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Today’s prayer is an excerpt from a particularly long prayer in Piercing Heaven:  Prayers of the Puritans.  This is an excellent collection of prayers I have found very useful in my daily devotions.  “A Prayer for Revival”  by Phillip Doddridge1 Eternal, unchangeable Jehovah!  Your perfections and glories will never change.  Jesus your Son is “theContinue reading “Daily Devotional: Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2020”

WE beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look upon thy people; that by thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body and soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.1 Haggai 2:20-23 God’s Choice is Perfect 20 The word of the LORD came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth dayContinue reading “Daily Devotional: Mon , March 30, 2020”

“What the Kingdom Values vs. What the World Values” Matthew 16:24-28

Let my cry come before you, O LORD; give me understanding according to your word! Let my plea come before you; deliver me according to your word!   Father, most gracious, most glorious God of heaven and earth, we seek your presence and ask for your assistance this and each day to do your will.  Grant,Continue reading “Daily Devotional: Sat., March 28, 2020”

“Permit us not, O Lord, to hear your word in vain. Convince us of its truth, cause us to feel its power and bind us to yourself with cords of faith and hope and love that never shall be broken. We bind to ourselves today, you our God: your power to hold us, your handContinue reading “Daily Devotional: Friday, Mar. 27, 2020”

“Fighting the Daily Fight” by Robert Parker1 Dear God, it is so hard for us to fight against ourselves.  It is very difficult to overcome an enemy that lies so close and hidden within us as our flesh does.  And unless you arm me with divine power, I am in great danger of yielding toContinue reading “Daily Devotional: Thurs., March 26, 2020”

“The Deeps” from The Valley of Vision.  Ed. By Arthur Bennet. (Banner of Truth:  Edinburgh, 1975), 134-135. Lord Jesus,  Give me a deeper repentance, a horror of sin, a dread of its approach; Help me chastely to flee it, and jealously to resolve that my heart shall be thine alone.   Give me a deeper knowledgeContinue reading “Daily Devotional: Wed, Mar. 25, 2020”

“In Time of Suffering” a prayer by Robert Hawker1 Nothing can reconcile us to you better than to humbly and patiently learn obedience in the school of suffering.   We learn by knowing that Jesus, though you are the Son of God, in the eternity of your nature you were pleased in your human nature toContinue reading “Daily Devotional: Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2020”

“From One Degree of Faith to the Next” a Prayer by Philip Doddridge1 “Blessed God, I acknowledge before you my own weakness and insufficiency for anything that is spiritually good.  I have experienced it a thousand times, and yet my foolish heart would again trust itself and resolve to move ahead in its own weakness. Continue reading “Daily Devotional: Mon, Mar. 23, 2020”