Quote from Forum Archives on April 23, 2002, 11:29 am

Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>

Dear friends,

Apparently the Weekly Verses that I like to share with you were sent
out on Monday, but I just now managed to dig them out of the sizable
quantity of mail that I receive on a daily basis. Not wanting to
inundate your mailbox with an overabundance of mail, but believing
that these messages are worthwhile, I'd like to share them with you
now. (I will call this message the "Wednesday" edition of Word for
Today, but since some of you may use these messages as part of your
daily devotions, I'll send them to you now so that they are not
further delayed). Then I'll give your Emailboxes a "reprieve" on
Wednesday so that I don't contribute too much to Email bloat! 🙂

Dear Lord,

I have a passion to share Your Word with others, yet I realize that
our relationship with You is a personal one. I pray that each of us
is able to cultivate a deeply personal relationship with you. If
these messages, in any way, can be used as resources to assist us in
our thoughts, prayers, reading, and activities that draw us TO You,
instead of keeping us apart, then I will be content, for Your Word is
like a lamp to my feet and a clear light for my path - just as is
written in Psalm 119:105. May it be so in our hearts today, Precious
Lord! Amen!

Your Brother in Christ,
Brian

Reply-to: "Weekly Verses" <weeklyverses.UM.A.3.20524@lists.crosswalk.com>
Subject: Weekly Verses from Crosswalk.com -- 4/22/02
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 15:22:31 -0400

Weekly Verses
from Crosswalk.com
www.crosswalk.com
4/22/02

These verses are taken from TODAY'S VERSE, by Phil Ware
< devotionals.crosswalk.com/TodaysVerse >

~~~~~~~~~
MONDAY

This is why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's
servants, who give their full time to governing. Give everyone
what you owe him. If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue,
then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

--Romans 13:6-7
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Owe! Tax day. Not my favorite, how about yours? But where
would we be without government, order and laws? While we may
not like how the system functions today, what if we had no
system? Let's be redemptive in our living and obedient in our
citizenship.

MY PRAYER...
Holy God, I thank you that I am free in you and belong to no
man or power. Yet because I want your name to be respected, I
pledge to obey the laws of this land as long as they do not run
directly in contradiction to your will. At the same time, I
fervently pray that you heal our land. Through Jesus I pray.
Amen. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.

~~~~~~~~~

TUESDAY

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to
love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled
the law.

--Romans 13:8
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
He paid a debt and I owe one. Thank God I don't owe the
debt for my sin, but I owe others the same love, respect and
grace with which God has treated me!

MY PRAYER...
Holy God who owns all things, I thank you for not just
owning me, but for having bought me out of slavery, sin, and
death. Please kindle love in my heart through the Holy Spirit
so I will love others as you do. In Jesus' name. Amen.

~~~~~~~~~

WEDNESDAY

The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are
perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of
God.

--1 Corinthians 1:18
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Power! We love power. We love the sound and fury of power.
We love the ability to change things that power brings. But
the greatest power ever unleashed on this earth was the power
displayed when the Almighty God held back his power while his
Son was persecuted and murdered so we could be saved. Now
that's an awesome display of power.

MY PRAYER...
Holy and Majestic God on high, I praise you for your
incredible might and power. But I also thank you for your
love, which guides the release of that power. Thank you for
knowing that I am but dust without your sustaining Spirit.
Thank you for saving me by withholding your mighty power so I
could be pardoned by your sacrificial power. Through Jesus'
mercy I offer this prayer. Amen.

~~~~~~~~~

THURSDAY

If you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in
your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be
saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are
justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are
saved.

--Romans 10:9-10
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Imagine Jesus being proud of you! He said if we confess him
before others here on earth, he will speak up for us in heaven.
Confessing that Jesus is Lord is simply acknowledging the
truth. But for believers, it is more than that, since at the
close of time every knee will bow and every tongue confess his
name. For us, confessing Jesus is anticipating his triumph in
which we will share.

MY PRAYER...
Mighty God, your Son is my Lord. I love him and praise him
for his redeeming sacrifice. I thank him for his conquest of
the grave. I marvel at his sacrificial and triumphant grace.
Jesus is Lord. I know it sounds sweet in your ears so I say it
again, Jesus is my Lord. Thank you for being so great that you
would be so sacrificial. Through my Lord and Savior I offer
this thanks. Amen

~~~~~~~~~

FRIDAY

Christ has indeed been raised, the firstfruits of those who
have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the
resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in
Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

--1 Corinthians 15:20-22
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Being eternal is nothing new. Being like Jesus, completely,
immortally will be new. But when the moment of glory hung in
the balance as Jesus was revived from his death sleep, we too
were given the assurance that death no longer claims us. The
only death that really matters is our death to sin with Jesus
in baptism. If we have shared in that death, we will most
certainly share in his resurrection (see Romans 6:1-14).

MY PRAYER...
Almighty, Most Powerful God. Because of your grace and the
resurrection of Jesus from the dead, I know I will see you face
to face. Help me now, however, to live that resurrected life
being more like Jesus today than any day ever before. Through
my Risen Lord I pray. Amen.

~~~~~~~~~

SATURDAY

Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your
sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the
law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ.

--1 Corinthians 15:55-57
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Victory! Ultimate Victory!! If you don't have the answer
for life's biggest test, death, then you have no victory. The
Super Bowl and World Series are played every year. The
champion is a victor for only one year. But a Christian is a
champion forever because of Jesus. A Christian has victory over
death.

MY PRAYER...
Thank you God for giving me victory in Jesus Christ. Make
his will triumphant in my daily struggles with sin. Through my
Triumphant King I ask it. Amen.

~~~~~~~~~

SUNDAY

Jesus said, "I give them eternal life, and they shall never
perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who
has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch
them out of my Father's hand. I and the Father are one."

--John 10:28-30
New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
"He's got the whole world in his hand." God holds his
children of faith in his hand. As long as they place their
lives in him, no one or nothing can steal them away.

MY PRAYER...
O Lord, thank you for your steadfast and secure love. Thank
you for the assurance that my future rests in your hands.
Thank you for holding me in your protective grace. May I live
today with confidence and joy knowing that no matter where I
find myself, you are there to uphold and sustain me. For this
grace, I thank you in Jesus' name. Amen.

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