Prayer for Today

Almighty God, do you hide yourself in times of trouble? Do you stand far away and watch the wicked pursue the poor? He seizes the poor when he draws them into his net. The mouth of the wicked is filled with deceit, mischief and iniquity. He sits in ambush in the villages and murders the…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20200921

Today is a beautiful day, because “But, as it is written, ‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him’— ” (1 Corinthians 2:9 ESV) Prepare #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Prayer for Today

I give thanks to you with my whole heart, LORD. You maintain my just cause. You are enthroned forever established for justice. You judge the world for righteousness and the people for uprightness. You are my stronghold in times of trouble. I put my trust in you. I rejoice in your salvation. Arise, O LORD,…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20200920

Today is a beautiful day, because “What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory— ” (Romans 9:22-23…

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Prayer for Today

O, LORD, our LORD, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have established strength out of the mouths of babies and infants to still your foes. I see the heavens and the works of your hands, and I wonder how a Mighty God like you can desire relationship with someone small as…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20200919

Today is a beautiful day, because God prepared Peter to spread the gospel to the Gentiles, “And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20200918

Today is a beautiful day, because we have eternal hope, “In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to…

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Prayer for Today

Judge me, Father, not by my righteousness or integrity, but by that of my Savior. O, righteous God, let the evil of the wicked come to an end and establish the righteous. May the one who conceives evil have his own violence descend upon him, for in him there is no repentance. For those who…

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Prayer for Today

Turn, O LORD, and deliver us. Save our country for the sake of your steadfast love. Don’t let the grand experiment, begun by your faithful servants, ordered by your precepts, be given over to tyranny. I am weary with moaning. Tears flood my bed at night for what I see going on. Send your angels…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20200917

Today is a beautiful day, because the tomb is empty, “The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid. Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.” (Luke 23:55-56 ESV) Prepare #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday