Friday, April 8, 2011

Daily Prayer_April 8, 2011

The Word for wisdom:

Proverbs 8:6 (MSG)
Don't miss a word of this—I'm telling you how to live well, I'm telling you how to live at your best.

Proverbs 8:32 (MSG)
"So, my dear friends, listen carefully; those who embrace these my ways are most blessed.

Proverbs 8:34 (MSG)
Blessed the man, blessed the woman, who listens to me, awake and ready for me each morning, alert and responsive as I start my day's work.

The Word for inspiration:

Psalm 119:18 (NLT)
Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions.

The Word for encouragement:

2 Timothy 3:15 (NLT)
You have been taught the Holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 2:12 (NLT)
And we have received God's Spirit (not the world's spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us.

My observation:

I'm glad I start my day by reading the bible. I do read widely, and when I read what man has to say about the world it is depressing. Here are some of the topics I observed from recent news reports: accidents, bad habits, crimes, drugs, disease, death, envy, famine, greed, hatred, indulgence, killings, lusts, murder, oppression, purposelessness, unemployment, and war. This list makes my head spin out of control. Is there any help, is there any hope?

Yes there is help and hope. Our focal passages for today give us the answer. Listen carefully to what the bible says about man's condition, and God's remedy.

2 Timothy 3:15 (NLT)
You have been taught the Holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus.

There is deliverance from the awful conditions than people face in this world. The answer is in the deliverer. The Holy Scriptures are God's love letter to you. It is true and it is reliable. The God who gave the Word also gave us the Holy Spirit so that we may know the wonderful things God has freely given us.

My prayer:

Father God, I am so grateful for the bible that shines a light into our dark lives, and reveals to us the wonderful hope that we have of deliverance from the hellish conditions we face in this lost and decaying world. Father, I thank you for sending Jesus to be our Savior. Father, I thank you for Jesus who is my Savior, and my friend for life and eternity.

My song:

What a Friend We Have in Jesus (Click on link below to listen to Mahalia Jackson sing this classic):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM2kbogwgBM



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Proverbs 3:5-6 (HCSB)
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; 6 think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths.










 





 


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