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TechnoratiPOST PUBLISHED INSeptember, 2011
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Strength of soul
September 30th, 201106:46 AM ETScripture: On the day I called, thou didst answer me, my strength of soul thou didst increase. Psalms 138:3 Prayer: Reading this psalm and especially this verse, I recognized the words of David as my words in recognition to the answers I ask for and receive each day when I call. Response: It is almost like you undergo a recalibration when you put... -
Thunder clap
September 29th, 201106:25 AM ETScripture: And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world -- he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. Revelations12:9 Prayer: How could I not pause on this verse? The heavens are bursting with lightning and claps of thunder surro... -
By the waters of Babylon
September 28th, 201106:40 AM ETScripture: By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. Psalm 137:1 Prayer: I once read a novel by Pablo Coelho with a title derived from this quote. I don't remember the theme of the book, but I remember the title. Lord, cultivate in me a longing to be in your presence each day. Response: This verse reinforces t... -
Neither death nor life
September 27th, 201106:23 AM ETScripture: For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39 Prayer: I think to myself, How's that for assurance? Let me re... -
Welcome
September 26th, 201106:45 AM ETScripture: Then he said to them: "Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For he who is least among you all—he is the greatest." Luke 9:48 Prayer: Oh, what a clear passage this has been for me. Yet, this morning I am caught by the meaning the word welcome conveys. Help... -
Guide me
September 25th, 201107:48 AM ETScripture: Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Psalm 25:4-5 Prayer: Such a simple declaration from David. Help me to be as open all the days of my life. Response: Indeed, David is a fine example of someone who learned not only to declar... -
Dropped their nets
September 24th, 201107:19 AM ETScripture: While the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennes'aret. And he saw two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Luke 5:1-2 Prayer: How could I miss the coincidence of this Scripture selection this morning at 6:15 when three fishermen arrived, a... -
I shall not be moved
September 23rd, 201106:41 AM ETScripture: I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. I keep the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Psalm 16:7-8 Prayer: Help me to remain steady in the Lord's presence; help me to hear His counsel and instruction through the clatter of distraction and sometimes co... -
Who is this about whom I hear such things?
September 22nd, 201107:09 AM ETScripture: Herod said, "John I beheaded; but who is this about whom I hear such things?" And he sought to see him. Luke 9:9 Prayer: Let me too ask, who is this about whom I hear such things? Response: How many times in life do you ask about someone? Perhaps the person is a stranger, someone you recognize but can't remember the name, someone new t... -
He has pitched a tent for the sun
September 21st, 201108:16 AM ETScripture: The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens he has pitched a ... -
Those who hear God's word
September 20th, 201108:28 AM ETScripture: Now Jesus' mother and brothers came to see him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd. Someone told him, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, want to see you." He replied, "My mother and brothers are those who hear God's word and put it into practice." Luke 8:19-21 Prayer: The water on the canal is flat;... -
Songs of joy
September 19th, 201106:04 AM ETScripture: He who goes out weeping, carrying seeds to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him. Psalm 126:6 Prayer: This verse caught my attention this morning in the silence. Response: How many times in your life have your tears of sorrow cultivated seeds that you planted—even in difficult soil? How many times have you sor... -
To live is Christ
September 18th, 201109:57 AM ETScripture: For me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. Philippians 2:21 Prayer: Unlock this verse of Paul's to my understanding. Response: For Paul, to live was to be the instrument of Christ in the world. His frenetic travels, preaching, supporting, counseling, recruiting—never looking behind, always to the next way station on the road ... -
Make music
September 17th, 201110:28 AM ETScripture: It is good to praise the Lord, and to make music to Your name, O Most High, to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night. Psalms 92:1-2 Prayer: Yes, the waves were again black and turbulent, the wind howling, the rain persistent. Help me to give praise in all climates of the season and life. Response: See if you ... -
Flee, pursue, and fight
September 16th, 201108:21 AM ETScripture: But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. 1 Timothy 6:11-12 Prayer: I am dragging this early morning. On the beach the waves seemed almost black following last night's storm. In the verses, my focus turns to love, endurance and ... -
Let your face
September 15th, 201109:17 AM ETScripture: Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love. Psalm 31:16 Prayer: In the darkness before dawn—a full moon having risen high in the west after rising many hours earlier over the ocean as if it were a bright at sunset—let your face shine on me this day. Response: First, acknowledge the light in your life i... -
Made himself nothing
September 14th, 201107:45 AM ETScripture: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. Philippians 2:6-7 Prayer: Sometimes, when I come upon verses like these—so difficult to comprehend the meaning and tempted to have some scholar exp... -
The bearers stood still
September 13th, 201108:21 AM ETScripture: And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep." And he came and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, "Young man, I say to you, arise." And the dead man sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother. Luke 7:13-15 Prayer: How many times in my life in my life, O Lord, h... -
He was amazed
September 12th, 201109:30 AM ETScripture: When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel." Then the men who had been sent (by the centurion) returned to the house and found the servant well. Luke 7:9-10 Prayer: May the Lord be amazed when I catch His presence in my ... -
But seventy-seven times
September 11th, 201107:22 AM ETScripture: Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times." Matthew 16:21-22 Prayer: On this still morning, the sun just beginning to rise and free me from the gloom of night, help me to embrace t... -
Clothe me with joy
September 10th, 201108:34 AM ETScripture: You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy; that my heart may sing to you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever. Psalms 30:11-12 Prayer: Rereading a section of Metaxas' biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, I came upon these verses from one of David's Psalms. Let me reflec... -
Fullness of Joy
September 09th, 201108:32 AM ETScripture: Thou dost show me the path of life; in thy presence there is fullness of joy, in thy right hand are pleasures for evermore. Psalms 16:11 Prayer: Inflame me with this verse from David, who experienced first-hand the compassion and love of God. Response: With the insight provided by this anointed verse, why should you ever question ... -
Nothing is impossible is impossible for you
September 08th, 201105:50 AM ETScripture: "I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." Matthew 17:20 Prayer: What a challenge—to move the immovable mountains in my life. Response: Instead of fixing your attention on the mountaintop you once visited reg... -
Your life is hid with Christ
September 07th, 201108:34 AM ETScripture: "If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. " Colossians 3:1-3 Prayer: The sweep of the clouds high in the sky drew my atte... -
The power came forth
September 06th, 201107:50 AM ETScripture: And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And all the crowd sought to ... -
Don't be anxious
September 05th, 201107:30 AM ETScripture: "Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well. Therefore do not be anxious about tomor... -
If you hear his voice
September 04th, 201108:36 AM ETScripture: Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your heart. Psalms 95:7-8 Prayer: As I was looking up Scripture for today, in addition to the Psalm above, I came upon this quote from St. Augustine: We ought to be persuaded that what God refuses to our prayer, He grants to our salvation. Help me, Lord, to accept graciously your will in my li... -
In faith, stable and steadfast
September 03rd, 201107:36 AM ETScripture: And you, who once were estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him, provided that you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which has been ... -
New wine--old wineskins
September 02nd, 201108:21 AM ETScripture: "Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined. Rather, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins. [And] no one who has been drinking old wine desires new, for he says, 'The old is good.'"* Luke 5:37-39 Prayer: Keep me with the ne... -
Do not cease praying for you
September 01st, 201109:42 AM ETScripture: Therefore, from the day we heard this, we do not cease praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding to live in a manner worthy of the Lord, so as to be fully pleasing, in every good work bearing fruit and growing in the knowledge of God. Colossians 1:9-10 ...
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