Monday, July 19





Luke 8:16


16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle,
covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed;
but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter
in may see the light.



Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,
we rejoice that we may be called your children. In our weakness
we ask you to shelter us in your hands. Strengthen us in the
hope and faith that our lives will surely go the right way, not
through our strength but through your protection. Grant that
through your Spirit we may come to know more and more that
you are with us. Help us to be alert in our daily life and to listen
whenever you want to say something to us. Reveal the power
and glory of your kingdom in many people, to the glory of your name,
and hasten the coming on earth of all that is good and true.

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

Amen

Tuesday, July 20





Psalm 20:1 - 5


1 The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble;
the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
2 Send thee help from the sanctuary,
and strengthen thee out of Zion;
3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept
thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
4 Grant thee according to thine own heart,
and fulfil all thy counsel.
5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the
name of our God we will set up our banners:
the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.



Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,
you want to be our God and you want us to be your people.
Give us the inner integrity and the power to discern and reject
what does not come from the heart, so that everything may
be genuine among us. Then no lies and deception will creep in,
and honesty and goodness will flow from our hearts to the
glory of truth, to the glory of the gospel and the great hope
you give us through the gospel. Guard our hearts.
Protect the good that is planted in them, that it may grow
and thrive and bear fruit.

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

Amen

Wednesday, July 21





Romans 8:31 - 37


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.


Today's Prayer...


Lord God,
our souls long for you and for your glory, for the day when it shall be said,
"All is accomplished! Now your kingdom comes. Now your day appears.
When we look back on all that has happened to us, everything becomes clear."
We thank you that we can live without fear, again and again refreshed and
renewed, waiting for the good you give on earth. Show us the way we have
to go. Grant your blessing in our hearts so that in need and death, in fear and
distress, we may always have light and strength. You are our salvation,
Lord our God. From you comes the salvation of our souls. We trust you today
and every day. We praise your name, and in you we hope for the day you
hold in readiness for the whole world, the day when light will dawn in every heart.

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

Amen

Thursday, July 22





Romans 14:12 - 14


12 So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.

13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another.
Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or
obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.
14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus,
that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something
as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.


Today's Prayer...


Lord God,
we thank you that we may be your children and that we may hope
in your Spirit. Your Spirit rules us as people whom you want to draw
to yourself, as people who may serve you in their lives here on earth.
Grant that we may be childlike, so that your Spirit can rule us more
and more and what is good may come to many people in all places.
May many come to know that their lives are not merely temporal.
May they realize that they can live and act in you, and through you
may experience the good that is to come to all nations on earth.

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

Amen

Friday, July 23





Proverbs 22:3 - 6


3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself:
but the simple pass on, and are punished.
4  By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches,
and honour, and life.
5  Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward:
he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
6  Train up a child in the way he should go: and
when he is old, he will not depart from it.


Today's Prayer...


Dear Father in heaven,
we thank you that you have revealed to us the name Jesus Christ,
the name of your Son, who leads us to you as your children. May
your hand be plainly seen over all the suffering and dying people of
our time. May your hand soon bring in a new age, a time truly of
God and of the Savior, fulfilling what has long been promised.
Watch over us this night. Bless us. In suffering, continue to uphold
us with your mighty hand. In grief, may your name still be honored.
May your kingdom come, breaking into all the evil of the world, and
may your will be done on earth as in heaven.


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

Amen