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"i will run in the path of your commandments when You enlarge my heart!" psalm 119:32
"but as for me, i will look to the LORD; i will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me." micah 7:7
"oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!" psalm 119:5
- Lord, Your steadfast love endures forever... might my obedience mirror Your character.
"when the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan." proverbs 29:2
- a prayer as election day approaches... Lord, raise up a righteous leader for our nation!
"You have made known to me the paths of life; You will make me full of gladness with Your presence." Acts 2:28
points i've been meditating over... "paths" (life eternal and this earthly existence) - "FULL OF GLADNESS WITH YOUR PRESENCE."
"remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know
as i'm studying through the prayers in the pauline epistles, this seems to really fit with wednesday's thinking...
'And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him. And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!" The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be silent, but they cried out all the more, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!" And stopping, Jesus called them and said, "What do you want me to do for you?" They said to him, "Lord, let our eyes be opened." And Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight and followed him.' Matthew 22:29-34
am i crying out desperately for open eyes? do i care what the crowd says? Jesus please touch me that i might see YOUR glory!!!
"but the fruit of the Spirit is LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS, SELF-CONTROL; against such things there is no law." Galatians 5:22-23
i read through all of galatians today and was just struck by the "why?" of the law, and this small comment tagged on at the end of the fruit of the Spirit. when i do as i ought, there is no law. usually, if i am complaining about a rule, it is often because i am breaking it. maybe i should just do as i ought...
"if we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit." galatians 5:25
"And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.
But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.
We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies."
2 Corinthians 3:18-4:10
used this passage for two different meetings yesterday - i'm still meditating on it - chewing on everything it says...
"And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua." numbers 13:16
interesting... "hoshea" means "salvation", "joshua" means "the Lord is salvation"... the greek equivalent of "joshua"? "JESUS"
"the Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall i fear? the Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall i be afraid?" psalm 27:1
some verses i've been meditating on....
"and there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." acts 4:12
"epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God." colossians 4:12
"let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity." 1 timothy 4:12
"for the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart." hebrews 4:12
i'm a noticer of patterns...
