Loving Lord, over the millennia, You have gone to unimaginable lengths to display Your love, grace and mercy to a largely disobedient and rebellious people. I cannot begin to grasp the richness of the breadth and length and height and depth of the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge. If You gave us justice, we [...]
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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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1Dec10
The Throne of God
- This is the final installment in a series that has been adapted from my study of A. W. Tozer’s spiritual classic, The Pursuit of God. – Ultimately, Tozer ends The Pursuit of God precisely where he began – at the throne of God. Along the way he has coaxed and coached us into growing [...]
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Lord God Almighty, You created the heavens and the earth, and all that is visible and invisible. You are the fountainhead of all that is good, of all that is true and of all that is beautiful. You are the wellspring of true pleasure and delight, and nothing this world has to offer even comes [...]
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19Nov10
God’s Severe Mercy: A Prayer
Faithful Lord, You know me intimately, and You know all my real needs even when I am unaware of them. I find that I am too often concerned with things that don’t really matter in the long run, and that I am anxious about things that are of no lasting consequence. But Your love is [...]
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16Nov10
Wrestling with God: A Prayer
O God, why do I so often wrestle with Your will? Why do I argue and grumble and complain? Many is the time, it seems, when You have asked me to say or do something and I have quietly or stubbornly refused to obey. So frequently I find myself arguing with You over what my [...]
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Dear Lord, in the prophets and apostles whose words are recoded in Scripture, and most fully and clearly in Your incarnate Son’s earthly ministry, You have perfectly balanced the combination of truth and love. I also want to speak Your truth to my generation and to do so in a gracious and loving manner. Keep [...]
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Father, I want to pursue a lifestyle of love. I wish to display Your agape to the people I encounter today so they will see Christ in and through me. Keep me from playing favorites, so that I will not succumb to the blunder of viewing people according to their social and economic status. Just [...]
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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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Dear Lord, I ask for the grace to be winsome and attractive to others who wish to know You better. May they sense the fragrance of Christ in me and see increasing evidence of the fruit of Your Holy Spirit in my life. I know this is only possible as I pursue You and apprentice [...]
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