Day 307: Luke 14-16; Psalm 136
by Jonathan Merki on November 2nd, 2024
Father, thank You for Your ever-enduring, never-failing love. Thank You for Your pursuit of the lost and the wandering. Thank You for Your care for the outcast and Your correction of the overbearing and self-righteous. Thank You that all You do is redemptive and all You are is Holy Love. Gratefully, we give You praise and by Your grace, we live daily in Your ever-enduring, never-failing love....  Read More
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Day 306: Luke 12-13; Psalm 135
by Jonathan Merki on November 1st, 2024
Thank You for the reminder that Your eye is on the sparrow, so we know that You are watchful over us...in our rest and in our recreation, in our worship and our work, in our sacrifice and our service...You are ever watchful and we are grateful. Receive our thanks and our praise O Lord, our Refuge and our Help!...  Read More
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Day 305: Luke 10-11; Psalm 134
by Jonathan Merki on October 31st, 2024
We will ever stand with the disciples in need of Your instruction, Lord Jesus: "Teach us to pray." Your prayer was so simple and yet so profound. It was not wordy, but it said so much. It was reverent but intimate, and audacious in its asking. Too often we are impressed with our own words. Forgive us. Or, we believe our lack of eloquence matters to you. Forgive us. When we come with a half-focused...  Read More
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Day 304: Luke 9; Psalm 133
by Jonathan Merki on October 30th, 2024
Father, You love perfectly and live in perfect communion, the Holy Trinity...Father, Son, Holy Spirit. You want us to grow in Your kind of love and learn to live in Your kind of communion. Our world clearly does not understand this, but Your Church, Your Family must. This brings You joy. Help us to be the cause of Your joy when You see us, and the world sees us, living together as You do in love a...  Read More
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Day 303: Luke 7-8; Psalm 132
by Jonathan Merki on October 29th, 2024
Lord Jesus, Your compassion for the crowds is reflected in the pouring out of Yourself for them. You never stop giving of Yourself. You heal, You set free, You raise the dead, You forgive, You teach, You listen. If You needed to go aside to pray, to keep Your life in perspective, to keep Your relationship with the Father fresh, how much more do we. In the midst of these days, our Lord, thank You t...  Read More
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Day 302: Luke 5-6; Psalm 131
by Jonathan Merki on October 28th, 2024
In a restless world, we rest in You. Our confidence and security is not from within ourselves, but in You alone. Our contentment is not in the things we have nor is it in our own accomplishments. Likewise, we are not discontented and fearful, for we are in Your presence even now, and to know You is to know shalom. Yes, like a child safe in the arms of the father, full and satisfied through the nur...  Read More
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