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[IceWizard]

Tuesday, January 31







1 John 2 : 14-22
KJV


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.
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us;
for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us:
but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One,
and ye know all things.
21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth,
but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ?
He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
   


Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

We worship You,
for You come to meet us everywhere and You reveal
Your glory on our earth.
May we become worthy of you,
people who can represent You with our whole being.
Give us the strength to endure,
even through struggles and temptations.
Be merciful to us at all times through Jesus Christ our Savior.
May we remain body and soul in His hands,
that at last we may come to You,
our Father in heaven,
as Your true children,
reborn through the Holy Spirit.


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

Amen

[IceWizard]

Wednesday, February 1







1 Peter 3 : 6-12
KJV


6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord:
whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well,
and are not afraid with any amazement.
7 Likewise, ye husbands,
dwell with them according to knowledge,
giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel,
and as being heirs together of the grace of life;
that your prayers be not hindered.
8 Finally, be ye all of one mind,
having compassion one of another,
love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
9 Not rendering evil for evil,
or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing;
knowing that ye are thereunto called,
that ye should inherit a blessing.
10 For he that will love life,
and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil,
and his lips that they speak no guile:
11 Let him eschew evil, and do good;
let him seek peace, and ensue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous,
and his ears are open unto their prayers:
but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
   


Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

We thank You that we may be Your children
and may be led by Your hand.
Give us patience and faith,
especially when our way on earth seems difficult and
life is full of grief and hardship.
You are light.
You show us the right path.
You go before us in the self-denial and patience taught
us by Your Word.
Protect us on all our ways.
May Your kingdom grow among us until it can be
plainly seen that You, O God,
are truly with us doing Your work and bringing us joy,
even though what we do seems fruitless.
But Your work endures. In Your work we rejoice,
and we want to give thanks to You every day.


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

Amen

[IceWizard]

Thursday, February 2







Psalm 63 : 1-11
KJV


1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee:
my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land,
where no water is;
2 To see thy power and thy glory,
so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life,
my lips shall praise thee.
4 Thus will I bless thee while I live:
I will lift up my hands in thy name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness;
and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
6 When I remember thee upon my bed,
and meditate on thee in the night watches.
7 Because thou hast been my help,
therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
8 My soul followeth hard after thee:
thy right hand upholdeth me.
9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it,
shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
10 They shall fall by the sword:
they shall be a portion for foxes.
11 But the king shall rejoice in God;
every one that sweareth by him shall glory:
but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
   


Today's Prayer...


Dear Father in heaven,

We thank You that You lead us on all our paths.
Together we praise Your name.
We plead with you,
stay with us, especially when the world grows darker.
Stay with us and send down your power.
Send Your power in answer to our prayers.
For all people we pray,
“Father in heaven,
these are our brothers and sisters in
spite of their failures and sins.”
Help them, O God.
May they soon come to recognize who You are,
what You do, and what You will still do,
so that the whole world can be joyful and all people
on earth may know the blessing of being Your children.


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

Amen

[IceWizard]

Friday, February 3







Romans 8 : 16-23
KJV


16  The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit,
that we are the children of God:
17  And if children, then heirs; heirs of God,
and joint-heirs with Christ;
if so be that we suffer with him,
that we may be also glorified together.
18  For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time
are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
19  For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth
for the manifestation of the sons of God.
20  For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly,
but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
21  Because the creature itself also shall be delivered
from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
22  For we know that the whole creation
groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
23  And not only they, but ourselves also,
which have the firstfruits of the Spirit,
even we ourselves groan within ourselves,
waiting for the adoption, to wit,
the redemption of our body.
   


Today's Prayer...


Dear Father in heaven,

We may come to You,
for You have counted us as Your children.
Our hearts long to come to You,
our God and Savior.
May Your Word bless us and restore us.
Give us courageous hearts to bear the distress of our times.
Let a light arise in our days so that people care about Your will.
Then the need on earth shall come to an end,
Your name shall be honored,
and Your will be done.
Lord God, You alone are our help.
Be merciful to us.
Stretch out Your hand so that all people may turn to You
and to Your commandments,
and Your will may be done on earth.


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

Amen

[IceWizard]

Saturday, February 4







Romans 14 : 1-9
KJV


1  Him that is weak in the faith receive ye,
but not to doubtful disputations.
2 For one believeth that he may eat all things:
another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not;
and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth:
for God hath received him.
4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant?
to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up:
for God is able to make him stand.
5 One man esteemeth one day above another:
another esteemeth every day alike.
Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord;
and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it.
He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks;
and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die,
we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived,
that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
   


Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

Help us who have listened in the name of Jesus Christ
and heard the good tidings.
Help us come with our whole hearts to the Savior,
who leads us into Your arms.
Hear our pleading and let Your countenance shine over the world.
Let a new age come soon.
Send Your salvation into the world to the glory of Your name,
so that the truth we have learned about You becomes a reality
in our hearts and our whole life can be genuine,
rooted in the truth, leading us into heaven,
to the honor of Your name.
Hear us, O Lord our God.
We entrust ourselves and our daily lives to You.
We want to be faithful.
Help us to be Your children,
mindful at every step that we belong to You.


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

Amen

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Big shots are only little shots who keep on shooting.
                                                                       
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Sunday, February 5







Isaiah 46 : 8-16
KJV


8  Remember this, and shew yourselves men:
bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
9  Remember the former things of old: for I am God,
and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
10  Declaring the end from the beginning,
and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying,
My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
11  Calling a ravenous bird from the east,
the man that executeth my counsel from a far country:
yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it,
I will also do it.
12  Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted,
that are far from righteousness:
13  I bring near my righteousness;
it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry:
and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
   


Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

Keep us in Your Spirit.
Surround us with Your protection,
so that in body and soul we may praise Your might
and be joyful even in a world full of evil.
Shine into our hearts,
that we may discern what is right and good and eternal.
May You do more than we can ask or understand
for those who still walk in darkness far away from You.
May Your eternal mercy enfold them,
and may the earth be filled with thanks to You,
the Creator and Father of us all.


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

Amen

[TheBigGreenBastard]

There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel's veins.
And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.

The dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day.
And there have I, though vile as he, washed all my sins away.
With all my guilty stains,
Washed all my sins away.

Ever since by faith, I saw the stream Your flowing wounds supplied.
Redeeming love has been my theme and shall be till I die

[IceWizard]

Monday, February 6







Luke 6 : 36-42
KJV


36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
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.
   


Today's Prayer...


Dear Father in heaven,

We come before your presence with thanksgiving
and rejoice that you are with us on earth.
Even though we have many struggles and temptations and even
though problems crowd in upon us,
we know that we are in your hands and that everything must go
according to your will. Hold us securely in your hand.
Help us to bear all that we find hard,
for we know you are in control and you lead everything to a good end.
The darker and more difficult it may seem,
the more clearly your hand will reveal the victory in those whose
lives are founded in eternity,
whose lives cannot end in sorrow but will end in your glory.


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

Amen