The Prayerful Word - February 5

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Daily blessings and prayers from Scripture.

Ephesians 1:4 [God] chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before Him in love.

Philippians 1:6 [God] who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Colossians 3:3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

1 John 2:27 The Spirit teaches you everything you need to know, and what He teaches is true—it is not a lie.

Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Psalm 27:14 Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.

May you see the love and concern of God for you in His law, for as we, together, form the Bride for Jesus, we are under His protection. When powers not of earth strive and spiritual authorities battle, if the enemy harms the Son's Bride, causing the fruit of the Spirit to be lost, God's promise is for vengeance. Exodus 21

May you not feel shame at the scars from the past, for God's law requires that a slave be freed when the master abused those held in captivity. Just as Satan held each of us in slavery to sin through fear of death, misusing and tormenting all in his control, your wounds and scars give grounds to allow Jesus, once the debt of sin was paid and death defeated, to grant freedom to the slave and liberty to the captive. Exodus 21

May you live a deliberate life full of grace among your family and your neighbors exemplifying the love of God that has been shown to you and demonstrating esteem for the high value God places on them. Exodus 22

May your heart fear God, and not man, giving a true and honest report when called upon, not taking sides or expressing either favoritism or prejudice, that God's justice should not be perverted at home or in the marketplace. Exodus 23

May you trust God to provide all your needs, whether through His blessing of your efforts as you toil, or by His grace when He calls you aside. He bids you to rest lest you come to believe that it is by your own hand and through your own strength that you prosper. Exodus 23

Converse with Me daily, hourly, minute by minute, My child. Set your thoughts upon Me continually, and bring them back to Me when you recognize that your thoughts have drifted or been distracted.
Make Me party to all that you are interested in, seeking My thoughts and discerning My will. Do not be blind to the world and the work therein, but neither be deaf to My voice or the wisdom I would share.
Know that I care for you, and for what you care for, as that is how I have formed you. Bring all things to Me, My love, your joys, your sorrows, your anticipation, your disappointments, your needs, your praise; include Me in all of your life as a constant companion, inseparable, for I am your Life-giver, the One from Whom your life flows.
Tune your heart to My presence, form your thoughts to My glory, speak your words from My Spirit, giving voice to your thanks for My promise, expressing your regret and sorrow for that sin which the Spirit convicts you of, honoring Me for the mercy I have given you, turning into a prayer those things which others tell you or that burden which I have given you.
Dwell in My Presence and abide in My Spirit acknowledging Me, for as you learn to hear My voice and speak to My heart, you will see My power touch the lives of those about you.

May you not look for the great signs and miracles, for these will come from false Christs and false prophets; rather, look for the Lord in the small things and the little details, for only He, omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient, can reach to where you are, speaking in ways only you understand, since He has walked with you every day of your life, and knows every word before it leaves your mouth. Matthew 24

May you know that Christ, Who came humbly and lived quietly, gently seeking the lost sheep who had been scattered, will return triumphantly and victoriously in splendor before all of mankind, and only the false Christs, all of whom are without power or authority, will seek to be secluded and deceive you. Matthew 24

May you stand firm to the end, even as the love of many others will grow cold because of the multiplied lawlessness and iniquity, for so shall you be saved. Matthew 24

May you ascribe to the Lord glory and strength, praising Him for the majestic glory of His name, worshiping Him in the beauty of holy and sacred garments. Psalm 29

May the voice of the Lord, which is powerful and full of majesty, breaking trees and shaking mountains, striking like lightning and resounding like thunder through the desert wilderness, bring forth life in His people as they worship in His temple and ascribe glory to God through their praise. Psalm 29

May the Lord, who showed His control over creation at the Flood and is still sitting as King, as He will through eternity, give unyielding and impenetrable strength to His people and bless them with peace. Psalm 29

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