Thursday, April 20








1 John 2 : 12-18
KJV


12 I write unto you, little children,
because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
13 I write unto you, fathers,
because ye have known him that is from the beginning.
I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one.
I write unto you, little children,
because ye have known the Father.
14 I have written unto you, fathers,
because ye have known him that is from the beginning.
I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong,
and the word of God abideth in you,
and ye have overcome the wicked one.
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.
If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world,
the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes,
and the pride of life,
is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof:
but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
18 Little children, it is the last time:
and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come,
even now are there many antichrists;
whereby we know that it is the last time.
   


Today's Prayer...


Our great God,

Still hidden and yet so evident and near,
we thank You that You are at work in us before we think of asking.
We thank You that You hold us by the hand and
lead us before we are aware of it.
Stay with us in this way and awaken our hearts at the right moment,
that we are not surprised by the painful things
we experience but can be prepared at all times to watch and pray,
trusting that we are not forsaken in the constant strife on this earth.
Grant us hope,
O God,
that the time is coming when all people will hear the proclamation,
“See, a new heaven and a new earth,
because You have learned to see God’s honor in everything.”


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

Friday, April 21








Psalm 119 : 1-12
KJV


1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way,
who walk in the law of the Lord.
2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies,
and that seek him with the whole heart.
3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6 Then shall I not be ashamed,
when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart,
when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
8 I will keep thy statutes:
O forsake me not utterly.
9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?
by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
10 With my whole heart have I sought thee:
O let me not wander from thy commandments.
11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart,
that I might not sin against thee.
12 Blessed art thou, O Lord:
teach me thy statutes.
   


Today's Prayer...


Dear Father in heaven,

Grant that we may come into Your presence as Your children.
Give to us all that we need each day,
so that we are no longer caught in the turmoil of life
but can receive Your peace.
For You care for us as Your children,
and we are allowed to go confidently through all the
troubles of these times because our way leads to You,
the eternal Father in heaven.
Keep us from going astray and from spending our efforts
on what is temporal and cannot last.
Let Your light strengthen us in what is of heaven,
in what is eternally true for our lives.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

Saturday, April 22








Deuteronomy 28 : 1-9
KJV


1 And it shall come to pass,
if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God,
to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day,
that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee,
if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city,
and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground,
and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in,
and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to
be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way,
and flee before thee seven ways.
8 The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses,
and in all that thou settest thine hand unto;
and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
9 The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself,
as he hath sworn unto thee,
if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God,
and walk in his ways.
   


Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

We wait in expectation.
Even in the great distress on earth,
we wait in longing for Your day to come,
for the pangs of death to pass,
so that Your kingdom may arise and the reign of Jesus Christ
may spread over the whole world in power and glory.
May Your promise be fulfilled and Your will be done on earth.
May there always be people who believe and who pray in faith,
“Lord God, come! Come, Lord God.
Humankind does not understand how to live.
Send us Jesus Christ, the Savior, Lord,
and Judge of the dead and the living.
Put an end to sin and death!”
We thank You for giving us this faith and for letting us pray at all times,
“Come, Lord Jesus. Yes, come soon, Lord Jesus!”
We ask You to protect us in this faith.
Bring this faith to fulfillment for the glory of Your name.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

Sunday, April 23








Luke 10 : 17-24
KJV


17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord,
even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
18 And he said unto them,
I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy:
and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not,
that the spirits are subject unto you;
but rather rejoice,
because your names are written in heaven.
21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said,
I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent,
and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father;
for so it seemed good in thy sight.
22 All things are delivered to me of my Father:
and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father;
and who the Father is, but the Son,
and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
23 And he turned him unto his disciples,
and said privately,
Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
24 For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have
desired to see those things which ye see,
and have not seen them;
and to hear those things which ye hear,
and have not heard them.
   


Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

Help us in these days that are so difficult for us.
Help us never to lose our expectation of the time that is to come,
the time of Jesus Christ, Lord of heaven and earth.
Strengthen us, we pray,
and strengthen those all over the world who have to endure great suffering,
especially the destitute and the dying.
May Your heavenly hosts come down to the many who are in misery,
so that Your name is praised in life and in death,
in whatever we have to go through.
For we shall praise You, no matter what happens now or in the days ahead.
May Your glory remain in our hearts, with the joy that You,
O God, are the Father of all.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

Monday, April 24








Proverbs 20 : 2-11
KJV


2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion:
whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife:
but every fool will be meddling.
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold;
therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water;
but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness:
but a faithful man who can find?
7 The just man walketh in his integrity:
his children are blessed after him.
8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment
scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin?
10 Divers weights, and divers measures,
both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.
11 Even a child is known by his doings,
whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
   


Today's Prayer...


Lord God,

We thank You for giving us light here on earth,
where it is so often completely dark.
But in the darkness the name of Jesus Christ shines
out as the prophetic Word:
“Be comforted. After darkness comes light, after night comes day!”
We thank You for this light. In joy we thank You,
for we have experienced that Jesus lives and comes
to meet each one, bringing victory over enemy powers.
In the name of Jesus Christ and in His name alone we ask You
to remember the needs of our time.
We do not want anything that comes from ourselves.
We do not want any earthly peace. We want Your peace,
Lord God,
the peace in which everything becomes new,
born anew even in suffering, to the eternal glory of Your name.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen