Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him. Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness. (1 Chronicles 16:29 NIV) Lord, no matter what we bring of ourselves to give You, even if we include all of our hopes and dreams, it’s never enough to give Read More
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. (Colossians 4:2 NIV) Lord, if all the prayers ever prayed were linked together, surely they would reach heaven and back countless times! We want to be a people who pray without ceasing, Lord. Hear both the prayers we utter and the prayers of our hearts. Prayer is
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For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:17-18 NIV) How can any affliction be considered
He will guard the feet of his faithful servants, but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. It is not by strength that one prevails. (1 Samuel 2:9 NIV) The values of this world rarely seem to jibe with your values, Lord. I need constant reminders not to get caught up in
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. (Romans 8:14 NIV) One sentiment I hear often is, “We’re all God’s children.” It’s usually uttered during trying times to remind us to hold on and keep the faith. This verse from Romans stresses that God’s children are led by
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day, they pour forth speech; night after night, they reveal knowledge. They have no speech; they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the
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Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; You are exalted as head overall. (1 Chronicles 29:11 NIV) Lord, do we tell you often enough how awesome You are? We stand in complete
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When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” (Luke 2:15 NIV) Seeing is believing, right? But from what is recorded on the shepherds’ dialogue, It appears that they already
For this reason, I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid but gives us power, love, and self-discipline. (2 Timothy 1:6-7 NIV) Faith and fear cannot co-exist. One always gives
God is Spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” (John 4:24 NIV)
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