Day 271: Joel 2-3; Amos 1-2; Psalm 100
by Jonathan Merki on September 27th, 2024
"Father, out of Your honorable and glorious riches, strengthen Your people. Fill their souls with the power of Your Spirit so that through faith the Anointed One will reside in their hearts. May love be the rich soil where their lives take root. May it be the bedrock where their lives are founded so that together with all of Your people they will have the power to understand that the love of the A... Read More
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Day 270: Hosea 11-14; Joel 1; Psalm 99
by Jonathan Merki on September 26th, 2024
Lord, our God, it almost seems as though You can't help Yourself in loving Your wayward children (Hosea 11:8). You are Love. It is Who You Are. Help us never to take that for granted. For though You love and You are merciful, You are also holy and righteous and pure (Psalm 99:5,9). Help us be discerning and wise, walking in Your ways that are right[eous], for there we will live in Your love and en... Read More
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Day 269: Hosea 5-10; Psalm 98
by Jonathan Merki on September 25th, 2024
Father, our Hope of revival and restoration, help us, Your Church, to break up the fallow ground around us. Help us to dig deeply in the field of life and prepare it by sowing righteousness, living holy lives by Your gracious help, standing for what is good and right and true, living in Christlike love, being Yours wholly. Bring about a revival of holy living and let us see the fruit of Your outpo... Read More
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Day 268: Daniel 12; Hosea 1-4; Psalm 97
by Jonathan Merki on September 24th, 2024
Because You have loved us with an everlasting love, because You have had compassion on our wayward souls and forgiven us beyond any expectation, because You have patiently instructed us in right living and given us Your Spirit to help us on our journey; may our gratitude be reflected in our living, our love be expressed in our obedience, our desire be for Your glory, and our service be for the adv... Read More
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Day 267: Daniel 10-11; Psalm 96
by Jonathan Merki on September 23rd, 2024
When it seems our prayers are unanswered, remind us of the unseen...that which is beyond our human perception. The moment we cry out is the moment You respond. Sometimes the delays are not delays, but Your perfect timing. Sometimes they are the evidence that what Paul wrote is true: 'We do not wrestle with flesh and blood but with dark and evil spiritual forces' (Daniel 10:12-14; Ephesians 6:12). ... Read More
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Day 266: Daniel 8-9; Psalm 95
by Jonathan Merki on September 22nd, 2024
As we gather in worship this Lord's Day, may our attitude be that of the Psalmist who chose to enter Your presence with joy in his song and humble worship in his posture (Psalm 95). May our attitude be that of Daniel who confessed his sin and the sin of his people while interceding for Your restoring presence with confident faith (Daniel 9). This day, please make Your presence and power known and ... Read More
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