Passage1 Thessalonians 5:23-24PrayerDear Father, all worthy God, Please give me the mind of Christ so that my body may be a temple of the spirit of holiness which is his.May you yourself, O Father, make me holy through and through. May my whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless by your power at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.I trust you to do thi […]
Passage1 Thessalonians 5:23PrayerDear Father, all honor to you,I present my body to you, O Lord. Give it health, energy and stamina. Give it healing, as needed.I present my soul, my personality to you, my God. Impress on it the characteristics that honor you and are pleasing to other people, for their good.I present my spirit to you, dear God. May I be wholl […]
Passage1 Thessalonians 5:16-23PrayerDear Father, holy God,Help me always to be joyful and to pray continually, giving thanks to you in all circumstances, since this is your will for me in Christ Jesus.May I never put out the Spirit's fire in myself. May I never be contemptuous of the prophetic word and the interpretation of it. But let me test everythin […]
Passage1 Thessalonians 5:12-15PrayerDear Father, patient one,Give us hearts that gladly show respect for those who labor among us and who lead us and admonish us in the Lord. Fill us with great esteem and deep love for them because of their work in the Lord. May we always be at peace among ourselves.Keep us from being idle or faint-hearted. May we admonish a […]
Passage1 Thessalonians 5:1-11PrayerDear Father,Grant that we may live as sons of the light and daughters of the day. Grant that we may understand the prophecies of Jesus and his servants regarding the day of the Lord.Help us to stay awake, to be sober, to be ready. Clothe us with the breastplate of faith and love. Protect us with the helmet of salvation!We t […]
Passage1 Thessalonians 4:16-18PrayerDear Father, who lifts our spirits,According to your teaching, we look for the Lord himself to descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God.We firmly believe that the dead in Christ will rise first, then we who are alive, who are left, shall be caught u […]
Passage1 Thessalonians 4:13-15PrayerDear Father, comforter of the bereaved,On the death of our dear loved ones in Christ, may we comfort one another with thoughts of a glorious reunion.Help us not grieve as those who have no hope. Since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, you will bring with you at your coming those who have fa […]
Reading for Today: Nehemiah 10:1–11:36 Proverbs 22:1-2 Psalm 89:19-29 Acts 28:1-31 Notes: Nehemiah 10:28 who had separated themselves. These are those who 1) had followed the demand of Ezra and Nehemiah to divorce pagan spouses or 2) had been left in the land but never joined themselves to any heathen, thus remaining separate. Intermarriage […]