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TechnoratiPOST PUBLISHED INSeptember, 2010
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Seek God's face
September 30th, 201007:32 AM ETScripture: Hear my voice, LORD, when I call; have mercy on me and answer me. "Come," says my heart, "seek God's face"; your face, LORD, do I seek! Psalms 27:7-8 Prayer: Give me in your grace such resoluteness to seek your presence. Response: It is not so much to seek but rather to be conscious of God’s presence – intimate presence in your hea... -
Flames of fire
September 29th, 201006:04 AM ETScripture: As I watched, Thrones were set up and the Ancient One took his throne. His clothing was snow bright, and the hair on his head as white as wool; His throne was flames of fire, with wheels of burning fire. A surging stream of fire flowed out from where he sat; Thousands upon thousands were ministering to him, and myriads upon myriads atten... -
Holy vigilance
September 28th, 201006:03 AM ETScripture: O LORD, my God, by day I cry out; at night I clamor in your presence. Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my call for help. Psalms 88:2-3 Prayer: Help me to pray with as much determination – even in the middle of the night. Response: There is no situation in life that is not there to make you aware of the presence of G... -
Blessed be the name of the Lord.
September 27th, 201008:12 AM ETScripture: Then Job began to tear his cloak and cut off his hair. He cast himself prostrate upon the ground, and said, "Naked I came forth from my mother's womb, and naked shall I go back again. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD!" Job 1:20-21 Prayer: Sometimes Ijust don’t get it. Help me to be prese... -
Purple garments
September 26th, 201007:59 AM ETScripture: "There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Dogs even used to come and lick his sores.” Luke 16:19-21 Prayer: The verse... -
Banish anxiety
September 25th, 201009:08 AM ETScripture: So then, banish anxiety from your heart and cast off the troubles of your body, for youth and vigor are meaningless.Ecclesiastes 11:10 Prayer: Bring me some light to this verse. Response: You are being urged to remain steadfast to the truth that resides within you. Banish anxiety means to act immediately when you feel its pu... -
Appropriate to its time
September 24th, 201008:42 AM ETScripture: (God) has made everything appropriate to its time, and has put the timeless into their hearts, without men's ever discovering, from beginning to end, the work which God has done. Ecclesiastics 3:11 Prayer: Let me dwell on the meaning of the words put the timeless in their hearts. Response: Don’t neglect the following clause –... -
Joyful anticipation
September 23rd, 201011:52 AM ETScripture: Fill us at daybreak with your love, that all our days we may sing for joy. Psalms 90:14 Prayer: Sitting in the dark before sunrise, it is sometimes difficult to anticipate its brilliance, so too your love. Response: What inhibits anticipation is when you attempt to figure out just how you can be filled with God’s love when you are ha... -
Proclaiming the good news
September 22nd, 201005:55 AM ETScripture: Then they set out and went from village to village proclaiming the good news and curing diseases everywhere. Luke 9:6 Prayer: Bring me to the present with this wisdom from the Word. Response: As you set out each day from the comfort of your bed, you are called to proclaim the good news in every action whether you remain indoors for the... -
Grace
September 21st, 201007:46 AM ETScripture: But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. Ephesians 4:7 Prayer: Help mention of grace in the Scriptures never be for me commonplace or routine. Response: Grace is the letter from a loved one that you didn’t expect. Grace abounds in your life, though you might only be conscious of it in a moment of p... -
Bring the light
September 20th, 201005:34 AM ETScripture: "No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel or sets it under a bed; rather, he places it on a lampstand so that those who enter may see the light. For there is nothing hidden that will not become visible, and nothing secret that will not be known and come to light.” Luke 8:16-17 Prayer: With this familiar verse, I must first ... -
Praise the Lord
September 19th, 201008:30 AM ETScripture: Hallelujah! Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forever. From the rising of the sun to its setting let the name of the LORD be praised. Psalms 113:1-3 Prayer:Sometimes I forget this simple directive. Response: Seek to order your day according to the simplicity con... -
Be not choked
September 18th, 201008:12 AM ETScripture: As for the seed that fell among thorns, they are the ones who have heard, but as they go along, they are choked by the anxieties and riches and pleasures of life, and they fail to produce mature fruit. Luke 8:14 Prayer: Help me not to be choked. Response: You don’t have to be rich to be filled with anxiety. In fact, you might discov... -
The first footfall
September 17th, 201007:18 AM ETScripture: But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. 1 Corinthians 15:20 Prayer: Help me to appreciate the first fruits when I too am asleep. Response: It is good to reflect on this verse as it is meant for you this morning. Do not think that you are only looking into history to hear of w... -
God's embrace
September 16th, 201008:14 AM ETScripture: But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been ineffective. Indeed, I have toiled harder than all of them; not I, however, but the grace of God (that is) with me. 1 Corinthians 15:10 Prayer: Let me linger this morning with the words – by the grace of God I am what I am. Response: As you awake – sometimes i... -
The greatest of these is love
September 15th, 201005:39 AM ETScripture: At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall knowfully, as I am fully known. So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:12-13 Prayer: Reading these verses and those immediately preceding, I am transported to a hotel in ... -
Mysteries from of old
September 14th, 201006:03 AM ETScripture: Hearken, my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter mysteries from of old. Psalms 78:1-2 Prayer: In the darkness before dawn I listen intently for those mysteries from of old. Response: Those mysteries are before you to be revealed in the distances between love... -
Communion of grace
September 13th, 201005:37 AM ETScripture: And Jesus went with them, but when he was only a short distance from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell him,"Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof.” Luke 7:6 Prayer: This verse rings across time from my youth until now. Give me fresh insight into its meaning. Response: Remember ... -
Forgiveness
September 12th, 201006:39 AM ETScripture: “So he got up and went back to his father.While he was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him, and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him.” Luke15:20 Prayer: Help me to be the father who remains vigilant and is compassionate, as well as the son who seeks forgiveness. Response: Would... -
Every tree is known
September 11th, 201009:34 AM ETScripture: "A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit. For every tree is known by its own fruit.” Luke 6:43-45 Prayer: Help me to be known by good fruit. Response: Rather than to emphasize how you are known, seek to know yourself so intimately that you see the good fruit that is manifested in all you do in s... -
Packed together, shaken down, and overflowing
September 09th, 201005:36 AM ETScripture:“Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you." Luke 6:38 Prayer:Show me your generosity. Response:Not more can be added to this and the preceding verses. As love is imprinte... -
Give light to my eyes
September 08th, 201008:17 AM ETScripture: Look upon me, answer me, LORD, my God! Give light to my eyes lest I sleep in death, Psalms 13:4 Prayer: Yes, Lord, wake me from my slumber. Response: Awake, you take in all around you – not only the sip from a just brewed cup of coffee, the sound of the cup on a granite top; you see as if for the first time the water in the canal rus... -
Healing Power
September 07th, 201008:34 AM ETScripture: Everyone in the crowd sought to touch (Jesus) because power came forth from him and healed them all. Luke 6:19 Prayer: Let me feel the power and presence of the Lord in my prayer. Response: Don’t limit this sense of power to prayer. See the power manifest all around you, in events and circumstances that occur in your midst, espe... -
Celebrate the feast
September 06th, 201001:01 PM ETScripture: Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 1 Corinthians 5:8 Prayer: I am not much of a baker; help me to follow exactly the recipe of this verse. Response: Just the essential elements of the recipe are given; you must provide ... -
The sun also rises
September 05th, 201007:14 AM ETScripture: For what man knows God's counsel, or who can conceive what our LORD intends? For the deliberations of mortals are timid, and unsure are our plans.For the corruptible body burdens the soul and the earthen shelter weighs down the mind that has many concerns. Book of Wisdom 9:13-15 Prayer: Lord, may my deliberations become less timid and m... -
The Lord is near
September 04th, 201008:13 AM ETScripture: The LORD is just in all his ways and holy in all his works. The LORD is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth. Psalm 145:17-18 Prayer: Quiet is the word for this morning – everything seems expectant as this new day unfolds after the storm – brilliant sun, rolling surf, surfers riding atop the waves. ... -
He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness
September 03rd, 201006:47 AM ETScripture: Therefore, do not make any judgment before the appointed time, until the Lord comes, for he will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will manifest the motives of our hearts, and then everyone will receive praise from God. 1 Corinthians 4:5 Prayer: Manifest the motives of our hearts – give me a deeper understanding of th... -
A catch of inestimable worth
September 02nd, 201008:18 AM ETScripture: When SimonPeter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, "Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man." For astonishment at the catch of fish they had made seized him and all those with him. Luke 5:8-9 Prayer: In the stillness of this morning, awaiting the hurricane’s pass, I too am seized by your presence in my lif... -
Calibrating time
September 01st, 201009:21 AM ETScripture: At daybreak, Jesus left and went to a deserted place. The crowds went looking for him, and when they came to him, they tried to prevent him from leaving them. Luke4:42 Prayer: A tdaybreak or any other time of day or night, keep me searching for you. Response: And the clue is there also. You will find me in a deserted place – when yo...
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