Praying The Word of God Daily

Good morning, Father! Good morning, Jesus! Good Morning, Holy Spirit! I come into Your presence with singing in my heart. Help me to comprehend more and more that You are God and are my creator, and I belong to You, and I am your child, and You see me as one of Your sheep. Thank You for inviting me to come into Your presence with thanksgiving and praise. You are good and Your mercy and loving kindness are everlasting, and Your faithfulness and truth will endure to all my children and grandchildren! I praise Your holy, wonderful and powerful name (Ps.100:2-5)! Heavenly Father, according to Your Word, I present my body a living sacrifice holy and acceptable in Your sight. Make me and mold me into the perfect image of Your Son, and use my body, soul and spirit to magnify You and make You look big in all that I have or do and in all that I am or ever hope to be, may I bring honor to You! I confess and name all my sins, as you show them to me, and thank You that You are faithful and just to forgive me of all of my sin and to cleanse me from all unrighteousness. (Rom.12:1; 8:29; I Jn.1:9)! In the name of Jesus, I put on Your salvation for my helmet, Your righteousness for my breastplate, Your Truth as the belt around my waist, and on my feet the readiness to spread the gospel of peace. I take up the shield of faith to put out all the fiery arrows of the evil one, and I take up the Sword of the Spirit, Your precious Word, the Bible, to fight temptation like Jesus did. I will hide It in my heart, believe every Word of It, and I will live by It. And I will pray in Your Spirit at all times, with all manner of prayer – praise, thanksgiving, confessing my sins, and interceding for others (Eph.6:12:18). For the weapons of my warfare are not physical but spiritual and they are mighty before God for the destruction of all strongholds in my life. And You will lead me to triumph in all things in Christ Jesus, as I lead every thought captive into the obedience of Christ. Heavenly Father, I praise you and I thank you for the armor you have provided for me to dress in today. I’m completely covered and protected for this day in Jesus’ precious blood. ( II Cor.2:14: 10:4-5). And according to Your Word, the glory of the Lord is my rear guard. You are the Rock under my feet(Isa.26:4). You go before me and sift out my path for snares and pitfalls. What a comfort to know that You surround me with Your loving presence ( Psalm 139). Father, please help me to be sensitive and help those in need to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that I will break every enslaving yoke (in Your power and guidance) by meeting their needs with my abundant resources You have provided ( Isaiah 58:6-8). Upon Jesus I have built my life, my home and my marriage and all my relationships, and I confess You as Lord of my life therefore the gates of hell shall not prevail against me (Matthew 16:18). You are my Shepherd, therefore I shall not want, for you have supplied all my needs according to Your riches in glory, and I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me ((Psalm 23:1; Phil.4:13,19; John 1:16). You are my All in All! Father, I cast down all imaginations and bring into captivity every evil thought that sets itself up against the true knowledge of You (II Cor.10:5). Check me and help me to guard my heart above all, with all vigilance, for out of it flow the things that go out to make up my life – the consequences of my choices and my character (Proverbs 4:23). Father, please help me to honor you with my lips, and with my way of living, as well as with my heart, (Matthew 15:8). Help me keep my tongue from evil and my lips from speaking deceit (Psalm 34: 13). Help me to always remember that every word I speak becomes a living thing – to edify or destroy me or someone else. Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Your sight. You are my strength, my rock, my fortress and my blessed Redeemer (Prov.18:21; 6:2; 4:20-24; Ps.19:14). God of all Comfort and Encouragement, I purposely choose today to cast all my cares upon You, for You care for me (II Corinthians 1:3-5; I Peter 5:7). You have promised that when I pass through the waters, You will be with me, and through the rivers, they will not overwhelm me, and when I walk through the fire, I will not be burned or scorched, nor will the flame kindle upon me, because You are the Lord my God (Isaiah 43:2). Please help me today to forgive even as You have forgiven me, and to love You with all my heart, mind (intellect) and soul (mind, will and emotion), and to love others as I love myself. Help me to be kind to others, tenderhearted and forgiving as God in Christ forgave me ((Matthew 6:12-12-15; 22:37-40; Eph.4:32). Thank You that no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against me in judgment I shall show to be in the wrong. This is the heritage of the servant of the Lord (Isaiah 54:17). And You have promised that all things are working together and are fitting into a plan for good for our welfare and peace, and not for evil, for those who love and hope in the Lord (Romans 8:28; Jer. 29:11). Since You have meant for my body to be Your temple, help me to know how I must keep it holy. As I live to please you even with my body, I will praise You and thank You for my prosperity and good health even as my soul prospers. You are my God Who heals all my diseases, and by Your stripes I am healed, spirit, soul and body. Please give me the faith to believe for whichever time and way You choose to heal me. Your ways are not my ways, neither do I think as You think, but I know you are a good God and You will work out all things for my good, if I trust in You. You had all of my days planned, even before You created me, and You saw today in my life and You want me to trust You with it, whatever it may hold, for You are the Lord of the day and the night. Through it all the joy of the Lord will be my strength. (Ps.139; 100:5; 103:3; Neh.8:10; Isa.53:5; 55:8; III Jn. 2; Rom.8:28). Thank You, Jesus, that though my friends, family and even all may turn against me and forsake me You are the Friend Who will stick closer than a brother, and You have promised to never, never, no never leave me nor forsake me. Even if my father and mother would forsake me, then You will take me and adopt me as Your child. (Prov.18:24; Heb.13:5: Ps.27:10) Father, I have prayed according to Your Word, and You have said You would watch over Your Word to perform It. So I ask You to rise up and live big within me today, for I am Yours. I pray this in the precious, holy and powerful Name of Jesus, that name that is above every name and at that name every knee must bow, in heaven, on earth and underneath the earth, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. ((Jeremiah 1:12; Phil. 2: 9-11). AMEN!! (Scripture references are from the Amplified Bible.) My blog address: http://lightfrommywindow.blogspot.com

The Great Exchange

December 26, 2008 This is the day after Christmas and in my readings this morning I read some thoughts that I thought were very appropriate for this time of year when we have been celebrating the birthday of the King of kings, Lord of lords, the Prince of Peace, the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God and the Everlasting Father. (Isa.9:6). He will establish His government and peace, which shall be forever. Jesus came into a world that was as dark as the night, held in fear by a cruel dictator; a world filled with hunger, poverty, disease and ignorance (sound familiar?). Think of all the things with which our world is troubled – war, political conflict, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, hunger, disease, poverty, ignorance, racial strife. At some time or other we all suffer with loss, discouragement, death, emotional breakdowns, family quarrels, loneliness and even suicide. The darkness of the sins of the world and even our own sins can become an almost overwhelming burden. But God the Father has interceded by sending His Son into our world as a baby. By that interception of grace, He began the wonderful possibility of the most glorious exchange for mankind that could be imagined. By accepting the fact that Jesus came as a baby, born of a virgin, lived and died on a cross for our sins, and accepting Him as our Savior, we can become the beneficiary of this GREAT EXCHANGE. But God, while we were sinners sitting spiritually poor, naked, starving and blind in the dark cesspool of our own sin, the Father loved us and sent us “the LIGHT.” Now that we have seen the light and have been lifted out of our pit of despair, we have been deluged with the most magnificent gifts imaginable. The following is a compilation of years of some of my thoughts and findings from the Scriptures on this GREAT EXCHANGE: 1) Jesus became sin on our behalf so we could become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus (II Cor.5:21). 2) Jesus died so we might live (Jn.3:16). 3) He became poor that we might be rich and have an eternal inheritance (II Cor.8:9, I Pet.1:4). 4) He took our spiritual blindness, nakedness, hunger and poverty and gave us eyes that could see, clothed us with white clothes, and made us wealthy kings and priests (Rev.3:17-18; I Pet.2:9). 5) He took our weakness and gave us His strength (Phil.4:13; II Cor.12:9). 6) He took on Himself our guilt that we might have His forgiveness (Matt.26:28) 7) He was forsaken by the Father so we could be accepted and adopted into the family of God and become heirs with Christ (Rom.8:15; I Pet.1:4). 8) He took our curse and gave us His blessing (Gal.3:13; Eph.1:3). 9) He took our deserved sorrows, pains and sickness and gave us His healing (spirit, soul and body (Isa.53:4-5; Ps.103:1-5). 10) He bought us out of bondage and gave us His freedom (Rom.8:15; Jn.8:36; (I Pet.1:18-19). 11) He took our alienation from God and through His blood brought us near to the Father (Eph.2:13; II Cor.5:18). 12) He brought us out of the kingdom of darkness and made us citizens in the Kingdom of Light (Col.1:13). 13) He gives us hope for our despair (Rom.8). 14) He took our rejection by men and gave us acceptance in “the Beloved” (Eph.1:5-6). 15) He gave us the gift of salvation so we would not have to be paid the wages of sin (which is death) (Eph.2:8-9; Rom.6:23). 16) From being enemies He made us to be His friends and even trusted ambassadors (Rom.5:4-11; II Cor.5:20; Jn.15:13-14). 17) He takes us from the ugly cocoon of sin we are in and transforms us into new creatures in Christ and to ultimately become the perfect image of Christ (II Cor.5:17). 18) He becomes our conquering hero when we are lost and helpless (Heb.4:16). 19) He gives us joy for mourning, beauty for ashes and a garment of praise for a spirit of heaviness (Isa.61:3). 20) He takes our inability and gives us His gifts of abilities (I Cor.12; Rom.12:5-8; Eph.4:8-11). 21) He became the perfect, eternal High Priest sacrifice for our sins and took the place of the need for a yearly,imperfect sacrifice presented by an earthy priest (Heb.7:26-27; 9:14). 22) He takes our rugged places and makes them plain (Isa.42:16). 23) He takes emptiness and fills us with joy unspeakable and full of glory (I Pet.1:7-8). 24) He takes our old name, “sinner,” and gives us a new name, “The Righteousness of God In Christ Jesus” (II Cor.5:21). 25) He gives us a new destination, Heaven, instead of our old destination, hell, (Mt.23:15, 33;Rev.20:15; Col.1:5). 26) He gives us all His fullness when we give Him all our emptiness (Col.2:9-10). 27) He took our defeat and gave us His victory (I Jn.5:4). 28) Instead of instruments of Satan, God changes us into vessels of honor (Rom.6:13; 9:21). 29) The Holy Spirit enables us to put off the old man with his anger, clamor and evil speaking and to put on the new man with His kindness, tender-heartedness and forgiveness (Eph.4:31-32; Col.3:8-11). 30) When we give Him our doubts and fears He gives us faith and confidence (II Tim.1:7; I Jn.3:21; 5:14). 31) We lose the old powerlessness over sin that is part of the old nature and we gain the overcoming power over sin through the indwelling Holy Spirit (Rom.8:3-5). 32) Jesus died without regret so He could forgive our regretful sins. Blog - THE GREAT EXCHANGE December 26, 2008 This is the day after Christmas and in my readings this morning I read some thoughts that I thought were very appropriate for this time of year when we have been celebrating the birthday of the King of kings, Lord of lords, the Prince of Peace, the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God and the Everlasting Father. (Isa.9:6). He will establish His government and peace, which shall be forever. Jesus came into a world that was as dark as the night, held in fear by a cruel dictator; a world filled with hunger, poverty, disease and ignorance (sound familiar?). Think of all the things with which our world is troubled – war, political conflict, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, hunger, disease, poverty, ignorance, racial strife. At some time or other we all suffer with loss, discouragement, death, emotional breakdowns, family quarrels, loneliness and even suicide. The darkness of the sins of the world and even our own sins can become an almost overwhelming burden. But God the Father has interceded by sending His Son into our world as a baby. By that interception of grace, He began the wonderful possibility of the most glorious exchange for mankind that could be imagined. By accepting the fact that Jesus came as a baby, born of a virgin, lived and died on a cross for our sins, and accepting Him as our Savior, we can become the beneficiary of this GREAT EXCHANGE. But God, while we were sinners sitting spiritually poor, naked, starving and blind in the dark cesspool of our own sin, the Father loved us and sent us “the LIGHT.” Now that we have seen the light and have been lifted out of our pit of despair, we have been deluged with the most magnificent gifts imaginable. The following is a compilation of years of some of my thoughts and findings from the Scriptures on this GREAT EXCHANGE: 1) Jesus became sin on our behalf so we could become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus (II Cor.5:21). 2) Jesus died so we might live (Jn.3:16). 3) He became poor that we might be rich and have an eternal inheritance (II Cor.8:9, I Pet.1:4). 4) He took our spiritual blindness, nakedness, hunger and poverty and gave us eyes that could see, clothed us with white clothes, and made us wealthy kings and priests (Rev.3:17-18; I Pet.2:9). 5) He took our weakness and gave us His strength (Phil.4:13; II Cor.12:9). 6) He took on Himself our guilt that we might have His forgiveness (Matt.26:28) 7) He was forsaken by the Father so we could be accepted and adopted into the family of God and become heirs with Christ (Rom.8:15; I Pet.1:4). 8) He took our curse and gave us His blessing (Gal.3:13; Eph.1:3). 9) He took our deserved sorrows, pains and sickness and gave us His healing (spirit, soul and body (Isa.53:4-5; Ps.103:1-5). 10) He bought us out of bondage and gave us His freedom (Rom.8:15; Jn.8:36; (I Pet.1:18-19). 11) He took our alienation from God and through His blood brought us near to the Father (Eph.2:13; II Cor.5:18). 12) He brought us out of the kingdom of darkness and made us citizens in the Kingdom of Light (Col.1:13). 13) He gives us hope for our despair (Rom.8). 14) He took our rejection by men and gave us acceptance in “the Beloved” (Eph.1:5-6). 15) He gave us the gift of salvation so we would not have to be paid the wages of sin (which is death) (Eph.2:8-9; Rom.6:23). 16) From being enemies He made us to be His friends and even trusted ambassadors (Rom.5:4-11; II Cor.5:20; Jn.15:13-14). 17) He takes us from the ugly cocoon of sin we are in and transforms us into new creatures in Christ and to ultimately become the perfect image of Christ (II Cor.5:17). 18) He becomes our conquering hero when we are lost and helpless (Heb.4:16). 19) He gives us joy for mourning, beauty for ashes and a garment of praise for a spirit of heaviness (Isa.61:3). 20) He takes our inability and gives us His gifts of abilities (I Cor.12; Rom.12:5-8; Eph.4:8-11). 21) He became the perfect, eternal High Priest sacrifice for our sins and took the place of the need for a yearly, imperfect sacrifice presented by an earthy priest (Heb.7:26-27; 9:14). 22) He takes our rugged places and makes them plain (Isa.42:16). 23) He takes emptiness and fills us with joy unspeakable and full of glory (I Pet.1:7-8). 24) He takes our old name, “sinner,” and gives us a new name, “The Righteousness of God In Christ Jesus” (II Cor.5:21). 25) He gives us a new destination, Heaven, instead of our old destination, hell, (Mt.23:15, 33; Rev.20:15; Col.1:5). 26) He gives us all His fullness when we give Him all our emptiness (Col.2:9-10). 27) He took our defeat and gave us His victory (I Jn.5:4). 28) Instead of instruments of Satan, God changes us into vessels of honor (Rom.6:13; 9:21). 29) The Holy Spirit enables us to put off the old man with his anger, clamor and evil speaking and to put on the new man with His kindness, tender-heartedness and forgiveness (Eph.4:31-32; Col.3:8-11). 30) When we give Him our doubts and fears He gives us faith and confidence (II Tim.1:7; I Jn.3:21; 5:14). 31) We lose the old powerlessness over sin that is part of the old nature and we gain the overcoming power over sin through the indwelling Holy Spirit (Rom.8:3-5). 32) Jesus took our regrettable sins in exchange for a heart filled with rejoicing (Jer.15:16). 33) Jesus took our bankruptcy (my complete inability to pay, and paid our debt in full with His death (Heb.9:26). 34) We were once dead in sin, are now alive with Christ (Col.2:13). 35) Jesus gives us peace, hope and assurance for our fear and doubt (Phil.4:6-7; II Tim.1:7; Heb.10:31). 36) We were alone, but now never alone (Heb.13:5). 37) We exchange a sorrowful departure from this world, to a glorious arrival in Heaven (II Cor.4:8-14; I Thess.4:17; Heb.11:14-16). If we acknowledge and appropriate these great exchanges in our lives we can live joyful, victorious lives. Jesus made those exchanges available for us at the cross, and He now lives on high seated at the right hand of the Father. And we who once were seated with sinners and scorners (Ps.1), but by virtue of the fact of knowing Him and being “in Him,” He now has exchanged that “seat” for the great privilege of sitting there with Him at the Father’s right hand (Eph.2:6)! Hallelujah!! PRAYER: Thank You, God, for sending Jesus to earth to die for me so my old life can be exchanged for everything new! I ask You to continue to change me into the image of Your Son!