🕊️ The Noble man makes Nobel plans, and by noble deeds he stands. 🕊️
Isaiah 32:8
Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You Lord, for my sweet bride and our babygirl!
Thank You for all the tools out there which make it possible to find and read or hear Your Holy Word. I feel so amazingly blessed to live in these days and for the honor of being able to share Your Word and my thoughts with my loved ones and out there in the either. We all have the same opportunity and choice daily, when we rise and as we begin our day. Making the decision to begin my day with feeding my mind with Your Word Lord, before anything else, has made all the difference in my life and my walk with You, my Lord, and my God.
🕊️ I pray Father, you bless me this day to remember and follow Your Words planted in my heart, Loving others. 🕊️
Help me to use and follow the examples You have shared and instruct in Your Word. I pray I may continue to follow You in and through Bible study and use of these blessing every day, through all my struggles and in my life journey, in Jesus’ name Amen!
🕊️ Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God:
“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.
“Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
“Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
“Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
“The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
“The LORD will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you. 🕊️
Deuteronomy 28:2-8
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Good morning Father!
Thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank you for my sweet bride and our babygirl!
May Your Spirit rest upon us this day, O Lord, in all we say and do.
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🕊️ Father, I pray Your Holy Spirit rest upon me this day. Guide me on the path You would have me to follow, the work to perform, and the give me the Words to speak. May I be one in spirit with You O Lord.
Father, thank You for blessing the work I do. Help me to become more skilled at Your calling for my life. You help me to see with Your eyes daily, reminding me all my good works and talents come from You.
May I see You there along the path before me, on my right and on my left, and in the work which I am about to perform. May the work of my hands, mind, and body be glorifying to You O Lord. May I be a good steward of the talents You’ve assigned to me and may they bear much fruit for You, in Jesus’ name Amen. 🕊️
🕊️ But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”
Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God.
If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever,
Amen!🕊️
1 Peter 4:7-11
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Good morning Father!
Thank you for this day!
Thank you for my life!
Thank you for my sweet bride and our beautiful daughter!
Thank you Father, for the many blessings with which you’ve bestowed on me and my family.
As a father cares for his children, You Lord, have made us rich with good health, and earthly possessions. You have blessed each of us with the tools and talents, the skills, to meet all our basic worldly needs, every day is a blessing! And then You give us more!
From the time I rise up I’m filled with hope, and my heart swells with love. You gave Your all for me at Calvary, each moment in this life, each breath I take, a reminder, just how much You sacrificed to ransom me from a death I so deserve. You stand in the gap of my just judgement and You free me from the punishment to follow.
In my first time reading Your word, like baby steps into a world of pure joy, the revelation of Your everlasting love, its like a soft warm and gentle blanket wrapped around me, Your Word teaches me the magnitude of Your love for me. Thank you Father!
If I shed myself of all I possess and all I am, I still have my loved ones and we stand together in Your presence, filled with hope. Our strength comes from You Lord, and we hold each other up with the same love You give each one of us Lord, Your blessings remain a constant.
If all my loved ones are taken from me and I stand alone, I will remain standing strong in my faith, knowing You are there beside me, You hold my hand, You overshadow me with Your presence, You fill me with Your Spirit. As I face every challenge daily, I do so with hope, every wall put before me crumbles in Your presence, You make the path for my feet to walk, a path to follow You where You are and You lead me. Thank you Lord!
All I have and all I am is because of You, my Lord!
When I rise each morning, the first and only thing on my mind is You Lord!
I greet each day as I have the previous day and as I will the next.
When I focus my day on my walk of faith and my communication with You Lord, I can walk in confidence, knowing and sensing Your Spirit right there with me.
The Whole Armor of God
🕊️ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. 🕊️
🕊️ Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Fruitful Growth in the Faith
But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 🕊️
2 Peter 1:2-11
🕊️ This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. 🕊️
1 John 1:5-10
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Good morning Father!
Thank you for this day!
Thank you for my life!
Thank you for my sweet bride and our daughter!
All that we are and all that we have is a blessing from you Lord.
I pray Lord, Your Holy Spirit fill us this day!
May we walk in confidence and joy, knowing Your light is within us in all we say and do. I pray, Lord, as this day dawns and life all around is waking up, Your Spirit come alive in us and shine brightly to all those along our path. May Love be the compass we use to navigate and guide our way, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the river, or the god of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord! 🕊️
Joshua 24:15
A new Covenant
🕊️ “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the LORD.
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.” 🕊️
Jeremiah 31:31-34
Thank you for this day Lord! Thank you Lord, for my life.
Lord, you know for me it was a simple choice, to accept You and serve You with all my mind, heart, and spirit, or choose to continue on the path I was on towards death. It was not something I was forced to do, once I made that decision. You just gently guided my heart towards the path I was to walk, just being the man I was becoming, not the man I believed others wanted to see. Where I was empty, My cup became full. Where I once felt my spirit, my soul was dead, I felt new life and my heart grew with excitement over what tomorrow would bring.
You blessed me with my brother as a partner along my journey of faith. You led me to other people who would train me to read and interpret Your Word. As I journeyed from one Christian faith to another, searching for answers and ultimately landing where I am today. Although I do not agree with many ideals and choices others make or have a path they decided to walk, but I lean towards the common ground we have together, which is our faith in You, and the Love for others. I believe You will sort out the rest along the way. I pray daily Lord, for Your light to shine upon me and my family, and for Your Spirit to reveal the truths I can hold onto and continue to walk the path of faith. Thank you Father! For all You have done for me and answering my prayers, in Jesus’ name Amen!
🕊️ Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. 🕊️
James 1:21-27
🕊️ Dare to be a Daniel,
Dare to stand alone,
Dare to have a purpose firm,
Dare to make it known 🕊️
Philip Paul Bliss
In my early life, I spent my time doing my own thing, going where I wish, when I wish, not accountable to anyone. I was rebellious, headstrong, and fearless. Along my early journey I somehow avoided many of life’s perils and consequences. It was as if i had a guardian angel with me, watching over me. My self destructive nature continued into my early adult life but after a failed marriage, and at my lowest state, about to lose my freedom and enter the pit of hell, God rescued me and opened my mind to His Word and His Way! Thank you Lord!
I believe God saw my roughness, which everyone else saw, but He saw something else; a desire to be a helper, to protect others, to be a servant, the ability to go beyond societal norms and acceptable behavior. Speaking truth in the face of those who would not, bringing light into the darkness, standing up when no one else would, unwavering devotion to truth and protecting the weak. These traits served me well while doing various ministry work, evangelism. In one ministry I served as a lay minister to seniors, bringing them the Word and visitation. In another ministry I served as an assistant jail chaplain, preaching and teaching the Word and individual counseling. In yet another ministry, I served as a Christian scout leader for boys from the age of 7 on up to 14.
I pray O Lord, as a rough diamond, You have led me through the most gratifying of all my work, serving You in ministry. The most painful of my experiences, the most destructive was betrayal by a loved one, and that suffering went on for years, followed by learning of the extent of that betrayal by all those I trusted in my life. There is only one other suffering even greater, the loss of a child at birth, and then the loss of a son to suicide. In all my travels, Lord, You made the difference in all of it. You have always been there for me and with me. You have been the best, most trusted path to truth one can imagine or seek to obtain. Thank You Lord, for Your allowing me to be myself as I served You all these years. I pray now, in my older years, I might serve You more, gleaning from all the years of my life and sharing these experiences with others, as a strength, and as an example of how to follow Your Word and Your Way, in all we say and do, in Jesus’ name Amen!
🕊️ Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” 🕊️
Matthew 9:35
🕊️ And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. 🕊️
Matthew 10:1
Prepare our hearts O Lord, for the life in front of us this day, and for the life which is yet to come. May we learn to use what You have already provided us to share the message of ‘Your Love’ and ‘Your Holy kingdom’. A place You have built for us to meet with You, here now but also in the world to come.
Father, I prayed for Your Spirit to lead me with purpose to fulfill Your destiny for my life, but now that life is well spent. In my ignorance and pride, I failed to recognize the path You revealed to me years ago and I wandered away from that path. You allowed me to sow to the wind and I reaped the whirlwind of my life, and heading toward my own destruction.
You have again taken me from a death I well deserved, and brought me back into the light. You’ve heard my desperate prayers for help and healed my broken heart. You provided a help mate, a companion, to be a balance in my life. Now since my eyes are opened, You’ve removed the scales, You’ve allowed me but a glimpse of what’s to come. I pray, I may continue with the time which remains for me, only with a new day, with a new purpose and a new message, may I walk among the living, filled with Your Spirit and teaching others of Your kingdom, the one which is yet to come. May I be Your message of Hope, in this new day, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 🕊️
2 Corinthians 4:7-10
🕊️ Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. 🕊️
Hebrews 13:20-21
Thank you Lord, for your Word and a path to follow.
In these recent days, my life has experienced various trials and challenges from individual family members not living with me. Our communications have been very strained and I have felt it’s at a breaking point. I’m looking to You Lord, for strength to shine the light You give for forgiveness and Love, however, “Trust” is a different matter. I pray Lord You help me with that, and give me the patience I need to go on with a strained relationship, in Jesus’ name Amen!
Thank you for my sweet bride and our lovely child.
All that we are and possess are from Your blessings in our lives.
Thank You O Lord!
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🕊️ “If you would prepare your heart,
And stretch out your hands toward Him;
If iniquity were in your hand, and you put it far away,
And would not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
Then surely you could lift up your face without spot;
Yes, you could be steadfast, and not fear;
Because you would forget your misery,
And remember it as waters that have passed away,
And your life would be brighter than noonday.
Though you were dark, you would be like the morning.
And you would be secure, because there is hope;
Yes, you would dig around you, and take your rest in safety. 🕊️
Job 11:13-18
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Father I rise my head up to You with anticipation and the hope within me, I sense Your presence in my life. You are always there, Your tender mercies and forgiveness never end. Likewise, Father, may Your Spirit teach me to do the same with those around me and those You lead into my life. May Your Spirit guide my steps and plant my feet on solid ground. Help me to keep on the path of righteousness and free from all sin, from without and from within.
May Your Spirit bless me with godly wisdom, and guide me on my journey as I follow You. keep me on my path, especially when I begin to waver. Help me to seek true Love, for myself, and for all others I encounter. Help me to see Father! Remove the scales from my eyes so I might truly see, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. 🕊️
Hebrews 11:6
🕊️ Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God. 🕊️
Romans 7:4
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Good morning Father!
Thank you for this day!
Thank you for my life!
Thank you for my sweet bride and our lovely child!
Where we go in this life, from day to day, my prayer is that we might shine Your light in the darkness around us, for we know and can see the things which are not of the Lord, but also through His grace, mercy and forgiveness, He has given us sight into Loving all people, regardless of their state of mind or lifestyle. I pray Lord, you make the way before us, before me, clear and filled with purpose. Fill me with Your Spirit Father, and grant me heavenly wisdom in all things, in Jesus’ name Amen!
🕊️ If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.
But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all. 🕊️
Colossians 3:1-11
“Freedom isn’t free!” It’s an expression many have given meaning to its use. The root of its meaning is the cost of that freedom and what it takes or took for that freedom to become a reality. This is a journey which each of us must begin with recognizing the past and how that freedom replaces the behavior of past with a new present and new behavior, a new path to follow to a brighter future.
🕊️ Today, I’m using, “Freedom isn’t free!” in the context of our spirituality!
God gives us many scriptures, as read clearly above saying, “Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.” And “put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.” These are not just clues, but direct, clear, and concise meaning to being, “Spiritually Free”, free from the human condition of self and self-seeking. Jesus offers us a new Way, as outlined clearly in His Word. Many who choose not to hear His Word, cannot be free because their mind’s eye is on self, rather than the creator, Jesus Christ, who has opened up the door to our true freedom.
John 8:31-32 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
🕊️ All we need to do is follow You! Help me Lord, this day, to follow You! Help me to become more like You, in all I say and do, in Jesus’ name, Amen! 🕊️
🕊️ Two are better than one, because they have a better return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! A threefold cord is not easily broken. 🕊️
Ecclesiastes 4: 9-10, 12
🕊️ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.
For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. 🕊️
Ephesians 5:25-33
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Good morning Father!
Thank you for this day!
Thank you for my life!
Thank you for my sweet bride, whom you’ve blessed me in so many ways. Before I followed the Way, when I lived in my flesh, twice I married and twice I was divorced, in part because of infidelity, and in part, because there was no Love in the marriages. It was hollow and empty and dark.
And after giving up a desire for a friend and partner in this life, someone to love and be loved in return, that is when you blessed me with my sweet bride, my Amy!
There are no words to describe the love I have experienced with her. For going on 27 years now. I feel we are as one flesh, truly one in love and all matters in this life together, Thank you Father!
When I was alone and broken, when all my children hated me and looked on me with contempt, when I looked everywhere for the right person to trust with what remained of my broken heart, I found no one. When I was ready to just lay down and die, when I wasn’t looking, there she was Lord! When I stopped searching, when my focus became only filling my life and every thought with serving You and walking in the light, that’s when You sent her to me, my sweet bride!
My journey in this life was filled with tragedy, so much hurt and pain, so many broken memories. When I cried out to you to for healing and comfort, You sent her to me. She has become my everything. So thank you Father! Now after all this time together, I can’t seem to remember the hurt and pain of the past. The Love within me now has caused my heart to swell, replacing the emptiness and darkness with Your light and Your love to comfort me and hold me up. You sent me a woman, a wife, a friend, a soulmate. And in our promise to each other, our one goal, to help the other be successful and focus on the other with love. Thank you Father! 🕊️
🕊️ For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. 🕊️
Hebrews 4:15, 16
🕊️ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 🕊️
Philippians 4:6, 7
Thank you Lord for the freedom you gave me, no longer shackled to the guilt of my past without consequence of conscience. I pray daily for the opportunity to use the light You place within me and shine through me to be a guide for others who have struggled as I have. This is a life goal. I never again want to wander aimlessly in the dark, without love and without conscience, in Jesus’ name Amen!
🕊️ Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. 🕊️
Colossians 3:12-17
Father, God, I pray with all humility in my heart, May You make me an instrument of your grace and forgiveness, help me to understand each of these words you list for me to follow. Not from an understanding from a dictionary, rather from the heart. I pray Your Spirit fill me and guide me in my endeavor for truth, about myself and how my actions and behavior affects others, and how I might change. Grant me the wisdom to see the truth, as it’s revealed and not be compared with or blinded by denial and half truths. May Your Spirit fill me this day and may I walk in the light with you in all good conscience, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ Thank you for my sweet bride and our baby girl!
🕊️ Thank you for Your many blessings, all that we have and possess are from You.
🕊️ May your light shine upon us this day, in and through all we say and do, and may Your angels guard over us and keep us safe, in Jesus’ name Amen! 🕊️
🕊️ Teacher me to do Your will, for You are my God;
May Your good Spirit lead me on solid ground. 🕊️
Psalms 143:10
🕊️ Then He said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must put aside your selfish ambition, shoulder your cross daily, and follow me. If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find true life!” 🕊️
Luke 9:23-24
Lord, where You lead I will follow. I pray You will take me from the slippery slope of my way and direct me towards the level landscape of Your will. Each day I want to seek Your teaching.
Let the lessons You have for me be apparent in the moment You are presenting them. Where I can learn from my past, please help me reflect on those times and heal so I can be whole, and ready to receive whatever is next.
🕊️ Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. 🕊️
Psalms 139:23-24
🕊️ Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. 🕊️
Philippians 1:6
🕊️ Most assuredly I say to you, he who believes in me, the works that I do He will do also; and greater works than these He will do, because I go to my Father. 🕊️
John 14:12
Do I offend You in any way Lord? When I read the Old Testament, it seems Your followers were eager to have their hearts known and their evil ways pointed out. Call me to this place of willingness, God, I am reluctant to know my faults, so it is difficult to ask you to make them apparent. Yet I want to be a healthy, informed servant so I can be led.
So lead me Lord, to the way everlasting. Along the journey, reveal to me the secrets of my heart that even I do not know. Unveil the sins that keep me from better days.
This journey which each of us must take in this life, it is full of challenges and wonder. To see all the possibilities one can achieve and have it only a wish away, a faithful step in the direction we wish to go, in order to achieve our dreams, and accomplish our goals. Yes, the challenges are present and some are not, but the journey through the discovery is worth the trip. As Your children Lord, in this life you have brought us into, I pray, as we each walk into the future of our dreams, lead us I pray, along the path which keeps us close to Your goals for us as Your children. May Your light and Love shine upon us, in and through all we say and do, in Jesus’ name, Amen! 🕊️
🕊️ Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it. 🕊️
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
🕊️ But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 🕊️
2 Peter 3:8-9
Good Morning Father, thank You for this day!
Thank You for my life!
Thank You for my sweet bride and our beautiful daughter.
All that we are and possess, are Your blessings in our lives.
Bless us this day O Lord! May Your Spirit rest upon us, upon me Lord!
May I see everything I encounter this day, through Your loving eyes and not my own.
Help me Father, as I stumble through the day, please take my hand and lead me on the righteous path of peace and Love, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ “And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind. For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things. But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you. 🕊️
Luke 12:29-31
🕊️ He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.” 🕊️
Romans 4:20-21
Good morning Father!
Thank you for this day!
Thank you for my life!
Thank you for my family!
Lord, all that we have and all that we are, comes from Your blessings in our life. Thank you Lord! 🕊️
Every day we find challenges we are faced with and may we always put You first in our responses, in words and actions, and may Your angels guard over us and keep us safe, in Jesus’ name, Amen.
🕊️ For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. 🕊️
Colossians 2:5
🕊️ For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. 🕊️
Hebrews 4:15-16
🕊️ For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child,
I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face.
Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 🕊️
1 Corinthians 13:9-12
Father, I lift my hands heavenward this day, seeking your Spirit of wisdom and comfort. I feel the days are dark and reaches for me, to pull me into its grasp, a path of confusion and chaos, words of doubt, suspicion, lies, and aimless wandering. I am exhausted with the noise of confusion all around me, like a rip tide pulling at me and at times I struggle just to keep close to shore.
I fight the good fight of faith and it remains, and I walk in the light, because You are in the Light and Your Spirit lives in me. Help me O Lord, to maintain a child like mind, hearing and understanding Your basic truths as You laid out for my life. May I follow the Words of Faith, Hope, and Love, always. May Your Words echo in my mind on my journey today, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ “Yet from the days of your fathers you have gone away from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of hosts. 🕊️
Malachi’s 3:7a
🕊️ If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleans us from all unrighteousness. 🕊️
1 John 1:9
🕊️ the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. 🕊️
Colossians 1 10-12
God, I praise you for the life You have given me. When it bears fruit, it is because Your power has made it capable of goodness. If a pleasing harvest is brought forth from my life, I have energy and health in my body and spirit. I feel the power of You moving through me and my circumstances in order to bring Your plan to fruition.
My inheritance is a bountiful landscape. And in times of drought, I don’t need to ask whether to continue working the fields. You call me to be strong…but not strong and alone, for I have Your power in my life to carry me through all seasons.
…And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”
Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
Good morning Father!
Thank you for this day!
Thank you for my life!
Thank you for my sweet bride!
Thank you for our beautiful child!
All that we have and possess, they are all blessings from you O Lord!
I Love my Life!
Every day I stand in awe as I meditate on my day going forward, because you are with me!
In my flesh I feel my body aging and the effects of all the injuries sustained a lifetime ago working in demolition and construction. The wear and tear on my body nags at me. The arthritis in me, to describe it; its like trying to walk with a blister on the bottom of my foot, each step I take there is somewhere in my body that feels the pain; or reaching to pick up something very small with my fingers, yet with limited feeling it challenges me, or trying to bend or stretch and I cringe with joint pain. It’s always there and regardless of the meds I take to help me endure it, I still feel it but I am able to move on in spite of it because of my goals for the day, they are clear and I’m focused on completing them, regardless of my limitations, regardless of the pain. I pursue each moment with a goal of the prize of accomplishment, no matter how small the task. I find it easy when i just focus, not on how in my younger days I could do it faster and better, I train my focus instead, simply on the task in front of me, on its completion, as a goal, and once reached, in my mind I am raising one arm with a clenched fist in the air, then pulling it down quickly by my side, yelling with delight, “Yes!”
Father, I sense Your presence with me in all I plan to accomplish and wherever I go. Your Word in me is my light and the life of my very soul. When I am in my flesh, having a challenging day, or am faced with something which catches me off guard, even when I give in to my weakness and respond verbally in a fleshly manner, yet I still feel Your presence, Your Spirit, gently pulling me back to my walk of faith. Its because I know I am washed in the blood of Christ, I feel as that child who falls down and gets dirty I feel You there picking me up and dusting me off from the soil from my fall, again and again!
You are always with me, everywhere I turn, I feel You are there with me, like a child playing with his father watching close by, keeping him safe. This is my day, and I thank you Lord for it. I feel You with me with each moment, each breath of air I take, thank you again, for my life this day.
🕊️ And I, brethren, when I came to you, I did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. 🕊️
1 Corinthians 2:1-5
🕊️ Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. 🕊️
Romans 15:13
Father God, fill me with Your Spirit this day! When I speak, may I hear an echo of my words and a clear understand of their meaning. May I always be mindful of others around me, not seeking to offend or judge, but to be a positive voice, hoping to provide encouragement and strength, love and peace, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 🕊️
John 14:27
🕊️Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 🕊️
Romans 5:1
🕊️For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 🕊️
Romans 8:6
I’m afraid to take my eyes off You Lord, because I know and have lived my early days, following after the works of the flesh alone, no matter how gratifying it was, I know now it is temporal and it left behind an emptiness in me, one which was impossible to fill, no matter how much I would feed it.
When I have my eyes on You O Lord, I still have my struggles in this life, I still feel the works of the flesh pulling at me, but I have confidence now and strength, knowing the path of faith and believing, which I now follow, I find His perfect peace of mind and conscience. I sense Your presence Lord, with me and inside of me, leading me and I no longer walk alone.
Thank you for this day O Lord!
Thank you for my life!
Thank you for my sweet bride!
Thank you for our beautiful daughter!
Thank you for all the blessings You provide daily, and may your Spirit fill my heart this day and may Your light shine in and through all I say and do, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ So, if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?
And if you have not been trustworthy, with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own? 🕊️
Luke 16:11-12
🕊️ You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You. 🕊️
Isaiah 26:3
Good morning Father!
Thank you for this day!
Thank you for my life!
Thank you for my sweet bride!
Thank you for my beautiful daughter!
You’ve truly shown us Your Grace and Your Mercy, in all things. You’ve blessed us with all that we need or can want to live in peace and enjoy our lives together, and I sense the presence of Your Spirit in our midst.
I pray you fill each of us with Your Spirit this day, cleanse us from the sin that is at our door constantly, may we be mindful of Your great Love for each of us, as we are, and guide us to be good stewards of the blessings You give. May we honor You with all that we have and share with others always, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️ We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification. For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.”
For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 🕊️
Romans 15:4-5
🕊️ What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost? 🕊️
Luke 9:25
The days pass quickly, and year by year, as my knowledge and understanding of God’s Word becomes clear, their value to me is more than all I have or can possess!
I pray this day Father, may i use this time I have with my family, with my sweet daughter, to impart Your Word and such wisdom I never had when I was young. Fill me with Your Spirit O Lord, and guide me in sharing these pearls, when they will best be received, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
Nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you;
But the LORD will be to you an everlasting light,
And your God your glory.
Your sun shall no longer go down,
Nor shall your moon withdraw itself;
For the LORD will be your everlasting light,
And the days of your mourning shall be ended.
Also your people shall all be righteous;
They shall inherit the land forever,
The branch of My planting,
The work of My hands,
That I may be glorified. 🕊️
Isaiah 60:19-21
Good morning Father!
Thank you for this day!
Thank you for my life!
Thank you for my sweet bride!
Thank you for our beautiful child!
Lord You are the source of all our blessings and all good things. We work to hold our head up high, not with pride, but with honor that comes with a life and walk of faith.
Keep me O Lord, in line with Your will for my life. Push, tug and lead me on my life journey, that I may always walk in Your light which directs my path, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
🕊️He who ignores discipline, despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
The fear of the Lord teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor. 🕊️
Proverbs 15:32-33
🕊️Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord! 🕊️
Psalms 27:14
🕊️ Be of good courage, And He will strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the Lord. 🕊️
Psalms 31:24
I believe deeply, that the Lord hears all my prayers. And as insignificant as I may feel at times, when I see all the world around me is on fire, when nothing makes sense, when the words of truth from our leaders is a lie, I still have hope.
I pray for His strength, and for His Spirit to fill my heart with “Courage” to face the day in front of me. Help me O Lord, to wait on You and the answer to my prayers to be revealed. May I walk in patience and may I hold my tongue, allowing God’s Spirit to work in me, so then I can see clearly in the day.
May I meet the challenge of waiting for my hope in the night, to bring forth the fruit of my prayers coming forth into the light. Help me to wait on You O Lord, in Jesus’ name, Amen! 🕊️
🕊️ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.🕊️
Philippians 4:6, 13
🕊️ Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 🕊️
Deuteronomy 11:18-19
Thank you for this day Father!
Thank you for my life!
Thank you for my sweet bride!
Thank you for our baby girl!
Bless our children this day Lord! May Your light shine upon them, in and through all they say and do.
May they find your Words and examples of faith, love, and kindness towards others, and may your angels guard over them and keep them safe, in Jesus’ name, Amen!
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