🕊️ My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 

For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. 🕊️

James 2:1-8

I have read this many times and each time I remember was at a time in my life where I experience a challenge where the only difference is either trust Him who said He loves me and will never leave me or doubt and give in to my flesh and the behavior that will drive me to a life of passion for self-satisfaction and pride. I choose God every time. I really believe it is not me doing it, rather the Spirit of Hime within me driving me and strengthening me to make the right choices. Thank you Father, God, for Your Love, in Jesus’ name, Amen!

Good morning Father!

Thank you for this day!

Thank you for my life!

Thank you for my sweet bride and our baby girl!

All that we are and possess, we give thanks to you Lord!

🕊️ “The Greatest Gift”

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 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

🕊️ “Submit to God, Resist the Devil”

Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for

“God resists the proud,

But gives grace to the humble.”

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. 

But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. 

To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 🕊️

1 Peter 5:5-8

As I travel away from my loved ones, I prepare my heart, mind and spirit, for I don’t know what I will face along my journey.

In my morning routine, on this day, I include in my prayers, my family’s experience and my spiritual wellbeing, I reminding myself I need God’s Spirit to be with my family, to keep them safe and strong while I am away. For myself, I ask God for His Spirit of Love, to reign in me on my journey this day and all the time I am away.

I hope to accomplish all my work well, sure, and I ask God to keep me safe, sure, but in addition I ask God to bless me with His Spirit of “Love” to guide my way, my words as I greet others, and that my behavior in all I do, so I will bring God glory and praise Him for every step I take, in Jesus’ name, Amen!

Good morning Father!

Thank you for this day!

Thank you for my life!

🕊️ For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.

For we are not writing any other things to you than what you read or understand. Now I trust you will understand, even to the end. 🕊️

2 Corinthians 1:12-13

🕊️ Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who delights greatly in his commandments.

A good man deals graciously and lends; He will guide his affairs with discretion.

Surely he will never be shaken; The righteous will be in everlasting remembrance.

He will not be afraid of evil tidings; His heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD. 🕊️

Psalms 112:1, 5-7

Father, God, I begin my day, raising my hands up to you in praise, thankful for another day, being present in the lives of my loved ones, the light of your Spirit shines in me and removes the darkness around me.

I walk with great confidence my feet are planted on solid ground, my surroundings will not dissuade me, for I know you walk beside me, and the path before me is clear.

I pray the words I speak are true, always pure, with purpose and discretion, with encouragement and strength, lifting up and filled with hope, in Jesus’ name, Amen!

Good morning Father!

Thank you for this day!

Thank you for my life!

🕊️ Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. 🕊️

Ephesians 4:31, 32

🕊️ Trust Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. 🕊️

Psalms 62:8

Lord, I give you the concerns of my heart today, you know the burdens I am carrying right now. They weigh on my mind and turn my waking moments into chances to worry. I believe You are my refuge. I do, I just have not allowed You to play that role when it comes to this particular worry. Why do I hold back so much?

I want to trust You with everything in my life. Help me lighten my grip on matters of insignificance. And in matters of great importance and spiritual weight, let me be free to turn them over to You, my Provider, my Lord, my Rock., in Jesus’ name, Amen!

🕊️ Blessings on your day…and along your life journey!

🕊️ The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. 🕊️

Genesis 2:7

Your hand is responsible for forming the physical shape of mankind.

Lord, Your breath entered a form and turned it into a living being.

Help me, Oh Lord, to embrace this breath of life…this living spirit that resides within me.

You created wonderful, active beings as Your children. You could have insisted that we all look the same, act the same, and follow one path…but you didn’t.

Instead, You formed each of us as an individual. You breathed life into our lungs and souls, and we became our unique selves.

Lord, thank you for letting me be myself!

🕊️ Knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. For when you have been approved, you will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. 🕊️

James 1:2, 3, 4, 12

🕊️ In the morning, Oh Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my request before you and wait in expectation.

Psalms 5:3

I love the morning, Lord! Thank you for allowing me to experience a new beginning each day of my life. While it is yet early, and I am still waking up, I lift my hands up to you, I praise you for the new day, for my life and my family, and a safe home to live and rest.

Before my mind and body moves and flows with the days activities, I pray Lord, Your Spirit brings me back to this place, where I find myself reaching towards You and Your blessing on my life.

May all the meditations of my heart, mind, and soul, be focused on You Lord, and may all I say and do be a blessing to others and bring glory to Your Holy Name this day, in Jesus’ name, Amen! 🕊️

🕊️ Seeing then we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

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 4:14-16

🕊️ Father God, thank you for this day!

Thank you for my life!

Thank you for my sweet bride and our beautiful daughter.

Thank you for all the many blessings we have and for keeping us safe.

We are witnesses of so much suffering here at home, in our community, and outwardly in the many communities in our state and all around the world. I cannot begin my day without first lifting up my hands and voice in praise!

Help us Lord, to live our lives simply and peacefully, looking for even the smallest opportunity to share what we have with those in need around us.

May the light You shine in our hearts reflect outwardly, in all we say and do, not in pride or boasting, without sinning, but in our actions or walk by faith and as You lead us. As we grow in faith and by Your grace, may Your Spirit fill us with words of wisdom and truth to live by, and share with others as is appropriate and in love, in Jesus’ name, Amen! 🕊️

🕊️ A New Covenant with God: “…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 31:34

🕊️ “Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest, by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living Way which he consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies wash with pure water.

Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope, without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. 🕊️

Hebrews 10:19-23

Thank you Father, for your love and your sacrifice for my life and to help free me from the chains of guilt and shame, I was shackled by my sin and seen as an outcast, but then, through your mercy and grace, you accepted me as I was, full of hatred, anger and bitterness, and You delivered me!

Your Holy Spirit has filled me and set my feet on solid ground. Through the years, with the seed of your Word, now deeply rooted in my heart and mind, may I always and forever radiate with Your light in all I say and do. May I hear your Word echoing in my mind, leading me, directing my every step, causing my way to be sure and true, and steady. Thank you Lord, in Jesus’ name, Amen!

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 🕊️

Romans 8:1

🕊️ Likewise, the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we shall pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groaning which cannot be uttered. 🕊️

Romans 8:26

🕊️ A sick man, who is rich, cannot buy life, when he is dying. With such a short time left brings one to thoughts on all the memories before him. Where has my focus on life taken me? How will I be remembered? Did I make a difference?

So many thoughts to consider, I say live each day as if it were your last! Tell those important to you that you love them, while you still can! Speak words of hope and peace to those around you! Give to someone in need and extend a hand of friendship to the stranger before you. The epicurean seeks joy in what pleasurable things he has or does in his short life, but the spiritual man finds happiness in life daily, because he sees the riches of an everlasting joy, and love, and peace that awaits him. 👀

We all are on a mission, a journey, which has many paths. I pray the life I choose, each step I take, leads me along the path of righteousness, in Jesus’ name, Amen! 🕊️

🕊️ “Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Whoever of you lives life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies. 🕊️

Psalms 34:11-13

With so much debauchery and imprudent messages coming from those who are supposed to lead and protect the people they serve, I am reluctant to join their band or sing their song.

Today, I find myself digging deeper into God’s Holy Word and meditate on His messages of hope and inspiration.

How will I lead my loved ones if my heart is bitter and cold, my hands wringing as I watch the news and hearing more negativity and playing the same hopeless song?

This day I choose to rejoice in the good news of Jesus Christ! I will read from His Words of the hope and comfort which brings me peace and calms my spirit.

Today, I make plans to walk along a path I know will lead me to truth and righteousness. Each step I take brings me ever closer to a deeper relationship with the One who brings me joy and love for life, strengthening my walk as I enter into the light of His presence.

Bless me this day Oh Lord, that I might keep my eyes on you alone, and may I walk in the light, as You lead me, by faith, and filled with Your Spirit in my life and as I journey towards truth.

Thank you Father, for your Love, and sacrificing your son, Jesus Christ, so I might find grace, mercy and peace, for myself, my family, and all those I come across, searching for the answers, in Jesus’ name, Amen 🕊️

(from: One minute Prayers for Men)

🕊️ For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not by works, so that on one can boast. 🕊️

(Ephesians 2:8-9)

God, everything I have is from you.

The faith I hold onto tightly is a gift of Your Grace.

If people see the peace and wholeness of my life, may I never claim responsibility for such things.

I will share about Your mercy.

I will share how Your love transformed me at a time when I could do nothing to help myself.

My dependence on You should shine far brighter than my self-sufficiency.

Let everything I do, say, accomplish, or receive praise for be a reflection of Your gift.

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🕊️ Good morning Father!

Thank you for this day!

Thank you for my life!

These words I pray, the words I write down in my journaling, and share online with others, they are from my heart and it’s a purposeful endeavor driving me.

🕊️ Thank you Lord! 🕊️

…For it is God’s will, that by doing ‘good’, you should silence the ignorance of foolish men. 1 Peter 2:15

The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools. Ecclesiastes 9:17

🕊️ 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 possess and all that we are, they are all blessings from you.

Help me this day Lord. Fill me with your Spirit, and guide me with your unfailing Love, to share words of ‘hope’ and ‘strength’ to those struggling in the dark beside me. May your light shine in and through me this day, in all I say and do, in Jesus’ name, Amen! 🕊️

🕊️”Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angel nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,

nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love ❤️ of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.🕊️

Father, God, supplier of all our needs, you are the one and only answer for what we need. As we experience our physical bodies age and become weak, we pray for healing and grasp onto whatever we receive to maintain us for another day.
Help us as we face the physical challenges, give us your wisdom and patience to wait upon you and not be shackled to the demands of the world around us.
Help us oh Lord, Father, as your children, we still need you to guide our way through the dark.
See our hearts Father and judge our motives. Forgive us where we lack the vision to see the answers in front of us.
Guide us with your Holy Spirit and grace. Give us your Peace and grant us oh Lord, the courage to see another day through, in Jesus’ name, Amen!🕊️