For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 6:23
My Prayer:
Father, thank you placing the bridge of Jesus between my brokenness and YOU!
Please strengthen me daily to hear, see, and believe in UR Son Jesus! UR undeserving GIFT, so that I will receive eternal life with YOU!
#ThanksB2UOLord So-B-It! Amen!
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4 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
7 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. 8 This is why it[a] says:
“When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people.”[b]
9 (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions[c]? 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
My Prayer:
Father, I stand before U today reminded to be humble and patient with U, myself, and others. Fill me with UR fruit because U R the ONE Lord, ONE God, ONE Father who is over all, thru all, and N all! Thank U!
UR guides and helpers that point me 2 U R a true blessing. Thank U for the all the saints that U have placed N my daily path!
Today I recognize UR three goals N verse 13: 1. Unity of faith 2. Knowledge of Jesus 3. Become mature in the fullness in Christ! Strengthen and guide my focus towards U!
#ThanksB2UOLord So-B-It! Amen!
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In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. -Ephesians 3:12
My Prayer:
Father, thank U for the KEY! JESUS! So that we can Access U! with Boldness & Confidence! U R beyond belief! #ThanksB2UOLord So-B-It! Amen!
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My Prayer:
Father, UR always near, waiting patiently 4 us to return 2 U. Thank U!
Until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. -Ephesians 4:13
My Prayer:
Father, thank U 4 UR instructions and setting our goals 4 us!
1.) Unity in the Faith!
2.) Growing N the knowledge and understanding of Jesus!
3.) Becoming mature N U!
Guide us N attaining the whole measure & fullness of Christ! So-B-It! Amen!
My Prayer:
Father, thank U for filling me with UR Spirit! Thank U for sealing, guarantying, and not departing UR Spirit from me! Thank U 4 UR promise!
May UR words be shared with others by me and transferred to my children and their children. Guide me closer to U this day, I pray! #ThanksB2UOLord So-B-It! Amen!
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UR Word:
14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
-Hebrews 4:14-16
My Prayer:
Father, 4-give me 4 having a circumstantial faith that trusts in U only to meet my expectation of UR answer to my prayers.
Thank U 4 UR Son Jesus! Help me 2 hold firmly to my Faith in Him and all that He did 4 me! I approach U this day with confidence knowing that UR grace and mercy are unconditionally available in all of my circumstances!
#ThanksB2UOLord So-B-It! Amen!
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Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” - John 8:31-32
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Embracing God’s Truth in a Hostile Culture
My Prayer:
Father, UR teaching is easy to understand and takes courage to stand up in the face of today's subtle manipulation away from U! Give me UR wisdom and strength to Stand for U and 4 the people that need to know where the ultimate hope is!
Father, I pray daily 4 U 2 equip me with UR Word, the sword! Equip me with the shield of Faith! Equip me with the belt of UR truth! Equip me with the helmet of Salvation! Equip me with the sandals of UR Gospel! #ThanksB2UOLord So-B-It! Amen!
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UR Word:
12 What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. 13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.
14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. 15 The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments, 16 for, “Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?”
But we have the mind of Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 2:12-16
My Prayer:
Father, I know human wisdom is so limited. Thank U for the Spirit so that I can understand UR gift given 2 me! Instruct my mind, stir my heart, challenge my will, and change my life!
Father, U know that on my own I can't, I know that U can, Please do, thank U! #ThanksB2UOLord So-B-It! Amen!
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6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
- 1 Corinthians 13:6-7
My Prayer:
Father, U R the ultimate source of unconditional LOVE! Thank U! Teach me UR Truth and guide me along UR path. Fill me with UR LOVE that surpasses all understanding!
Thank U 4 a love that always protects. Thank U 4 a love that always trusts. Thank U 4 a love that always hopes. Thank U 4 a love that always perseveres throughout my life! #ThanksB2UOLord So-B-It! Amen!
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Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. 13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you. -Psalm 51:12-13
My Deep Breathing Meditation Prayer:
Father, I inhale UR grace and exhale my pride.
Jesus, I inhale UR mercy and exhale my ego.
HS, I inhale UR peace and exhale my envy.
Fill me with the JOY of UR salvation and grant me a willing spirit to sustain me!
And as a redeemed transgressor, give me a divine appointment today to share UR ways with them so that they will turn back to U! #ThanksB2UOLord So-B-It! Amen!
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UR Word:
7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
- James 4:7-10
My Prayer:
Father, thank U 4 UR Word! Thank U 4 UR Son! Thank U 4 adopting the broken me with UR unconditional love!
Help me 2 set aside my will and my pride. Help me 2 trust and submit 2 U each day. Fill me with U so that I can resist the devil and grow near to U! Father, I humble myself B4 U this day! Please lift me, please show me, please grow me 2 day! #ThanksB2UOChrist So-B-It! Amen!
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17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,
My Prayer:
Father, fill me with the Spirit of wisdom, fill me with the Spirit of revelation so that I can know U better. Grow me this day N U!
Father, open the eyes of my heart so that I look first to U N all of my daily activities. Grow me to trust this day N U!
Father, show me UR path 4 me. Guide me along this given path! Protect me as I take steps along this path 2 day! Grow me this day N U! #ThanksB2UOChrist! So-B-It! Amen!
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