Word for Today WEEKLY VERSES
Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>
Here are the weekly scripture verses, thoughts, and prayers by
Phil Ware, sent by Email from Crosswalk.com. There are many
thoughts in this week's edition that may help us to return our
attention to God, and also to love one another, so that the world
around us can (and will) say, "These people really love one
another!" When that happens, the Name of the Lord will be
praised. May it be so today in each of our lives.
Your Brother in Christ,
Brian
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Weekly Verses
from Crosswalk.com
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7/9/01
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
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who
can understand it? "I the Lord search the heart and examine
the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according
to what his deeds deserve."
--Jeremiah 17:9-10
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Jesus told us that what is in our heart ultimately works its
way out into our activities. The great wise man told us to
guard our heart because it is the spring well of our life.
Jeremiah wants us to know that God knows our heart. We want to
stress the importance of what goes into our hearts because it
really makes a difference in what goes on inside our heart.
Invite the Lord in to what you do, think, read, watch, and hear
and ask him to remove those things that are not worthy of your
time and interest.
MY PRAYER...
Righteous Father, please help me guard my heart and be wise
enough not to place things into it that would rob it of its
devotion to you. I want to be pure through and through.
Please search me and help me remove everything that would steal
my devotion from you and ruin my influence with others.
Through Jesus I pray. Amen.
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TUESDAY
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any
people.
--Proverbs 14:34
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Wow, what an indictment. When we vote according to our
pocketbook more than character and when we excuse the
indiscretions, infidelities, and illegalities in the leaders of
both political parties, we have reached a very sad state
indeed! But before we rant and rave about the sad state of
morality in our public officials, let's make sure we're honest
in our own daily lives, that we don't say cruel things about
others, that we remain faithful to our marriage and our purity
vows to God, and let's make sure that we expect of ourselves
higher standards than we do of others.
MY PRAYER...
God, you are not only the Almighty, you are holy! Holy,
Holy, Holy are you, the LORD God Almighty. May the whole earth
be filled with your glory and may that glory be shown in what I
do and say. Forgive me for my own sin and hypocrisy. Bless me
with purity and holiness as I pledge my life to your glory. In
Jesus name I pray. Amen.
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WEDNESDAY
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.
--Psalm 33:12
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
What is god of our culture and our nation? Certainly our
God is the LORD, Yahweh, King of Israel and Redeemer of the
lost. But we can pray for revival to sweep our land and we can
repent for not placing him first in our own lives. He has
promised to respond if we will humble ourselves and seek him.
Let's do that beginning today!
MY PRAYER...
LORD, God of the heavens and Father of all nations, I humble
myself before you today, acknowledging my own sin and the sin
of my people. I pray that you will revive us by the power of
your word and the sanctifying power of your Spirit. Bring
renewal to our land. In the name of Jesus and by the power of
the Spirit I ask this. Amen.
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THURSDAY
Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the
nations what he has done and proclaim that his name is exalted.
--Isaiah 12:4
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
It is wrong to think God's love for the nations began only
with Jesus and the Great Commission. Remember Jonah's
preaching to save Israel's great enemy, Nineveh? Remember the
precious story of Ruth? God loves all people and wants them to
come to share in his grace. As Christians, we are his salt and
light, here to touch all the people of the world and beckon
them to come back to the Father who loves them.
MY PRAYER...
Holy God, stir in my heart a greater passion to share your
love with the world. May my life, my money, and my concerns be
used to do more of your work throughout the world. Please
bless the efforts of all those who share the Gospel of Jesus in
a culture other than their own. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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FRIDAY
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass
away. (Spoken by Jesus.)
--Matthew 24:35
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
What do you have that will last? Not much -- the love you
have for God and his children, the praise you offer him, and
the Word he has spoken to use through his Spirit, the prophets,
and his Son, Jesus. Invest in these things and you will never
be without lasting profit!
MY PRAYER...
Eternal God and loving Father, give me wisdom to discern
what is truly lasting and invest my life in those things that
will never suffer decay. Thank you for sending Jesus to teach
me truth that will last. I want to be obedient to his words
and his life. Bless me in ways that help me live a life that
is true. Through Jesus, my eternal Savior I pray. Amen.
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SATURDAY
As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is
flawless. he is a shield for all who take refuge in him.
--Psalm 18:30
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
A shield whose word can be trusted. But we must take refuge
in him if his flawless word for us is to be a blessing and his
presence a shield.
MY PRAYER...
God of the Fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, I trust my
soul and future to you. You are my strength and shield and I
pray that your name will be exalted in my life. Please protect
and guard me and my family and my church from the Evil One and
keep us physically safe and whole as we serve you this summer.
In Jesus name. Amen.
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SUNDAY
I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your
name for your love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted
above all things your name and your word.
--Psalm 138:2
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
For Christians, God's temple is one of two related things:
either the Christian's body (1 Cor. 6:19-20) or the group of
people who make up his Church (1 Cor. 3:16). Because of the
flaws of the people in our churches, many are hypercritical of
them. But God's Church is precious to him and should be to us.
Anyone who destroys his church through division will be
utterly destroyed. God's faithfulness to his people is seen in
his preservation of the Church through all the ravages and
persecutions of history. But God is still the center of the
Church and he alone is to be exalted and the Church is still to
be governed by his word and not just their own will.
MY PRAYER...
Holy and matchless God, I praise you for your steadfast love
and faithfulness revealed in the preseveration of your Church
through all of history. I promise to cherish your Church and
do all I can to help it grow and mature to be more like Jesus,
but I recognize that you and you alone are to be exalted above
all other things and that my church must never be more
important than your will revealed in your word. Give me the
courage to be true to you even if my church may not be.
Through Jesus I pray. Amen.
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