Prayer for Today

Father, I pray for a special dose of your mercy over your beloved today. Grant us your peace that passes understanding and your harmony to share with others. Draw us closer together and closer to You in the name and authority of Jesus, according to your good and perfect will. Be glorified in the outcome….

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20250131

Today is a beautiful day, because Paul prayed for God’s mercy upon Timothy, “To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.” (2 Timothy 1:2 ESV) Mercy #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Prayer for Today

Lord, thank You for Paul’s testimony as he encouraged Timothy of what You did for him. I thank You for Paul’s example to his contemporaries, and to me centuries later. I came to faith because of your love and mercy in that You displayed your perfect patience on my behalf. You captivated my heart with…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20250130

Today is a beautiful day, because Paul encouraged Timothy, “I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace…

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Prayer for Today

Lord, thank You for small mercies. Thank you for the mercy of healing the sick to continue your work on this side of forever. I thank You for perfect healing of those you call home to be on the other side of forever in your presence. Either way, Lord, You remove them from their physical…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20250129

Today is a beautiful day, because “Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.” (Philippians 2: 27 ESV) Mercy #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Now we come to perhaps the most insidious practice in clergy cover-up, that of passing on the abuser to another organization instead of notifying authorities. This move only threatens the next group with the abusers actions toward them. I wrote about this in the companion book A View from the Pews: The Inside Story of…

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Prayer for Today

Father, the ‘gift of God’ of this passage is multi-faceted and deep. It comes because of your mercy. It brings your great and unconditional love. It results, upon my acceptance by faith, in my salvation that makes me alive in Christ. It seats me with my Savior in the heavenly places so I may experience…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20250128

Today is a beautiful day, because “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly…

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Prayer for Today

Our Father, thank You for the encouragement of this verse. We are works in progress at the hand of the Holy Spirit. By your grace and mercy, we come boldly before your throne. We are in the process of sanctification, becoming more like Jesus as we study to be approved and live by your Spirit….

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