Your favorite inspirational verse/thought?

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Sunday, Oct 29








Romans 11 : 24-36
KJV


24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature,
and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree:
how much more shall these, which be the natural branches,
be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 For I would not, brethren,
that ye should be ignorant of this mystery,
lest ye should be wise in your own conceits;
that blindness in part is happened to Israel,
until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written,
There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer,
and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
27 For this is my covenant unto them,
when I shall take away their sins.
28 As concerning the gospel,
they are enemies for your sakes:
but as touching the election,
they are beloved for the father's sakes.
29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
30 For as ye in times past have not believed God,
yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
31 Even so have these also now not believed,
that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief,
that he might have mercy upon all.
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom
and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments,
and his ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord?
or who hath been his counsellor?
35 Or who hath first given to him,
and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
36 For of him, and through him, and to him,
are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.



Today's Prayer...


Dear Father in heaven,

How lovingly You have thought of us!
How much good You let us experience again and again!
So our hearts are happy,
and we go to rest this night full of joy and thanks
because we are your children.
Our thanks and joy shall be our service to you day and night.
More than this You do not ask,
and in this we will be faithful.
We want to be joyful and to be glad for our lives.
Even when we face dark hours,
O Lord our God,
we are filled with hope that brings us joy for the future
as well as for the present,
with assurance that Your salvation is coming.
We rejoice in what You give us already today."


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

Amen

[Charon]

Amen and Amen.

[IceWizard]

Monday, Oct 30








Micah 6
KJV


1 Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains,
and let the hills hear thy voice.
2 Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord's controversy, 

and ye strong foundations of the earth:
for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, 

and he will plead with Israel.
3 O my people, what have I done unto thee?
and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt,
and redeemed thee out of the house of servants;
and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
5 O my people, 

remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted,
and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him 

from Shittim unto Gilgal;
that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.
6 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord,
and bow myself before the high God? 

shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves of a year old?
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? 

shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good;
and what doth the Lord require of thee, 

but to do justly, and to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with thy God?
9 The Lord's voice crieth unto the city,
and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: 

hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
and the scant measure that is abominable?
11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances,
and with the bag of deceitful weights?
12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence,
and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, 

and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee,
in making thee desolate because of thy sins.
14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied;
and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; 

and thou shalt take hold,
but shalt not deliver; 

and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap;
thou shalt tread the olives, 

but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil;
and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, 

and all the works of the house of Ahab,
and ye walk in their counsels; 

that I should make thee a desolation,
and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: 

therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.



Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

We thank You that we may come to You
and that our spirits can reach out for Your help and Your comfort.
May we draw strength from communion with You, our Father.
May we realize more fully that we are Your children,
truly Your children, who throughout our pilgrimage are allowed
to know You as our refuge and our help. Remember our world,
and grant that many hearts awaken and turn to You, looking to
You in all the fear and need which sweep over many people in
our time. Let Your Spirit be revealed to our hearts in quiet,
bringing many experiences from You,
O Lord our God, and from Your kingdom.
Protect us every day in the many lands throughout the earth.
For the nations are Yours; they shall receive life and blessing from You,
and at last Your kingdom will be revealed in all the world,
to the eternal glory of Your name."


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

Amen

[NovemberRain]

In Jesus’ Precious Name, Amen.

[Charon]

In Jesus name, Amen and Amen.

[IceWizard]

Tuesday, Oct 31








Lamentations 5
KJV


1 Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us:
consider, and behold our reproach.
2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers,
our houses to aliens.
3 We are orphans and fatherless,
our mothers are as widows.
4 We have drunken our water for money;
our wood is sold unto us.
5 Our necks are under persecution:
we labour, and have no rest.
6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians,
and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not;
and we have borne their iniquities.
8 Servants have ruled over us:
there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
9 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives
because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Our skin was black like an oven
because of the terrible famine.
11 They ravished the women in Zion,
and the maids in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes are hanged up by their hand:
the faces of elders were not honoured.
13 They took the young men to grind,
and the children fell under the wood.
14 The elders have ceased from the gate,
the young men from their musick.
15 The joy of our heart is ceased;
our dance is turned into mourning.
16 The crown is fallen from our head:
woe unto us, that we have sinned!
17 For this our heart is faint;
for these things our eyes are dim.
18 Because of the mountain of Zion,
which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
19 Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever;
thy throne from generation to generation.
20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever,
and forsake us so long time?
21 Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord,
and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
22 But thou hast utterly rejected us;
thou art very wroth against us.



Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

Dear Father in heaven, we thank You.
How often You rescue us from all fear and distress!
How often You hear and answer us!
Grant that our hearts may always be eager and joyful
because You answer us.
There is nothing else for us in this world;
You are our one hope, our only hope.
You alone can help our times, help the nations,
help each person.
Nothing else matters to us. Lord our God,
for the rest of our life on earth You alone are our help,
our comfort, and our strength."


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

Amen

[Charon]

In Jesus name, Amen and Amen.

[IceWizard]

Wednesday, Nov 01








John 1 : 6-18
KJV


6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light,
that all men through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true Light,
which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him,
and the world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him,
to them gave he power to become the sons of God,
even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,
nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,
(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,)
full of grace and truth.
15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying,
This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me:
for he was before me.
16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
17 For the law was given by Moses,
but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son,
which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.



Today's Prayer...


Dear Father in heaven,

We seek You and Your kingdom.
We gather to hear Your Word so that we may receive
strength for our own lives and for all our relationships with others.
We want to stand firm, believing that in everything
great and small Your will is being done and that
we may yet experience a new coming of Your glory on earth.
Then earthly concerns will no longer torment us and wear us out,
but heavenly things may surround us and everything
become new in accordance with Your good, merciful, and perfect will."


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

Amen

[Charon]

We seek you always Lord, in Jesus name, Amen and amen.

[IceWizard]

Thursday, Nov 02








Psalm 34 : 1-22
KJV


1 I will bless the Lord at all times:
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord:
the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
3 O magnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt his name together.
4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
5 They looked unto him, and were lightened:
and their faces were not ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him,
and saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the Lord encampeth round
about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
8 O taste and see that the Lord is good:
blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
9 O fear the Lord, ye his saints:
for there is no want to them that fear him.
10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger:
but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me:
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 What man is he that desireth life,
and loveth many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep thy tongue from evil,
and thy lips from speaking guile.
14 Depart from evil, and do good;
seek peace, and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous,
and his ears are open unto their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is against them that do evil,
to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth,
and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;
and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous:
but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate
the righteous shall be desolate.
22 The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants:
and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.






Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

We thank You for sending into our lives
so much that turns our thoughts to things above
and enables us always to look to You.
Through Jesus Christ send us what is of heaven.
Send what is of heaven into every single life
and into the lives of the nations,
so that something good may arise and the
glory does not go to the Devil but to Your Spirit,
Your heavenly Spirit alone.
In their stubbornness people intend to do evil,
but You can turn it all to the good.
You can change everything.
This is our faith.
We hope in You,
and we want to put our lives in Your hands.
Bless us with heavenly riches and power."


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

Amen