Saturday, May 12, 2007

Revelation 22:1-5

1 Passage: Revelation 22:1-5

1 Verse: Verse 3. There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him;

1 Prayer:
Thank You, Father, for the promise of Your presence throughout all eternity. It will truly be a day when there is no more curse and all is blessing, when we serve before Your throne in heaven. Help me to begin serving You now. Help me to be a blessing even in the midst of the curse.

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Tomorrow's passage: Job 32:6-8

Friday, May 11, 2007

Revelation 21:6-8

1 Passage: Revelation 21:6-8

1 Verse: Verse 7. "He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son."

1 Prayer:
Father -- please keep me from using that form of address in vain. I want You to be my God and me Your son, but I'm not so sure how I'm doing at the whole overcoming thing. I feel more overcome than not. Please help me by Your Spirit to replace my cowardice with Your courage, my doubt with Your faith, my ugliness with Your beauty, my malice with Your love, my deceptions with Your truth. You say You will allow those who thirst to drink from the springs of the water of life without cost. "I'm very thirsty, but I can't complain. Stuck in the desert but expecting rain . . ." (Bill Mallonee, Bethlehem Steel)

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Tomorrow's passage
: Revelation 22:1-5

Thursday, May 10, 2007

John 4:10-14

1 Passage: John 4:10-14

1 Verse: Verse 14. "but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."

1 Prayer:
Father, please forgive me for looking all around for water to quench my thirst -- even to the point of hewing my own broken cisterns -- when You say the living water is already springing up inside of me. Help me draw upon Your Spirit when I feel desiccated by the desert sun, the devil winds, the lengthening drought. Please help me clear away all the doubts and worries and fears that clog and choke the free flow of living water from the well of Your Spirit.

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Tomorrow's passage
: Revelation 21:6-8

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Revelation 7:13-17

1 Passage: Revelation 7:13-17

1 Verse: Verse 17. "for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."

1 Prayer:
Thank You, Jesus, for being my shepherd. Thank You for being my sacrificial lamb. You know best how to follow God's leading in complete trust, and now I must learn to do the same as I follow after You. Thank You for being my ever-present teacher. Please guide me today beside streams of living water. Fill me up so full with your fountain of life springing up within me that the water wells up in my eyes -- not in tears for myself, but tears of joy and sorrow for those things that please and pain Your heart. Help me not to fear honest tears, as I know You will someday wipe them all away.

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Tomorrow's passage
: John 4:10-14

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Revelation 7:9-12

1 Passage: Revelation 7:9-12

1 Verse: Verse 12 . . . saying, "Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever Amen."

1 Prayer:
Father, all these good things and more belong to You. They come from You and return to You. Whatever I can do today to bless You, please give me the grace and wisdom and courage to do it. However I might give You glory, please show me. In everything I encounter today, I will keep an attitude of thanksgiving to You. I will honor You as best I can. I will look to You for strength and power and might. Thank You for being such a great and glorious God.

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Tomorrow's passage
: Revelation 7:13-17

Monday, May 07, 2007

Hebrews 13:20-21

1 Passage: Hebrews 13:20-21

1 Verse: Verse 21 . . . equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

1 Prayer:
Thank You, Father, for working in us. It is only by Your working that we are equipped for every good thing to do Your will. Today, Father, please help me to do the good things You have willed for me. May what I do reflect who You are making me become -- pleasing in Your sight, to the glory of Jesus Christ.

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Tomorrow's passage
: Revelation 7:9-12

Sunday, May 06, 2007

Psalm 23:1-6

1 Passage: Psalm 23:1-6

1 Verse: Verse 1. The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.

1 Prayer:
Thank You, Father, for watching over me -- protecting, providing, guiding -- as my shepherd. It is by faith in Your perfect wisdom and power that I resolve not to desire more than what I have. You make it possible for me to live without coveting. And yet Your Word is clear -- suffering need is a part of even (or perhaps especially) the most faithful follower's life. So please teach me, as You taught our brother Paul, how to be content in whatever circumstances I am. No matter what I lack, no matter where I am or am not, no matter how much it hurts to not have what I need, You are my Good Shepherd. Thank You, Father. I shall not want.

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Tomorrow's passage
: Hebrews 13:20-21