Daily Prayer_June 24, 2011

The Word for wisdom:

Proverbs 24:16 (MSG)
No matter how many times you trip them up, God-loyal people don't stay down long; Soon they're up on their feet, while the wicked end up flat on their faces.

The Word for inspiration:

Psalm 121:1-2 (HCSB)
¹ I lift my eyes toward the mountains. Where will my help come from? ² My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.

The Word for encouragement:

Genesis 28:16 (HCSB)
When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said, "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it."

Genesis 28:20-21 (HCSB)
²⁰ Then Jacob made a vow: "If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, if He provides me with food to eat and clothing to wear, ²¹ and if I return safely to my father's house, then the Lord will be my God.

My observation:

I have a prayer partner who has a passion for prayer.  Presently thousands of miles separate us. However, the presence of God links and binds our hearts together in love. Yesterday he told me in an email that he would be praying for me at the Thursday morning breakfast that I attended with him and a few other men for many years when we lived in the same community.

Today, as I reflect upon the selected scriptures I sense a common theme, and that is the power of the presence of the Lord. For the people of God, the presence of the Lord brings peace and joy. That is what my friend said he was praying for in my life, and the others who are in his circle of prayer focus this week.

Have you had the peace and the joy that comes in those special moments when you sense the overwhelming presence of God in your intimate space? That is what Jacob experienced. The experience so touched and changed his life that he said, "The Lord will be my God".

My prayer:

Father God, my dear Father, I praise and thank you that you are a God who is everywhere. I thank you that our location no matter where we go in this world we cannot ever be in a place where you cannot reach us and touch us with your powerful and tender hands. Father, I thank you for the peace and joy that fills my life because of your abiding presence in my life.

Jeremiah 23:24 (HCSB)
Can a man hide himself in secret places where I cannot see him?"—the Lord's declaration. "Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?"—the Lord's declaration.

My song:

Close to Thee (Click on link below to hear this gospel version of this hymn):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH0IK84wyG0

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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.