Passage1 Corinthians 1:4-9PrayerDear Father, my faithful God,Thank you now and forevermore for the grace which you gave in Christ Jesus. In every way you have enriched me in all speech and all knowledge - even as the testimony of Christ has been confirmed before my eyes - so that I am not lacking in any spiritual gift, as I, along with all my brethren, wait […]
PassageRomans 16:1-27PrayerDear Father, my strength,I bless you for the multitudes of believing people who have gone before me, for those named in the Bible whose examples of love and loyalty to you I would like to imitate.Help me to be a helper, to work hard and to be approved like they were. Never let me be among those who create dissensions and difficulti […]
PassageRomans 15:30-33PrayerDear Father, giver of joy and refreshment,Help us strive together in our prayers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of the Spirit, for every person who is proclaiming your word in difficult circumstances and places.Be with them. Deliver them from their enemies. Let them find full acceptance among your holy people. Let them fin […]
PassageRomans 15:25-29PrayerDear Father, God of Israel,Give us generous hearts toward the Jewish people throughout the world. \"They are Israelites, and to them belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, the promises, and the patriarchs; and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ.\"We know that \ […]
PassageRomans 15:14-21PrayerDear Father,I pray that I may be full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct others who want to know about your salvation.Give me a share in the priestly service of your Good News to the world. May I as a believer make (and be!) an acceptable offering, sanctified by your Holy Spirit.Help me to make it my ambi […]
PassageRomans 15:1-13PrayerDear Father, who welcomes all into your family,Help us to welcome one another, as Christ has welcomed us, for your glory.For you taught us that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show your truthfulness - in order to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs, and in order that we who were not Jews might glorify you for […]
PassageRomans 15:1-8PrayerDear Father, God of steadfast love,May the strength you give us be used to bear with the failings of those who are weak, not to please ourselves, but to please our neighbor for his good, to build him up.In this let us imitate Jesus, your Son, who did not please himself, but lived as it was written of him, \"The reproaches of th […]
Reading for Today: Numbers 15:1–16:50 Psalm 32:1-5 Proverbs 11:16-18 Mark 11:1-19 Notes: Numbers 16:22 the God of the spirits of all flesh. This phrase appears only here and in 27:16. Moses called on omniscient God, who knows the heart of everyone, to judge those who had sinned, and those only. Numbers 16:30 a new thing. This supernatural opening of the ea […]