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Scripture
Genesis 28:10-22
10 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. 11 When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. 12 He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 13 There above it stood the LORD, and HE said: “I AM the LORD, the GOD of your father Abraham and the GOD of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. 14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. 15 I AM with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” 16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” 17 He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of GOD; this is the gate of heaven.”
18 Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it. 19 He called that place Bethel, though the city used to be called Luz. 20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If GOD will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear 21 so that I return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my GOD 22 and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be GOD’S house, and of all that YOU give me I will give YOU a tenth.”
LORD, thank YOU for YOUR abundant, abounding grace. Thank you that we don’t have to earn a drop of the mighty river of grace that flows freely for us today. Thank YOU for the unexpected, unmerited favor YOU’VE showered on my life. Help me put myself in the path of YOUR love and grace. Help me not neglect the disciplines I need to meet with YOU regularly and to drink from the water of life. Thank YOU for YOUR rich love. Amen.
LORD, I’m here today with open hands and an open heart, ready to depend on YOU to help me through the day and all it will bring my way. Help me be like Nehemiah, help me come to YOU for guidance, strength, provision and protection. As I face tough choices and hard situations, help me remember my belovedness, help me remember that I am YOUR child and YOUR representative to the world around me. Help me live today in a way that brings honour to YOUR holy Name. In JESUS’ Name, Amen.
Heavenly FATHER, thank YOU for YOUR guidance. Forgive me for getting ahead of YOUR plans, and help me know when to stop and listen for YOUR direction. YOUR ways are perfect, LORD. Thank YOU for offering gentle grace. In JESUS ’ Name, Amen.
LORD, I pray YOU would move the SPIRIT more boldly in my life. I know that any sin can grieve and diminish the voice of the SPIRIT, and I pray against the temptation to sin. Help me crave YOUR presence more than I crave sin. Help me grow in the fruit of the SPIRIT and so walk closer with YOURSELF. I pray for guidance from YOUR SPIRIT – let YOUR will and promises always be a meditation of my heart. In JESUS’ Name, Amen
Today’s a new day, a chance for a new start. Yesterday is gone and with it any regrets, mistakes, or failures I may have experienced. It’s a good day to be glad and give thanks, and I do, LORD. Thank YOU for today, a new opportunity to love, give, and be all that YOU want me to be.
Today I want to start this month with YOU on my mind and in my heart. As I dress, let me wear the armor YOU’VE provided daily: the helmet of salvation, the breastplate of righteousness, the shield of faith, the belt of truth, the shoes of peace, and the Sword of the SPIRIT – with prayer on my tongue: praise for YOU and petitions for those around me and those I meet.
Feed me today with YOUR daily bread. As the BREAD OF LIFE, YOUR food, like manna, will sustain me throughout any trials and hungers. Help me to set my thoughts on things above and to speak only what will help and encourage others. Keep me from putting my foot in my mouth, and help me guard the affections of my heart today, LORD. Make whatever work I do be marked with excellence rather than perfectionism, as I seek not to make a name, but to make a difference. Help me to treat each person I encounter as YOU would, with respect and love, forgiving others and asking for forgiveness myself when needed.
As I start this new month, help me remember that I belong to YOU, and my desire is to act accordingly. Keep my feet from stumbling and my mind from wandering into distractions that could steal precious time and energy from the most important things YOU have designed for me. I’m proud to be YOUR child, LORD. And I’m so grateful that YOU died for me – rising again on YOUR own new morning – so that every day could be filled with the wonder of YOUR love, the freedom of YOUR SPIRIT, and the joy of knowing YOU.
I know earthly life is short and fleeting, LORD. But I want to live today as if it were the first or the last day of my life, giving thanks for every good and perfect gift YOU choose to give.
Today, and every day, I want to live my life for YOU, JESUS.
In YOUR precious Name, Amen.
Let us begin to thank GOD…
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