Prayer for Today

May 10, 2017
By Joy Taylor
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Father, I’m asking for brain power today. Open our minds to your wisdom and discernment. Give us the decisiveness needed for what may come our way today. Provide clarity for choices at hand and foresight for what lies ahead. Send those to our side with Godly advice. Improve our mental strength to stand for you…

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Bridging the Gap

May 9, 2017
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Prayer for Today

May 9, 2017
By Joy Taylor
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Almighty God, you are the author and creator of the church. Thank you for Godly men, who give tirelessly to lead their church body. Thank you for leaders of the church who pray for their brothers and sisters in Christ. Thank you for those whose hearts break for the lost. Thank you for leaders who…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20170509

May 9, 2017
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Today is a beautiful day, because God spoke to his people through the prophet Jeremiah, who said, “I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.” (Jeremiah 15:21 ESV) He delivers me. #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Prayer for Today

May 8, 2017
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Gracious and loving God, creator of all things, you are the guard and guide of my soul. I’m thinking heaven-bound today. Not that I’m ready to leave this earth today, just looking with anticipation to being with Christ. Father, you set up a win-win situation for believers. As Paul said, “To live is Christ, to…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20170508

May 8, 2017
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Today is a beautiful day, because “You, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from old is your name.” (Isaiah 63:16 ESV) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Prayer for Today

May 7, 2017
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Father, thank you for the sun shining through the leaves onto my deck. Thank you that the rains departed. My heart hurts for those who fight flooding. I pray for help to arrive to clean up the aftermath. Father, show us how to be hands and feet for you in this situation. Let us be…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20170507

May 7, 2017
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Today is a beautiful day, because Isaiah wrote of God’s love for his people, “In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.” (Isaiah 63:9 ESV) He…

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Prayer for Today

May 6, 2017
By Joy Taylor
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Father, today I pray the words of your servant, Isaiah, because they are so fitting for our society 2700 or so years after he wrote them. “Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us; we hope for light, and behold, darkness, and for brightness, but we walk in gloom. We grope…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20170506

May 6, 2017
By Joy Taylor
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Today is a beautiful day, because Isaiah prophesied that “‘a Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob, who turn from transgression,’ declares the LORD.” #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday