Month: January 2008

Therefore submit to God.  Resist the devil and he will flee from you. James 4: 7, NKJV Loving Lord, help us to see that when we are weak (submitted), then Your strength can be manifested in us.  Amen Unlike some of the other letters (epistles) in the New Testament that are addressed to a particular church, or group, […]

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4: 13, NKJV Dear Lord, here we are again, waiting to hear a word from You.  Please speak to us we pray.  In Jesus’ name.  Amen Yesterday I said that we would look at this text again, strictly within its context.  Let us consider […]

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4: 13, NKJV Dear Lord, as we look to You for strength, help us to know that with You, we are a majority. Perhaps the way I will share this promise today is quite different to the way you have looked at it, or heard […]

Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.  And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. 1 John 5: 14, 15, NKJV Dear Lord, we […]

Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.  And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.  Philippians 4: 6, 7, NRSV Dear Heavenly Father, please teach us how to pray […]

I will lift up my  eyes to the hills – From whence comes my help?  My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121: 1,2, NKJV Dear God, as we look to You for help, help us to see You lifted up in all Your glory.  Amen This is one of the […]

Except the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the Lord keeps the city, the watchman wakes but in vain.  It is vain for you to rise up early, to take rest late; to eat the bread of [anxious] toil–for He gives [blessings] to His beloved in sleep.  Behold children are […]

“Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price…” Isaiah 55: 1, NKJV Lord, we thank you for the invitation to come and have not only our needs, but our wants, satisfied as well, in […]

‘Call to me and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. ‘ Jeremiah 33: 3, NKJV Lord, we look with great longing to see the wonderful things that You have in store for us.  In Jesus’ name; Amen Our promise for today represents an interaction between […]

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. Ephesians 2: 8, 9, NKJV We thank You Lord, for the privilege of looking into Your Word, and catching a glimpse of Your marvelous grace!  In Jesus’ name.  Amen […]