Daily Prayer_September 19, 2011

The Word of God for wisdom:

Proverbs 19:20 (HCSB)
Listen to counsel and receive instruction so that you may be wise later in life.

The Word of God for inspiration:

Psalm 34:15-16 (HCSB)
¹⁵ The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry for help. ¹⁶ The face of the Lord is set against those who do what is evil, to erase all memory of them from the earth.

The Word of God for encouragement:

Proverbs 10:7 (HCSB)
The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Acts 2:21 (HCSB)
Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

Acts 16:31 (HCSB)
So they said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household."

My observation:

As I read my bible it becomes obvious that God makes a distinction between the righteous and the wicked.

As we see from our focal passage in Psalm 34, one of those areas is prayer. However, there is some good news for the wicked. God's heart is tender toward you; he offers forgiveness for all of your sins. There is nothing that you can do that will diminish God's love for you. He is relentless in his desire to save you.

2 Peter 3:9 (HCSB)
The Lord does not delay His promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.

The heavenly Father is waiting to hear the prayer of the repentant sinner. He desires to clothe you with the righteousness of his only begotten Son so that you don't have to die for your own sins.

2 Corinthians 5:21 (HCSB)
He made the One who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

My prayer:

Father God, my dear Father, I praise and thank you that you are a righteous God. However, I am grateful for your love for and forgiveness of sinners like me. Father, I thank you for the blood of Jesus that covers all of my sins, and gives me access to the throne of God.

 Father, I thank you for clothing me with the righteousness of Jesus. In Jesus name, I ask that you hear the prayer of faith that I pray for my family and my friends today.

My song:

Jesus Paid It All (Click on link below to listen to this song):

http://biblestudycharts.com/SH_Jesus_Paid_It_All.html

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1 Peter 2:2-3 (ESV)
² Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— ³ if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.