Word for Today, Wed, 28 Feb 2001: Weekly Bible Verses, Prayers, and Thoughts
Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>
Here are the weekly verses that I try to pass along. They just
came in... so here is this week's edition.
Subject: Weekly Verses from Crosswalk.com
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Weekly Verses
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2/27/01
These verses are taken from TODAY'S VERSE, by Phil Ware
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We hope they're a blessing to your week!
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MONDAY
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one
another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another,
God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
--1 John 4:11-12
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Can you imagine what an honor it is to have the Creator of the
universe, the Lord God Almighty, living inside of you! But when we
love each other, that is exactly what happens. When our hearts are
full of love, there is room for God. When they are not full of love,
we leave God little room to take up residence and produce his
character in us. Let God complete his love in you. Make a
commitment to do loving things for other believers today!
MY PRAYER...
Abba Father, it is so comforting to know that you are not far away
- that I live in you and you live in me. Help me see others with your
eyes, and respond to their needs with your heart, so that your love
may be complete in me. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.
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TUESDAY
He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats
the matter separates close friends.
--Proverbs 17:9
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
"It's just a little harmless gossip." The Wise Teacher reminds
us that gossip is neither little nor harmless. Its consequences are
huge and its damage horrible. Instead, it is much better to be a
peacemaker and an offense-mender.
MY PRAYER...
Father of Glory, I confess that I am often more a peace lover
than a peacemaker. Give me the character not to repeat gossip, but
instead have the wisdom and strength to be an offense-mender.
Through the Prince of Peace I pray. Amen.
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WEDNESDAY
The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not
steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be,
are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Love
does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the
law.
--Romans 13:9-10
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Wouldn't it be great if we didn't have to have laws to keep people
in line! That's the point behind Paul's message here. Treat our
neighbors as we would like to be treated. Love them as we like to be
loved. If we do that, then we're not going to do anything that would
hurt them, much less violate a command of law!
MY PRAYER...
God, who gave Moses the Law on tablets of stone, please write your
character and will on my heart so I might be a living stone, testifying
to your righteousness and grace. Help me to think more carefully about
how my neighbors feel before I act or react to them today! Through your
Son I pray. Amen.
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THURSDAY
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear
has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
--1 John 4:18
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
What is there to fear if God sent his Son to die to redeem us?
What is there to fear if we cannot be separated from the love God
has for us in Christ Jesus? What is there to fear except ourselves?
As we love God and his children, we are reminded by his love for us,
which is far better than our meager love for others. Rather than run
from him in fear, we bow before him in thanks, knowing that he who
hears our prayers is also he who loves us and stops our fears.
MY PRAYER...
Loving Father, thank you that I can revere you without fearing
your wrath. Thank you that I can revere your word and yet not be
terrified by my inadequacies. May your love in me produce a closer
likeness to your holiness, righteousness, justice, and mercy than
all the laws, threats, and judges combined. Through Jesus, who
ransomed me from sin, I pray. Amen.
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FRIDAY
Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made
us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our transgressions -
it is by grace you have been saved.
--Ephesians 2:4-5
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
I cannot think of anything I'd prefer the Holy God to be rich in
than mercy. I know my failures, shortcomings, sins, and transgressions.
Without his mercy to pardon, and without his grace to send Jesus to
pardon at first, I would be lost and without God. Now, because of his
rich mercy, my life is tied to Jesus' future and not the one I earned
for myself.
MY PRAYER...
Father of all grace and mercy, thank you. Thank you for being God
like you are God. Thank you for extending grace when I have not
deserved it. Thank you for giving mercy when I most needed it. Thank
you for giving life when I thought my life was doomed and hopeless.
May my wealth be found in mercy and grace much more than money and
gold. Help me be more like you. Through my older brother, Jesus,
I pray. Amen.
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SATURDAY
We love because [God] first loved us.
--1 John 4:19
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
It's all very simple. God is love. He is its origin, example, and
architect. I love because he loved me first. I know how to love because
he has demonstrated it. I can love because he made me to have his
likeness. He is the fountain, the motivation, and the pinnacle of love.
I love because he does, first, last, and always.
MY PRAYER...
God of comfort, thank you for comforting me with your love. Just as
a child learns from parents how to do so many things, I want to learn
to love as you do: sacrificially, selflessly, and submissively, so
that others may know that they do not have to earn your love, only
receive it. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
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SUNDAY
Love the Lord you God with all your heart and with all your soul and
with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And
the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.
--Matthew 22:37-39
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Some things are just not very complicated. Living for Jesus can be
boiled down to two principles: love God with everything I am and have,
and love others and treat them as I would like to be treated. Not too
hard to understand. I guess it's living it that is the challenge!
MY PRAYER...
O Living and only True God. Please accept the work of my hands, the
words of my mouth, the moments of my rest, and the love of my heart as
my worship to you this day. I pray that it is pleasing and refreshing
to you. Through your only Son I pray. Amen.
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