I
will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your love
and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your
word.
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THOUGHTS ABOUT
TODAY'S VERSE
For
Christians, God's temple is one of two related things: either the Christian's
body (1 Cor. 6:19-20) or the group of people who make up his Church (1 Cor.3:16). Because of the flaws of the people in our churches, many are
hypercritical of them. But God's Church is precious to him and should be to us.
Anyone who destroys his church through division will be utterly destroyed.
God's faithfulness to his people is seen in his preservation of the Church
through all the ravages and persecutions of history. But God is still the center
of the Church and he alone is to be exalted and the Church is still to be
governed by his word and not just their own will.
MY PRAYER
Holy
and matchless God, I praise you for your steadfast love and faithfulness
revealed in the preservation of your Church through all of history. I promise
to cherish your Church and do all I can to help it grow and mature to be more
like Jesus, but I recognize that you and you alone are to be exalted above all
other things and that my church must never be more important than your will
revealed in your word. Give me the courage to be true to you even if my church
may not be. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.
RECEIVE POWER
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“But
you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall
be witnesses to Me...”
TODAY’S WORD
God
wants to empower you. He wants to strengthen you and equip you to rise higher
in every area of your life. He wants to see you become all that He has created
you to be and walk in victory each and every day.
Scripture
tells us that when Jesus left the earth, He told the disciples that He was
sending a comforter. He was talking about the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is
not only our comforter, He’s our counselor, teacher and stand by. He searches
our hearts and helps us understand scripture.
Today,
if you desire to be filled with God’s power, invite the Holy Spirit of God to
do a work in you. When you read the Bible, pray and ask the Holy Spirit to
speak to your heart and reveal God’s plan to you. As you invite the Holy Spirit
to operate in your life, as today’s scripture says, you’ll receive God’s power!
You will be strengthened and equipped for everything God has in store for you!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father,
thank You for the Holy Spirit who is my helper in this life. I choose to open
my heart to Your Word to receive power so that I can walk and live in the
victory You have prepared for me in Jesus’ name. Amen.
—
Joel & Victoria Osteen
source:
http://www.joelosteen.com/Pages/Index.aspx
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Jayson
Cabrera Gali
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