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Dear friends,

Here is this week's collection of "Weekly Verses" from Phil Ware.
In this week's edition, we read about the sacrifice Jesus Christ
made to pay the full, complete price for our sins. We read about
the great power of the Lord, and our role to encourage and build
up others. How do these seemingly different things relate to one
another? God, in His infinite wisdom and power, has chosen to
use the weak people that we are as conduits in whom He can
display His love, strength, and power. It takes a submissive act
of the will on our part to give our hearts to God. It is the
compelling love and grace of God the Father, through Jesus Christ
the Son, that draws us to God, even in our weakness.

As we separate our minds from our own self will and surrender
ourselves to God, we discover that we have the power of God to
transform lives - our own, not by our own power, but through His
power at work in us, for God alone is our source of real
strength.

Dear Lord, I purposefully. lovingly, and deliberately surrender
myself to you right now, with the people who read these words as
my witnesses. Please continue the work that you've begun in me,
and do the same and more in the lives of each person who seeks
You. Please help each of us to first realize our desperate
condition (for it really is desperate), permit us to turn away
from our previous ways and choices, and turn decidedly and
deliberately to You. Please fill us with Your Spirit, transform
our hardened, numbed hearts and minds, make them Yours, renew a
right spirit within us, and grant us Your peace.

Forgive our arrogance, thinking we could somehow manage our
affairs on our own. Forgive our ignorance, for ignoring You,
even when we've clearly needed You.

Help us appreciate You, then praise You, then live for You.
Renew our passion for you, moment by moment, day by day, day and
night.

Yours in Christ,
Brian

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Weekly Verses
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September 15, 2003

These verses are taken from Heartlight Daily Verse, by Phil Ware
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MONDAY

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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TUESDAY

Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and
the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and
earth is yours. Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted
as head over all.
--1 Chronicles 29:11
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Praise is letting God know we recognize him for who he is,
what he has done, and what he is doing. But more than
informing God of his greatness, praise is rejoicing before him
in his greatness and recognizing that not only is his grace
without comparison, his majesty and might and holiness and
faithfulness and righteousness and mercy and love and
forgiveness and justice and... are without comparison. Praise
is thankful celebration that he is God, and even more
importantly, that he is our God.

MY PRAYER...
Great and Gracious God without comparison, you are truly
worthy of my best words and best thoughts and best imaginings.
I worship and submit to you, rejoice that you are who you are,
celebrate what you have done, and long for what you are yet to
do. You are magnificent, my Father and my God. Through Jesus,
and because of his matchless love, I praise you. Amen.
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WEDNESDAY

Encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact
you are doing.
--1 Thessalonians 5:11
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
While Paul's exhortation here is excellent, it is the style
of the exhortation we should especially notice. We live in an
age where we are constantly pressured to emphasize the novel,
new, or improved versions of things. But in our lives as
Christians, we need to remind each other of what we are doing
right and just simply say, "Hey, you're doing well, just keep
doing what you're doing!"

MY PRAYER...
Faithful Father, thank you for noticing and keeping record
of the things I've done that are good and pleasing to you.
Please help me to keep doing those things that please you, only
do them better, that you may be pleased and glorified. In Jesus
name. Amen.
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THURSDAY

I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have
power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and high
and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that
surpasses knowledge -- that you may be filled to the measure of
all the fullness of God.
--Ephesians 3:17-19
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Love that surpasses knowledge. That's very difficult to
explain, but when you have loved your spouse for decades you
experience what this means. When you love a child and do what
you never dreamed you could do for another human being, you
understand this phrase. And when you stand before God, adopted
as a full heir of all his great riches, a full sibling to Jesus
Christ the Lord, and know you are seen as holy, without
reproach, and blameless, you begin to understand this phrase.

MY PRAYER...
Holy and incredible God, help me to know in my soul the love
that is greater than words and knowledge so that I may not only
be like you, but that I may know you in experience just as I
know you in faith. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.
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FRIDAY

Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth
and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just
gone by, or like a watch in the night.
--Psalm 90:2 and 4
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
So many things about our lives are uncertain. This one
thing, however, is sure: no matter where, when, or how long,
God will be there and will be with us.

MY PRAYER...
Everlasting Father, I find great comfort in knowing that I
cannot be in a place or time where you are not. Stir my
courage through your Spirit that I may be more bold, by your
power and presence, to share the Gospel of Jesus. Through whom
I pray. Amen.
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SATURDAY

The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the
feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights.
--Habakkuk 3:19
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
"The Lord is my strength!" Wow, what power we have in his
abiding and empowering presence in the Holy Spirit.

MY PRAYER...
Sovereign God and Almighty Father, be not only my strength,
but the strength of those battling depression, grief and
despair. I ask your blessings especially and specifically for
_________ at this time of difficulty and struggle. Through
Jesus I ask this. Amen.
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SUNDAY

Jesus said, "Wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads
to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the
gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few
find it.

--Matthew 7:13-14
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
The world wants a Savior but not a Lord. The New Testament
is clear, a Savior who is not Lord is no Savior and no friend.
If the Old Testament showed us anything, it is that God's
seemingly bizarre laws were written not for his fascination but
for his people's preservation. Let's not only call Jesus Lord
this week, let's live in a way that shows that he controls our
lives and his Spirit produces our character.

MY PRAYER...
Most Holy Lord, please take control of my life and my will
so I may be wholly yours, not just in word, but in thought and
in deed as well. Amen.

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