Day 16: Genesis 45-46; Psalm 16
by Jonathan Merki on January 16th, 2024
Good, Good Father,Goodness is defined by Who You Are. Indeed, God, You are good all the time and all the time God, You are good. Everything good we have is from Your hand...yes, every good and perfect gift. And so today, along with the Psalmist, we simply acknowledge Your goodness and pray that our lives will be a reflection of our deep and abiding gratitude. We love You and we thank You in Jesus'...  Read More
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Day 15: Genesis 42-44; Psalm 15
by Jonathan Merki on January 15th, 2024
Our Father, My Father,Sometimes I am on the edge of my seat, waiting to see what will happen next. You are so faithful, so true to Your Word, so consistent in Your holy nature and character. Your presence is all that matters and is always here with me. For these truths, I am eternally grateful...I feel rooted and grounded in an unmoving, unyielding Foundation. Yet, despite the constancy, it's true...  Read More
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Day 14: Genesis 40-41; Psalm 14
by Jonathan Merki on January 14th, 2024
Father God,This morning I read that 'the LORD is present in the company of the righteous' (Psalm 14:6). How humbling and reassuring that is. You are worthy of my worship and praise for You are God alone! My heart rejoices that You are God in the midst of Your children, those You have made right with you, justified by faith. Now I pray that Your children may be like Joseph about whom Pharaoh said, ...  Read More
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Day 13: Genesis 37-39; Psalm 13
by Jonathan Merki on January 13th, 2024
O LORD,Morning and evening and all through the day, You are with me. Today I bow in worship of You and give You praise, the Ever-present One! In this season I acknowledge with gratitude the grace of awareness. The awareness has not always been there. There have been seasons when I would say with the Psalmist, "How long, O LORD, will You hide Your face from me?" (Psalm 13:1). In truth, LORD, that h...  Read More
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Day 12: Genesis 34-36; Psalm 12
by Jonathan Merki on January 12th, 2024
Take me back to my Bethel, O Lord. Take me back to the House of God, to the place where I have encountered You with clarity and assurance, where I have seen Your face and lived. Take me back to that place for a fresh encounter...fresh wind, fresh fire. Take me back not that I may remain living looking back, but that in every fresh reminder, I may see again the 'why' of my existence and go from tha...  Read More
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Day 11: Genesis 32-33; Psalm 11
by Jonathan Merki on January 11th, 2024
"For the LORD is [absolutely] righteous, He loves righteousness (virtue, morality, justice);The upright shall see His face." (Psalm 11:7, AMP)LORD, "I AM" Keeper of Covenant,You are the One we worship and adore! Before You we bow in reverence and awe. You are holy and wholly other, infinitely higher and wider and deeper than we can begin to comprehend, so our fitting response is humbly to bow in Y...  Read More
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