Precious Lord Jesus, teach me Your Law, as you promised. When I learn from You, I
know that Your Law is the Truth, and cannot pass away. In learning from you, I
become much more concerned about my transgressions of Your law, rather than the
infractions of others, knowing that You must cleanse me from beams before I can
handle the motes.
You teach me that the law is much more significant when written in the heart than
when written on the hands. You write on both, dear Lord, but the works of the hands
become superficial if Your love is not written in our hearts.
How great and gifted was Your servant Moses, O precious Lord. He was sent to point
the world to the Lord Jesus, who would give us the Holy Spirit to direct our feet into
the paths of truth. Even so, do it in me, Dear Lord. In the Name of your dear Son, Jesus
Christ, we pray it of You, our Father in heaven. Amen.
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Thursday, April 10, 2014
April 10, 2014. Morning Prayer and meditation on Proverbs 28:26
Dear Lord, teach me today to trust in You for all things and not to follow the vain
sparks ignited in my own heart, for that would be to play the fool.
I commit my way unto You today, and pray that you would establish my thoughts in
wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption for these are the things of God
that we behold in the face of Jesus Christ.
Remove the veil from my heart and teach my feet how to walk in your commandments,
for this is the first miracle done by your apostles after receiving the gift of the Holy
Ghost. How precious is that gift: to know how to walk before You in the land of the
living.
Teach me, O Precious Father, by Your grace to live soberly, righteously, and godly in
this present world. Through the blood of Your Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.
Pr 28:26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall
be delivered.
sparks ignited in my own heart, for that would be to play the fool.
I commit my way unto You today, and pray that you would establish my thoughts in
wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption for these are the things of God
that we behold in the face of Jesus Christ.
Remove the veil from my heart and teach my feet how to walk in your commandments,
for this is the first miracle done by your apostles after receiving the gift of the Holy
Ghost. How precious is that gift: to know how to walk before You in the land of the
living.
Teach me, O Precious Father, by Your grace to live soberly, righteously, and godly in
this present world. Through the blood of Your Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.
Pr 28:26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall
be delivered.
Wednesday, April 09, 2014
April 9, 2014: Morning Prayer and Meditation on Psalm 140:6-8
“6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.” (Ps 140:6-8)
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Precious Father in Heaven, How precious are Your promises to me and to all Your
people. I confess that You desire us to confess our faith in words that have meaning,
and we rejoice to “offer the calves of our lips.’ If we confess You before men, the
Lord Jesus will confess us before You and the Angels in Heaven.
But we always begin with You, O precious Father. What we say before men, we must
first say to You. We are “to take words and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take
away all iniquity, and receive us graciously….”
How precious it is, Father, to lay hold on Your promises and say unto You, “You are
my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord.”
You have given us such precious promises that if we being evil know how to give
good gifts to our children how much more shall You, our Heavenly Father, give good
gifts to those who ask. If we knock, You will open; if we seek, we will find; if we ask,
we shall receive.
For You are our God, we do confess. You are God of the whole world that You
created, but You are special to Your Own, those predestined by You, the Father; those
redeemed by the blood of Your Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ; and those called into
new life and faith by the Holy Spirit. We confess and glory in the truth that we are
Your own people, called out of darkness into the glorious light of Your dear Son.
You, O Father, are the strength of my salvation. The strength of my salvation does not
lie in any part of my nature, O Precious Lord. Not in my intellect, for that ladder does
not reach to heaven; not in my will, for it is in bondage to sin like my mind; not in my
emotions which are prone to hate both God and my neighbor. The power must come
from You, O precious Father.
You are my helmet of salvation and my only defense from Satan and all his hosts. You
are my salvation and the strength of my soul. Strengthen me, O precious Lord, with
might in the inner man, for I am weak and without strength if You are not with me.
Your rod and Your staff strengthen me.
But You strengthen my inner man, according to Your glorious power, unto all patience
and joyfulness so that I can give thanks unto You, who have made me and all Your
people able to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light, for You have
delivered me from the power of darkness, and has translated me into the kingdom of
his dear Son, along with all Your people. This was the result of no power in me, but
Your mighty Word and Spirit.
Hence, I can pray, O Father, that You will deprive the wicked of their desires; those
that boast against You and take Your Name in vain. Their wicked devices will not
bear fruit, for You will not give Your glory to another, but abase the proud and war
against them.
For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever and ever. Amen, in the
Name of Your dear Son, Whom we love and serve.
7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.” (Ps 140:6-8)
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Precious Father in Heaven, How precious are Your promises to me and to all Your
people. I confess that You desire us to confess our faith in words that have meaning,
and we rejoice to “offer the calves of our lips.’ If we confess You before men, the
Lord Jesus will confess us before You and the Angels in Heaven.
But we always begin with You, O precious Father. What we say before men, we must
first say to You. We are “to take words and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take
away all iniquity, and receive us graciously….”
How precious it is, Father, to lay hold on Your promises and say unto You, “You are
my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord.”
You have given us such precious promises that if we being evil know how to give
good gifts to our children how much more shall You, our Heavenly Father, give good
gifts to those who ask. If we knock, You will open; if we seek, we will find; if we ask,
we shall receive.
For You are our God, we do confess. You are God of the whole world that You
created, but You are special to Your Own, those predestined by You, the Father; those
redeemed by the blood of Your Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ; and those called into
new life and faith by the Holy Spirit. We confess and glory in the truth that we are
Your own people, called out of darkness into the glorious light of Your dear Son.
You, O Father, are the strength of my salvation. The strength of my salvation does not
lie in any part of my nature, O Precious Lord. Not in my intellect, for that ladder does
not reach to heaven; not in my will, for it is in bondage to sin like my mind; not in my
emotions which are prone to hate both God and my neighbor. The power must come
from You, O precious Father.
You are my helmet of salvation and my only defense from Satan and all his hosts. You
are my salvation and the strength of my soul. Strengthen me, O precious Lord, with
might in the inner man, for I am weak and without strength if You are not with me.
Your rod and Your staff strengthen me.
But You strengthen my inner man, according to Your glorious power, unto all patience
and joyfulness so that I can give thanks unto You, who have made me and all Your
people able to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light, for You have
delivered me from the power of darkness, and has translated me into the kingdom of
his dear Son, along with all Your people. This was the result of no power in me, but
Your mighty Word and Spirit.
Hence, I can pray, O Father, that You will deprive the wicked of their desires; those
that boast against You and take Your Name in vain. Their wicked devices will not
bear fruit, for You will not give Your glory to another, but abase the proud and war
against them.
For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever and ever. Amen, in the
Name of Your dear Son, Whom we love and serve.
Tuesday, April 08, 2014
April 8, 2014: Morning Prayer and Meditation on Psalm 092:04-8
4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works
of thy hands.
5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do
flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.” (Ps 92:4-8)
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Our Precious Father in Heaven, We know that men are like brutes, little better than
animals if they lack understanding in one important thing. You are most high forever.
Your works are very great, and your thoughts are very deep. Fools do not understand
this, for they are locked into the folly of their own minds and are as the beasts of the
field that are slaughtered for food for others.
Because the godly have seen and understand that Your thoughts are very deep and your
works are very great, they are glad in their hearts, because they know that all of your
works are done in power and wisdom for the benefit of your people.
How great are your thoughts, precious Father! You allow the wicked to spring up and
flourish as the grass because you have a purpose for them. Because Your thoughts are
so deep, we cannot understand that purpose, but we know that when that good and
wise purpose is fulfilled they shall be destroyed forever and will no longer be
remembered.
We know that these things are good because through the everlasting covenant of
redemption you have purchased us from the kingdom of sin and darkness by the blood
of Jesus Christ, your Son.
Without the blood of Christ, we would be as blind and brutish as any other and would
be able to see only the things of this world, seeking its pleasures, without God and
without hope.
We rejoice that you have taught us to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this
present world, and to seek our hope in the world to come. Amen.
This is good, O precious Father, and we esteem it to be good, for you are most high for
evermore. You have created all things and all things are yours. We will rejoice and
glorify Your Name forever and ever.
O the depth of the riches both of Your wisdom and knowledge, O God! How
unsearchable are Your judgments, and Your ways past finding out!
For who hath known Your mind, O Precious Father, or who hath been Your
counselor? Who hath first given to You, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
For of You, and through You, and To You, are all things, and we will give You glory
for ever. Amen.
of thy hands.
5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do
flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.” (Ps 92:4-8)
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Our Precious Father in Heaven, We know that men are like brutes, little better than
animals if they lack understanding in one important thing. You are most high forever.
Your works are very great, and your thoughts are very deep. Fools do not understand
this, for they are locked into the folly of their own minds and are as the beasts of the
field that are slaughtered for food for others.
Because the godly have seen and understand that Your thoughts are very deep and your
works are very great, they are glad in their hearts, because they know that all of your
works are done in power and wisdom for the benefit of your people.
How great are your thoughts, precious Father! You allow the wicked to spring up and
flourish as the grass because you have a purpose for them. Because Your thoughts are
so deep, we cannot understand that purpose, but we know that when that good and
wise purpose is fulfilled they shall be destroyed forever and will no longer be
remembered.
We know that these things are good because through the everlasting covenant of
redemption you have purchased us from the kingdom of sin and darkness by the blood
of Jesus Christ, your Son.
Without the blood of Christ, we would be as blind and brutish as any other and would
be able to see only the things of this world, seeking its pleasures, without God and
without hope.
We rejoice that you have taught us to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this
present world, and to seek our hope in the world to come. Amen.
This is good, O precious Father, and we esteem it to be good, for you are most high for
evermore. You have created all things and all things are yours. We will rejoice and
glorify Your Name forever and ever.
O the depth of the riches both of Your wisdom and knowledge, O God! How
unsearchable are Your judgments, and Your ways past finding out!
For who hath known Your mind, O Precious Father, or who hath been Your
counselor? Who hath first given to You, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
For of You, and through You, and To You, are all things, and we will give You glory
for ever. Amen.
Monday, April 07, 2014
Not the precious Name, but the empty Name of Jesus.
Posted as a comment this morning to a friend's post.
Jack Burhenne I think the name of Jesus gives "love" a run for its money. From Francis Schaeffer's Escape from Reason -
"I have come to the point where, when I hear the word Jesus - which means so much to me because of the Person of the historic Jesus and His work - I listen carefully because I have with sorrow become more afraid of the word Jesus than almost any other word in the modern world. The word is used as a contentless banner, and our generation is invited to follow it. But there is no rational, scriptural content by which to test it, and thus the word is being used to teach the very opposite things from those which Jesus taught. Men are called to follow the word with highly motivated fervency, and nowhere more than in the new morality which follows the radical theology. It is now Jesus-like to sleep with a girl or man, if she or he needs you. As long as you are trying to be human, you are being Jesus-like to sleep with the other person - at the cost, be it noted, of breaking the specific morality which Jesus taught. But to these people this does not matter, because that is downstairs in the area of rational scriptural content.
We have come then to this fearsome place where the word Jesus has become the enemy of the Person Jesus, and the enemy of what Jesus taught. We must fear this contentless banner of the word Jesus not because we do not love Jesus, but because we do love Him. We must fight this contentless banner, with its deep motivations, rooted in the memories of the race, which is being used for the purpose of sociological form and control. We must teach our spiritual children to do the same.
This accelerating trend makes me wonder whether when Jesus said that toward the end-time there will be other Jesuses, He meant something like this. We must never forget that the great enemy who is coming is the Anti-Christ, he is not anti-non-Christ, He is anti-Christ. Increasingly over the last few years the word Jesus, separated from the content of the Scriptures, has become the enemy of the Jesus of history, the Jesus who died and rose and who is coming again and who is the eternal Son of God. So let us take care. If evangelical Christians begin to slip into a dichotomy, to separate an encounter with Jesus from the content of the Spriptures (including the discussable and the verifiable portions of Scripture), we shall without intending to, be throwing ourselves and the next generation into the millstream of the modern system. This system surrounds us as an almost monolithic consensus."
Jack Burhenne I think the name of Jesus gives "love" a run for its money. From Francis Schaeffer's Escape from Reason -
"I have come to the point where, when I hear the word Jesus - which means so much to me because of the Person of the historic Jesus and His work - I listen carefully because I have with sorrow become more afraid of the word Jesus than almost any other word in the modern world. The word is used as a contentless banner, and our generation is invited to follow it. But there is no rational, scriptural content by which to test it, and thus the word is being used to teach the very opposite things from those which Jesus taught. Men are called to follow the word with highly motivated fervency, and nowhere more than in the new morality which follows the radical theology. It is now Jesus-like to sleep with a girl or man, if she or he needs you. As long as you are trying to be human, you are being Jesus-like to sleep with the other person - at the cost, be it noted, of breaking the specific morality which Jesus taught. But to these people this does not matter, because that is downstairs in the area of rational scriptural content.
We have come then to this fearsome place where the word Jesus has become the enemy of the Person Jesus, and the enemy of what Jesus taught. We must fear this contentless banner of the word Jesus not because we do not love Jesus, but because we do love Him. We must fight this contentless banner, with its deep motivations, rooted in the memories of the race, which is being used for the purpose of sociological form and control. We must teach our spiritual children to do the same.
This accelerating trend makes me wonder whether when Jesus said that toward the end-time there will be other Jesuses, He meant something like this. We must never forget that the great enemy who is coming is the Anti-Christ, he is not anti-non-Christ, He is anti-Christ. Increasingly over the last few years the word Jesus, separated from the content of the Scriptures, has become the enemy of the Jesus of history, the Jesus who died and rose and who is coming again and who is the eternal Son of God. So let us take care. If evangelical Christians begin to slip into a dichotomy, to separate an encounter with Jesus from the content of the Spriptures (including the discussable and the verifiable portions of Scripture), we shall without intending to, be throwing ourselves and the next generation into the millstream of the modern system. This system surrounds us as an almost monolithic consensus."
Sunday, April 06, 2014
April 7, 2014: Morning Prayer and Meditation on Psalm 34:1-3
1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
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Precious Heavenly Father, I make my vow before You to bless You at all times. There is no better fit
instrument for the praises of God than the mouth of Your saints.
I beseech You, therefore, dear Lord, that You purify my heart by faith from all idolatry and wickedness,
for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. If my heart is not tuned to Your praise, then what
I speak with the mouth is hypocrisy and deceit that is abominable to You.
Therefore, I pray that my soul will be purified from the pride and arrogance of idolatry so that I may
make my boast in the Lord alone. Those who have also been humbled by You will recognize Your work
in me and will be glad and we will have fellowship with each other.
Isa 28:3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet. You resist the
proud but give grace to the humble.
I will magnify the Lord. What! How shall I make You larger than You are, O Precious Father? What
shall I add to Your glory and Your power and Your greatness and Your strength and wisdom?
I can add nothing to them, but I can add them to my understanding of You, and teach other men so. That I
will do as long as I have breath. Work in my soul that this praise be not empty and vain.
O Father, may the dear people of God join with me in magnifying the Lord all the days that we live.
May we join hands and hearts and voices in the church of Jesus Christ which is the pillar and ground
of the truth, so that the glory and majesty of God will resound throughout the world, for God is worthy
alone to be praised by the mouths and hearts of men.
Amen and Amen, in the Name of our Savior, Jesus of Nazareth, enthroned in the Heavens.
April 6: Morning Prayer and Meditation on Psalm 122
1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the
name of the LORD. --Psalm 122.
Precious Father in Heaven, how much richer is our joy in your house than David knew, for his house
was the house of Moses, while ours is the house of the Lord Jesus Christ, the church that He has built
of living stone.
Shortly we will be going to the House of the Lord, which Paul said is the church, the pillar and ground
of the truth, the New Jerusalem which is above, the mother of us all. We joy in your church and will
not forsake her assembly.
We will stand within your government and covenant, the gates of your kingdom. Your covenant is
certain and sure and the church is one, compact together, through the preaching of the gospel and the
ministry that you have ordained from heaven: “From whom the whole body fitly joined together and
compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of
every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.” So wrote the Apostle Paul
of the church.
There in your church is the pillar and ground of the truth, the holy scriptures, the testimony that you
have given to your church, the testimony that can never fail. And we will give thanks unto the name of
the LORD for it is great. Amen and Amen. In Jesus Name.
2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the
name of the LORD. --Psalm 122.
Precious Father in Heaven, how much richer is our joy in your house than David knew, for his house
was the house of Moses, while ours is the house of the Lord Jesus Christ, the church that He has built
of living stone.
Shortly we will be going to the House of the Lord, which Paul said is the church, the pillar and ground
of the truth, the New Jerusalem which is above, the mother of us all. We joy in your church and will
not forsake her assembly.
We will stand within your government and covenant, the gates of your kingdom. Your covenant is
certain and sure and the church is one, compact together, through the preaching of the gospel and the
ministry that you have ordained from heaven: “From whom the whole body fitly joined together and
compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of
every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.” So wrote the Apostle Paul
of the church.
There in your church is the pillar and ground of the truth, the holy scriptures, the testimony that you
have given to your church, the testimony that can never fail. And we will give thanks unto the name of
the LORD for it is great. Amen and Amen. In Jesus Name.
Saturday, April 05, 2014
April 5,2014: Morning Prayer and Meditation on Psalm 32:1-6
What a blessed message this is! O precious Heavenly Father. This is the joyful sound
that goes to all the world, the good news that the angels announced on that first
Christmas morning: good tidings that should be to all people.
I praise and magnify Your truth, O Precious Father, astounding though it is. What a
wonderful simple truth is that You by Your Own good pleasure have announced
forgiveness of sins to Your people. They are pronounced blessed, and their sins are not
counted to them.
I confess, O Lord, that Your word in this Psalm, which Paul quotes in his epistle to the
Romans, belongs to the righteousness of faith.
I was called out of darkness into light by this great gift of justification which included
two unearned gifts from You, O Lord, through Your Son, Jesus Christ by the Holy
Spirit. We know the meaning of this Psalm because You have taught us, and we could
learn no other way.
I praise You for the first unearned gift of full and free forgiveness of sins, so that all of
our sins, past, present, and future are not imputed to us, they are not charged to us
because by faith, which is Your gift, we believe that Christ died for our sins, so that He
who knew no sin was made sin for us that we might be made the righteousness of God.
This righteousness is without the law, being witnessed by the law and the prophets.
This righteousness which declares us innocent before Your Holy Law is without flaw,
perfect and whole and we are adopted as Your children and given the Spirit of
adoption that Christ may be formed in us. This was your second great gift of grace to
us.
Your Spirit is the Spirit of Truth, O Lord, and reproved the guile and hypocrisy that
defined our life. You brought us to despair over our sins and transgression. We refused
to confess them, and condemned others for the things we did ourselves. We shut our
guilt within ourselves and justified ourselves before others, either pretending that Your
Law did not apply to us, or that we were innocent of sins. Your hand was very heavy
upon us and it was like we had died a kind of death, far from the water of life, dry
bones without hope and without God. The pride of our hearts kept us in chains to our
sins and misery.
But Christ had died for us when all our sins were future and we were without hope and
help. As God commanded the light to shine out of darkness on that first day of
Creation, so in a new creation You shined into our hard and barren hearts, generously
pouring out Your Spirit of life, the water of life, and banishing the dry bones of
hypocrisy, guile, and bitterness, which had come because Your hand was heavy upon
us, and we did not seek You.
By Your glorious Light, the good news of the Gospel, shined into our hearts, melting
them, changing us, bringing forgiveness and confession of sins, translating us from the
kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light.
We are not alone in this, for this is the inheritance of all the godly, those in whom the
words of the apostle are fulfilled who was sent “To open their eyes, and to turn them
from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive
forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in
me.” Acts 26:18
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“1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit
there is no guile.
3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the
drought of summer. Selah.
5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will
confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.
Selah.
6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be
found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.” (Ps
32:1-6)
Friday, April 04, 2014
How Much Does a Song Weigh?
My friend Brad Davis expanded my thought today. Thanks, Brad.
So, we live in an expanding universe. But what do we measure by? If one frog is the
only existence, who knows whether it grows or shrinks. The other day "scientists"
reported that it actually may be shrinking, that the universal constant is maybe wrong.
But how would you know?
Archimedes could find no place to stand, and could not move the world. Will we
measure the universe by the wind blowing through the vanity of our minds?
Isa 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that
bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his
might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
2Co 10:12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with
some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and
comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
When you divide any number into an infinite number of parts, how large is each part?
We can and must number our days and many things of creation. But what is the
dimension of thought; the depth of love; the weight of wisdom? Are these things not
real also.
Mic 6:11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of
deceitful weights?
Isaiah 40: 12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out
heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and
weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? 13 Who hath directed the
Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? 15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. 17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
Little ships must stay near the shore.
So, we live in an expanding universe. But what do we measure by? If one frog is the
only existence, who knows whether it grows or shrinks. The other day "scientists"
reported that it actually may be shrinking, that the universal constant is maybe wrong.
But how would you know?
Archimedes could find no place to stand, and could not move the world. Will we
measure the universe by the wind blowing through the vanity of our minds?
Isa 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that
bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his
might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
2Co 10:12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with
some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and
comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
When you divide any number into an infinite number of parts, how large is each part?
We can and must number our days and many things of creation. But what is the
dimension of thought; the depth of love; the weight of wisdom? Are these things not
real also.
Mic 6:11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of
deceitful weights?
Isaiah 40: 12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out
heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and
weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? 13 Who hath directed the
Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? 15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. 17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
Little ships must stay near the shore.
April 4: Morning Prayer and Meditation on Psalm 34:11-16
Our precious Heavenly Father. We can learn the fear of the Lord only from You and
never from the precept of men. You have made our Lord Jesus to be wisdom, and
righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption which is His gift to us by the Holy
Spirit. You have shown us what is good, what makes life desirable, rich and full.
Set a seal upon our lips, Dear Father, that evil will not be found on them; nor hypocrisy
nor self-deceit. We so easily deceive ourselves and You withdraw from us when we
love lies and wickedness.
Even if we are blind and silly, You are our Father in Heaven and know the difference
between the evil and the good. Your eyes are upon the righteous of the earth, those
who trust in Your Son, Jesus of Nazareth, and Your ears hear their prayers when they
cry to You for mercy and wisdom.
You also know those who are evil, who do not believe and whose mouths are filled
with filthy blasphemies against You and Your people. They will not be remembered in
the earth, for You will cut them off. You turn Your face from them as Your blessed
Apostle Paul wrote, “If any love not the Lord Jesus, let him be accursed at His
coming,” for guile and vain pretense are exposed by a hard heart that does not love
Christ and His people.
But we do love the Lord Jesus, Your Son, because of the blood of His cross, which is
foolishness to those lost in their sins and misery. And we do love Your People,
Precious Father, and will by Your grace forever. In the Name of the Lord Jesus, Your
only begotten Son, Amen.
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11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of
them from the earth. from Psalm 34
never from the precept of men. You have made our Lord Jesus to be wisdom, and
righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption which is His gift to us by the Holy
Spirit. You have shown us what is good, what makes life desirable, rich and full.
Set a seal upon our lips, Dear Father, that evil will not be found on them; nor hypocrisy
nor self-deceit. We so easily deceive ourselves and You withdraw from us when we
love lies and wickedness.
Even if we are blind and silly, You are our Father in Heaven and know the difference
between the evil and the good. Your eyes are upon the righteous of the earth, those
who trust in Your Son, Jesus of Nazareth, and Your ears hear their prayers when they
cry to You for mercy and wisdom.
You also know those who are evil, who do not believe and whose mouths are filled
with filthy blasphemies against You and Your people. They will not be remembered in
the earth, for You will cut them off. You turn Your face from them as Your blessed
Apostle Paul wrote, “If any love not the Lord Jesus, let him be accursed at His
coming,” for guile and vain pretense are exposed by a hard heart that does not love
Christ and His people.
But we do love the Lord Jesus, Your Son, because of the blood of His cross, which is
foolishness to those lost in their sins and misery. And we do love Your People,
Precious Father, and will by Your grace forever. In the Name of the Lord Jesus, Your
only begotten Son, Amen.
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11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of
them from the earth. from Psalm 34
Thursday, April 03, 2014
Morning Prayer, April 3. Psalm 33:18-22
April 3, 2014 Morning Prayer and Happy Birthday to My Wife.
Our Precious Heavenly Father, we fear You because You eye is upon us and we hope
in Your mercy. This is not a vain hope, because it is based upon the certain work of the
Father in election, the Son in Mediation, and the Holy Spirit in application. Hence,
none of Your promises can fail.
Death has no eternal power over Your children, Dear Lord, and there is no famine
except that which comes from You, so we fear neither death nor famine. We wait
patiently for Your mercy and grace for You are our help and our shield.
From the depth of our hearts we rejoice in You, Precious Father, for Your name
represent all that is true about You: Existence, Omnipotence, Omniscience,
Omnipresence, Immutability, Love, Grace, Mercy, Unity, and Infinity and all the other
things that are revealed in the Holy Scriptures.
Our hope is not in vain, O Precious Father, and we shall never be ashamed, because it
cannot be that Your mercy will not certainly follow those who rely upon Your
promises and Hope in You. In the Precious Name of our Savior, Jesus of Nazareth,
Amen.
18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his
mercy;
19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
Our Precious Heavenly Father, we fear You because You eye is upon us and we hope
in Your mercy. This is not a vain hope, because it is based upon the certain work of the
Father in election, the Son in Mediation, and the Holy Spirit in application. Hence,
none of Your promises can fail.
Death has no eternal power over Your children, Dear Lord, and there is no famine
except that which comes from You, so we fear neither death nor famine. We wait
patiently for Your mercy and grace for You are our help and our shield.
From the depth of our hearts we rejoice in You, Precious Father, for Your name
represent all that is true about You: Existence, Omnipotence, Omniscience,
Omnipresence, Immutability, Love, Grace, Mercy, Unity, and Infinity and all the other
things that are revealed in the Holy Scriptures.
Our hope is not in vain, O Precious Father, and we shall never be ashamed, because it
cannot be that Your mercy will not certainly follow those who rely upon Your
promises and Hope in You. In the Precious Name of our Savior, Jesus of Nazareth,
Amen.
18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his
mercy;
19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
Monday, March 31, 2014
Morning Prayer: 4/1/2014
“15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from
them that persecute me. 16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy
mercies’ sake.” (Ps 31:15-16 AV)
Dear Precious Heavenly Father: Everything in my life, all the good times and all the
bad times are in Your hand” You bring both evil upon the sons of men and You bring
good, and as Your children know these things, plenty and want, joy and sorrow, death
and living, hope and despair, winning and losing, and health and sickness.
But in a special way You hold the times of Your people in Your hand, so that they are
measured out according to our capacity and calling. You do not give us an excess of
good things, or we would forget You and forget the hope of heaven, and we would
treasure Your gifts more than You.
Neither do You give us more trouble than we can bear, but You also make a way to
escape that we are able to bear it. Hence, we can never be overthrown by our sorrows,
for they serve Your good purpose of making us strong, correcting our errors, and
making us partakers of Your Holiness.
So even in good times and bad times, Your face shines upon us, and we will not be
delivered into the hands of our enemies, the world, the flesh, and the devil. Your
mercies are high above the heavens and nothing can take them out of Your hand and
take them from Your servants. We love You, O Lord Jesus, and we want no Lord but
You, no God but You, and we are content.
Amen and Amen.
10 But he [Job] said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh.
What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all
this did not Job sin with his lips.
Hebrews 12: 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto
children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art
rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son
whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for
what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
them that persecute me. 16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy
mercies’ sake.” (Ps 31:15-16 AV)
Dear Precious Heavenly Father: Everything in my life, all the good times and all the
bad times are in Your hand” You bring both evil upon the sons of men and You bring
good, and as Your children know these things, plenty and want, joy and sorrow, death
and living, hope and despair, winning and losing, and health and sickness.
But in a special way You hold the times of Your people in Your hand, so that they are
measured out according to our capacity and calling. You do not give us an excess of
good things, or we would forget You and forget the hope of heaven, and we would
treasure Your gifts more than You.
Neither do You give us more trouble than we can bear, but You also make a way to
escape that we are able to bear it. Hence, we can never be overthrown by our sorrows,
for they serve Your good purpose of making us strong, correcting our errors, and
making us partakers of Your Holiness.
So even in good times and bad times, Your face shines upon us, and we will not be
delivered into the hands of our enemies, the world, the flesh, and the devil. Your
mercies are high above the heavens and nothing can take them out of Your hand and
take them from Your servants. We love You, O Lord Jesus, and we want no Lord but
You, no God but You, and we are content.
Amen and Amen.
10 But he [Job] said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh.
What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all
this did not Job sin with his lips.
Hebrews 12: 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto
children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art
rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son
whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for
what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Musical Idolatry?
Ps 33:3 "Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise." "skilfully" means with beauty and
pleasure [toward God, for the music is to be "unto him" as a spiritual sacrifice to His majesty and
greatness], "loud noise" means "alarm, signal, sound of tempest, shout, shout or blast of war or alarm
or joy."
Nowhere is music to be used as a protest dishonoring mothers and fathers and setting asides
grandmothers and grandfathers, and sowing strife and discord. Ps. 33 extols the glory and majesty of
God and begins, "Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright." "comely"
means "beautiful" [before God] and doesn't fit a fool: Pr 19:10 "Delight is not seemly for a fool; much
less for a servant to have rule over princes." Humility, truth, and sound doctrine are the foundation for
"comely" praise in music or in anything else, for gravity and seriousness must mark all of our worship
of the Lord, even our rejoicing. Hence, those who lead the church must be "grave" men [1Tim 3 and
Titus 2] The church is the temple of God, not a place for silly ditties and stupid doctrines.
The church is primarily a place to hear the voice of God. Hab. 1:18 What profiteth the graven image
that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work
trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? 19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb
stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in
the midst of it. 20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him."
An idol can be an instrument of music, made of brass, or wood, or hide and can become an object of
veneration as though worship cannot take place without it. A guitar which becomes an essential for
"worship" is a false God, for the only essential for worship is lively preaching of the word of God and
humility and reception of that word in the hearts of the people. And yet thousands turn away from
sound preaching in order to have a guitar or any instrument of music and are idolaters as certainly
as those who enter the temple of Baal.
pleasure [toward God, for the music is to be "unto him" as a spiritual sacrifice to His majesty and
greatness], "loud noise" means "alarm, signal, sound of tempest, shout, shout or blast of war or alarm
or joy."
Nowhere is music to be used as a protest dishonoring mothers and fathers and setting asides
grandmothers and grandfathers, and sowing strife and discord. Ps. 33 extols the glory and majesty of
God and begins, "Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright." "comely"
means "beautiful" [before God] and doesn't fit a fool: Pr 19:10 "Delight is not seemly for a fool; much
less for a servant to have rule over princes." Humility, truth, and sound doctrine are the foundation for
"comely" praise in music or in anything else, for gravity and seriousness must mark all of our worship
of the Lord, even our rejoicing. Hence, those who lead the church must be "grave" men [1Tim 3 and
Titus 2] The church is the temple of God, not a place for silly ditties and stupid doctrines.
The church is primarily a place to hear the voice of God. Hab. 1:18 What profiteth the graven image
that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work
trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? 19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb
stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in
the midst of it. 20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him."
An idol can be an instrument of music, made of brass, or wood, or hide and can become an object of
veneration as though worship cannot take place without it. A guitar which becomes an essential for
"worship" is a false God, for the only essential for worship is lively preaching of the word of God and
humility and reception of that word in the hearts of the people. And yet thousands turn away from
sound preaching in order to have a guitar or any instrument of music and are idolaters as certainly
as those who enter the temple of Baal.
Erring Through Wine
Isa 28:7 "But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of
the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed
up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they
stumble in judgment."
If you have known those who are alcoholics, you know that you have not seen the real
person for years; you have been talking and relating to the alcohol. The alcohol distorts
his judgment, victimizes him, and makes him unfit to render judgment in church or in
state. When they sober up, you may be amazed at what a different person has been
hidden under the alcohol.
Alcohol swallows up people and turns them out of the way. This is the reason that
elders and overseers in the church must not be abusive of wine or strong drink, for how
can they be just with men when they err in vision and stumble in judgment?
Proverbs 31: "4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for
princes strong drink: 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of
any of the afflicted."
Of course, the sin is not in the bottle or in any material thing: the sin is in the heart; the
lovelessness that turns to self-indulgence rather than doing the hard work of judgment
in church or state. It is an idolatry and rejects the world that God created in favor of a
dream world created by the drug.
the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed
up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they
stumble in judgment."
If you have known those who are alcoholics, you know that you have not seen the real
person for years; you have been talking and relating to the alcohol. The alcohol distorts
his judgment, victimizes him, and makes him unfit to render judgment in church or in
state. When they sober up, you may be amazed at what a different person has been
hidden under the alcohol.
Alcohol swallows up people and turns them out of the way. This is the reason that
elders and overseers in the church must not be abusive of wine or strong drink, for how
can they be just with men when they err in vision and stumble in judgment?
Proverbs 31: "4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for
princes strong drink: 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of
any of the afflicted."
Of course, the sin is not in the bottle or in any material thing: the sin is in the heart; the
lovelessness that turns to self-indulgence rather than doing the hard work of judgment
in church or state. It is an idolatry and rejects the world that God created in favor of a
dream world created by the drug.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Morning Prayer: March 28, 2014
March 28, 2014 Morning Prayer and Meditation from Psalm 25
Precious Heavenly Father, none of us can stand if You should remember all of our
sins. Yet, You do remember them and they are written in your books, which shall be
opened at the last day. Though we may have forgotten or ignored them, we will be
judged by the things that are written in your books. Romans 2:6 and Revelation 20:12,
13.
Even the sins of our youth are remembered by You, O Heavenly Father and how we
are besotted by them. What great forbearance and longsuffering you have showed to
us, to lead us to repentance and faith.
We confess, O Precious Heavenly Father, that there is no cleanser nor soap that can
wash away our sin, try as we can. Only the blood of Jesus of Nazareth, Your Only
Begotten son can wash away the stain of them.
We would go nowhere else than to that fountain of blood that was opened at Calvary,
and there we would wash and be clean. We do confess our sins, and dark and wicked
though they be, we are made clean and pure forever for you are faithful and just to
forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all iniquity.
We believe, O just and holy God, our Heavenly Father, that you have put our sins
away as far as the east is from the west; behind you back, to be remember against us
forever. This, only, because we have faith in Your Son, the Lamb of God who takes
away the sins of anyone in the world who believes on Him and the blood of His cross.
Amen and Amen. In His name we pray.
I saw One hanging on a tree!
by John Newton
In evil long I took delight,
Unawed by shame or fear,
Till a new object struck my sight,
And stopped my wild career.
Chorus:
O can it be upon a tree
The Savior died for me
My soul is thrill, my heart is filled
To think He died for me.
I saw One hanging on a tree,
In agonies and blood;
He fixed His languid eyes on me,
As near His cross I stood.
Sure never till my last breath,
Shall I forget that look!
It seemed to charge me with His death,
Though not a word He spoke.
My conscience felt and owned the guilt
And plunged me in despair
I felt my sins His blood had spilt
And helped to nail Him there.
Alas! I know not what I did,
But now my tears are vain:
Where shall my trembling soul be hid?
For I the Lord have slain.
A second look He gave, which said,
"I freely all forgive;
This blood is for your ransom paid;
I die that you may live."
Thus while His death my sin displays
In all its blackest hue,
Such is the mystery of grace,
It seals my pardon too!
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Ps 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
Precious Heavenly Father, none of us can stand if You should remember all of our
sins. Yet, You do remember them and they are written in your books, which shall be
opened at the last day. Though we may have forgotten or ignored them, we will be
judged by the things that are written in your books. Romans 2:6 and Revelation 20:12,
13.
Even the sins of our youth are remembered by You, O Heavenly Father and how we
are besotted by them. What great forbearance and longsuffering you have showed to
us, to lead us to repentance and faith.
We confess, O Precious Heavenly Father, that there is no cleanser nor soap that can
wash away our sin, try as we can. Only the blood of Jesus of Nazareth, Your Only
Begotten son can wash away the stain of them.
We would go nowhere else than to that fountain of blood that was opened at Calvary,
and there we would wash and be clean. We do confess our sins, and dark and wicked
though they be, we are made clean and pure forever for you are faithful and just to
forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all iniquity.
We believe, O just and holy God, our Heavenly Father, that you have put our sins
away as far as the east is from the west; behind you back, to be remember against us
forever. This, only, because we have faith in Your Son, the Lamb of God who takes
away the sins of anyone in the world who believes on Him and the blood of His cross.
Amen and Amen. In His name we pray.
I saw One hanging on a tree!
by John Newton
In evil long I took delight,
Unawed by shame or fear,
Till a new object struck my sight,
And stopped my wild career.
Chorus:
O can it be upon a tree
The Savior died for me
My soul is thrill, my heart is filled
To think He died for me.
I saw One hanging on a tree,
In agonies and blood;
He fixed His languid eyes on me,
As near His cross I stood.
Sure never till my last breath,
Shall I forget that look!
It seemed to charge me with His death,
Though not a word He spoke.
My conscience felt and owned the guilt
And plunged me in despair
I felt my sins His blood had spilt
And helped to nail Him there.
Alas! I know not what I did,
But now my tears are vain:
Where shall my trembling soul be hid?
For I the Lord have slain.
A second look He gave, which said,
"I freely all forgive;
This blood is for your ransom paid;
I die that you may live."
Thus while His death my sin displays
In all its blackest hue,
Such is the mystery of grace,
It seals my pardon too!
http://tinyurl.com/pv5cvum
Ps 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
Morning Prayer: March 27, 2014 Titus 3:14
March 27, 2014 Morning Prayer Meditation and Prayer on Titus 3:14
Precious Father in Heaven,
We want your Name to be glorified in the work that we do today. May we be useful in
your kingdom and not live in idleness and vanity. Save us from wasting time and
resources, which should be put to necessary and urgent uses. You have said that we
must build in gold and silver and precious stones, and not in wood hay and stubble.
The wise man said that we should seek wisdom as better than gold and silver and our
Lord Jesus said that our treasures should be laid up in heaven and not on earth. How
necessary and urgent is the care of men’s souls, for there is no profit in gaining the
world and losing our souls!
In doing this, O Father, you have said we will be like trees planted by rivers of water,
bringing forth fruit in due season and prospering. Otherwise we are like the chaff that
the wind blows away.
How precious is our Christ and Savior, and we would live lives of value for His praise
and glory. We ask these things in the Name of our Lord Jesus, Amen.
Precious Father in Heaven,
We want your Name to be glorified in the work that we do today. May we be useful in
your kingdom and not live in idleness and vanity. Save us from wasting time and
resources, which should be put to necessary and urgent uses. You have said that we
must build in gold and silver and precious stones, and not in wood hay and stubble.
The wise man said that we should seek wisdom as better than gold and silver and our
Lord Jesus said that our treasures should be laid up in heaven and not on earth. How
necessary and urgent is the care of men’s souls, for there is no profit in gaining the
world and losing our souls!
In doing this, O Father, you have said we will be like trees planted by rivers of water,
bringing forth fruit in due season and prospering. Otherwise we are like the chaff that
the wind blows away.
How precious is our Christ and Savior, and we would live lives of value for His praise
and glory. We ask these things in the Name of our Lord Jesus, Amen.
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Morning Prayer, March 23, 2014
Ephesians 2:21,22
Dear Precious Father, what a glorious privilege it is to go to Your temple this morning
to fellowship with the people that you have loved and called into a holy fellowship....
Your beloved Apostle John wrote that we know we have fellowship with You because
we have fellowship with the Apostles by whom your sent the word of grace, the light
of the holy Gospel to all the world. We love your Word, dear Lord, because it is in
Your word that we see the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Bless your church in all her parts throughout the whole world, we pray. Confirm her in
the faith, exhort her by your faithful ministers, and discipline her by your holy rule
from heaven.
We love you, Lord Jesus, and we love your people. We pray in your Holy Name,
Amen.
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. --Ephesians 2
Dear Precious Father, what a glorious privilege it is to go to Your temple this morning
to fellowship with the people that you have loved and called into a holy fellowship....
Your beloved Apostle John wrote that we know we have fellowship with You because
we have fellowship with the Apostles by whom your sent the word of grace, the light
of the holy Gospel to all the world. We love your Word, dear Lord, because it is in
Your word that we see the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Bless your church in all her parts throughout the whole world, we pray. Confirm her in
the faith, exhort her by your faithful ministers, and discipline her by your holy rule
from heaven.
We love you, Lord Jesus, and we love your people. We pray in your Holy Name,
Amen.
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. --Ephesians 2
Friday, March 21, 2014
Morning Prayer, March 22, 2014
Psalm 119:12, 13 "Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. With my lips
have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth."
O precious Father, you teach us your words so that we may speak them. A baby's
mumblings are sweet and cute, but growing up in Christ means to learn and to know
how to speak your words. Dear Father, it is precious that you understand our groanings
which cannot be uttered, but how much more blessed we are when we can open our
mouths with words of praise and thanksgiving. Man rises to his highest when he
confesses with his mouth the Lord Jesus and believes in his heart that God has raised
Him from the dead.
When we present our bodies to You as living sacrifices, that includes our lips and our
voices that were created to speak your praises and your righteousness.
Ho 14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all
iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
May it be so with us, O Holy Father, in the name of Christ, we pray. Amen.
have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth."
O precious Father, you teach us your words so that we may speak them. A baby's
mumblings are sweet and cute, but growing up in Christ means to learn and to know
how to speak your words. Dear Father, it is precious that you understand our groanings
which cannot be uttered, but how much more blessed we are when we can open our
mouths with words of praise and thanksgiving. Man rises to his highest when he
confesses with his mouth the Lord Jesus and believes in his heart that God has raised
Him from the dead.
When we present our bodies to You as living sacrifices, that includes our lips and our
voices that were created to speak your praises and your righteousness.
Ho 14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all
iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
May it be so with us, O Holy Father, in the name of Christ, we pray. Amen.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Prayer and Meditation on Psalm 27:5-8
Psalm 27:5-8
I have sought after You, O Precious Father, because You first sought after me. When
You said, “Seek ye my face,” it was like You had said “Let there be light,” for my
heart immediately responded, “Thy face, Lord, will I seek.”
It was Your powerful command that caused the light to shine our of darkness on the
first day of Your wonderful creation, and it was Your powerful command that shined
into my heart, to give the light of the knowledge of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
“Follow me,” was Your powerful command to that tax collector, who immediately rose
up, left all, and followed Jesus.
For we confess, O Lord, that we did not choose You, but You chose us for Your own
glorious purpose before the world ever began. You saved us and called us with an holy
calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which
was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.”
Therefore we must not fear in the day of trouble, for You will hide us in Your holy
tabernacle which the world cannot know, for it is hidden from them. There we stand
upon the solid rock of Christ who can never be moved.
There, in Your church, we offer up to You the spiritual sacrifices, coming from our
whole body, soul, and spirit—sacrifices of thanksgiving and praise. We also offer up to
You our very bodies, for we have not really offered ourselves to You unless we give
You our bodies, for that is our reasonable service.
This brings great joy to our hearts, O Lord, and we sing praises to You, bubbling up on
our hearts because of Your mercy and grace. For we believe You, O Precious Father,
for You will hear us when we cry to Your for mercy, and You will answer us.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord You have made us vessels of mercy from Adam’s sinful
clay. So we bless You, our blessed God and precious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
which according to Your abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by
the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”
We praise and magnify Your Name, O most High God, in the Name of Your Son,
Jesus of Nazareth. Amen.
I have sought after You, O Precious Father, because You first sought after me. When
You said, “Seek ye my face,” it was like You had said “Let there be light,” for my
heart immediately responded, “Thy face, Lord, will I seek.”
It was Your powerful command that caused the light to shine our of darkness on the
first day of Your wonderful creation, and it was Your powerful command that shined
into my heart, to give the light of the knowledge of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
“Follow me,” was Your powerful command to that tax collector, who immediately rose
up, left all, and followed Jesus.
For we confess, O Lord, that we did not choose You, but You chose us for Your own
glorious purpose before the world ever began. You saved us and called us with an holy
calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which
was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.”
Therefore we must not fear in the day of trouble, for You will hide us in Your holy
tabernacle which the world cannot know, for it is hidden from them. There we stand
upon the solid rock of Christ who can never be moved.
There, in Your church, we offer up to You the spiritual sacrifices, coming from our
whole body, soul, and spirit—sacrifices of thanksgiving and praise. We also offer up to
You our very bodies, for we have not really offered ourselves to You unless we give
You our bodies, for that is our reasonable service.
This brings great joy to our hearts, O Lord, and we sing praises to You, bubbling up on
our hearts because of Your mercy and grace. For we believe You, O Precious Father,
for You will hear us when we cry to Your for mercy, and You will answer us.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord You have made us vessels of mercy from Adam’s sinful
clay. So we bless You, our blessed God and precious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
which according to Your abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by
the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”
We praise and magnify Your Name, O most High God, in the Name of Your Son,
Jesus of Nazareth. Amen.
Morning Prayer: 3/21/2014
Morning Prayer for March 21, 2014.
Psalm 14:1
Dear Lord, save me from playing the fool today. I mean, I am so prone to act as if there
were no God. I trust my own thoughts, my own feelings, my own decisions just as if
You had not said, “He that trusts in his own heart is a fool.”
Intellectual atheism is so easy to refute and reject, but this practical atheism is more
deadly and poisonous. It robs us of our joy in fellowship with You; it causes us to
blush and retreat before the ungodly; and endangers the soul itself.
Forgive, O Lord, this demon that rests in my flesh and teach me the power of your
Cross, so that I might know Christ and the power of His resurrection, being made
conformable to His death. In the name of Christ my Savior, Amen.
Psalm 14:1 "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they
have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good."
Psalm 14:1
Dear Lord, save me from playing the fool today. I mean, I am so prone to act as if there
were no God. I trust my own thoughts, my own feelings, my own decisions just as if
You had not said, “He that trusts in his own heart is a fool.”
Intellectual atheism is so easy to refute and reject, but this practical atheism is more
deadly and poisonous. It robs us of our joy in fellowship with You; it causes us to
blush and retreat before the ungodly; and endangers the soul itself.
Forgive, O Lord, this demon that rests in my flesh and teach me the power of your
Cross, so that I might know Christ and the power of His resurrection, being made
conformable to His death. In the name of Christ my Savior, Amen.
Psalm 14:1 "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they
have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good."
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