirit, O Father, stir my heart to yearn for you. Through
Jesus I pray, amen.
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SATURDAY
Since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying
for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his
will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding.
--Colossians 1:9
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
In a world where we can feel so isolated and alone at times,
it is so important for us to know that someone is praying for
us and for our spiritual needs. As I think of the thousands
who are a part of the Today's Verse ministry, I cannot help but
pray that each of them, that you, are blessed by knowing that
you share a spiritual journey with people all over the world,
and that today, we will praying for each other. And of course
there can be no better prayer than the one that Paul prayed for
the Colossian friends he had never met -- "I ask God to fill
you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom
and understanding." Let's pray that for each other today.
MY PRAYER...
Oh precious and divine Father, today I pray for the other
believers who come before you and seek to live for you. I pray
especially for those who share the Today's Verse journey with
me. Even though we live all over the world and have all sorts
of needs, we all know that our deepest need is to know and live
your will and to be confident that we are known and loved by
you. Please fill all of us with the knowledge of your will
through Spirit-led wisdom and understanding. We want to know
you, honor you, serve you, and ultimately see you face-to-face.
Through our older brother, Jesus, we pray. Amen.
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SUNDAY
It is God's will that by doing good you should silence the
ignorant talk of foolish men. Live as free men, but do not use
your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
--1 Peter 2:15-16
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
What does the world most need to hear from me today? A life
tuned to the melody of grace that I claim I believe. Doing
good, being like Christ, is Peter's answer to opposition,
cynicism, and even persecution. We are free in Jesus, but
being free means that we don't have to pretentiously prove we
are free. Instead, we can live for him who died to conquer
death. He renounced absolute heavenly freedom so we could find
it. We are free to serve others, and most of all to serve God.
MY PRAYER...
Holy Father, my Great Emancipator, you have freed me from
sin, law, and death at the cost of your precious Son. I open
my heart to you today to say I love you and want to thank you.
Please accept the actions of my life, the words of my mouth,
the thoughts of my mind, and the emotions of my heart today as
my offering of thanks. Through Jesus, my Sacrifice and your
holy Son, I pray. Amen.
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