Quote from Forum Archives on January 3, 2001, 6:40 pm

Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>

Dear friends,

I like to keep these weekly verses handy; I use them to
supplement my own private devotionals and readings. I hope that
each of you have some kind of regular reading, devotional, and
prayer time. If you do not, perhaps this can be a tool you might
consider using. Crosswalk also offers an online way to read
through the Bible. You might want to look at their site if you
are seeking a disciplined approach to Bible study.

Dear Lord,

I know that there are many things around us that fight for our
time, trying in every way to keep us from an intimate time with
You. I know that computers are a tool, nothing more, nothing
less. Used properly, they can be helpful - even useful to us as
we seek to know You more. But they are no substitute for a
personal relationship with You. Please help me today as I yearn
to allow Your Spirit to work through every situation I face.

Forgive me for the moments when I fail to seek You first in
everything. Surround me with Your Presence, and draw me,
continually, back to You, my first love.

Thank you for people like Phil Ware, who have recognized the
value of sharing Your Word with others by whatever means are
available. Please pour out Your Spirit upon us so that we may
appreciate who You are, and allow Your Spirit to work within us.
Amen.

Brother Brian

Subject: Weekly Verses from Crosswalk.com
To: <masinick@yahoo.com>
From: Crosswalk.com <newsletters@crosswalk.com>

Weekly Verses from Crosswalk.com
www.crosswalk.com 1/3/00

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

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the
government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of
Peace. --Isaiah 9:6 New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE... While Jesus is God's Son and
Mary's son, he is also our Son. He is the child given to the
world so you and I can become God's child. What greater gift can
we have than Jesus, and through Jesus, God as our Father.

MY PRAYER... On a day so glorious, when the world pauses and
acknowledges your gift of Jesus, all I can think to say is simply
"Thank you!" Amen.

~~~~~~~~~

TUESDAY

Simeon took him [Jesus] in his arms and praised God, saying:
"Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss your
servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which
you have prepared in the sight of all people, a light for
revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel."

--Luke 2:28-32 New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE... God's gift to Simeon was truly
precious and touching. He is the embodiment of every nation,
race, and culture that is seeking God's salvation. God's
salvation, as Luke loves to remind us again and again, is for all
people!

MY PRAYER... Lord God of all nations, not only do I pray for
peace on earth, but I pray that the knowledge of Jesus may be
spread to every nation this coming year. Please make me
sensitive to those around me who need your grace and give me
courage and the right words to say. Please stir me to be
generous to those who are spreading your Gospel throughout the
world. Please bind the work of Satan that keeps nations in
darkness and away from grace. Make your Kingdom triumph through
the growth of your word throughout the world. In Jesus' name I
pray. Amen.

~~~~~~~~~

WEDNESDAY

Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy
name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his
benefits.

--Psalm 103:1-3 New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE... Praise must not come just from
our lips. Praise must emanate from deep within our soul,
recognizing all the great blessings God has given us. While God
is worthy of praise because he his holy and majestic and mighty,
we have even greater reasons to praise him. He has bee so very
gracious to us!

MY PRAYER... Holy and loving Father, I praise you for your gift
of creation. I praise you for your love in granting us free will
to accept or reject you. I praise you for choosing Abraham to be
the beginning of faith and a people through whom Jesus would
come. I praise you for sending Jesus. I praise you for
providing the sacrifice for my sins. I praise you for raising
him from the dead and triumphing over sin and death. I praise
you for those who shared the Gospel of your grace with me. I
praise You for what you are doing through me and for me. I
praise You for what you are about to do and yet remains
enshrouded in mystery to me. I praise because you are Almighty
God who has chosen to be my Abba Father. Through Jesus Christ my
Lord, I praise you. Amen.

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THURSDAY

[Jesus said,] "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest."

--Matthew 11:28 New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE... At the end of the year, it sure
is nice to be invited to rest in Jesus. So before we begin a new
year, let's pause and place our hopes, our future, our dreams,
and especially our burdens down at his feet and let him give us
rest.

MY PRAYER... Teach me, O God, to learn to rest in your grace and
providence more and to worry less. I want to surrender my
burdens to Jesus and let him teach me his way and how to find his
rest. Sometimes I am so tired and weary I don't think I can
continue, so please, dear Father, let me find rest in Jesus.
Through whom I offer this prayer. Amen.

~~~~~~~~~

FRIDAY

[Jesus said,] "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God;
trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it
were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare
a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will
come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I
am."

--John 14:1-3 New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE... He's coming back! As much as
the world likes to remember Jesus' first coming during the
Christmas season, we need to remind people that his Second Coming
will be even greater. We want to be prepared -- lives dedicated
to his glory and hearts full of expectation at his coming.

MY PRAYER... Loving God, I know Jesus will come again. May I be
found faithful and expectant when he returns. Thank you for
sending him the first time to live in my world and take away my
sin. Thank you even more for his next coming to take me to live
in your world and share in your victory over sin. Through Jesus
I pray. Amen. ~~~~~~~~~

SATURDAY

[Jesus said,] "I have told you these things, so that in me you
may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take
heart! I have overcome the world.

--John 16:33 New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE... This world is a place of
struggle. Yes, we can live above the struggle for awhile or can
find a way to simply ignore or re-label the struggle for a time.
But in the end, the struggle will find us. But in the midst of
struggle, we can remind ourselves that our victory is secure.
Jesus has won! We will share in his great triumph. In case you
didn't know, the final outcome is already determined and
Christians win big through Jesus.

MY PRAYER... Thank you, God, for giving me the victory through
Jesus Christ my Lord. I greet the future with anticipation
because I know that each day brings me closer to you and the
glorious future you have planned for all of your children. Until
then I pray that I may never lose sight of that victory and I
yearn for the day of its arrival! Through Jesus, the triumphant
Rider on the white horse, I pray. Amen.

~~~~~~~~~

SUNDAY

This is what the Lord says, "Forget the former things; do not
dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs
up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and
streams in the wasteland."

--Isaiah 43:16 and 18-19 New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE... The year is gone, finished,
past. We cannot reclaim it or undo it. We cannot rest on the
things it has brought us. If tomorrow dawns, it will be another
day, a new opportunity, and the time to show our faith in Jesus
as Lord. Let's journey forward, knowing that God already
inhabits the future and promises to provide us refreshment.

MY PRAYER... Lord of all eternity, please help me to learn from
my mistakes but not dwell on them. Please help me not rest on my
accomplishments in this past year, but use them to further your
work in me and through me. Please help me not quarrel with those
who injured me yesterday, or last month. Instead, O Father, lead
me in your paths and help me see your mighty works this next
year. In Jesus name and by his power I ask it. Amen.
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