Help Us Understand!

Lord, when we seek wisdom from your word, please help us to

understand it. Let your Spirit open the eyes of our hearts and minds so we can learn those things we need to live like You. Amen!

When you read God's Word, you must constantly be saying to yourself, "It is talking to me, and about me." -Soren Kierkegaard

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Let Me Meditate On Your Word

Lord let me meditate on your word. Grant me the desire and the discipline to develop a devotional quite-time to allow your word to sink deep within me. May your Spirit teach me and equip me for the privilige of serving you. Amen.


This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Joshua 1:8  

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Delighting in the Water of Your Word

Lord allow me to delight in the water of your word and to become a person of hope in a dark world. Amen

He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. Psalms 1:3 ESV

Pastor Jim's Observation: 
The person that follows the Lord and obeys his word is like a well-watered tree in a barren land. A hopeless land and a hopeless life needs people that delights in the Lord and his word. They are a refreshing tree that produces hope; and they know true prosperity.

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Today's Prayer: Stand Tough

Lord, today help me to stand tough in your word that is true and let my character be a reflection of you in this sin compromising world. Grant the grace to do so in a firm but loving manner.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. -Matthew 5:16

"Tough times never last, but tough people do!" --Robert Schuller

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When I speak...

Lord, please be the master of my words. When I must speak, let my words be few, true, and glorify you. Amen.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. (Proverbs 10:19)


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Lord help me study your word...

Lord help me to study your word for the delight of it. Do not allow me to diminish the glory or the joy of your word by approaching it in the wrong spirit; for by the knowledge of your word, I will know you better! Allow me to know the path you have chosen for your servant and cause me to delight in your word. Amen.

"Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me" (John 5:39).