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TechnoratiPOST PUBLISHED INMay, 2011
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My soul proclaims . . .
May 31st, 201109:27 AM ETScripture: Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled." And Mary said: "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior. Luke 1:45-47 Prayer: After such a busy weekend, help me to hear ever more distinctly the Lord's direction in my life. Response: Yes, it takes a speci... -
Patience
May 30th, 201108:03 AM ETScripture: Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Colossians 3:12 Prayer: This verse seems inappropriate somehow on a Memorial Day in the midst of war and international turmoil. What am I to learn from this selection? Response: Sometimes, it is wor... -
It had not yet fallen upon them
May 29th, 201108:46 AM ETScripture: Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, who went down and prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit, for it had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid hands on them and they re... -
The Macedonian
May 28th, 201108:09 AM ETScripture: During (the) night Paul had a vision. A Macedonian stood before him and implored him with these words, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." When he had seen the vision, we sought passage to Macedonia at once, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them. Acts 16:9-10 Prayer: Help me to act on impulses to per... -
Wake the dawn
May 27th, 201108:07 AM ETScripture: Awake, my soul; awake, lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn. Psalm 57:9 Prayer: The gray dawn is becoming lighter with each moment. It is irresistible. May my soul awake as well. Response: Sometimes it is worthwhile to experience the soul as waking, rising from its slumber each morning. In that period before the tasks before you in... -
So that my joy may be in you
May 26th, 201105:17 PM ETScripture: "I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete." John 15:11 Prayer: I almost wanted to ask, what did you tell me? I wasn't paying attention. But then I am reminded, love one another as I love you. Help me not just to accept the words, but test them in action. Response: As I hope you realize, the lo... -
Whatever you ask
May 21st, 201108:22 AM ETScripture: "Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father. And whatever you ask in my name, I will do." 14:12-14 Prayer: The early sun is bright, the ocean waves are in long lines to the surf, the birds show their delight especially this morning â... -
The Way, Truth, and Life
May 20th, 201108:43 AM ETScripture: Thomas said to him, "Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?" Jesus said to him, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:5-6 Prayer: Help me to focus on the way, the truth, and the life. Response: Consider first the Life. It is the life that you are ca... -
His commandment is eternal life
May 18th, 201110:03 AM ETScripture: "And I know that His commandment is eternal life. So what I say, I say as the Father told me." John 12:50 Prayer: Help me to catch the present tense in His commandment is eternal life. Response: For this moment in time accept that you are getting just a hint of eternal life in the present moment. Indeed, you are being asked to toss out... -
First called Christians
May 17th, 201109:14 AM ETScripture: Then he (Barnabas) went to Tarsus to look for Saul, and when he had found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a large number of people, and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians. Acts 11:25-26 Prayer: First called Christians – what do those words mean? Respon... -
The Holy Spirit fell upon them
May 16th, 201109:01 AM ETScripture: As I (Luke) began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them as it had upon us at the beginning, and I remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said, "John baptized with water but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."Acts 11:15-16 Prayer: Another weekend of travel finds me sitting quietly and wearily on this gray morning. A... -
Scales fell
May 13th, 201108:44 AM ETScripture: Immediately things like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. He got up and was baptized, and when he had eaten, he recovered his strength. He stayed some days with the disciples in Damascus, and he began at once to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. Acts 9:18-20 Prayer: Help me to acknowledge ... -
On his way rejoicing
May 12th, 201109:46 AM ETScripture: When they came out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but continued on his way rejoicing. Acts 8:29 Prayer: Help me to continue on my way rejoicing, though those who inspire and have inspired me are sometimes snatched away. Response: In your rejoicing, remember those special indiv... -
Landing in a gentle breeze
May 11th, 201109:47 AM ETScripture: For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him (on) the last day." John 6:40 Prayer: Help me to see and believe. Response: This is a simple and direct prayer that the Lord surely answers. Don't miss that what you prayer for is exactly what is the will o... -
Bread of life
May 10th, 201110:22 AM ETScripture: "I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world." John 6:48... -
It is I.
May 07th, 201107:16 AM ETScripture: When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they began to be afraid. But he said to them, "It is I. Do not be afraid." John 6:19-20 Prayer: It doesn't take much reading these verses to recall rowing in a shell with teammates on Long Island Sound a lifetime ago. Three or ... -
He withdrew alone
May 06th, 201108:45 AM ETScripture: When the people saw the sign (feeding of the 5,000) he had done, they said, "This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world." Since Jesus knew that they were going to come and carry him off to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain alone. John 6:14-15 Prayer: Withdrawing to the mountain alone is a call to pra... -
No rationing
May 05th, 201108:44 AM ETScripture: For the one whom God sent speaks the words of God. He does not ration his gift of the Spirit. John 3:34 Prayer: The bird chattering outside my window in the dark seem to chorus this verse – no rationing of the gift of the Spirit. Help me this morning to grasp the Lord's bounty. Response: This insight of the Lord's bounty in the gift... -
Praise shall be always in my mouth
May 04th, 201104:07 AM ETScripture: I will bless the LORD at all times; praise shall be always in my mouth. Psalms 34:2 Prayer: Unable to sleep long before dawn, I rose in the dark stillness. Encourage me; help me to bless the Lord at all times. Response: Not a bad remedy to cure you from the turmoil that keeps you from sleep. When else is your attention fixed, your... -
Swaying platform of planks
May 03rd, 201109:04 AM ETScripture: Now I am reminding you, brothers, of the gospel I (Paul) preached to you, which you indeed received and in which you also stand. Through it you are also being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:1-2 Prayer: Here I sit reflecting upon the meaning of unless you believed... -
Born of the Spirit
May 02nd, 201108:57 AM ETScripture: "The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." John 3:8 Prayer: On the beach this morning, a miracle, it seemed to me, seeing my first dolphin this season off-shore, crowding out the news, reporting Osama's...
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