Daily Prayer_May 24, 2011

The Word for wisdom:

Proverbs 24:17-20 (HCSB)
¹⁷ Don't gloat when your enemy falls, and don't let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
¹⁸ or the Lord will see, be displeased, and turn His wrath away from him.
¹⁹ Don't worry because of evildoers, and don't envy the wicked.
²⁰ For the evil have no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

The Word for inspiration:

Psalm 20:4 (HCSB)
⁴ May He give you what your heart desires and fulfill your whole purpose.

The Word for encouragement:

Joshua 1:1-4 (HCSB)
¹ After the death of Moses the Lord's servant, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, who had served Moses:
² "Moses My servant is dead. Now you and all the people prepare to cross over the Jordan to the land I am giving the Israelites.
³ I have given you every place where the sole of your foot treads, just as I promised Moses.
⁴ Your territory will be from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great Euphrates River—all the land of the Hittites—and west to the Mediterranean Sea.

Matthew 25:21 (HCSB)
²¹ "His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master's joy!'

My observation:

The life of Joshua is an example of what faith can do, and how faithful service pleases God. The name of Joshua speaks volumes of the man, and God's purpose for him. His name had been Hoshea, which means salvation.

Numbers 13:8 (HCSB)
⁸ Hoshea son of Nun from the tribe of Ephraim;

However, Moses gave to Joshua a new name. That new name means Jehovah is salvation. What a powerful message in a name.

Numbers 13:16 (HCSB)
¹⁶ These were the names of the men Moses sent to scout out the land, and Moses renamed Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua.

My prayer:

Father God, Sovereign Lord, I am so thankful that you know my name, and that you have a wonderful plan for my life.

Jeremiah 29:11 (HCSB)
¹¹ For I know the plans I have for you"—[this is] the Lord's declaration—"plans for [your] welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

Father God, I am encouraged that the Word says that you spoke to your servant Joshua. Since you are a God who does not change, I am confident that you will speak to me. Father, knowing this, I am determined to make prayer the priority of my life.

Jeremiah 33:3 (HCSB)
³ Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and wondrous things you do not know.

My song:

In the Garden (click on link below to listen to this song):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UUf8iolHFY&feature=related

 

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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.