Praise God for a New Year!

"I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. I will praise my God with my last breath!

Psalm 104: 31-35

As long as I live, Lord, I will praise you with my whole heart. You have blessed beyond measure, more than we deserve. You have sheltered us in your arms and kept us in safety. Your love has shattered our fears. Your grace came daily unearned to lift us over the rough spots we encountered or we created. May your love and compassion touch every heart today, in Jesus name, Amen.

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READING THROUGH THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR - DAY TWO

Remember to go to the right side of this site and scroll down until you see reading Through the Bible in One Year. The daily reading for the entire month of January are listed. Start today and see what wonders will be revealed in going deeper into God's word.

Grant Us Wisdom

"The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream and God said, "What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!" I Kings 3:5

O Lord our God, we come on this first day of the new year like Solomon seeking the tools and resources to be a blessing to others, our families and ourselves. The magnitude of the responsibilities of life, weigh heavy upon us. Thus we ask for your help from the beginning to the end of the year.

Lord we ask for your wisdom in our lives this year. Grant us wisdom. Grant us courage for the facing of this hour. Grant us your wise counsel all the days of our lives. In Jesus Name, Amen

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READING THROUGH THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR

Beloved, as we begin a new year together, let's go to God's word. If you haven't already, read through the entire Bible this year. There will be Bible verses given every day. It should only take less than 20 minutes of your time. If you miss a day, you can always catch up. Let's see what God has to say to us as we go deeper.

TODAY:

Psalm 1

Genesis 1-2

Luke 5: 27-29

All you need to do now is look on the right side of this site for Read Through The Bible In One Year. There are daily readings for the entire month of January. Share this with your family members, friends, Bible Study group or congregation. Let's go deeper into God's Word and discover more than we ever dreamed of!

Give Us Our Daily Answer

"Answer my prayers, O Lord, for your unfailing love is wonderful. Take care of me, for your mercy is plentiful.

Psalm 69: 16

Dear Lord,

You and you alone are our God, Savior and King. There is no other whom we love and adore more. How wonderful are your works. Thank you for being near to us in the dark valleys of the past year as well as on the mountain peaks of success.

In your mercy and unfailing love, hear and answer our prayers today. We beseech you to look upon our requests with kindness as we turn our attention from the secular to the sacred. We plead our many causes humbly laying our petitions at your feet.

We do not know how or when you will answer our prayer but we have assurance from your Word that you are always at work in the lives of those who belong to you, those who are called according to your purpose.

Forgive us our pride and sinfulness, come save us again...in Jesus name, Amen.

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Defeats Do Not Define Us

Early we seek your face this morning thankful for a moment to rest in your presence. Thank you for the restorative powers of sleep and the refreshment of rest. Thank you that both were apart of our night time hours.

We look with anticipation to the possibilities of today. We desire that the joys of yesterday will linger today and past disappointments will dissipate with morning dew. As much as we want to float through the day, help us to be present and accounted for in every moment, minute and aspect of the day/

Forgive us again for sins committed by thought word and deed. Help us to release those who have sinned against us through forgiveness.
In Jesus name, assist us in learning from our mistakes. We know its because of your love you chastise us. Thank God our defeats do not define us nor are we doomed to repeat a negative past. Amen. Robert Payne

ETERNITY’S EMBRACE

Let us pray:

In the quiet of the night
My soul reaches for you I breathe deep

As I feel Eternity Embracing me…
In the midnight hour
I whisper my prayer
Knowing that you hear me
I am able to close my eyes
As I breathe (inhale)
(exhale) Just breathe
Listening
As you speak
In a still small voice
That summons me
Down the path
Of my greatest good
As I journey
I see the manger
The cross
The tomb
And I rejoice as I
Dance
Just dance
Into the Light
of Eternity.
Inspired by: Luke 1:46-55 (NRSV)
Rev. Yolanda D. Lehman
Publisher, Ainta That Good News?!: A daily online Christian devotional that makes Good News easy to read and fun to share! © 2009 http://aintathatgoodnews.blogspot.com/

Sing, Laugh and Dance

Let us pray together:

Thank you Lord for being all beginnings and all endings. In the morning you cradle the world and in the evening you heal our wounds so we can fight another day; You are the morning dew and the evening mist; You are the early morning sun kissing the potential of a new day and you are the twilight whispering promises yet to come.
We sing of sorrows and laugh at mistakes; we dance in the rain and laugh at the wind; we dream of things yet to come and believe the things we hope for, the evidence of thing unseen.
When our faith falters and our hopes crash upon the craggy rocks of ambition, renew our strength; let us be caught into your loving arms when we faint and lifted up as we struggle to rise above circumstances that seek our demise. You are a great and mighty God who helps us to live above our circumstances.
It is in the name of Gratitude we pray, Amen VMM

Silent Night

Nights are rarely silent and holy these days. Lord, help us to carry a little bit of the silence that is pregnant with your perfect peace within us as we meet the busy rush of crowded streets, malls and agendas, tinkling brass and sounding cymbals.

Help us to enter into the chaos with your silence to encourage others to be still and know that you are God. Help us to be holy because you are holy in thought, word, and deed. Help us to have the extra calm so that wars and worries won’t capture us today. Help us to reach beyond our own midnight wanderings to help someone trapped at the threshold of Christmas.

When we come to the door of the celebration, Lord show us how to set down our bags and baggage to reach to the door of a new year. It is hard to open the door while holding on to our heavy burdens. Free our minds, freed our hearts and our hands to grasp your new emerging realities.

And when the night comes, may we sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace. In Jesus name, Amen.

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Merry Christmas to you and your families. Plan to begin the New Year with us for a new discipline: The First 31 Days. Do not lose Christ in the celebration but keep Christ in the center of all you do this holiday season. Share your prayers, prayer requests and prayer experiences at praycation2@gmail.com.