Wednesday's reading- http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.tract/
My God do not excuse me. My Father do not let me offer any reason why I should not join You today and for all eternity. The cost will be higher, greater than I can imagine. The people of Egypt paid a terrible price for not following You. I do not want to follow their example. I want to follow Christ's example. He counted the cost. He paid the price. He bore His cross. He loved You more than his family. He humbled himself. He is the bridegroom of the wedding feast. He never lost his flavor for changing the world.
Lord I praise You that You have given me Jesus Christ; undeserved but given freely. I thank You that by grace You give me Christ's righteousness. I thank You that by the power of the Spirit You make me more like Christ every day. Every day Your Spirit through Your Word makes me more eager to join the feast, more willing to pay the price, more willing to bear my cross, more willing to love You so much it makes my love for family look like hate, more willing to humble myself, and more willing to influence this world.
God you make me willing and able only because Christ was willing, able, and faithful. I worship You Almighty God, there is none like You!
AMEN!
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Monday, February 26, 2007
Monday's Prayer
Monday's Reading- http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.tract/
Father, I thank You for Your church. I praise You for gathering a people, for calling a people, and for creating Your possession. Keep us focused on Christ. Keep us dependant on Christ. Fuel in us a hunger for Christ.
Lord, there are so many things that you call all of your children to be every day. Lord I am to be on guard against hypocrisy. I must be on guard against greed. I must be reconciled with those I have wronged. I must be ready for service. I must not worry about food or clothes. I must not fear men but must fear you.
Those who fear the word of the Lord will obey it. Even the Egyptian officials that feared your word obeyed. Give me a righteous fear of your truth. Life is about more than possessions. Life is about Jesus Christ. Direct my heart away from earthly treasures as I work. May I work for heavenly treasures. Stir my heart with Christ. Give me opportunity to acknowledge Christ before men. May I display the magnificence of Christ in all I do today and all my days.
For your glory
Amen
Father, I thank You for Your church. I praise You for gathering a people, for calling a people, and for creating Your possession. Keep us focused on Christ. Keep us dependant on Christ. Fuel in us a hunger for Christ.
Lord, there are so many things that you call all of your children to be every day. Lord I am to be on guard against hypocrisy. I must be on guard against greed. I must be reconciled with those I have wronged. I must be ready for service. I must not worry about food or clothes. I must not fear men but must fear you.
Those who fear the word of the Lord will obey it. Even the Egyptian officials that feared your word obeyed. Give me a righteous fear of your truth. Life is about more than possessions. Life is about Jesus Christ. Direct my heart away from earthly treasures as I work. May I work for heavenly treasures. Stir my heart with Christ. Give me opportunity to acknowledge Christ before men. May I display the magnificence of Christ in all I do today and all my days.
For your glory
Amen
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Saturday's Prayer
Saturday's reading http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.tract/
My God I praise You for another day to make Your glory known to my family and my neighbors. Help me to be CHristlike and not me-like! Lord as I hold my child I thank You for your many good gifts. Her hands are tiny and perfect. I know Your hands are big and perfect. She brings me joy simply by looking at her. May I find greater joy in looking into Your word and finding Christ there. Help me to slow down and choose what is important. Don't let me be distracted like Martha. Do not let me be hard toward you like Pharaoh. Make me a laborer who knows You and shares Your wonders with others. You have to reveal Yourself so Lord I pray You will reveal yourself through me. Show Yourself those those around me through my love for You. Show Yourself to others around me through my love for them. I know you do this as I sacrifice like the Samaritan. I know what to do please God help me to do it.
Give me Christ my greatest treasure so that I may show Him to others,
Amen
My God I praise You for another day to make Your glory known to my family and my neighbors. Help me to be CHristlike and not me-like! Lord as I hold my child I thank You for your many good gifts. Her hands are tiny and perfect. I know Your hands are big and perfect. She brings me joy simply by looking at her. May I find greater joy in looking into Your word and finding Christ there. Help me to slow down and choose what is important. Don't let me be distracted like Martha. Do not let me be hard toward you like Pharaoh. Make me a laborer who knows You and shares Your wonders with others. You have to reveal Yourself so Lord I pray You will reveal yourself through me. Show Yourself those those around me through my love for You. Show Yourself to others around me through my love for them. I know you do this as I sacrifice like the Samaritan. I know what to do please God help me to do it.
Give me Christ my greatest treasure so that I may show Him to others,
Amen
Friday, February 23, 2007
Friday's prayer
Friday's reading- http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.tract/
Lord, Your way is always costly. The Hebrew people didn't want it. They'd rather make bricks. The idea of taking up my cross, not having a home, and leaving family is not a pleasant road. I want the light burden and the easy yoke not a cross that calls me to die and forsake all that I am and all that I have. I am self-centered like the Hebrews were. I want You to do everything and I want everything to be easy and like a party that I don't have to plan, work for, or clean up after. I want the cake but not the vegetables and that's why I'm spiritually fat; that's why I don't see Your glory. That's why I don't see You doing amazing things like feeding the 5,000 and casting out demons. In my spiritual apathy I act like the village of the Samaritans. I don't like the talk of sin. I don't like the talk of death. I don't like the talk of the cross. I just want some loaves and fish and I'll pass on the cross.
Lord, I thank You that Christ is totally different than I am. He is God-centered. He is ready to bear the cross. He is ready to die. He's ready for the painful struggle as well as the joyous victory. Christ truly does for me what I cannot do and he is for me what I cannot be. He is holy, I am not. He is obedient, I am not. He is pure, I am not. THANK YOU GOD for Jesus Christ my great high priest. Lord may my love for You increase as my knowledge of my own sin increases. As You magnify my sin may it magnify the glories of Your mercy. Cleanse me and change me in Your power.
Believing
Amen
Lord, Your way is always costly. The Hebrew people didn't want it. They'd rather make bricks. The idea of taking up my cross, not having a home, and leaving family is not a pleasant road. I want the light burden and the easy yoke not a cross that calls me to die and forsake all that I am and all that I have. I am self-centered like the Hebrews were. I want You to do everything and I want everything to be easy and like a party that I don't have to plan, work for, or clean up after. I want the cake but not the vegetables and that's why I'm spiritually fat; that's why I don't see Your glory. That's why I don't see You doing amazing things like feeding the 5,000 and casting out demons. In my spiritual apathy I act like the village of the Samaritans. I don't like the talk of sin. I don't like the talk of death. I don't like the talk of the cross. I just want some loaves and fish and I'll pass on the cross.
Lord, I thank You that Christ is totally different than I am. He is God-centered. He is ready to bear the cross. He is ready to die. He's ready for the painful struggle as well as the joyous victory. Christ truly does for me what I cannot do and he is for me what I cannot be. He is holy, I am not. He is obedient, I am not. He is pure, I am not. THANK YOU GOD for Jesus Christ my great high priest. Lord may my love for You increase as my knowledge of my own sin increases. As You magnify my sin may it magnify the glories of Your mercy. Cleanse me and change me in Your power.
Believing
Amen
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Thursday's Prayer
Thursday's reading- http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.tract/
Lord, I feel today like the Hebrew people, I want Your blessings but I don't want to struggle. I want You to give me my heart's desire but I don't want You to change my heart's desire. I'm content making bricks for someone else even though You want to give me much greater things. Give me new eyes to pierce through the junk of my heart and the trash of this world. Give me new desires that cannot be fulfilled by stuff and acclaim. Help me see greater things. Help me see Jesus Christ who calms the storms, heals the sick, and raises the dead. Help me believe sowing the Gospel in all the world is the best calling a man can recieve. You taught Pharaoh, You caused the seed to sprout and bear fruit, and You healed a deep long standing problem so I know you can do great things through Your Son. Lord do great things in my life. Lord do great things in those around me. Lord, bear fruit in me.
For Christ
Amen
Lord, I feel today like the Hebrew people, I want Your blessings but I don't want to struggle. I want You to give me my heart's desire but I don't want You to change my heart's desire. I'm content making bricks for someone else even though You want to give me much greater things. Give me new eyes to pierce through the junk of my heart and the trash of this world. Give me new desires that cannot be fulfilled by stuff and acclaim. Help me see greater things. Help me see Jesus Christ who calms the storms, heals the sick, and raises the dead. Help me believe sowing the Gospel in all the world is the best calling a man can recieve. You taught Pharaoh, You caused the seed to sprout and bear fruit, and You healed a deep long standing problem so I know you can do great things through Your Son. Lord do great things in my life. Lord do great things in those around me. Lord, bear fruit in me.
For Christ
Amen
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Wednesday's Prayer
Wednesday's reading http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.tract/
Lord, thank you that you do not hide your love for me. You have shown me your love by sending Christ, thank you. And you also have shown me how to increase my love for you. The more I am aware of my debt the more my love for you will grow. Show me how much I have been forgiven of so that I might love you more.
I confess God that I am hesitent like Moses thinking what will the people do and what will the people say? I make excuses. Father, by the work of Christ forgive me. By the blood of Christ wash me of my sins and strengthen me to follow. May I always respond like the Hebrews who worshiped in response to all that Aaron had to say.
You are the maker of mouths and the hardener of hearts. You raise the dead and heal the sick. Lord, you are worthy to be praised may I follow you all my days.
In Christ's name
Amen
Lord, thank you that you do not hide your love for me. You have shown me your love by sending Christ, thank you. And you also have shown me how to increase my love for you. The more I am aware of my debt the more my love for you will grow. Show me how much I have been forgiven of so that I might love you more.
I confess God that I am hesitent like Moses thinking what will the people do and what will the people say? I make excuses. Father, by the work of Christ forgive me. By the blood of Christ wash me of my sins and strengthen me to follow. May I always respond like the Hebrews who worshiped in response to all that Aaron had to say.
You are the maker of mouths and the hardener of hearts. You raise the dead and heal the sick. Lord, you are worthy to be praised may I follow you all my days.
In Christ's name
Amen
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Tuesday's prayer
Tuesday's reading http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.tract/
Lord, what is obvious from Your Word is that I am not like You but I want to be. I want to be merciful and I want to be kind to the ungrateful and to the evil. I want to be like You. God You have made it crystal clear that what You want from me are things unnatural to me. I read and I feel how far away I am from Your standards. But that makes me praise Your Son because I know that were it not for Him I would be lost forever. Were it not for the gospel that removes my sins and gives me power to live righteously I would never be forgiven or righteous. Jesus Christ is my strong foundation. His gospel is my hope. Work in me Father. Show me who You are and where I need to be. I thank you for my Savior.
In Christ's name
Amen
Lord, what is obvious from Your Word is that I am not like You but I want to be. I want to be merciful and I want to be kind to the ungrateful and to the evil. I want to be like You. God You have made it crystal clear that what You want from me are things unnatural to me. I read and I feel how far away I am from Your standards. But that makes me praise Your Son because I know that were it not for Him I would be lost forever. Were it not for the gospel that removes my sins and gives me power to live righteously I would never be forgiven or righteous. Jesus Christ is my strong foundation. His gospel is my hope. Work in me Father. Show me who You are and where I need to be. I thank you for my Savior.
In Christ's name
Amen
Monday, February 19, 2007
Monday's Prayer
Monday's reading- http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.tract/
Lord of life, Protector of Moses, You are in control and I praise You for Your power. You guided a helpless baby on the Nile and brought him to a home to protect him. You filled Peter's net with fish when he had caught nothing on his own. You healed the paralytic and forgave his sins. You are truly God of this life and the next.
Lord may I hear your call for sinners to repent. Please use me to call my family, friends, and neighbors to repentance. Make me a fisher of men and bless me with a great catch. May the net of Mambrino Baptist Church be used to catch many people. It is Your power, the power of the Lord, that enables healing both phyically and spiritually. Lord may I and Your church walk in Your power and complete Your will.
Use me to glorify Your name
Amen
Lord of life, Protector of Moses, You are in control and I praise You for Your power. You guided a helpless baby on the Nile and brought him to a home to protect him. You filled Peter's net with fish when he had caught nothing on his own. You healed the paralytic and forgave his sins. You are truly God of this life and the next.
Lord may I hear your call for sinners to repent. Please use me to call my family, friends, and neighbors to repentance. Make me a fisher of men and bless me with a great catch. May the net of Mambrino Baptist Church be used to catch many people. It is Your power, the power of the Lord, that enables healing both phyically and spiritually. Lord may I and Your church walk in Your power and complete Your will.
Use me to glorify Your name
Amen
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Saturday's Prayer
Saturday's reading- http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.tract/
Lord, by Your strength alone can wondrous things be accomplished. The forgiveness of Joseph and genuine care for his brothers, the humility of John the Baptist, the line of Christ, and so much more are a testimony to Your faithfulness and power. You who demand amazing things also give amazing things. Lord give us repentance. Lord give us the Holy Spirit. Give us all we need to fulfill all You require and we will give You all the praise.
In Christ
Amen
Lord, by Your strength alone can wondrous things be accomplished. The forgiveness of Joseph and genuine care for his brothers, the humility of John the Baptist, the line of Christ, and so much more are a testimony to Your faithfulness and power. You who demand amazing things also give amazing things. Lord give us repentance. Lord give us the Holy Spirit. Give us all we need to fulfill all You require and we will give You all the praise.
In Christ
Amen
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Thursday's Prayer
Thursday's reading- http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.tract/
My Lord, as those who hold their child for the first time or stand before the expanse of the Grand Canyon or see the stars over Yellowstone are silent in amazement so that is a glimpse of how I stand before Your Word this morning.
Where do I begin to praise You? How do I put into words something so magnificent as the birth of Your Son; something so wonderful as the entrance of my Savior? I will use the words of those who lived it.
My soul magnifies You and my spirit rejoices in You my Savior. I am so unworthy of any gift from Your hand. I am especially unworthy of Your Son. You, God are mighty and you have done great things for me. You have given me mercy. You have shown Your strength. You scatter the proud and bring down the mighty. You exalt the humble and fill the hungry. You send away the rich but help Your servant Israel out of Your great mercy.
I feel like one of Elizabeth's neighbors; rejoicing with her. I join myself with Zechariah and lift up his prayer. Blessed are You my God because You have visted us and redeemed us. You have raised up a way of salvation just as You promised. You will save us from our enemies, show us mercy, and remember Your covenant and oath.
What does all this mean? It means I am saved! It means Your mercy sent Christ who covers my sin and gives me His righteousness so that I might serve You without fear. You give me Christ so that I might serve in holiness and righteousness all my days. What wonderous love is this!?! John proclaimed forgiveness of sins and I proclaim forgiveness of sins. I proclaim Jesus Christ.
How am I forgiven? Lord, You are tender in mercy and You have sent Your Light. When I sat in the darkness of my sins You sent Christ to guide my feet into the way of peace. You sent Christ to guide me to You. Praise You for the marvelous Light!
Praise You for Jesus!
Amen
My Lord, as those who hold their child for the first time or stand before the expanse of the Grand Canyon or see the stars over Yellowstone are silent in amazement so that is a glimpse of how I stand before Your Word this morning.
Where do I begin to praise You? How do I put into words something so magnificent as the birth of Your Son; something so wonderful as the entrance of my Savior? I will use the words of those who lived it.
My soul magnifies You and my spirit rejoices in You my Savior. I am so unworthy of any gift from Your hand. I am especially unworthy of Your Son. You, God are mighty and you have done great things for me. You have given me mercy. You have shown Your strength. You scatter the proud and bring down the mighty. You exalt the humble and fill the hungry. You send away the rich but help Your servant Israel out of Your great mercy.
I feel like one of Elizabeth's neighbors; rejoicing with her. I join myself with Zechariah and lift up his prayer. Blessed are You my God because You have visted us and redeemed us. You have raised up a way of salvation just as You promised. You will save us from our enemies, show us mercy, and remember Your covenant and oath.
What does all this mean? It means I am saved! It means Your mercy sent Christ who covers my sin and gives me His righteousness so that I might serve You without fear. You give me Christ so that I might serve in holiness and righteousness all my days. What wonderous love is this!?! John proclaimed forgiveness of sins and I proclaim forgiveness of sins. I proclaim Jesus Christ.
How am I forgiven? Lord, You are tender in mercy and You have sent Your Light. When I sat in the darkness of my sins You sent Christ to guide my feet into the way of peace. You sent Christ to guide me to You. Praise You for the marvelous Light!
Praise You for Jesus!
Amen
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
A Must Read
This little booklet should be required reading for every Christian. Please spend time reading it. Since yesterday afternoon I've read all of it once and the first section twice. May we be consumed by and with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
http://www.cornerstonebible.org/Resources/gospelprimer7.6.pdf
Paul
http://www.cornerstonebible.org/Resources/gospelprimer7.6.pdf
Paul
Wednesday's Prayer
Wednesday's reading- http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.tract/
Father, You have done great things! A woman advanced in years conceives. A virgin conceives. My Savior enters the world! Clearly nothing is impossible with You. Lord, turn my heart to the children. Turn my disobedience to the wisdom of the just. Your Gospel, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, does just that. In the Gospel You show me that the unlovable are greatly loved; I am greatly loved. Lord, by Your strength I can love the unlovable. In the Gospel You show me that the unchangeable are changed; I am changed. Lord, by Your strength others can change.
God You own me. Pharaoh owned all the people and Pharaoh owned all the land but his ownership was temporary. His ownership was for his advantage. Your ownership of me is for my advantage. By being a member of Your house I am given access to You. The people of Egypt didn't have that. Pharaoh didn't want that. You are infinitely greater than Pharaoh. You do great things. You do impossible things: You love me, You forgive me, and You fellowship with me. Praise God! Praise You!
In Christ alone
Amen
Father, You have done great things! A woman advanced in years conceives. A virgin conceives. My Savior enters the world! Clearly nothing is impossible with You. Lord, turn my heart to the children. Turn my disobedience to the wisdom of the just. Your Gospel, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, does just that. In the Gospel You show me that the unlovable are greatly loved; I am greatly loved. Lord, by Your strength I can love the unlovable. In the Gospel You show me that the unchangeable are changed; I am changed. Lord, by Your strength others can change.
God You own me. Pharaoh owned all the people and Pharaoh owned all the land but his ownership was temporary. His ownership was for his advantage. Your ownership of me is for my advantage. By being a member of Your house I am given access to You. The people of Egypt didn't have that. Pharaoh didn't want that. You are infinitely greater than Pharaoh. You do great things. You do impossible things: You love me, You forgive me, and You fellowship with me. Praise God! Praise You!
In Christ alone
Amen
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Tuesday's Prayer
Tuesday's reading http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.tract/
My Lord and my Provider, You are the one who resurrects the dead and gives us all that we need. The glorious work of Jesus Christ for me does all that I cannot do. It opens the way to You. He tore the curtain into the Holy of Holies. He was not held by the grave. He is what I must have. Lord, give me Jesus Christ. May I rejoice in Him more than Jacob rejoiced in seeing Joseph alive though once thought dead. May I trust in Christ's provisions like Jacob trusted in the provisions stored up by Joseph. Jacob did nothing to warrant a place to pasture his animals but it was given to him. Jacob did nothing to deserve grain for food but it was given to him. Lord I trust in Your generosity poured out through Jesus Christ. He is and gives all that I need. Help me to understand that every minute of every day.
Increase my capacity to worship You through Christ
Amen
My Lord and my Provider, You are the one who resurrects the dead and gives us all that we need. The glorious work of Jesus Christ for me does all that I cannot do. It opens the way to You. He tore the curtain into the Holy of Holies. He was not held by the grave. He is what I must have. Lord, give me Jesus Christ. May I rejoice in Him more than Jacob rejoiced in seeing Joseph alive though once thought dead. May I trust in Christ's provisions like Jacob trusted in the provisions stored up by Joseph. Jacob did nothing to warrant a place to pasture his animals but it was given to him. Jacob did nothing to deserve grain for food but it was given to him. Lord I trust in Your generosity poured out through Jesus Christ. He is and gives all that I need. Help me to understand that every minute of every day.
Increase my capacity to worship You through Christ
Amen
Monday, February 12, 2007
Monday's prayer
Monday's reading http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.tract/
Father, I praise you because what men do for evil You use for good. You did it with Joseph's brothers and You did it with Christ's crucifixion. Out of hatred we act trying to destroy life. I do heinous things and yet You are able to work them for good. Your wisdom is higher than my own! Your power is so much greater than my own; so much greater that man's greatest act of hatred is shaped into Your greatest act of love. Teach me to trust.
Teach me to forgive. Give me the heart of Christ displayed in the life of Joseph. Change me through Your gospel to the extent that I can weep with joy when reconciled with my enemies instead of striking back in anger. Change me so I look like Christ and therefore give You reason to delight in me.
Through my Savior, Your pleasure
Amen
Father, I praise you because what men do for evil You use for good. You did it with Joseph's brothers and You did it with Christ's crucifixion. Out of hatred we act trying to destroy life. I do heinous things and yet You are able to work them for good. Your wisdom is higher than my own! Your power is so much greater than my own; so much greater that man's greatest act of hatred is shaped into Your greatest act of love. Teach me to trust.
Teach me to forgive. Give me the heart of Christ displayed in the life of Joseph. Change me through Your gospel to the extent that I can weep with joy when reconciled with my enemies instead of striking back in anger. Change me so I look like Christ and therefore give You reason to delight in me.
Through my Savior, Your pleasure
Amen
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Saturday's Prayer
Saturday's reading http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.tract/
My great Father, I praise You for Christ Your Son who is my righteousness. Thank You for being God and for the promise that I will one day see Christ in all his power and glory. Lord, I want to see it today. I want to no longer look upon my sin. I want to look upon Christ my righteousness. I want to no longer sleep and slumber. I want to stay awake. I want to be on guard.
Lord, the tribulation is coming. The signs seem to be increasing. The end of this age is closer today than when I first believed. I don't know when it's going to happen but You know. Though it will be terrible beyond my imagination I thank You that there will be grace even then. Grace that will guard Your chosen ones keeping the elect from being lead astray.
Father, teach me the Gospel. Teach me to love Jesus Christ. Teach me to put all pleasures in their right place and under the supremacy of Your Son. I want to love only what makes You more lovely. I want to desire only what makes my desire for You to grow. Teach Your church the gospel. Teach us Jesus Christ.
In His name
Amen
My great Father, I praise You for Christ Your Son who is my righteousness. Thank You for being God and for the promise that I will one day see Christ in all his power and glory. Lord, I want to see it today. I want to no longer look upon my sin. I want to look upon Christ my righteousness. I want to no longer sleep and slumber. I want to stay awake. I want to be on guard.
Lord, the tribulation is coming. The signs seem to be increasing. The end of this age is closer today than when I first believed. I don't know when it's going to happen but You know. Though it will be terrible beyond my imagination I thank You that there will be grace even then. Grace that will guard Your chosen ones keeping the elect from being lead astray.
Father, teach me the Gospel. Teach me to love Jesus Christ. Teach me to put all pleasures in their right place and under the supremacy of Your Son. I want to love only what makes You more lovely. I want to desire only what makes my desire for You to grow. Teach Your church the gospel. Teach us Jesus Christ.
In His name
Amen
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Wednesday's Prayer
Wednesday's reading http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.tract/
God, make me like blind Bartimaeus because before his eyes worked he could see what was important. My eyes work and I spend more time missing what is important than seeing what is important. He cried out to you. Bartimaeus would not be silent. He knew he had nothing to lose and everything to gain by meeting with You. Lord, may I live like Bartimaeus. May I show my wife and daughter what it is to live like Bartimaeus. Lord come near! Lord have mercy on me! Son of David, I want to recover my sight. I want to see Your glory. I want to walk with you. I want to spring up when you call.
Help me Father; help my unbelief
Amen
God, make me like blind Bartimaeus because before his eyes worked he could see what was important. My eyes work and I spend more time missing what is important than seeing what is important. He cried out to you. Bartimaeus would not be silent. He knew he had nothing to lose and everything to gain by meeting with You. Lord, may I live like Bartimaeus. May I show my wife and daughter what it is to live like Bartimaeus. Lord come near! Lord have mercy on me! Son of David, I want to recover my sight. I want to see Your glory. I want to walk with you. I want to spring up when you call.
Help me Father; help my unbelief
Amen
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Tuesday's Prayer
Tuesday's reading http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.tract/?date=2007-02-06
Father, our reading today teaches us plainly we are to be different than the world. We are to be different in the area of sexual purity. Lord help us to flee like Joseph and refuse to bow to what is easy and feels good right now. Help us to be so passionate for purity that we are willing to go to extreme measures. And God we desperately need your help, I desperately need your help because I want Your steadfast love and presence and blessings without labor or sacrifice. I want to do Your will and help others but paying the price doesn't sound all that appetizing. I want to be great in Your kingdom but I don't want to be last and like a child. I thank you so much for Christ who purchased grace for me and pour out His Spirit so I can change. Lord, I can be like Joseph. I can be like Christ. Guide my thoughts today. Guide my steps today. May I be pleasing to you today.
I thank you for my Savior Jesus Christ
Amen
Father, our reading today teaches us plainly we are to be different than the world. We are to be different in the area of sexual purity. Lord help us to flee like Joseph and refuse to bow to what is easy and feels good right now. Help us to be so passionate for purity that we are willing to go to extreme measures. And God we desperately need your help, I desperately need your help because I want Your steadfast love and presence and blessings without labor or sacrifice. I want to do Your will and help others but paying the price doesn't sound all that appetizing. I want to be great in Your kingdom but I don't want to be last and like a child. I thank you so much for Christ who purchased grace for me and pour out His Spirit so I can change. Lord, I can be like Joseph. I can be like Christ. Guide my thoughts today. Guide my steps today. May I be pleasing to you today.
I thank you for my Savior Jesus Christ
Amen
Monday, February 05, 2007
Monday's prayer
Monday's reading http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.tract/
Lord of Holiness and God of heaven and earth, help me to pray. I know what Christ has said about being a disciple. I must pick up my cross and follow Him. I must lose my life and then I will find it. Lord I know the words. But I feel there is to much of Er, Onan, and Judah within me. Lord you cared for Tamar, the 4,000, and the blind man at Bethsaida please give me the faith and hope that you will care for me. You can do so much with so little. That gives me hope. Give me strength to bear my cross and if it be your will do much with my little.
In Christ
Amen
Lord of Holiness and God of heaven and earth, help me to pray. I know what Christ has said about being a disciple. I must pick up my cross and follow Him. I must lose my life and then I will find it. Lord I know the words. But I feel there is to much of Er, Onan, and Judah within me. Lord you cared for Tamar, the 4,000, and the blind man at Bethsaida please give me the faith and hope that you will care for me. You can do so much with so little. That gives me hope. Give me strength to bear my cross and if it be your will do much with my little.
In Christ
Amen
Friday, February 02, 2007
Friday's prayer
Reading- http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/one.year.tract/
My Lord, forgive me because I am more like the sons of Jacob than I am like Jairus and the bleeding woman. I take matters in my hands and I do things my way. I fear and my fear leads me to disbelief. Father say to my soul, 'arise' and I will. Tell me not to fear and to believe and I will because I know You will give me the strength to obey Your commands. Your strength is not feeble but abundant. Father, say to my soul, 'arise' so that I would not shrink from the opportunities you give me. Give me boldness that I might not be like the people who begged You to leave and instead give me. Rather make me like the demon possessed man who went home and told his friends how much You had done for him and that You had mercy on Him. You have done so much for me. You have given me so much mercy. Give me, give your church, a passion for telling our friends how much you have done for us. Give us boldness to tell our families how valuable Christ our righteousness truly is. Through Him we pray.
Amen
My Lord, forgive me because I am more like the sons of Jacob than I am like Jairus and the bleeding woman. I take matters in my hands and I do things my way. I fear and my fear leads me to disbelief. Father say to my soul, 'arise' and I will. Tell me not to fear and to believe and I will because I know You will give me the strength to obey Your commands. Your strength is not feeble but abundant. Father, say to my soul, 'arise' so that I would not shrink from the opportunities you give me. Give me boldness that I might not be like the people who begged You to leave and instead give me. Rather make me like the demon possessed man who went home and told his friends how much You had done for him and that You had mercy on Him. You have done so much for me. You have given me so much mercy. Give me, give your church, a passion for telling our friends how much you have done for us. Give us boldness to tell our families how valuable Christ our righteousness truly is. Through Him we pray.
Amen
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