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TechnoratiPOST PUBLISHED INJanuary, 2012
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Listen to me
January 31st, 201207:08 AM ETScripture: Listen to me, Yahweh, answer me, for I am poor and needy. Guard me for I am faithful, save your servant who relies upon you. You are my God, take pity on me, Lord, for to you I cry all the day. Psalms 86:1-3 Prayer: Help me to echo these words of King David always, especially in the darkness before dawn this day. Response: Yes, on... -
The Lord in his mercy
January 30th, 201206:52 AM ETScripture: As (Jesus) was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed, begged that he would be allowed to stay with him. Jesus would not let him but said to him, "Go home to your people and tell them all that the Lord in his mercy has done for you." Mark 5:18-19 Prayer: Help me to reflect on all that the Lord has done for me and let me n... -
His reputation spread everywhere
January 29th, 201206:45 AM ETScripture: The people were so astonished that they started asking one another what it all meant, saying, "Here is a teaching that is new, and with authority behind it: he gives orders even to unclean spirits and they obey him." And (Jesus') reputation at once spread everywhere, through all of the surrounding Galilean countryside. Mark 1:27-28 Pray... -
Almost swamped
January 28th, 201207:57 AM ETScripture: Then it began to blow a great gale and the waves were breaking into the boat so that it was almost swamped. But (Jesus) was in the stern his head on the cushion asleep. Mark 4:37-38 Prayer: I have not been in a gale and feared for my life, but I have experienced life's gales and indeed I feared that I would be swamped. Help me always to... -
Sincerity of heart
January 27th, 201206:47 AM ETScripture: But you (God) delight in sincerity of heart, and in secret you teach me wisdom. Psalm 51:6 Prayer: The rain cackled in the brush and trees—almost in secret— this morning long before dawn. Teach me your wisdom. Response: You got half the meaning, you must find a time and place where you will not be disturbed, and the second requir... -
Take Notice
January 26th, 201206:53 AM ETScripture: (Jesus) also said to them, "Take notice of what you are hearing. The standard you use will be used for you—and you will receive more besides; anyone who has, will be given more; anyone who has not, will be deprived even of what he has." Mark 4:24-25 Prayer: Take notice should be my watch words. How often I would say, isn't that a... -
Why now delay?
January 25th, 201206:53 AM ETScripture: And why now delay? Hurry and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name. Acts 22:16 Prayer: Lord, can I plead that I haven’t had a cup of coffee yet this morning? Help me to catch the urgency of your commission. Response: Oh, how just a few words— one anointed verse— has the power this morning to seize ... -
Lift up your heads
January 24th, 201206:18 AM ETScripture: Gates, lift high your heads, raise high the ancient gateways, and the king of glory shall enter! Psalm 24:7 Prayer: Give me the grace to lift my consciousness this morning to your presence. Response: Expand that prayer to include each and every morning. Raising your consciousness is like setting out on a journey—though sometimes wear... -
He has first tied up the strong man
January 23rd, 201206:20 AM ETScripture: "But no one can make his way into a strong man's house and plunder his property unless he has first tied up the strong man. Only then can he plunder his house." Mark 3:27 Prayer: Help me to be ever alert against any invasion of the sanctuary of my heart in the day as well as in the darkness that surrounds me at this moment. Response: ... -
Such is your generosity
January 22nd, 201207:15 AM ETScripture: Direct me in your ways, Yahweh, and teach me your paths. Encourage me to walk in your truth and teach me since you are the God that saves me. For my hope is in you all day long—such is your generosity, Yahweh. Psalm 25:4-5 Prayer: I utter these words of David as my own as the wind buffets my window with the rain it bears on this chill... -
He is out of his mind
January 21st, 201207:14 AM ETScripture: (Jesus) went home again, and once more such a crowd collected that they could not even have a meal. When his relations heard of this, they set out to take charge of him; they said, "He is out of his mind." Mark 3:20-21 Prayer: I wondered about these two verses and what was their meaning for me in the bleakness of a rain threatening pre-... -
Bowed with care
January 20th, 201207:16 AM ETScripture: They laid a snare in my path—I was bowed with care—they dug a pit ahead of me, but fell in it themselves. My heart is ready, God, my heart is ready; I will sing, and make music for you. Awake, my glory, awake, lyre and harp, that I may awake the Dawn. Psalm 57:6-8 Prayer: This morning I was called outside to see the sliver of moon b... -
Walk in the presence of God
January 19th, 201206:54 AM ETScripture: I am bound by the vows I have made , God, I will pay you the debt of thanks, for you have saved my life from death to walk in the presence of God, in the light of the living. Psalm 56:12-13 Prayer: In the heat of battle—any battle that seeks to draw me down physically or emotionally—let me pay my debt of thanks as I continue to... -
My faithful love
January 18th, 201206:54 AM ETScripture: Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle, my faithful love, my bastion, my citadel, my Savior; I shelter behind him, my shield, he makes the peoples submit to me. Psalm 144:1-2 Prayer: Lord, train me to discern the needs of those around me or far distant as you prepared David for war; be my bas... -
Get up
January 17th, 201206:32 AM ETScripture: Jesse had (David) send for; he had ruddy cheeks, and fine eyes and an attractive appearance. Yahweh said, "Get up and anoint him, surrounded by his brothers; and the spirit of Yahweh seized on David from that day onwards. Samuel, for his part, set off and went to Ramah. 1 Samuel 16:12-13 Prayer: The alarm shattered my sleep this morning... -
New wine into fresh skins
January 16th, 201209:23 AM ETScripture: "And no body puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the new wine is lost and the skins too. No! New wine into fresh skins!" Mark 2:22 Prayer: A seagull just sailed by my window effortlessly in a movement not repeated previously for this observer to see. Guide me to be ever refreshed in the Lord's... -
Be attached
January 15th, 201207:57 AM ETScripture: But anyone who attaches himself to the Lord is one spirit with him. 1 Corinthians 1:17 Prayer: It was more than a breeze, but a frigid blast blowing from the north as I trekked in the sometimes frozen sand. No distractions as I huddled inside my hood, regretting that I didn't bring gloves. Help me to attach to your Spirit and be one wit... -
Follow me
January 14th, 201205:20 AM ETScripture: As (Jesus) was walking along he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him. Mark 2:14 Prayer: I was not sitting at a tax office, and He didn't call just once, but indeed He is persistent, especially when I lag behind, hoping he doesn't notice me. Help me to kee... -
They were all astonished
January 13th, 201206:26 AM ETScripture: (Jesus) said to the paralytic—"I order you: get up, pick up your stretcher, and go off home." And the man got up, and at once picked up his stretcher and walked out in front of everyone, so that they were all astonished and praised God saying, "We have never seen anything like this." Mark 2:11-12 Prayer: How many times have I been tha... -
Be cleansed.
January 12th, 201207:10 AM ETScripture: Feeling sorry for him, Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him and said to him, "I am willing. Be cleansed." Mark 1:41 Prayer: I celebrate today the 95th birth anniversary of my father whom I was honored to hold in my arms for his last breath 9 years ago. Let me sense deeply the Lord's healing touch in my life. Response: Realize that... -
Your servant is listening
January 11th, 201206:23 AM ETScripture: "And (Eli) said to Samuel, "Go and lie down, and if someone calls, say: 'Speak, Yahweh, for your servant is listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place. Yahweh then came and stood by, calling as he had done before, "Samuel, Samuel." Samuel answered, "Speak, Yahweh, for your servant is listening." 1 Samuel 3:9-10 Prayer: T... -
The depth of my grief and resentment
January 10th, 201207:07 AM ETScripture: "No, my Lord," Hannah replied, "I am a woman in great trouble; I have not been drinking wine or strong drink—I am pouring out my soul before Yahweh. Do not take your servant for a worthless woman; all the time I have been speaking from the depth of my grief and my resentment." Eli then replied: "Go in peace, and may the God of I... -
The bruised reed
January 09th, 201206:14 AM ETScripture: He does not break the crushed reed or snuff the faltering wick. Faithfully he presents fair judgment. Isaiah 42:3 Scripture: We read this verse yesterday and discussed it. I was taken by the thought that I have been at times that crushed reed and found His grace, love, and comfort at such times. Prayer: It's quite an acknowle... -
Camels in throngs will fill your streets
January 08th, 201205:59 AM ETScripture: Lift up your eyes and look around: all are assembling and coming towards you, your sons coming from far away and your daughters being carried on the hip. At this sight you will grow radiant, your heart will throb and dilate, since the riches of the sea will flow to you, the wealth of the nations come to you; camels in throngs will fill y... -
Most everyone serves good wine first
January 07th, 201208:06 AM ETScripture: They did this; the president tasted the water, and it had turned into wine. Having no idea where it came from—though the servants who had drawn the water knew—the president of the feast called the bridegroom and said, "Everyone serves good wine first and the worse wine when the guests are well wined; but you have kept the best wine t... -
Overcome the world
January 06th, 201206:32 AM ETScripture: Who can overcome the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? He it is who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with water alone, but with water and blood, and it is the Spirit that bears witness, for the Spirit is Truth. 1 John 5:5-6 Prayer: As I will leave for a funeral early this morning, please help my word... -
Under the fig tree
January 05th, 201206:55 AM ETScripture: Jesus replied, "You (Nathanel) believe that just because I said: I saw you under the fig tree. You are going to see greater things than that." And then he added, "In all truth I tell you, you will see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending over the Son of man." John 1:50-51 Prayer: Under how many fig trees have ... -
We have found the Messiah
January 04th, 201208:39 AM ETScripture: The first thing that Andrew did was to find his brother and say to him: "We have found the Messiah—which means the Christ—and he took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon son of John; you are to be called Cephas—which means rock. John 1:41-42 Prayer: Let me be filled with Andrew's excitement and fervor to s... -
I did not know him myself
January 03rd, 201207:24 AM ETScripture: I did not know him myself, but he who sent me to baptize with water had said to me, "The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and rest is the one who is to baptize with the Holy Spirit." I have seen and I testify that he is the Chosen One of God. John 1:33-34 Prayer: On this day that commemorates the life of St. Francis Xavier... -
Standing among you
January 02nd, 201208:18 AM ETScripture: John answered them, "I baptize with water; but standing among you—unknown to you—is the one who is coming after me; and I am not fit to undo the strap of his sandal." John 1:26-27 Prayer: I stood on the beach this morning. There was just a hint of the approaching dawn in a narrow window-sill slither of rose-pink light that see... -
Well, what's next?
January 01st, 201209:07 AM ETScripture: May Yahweh bless you and keep you. May Yahweh let his face shine on you and be gracious to you. May Yahweh show his face and bring you peace. Numbers6:24-26 Prayer: What an appropriate prayer to begin another year, to experience a re-birth of sorts, on this quiet morning quite still after the fireworks that were set off at the stroke of...
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