Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 MSG
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Never Stop Praying
Category: Devo
Parent’s dedication for the child
Here is a prayer you can adapt or pray as it is both privately, just you and Father God, or before a minister in church.
Father, in Jesus’ holy name, we come before You on this special day to present to You, to consecrate to You, to dedicate to You, to give back to You, this, our sweet baby that You have given us. Lord, we realize that we are only stewards of this special gift from You. Only You create life. This baby is Your baby. You said I must teach my children of You and Your commandments. You promised that if we would train up our child in the way he would not depart from it when he is old. You promised that if children would honor their parents it would be well with them (not sick but well) and they would live long on the earth. You said they would be disciples of the Lord, taught and obedient to the Lord and great would be their peace and undisturbed composure. Thank You for these promises and commandments. Thank You for our baby.
This day, before You and the host of heaven and all other witnesses, we come to present to You in solemn dedication our baby. We consecrate as parents to not provoke hime to wrath, but to bring him up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. We commit to You to train him up in Your ways and he won’t depart from them. We promise to teach him of You, Your ways, Your Word, Your will. We promise to train him by example and demonstration as well as our words. We promise to discipline him according to Your Word. We promise to love and care for him and bathe him in prayer from this day forward. We commit this baby into Your care. You can be omnipresent; I can’t always be there, but You can. Your angels have charge over him to keep him in all his ways and life him up lest he dash his foot against a stone. We pray that this child be healthy, whole, complete, blessed, and prosperous spirit, soul and body. We bind the forces of hell and the devil in Jesus’ name to stay away from our family in every area of our lives. We decree that Jesus be enthroned above all else in our family at all times in Jesus’ name. Amen.
(Deut. 6:6-7; Prov. 22:6; Eph 6:1-3; Isa. 54:13; Eph. 6:4; Prov. 22:15; Prov. 29:15; Ps. 91.)
(excerpt from Prayers & Promises for Supernatural Childbirth by Jackie Mize
God is my Joy
Thank you God for reminding me thateverything is othing until You are the priority and center of my life. Because you are my joy!
Thank you for remining me that I am a daughter of King, I AM YOURS, and this life is the BEST because of this truth.
Help me, my Father, to become an obedient, humble, loving daughter to You, day by day of my life.
Isaiah 29:19 The humble will be filled with fresh joy from the Lord.
The poor will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
How to pray
And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Matthew 6:7-8 NIV
Thank you God that you are ahead of us. You are already aware about what we need and our deepest concerns in our hearts. We have to be personally connected with you, talk with you as a father open arms, no hiding, no secrets. May we able to share honestly with you our life’s ups and downs. Just like David, teach how we raise our emotions to you in Psalms. Let me release to you our joy, happiness, sadness, worries and anxieties towards you so that we can be healed and at piece. May our lives glorify you. In Jesus name, Amen.
Pruning
How God responds to your questions will just leave you smiling 😛
I was whining and ranting (to Him) deep inside with all the stress past few days at work. I am having difficult time understanding people. I am asking for peace, and more importantly how do I keep the fruits of the the HS at this time?
So, today I was reminded.
I am keeping my lessons in this circumstance. I am growing from this.
How Our Abba Father Give Gifts
“You fathers—if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead? Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not! So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.”
Luke 11:11-13 NIV
As a sinful father, we still want the best for our sons and daughters. Knowing this verse, it is so wonderful that Our Abba Father knows what is best for us. I don’t have to worry about my future knowing that I have an Abba Father. He gives us the Holy Spirit so that in times of trouble and distress, we have a guide and protector that leads us to Our Father. He gives the best gift for those who ask him. Always talk to him in prayer.
Thank you Abba Father for teaching me to give good gifts to my children. Thank you that you always give what is best for us. Amen.
Creating Spiritual Community at Work
Father, open my eyes and my heart to see needs and pray for my coworkers. Help me to practice the discipline of prayer consistently. As I pray, Father, change me, change others, and change my workplace. Amen.
Pray that coworkers will come to know and follow Jesus.
Pray that those who do follow Jesus (you + others) will boldly lead change in the workplace.
Pray for the coworkers you like and the ones that aren’t so easy to love.
Prayer for your workplace.
Pray for yourself.
Pray that God will ignite a fire in you to go that extra mile, to care more, and to work more diligently.
Prayer changes EVERYTHING.
I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,
1 Timothy 2:1-5 NIV
Raising a God-fearing Child
I took a screenshot of my bible devo today because I want to be reminded of parenting and God’s love.
Eternal Perspective
Lord, help me to fix my eyes on eternal life with you. So that I will be reminded that everything that happens now are but fleeting circumstances and that what you have promised to us in eternity is good and perfect.
Thank you for reminding me that YOU are Sovereign above ALL things and that your goodness prevails until ETERNITY.
Devo | Eternal God
Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away. Who can comprehend the power of your anger? Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve. Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom. —Psalms 90:10-12 NLT
Psalm 90 includes multiple reminders that humankind is not by nature eternal. The psalmist, identified as Moses in the superscription, noted that it generally takes 70 or 80 years for humans to turn back to dust (vv. 3,10). In light of this, he prayed that God would help his people to number their days (v. 12).
God is eternal. Humans are not, due to their fallen nature. A merciful Jesus interrupts the ordinary nature of things, declaring, “Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent” (Jn 17:3). Only an eternal God could give eternal life. Only an eternal and merciful God would.
God is eternal. Without Jesus’ mercy and LOVE, we will not be able to cross that bridge from sin to salvation. Jesus is my Savior. God is sovereign!
Jesus, in my humanness I cannot understand eternity, but I do not have to understand it to believe in it. Thank you for gifting me with forever.
Teach me, dear Jesus, to number my days. and live it to the full (glorifying You, my God).
Amen.