Month: September 2009

Then Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your family, and I will deal well with you:’ I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth that You have […]

Then Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your family, and I will deal well with you:’ I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth that You have […]

But if they had stood in My counsel, and had caused My people to hear My words, then they would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings…” Jeremiah 23: 22, NKJV. Blessed LORD, how much we need to hear from You. So please make us attentive to Your voice as we […]

For who has stood in the counsel of the LORD and has perceived and heard His word?  Who has marked His word and heard it? …I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran.  I have not spoken to them yet they prophesied.  But if they had stood in My counsel, and had caused My people […]

Thus says the LORD of hosts:  “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you.  They make you worthless; they speak a vision of their own heart, not from the mouth of the LORD.  They continually say to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD has said, you shall have peace;’ and to everyone who walks […]

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him. Nahum 1: 7, NRSV. Dear Father, we are so blessed to be called by Your name. Please help us to listen carefully as You speak to us today. This is our prayer in the blessed name […]

So it was when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, “It is the king of Israel!”  Therefore they surrounded him to attack; but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him, and God diverted them from him.  For so it was, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was […]

O God [Y]ou are my God, I seek [Y]ou, my soul thirsts for [Y]ou; my flesh faints for [Y]ou, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.  So I have looked upon [Y]ou in the sanctuary, beholding [Y]our power and glory.  Because Your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will […]

But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him:  for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. 1 Samuel 16: 7. Dear LORD, we give You praise, […]

Praise the LORD!  How good to sing praises to our God!  How delightful and how fitting! Psalm 147: 1, NLT. Holy Father, we thank You for Your Son Jesus. As we study Your Word, may He be lifted up, so that He may draw all people to Himself. In His name we pray. Amen. Today […]