1 Chapter: Psalm 118
1 Verse: Verse 24. This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
1 Prayer: Father, You made this day so that I might be joyful and glad. You made it so that You might be glorified and praised and thanked. And since it is Your everlasting lovingkindness for which You desire to be praised, I know that it is so that You can shower all Your creation with Your perfect and unending grace, mercy and love that You have made this day. Thank You for including me in it. I love You!
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Saturday, October 28, 2006
Friday, October 27, 2006
Psalm 117
1 Chapter: Psalm 117
1 Verse: Verse 2. For His lovingkindness is great toward us, and the truth of the LORD is everlasting. Praise the LORD!
1 Prayer: How simple can it be, Father? You are love so great that nothing -- not even my sometimes wicked self -- can get in Your way. Your love prevails over us. You have triumphed over me, conquered my rebellion, sin, disaster and shame -- and not just for now but for all time. Please help me to remember how simple it all is. Thank You, Father!
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1 Verse: Verse 2. For His lovingkindness is great toward us, and the truth of the LORD is everlasting. Praise the LORD!
1 Prayer: How simple can it be, Father? You are love so great that nothing -- not even my sometimes wicked self -- can get in Your way. Your love prevails over us. You have triumphed over me, conquered my rebellion, sin, disaster and shame -- and not just for now but for all time. Please help me to remember how simple it all is. Thank You, Father!
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Thursday, October 26, 2006
Psalm 116
1 Chapter: Psalm 116
1 Verse: Verse 9. I shall walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
1 Prayer: Here I am, Father, in the land of the living. And I find myself faced with the challenge and the promise of walking before You. I want it to be easier than it is. I am ashamed sometimes at how difficult I find it to be. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. But I long for the blessed hope of walking at ease, in perfect peace in Your perfect kingdom. I know I am not there yet, but I also know that, by Your grace, I am closer than it seems sometimes. You are closer than You appear. Behold! the kingdom of God is in our midst. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. In this world I have all kinds of trouble, Lord, but You have overcome the world. Thank You.
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1 Verse: Verse 9. I shall walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
1 Prayer: Here I am, Father, in the land of the living. And I find myself faced with the challenge and the promise of walking before You. I want it to be easier than it is. I am ashamed sometimes at how difficult I find it to be. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. But I long for the blessed hope of walking at ease, in perfect peace in Your perfect kingdom. I know I am not there yet, but I also know that, by Your grace, I am closer than it seems sometimes. You are closer than You appear. Behold! the kingdom of God is in our midst. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. In this world I have all kinds of trouble, Lord, but You have overcome the world. Thank You.
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Psalm 115
1 Chapter: Psalm 115
1 Verse: Verse 1. Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name give glory because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth.
1 Prayer: Father, I am so incredibly thankful that Your glory derives not from me and my faithfulness, but from Your own goodness and truth. If it were up to me, You might never receive the glory You deserve -- not for lack of trying, but simply out of my own weakness, frailty, failure and want. I have sometimes been over-zealous for Your glory, Lord, and it has done little to honor You. It is not through my strivings, but rather by Your grace that You are most sufficiently glorified. It is through Your unlimited kindness to undeserving people like me that most reveals the glory of Your name. And I am thankful, Father. Help me not to seek Your glory through my self-righteousness, but through Your lovingkindness and Your truth.
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1 Verse: Verse 1. Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name give glory because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth.
1 Prayer: Father, I am so incredibly thankful that Your glory derives not from me and my faithfulness, but from Your own goodness and truth. If it were up to me, You might never receive the glory You deserve -- not for lack of trying, but simply out of my own weakness, frailty, failure and want. I have sometimes been over-zealous for Your glory, Lord, and it has done little to honor You. It is not through my strivings, but rather by Your grace that You are most sufficiently glorified. It is through Your unlimited kindness to undeserving people like me that most reveals the glory of Your name. And I am thankful, Father. Help me not to seek Your glory through my self-righteousness, but through Your lovingkindness and Your truth.
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Psalm 114
1 Chapter: Psalm 114
1 Verse: Verse 8. Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of water.
1 Prayer: Rock into river, flint into fountain, stone into stream, boulder into babbling brook -- Father, You have a way with making hard and solid things liquid. And Lord, You know I need it now. I am stuck, my heart frozen, my mind paralyzed, my body statuesque in my habitual stubbornness. I am looking to You to crack me up, to break me down, to pulverize my pride until only Your love and grace spill out. Demolish the dam that keeps the flood of Your living water pent up inside me. Lord, I want to flow in the motions of Your divine love today. "Lay Your crushing hand, Your mighty hand, on me gently." Please. I love You. Thank You for saving me.
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1 Verse: Verse 8. Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of water.
1 Prayer: Rock into river, flint into fountain, stone into stream, boulder into babbling brook -- Father, You have a way with making hard and solid things liquid. And Lord, You know I need it now. I am stuck, my heart frozen, my mind paralyzed, my body statuesque in my habitual stubbornness. I am looking to You to crack me up, to break me down, to pulverize my pride until only Your love and grace spill out. Demolish the dam that keeps the flood of Your living water pent up inside me. Lord, I want to flow in the motions of Your divine love today. "Lay Your crushing hand, Your mighty hand, on me gently." Please. I love You. Thank You for saving me.
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Monday, October 23, 2006
Psalm 113
1 Chapter: Psalm 113
1 Verse: Verse 6. Who humbles Himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth?
1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for Your great humility. Your glory is exalted ever higher the more You humble Yourself lower. Sometimes I feel like I am the lowest of the low, Father. It seems like You would never come all the way down here to witness my condition firsthand. Yet that is exactly what You do. I fear it at the same time I welcome it. I don't want You to see the squalor in which I live. And in some cases I've chosen this for myself, and I don't want You to see the rotten fruit of my foolish choices. But You have promised not to condescend in order to condemn. You have come down to give life, to seek and find what was lost, to repair what was broken, to reclaim what had been forfeited away, to redeem to Yourself what had been deemed not Your own, to renew what was fading out into oblivion and return it to abundant life again. That's me, Father. I am Yours.
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1 Verse: Verse 6. Who humbles Himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth?
1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for Your great humility. Your glory is exalted ever higher the more You humble Yourself lower. Sometimes I feel like I am the lowest of the low, Father. It seems like You would never come all the way down here to witness my condition firsthand. Yet that is exactly what You do. I fear it at the same time I welcome it. I don't want You to see the squalor in which I live. And in some cases I've chosen this for myself, and I don't want You to see the rotten fruit of my foolish choices. But You have promised not to condescend in order to condemn. You have come down to give life, to seek and find what was lost, to repair what was broken, to reclaim what had been forfeited away, to redeem to Yourself what had been deemed not Your own, to renew what was fading out into oblivion and return it to abundant life again. That's me, Father. I am Yours.
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Sunday, October 22, 2006
Psalm 112
1 Chapter: Psalm 112
1 Verse: Verse 1. Praise the LORD! How blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
1 Prayer: Father, this verse calls me to praise You, fear You, and delight in You. To praise You is to give expression to Your exalted status over all things. To fear You is act in the recognition of that status. To delight in You is to take great pleasure and joy in in praising and fearing You. Father, forgive me for so often giving expression to the voice of my own condition, without taking into account Yours. Forgive me for failing to fear You enough to act as I know I should. Forgive me for begrudging You the obedience and honor You deserve. Teach me to delight to do Your good, pleasing and perfect will.
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1 Verse: Verse 1. Praise the LORD! How blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
1 Prayer: Father, this verse calls me to praise You, fear You, and delight in You. To praise You is to give expression to Your exalted status over all things. To fear You is act in the recognition of that status. To delight in You is to take great pleasure and joy in in praising and fearing You. Father, forgive me for so often giving expression to the voice of my own condition, without taking into account Yours. Forgive me for failing to fear You enough to act as I know I should. Forgive me for begrudging You the obedience and honor You deserve. Teach me to delight to do Your good, pleasing and perfect will.
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