Category Archives: Morning Prayer

More or Less

  John 3:30 (NLT) He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.   Less me, more God. Less self-centered, more God-centered.   Good morning, Lord. I know the world doesn’t revolve around me, but sometimes … Continue reading

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Up and Down

Psalm 139:7-8 (NIV) Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. Up or down … God … Continue reading

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Magnify!

  Psalm 34:3 (ESV) Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together!   Magnify the Lord? He’s already the greatest, kindest, strongest, holiest One in the universe. He needs no magnification. It’s us … we need to … Continue reading

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From Easter to Pentecost

  Today is the first of the 50 days between Resurrection and Pentecost Sunday.     “Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love; here’s my heart, O take and seal it; seal it … Continue reading

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Holy Week: Dark and Light

Friday … the crucifixion … darkness. Luke 23:44 (AMP) It was now about the sixth hour (noon), and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.) The sun couldn’t keep watch. But in the end, we … Continue reading

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Holy Week: Old and New

  Today, Thursday, we remember how Jesus gathered with his disciples to celebrate the old and usher in the new:   Luke 22:20 (NLT) After supper he took another cup of wine and said, “This cup is the new covenant between … Continue reading

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Holy Week: God and Man

God and man, the Creator and the created: “Well might the sun in darkness hide, and shut its glories in, when God, the mighty maker, died for his own creature’s sin.” Isaac Watts, 1702   Good morning, Lord. You made … Continue reading

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Holy Week Highs and Lows

  As only God can do, Christ’s last week on earth turned things upside down.     He entered the city in a noisy and joyful parade He chased the moneychangers out of the Temple He celebrated the Passover with … Continue reading

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Remember and Stand Firm

2 Peter 1:12 (NLT) Therefore, I will always remind you about these things—even though you already know them and are standing firm in the truth you have been taught.   Nothing like an internet and cellphone outage to remind me … Continue reading

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Morning Prayer: Never Forget

Good morning, Lord. You know everything, and I know so little. You never forget, and so much slips my mind. When I forget Your rules for living and do wrong, You remember the blood on the cross and forgive my … Continue reading

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