Walk With Me Lord

Lord, help me to live this day with a sense of Your presence with me.
Let that sense of Your presence order my steps, guide my feet,
Bridle my tongue, regulate my mind in quiet, idle moments,
And direct my interaction with others.

When You are present with me, choices are clearer,
Spirits are more easily discerned,
The gifts of others are more easily recognized and affirmed,
And Truths that I speak are tempered with love,

“Just a closer walk with Thee;
Grant it, Jesus, if you please,
Daily walking close with Thee,
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.”

IN JESUS NAME, AMEN!
“Just A Closer Walk With Thee”
#387 AMEC Hymnal


Dr. Clement Fugh
Chief Information Officer
African Methodist Episcopal Church

Wait or Walk

DAY FOURTEEN

Welcome to week two of Praycation – a Spiritual Journey throughout the month of August. It is my prayer that you are drawing closer to the Lord using as many Praycation Practices as your can. They are your breathing prayer, 31 minutes of prayer, 31 seconds of silence, 31 seconds of praise and at least 31 minutes of studying God’s Word per week.

I also added an Evening Review. Take a few minutes each evening and review the events of the day. See where you stayed on course, strayed from the course and/or need course correction for the next day.

Let me know in the comment section your Praycation experiences. Please share this invitation to someone else.

This Thursday is our bi-monthly Praycation Summer Conference Call. Mark your calendars and tag your digital agendas for the first and third Thursday every month for 30 minutes of prayer, testimony and study. Just call this Thursday, August 17^th at 6 AM CDT/ 7 AM EDT 1-218-936-2800, access code 812713. Join us!

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Discerning direction and destination issues can be filled with doubts and difficulty. Fear tramples faith especially when well-meaning friends suggest conflicting courses of action.

Get alone with God where your questions can be asked without the intrusion of the world or the opinions of others. Listen. Wait in silent anticipation for God’s voice telling you which way to wait or to walk.

“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind your saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.’”

Isaiah 30:21

Lord, give me the courage to wait on your distinct unmistakable sense of direction and then to walk in it.

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Walk With Understanding

"Walk in the way of understanding."

Proverbs 9:6

O God, my God how excellent is your name in all the earth. I praise you for all that you have made, all that you have done for me and all that is to come.

Open my eyes that I may see the generous blessings on my side of the fence. Immerse me today in a sprit of gratitude as I now realize that the grass is not always greener in the other person's yard. Help me to identify the blessings in my own backyard. Guide my steps so that I walk in the way of understanding!

I do not know what the day holds for me but thank God, I know who holds both me and the day! In the matchless name of Jesus, Amen.

Ordinary Extraordinary

O God, who meets us in ordinary places, doing ordinary things and at ordinary times, empower us to be extraordinary in this uncertain season. Fill our lives with wonder as we witness extraordinary mercies instead of judgement and extraordinary miracles instead of the usual mess.

Give us open hearts to perceive your presence. Give us joyful words to proclaim the good news so that it may be heard above the cacophony of the world's fears. In Jesus' name, may the Holy Spirit energize us to proclaim hope and then be hope in a darkened world. Amen.

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