Topic:In My name A daily devotion for June 12th Read the Scripture: John 14:12-17 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. (John 14:13-14) Whatever … anything … I will do it. We sense …
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Topic:Praying Together A daily devotion for June 11th Read the Scripture: Matthew 18:18-20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them. (Matthew 18:20) The expression of the power of Jesus Christ is never fully seen in an individual Christian, but only in the church as a whole. The simplest form of the church is …
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Topic:Ask, Seek, Knock A daily devotion for June 10th Read the Scripture: Luke 11:5-13 So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will …
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Topic:Unrecognized Temptation A daily devotion for June 9th Read the Scripture: Luke 11:2-4 And lead us not into temptation. (Luke 11:4b) This part of the Lord’s prayer deals with the realm of the spirit. In the unseen war of the spirit, the greatest needs of our life are deliverance and protection. But an immediate problem arises here, for Scripture reveals …
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Topic:Forgiven and Forgiving A daily devotion for June 8th Read the Scripture: Luke 11:2-4 Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. (Luke 11:4a) Here is the need for a cleansed conscience, for a sense of peace, of rest with God and man. This is the arena where the emotional clutter of our life takes …
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Topic:Praying for Your Body A daily devotion for June 7th Read the Scripture: Luke 11:2-4 Give us each day our daily bread. (Luke 11:3) Jesus begins this section of the prayer with the needs of the body. I like that! We have such distorted ideas about prayer that we often feel there is something wrong with praying about physical needs. …
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Topic:A Cry of Hope A daily devotion for June 6th Read the Scripture: Luke 11:2-4 He said to them, When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. (Luke 11:2c) The third cry of true prayer, again concerned with God, is a cry of hope, Your kingdom come. Now this can be a sigh for heaven. Who …
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Topic:His Name is Holy A daily devotion for June 5th Read the Scripture: Luke 11:2-4 He said to them, When you pray, say, Father, hallowed be your name… (Luke 11:2b) The second petition of the Lord’s Prayer is one of surrender, Hallowed be your name. I am quite sure this is the petition that makes hypocrites out of most of …
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Topic:Prayer to the Father A daily devotion for June 4th Read the Scripture: Luke 11:2-4 He said to them, When you pray, say: Father… (Luke 11:2a) The Lord’s Prayer begins with a word of relationship, Father. May I point out that it is Father, not Daddy-o! There is a reverence about the word father that is absent in some modern …
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Topic:How Jesus Prayed A daily devotion for June 3rd Read the Scripture: Luke 11:1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples. (Luke 11:1) This is a very significant request, because these disciples were undoubtedly already men of …
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