Day 273: Amos 8-9; Obadiah; Jonah 1; Psalm 102
by Jonathan Merki on September 29th, 2024
O Lord, this is Your day. Because of Who You Are, You have gifted this day to us, a day of Sabbath, a day of rest, a day given to You in true worship and a day You give to us for our shalom. In all we do and say, may we be fully present to You. May Your word to us from Your Word for us be heard and embraced and lived. This we ask by Your grace in the power of the Holy Spirit for the sake of Jesus....  Read More
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Day 272: Amos 3-7; Psalm 101
by Jonathan Merki on September 28th, 2024
Thank You, Father, that You choose and use ordinary people. You chose a shepherd/farmer named Amos to be Your prophet to Israel and Judah. You chose fishermen to be Your first disciples. You choose us to be the ones to share Your Great Good News. Please empower us to live like Jesus and embolden us to share the Good News. Let our sense of being ordinary never interfere with the joy of being a part...  Read More
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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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