Author and Ruler of all things, I confess that I am often impatient with the processes of life that force me to cease striving and know that You are God and I am not. My resources, wisdom and power are so bounded that I control very few of the things that happen in my life. [...]
14Jun11
Setbacks and Circumstances
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22Apr11
We Will Be Satisfied
Lord God, in this life I can only see in a mirror dimly and I can only know in part. I cannot know fully just as I have been fully known by You, but the time is coming soon when I will see You face to face. In that glorious day when I stand before [...]
8Apr11
Enjoying God
Father of lights, teach me to enjoy You as never before. I want to delight in Your goodness, glory, grace, beauty, perfection, wisdom, justice, holiness, compassion, omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, majesty, truth, love, patience, transcendence and immanence. Teach me the wisdom of acknowledging You in all things, including Your often-overlooked tender mercies in the small things [...]
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17Mar11
Walking in Holy Anticipation
Father, may I grow in my desire to love and honor Your name in all things. I want to be faithful to You in this fallen world and not be lured away by cheap substitutes and futile hopes. I will fix my hope completely on the grace that will be brought to Your people at [...]
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14Feb11
The Ultimate Exemplar
- This is part of a series on the theme of servant leadership. – The act of washing feet certainly does not hold the same cultural significance for us as it did in the first century. So while foot washing may be a humbling gesture and a beautiful religious act, today we can easily miss [...]
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Lord God, Your ways are past finding out. Just when I think I have a handle on Your will and work and plans, unexpected outcomes and events crowd into my life and dispel my illusions. Who but You can know what an hour will bring? There is no simplistic one-for-one correspondence in this fallen world [...]
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21Jan11
Treasuring God’s Word: A Prayer
Dear Lord, where would I be without Your Word? What would guide me and teach me the answers to the fundamental questions of origin, purpose and destiny? Human speculation is utterly inadequate for this task, because the answers to these and other questions require a word from without, a revelation that is not under the [...]
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22Dec10
Abiding in Christ
- This is part of a series of highlights from My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers – • Eternal life has nothing to do with Time, it is the life which Jesus lived when He was down here. The only source of Life is the Lord Jesus Christ. 103 • God’s life in [...]
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Father, I give thanks to You because You are the lover of my soul; You pursue me and desire an intimate relationship with me; You lift me from the morass and put my feet on high places; You care so much for me that You take great measures to bring me back to You when [...]
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29Oct10
A High and Holy Task: A Prayer
Lord God, You have called me to be among the followers of Jesus who will prove themselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation who appear as lights in the world. This is a high and holy task that is difficult to fulfill [...]
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