1 Peter 1:13-16

1 Passage: 1 Peter 1:13-16

1 Verse: Verse 13. Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Prayer: Father, please help me be ready for action. Sharpen my mind and steady my spirit so that I can be prepared for whatever You set before me. Help my fix my hope on Jesus and the future I have with You, and not only on things of this world and this life.

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Tomorrow's passage: Matthew 21:1-11

2 Timothy 2:20-23

1 Passage: 2 Timothy 2:20-23

1 Verse: Verse 21. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for giving us the privilege of being useful to You. Help me to get rid of the things in my life that make me useless and ill-prepared. Lead me to the good works You have prepared beforehand for me to walk in and help me to be prepared for them when they come.

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Tomorrow's passage: 1 Peter 1:13-16

1 Timothy 6:6-11

1 Passage: 1 Timothy 6:6-11

1 Verse: Verse 6. But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment.

1 Prayer: Father, please teach me to be content.

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Tomorrow's passage: 2 Timothy 2:20-23

Matthew 4:1-11

1 Passage: Matthew 4:1-11

1 Verse: Verse 7. Jesus said to him, "On the other hand, it is written, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'"

1 Prayer: Father, please help me to recognize when I am testing You, and help me to stop. Forgive me for not trusting in faith the promises of Your word. Forgive me for seeking for signs rather than simply believing You.

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Tomorrow's passage: 1 Timothy 6:6-11

1 John 2:15-17

1 Passage: 1 John 2:15-17

1 Verse: Verse 17. The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.

1 Prayer: Thank You, Father, for saving me from this world. Thank You for promising that, though everything else passes away, I will be preserved by Your love and grace forever. Please remind me again and again that this world and all its lusts are passing away. They are only for a time. Please help me to do Your will, so that I will be ready for an eternity with You.

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Tomorrow's passage: Matthew 4:1-11

Genesis 3:1-5

1 Passage: Genesis 3:1-5

1 Verse: Verse 5. "For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

1 Prayer: Father, please help me to recognize lies when I hear them. I am susceptible to wanting the things the serpent here promises Eve -- I want to see with open eyes, I want to have God-like knowledge. And just as those desires became the bait the serpent used to ensnare Eve, I am in danger of being misled also. Help me to look to You. Help me keep my eyes shut and walk by faith and not by sight whenever I am tempted. Help me to be content not to be like You, if my efforts to become like You are only going to lead me away from You.

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Tomorrow's passage: 1 John 2:15-17

Leviticus 19:1-4

1 Passage: Leviticus 19:1-4

1 Verse: Verse 2. "Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, 'You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.'"

1 Prayer: Father, is this a command or a promise? Or both. You are holy and You are my God. You shall make me holy, even as You have been and will forever be my God. Insofar as this is a command -- "Be holy!" -- it contains the promise that You have made me able to obey it. But keep me ever mindful that righteousness comes by faith, lest I try to summon or conjure or imitate Your holiness in my own strength. We both know that won't work; it leads only to hypocrisy, weariness and self-condemnation. But just as You speak and what You say becomes real, Father, please make Your holiness real in my life. Let there be holiness.

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Tomorrow's passage: Genesis 3:1-5