Collection of Awesome Christian Spiritual Words

2012-02-02T07:00:00.000-08:00

Jesus answered and said to them, “Are you not therefore mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God?
Mark 12:24 NKJV

In view of the importance of Bible study, what steps should one take to get the most benefit from his time with the Word? What can a person do to arouse in his own heart an interest in God's Book?

Step 1 - Attitude: Before opening the Scriptures, ask yourself the question, "For what purpose am i studying the Bible? Am I trying to keep a perfect daily record? Am I trying to prove some point? Or am I seeking to know God's will for me?"

One must respect and reverence the Author of the Bible. You should look for an expression of God's will, not your own. The Bible is not a mere source book; rather, it is the Book of authority for your life. Unless you submit to the authority of the Word, the truth will never be made plain to you. As Joseph Malegue once said, "All the obscurities of Scripture and all its flashes of light will fall together, dragging each other, on one slope or the other, according to which side your heart is."

Step 2 - Prayer: "Never should the Bible be studied without prayer. Before opening its pages we should ask for the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit, and it will be given." - Steps to Christ. p 91. The sincere seeker for truth will never approach the Scriptures in his own strength, and when you propose to prsent Scripture truth to others you should be even more solicitous for God's help.

Step 3 - Reading: Be sure to read the verses preceding and following any particular passage. You are not at liberty to pick out a text here or there and use it to establish a "truth" unless you know the context of the passage. Only thus can you be certain you are interpreting it properly. Too often an otherwise sincere person discovers and propagates a teaching that is really false doctrine....because he failed to understand the setting of a text.

In order to get a complete picture of what the Lord has to say, compare one passage of Scripture with another on the same subject. Short of that, you may easily get a lopsided view. A good concordance can give you invaluable help in scriptural comparison.

taken from: First Things First
November 17
by: Bob Spangler

2012-01-29T07:00:00.000-08:00

So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 8:3 NKJV

The lesson God wanted to teach by the manna was that as long as the people trusted in Him and obeyed Him, He would sustain them. In other words, man does not live by bread alone, but by believing every word that proceeds out of God's mouth. How can we believe His Word if we do not personally take time to know it through study?

Several years ago 3,000 church members in one particular area of the country responded to a questionnaire. One of the attitudes the study revealed was that once a person is baptized, his spiritual welfare depends more upon Sabbath services and fellowship than upon personal devotions. Half the members responding claimed to derive their prime spiritual uplifts from the Sabbath services, and tragically blamed the minister and his sermons if they felt the lack of spiritual growth.

Little or no Bible study is not only dangerous, but fatal to spiritual growth, and each person is responsible for personal devotions. If we allow the pressure of our daily programs to steal from us our right to spend time with God daily, who then is to blame? We alone are responsible for our success or failure in this all-important matter of personal devotions and serious study of the Scriptures.

Those who permit the Bible to gather dust during the most of the week have a slim chance of growing spiritually. If the Scriptures contain leaves from the tree of life, and if the purpose of the tree of life is the healing of the nations, it becomes obvious that true success in the spiritual life is dependent to a large degree on our personal spiritual development through earnest, Spirit-led Bible study.

How can we experience death to self and life in Christ? how can we learn experientially to ask, "Who is it that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God" (I John 5:5 RSV)? What keeps us from falling into the cruel gears of sin? There is no other way than in and through the Word of God.

taken from: First Things First
November 15
by: Bob Spangler

2012-01-25T07:00:00.000-08:00

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.

John 6:63 - NKJV

John Wycliffe, known as the Morning Star of the Reformation, laid the foundation for the great Protestant movement by initiating the first complete translation of the Bible into the language of the common man. While at college he had an opportunity to read the Word in Latin. As he studied, he was thrilled to find God's plan of salvation set forth beautifully in the Person of Jesus Christ. Through his preaching, lights went on one by one in the dark world that had been denied the Scriptures.

One incident in his life shows his determination to rank the Scriptures supreme. At one time he became critically ill. His enemies from four religious orders rejoiced and planned to force him to retract his statements against the Roman catholic Church, which had suppressed the Scriptures. The sick reformer, after listening to their demand, asked for assistance to be raised up in bed. As he looked at these men who were demanding his recantation, "he said, in the firm, strong voice which had so often caused them to tremble: 'I shall not die, but live, and again declare the evil deeds of the friars.'" -- The Great Controversy, p.88.

The person who loves, knows, and practices the Word has an indomitable power. You cannot crush the spirit of a man who feeds on the Word. The Advent Movement came about because our prisoners gave themselves to a study of the Scriptures. While this movement attains its victorious climax our people will devote themselves to Bible study as intensively as did those pioneers.

We talk and pray and long for Christ to return. Though we do not know when that event will happen, one thing is certain -- when He comes again He will find His people searching the Scriptures, conforming their lives to its teaching, and sharing their Bible-based faith with their neighbors. If we are to endure the troublous times ahead and are to be unmoved by the erroneous beliefs and teachings beckoning on every side, we must be daily rooted and grounded in the book of books.

Cling to the Word. Esteem God's written revelations more than earthly possessions. It is the only anchor on the stormy sea of life. Give it up and shipwreck is inevitable. Hold to it, and victory is yours.

taken from: First Things First
November 14
by: Bob Spangler

2012-01-21T07:00:00.000-08:00

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through god to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of god, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
II Corinthians 10:3-5 - NEB

Lindsay A. Semmens, one of my beloved college professors, developed an unusually descriptive interrogative sentence for use when talking about the false religious philosophies of men. He would hold his hand high in the air and then with a giant swoop would nearly touch the floor while exclaiming, "Why dive through fifty feet of sewage to get one scintilla of truth?" that provocative question has stuck with me during my years of preaching the gospel.

With prophetic eye Paul got a glimpse of our day when he said, "The weapons we wield are not merely human" (Verse 4, NEB). Foolish speculations, self-centered philosophies, and godless psychology surely form a part of the arsenal of carnal weapons. The casualty list for professed Christians is extremely high because Satan's methods are so subtle, refined, and appealing to the natural mind of man. There are certain laws dealing with the mind that, if properly understood and obeyed, can contribute to our success and happiness. But above and beyond our ability to utilize the mental equipment God has given us is the need of a spiritual power that assures victory over the enemy.

There is only one sure, safe path. There is only one effective weapon against sin and error. it is a "Thus saith the Lord." The power of the Word sealed in a man's heart can "demolish strongholds; ... demolish sophistries and all that rears its proud head against the knowledge of god" (verses 4, 5, NEB)

God, in prodigal love for His children, has made His Word available throughout the ages. In these final hours of earth's history He has deluged us with the greatest amount of special revelation any group of truth-seekers has ever known. the eternal Word, amplified so magnificently by the spirit of Prophecy, is a source of vitamin-packed food for the soul. Studied and followed earnestly, it will keep one on the track of truth.

taken from: First Things First
November 11
by: Bob Spangler

2012-01-17T07:00:00.000-08:00

The man is the head of the woman, just as Christ also is the head of the church. Christ is, indeed, the Saviour of the body; but just as the church is subject to Christ, so must women be to their husbands in everything.
Ephesians 5:23, 24 NEB

Just as Jesus is the head of the church and the Saviour of his people, so the husband is to be a saving head and influence over his family. No wife and family need fear to subject themselves to that kind of home leader.

Christian marriage is not an expedient, nor is it an experiment. God, the originator of the home, laid down specific principles in the very beginning to safeguard the happiness of both husband and wife. The Saviour watches jealously over every marriage union, for He knows that each time Satan succeeds in destroying a home he obliterates to a degree the union that should exist between God and His children. The devil also is well aware of this, and he works tirelessly to bring about dissension and heartache within the sacred confines of the home circle.

Ellen White wrote a special message to a bridge and groom, each 21 years of age, who had been married three months. May I suggest that husbands and wives read this fine counsel together on a monthly basis. The concepts are ennobling and practical:

"Live for the glory of God. Be tender, kind, and courteous to each other. The happiness of your life will consist in making God your your trust, and in seeking to make each other happy. Practice self-control. It is so easy to speak thoughtlessly, words that grieve and wound. Do not venture to trifle with each other's feelings. Practice patience, encourage love, discipline yourselves to guard every word and action, and study how you can be a blessing to each other....

"Never make a third person your confidante. Your private life is sacred; keep the barriers high, that no one may presume to intrude into the sacred circle....

"A word more: do not speak a word in jest that shall injure or reflect upon the other. Never recount the mistakes, or errors, or faults of each other in the presence of a third person, or in company, be the circle ever so select. Live for God and for each other." -- Letter 16a, 1870

taken from: First Things First
October 31
by: Bob Spangler

2012-01-13T07:00:00.000-08:00

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
Colossians 3:15 (NKJV)

Is it possible to give thanks in all the adverse circumstances of life? It seems a bit irrational to expect a bereaved husband or wife to thank God when a loved one is lost. Can a parent truly give thanks to God when a darling child has been struck down by a brain tumor? Is it possible to thank Him in the midst of a financial depression with its extreme poverty and woe? These circumstances do not naturally elicit gratitude.

The only way that we can be thankful under all circumstances is to follow. Paul's admonition to "pray continually". Only as the Holy Spirit enters our lives through prayer can we maintain a thankful attitude regardless of outward circumstances.

The truth in our text today is real. It means exactly what it says. If we claim to be Bible Christians, then we should not be selective in our response to Scripture. Here is a gracious command to give thanks in all circumstances on a constant basis. If we would give more expression to praise and thanksgiving and rejoice in what we do have, it would serve to increase our joy and happiness. Paul commends gratitude as a way of life.

Being thankful is not always easy, but here are several suggestions that should help. First, rather than tremble before the instruction, why don't we contemplate the related promises. Think about this one: "These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full" (John 15:11) And, "Ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy" (John 16:20). And from the Old Testament, "The Lord hath anointed me to ... bind up the brokenhearted, ... to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness" (Isaiah 61:1-3).

Second, does it work? The apostle Paul answers with a resound Yes! Incredible? Listen to his testimony. "Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then am I strong" (2 Corinthians 12:10). Try it all day - this day.

taken from: First Things First
September 9
by: Bob Spangler

2012-01-09T07:00:00.000-08:00

He who touches you touches the apple of his eye.

Zechariah 2:8 RSV

In the jostle and complexity of modern life it is easy to be deeply hurt or to cause pain to someone else, sometimes unintentionally, but often with a he-deserves-it attitude. We take our frustrations out on those we love the most. How God must cringe at our sarcastic barbs, our loaded slams, which in reality stem from envious and jealous hearts. These acts wound Him who is infinite love.

How can we, in the spirit of Christ, handle these deep hurts when they come our way, without becoming bitter, resentful, or calloused? Here is another practical suggestion my typist shared with me from Thought From the Mount of Blessing page 71:
"The Father's presence encircles Christ, and nothing befell Him but that which infinite love permitted for the blessing of the world." As she read this, she thought, So that explains why Christ could take so much. I could too if - and then she continued reading: "Here was His source of comfort, and it is for us. He who is imbued with the Spirit of Christ abides in Christ. The blow that is aimed at him falls upon the Saviour, who surrounds him with His presence. Whatever comes to him comes from Christ. He has no need to resist evil, for Christ is his defense. Nothing can touch him except by our Lord's permission." She told how she woke up as if from a dream. She read it over and over, using "me" in place of "him." "The blow that is aimed at me falls upon my Saviour." All at once she grasped how this could work in her own life. And it did. The more she used it the more excited she became - she had found Christ's secret of serenity in trial! All she had to do was be sure she was abiding in Christ, that her relationship with Him was intact. Now when someone figuratively "beats" her, she is able to counter it in a safe way: "Lord, here is an opportunity to reflect Your image. Please help me not to fail and become defensive. You are my defense. You are actually surrounding me! He thinks he's hurting me, Lord, but he doesn't know the blow is really falling on You and isn't even touching me! Thank You, Jesus."

taken from: First Things First
September 7
by: Bob Spangler

2012-01-05T07:00:00.000-08:00

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.    Lamentations 3:22, 23 RSV

Charles Kingsley, nineteenth-century English clergyman and novelist wrote; "If you wish to be miserable, you must think about yourself; about what you want, what you like, what respect people ought to pay you, and then to you nothing will be pure. You will spoil everything you touch; you will make sin and misery out of everything God sends you. You can be as wretched as you choose."

The antidote for being miserable and selfish is to concentrate on the Lord and His mercies. The easiest way to forget our own difficulties and troubles is to praise God and be thankful. Let the blessings of every new day awaken praise in your heart, for these are the tokens of His loving care. When you open your eyes in the morning thank God that He has kept you through the night. Thank Him for His peace in your heart. Morning, noon, and night let gratitude like sweet perfume arise from your lips to Heaven.

Our text today if concentrated on, believed, and acted upon will keep many a person out of a psychiatric ward. If we think about god's goodness, faithfulness, and steadfast love how can we be depressed? Jeremiah did not claim to be a psychologist or psychiatrist, but he knew the needs of the human soul. He knew that trust in the Lord is basic to peace.

Jeremiah continued his praise of God by saying, "The Lord is my portion,' says my soul, 'therefore I will hope in Him.' The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul that seeks Him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord" (Lamentations 3:24-26 RSV)

Oh, why doesn't the human race sense the goodness of God more? Why don't we fasten our attention upon the positive side of life? Every time we attend Sabbath services we sing "Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly hosts; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." Let's sing this song every day and mean it! God is so good!

taken from: First Things First
                      August 31
                 by: Bob Spangler

2012-01-01T07:00:00.000-08:00

Compassion puts love into action.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread"
September 22, 2008

2011-12-28T07:00:00.000-08:00

Lord, grant me a loving heart,
A will to give and share,
A whispered prayer upon my lips
To show I really care. —Brandt

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread"
September 18, 2008

2011-12-24T07:00:00.000-08:00

Only through Christ can we enter the Father’s presence.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread"
March 31, 2011

2011-12-20T07:00:00.000-08:00

When we love God, we will serve people.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread"
March 28, 2011

2011-12-16T07:00:00.000-08:00

The purpose of sharing God’s truth is to profit others, not to prosper ourselves.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread"
March 26, 2011

2011-12-12T07:00:00.000-08:00

Being imperfect doesn’t disqualify us from serving God; it just emphasizes our dependence on His mercy.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread"
March 25, 2011

2011-12-08T07:00:00.000-08:00

The great Christian is one who is small enough to let God be great in his life.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread" odb.org
March 16, 2010

2011-12-04T07:00:00.000-08:00

When Christ rules in our heart, our feet will walk in His ways.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread" odb.org

March 30, 2010

2011-11-30T07:00:00.000-08:00

The Holy Spirit is the Christian’s power supply.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread" odb.org
November 29, 2009

2011-11-26T07:00:00.000-08:00

I heard a teenager from a Christian family declare, “My mom doesn’t think swear words are bad.” He then indicated which words she found acceptable—words that have long been considered inappropriate.
Society’s standard of language has declined in recent years, but we don’t have to decline with it. As we strive to be “very careful . . . how [we] live” (Eph. 5:15 niv), we should think about how to honor God with our words.
We please the Lord with our tongue when we show discernment. “He who restrains his lips is wise,” Proverbs 10:19 reminds us. When we do speak, we are to filter the words that escape our lips: “Whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from troubles” (21:23).
It is important to use kind, positive words—even to address tough subjects. “A harsh word stirs up anger,” but “the tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly” (Prov. 15:1-2).
Finally, avoid words that reflect poorly on who we are as God’s children. Paul’s admonition to “let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth” (Eph. 4:29) sets a strong standard for the righteous use of words.
To honor God in each part of life, use words that are pleasing and acceptable to a holy God.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread" odg.org
May 3, 2010

2011-11-22T07:00:00.000-08:00

The real measure of our wealth is what will be ours in eternity.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread"
March 24, 2011

2011-11-18T07:00:00.000-08:00

Remembering God’s goodness is a good cure for doubt.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread"
March 20, 2011

2011-11-14T07:00:00.000-08:00

Revenge restrained is a victory gained.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread"
March 18, 2011

2011-11-10T07:00:00.000-08:00

The poorest person is he whose only wealth is money.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread"
March 15, 2011

2011-11-06T07:00:00.000-08:00

Prayer is listening for what God might want to say to you.

Taken From
"Daily Walk Bible"
Day 361 Pg 1625

2011-11-02T07:00:00.000-07:00

What’s better than answers to our why questions?
Trusting a good God who has His reasons.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread"
March 14, 2011

2011-10-29T07:00:00.000-07:00

What God is doing you may not know now,
But someday you’ll understand why;
Questions that taunt you and trouble your mind
Will one day have heaven’s reply. —Hess

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread"
March 14, 2011

2011-10-25T07:00:00.000-07:00

God feeds us through His Word.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread"
March 13, 2011

2011-10-21T07:00:00.000-07:00

We are not Christ's lawyers; we are His Witnesses.

Taken from
"Daily Walk Bible" NLT
Day 359 Pg 1621

2011-10-17T07:00:00.000-07:00

It’s the journey, not just the destination, that’s important.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread"
March 9, 2011

2011-10-13T07:00:00.000-07:00

Listening may be the most loving thing you do today.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread"
March 7, 2011

2011-10-09T07:00:00.000-07:00

Still at the wheel of your life? It’s time to let Jesus drive.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread"
April 25, 2010

2011-10-05T07:00:00.000-07:00

The bumper sticker “Jesus is my co-pilot” may be a well-intentioned sentiment, but it has always troubled me. Whenever I’m in the driver’s seat of my life, the destination is nowhere good. Jesus is not meant to be just a spiritual “co-pilot” giving directions every now and then. He is always meant to be in the driver’s seat. Period!
We often say that Jesus died for us, which of course is true. But there’s more to it than that. Because Jesus died on the cross, something inside of us died—the power of sin. It’s what Paul meant when he said, “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me” (Gal. 2:20). We were essentially co-crucified with Him. With Jesus in the driver’s seat, the old destinations are off-limits. No more turning down the streets of self-centeredness, greed, or lust. No more off-road ventures into the swamp of pride or the ditch of bitterness. We were crucified with Him and He is at the wheel now! He died so that He alone can drive and define us.
So, if you’ve died and Christ lives in you, He’s not your co-pilot. Your joy is to let Him drive and define your life. There may be a few bumps in the road, but you can count on it—He’ll take you somewhere good.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread"
April 25, 2010

2011-10-01T07:00:00.000-07:00

In an evangelistic meeting in Ireland, the speaker was explaining what it means to abide in Christ and to trust Him completely in every trial. Concluding his message, he repeated several times, “It means that in every circumstance you can keep on saying, ‘For this I have Jesus.’ ”
The meeting was then opened for testimonies. One young woman said, “Just a few minutes ago I was handed this telegram. It reads, ‘Mother is very ill; take train home immediately.’ When I saw those words, I knew that tonight’s message was meant just for me. My heart looked up and said, ‘For this I have Jesus.’ Instantly a peace and strength flooded my soul.”
Three or four weeks later the evangelist received a letter from this woman. It read, “Thank you again for the message you gave that day. Life has become an uninterrupted psalm of victory, for I have come to realize that no matter what life brings, for this I have Jesus.”
That believer in Christ had found in her Savior the One who would be with her “through fire and through water,” and who would bring her “out to rich fulfillment” (Ps. 66:12).
If you are enduring a great trial of affliction, remember—for this you have Jesus!

Copied from
"Our Daily Bread"
April 6, 2010

2011-09-27T07:00:00.000-07:00

I have never met a man who has given me as much trouble as myself. —D. L. Moody

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread" (not the one shown)
July 19, 2009

2011-09-23T07:00:00.000-07:00

When all goes well and I feel strong,
Oh, help me, Lord, to see
That I must place my confidence
In You and not in me. —Anon.

Taken from
"Our Daily Bread" ( not the one shown)
July 19, 2009

2011-09-19T07:00:00.000-07:00

There is a vast difference between happiness and blessedness. Paul had imprisonments and pains, sacrifice and sufferings up to the very limit; but in the midst of it all, he was blessed. All the beatitudes came into his heart and life in the midst of those very conditions.

Paganini, the great violinist, came out before his audience one day and made the discovery just as they ended their applause that there was something wrong with his violin. He looked at it a second and then saw that it was not his famous and valuable one.
He felt paralyzed for a moment, then turned to his audience and told them there had been some mistake and he did not have his own violin. He stepped back behind the curtain thinking that it was still where he had left it, but discovered that someone had stolen his and left that old secondhand one it its place. He remained back of the curtain a moment, then came out before his audience and said:
"Ladies and Gentlemen: I will show you that the music is not in the instrument, but in the soul." And he played as he had never played before; and out of that secondhand instrument, the music poured forth until the audience was enraptured with enthusiasm and the applause almost lifted the ceiling of the building, because the man had reveled to them that music was not in the machine but in his own soul.

It is your mission, tested and tried one, to walk out on the stage of this world and reveal to all earth and heaven that the music is not in conditions, not in the things, not in externals, but the music of life is in your own soul.

Taken from
"Stream in the Desert"
September 28

2011-09-15T07:00:00.000-07:00

Lord, thank You for every blessing, both big and small. Help me to be more aware of the ways in which You take care of me, so my gratitude can continue to grow. Amen.

copied from:
Day 36 "Whispers of Encouragement"

2011-09-11T07:00:00.000-07:00

The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.

copied from:
Day 34 "Whispers of Encouragement"
Helen Keller

2011-09-07T07:00:00.000-07:00

The Lamb who died to save us is the shepherd who lives to lead us.

copied from: (not the same book as shown)
"Our Daily Bread" - March 5, 2011
Phrase

2011-09-03T07:00:00.000-07:00

A christian is an ambassador who speaks for the King of kings.

copied from: (not the same book as shown)
"Our Daily Bread" - March 3, 2011
Phrase

2011-08-30T07:00:00.000-07:00

We were created to give God the glory.

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"Our Daily Bread" - March 2, 2011
Phrase

2011-08-26T07:00:00.000-07:00

In every change He faithful will remain.

copied from: (not the same book as shown)
"Our Daily Bread" - March 1, 2011
Phrase

2011-08-22T07:00:00.000-07:00

We need more than a new start -- we need a new heart.

copied from: (not the same book as shown)
"Our Daily Bread" - February 28, 2011
Phrase

2011-08-18T07:00:00.000-07:00

No one is hopeless whose hope is in God.

copied from: (not the same book as shown)
"Our Daily Bread" - February 26, 2011
Phrase

2011-08-14T07:00:00.000-07:00

Getting into hot water every so often has a way of keeping a person clean.

Copied from:
"The Daily Walk Bible" NLT
walk 351

2011-08-10T07:00:00.000-07:00

More can be learned from life's trials than from its triumphs.

Copied from:
"The Daily Walk Bible" NLT
walk 350

2011-08-06T07:00:00.000-07:00

The faintest whisper of encouragement uttered to a Christian brother or sister is heard in heaven.

Copied from:
"The Daily Walk Bible" NLT
walk 347

2011-08-02T07:00:00.000-07:00

All we can really take with us is what we have given away.

Copied from:
"The Daily Walk Bible" NLT
walk 329

2011-07-29T07:00:00.000-07:00

All we can really take with us is what we have given away.

Copied from:
"The Daily Walk Bible" NLT
walk 329

2011-07-25T07:00:00.000-07:00

Two telltale marks of a Christian are giving and forgiving, for the world knows little about either.

Copied from:
"The Daily Walk Bible" NLT
walk 329

2011-07-21T07:00:00.000-07:00

Discontentment makes rich people poor; contentment makes poor people rich.

Copied from:
"The Daily Walk Bible" NLT
walk 329

2011-07-17T07:00:00.000-07:00

Only by giving of oneself is enough taken away to make room for receiving more.

Copied from:
"The Daily Walk Bible" NLT
walk 329

2011-07-13T07:00:00.000-07:00

One thing you can give and still keep is your word.

Copied from:
"The Daily Walk Bible" NLT
walk 236

2011-07-09T07:00:00.000-07:00

No one ever repented of being a christian on his or her deathbed.

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walk 206

2011-07-05T07:00:00.000-07:00

The singing of a hymn should be a conversation between friends.

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walk 153

2011-07-01T07:00:00.000-07:00

Contentment is realizing that God has already given me all I need.

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"Our Daily Bread" July 7, 2010
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2011-06-27T07:00:00.000-07:00

Satan ought not be in our line of vision, but behind us.

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2011-06-23T07:00:00.000-07:00

The longer you dwell on your misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm you.

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walk 142

2011-06-19T07:00:00.000-07:00

We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do.

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walk 124

2011-06-15T07:00:00.000-07:00

Christ is the only door into heaven.

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2011-06-11T07:00:00.000-07:00

As this world gets darker, the promised return of God's Son gets brighter.

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Prayer Pattern For Revival The Word of God part 8 of 8

2011-06-07T07:00:00.000-07:00

Loving Heavenly Father, I come to worship You in the wonder of what You have chosen to reveal in Your Word about Yourself. The majesty of Your creation displays Your awesome greatness. I see Your omnipotence when I look upon the vastness of the universe. I praise You that You are everywhere present in the extremities of the universe and that You are greater than Your creation.

I look upon the immensity of man's accumulated knowledge and remember Your omniscient possession of all knowledge. The steady march of time causes me to reflect upon the fact that You are eternal, without beginning or end. The lying, sinful ways of humanity evident everywhere cause me to long for the one who is Truth and who reigns in absolute justice.

I praise You, loving God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for what You have reveled about Yourself in the written Word of God. I affirm that Your Holy Word is an inerrant revelation of Your holy Truth. I ask forgiveness for my neglect in reading, memorizing and meditating upon Your Word. What an ugly, sinful wrong it is for me, my family and my fellow believers to treat Your holy Word so lightly when it has been made so available to us. Wash away our guilt, and create within believers' hearts a longing to know and read Your Word.

Through Your Word, Heavenly Father, I came to know the Lord Jesus Christ as my Savior from sin. In Your Word He is revealed as the one who became God in human flesh and was victorious in Himself over the world, the flesh and the devil. In Your Word I learn that, though He was tempted in every way I am tempted, He never sinned. Your Word declares that, as one of us, He fulfilled all righteousness. Your Word declares that He was wounded for my transgressions and bruised for my iniquities. It declares that He became sin for me and that my sins and offenses against You were laid upon Him when He died in my place upon the cross.

It is in Your Word that the mighty truth of His triumph over death and the grave in resurrection power is established. Your Word declares with assuring detail the Lord Jesus Christ's ascension into heaven and His present glorified overseeing of His church. Because of the declarations of Your Word, I look for my Savior to come again with power and great glory. I love You, Heavenly Father, for having given me Your Word.

I praise You, loving God, that You have graced us with the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Thank You for revealing Your Word to me in the wonder of His mighty work in this world and in believers. Thank You for declaring in Your Word that the Holy Spirit came to convict the world of its sinful guilt. I ask for the Holy Spirit to greatly intensify His work of convincing people of their sin against a holy God. May the Holy Spirit so open people to the spiritual seeing and hearing of Your Word that they again will cry out in repentance. Thank You, also, that the Holy Spirit exalts righteousness by revealing the righteous things of Your Word. I ask Him to do that with powerful persuasion.

I pray that the Holy Spirit will, by Your Word, reveal to human hearts the certainty of an approaching accountability to God. May that sobering fact settle upon people until they can find no rest apart from coming to our Lord Jesus Christ.

Blessed Holy Spirit, You are the one who breathed out God's Word in divine revelation through human instruments. I ask You now to use that Word to speak personally to believers. Grant new insights to God's appointed leaders to promote interest, reading, memorization and meditation upon God's Word among God's people. I ask You, Holy Spirit, to raise up anointed revivalist, evangelists and preachers who will be able to make the Bible known with compelling power to a lost world.

I pray the mighty power of God's holy Word against Satan and his kingdom. Confront and defeat Satan's lies with the truth of Your Word. May the comfort of Your Word relieve people from Satan's accusations, torments, and terror. I ask that the warnings of Your Word will alert people to Satan's tactics to bring them into bondage. Invade Satan's kingdom with salvation's message in Your Word and bring multitudes from the darkness of hell into the kingdom of light and eternal life.

I recognize, Heavenly Father, that revival will never come unless a deep, personalized hearing of God's Word comes to human hearts. In the name of my Lord Jesus Christ and by the power of His blood, I pull down Satan's power to dishonor and discredit God's holy Word. I bring in prayer the power of the Holy Spirit against all satanic strongholds assigned to hinder the Word of God from being heard and understood by the hearts of people. I invite the blessed Holy Spirit to exalt the Word of God and to reveal its mighty power in ways that will confound the enemies of truth. Cause people to hear Your Word with a new profound depth, and move pastors and churches to proclaim and teach Your Word with a contagious freshness.

I affirm, Heavenly Father, that Your Word is alive and powerful. I rejoice that though heaven and earth will pass away, not one tiny word of your holy truth will ever fail. Grant to Your Word great success in our day. Use Your holy Word to move our nation to revolutionary revival. I do love Your Word, O Lord, and I give myself to know it better and to live it more. I offer this prayer in the name of Him who is the Living Word, my Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

These prayers may be reproduced for free distribution when the following credit is attached:
Mark I. Bubeck, copied from: The Rise of Fallen Angels
(Chicago, IL. Moody Press, 1995)

Sincerely,
Mark I. Bubeck

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THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR BIBLICAL COUNSELING, INC. is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing professional pastoral counseling in harmony with biblical principles and sound psychological practices. The Center serves as both a treatment center for the emotionally troubled and spiritually distressed as well as a training center providing instruction in biblically based procedures and treatment methods for counseling spiritually oppressed individuals. The Center also seeks to provide an international forum among Christian professionals, ministers and laymen on the subject of helping the spiritually oppressed.

Dr. Mark I. Bubeck, author of The Adversary, Overcoming the Adversary and The Rise of Fallen Angels, is a former pastor and the founder and president of ICBC. His ministry with the Center includes training seminar development, conference speaking, and limited counseling.

Prayer Pattern For Revival Unity In the Body part 7 of 8

2011-06-03T07:00:00.000-07:00

Dear God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, I worship You in the wonder of Your triune oneness. I grope to understand the mystery of how three unique persons remain one God. I praise You for its truth and I bow before You in the wonder of such revelation of Yourself. By faith, I ask You to increase my capacity to appreciate and understand Your triune oneness that I might share new insights with others.

I also praise and worship You, Lord Jesus Christ, for the scope of Your finished work that unites me with You. I hold Your powerful name, Lord Jesus Christ, over my personal life, my family, my work and the whole body of Christ for benefit, protection and all that You have for us.

I rejoice that Your salvation has united me inseparably not only with Yourself but also with every other believer. Thank You, blessed Holy Spirit, for Your great work of baptizing me into this body of Christ. I rejoice to be a part of such perfect fellowship. thank You, Lord Jesus Christ, for continuing Your mighty work of readying Your body to present her to Yourself as a radiant church, without stain, wrinkle or blemish of any kind. Thank You that this body will be holy and blameless in the mystery of Your finished work. I glory in the wonder of such truth.

I enter into repentance and confession before You to acknowledge how often I personally have violated the essential oneness of the body. Cleanse me of my wickedness of not honoring each part of the body as You do. I also confess the sins of my family and fellow church members in not living out the unity of the body which You have created. I confess the divisiveness existing in Your visible church as a violation of Your holy plan. I worship and praise You, dear Heavenly Father, for Your sovereign ability to use even our divisiveness to glorify Your name and finish Your work.

Yet I long and pray for the bringing together of Your born-again ones in a united movement for revival awakening. We have been so terribly wounded by those things that have divided us. Our capacity to bring about change in our world has been reduced to a feeble squeak. In humble embarrassment I repent over this fact, and ask Your Holy Spirit to move over Your body to cause change. Help us to come together under the oneness of the Holy Spirit's control. May His oneness of intercession wait before heaven's throne of grace in the hearts of millions of believers who ask God for revolutionary revival.

Thank You, Lord Jesus Christ, for planning for unity rather than uniformity. The diversity of Your body is part of its beauty and functional appeal to the lost. It adds to Your glory. Bless Your church in its wide diversity of expression in patterns of worship and songs of praise. Help us to love one another in our diversity.

Help me not to condemn my fellow member for what he is not. Grant me the wisdom to understand and the capacity to appreciate him for what he is. Above all, help me to love each part of the body. May that love express itself in patience and the capacity to hold my thoughts in check when I see the failures of another member of Your body. Forgive me for my quick practice to take comfort about my own failures when I see the sins of others.

Blessed Heavenly Father, I recognize that Satan and his kingdom are relentless in their efforts keep believers divisive toward one another. As the accuser of the believers, he continually plants suspicions in believers' hearts. In the name of my Lord Jesus Christ, I pull down that work of darkness and bind our enemy that he might not succeed. I ask the Holy Spirit to supplant all divisive works with the unity of the Spirit actively working in believers.

Oh, Holy God, only Your sovereignty can move Your body into united action. May Your Holy Spirit brood over Your church and cause it to breathe out a united cry for revival awakening. I wait before You for this. Only You can work it out in a way that will startle the word and glorify Your name. Raise up the human leaders You can trust to touch not the glory that belongs only to You. I affirm again that what You have accomplished through the finished work of my Lord Jesus Christ is sufficient to do more than I ask. In Jesus' precious name I pray. Amen.

These prayers may be reproduced for free distribution when the following credit is attached:
Mark I. Bubeck, copied from: The Rise of Fallen Angels
(Chicago, IL. Moody Press, 1995)

Sincerely,
Mark I. Bubeck

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Prayer Pattern For Revival Coming Against the Enemy part 6 of 8

2011-05-30T07:00:00.000-07:00

Loving Heavenly Father, You are the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? I worship You and love You for being omnipotent, almighty and absolute in Your transcendent greatness and unequaled power. Thank You that, no matter how formidable and threatening the forces of darkness become, those who are with us are always "more" than those who are with them. I affirm that Your almightiness is unapproachable by any challenger and that Your power is full of glory.

I worship You, Heavenly Father, in the worthy merit of the Lord Jesus Christ. I affirm that He is Lord to the glory of God the Father. I hold all of His person and work directly upon my life as my protection during this time of prayer. I choose to abide in His incarnation, His cross, His resurrection, His ascension and His glorification.

I come in humble obedience to use the weapons of my warfare against the darkness that is seeking to rule the people of my city, country and world. I affirm that the weapons You have given to me to use are filled with divine power that is sufficient to demolish every stronghold Satan has built to hold back Your will and plan.

I confess the awful wickedness and sins that I, my family, me fellow believers and my culture have committed. Wash me afresh in the blood of my lord Jesus Christ that there may be no hindrance to Your fellowship and blessing upon me. I apologize to You for the offense against You represented in the wicked sins characterizing our culture. I recognize that when people abandon themselves in such sinful rebellion, much ground is being given to Satan to rule in our culture. My only hope is knowing that the finished work of my Lord Jesus Christ is sufficient payment for even these. I ask You to bring about all that is necessary to grant us the gift of repentance and a broken humility before You. I invite You to draw near to the people of our day until we are humbled and broken before You in a revival awakening greater than any that has ever been.

In the mighty name of my Lord Jesus Christ, I use the weapons of my warfare to demolish and weaken every throne, dominion, princely ruler, authority, power of darkness and wicked spirit in the heavenly realm that is organized and strategized to hinder revival. I ask the Holy Spirit to hold the mighty power of the shed blood and finished work of my Lord Jesus Christ constantly against these strongholds to cause their destruction and defeat.

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the power of his blood, I pull down all levels of the stronghold of _______. (Choose items from the following list of areas of Satan's strongholds that you desire to pull down and smash. You may think of other things. The list is suggestive, not exhaustive.)

Pornography
Perverted sexual practices
Adultery and prostitution
Drug use and promotion
Drug suppliers' protection
Alcohol addiction
Abortion practices and promotion
Cursing and vile language
Unbelief and humanism
New Age teaching
Occult promotion and activity
Satan worship
Television and media disgtortions
Religious cults and isms (name those you know)
Liberal theology promotion and false doctrines
Divisive influences in the body of Christ
Violence and crime
Child abuse inall its forms
divorces and family disunity
Materialism and greed
Peer pressure
Spiritual deafness and spiritual blindness
Blocking of people from sharing their faith
Blocking of people from receiving Christ
Lack of care for the homeless and hurting
Disunity and distrust in Christ's Body
Attacks on pastors, Christian workers and their families
Interest in spiritism and evil supernaturalism
Promotion of hate, rage and violent anger
Hindrance of the recruitment and funding of missionaries
Pride, spiritual haughtiness and indifference
Neglect of Bible study and prayer

I pull down these strongholds in the name of my Lord Jesus Christ and I pray their wicked work back upon themselves. I ask my loving Father in heaven to assign His holy angels to engage in direct combative defeat of these strongholds of evil. I bind the work of evil powers in each of these strongholds and I invite the Holy Spirit to unleash His mighty convicting power upon the people who are in bondage to them. I ask Him to exalt the ways of righteousness before the spiritual understanding of such people and to convict them deeply of their accountability to God in coming judgment. I ask the Holy Spirit to open their spiritual eyes to see their need for the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. May this revival for which I pray bring multitudes into a saving relationship with Him.

I address my prayer against the strongholds assigned to keep God's people from believing You for revival awakening. surely, there must be many that are working to make Your people lukewarm, satisfied with our materialism and blind to our spiritual needs. I pull down all such strongholds, named and unnamed, and I pray for a great moving of the Holy Spirit to bring to us a hungering and a thirsting after righteousness. May the Holy Spirit arouse in Christ's Body an insatiable appetite to memorize, study and know God's Holy Word. In the name of my Lord Jesus Christ I plead for a revolutionary revival to visit my heart, my family, my church and the whole body of Christ until it spills over upon the world around us and brings many souls into glory. Amen.

These prayers may be reproduced for free distribution when the following credit is attached:
Mark I. Bubeck, copied from: The Rise of Fallen Angels
(Chicago, IL. Moody Press, 1995)

Sincerely,
Mark I. Bubeck

Prayers distributed by:
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Prayer Pattern For Revival Protection From the Enemy part 5 of 8

2011-05-26T07:00:00.000-07:00

Loving Heavenly Father, I worship you as the provider of my protection from the hurtful, murderous intent of my enemies. "See how my enemies have increased and how fiercely they hate me" (Psalm 25:19). I desire to not passively assume my safety but to stop deliberately with faith and understanding into that victory You have provided. Teach me how to appropriate my victory. I am listening for wise insights from You even as I address You in prayer. Teach me deeper love and understanding of Yourself even as I open my whole person to You right now.

I plead that might name You have exalted about every name -- Lord Jesus Christ -- over my personal life an my walk with God; over my wife (husband), my children and all for whom I am responsible in my family; over the ministry You have given to me and all for whom I am responsible in ministry. I hold the name of my Lord Jesus Christ over Your church and all of Your will and plans for the bringing of revolutionary revival. I worship my Savior. I affirm that He is Lord -- He is Jehovah God -- the more we know of Him the more we know of You. He is Jesus, Savior. He is my Savior -- here is no Savior but Him. I worship Jesus as the one who took away my sins. He is the Christ -- the Anointed of God. He is the anointed Prophet who proclaimed the way and who is the way. he is the anointed Priest who offers a better sacrifice and is Himself that sacrifice for sin. He is the anointed King who now rules in His sovereign power and who will one day rule as King of kings and Lord of lords.

I seek to abide in my Lord Jesus Christ and to hide in the protection of His almightiness and my oneness with Him. I abide in His incarnation, His humanity. How wonderful that You planned that our Savior should be one of us. The mystery of that remains beyond my capacities for understanding.

I abide in the surety that He experienced all of Life's temptations and never failed to meet sin's fullest challenge. He fulfilled all righteousness. He obeyed every particle of Your expectancy for us as expressed in Your Law. As one of us, He pleased You, His Heavenly Father, as a child, as a youth and as an adult in every aspect of His life.

Thank You that as one of us He completely overcame sin. In His humanity, He never yielded to sin's enticements, though He was made in "the likeness of sinful flesh." The world was never able to entice Him to accept its values or to press Him into its mold. Thank You that though Satan himself and all of his demons tried to cause Him to sin, in His humanity He willed not to sin. With joy I enter into His sinless, worthy human life and expect Your blessing because You have placed His worthiness upon me. There is safety and peace here and I abide in it.

By faith, I abide in the death and sufferings of my Lord Jesus Christ. I claim the shelter of His precious blood over myself and those for whom I am responsible. It was in the work of His sufferings and the cross that You have removed the guilt of my sins. Cleanse me through His blood from all sins of omission and commission that would hinder my fellowship with You.

I abide in the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus Christ who "destroyed him who had the power of death, that is the devil." I hold the victory of the cross against the devil and all of his kingdom. In the power of the sufferings and shed blood of my Savior, I resist all of Satan's efforts to harm me or those for whom I am responsible.

I affirm the mighty triumph of the Lord Jesus Christ in His resurrection from the dead. In the practical outliving of my life today, I desire to be clothed with that same mighty power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead. In His resurrection power enable me to walk in newness of life. I address resurrection power directly against Satan and his kingdom in all his efforts to rule me and to hold back revival awakening from coming to Christ's church.

By faith, I enter into the ascension of my Lord Jesus Christ, where He is seated far above all principalities and powers. Thank You, Heavenly Father, for raising me up with Christ and seating me with Him in the heavenly realms. Teach me more perfectly how to rest in the safety of that lofty position and how to use that authority to pull down all of Satan's ruling tactics.

I abide in my Savior's glorification. I submit to Your lordship over my life, my family and Your church. I ask You to shepherd me in Your will and to hold me in the safety of Your faithful protection. I ask You to shepherd Your church to revival awakening in this day of great darkness.

Heavenly Father, I reach out for Your Holy Spirit and the wonder of His work. I rejoice that He came in fulfillment of the promise of both the Father and the Son. I rejoice that He convicted me and brought me to Christ, opened my eyes to see and caused me to be born of the Spirit. Thank You that He came to live within me the moment I was saved. I invite the Holy Spirit to enable me to walk in Him, so that love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, meekness, faithfulness and self-control may overflow from my life. May others see this, especially those close to me. May I see His fruit but most of all may His control be evident to You, O Lord.

I abide in His sealing, protecting work. I abide in His having made me a member of Christ's body. Help me to minister to the body of Christ today. I depend upon Him to breathe His quickening life and power into me. May the Holy Spirit pray through me and may He endue me with His power to witness of You before others. I pray the mighty work of the Holy Spirit as God's "holy finger" directly against Satan and his kingdom. May the mighty power of the Holy Spirit confront and defeat the devil in all of his hurtful designs for this day. I ask the Holy Spirit to increase His powerful work of convincing our world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment to come.

By faith I reach out for the wholeness of Your armor, Heavenly Father. I receive the girdle of truth and by faith I wear it. Help me not to deceive or be deceived in any way.

I wear the breastplate of righteousness. Having none of my own righteousness, I desire to walk in the adequate supply of Your righteousness.

Help me to walk in my shoes of peace. I claim my peace with God through justification, my peace of God through prayer and the Spirit's work and the near presence of the God of peace who makes even my enemies to be at peace with me.

Be my shield today, dear Lord. May Your presence hedge me in and quench all of Satan's flaming arrows.

Helmet my head with Your salvation. May the Savior cover my mind to protect me from Satan's intruding thoughts. May the Lord Jesus Christ think His thoughts in my mind today.

I receive the Word of God as the Spirit's sword. Teach me to use it proficiently in my protection and in my witness. Help me to memorize it and to know its power.

I thank You, Heavenly Father, that my victory in Christ is not merely protective. You have provided me safety, so that I might be bold to address my Lord's victory against everything that opposes Your will. In the name of my Lord Jesus Christ, I tear down all that Satan has strategized to hinder revival, I invite my living Lord Jesus Christ to sovereignly shepherd and lead His Church into all that is necessary to bring revival. I invite the Holy Spirit to sovereignly move to prepare the people whom You have chosen to be the leaders in each phase of revival preparation. I invite the Holy Spirit to prepare those special servants through whom the call for revival will come.

I give myself to You, loving God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In the worthiness of my Lord, and in the enablement of Your Holy Spirit, I offer myself to You for any purpose You may Have. Through Jesus Christ my Lord, I pray. Amen.

These prayers may be reproduced for free distribution when the following credit is attached:
Mark I. Bubeck, copied from: The Rise of Fallen Angels
(Chicago, IL. Moody Press, 1995)

Sincerely,
Mark I. Bubeck

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Prayer Pattern For Revival Revival Prayer Groups part 4 of 8

2011-05-22T07:00:00.000-07:00

Loving Heavenly Father, I worship You as the God who loves people. You have declared in Your Word that You are patient with people, not wanting anyone to perish, and You have provided opportunity for everyone to come to repentance. Thank You for Your patience that brought me to saving faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. I praise You, Heavenly Father, for demonstrating Your love by having the Lord Jesus Christ die for ungodly people while we were still in our sins. It is wonderful to know that You have loved humanity with such outreaching sacrifice that provides forgiveness and eternal life for all who will believe. Thank You, Lord Jesus Christ, for praying for those who would believe in You. Thank You for the other sheep that You must bring to Yourself.

I pray with You, dear Savior, for those other sheep that You must bring. Multitudes are bound by sin and Satan, and I ask forgiveness for me and for other believers who have cared so little for those perishing people. I acknowledge that the same sinful culture that blinds and binds the lost has made my heart cold and apathetic. Please forgive me. Grant me a burden for the lost around me. I pray for (name persons you care for who are lost). In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I tear down the blindness Satan is putting upon _____. I pray You will bring these dear ones to saving faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Thank You, Father in heaven, for the revival awakenings of history. I praise You for giving revival blessings in various places even in recent years. Thank You for opening my eyes to see the need for a revolutionary revival from Your omnipotent hands that will glorify You, startle the world, and bring multitudes into saving faith. I ask You to grant me a burden for such a revival. Help me to believe that it can come to my city. I humbly offer myself as an intercessor for such an awakening. Lead me to at least one other person with whom I can pray regularly for its coming. I ask You to raise up revival prayer groups in every city, town, suburb and rural area of our nation. I ask You to build a broad base of people nationwide who are expecting revival. Grant to each group a consuming burden for You to bring revival. Make the involvement of people broad enough so that when You sovereignly know we are ready, You will visit us with Your holy presence. Your promise is that, as we seek to draw near to You, You will draw near to us. I pray this nearness will truly be revolutionary. Make it humble us, break us, revive us and change the direction of our disintegrating culture.

We desperately need a movement of Your mighty grace that will transform the lives of multitudes of people. move our culture back to the absolutes of a Judeo-Christian ethic. Grant to us a legal system with courts who fear God and establish justice. Invade our penal system with such regeneration and reform that our jails will gradually empty until we wonder what to do with the unoccupied buildings.

I ask for such a transformation of our educational system that the humanistic, atheistic trends of our day will be completely reversed. I pray this revival will touch every political leader, every business enterprise, and every ;person in the mass media and entertainment industry. May revival clean up the music industry. I ask that the poverty, drunkenness, drugs, immorality and violence so common to our inner cities be overwhelmed by the transformed lives of regenerated people who live there. Bring the pornography industry to its knees through the repentance of the producers and consumers. Melt the divorce scandal away into nothingness because of the righteous, forgiving, encouraging lives of families made right with You.

The need for revolutionary revival in the churches, Lord Jesus Christ, is perhaps the greatest need of all. I invite You to walk among us who are believers and expose our sins as You see them. Grant to Your church a thoroughly repentant spirit where jealousies, suspicions and competitiveness evaporate in the abundance of joy that revival brings. I ask that every denomination and church that honors You and proclaims Your Word will so overflow with people that petty differences will disappear and worship the honors You will be established in the land. Enable the people to enjoy their preference of worship style in the fullness of Your Spirit.

Loving Heavenly Father, we are people with needs far greater than we understand. Come in the fullness and power of Your Holy Spirit and minister to them all. I open my life to You. Take every part of me and do with me whatever You know needs to be done. I hold back nothing from You. I believe there is sufficient grace supplies in the person and work of Christ to do far more than I have even begun to ask. I acknowledge that the Holy Spirit is mighty enough to humble a whole world with conviction of sin and the exalting of righteousness. I acknowledge, Almighty God, that You can quickly bring a world to judgment, or to revival. In the name of my Lord Jesus Christ, I plead for revolutionary revival to sweep over us like a fire that cannot be quenched. Amen.

These prayers may be reproduced for free distribution when the following credit is attached:
Mark I. Bubeck, copied from: The Rise of Fallen Angels
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Sincerely,
Mark I. Bubeck

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Prayer Pattern For Revival Repentance and Intercession part 3 of 8

2011-05-18T07:00:00.000-07:00

Loving Heavenly Father, I come again to worship You in the wonder of who You are. I approach You in the merit and worthiness of our Lord Jesus Christ. I open my whole being to the controlling work of Your Holy Spirit. I invite Him to express His interceding, His groaning through my prayers in the ways that He may choose. I yield to You, Heavenly Father, all of the faculties and capacities You have placed within me to be used for Your glory. I open my mind, will and emotions to You that You might share with me Your burden for the church and for the lost around me.

I rejoice that my Lord Jesus Christ could weep over the people of Jerusalem as they passed up His presence and His caring love for them. Cleanse me of the coldness and indifference that keeps me from shedding tears for the rebellious sin of today. Share with me His tears. Allow me to feel the mourning of Your Spirit's groaning for my broken world. Grant me Your divine intervention expressing in me a willingness to fast and to spend time in extended sessions of prayer. Help me see those times when I awaken in the night as opportunities to cry to You for a revolutionary revival to visit Your church. What I pray for myself I pray also for a large number of other believers whom You are calling to a deeper prayer burden.

I confess my sins to you, dear Heavenly Father. Wash me clean in my Savior's precious blood from all that offends You. I recognize within my person a fleshly nature that can be rebellious in Your sight. Thank You for informing me of this fact in Your Word. I affirm that in my union with Christ in His death I am dead to the rule of that fleshly nature. I desire the new nature You effected within me to be in charge through the power of my Savior's resurrection. Thank You for having made this new creation in righteousness and true holiness, so I can love You deeply and serve You fully. May Your Holy Spirit enable me to manifest before You and others the fruit of His full control. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I bind Satan and his host from interjecting any interference in my prayer.

I bring to You, Heavenly Father, the sins of my family, the church, and the culture in which I live. What great wickedness takes place in our homes. Thank you that it's not hidden from You. I repent of it for my family, other Christian families and non-Christian families. You established the home, and it's very dear to you. Forgive us for the way we too often talk to each other in anger and unkindness. How broken You must be over the physical, verbal and sexual abuse that is too much a part of the families in our culture. I not only confess this wickedness but I ask You to intervene and change it by Your mighty power. Show us our sins and grant us the grace of repentance.

I recognize that the sins of our nation and culture are an abomination in Your eyes. I repent for our culture of the terrible abuse of our sexuality. The misuse of this God-given gift is a curse upon our times. I apologize to You, Heavenly Father, for the abomination of pornography and the wide audience that makes it profitable. Turn our hearts from this perversion. You intended that our sexual desires should glorify Your name within the bonds of marriage. May this take place in our culture.

I repent before You, loving God, for the violence against innocent people that has invaded our culture. My heart grieves as Yours surely does for those millions of unborn babies that have been destroyed by legalized abortions. I repent for our legislators and court judges, and for the people who let it go on. Forgive and change the violence displayed in the entertainment media, in the inner city, and in the drug scene. I apologize for the burgeoning market for drugs and other intoxicants. My heart grieves for the cursing and vile talk that streams forth from people's mouths.

I see spreading through our culture a plague of fascination with the spirit realm of darkness. It poisons our little children in the theme of their toys, games and cartoons. It permeates our entertainment media. It subtly is becoming a part of the business and educational world through various "New Age" themes. A growing host of people are so deceived that they are worshiping Satan with animal and even human sacrifices. How terribly this dishonors You, O Lord, I cry out against it in prayer and I repent for them of this awful wickedness. I ask You to bring a revival awakening so intense that these things will be crushed by Your omnipotent power.

Forgive us for all our wickedness, O God. The sin of our land is so great. Religious sins of unbelief, legalism and self-righteous pride abound. Greed, covetousness, gluttony, gossip and spiritual indifference are almost as common to believers as to the lost. We desperately need a holy revival from You to confront our sins and bring us to humble repentance and spiritual renewal.

My hope, Heavenly Father, is in the promises of Your Word. Thank You for Your compassion for us in our sinful ways. In our arrogant lifestyle, we say to you, "I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing." I repent of that! I confess that, as believers, we show our wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked condition. I accept that analysis by my Lord Jesus Christ as applying to me and my fellow believers.

Thank You that our Lord Jesus Christ has invited us to come and buy from Him gold refined in His disciplining fires. I want that gold for me and for Your church. I ask for the white clothes that my Lord Jesus Christ promised would cover our nakedness. Anoint our eyes with the eye salve that enables us to see things as our Lord Jesus Christ sees them. I open the door of my life to my Lord Jesus Christ. I invite Him to come to me, to the church and to our day giving us a mighty sense of His holy presence. May His nearness break us over our sins until we flee to the cross for cleansing by His blood. May this revival for which I pray bring to saving faith multitudes who are not yet in our Savior's fold. Heavenly Father, move everything out of the way that hinders the coming of revival. Cause revival to affect churches, legislators, courts, business, education, government and all that is before You. Will You not revive us again?

I lay all of this before You, Heavenly Father, basing every request on the merit and worthiness of our Lord Jesus Christ alone, and His finished work. I ask that You build a faith within me and countless other believers that is growing and contagious, and that rests totally upon Your will and plan for us in this day and upon the foundation of Your Word and the finished work of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

These prayers may be reproduced for free distribution when the following credit is attached:
Mark I. Bubeck, copied from: The Rise of Fallen Angels
(Chicago, IL. Moody Press, 1995)

Sincerely,
Mark I. Bubeck

Prayers distributed by:
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Prayer Pattern For Revival Teach Me to Know You part 2 of 8

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Loving Heavenly Father, I come before You in this time of prayer to open my heart to You about the brokenness and need I see about me. I see great needs in my own heart, in my family, among my fellow believers and in my culture, community and world. Teach me to care, and to pray about those needs as Your servant Nehemiah learned to pray. I long to honor You as the "God of heaven, the great and awesome God," whose greatness is sufficient to meet the urgent needs of this day. I long to love and worship You, Heavenly Father, as You are worthy to be worshiped. I do love You; not as perfectly as I one day will, but I do love You and worship You now. Teach me to know You. Even as I worship You this moment, grant me new insights into Your greatness and sufficiency. As I speak to You, please speak to me.

Thank You, Heavenly Father, that You are omnipotent, almighty and sovereign. I praise You that it was no threat to Your sovereign omnipotence to create Satan and all of the angels who fell, even though You foreknew they would rebel against You. Thank You also, that it was no threat to Your sovereign omnipotence to create man in Your own likeness and image, even though You knew man would fail the test and would sin. I sense comfort and assurance from such a great and awesome God who could keep it all within His sovereign oversight and controlled limits. I rejoice that even the great needs of this day are no threat to Your omnipotent power and sovereign design.

I pray for a revolutionary revival to come from Your sovereign hand and I affirm that Your omnipotence is sufficiently strong to bring it to pass. I affirm that Your omnipotent power is sufficient to humble the most hostile arrogance of man in a moment of time. I affirm that Your omnipotence is able to bring to nothing the most careful strategy and plan of Satan and his kingdom.

By faith I hold Your omniscient knowledge and Your total awareness in perspective as I pray. Thank You that there is no wickedness or sin that escapes Your knowledge. Thank You that the cross and redemptive work of our Lord Jesus Christ was sufficient to enable You to forgive the wickedness of man. I praise You that in Your ominiscience You were able to apply His atoning blood to cleanse away the guilt of all my sins; none were missed. I hold Your omniscient understanding over the tragic conditions of the wicked rebellion of our ageand ask You to humble us and bring us to repentance before You.

I worship You in the wonder of Your omnipresence. With the psalmist I acknowledge: "Where can I go from your spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there. If I make my bed in the depths you are there."   Thank You that You are present wherever the dawn rises. In all of the extremities of space and in all of Your creation, You are there. Thank You that You inhabit eternity itself.

I rejoice that Your presence is as much with us in our day as it was there in the revival awakenings of history. I ask You to unveil Your presence among us. I invite You to draw near to us that we might experience the brokenness and the awareness of our sinful need that Your presence brings. I affirm that revival comes as people become broadly aware of the near presence of our Holy God. I hold Your mercy and Your grace before You as providing sufficient ground for the fulfillment of the cry of my heart.

I exalt Your unchanging perfection in all that You are; that You are the same yesterday, today and forever. Thank You that Your promises are trustworthy. I believe that if Your people unite with You in the wonder of Your person and will seek Your face in humble prayer, You will hear. I affirm my desire to turn from all my wicked ways and I cry out to You to hear from heaven, to forgive our sins and to heal our land. In Your immutable, sovereign plan, I look to You to effect all that is necessary to bring us to revival.

I exalt Your justice, Heavenly Father. I rejoice that You will one day banish all evil forever from Your presence in Your perfect plan of holy wrath. I also rejoice to see Your justice and truth displayed in loving mercy at Calvary. I acknowledge that Your holy wrath was requited by the atoning sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank You for being willing to place upon Your own Son the judgment that we, who have received Your grace instead, deserved. The wonder o f that escapes my full capacity to understand. Yet, I know that Your justice, shown in such mercy and grace, remains at the very core of my prayer for revival. I ask for Your justice to draw near to us. I acknowledge that our culture deserves what came to Sodom, and to the earth in Noah's day. I plead rather for the justice that came at Pentecost.

Thank You that many of those same people who cried out for Christ to be crucified, cried out at Pentecost in broken repentance, "What shall we do? What shall we do?" Do it again, oh God. Judge us not with wrath as You did Sodom , but judge us with terrible conviction of sin until repentance flows down before You in rivers of tears.

You are wise and truthful, and faithful to Your Word of truth. I marvel and wonder after Your patient endurance with us. I acknowledge that I ask of You a hard thing. Thank You that You remain transcendent above all of the chaos upon this earth. I rejoice that, in the infinite greatness of Your highness and loftiness, You abide in the divine stillness of Your perfection.

I hunger and thirst for Your righteousness. I know it will necessitate a revolutionary revival for such righteousness to touch our culture in large degree, but in Your greatness, You can bring it to pass. As I worship You in Your greatness, I claim the Word of Your promise: "For this is what the high and lofty one says -- he who lives forever, whose name is holy: 'I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite' "(Isaiah 57:15). I ask that You would bring the truth of that loving promise to reality in my life and my culture. I affirm that there is sufficient merit in the name and finished work of our Lord Jesus Christ to accomplish even more than I ask. It's in his name I pray.   Amen.

These prayers may be reproduced for free distribution when the following credit is attached:
Mark I. Bubeck, copied from: The Rise of Fallen Angels
(Chicago, IL. Moody Press, 1995)

Sincerely,
Mark I. Bubeck

Prayers distributed by:

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Sioux City, IA 51104
(712) 277-4760

Prayer Pattern For Revival Introduction part 1 of 8

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Written prayers are not a help to everyone. Some believers prefer to do their praying out of their own minds and hearts. These written pattern prayers for revival are not meant to curtail spontaneous prayer. Written prayers can be helpful when used correctly. There are many written prayers recorded in God's Word that provide pattern and direction for our own praying. Memorizing the prayers in the Psalms or other portions of the Word provides wonderful help as you pray them back to God out of your own heart.

These prayers are provided to help believers learn to pray doctrinal truth in their revival intercessions. It is a good practice to write out your own prayers and keep them close so that you can pray them back to God during your shut-away times with the Lord. Taking time to write down careful expressions of God's Truth greatly honors Him.

I do trust that prayer burden for revival will build in the body of Christ. I urge each believer to set aside a daily time when a revival prayer focus is expressed. These prayers may be reproduced for free distribution when the following credit is attached:
Mark I. Bubeck, copied from: The Rise of Fallen Angels
(Chicago, IL. Moody Press, 1995)

Sincerely,
Mark I. Bubeck

Prayers distributed by:

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR BIBLICAL COUNSELING
1551 Indian Hills Drive, Suite 200
Sioux City, IA 51104
(712) 277-4760

Prayer patterns for revival

Revival Prayer Patterns:

Focus: Teach Me to Know You
Focus: Repentance and Intercession
Focus: Revival Prayer Groups
Focus: Protection From the Enemy
Focus: Coming Against the Enemy
Focus: Unity In the Body
Focus: The Word of God

Ten Suggestions for Usage of Prayer Patterns for Revival:

Pray a different prayer each day so that you cover all seven prayers each week.
Use these prayers in family devotional times with each person participating by praying alternate paragraphs.
During extended prayer for revival, plan to pray through all seven prayers as part of the time agenda.
Distribute the prayers to the entire church body for private and family use.
Organize weekly revival prayer groups where some of these prayers are a planned part of the prayer agenda.
Carry these prayers in your purse of pocket for usage in opportune moments during each day.
Keep with you extra Prayer Pattern booklets to share with Christian friends concerned for revival.
Plan city-wide revival prayer focuses where these prayer patterns would stimulate believers to doctrinal revival prayer effort.
Mail copies of these prayer patterns to Christian friends around your country and world.
Set aside a weekly or monthly prayer day for fasting and prayer when you plan to address all seven prayers to our Lord.

2011-05-06T07:00:00.000-07:00

Sin is love of self first.
Righteousness is love of God first.

I heard this from "Doug Batchelor"

quote did not come from Final Events DVD

2011-05-02T07:00:00.000-07:00

A Christian's inheritance is guaranteed forever! Ephesians 1:5

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"Our Daily Bread" March 14, 2010
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2011-04-28T07:00:00.000-07:00

Mercy is an unearned blessing bestowed by God on an unworthy recipient.

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"Our Daily Bread" March 11, 2010
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2011-04-24T07:00:00.000-07:00

Never let the abundance of God's gifts cause you to forget the Giver.

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"Our Daily Bread" March 9, 2010
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2011-04-20T07:00:00.000-07:00

If you must compare yourself with someone, compare yourself with Christ.

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"Our Daily Bread" August 2, 2008
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The faults I see in others' lives Are often true of me; So help me, Lord, to recognize My own hypocrisy.

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"Our Daily Bread" August 2, 2008
Sper

2011-04-12T07:00:00.000-07:00

When troubles call on you, call on God.

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"Our Daily Bread" July 25, 2008
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I never walk alone, Christ walks beside me,
He is the dearest Friend I've ever known;
With such a Friend to comfort and to guide me,
I never; no, I never walk alone.

Our Daily Bread copied from: (not the same as shown)
"Our Daily Bread" July 25, 2008
poem by "A.H. Ackley"

2011-04-04T07:00:00.000-07:00

I was having a conversation with some children about God and superheroes when Tobias asked a question. An imaginative, curious 5 year old, he asked anyone listening: "Does God have a sidekick like Hercules does?" His wiser, older brother, age 7, quickly responded: "Yes, He has thousands of them -- they're His angels."

Angels are a popular topic of discussion, and people believe a number of myths about them. For instance, some people pray to angels, thinking they are on the same level as God Himself. And some believe that people become angels when they die. But here's what the Bible, our authority, teaches:

God created angels (Colossians 1:15-17).
Angels worship God (Nehemiah 9:6), and are known by these term: archangels (Jude 1:9), cherubim (2 Kings 19:15), and seraphim (Isaiah 6:1-3).
They minister to God's people (Hebrews 1:13-14) by guarding and protecting them (Psalm 91:9-12).
They are given special assignments by God (Matthew 1:20; Luke 1:26).
God's angels rejoice when we repent of sin and turn to Christ for salvation (Luke 15:7, 10).

Only God deserves our worship. So let's join the angels in singing His praises!

Our Daily Bread copied from: (not the same as shown)
"Our Daily Bread" March 7, 2010
written by "Anne Cetas"

2011-03-31T07:00:00.000-07:00

A careless word may kindle strife,
A cruel word may wreck a life,
A timely word may lessen stress,
A loving word may heal and bless.

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"Our Daily Bread" - July 18, 2008
Anonymous

2011-03-27T07:00:00.000-07:00

Humorist Sam Levenson told the story of a driver who put a note under the windshield wiper of a parked car that read, "I have just smashed into your car. The people who saw the accident are watching me. They think I'm writing down my name and address. I'm not. Good luck."

In Jeremiah 3, we read of another clever bit of pretense. Judah pretended to return to the Lord, but the hearts of the people remained far from Him. They called God "Father," but they continued doing all the evil they could get away with (vv. 4-5).

As this situation in Jeremiah indicates, putting on a false front is a very old practice. But I doubt that any is more up-to-date. And I can't think of a problem. I'm more concerned about in myself than a failure to respond from the heart to the Lord who has made Himself so real and so knowable in Christ. It is easy to say, "Yes, yes, He is our Lord and Saviour. He has died for our sins and deserves our worship and service." But it's not so easy to remember our commitment to Him when the pressure is off and no one is watching how we live.

Let's not kid ourselves. We're smart enough to look good in public and say the right things about the Lord when it's in our best interest to do so. But what about our heart relationship with the Lord? Can we look Him in the face without shame? Looking good in the eyes of others is not enough.

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"Our Daily Times With God" pg. 245
M.R.D. II

2011-03-23T07:00:00.000-07:00

Those who plant thorns cannot expect to gather flowers.

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"Our Daily Times With God" pg. 242
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2011-03-19T07:00:00.000-07:00

It is better to bite your tongue than to let it bite someone else.

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"Our Daily Bread" July 18, 2008
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2011-03-15T07:00:00.000-07:00

"God can't steer a parked car" can be taken a challenge to shift your life into motion, and along the way God would guide you in the right direction. It's an interesting thought, but it's not the way God works.

At times, when Moses was in the wilderness, God kept the Israelites in one place. He led them by a cloud, and when it stayed still for many day, "the children of Israel did not journey" (Numbers 9:19). Waiting isn't always easy, but sometimes God wants us to stay right where He has put us. The psalmist reminds us, "Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart" (Psalm 27:14).

You may feel that you're stuck and just spinning your wheels in your service for God. But keep your heart open to God's leading. Then you'll be ready to shift gears when you hear God say, "Let's go this way."

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"Our Daily Bread" February 20, 2010
Cindy Hess Kasper - I adjusted this from one person form.

2011-03-11T07:00:00.000-08:00

During the Civil War, a man had an only son who enlisted in the armies of the Union. The father was a banker and, although he consented to his son's going, it seemed as if it would break his heart to let him go.

He became deeply interested in the soldier boys, and whenever he saw a uniform, his heart went out as he thought of his own dear boy. He spent his time, neglected his business, gave his money to caring for the soldiers who came home invalid. His friends remonstrated with him, saying he had no right to neglect his business and spend so much thought upon the soldiers, so he fully decided to give it all up.

After he had come to this decision, there stepped into his bank one day a private soldier in a faded, worn uniform, who showed in his face and hands the marks of the hospital.

The poor fellow was fumbling in his pocket to get something or other, when the banker saw him and, perceiving his purpose, said to him:

"My dear fellow, I cannot do anything for you today. I am extremely busy. You will have to go to your headquarters; the officers there will look after you."

Still the poor convalescent stood not seeming to fully understand what was said to him. Still he fumbled in bis pockets and, by and by, drew out a scrap of dirty paper, on which there were a few lines written with a pencil, and laid this soiled sheet before the banker. On it he found these words.

"Dear "Father: This is one of my comrades who was wounded in the last fight, and has been in the hospital. Please receive him as myself. --Charlie."

In a moment all the resolutions of indifference which this man made, flew away He took the boy to his palatial home, put him in Charlie's room, gave him Charlie's seat at the table, kept him until food and rest and love had brought him back to health, and then sent him back again to imperil his life for the flag.

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October 25 "Streams In The Desert 1" by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
Selected

2011-03-07T07:00:00.000-08:00

It is your business to learn to be peaceful and safe in God in every situation.

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October 28 "Streams In The Desert 1" by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
Anonymous

2011-03-03T07:00:00.000-08:00

Those who have been found should seek the lost.

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"Our Daily Bread" - October 29, 2009
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It's better to declare the truth and be rejected than to withhold the truth just to be accepted.

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"Our Daily Bread" - October 10, 2009
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Those who faithfully bear the cross in this life will wear the crown in the life to come.

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"Our Daily Bread" - October 5, 2009
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Whenever you react with praise and thanksgiving for an opportunity to grow more like Jesus in your way of reacting to things, instead of grumbling or feeling self-pity, you will find that the whole situation will be changed into a great blessing.

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"Whispers of Encouragement" Day 29
Hannah Hurnard

2011-02-15T07:00:00.000-08:00

Write your plans in pencil and let God have the eraser.

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"Our Daily Bread" - February 11, 2010
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2011-02-11T07:00:00.000-08:00

When you're tempted to lose patience with another, think how patient God has been with you.

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"Our Daily Bread" - February 8, 2010
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2011-02-07T07:00:00.000-08:00

Have you ever felt like giving up? Elijah did. The Lord had just used him to show the nation of Israel that the Lord is God (1 Kings 18). Yet, the threats of Queen Jezebel so alarmed him that he ran to Bersheba, 100 miles south (1 Kings 19:3). Then he walked another 150 miles south to Horeb, the mountain of God. Twice God asked Elijah what he was doing there (1 Kings 19:9, 13). Both times he answered with identical words-- "I alone am left; and they seek to take my life" (1 Kings 19:10, 14). He had become so preoccupied with his own fears that he had forgotten what God had done through him at Mount Carmel. Despite his great victory, Elijah plunged into the depths of discouragement. How easy it is for us to do the same. God did not accept Elijah's notice that he was quitting. Instead, He commissioned his tired servant to handle three major tasks (1 Kings 19:15-17). And by the way, Elijah was wrong when he said he was the only faithful one left. God had 7,000 others who had not bowed to Baal. (1 Kings 19:18). Perhaps, like Elijah, you are despairing at the circumstances in your life. Let God speak to you (1 Kings 19:12). Instead of allowing you to quit, He will show you what you can do through His strength.

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Our Daily Bread January 23, 2010
C.P. Hia

2011-02-03T07:00:00.000-08:00

God is down in front. He is in the tomorrows. It is tomorrow that fills [us] with dread. God is there already. All the tomorrows of our life have to pass Him before they can get to us.

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"Whispers of Encouragement" Day 23
F.B. Meyer

2011-01-30T07:00:00.000-08:00

The only way to make things right is to admit you've been wrong.

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"Our Daily Bread" January 26, 2010
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As God's child, today is your best day because you are totally and completely dependent upon Him... God is your only rock, your only certainty, and your only hope.

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Day 22 "Whispers of Encouragement"
Roy Lessin

2011-01-22T07:00:00.000-08:00

Those who let God provide will be satisfied.

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"Our Daily Bread" - December 24, 2009
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What God promises, God will provide.

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"Our Daily Bread" - December 18, 2009
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2011-01-14T07:00:00.000-08:00

The word trust is the heart word of faith. It is the Old Testament word, the word given to the early and infant stage of faith. The word faith expresses more the act of the will, the word belief the act of the mind or intellect, but trust is the language of the heart. The other has reference more to a truth believed or a thing expected.

Trust implies more than this, it sees and feels, and leans upon a person, a great, true, living heart of love. So let us "trust also in him," through all the delays, in spite of all the difficulties, in the face of all the denials, notwithstanding all the seemings, even when we cannot understand the way, and know not the issue; still "trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass." The way will open, the right issue will come, the end will be peace, the cloud will be lifted, and the light of eternal noonday shall shine at last.

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"Where were you wounded?" asked the surgeon of a soldier on Lookout Mountain. "Almost at the top," he answered. He forgot even his gaping wound -- he only remembered that he had won the heights. So let us go forth to higher endeavors for Christ and never rest till we can shout from the very top, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith."

Finish thy work, then rest
Till then rest never;
The rest for thee by God
is rest forever.

"God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars."

Of an old hero the minstrel song--

With his Yemen sword for aid;
Ornament it carried none,
But the notches on the blade.

What nobler decoration of honor can any godly man seek after than his scars of service, his losses for the crown, his reproaches for Christ's sake, his being worn out in his Master's service!

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December 12 "Streams In The Desert 1" by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
Unknown

2011-01-06T07:00:00.000-08:00

True peace is not the absence of war; it is the presence of God.

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"Our Daily Bread" - December 7, 2009 - Loveless
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If a troubled world gets you down, look up to Jesus.

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"Our Daily Bread" - December 4, 2009
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