Thursday, Sept 14








James 1 : 9-10
KJV


1  James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2 My brethren,
count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
3 Knowing this,
that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4 But let patience have her perfect work,
that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
5 If any of you lack wisdom,
let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally,
and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.
For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea
driven with the wind and tossed.
7 For let not that man think that he
shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice
in that he is exalted:
10 But the rich, in that he is made low:
because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat,
but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth,
and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth:
so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation:
for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life,
which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.



Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

We hope in You.
One thing never leaves our hearts,
Your promise that You will be our God,
our God in Jesus Christ.
This stands firm, and we want to hold to
it in trust and confidence.
For Your Word remains sure, and all Your
works lead toward a great and wonderful
time when you will be glorified,
when our hearts can at last become free
because we know You.
We can become free from all our own works,
free from all trembling and hesitation,
free from all suffering and distress,
because we know that You,
O God, are our Father."


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

Friday, Sept 15








Proverbs 3 : 1-14
KJV


1  My son, forget not my law;
but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2 For length of days, and long life,
and peace, shall they add to thee.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee:
bind them about thy neck;
write them upon the table of thine heart:
4 So shalt thou find favour and good
understanding in the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;
and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him,
and he shall direct thy paths.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes:
fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
8 It shall be health to thy navel,
and marrow to thy bones.
9 Honour the Lord with thy substance,
and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,
and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord;
neither be weary of his correction:
12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth;
even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,
and the man that getteth understanding.
14 For the merchandise of it is better than the
merchandise of silver,
and the gain thereof than fine gold.



Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

We thank You for allowing us
to come to You and to stand before Your face.
We thank You for helping us throughout
our life on earth, for strengthening our faith in You
and our trust in all You do.
Bless us and give us courage.
May Your light shine out among the peoples
so that they recognize your will.
May Your light shine out so that Your Name
may be praised and we can rejoice in the
new time You give us. For You will be at work
and You will accomplish it.
Even when we do not know what will become
of our time, You know what our time needs,
and You will carry out Your will.
You will let your name be honored.
You will bring your kingdom,
and You will change everything for the good."


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

Saturday, Sept 16








Romans 1 : 8-17
KJV


8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all,
that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in
the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention
of you always in my prayers;
10 Making request, if by any means now at length I
might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you
some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
12 That is, that I may be comforted together with you
by the mutual faith both of you and me.
13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren,
that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,)
that I might have some fruit among you also,
even as among other Gentiles.
14 I am debtor both to the Greeks,
and to the Barbarians; both to the wise,
and to the unwise.
15 So, as much as in me is,
I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ:
for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth;
to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed
from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.



Today's Prayer...


Great God and Savior,

You want to lead us by the hand
so that in communion with You we learn how to live a true life.
We thank You for everything we have already received.
Guide us still, we pray.
Through Your Spirit lead us in all areas of our life.
Grant us the Spirit, who can illumine our hearts to
help us find new courage and new strength and
new recognition of the truth.
All our praise belongs to You,
for You alone can quicken us.
You alone free us from the pain of death
and from all burdens,
so that in spite of toil and struggle we
may always be lifted up to You,
our God on high,
to the glory of Your name on earth."


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

Sunday, Sept 17








Leviticus 20 : 12-19
KJV


12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law,
both of them shall surely be put to death:
they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
13 If a man also lie with mankind,
as he lieth with a woman,
both of them have committed an abomination:
they shall surely be put to death;
their blood shall be upon them.
14 And if a man take a wife and her mother,
it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire,
both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
15 And if a man lie with a beast,
he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
16 And if a woman approach unto any beast,
and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman,
and the beast: they shall surely be put to death;
their blood shall be upon them.
17 And if a man shall take his sister,
his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter,
and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness;
it is a wicked thing;
and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people:
he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness;
he shall bear his iniquity.
18 And if a man shall lie with a woman
having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness;
he hath discovered her fountain,
and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood:
and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister:
for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife,
he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness:
they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife,
it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness;
they shall be childless.
22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes,
and all my judgments, and do them: that the land,
whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.



Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

You fill heaven and earth with Your Spirit
and allow us to share in Your gifts.
We thank You for all You have given us,
for all You are giving and will give.
We are poor and needy;
all people are poor and needy in spite of their
striving, longing, and seeking.
Only You, through Your Spirit,
can awaken something in us to help us go
toward Your goal. Keep us from being caught
up in what men do.
The greatest help for our hearts is what You do,
and each of us can tell something about it.
Each of us has received help beyond anything
we had hoped or thought of. How much You
have done for us!
How much You are doing for the nations!
Yes, we thank You for this present time.
Although our lives often seem hopeless
and full of sorrow, Your powers are
still living among men, working for their good
and awaking them to new life.
The time will surely come when our hearts will
be released from their hunger and we can be
filled with the life from above,
which You give us in Jesus Christ."


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

Monday, Sept 18








Psalm 108 : 1-13
KJV


1 O God, my heart is fixed;
I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
2 Awake, psaltery and harp:
I myself will awake early.
3 I will praise thee, O Lord,
among the people:
and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens:
and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
5 Be thou exalted, O God,
above the heavens:
and thy glory above all the earth;
6 That thy beloved may be delivered:
save with thy right hand, and answer me.
7 God hath spoken in his holiness;
I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem,
and mete out the valley of Succoth.
8 Gilead is mine;
Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim also is the strength of mine head;
Judah is my lawgiver;
9 Moab is my washpot;
over Edom will I cast out my shoe;
over Philistia will I triumph.
10 Who will bring me into the strong city?
who will lead me into Edom?
11 Wilt not thou, O God,
who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou,
O God, go forth with our hosts?
12 Give us help from trouble:
for vain is the help of man.
13 Through God we shall do valiantly:
for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.



Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

We thank You that You
have given us Your glorious future as the
basis for our lives.
We thank You that on this foundation
we can forget our present troubles and
believe that the power of good can move
us today to oppose sin, death,
and everything evil.
Free our hearts from all burdens,
and grant that we may have courage
to wait patiently for the great help
which is to come.
Grant that what is happening in the
world today may somehow help toward
the solution of all the problems.
We praise Your name,
our Father in the heavens.
We praise You for the good You do for us
each day and for the light You will
shed one day on everything on earth,
to the glory of Your name."


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

Tuesday, Sept 19








Romans 1 : 13-21
KJV


13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren,
that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,)
that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
14 I am debtor both to the Greeks,
and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
15 So, as much as in me is,
I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ:
for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth;
to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith:
as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all
ungodliness and unrighteousness of men,
who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them;
for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world
are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made,
even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God,
they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful;
but became vain in their imaginations,
and their foolish heart was darkened.



Today's Prayer...


Lord our God and our Father,

We thank You for all the light You let shine
on earth to gladden our hearts.
Your light shows us how to live in your creation
with open eyes and open hearts,
accepting in a childlike way all the good gifts
from your hand.
How much good You send to many sorrowful hearts,
and how much strengthening to those in weakness,
poverty, and sickness!
Grant that we may recognize what comes from You,
that we are not cast down in spirit but mount
up again and again on wings like eagles.
May we learn to say at all times,
"Through how much need has not our merciful God
spread out His wings to protect us!""


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen