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Saturday, May 27








Isaiah 32 : 9-19
KJV


9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice,
ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled,
ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled,
ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare,
and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
12 They shall lament for the teats,
for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
13 Upon the land of my people shall come up
thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken;
the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and
towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses,
a pasture of flocks;
15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high,
and the wilderness be a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness,
and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace;
and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation,
and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
19 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest;
and the city shall be low in a low place.



Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

Our Father in heaven,
we thank You for letting us receive so much that is
good in all circumstances on earth.
We thank You that we can have joy in life in
spite of our shortcomings, mistakes, and worries.
You bless us with heavenly gifts,
so that rejoicing,
we can walk on earth as if in heaven.
Keep the gifts of Your Spirit alive in us.
Keep alive in us everything that Jesus Christ was,
everything He is,
and everything He will be on earth for all people.


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

Amen

Sunday, May 28








Acts 2 : 8-21
KJV


8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites,
and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene,
and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
11 Cretes and Arabians,
we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt,
saying one to another, What meaneth this?
13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice,
and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem,
be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose,
seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God,
I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens
I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs
in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,
before the great and notable day of the Lord come:
21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever
shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.



Today's Prayer...


Dear Father in heaven,

We thank You that we may be Your children.
We thank You that through Your Spirit our
hearts may know that we are Your children.
Even when everything around us becomes
difficult and we are hemmed in by darkness,
we remain Your children.
Even when we often do not see how we are
to go on and everything seems to be
taken from us,
we remain Your children.
Even when sin and death surround us and accuse us
of being in the wrong,
we still remain Your children.
As Your children we entrust ourselves to Your hands.
In our whole life, in all our work and activity,
we dwell in what has come from You,
and we rejoice in Christ our Savior.


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

Amen

Monday, May 29








2 Corinthians 10 : 1-9
KJV


1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ,
who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
2 But I beseech you,
that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence,
wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as
if we walked according to the flesh.
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,
but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; )
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth
itself against the knowledge of God,
and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience,
when your obedience is fulfilled.
7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance?
if any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again,
that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority,
which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction,
I should not be ashamed:
9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.


Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

We thank You for allowing us to experience Your power.
We thank You that we need not be occupied with
material things only.
We thank You that Your Spirit comes to our aid again and again.
Grant that we may continue to have Your help,
and let many hearts find what a grace it is
that in spirit we may walk in heaven even during
this transitory life with all its foolish ways.
We may say with complete assurance that
everything tormenting and burdening will pass by.
It passes by, and we go joyfully and confidently
toward Your kingdom,
which continually gains in power.


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

Amen

Tuesday, May 30








Psalm 139 : 1-11
KJV


1 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising,
thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down,
and art acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue,
but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before,
and laid thine hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit?
or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:
if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning,
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me,
and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me;
even the night shall be light about me.


Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

O Holy One,
we thank You that we may lay aside our own nature
and be lifted in spirit above all that is temporal
and human and have joy in You.
In spite of all the evil surrounding us,
in spite of the thousandfold misery of humankind,
we may still rejoice in You,
in all You do and will yet do for us.
Grant that we may go on rejoicing,
having joy together,
helping instead of burdening each other,
until this earth is filled with the jubilation
of those You have so richly blest.
Forgive us all our sins.
Heal us in mind and body.
Deliver us from all the corruption that
tries to take hold of our souls.


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

Amen

Wednesday, May 31








Ephesians 5 : 6-14
KJV


6 Let no man deceive you with vain words:
for because of these things cometh the wrath of God
upon the children of disobedience.
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
8 For ye were sometimes darkness,
but now are ye light in the Lord:
walk as children of light:
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all
goodness and righteousness and truth; )
10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful
works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things
which are done of them in secret.
13 But all things that are reproved are
made manifest by the light:
for whatsoever doth make manifest is light
14 Wherefore he saith,
Awake thou that sleepest,
and arise from the dead,
and Christ shall give thee light.


Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

We want to find our joy in You
and in all Your promises to us.
For You have promised that in the midst
of all the pain and sorrow,
You are preparing what pleases You
and serves Your honor in every heart.
May we experience in our lives the
fulfillment of many of Your promises,
so that again and again we can go forward joyfully,
rising above difficult times and situations.
Have mercy on us and protect us in Your strength.


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

Amen