Scripture: Acts 6:7—”Obedient to the faith (in Jesus as the Messiah, through Whom is obtained eternal salvation in the kingdom of God)” AB. My Response: Father, remove—sweep away—any cobwebs of doubt that remain in my mind, even as You did these priests who had been trained and indoctrinated from birth in the old teachings. God’s […]
Read More →Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6—”Godliness with contentment is great gain.” My Response: Father, You have provided all I need, and I thank You. Where I have more than I need, I should use it to help others—whether food, clothing, money, or time. I thank You so much for the provision of a large enough home for […]
Read More →Scripture: Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does not count against them (Psalm 32:1-2). Have you ever been given a second chance when you knew you didn’t deserve it? I often relate my own undeserved forgiveness to the true story of Roy […]
Read More →Scripture: Ephesians 2:10 NLT—”We are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago.” My prayer: Father, what good things did You plan for me? Why am I not doing them? I hang back and dawdle my days away instead. You […]
Read More →(This was my listening prayer after recent surgery.) Proverbs 103:5—”Who satisfies your mouth [your necessity and desire at your personal age and situation] with good so that your youth, renewed, is like the eagle’s [strong, overcoming, soaring]” AB. Father, You are good to me, far beyond my comprehension. I do desire this renewed youth, so […]
Read More →Moving a Mountain Scripture: “Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you” (Matthew 17:20). In the Jewish culture of that day, a mountain represented a great difficulty. Could […]
Read More →Scripture: The King will reply, “I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for Me” (Matthew 25:40 NIV). My prayer: Father, I will be judged by my failure to help others, because the “others” may be Christ Himself! If I can be a […]
Read More →(Scripture: Mark 5, the healing of the demon-possessed man.) My Prayer: Lord Jesus, am I like the people of this man’s village? They must have been in awe of his transformation, but none came to see You for themselves. In another scripture, the Samaritan woman’s townspeople came to see You in droves, and there was […]
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