SCRIPTURE
Matthew 5:8
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
(NASB)
PRAYER
Lord, I pray that your Spirit would continue to cleans and purify (_________)’s heart. Focus her deepest loyalty on you. Be the center of her most passionate affections. Purge her heart from any impurities that would come between you and her. Allow her to enjoy your blessings, not as distracting from you, but as enhancing her worship of you. And as she sits in this place of purity, allow her to feel that unique fullness of your presence... seeing her loving heavenly Father yet again, and with an ever deepening awareness of your goodness. Amen.
ENCOURAGEMENT
Sit with your Lord, and savor His presence.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Mercy
SCRIPTURE
"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
Matthew 5:7 (NASB)
PRAYER
Lord, I ask that in these days you would be making (__________) gently aware of your mercy to her. Remind her of how far you reached down to love and forgive her. Help her to own her need for your mercy. Open her eyes to the amazing love that was required for you to actually give her mercy. May she remember those times of desperation, when your gentle and yet powerful mercy was her only help. And then Lord, move her to see the hurts of those around her, and reach into their lives to give them the same mercy that you have extended to her. Help her to discern the presence of pain as she becomes aware of other’s circumstances. Help her to look past the masks, and know the deep hurts of those who need encouragement. Help her to translate her intentions into action, and actually give mercy to those around her. And as she does, I pray that you would ever increase the mercy you extend to her. Amen.
ENCOURAGEMENT
Use your own pain, and the relief of mercy you have experienced, as a motivator to give actions of mercy to the wounded God brings to your heart. And you will continue to receive his mercy.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Fully Satisfied
SCRIPTURE
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Matthew 5:6 (NASB)
PRAYER
Lord, I pray that you would create an appetite for righteousness in (__________). I ask that obedience would not be something that feels forced upon her from outside, but rather flows from a desire in her deep places. Make her desire righteousness because it is right and honors you. Make her to so reverence you that she must obey. Stir within her a yeaning to please you. May her desire for righteousness flow into every area of her life, her relationships, her attitudes, her decisions, her thoughts, her words, even her perspectives Lord. And as she lives righteously before you, may she feel that deep satisfaction that comes with your smile of approval and pleasure over her life.
ENCOURAGEMENT
There is nothing that fills the soul more than a clean conscience and the smile of our Lord. Want it and you will be filled.
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Matthew 5:6 (NASB)
PRAYER
Lord, I pray that you would create an appetite for righteousness in (__________). I ask that obedience would not be something that feels forced upon her from outside, but rather flows from a desire in her deep places. Make her desire righteousness because it is right and honors you. Make her to so reverence you that she must obey. Stir within her a yeaning to please you. May her desire for righteousness flow into every area of her life, her relationships, her attitudes, her decisions, her thoughts, her words, even her perspectives Lord. And as she lives righteously before you, may she feel that deep satisfaction that comes with your smile of approval and pleasure over her life.
ENCOURAGEMENT
There is nothing that fills the soul more than a clean conscience and the smile of our Lord. Want it and you will be filled.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Gentleness
SCRIPTURE
"Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
Matthew 5:5 (NASB)
PRAYER
Lord, as I feel my poorness of spirit in dependence upon you, and as I mourn my own sin and the sorrow it has brought, I find myself softened in my attitude toward others, prone more toward gentleness than judgment. Lord, I ask that you would use the memory of the blows of other people’s judgment and the injury to my already wounded soul, to move my heart to gentleness toward those already wounded and bleeding hearts. Make me attentive to their pain, and gentle with my words. Remove from me the judging eyes that would somehow make me better than they, and replace it with humility and kindness. Arouse me from my chair of mediocrity, and move me to active compassion, bandaging wounds and nursing battered souls. Remove from my lips the morsels of gossip, and replace them with a gentleness that believes the best in others. And may the richness of my future inheritance be enjoyed in part today as I feel the fullness of having loved deeply those who hurt.
ENCOURAGEMENT
Those who need our gentleness most, are those our flesh would most likely judge. Soften your heart, and feel it begin to fill with the richness of your coming inheritance.
"Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
Matthew 5:5 (NASB)
PRAYER
Lord, as I feel my poorness of spirit in dependence upon you, and as I mourn my own sin and the sorrow it has brought, I find myself softened in my attitude toward others, prone more toward gentleness than judgment. Lord, I ask that you would use the memory of the blows of other people’s judgment and the injury to my already wounded soul, to move my heart to gentleness toward those already wounded and bleeding hearts. Make me attentive to their pain, and gentle with my words. Remove from me the judging eyes that would somehow make me better than they, and replace it with humility and kindness. Arouse me from my chair of mediocrity, and move me to active compassion, bandaging wounds and nursing battered souls. Remove from my lips the morsels of gossip, and replace them with a gentleness that believes the best in others. And may the richness of my future inheritance be enjoyed in part today as I feel the fullness of having loved deeply those who hurt.
ENCOURAGEMENT
Those who need our gentleness most, are those our flesh would most likely judge. Soften your heart, and feel it begin to fill with the richness of your coming inheritance.
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