Tuesday, April 25








Romans 8 : 31-39
KJV


31 What shall we then say to these things?
If God be for us, who can be against us?
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all,
how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect?
It is God that justifieth.
34 Who is he that condemneth?
It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again,
who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine,
or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long;
we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things
we are more than conquerors through
him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels,
nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God,
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
   


Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

We thank You with all our hearts that Jesus Christ
still lives today and that we may believe in him
and call upon him as our Savior.
We thank You for Him who sees to the depths of our
human misery and calls right into the midst of it,
“Do not be afraid. I am with you. I live. I am your helper.
No matter how insignificant you are, fear not, for I, Jesus Christ,
shine into all the darkness, even into the darkness of sin and death,
into all the judgment that has fallen or is still to come upon everyone on Earth.”
Praise to Your name, Lord our God!
You are great and almighty and beyond our understanding.
But You have sent us the Savior whom we can understand,
and we rejoice that we may have
community with Him in Your presence.


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

Amen

Wednesday, April 26








Luke 6 : 37-44
KJV


37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged:
condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned:
forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
38 Give, and it shall be given unto you;
good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over,
shall men give into your bosom.
For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall
be measured to you again.
39 And he spake a parable unto them,
Can the blind lead the blind?
shall they not both fall into the ditch?
40 The disciple is not above his master:
but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye,
but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
42 Either how canst thou say to thy brother,
Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye,
when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye,
and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit;
neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
44 For every tree is known by his own fruit.
For of thorns men do not gather figs,
nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
   


Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

How much good You have poured out on us throughout our lives!
And how much we should thank You every day!
We thank You that again and again we feel Your
help and know that You can fill our earthly life
with what is of heaven.
May Your kingdom come over the whole world,
for all people are longing for faith and for mercy
and are to be gathered into Your house under
the staff of the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ.
Watch over us during the night.
May your help go far and wide into the whole world.
Stand by those who call upon You,
even when they do not understand how they should pray.
Help us and grant that the Savior may come,
to the glory of Your name.


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

Amen

Thursday, April 27








Psalm 119 : 29-42
KJV


29 Remove from me the way of lying:
and grant me thy law graciously.
30 I have chosen the way of truth:
thy judgments have I laid before me.
31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies:
O Lord, put me not to shame.
32 I will run the way of thy commandments,
when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes;
and I shall keep it unto the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea,
I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments;
for therein do I delight.
36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies,
and not to covetousness.
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity;
and quicken thou me in thy way.
38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant,
who is devoted to thy fear.
39 Turn away my reproach which I fear:
for thy judgments are good.
40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts:
quicken me in thy righteousness.
41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord,
even thy salvation, according to thy word.
42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me:
for I trust in thy word.
   


Today's Prayer...


Dear Father in heaven,

We thank You that we are Your children
and that Your eyes watch over us and see all that is in our hearts.
You hear the request of each heart,
and You will answer at the right time.
Stretch out Your strong hand to us,
for we are weak and often heavy-hearted,
not knowing what to do nor how to find You.
But You are with us in every need in spite of all
our faults and shortcomings.
You are with us;
You lead us through everything to our life’s true goal,
until each of us can rejoice over all You have done,
to the praise of Your name,
our Father.


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

Amen

Friday, April 28








1 Peter 5 : 6-12
KJV


6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God,
that he may exalt you in due time:
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil,
as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith,
knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your
brethren that are in the world.
10 But the God of all grace,
who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus,
after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect,
stablish, strengthen, settle you.
11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you,
as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting,
and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.
   


Today's Prayer...


Dear Father in heaven,

You show us the way of life;
in Your presence is fullness of joy,
and at Your right hand is delight forever.
In Your presence we want to rejoice together
as Your children, under Your protection.
May we become firm in every part of our life on earth.
Grant that soon something of Your kingdom,
of Your heaven, may encircle us like a blessing,
enabling us to fight on in joy and exultation.
We entrust ourselves to You, our faithful and loving God,
and we thank You.


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

Amen