Friday Morning Scripture (Wk33/2021) – John 16:23-33

Prayer Promises

23 In that day you will not [need to] ask Me about anything. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name [as My representative], He will give you.

24 Until now you have not asked [the Father] for anything in My name; but now ask and keep on asking and you will receive, so that your joy may be full and complete.

25 “I have told you these things in figurative language (veiled language, proverbs); the hour is now coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

26 In that day you will ask in My name, and I am not saying to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf [because it will be unnecessary];

27 for the Father Himself [tenderly] loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from the Father.

28 I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”

29 His disciples said, “Ah, now You are speaking plainly to us and not in figures of speech!

30 Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; because of this we believe [without any doubt] that you came from God.”

31 Jesus answered them, “Do you now [at last] believe?

32 Take careful notice: an hour is coming, and has arrived, when you will all be scattered, each to his own home, leaving Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

33 I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace. In the world you have tribulation and distress and suffering, but be courageous [be confident, be undaunted, be filled with joy]; I have overcome the world.” [My conquest is accomplished, My victory abiding.]

John 16:23-33 (AMP)

Thursday Morning Prayer (Wk33/2021)

Holy and Righteous Father, I thank You for awaking me this morning, to see another day. I take this morning to glorify, honour and praise You. As per usual, I pray that You will go before me, providing the protection required.

Today, I choose a verse, which is dear to my heart, for me to meditate on You. There are so many available reminding me of Your goodness, kindness, grace and love. Joshua 1:9 says Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified or dismayed (intimidated), for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go (AMP). No matter what I am doing, how busy I get or how difficult tasks crossing my path may be; You are with me wherever I may go. As I see events of this world, spoken of within Your Manual for Life, unravel, Most High God, I look to You. Your Word tells me, You will never leave nor forsake me. As You were with Moses You will also be with me! What better shield do I require. I thank You for being concerned for every piece of Your creation; be it large or small, loud or silent. I bring my all to You and know that Your will, will be done. My Father and my God, I trust in You.

“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear [and worship] the Lord your God [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect], to walk [that is, to live each and every day] in all His ways and to love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul [your choices, your thoughts, your whole being],

Deuteronomy 10:12 (AMP)

8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall read [and meditate on] it day and night, so that you may be careful to do [everything] in accordance with all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will be successful.

9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified or dismayed (intimidated), for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Joshua 1:8-9 (AMP)

20 Now may the Elohim of peace [Who is the Author and the Giver of peace], Who brought again from among the dead our Lord Yeshua, that great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood [that sealed, ratified] the everlasting agreement (covenant, testament),

21 Strengthen (complete, perfect) and make you what you ought to be and equip you with everything good that you may carry out His will; [while He Himself] works in you and accomplishes that which is pleasing in His sight, through Yeshua HaMashiach (the Messiah); to Whom be the glory forever and ever (to the ages of the ages).

Amen (So Be It)

Hebrews 13:20-21 (AMPC)

Thursday Morning Scripture (Wk33/2021) – John 16:1-15

Jesus’ Warning

1 “I have told you these things so that you will not stumble or be caught off guard and fall away.

2 They will put you out of the synagogues and make you outcasts. And a time is coming when whoever kills you will think that he is offering service to God.

3 And they will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.

4 I have told you these things [now], so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not say these things to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

The Holy Spirit Promised

5 “But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

6 But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts [and taken complete possession of them].

7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him (the Holy Spirit) to you [to be in close fellowship with you].

8 And He, when He comes, will convict the world about [the guilt of] sin [and the need for a Savior], and about righteousness, and about judgment:

9 about sin [and the true nature of it], because they do not believe in Me[and My message];

10 about righteousness [personal integrity and godly character], because I am going to My Father and you will no longer see Me;

11 about judgment [the certainty of it], because the ruler of this world (Satan) has been judged and condemned.

12 “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear [to hear] them now.

13 But when He, the Spirit of Truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth [full and complete truth]. For He will not speak on His own initiative, but He will speak whatever He hears [from the Father—the message regarding the Son], and He will disclose to you what is to come [in the future].

14 He will glorify and honor Me, because He (the Holy Spirit) will take from what is Mine and will disclose it to you.

15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Because of this I said that He [the Spirit] will take from what is Mine and will reveal it to you.

John 16:1-15 (AMP)

Wednesday Morning Prayer (Wk33/2021)

Abba Father, I awake this morning with a heart full of joy, as You have placed another day before me. I glorify, honour, praise and give You thanks. My hope is that today will be better than yesterday, as I look to You for a continual improvement, progression and strengthen as You make me over, once again.

Today, I place myself on the potters wheel and acknowledge that I am a continual work in progress. Help me, Father, so I may continually learn from my errors and realise that if I have You before me, I will always be shown the way. I present myself as a broken vessel needing to be equipped, reworked, strengthened and ready for service. Even though I am broken, I can be made over; ready for whatever plan and purpose is before me. Heavenly Father, may I be obedient for whatever task You prepare me for; may I not look for foolish gain but all for Your Kingdom. What I would ask is that I am a vessel for honourable use. We know not what the future holds but with You as the potter, there is no need to fear. My Father and my God, I trust in You.

1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

2 “Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will make you hear My words.”

3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and saw that he was working at the wheel.

4 But the vessel that he was making from clay was spoiled by the potter’s hand; so he made it over, reworking it and making it into another pot that seemed good to him.

Jeremiah 18:1-3 (AMP)

Does the potter not have the right over the clay, to make from the same lump [of clay] one object for honorable use [something beautiful or distinctive] and another for common use [something ordinary or menial]?

Romans 9:21 (AMP)

For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us].

Ephesians 4:10 (AMP)

20 Now may the Elohim of peace [Who is the Author and the Giver of peace], Who brought again from among the dead our Lord Yeshua, that great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood [that sealed, ratified] the everlasting agreement (covenant, testament),

21 Strengthen (complete, perfect) and make you what you ought to be and equip you with everything good that you may carry out His will; [while He Himself] works in you and accomplishes that which is pleasing in His sight, through Yeshua HaMashiach (the Messiah); to Whom be the glory forever and ever (to the ages of the ages).

Amen (So be it)

Hebrews 13:20-21 (AMPC)

Tuesday Morning Prayer (Wk33/2021)

Abba! Father! I awake this morning giving You all glory, honour thanks and praise. My soul magnifies You and lifts You higher than any other or any thing.

Today, I realise and acknowledge that I am free; there is now, and has always been, no condemnation to those who dwell within Your Son Yeshua HaMashiach. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Your Word tells me that he who is free, is free indeed; not just temporarily or slightly but wholly and permanently. I continually attempt to walk after the Spirit and receive Your gifts; walking uprightly; with integrity, strength of character, works of righteousness and holding truth within my heart. Once I do this, I will be ready for every plan and purpose You have for my life. I will be equipped. I will be strengthened. Everything concerning me will be perfected. I stand on Your Word, which will NEVER return to You void; it will accomplish ALL that it is meant to do. My Father and my God, I trust in You, now and forevermore.

He who walks with integrity and strength of character, and works righteousness, and speaks and holds truth in his heart.

Psalm 15:2 (AMP)

1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Romans 8:1-4 (KJV)

For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us].

Ephesians 4:10 (AMP)

20 Now may the Elohim of peace [Who is the Author and the Giver of peace], Who brought again from among the dead our Lord Yeshua, that great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood [that sealed, ratified] the everlasting agreement (covenant, testament),

21 Strengthen (complete, perfect) and make you what you ought to be and equip you with everything good that you may carry out His will; [while He Himself] works in you and accomplishes that which is pleasing in His sight, through Yeshua HaMashiach (the Messiah); to Whom be the glory forever and ever (to the ages of the ages).

Amen (So be it)

Hebrews 13:20-21 (AMPC)

Monday Morning Scripture (Wk33/2021) – Romans 7:14-25

The Conflict of Two Natures

14 We know that the Law is spiritual, but I am a creature of the flesh [worldly, self-reliant—carnal and unspiritual], sold into slavery to sin [and serving under its control].

15 For I do not understand my own actions [I am baffled and bewildered by them]. I do not practice what I want to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate [and yielding to my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity].

16 Now if I habitually do what I do not want to do, [that means] I agree with the Law, confessing that it is good (morally excellent).

17 So now [if that is the case, then] it is no longer I who do it [the disobedient thing which I despise], but the sin [nature] which lives in me.

18 For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity]. For the willingness [to do good] is present in me, but the doing of good is not.

19 For the good that I want to do, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.

20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not want to do, I am no longer the one doing it [that is, it is not me that acts], but the sin [nature] which lives in me.

21 So I find it to be the law [of my inner self], that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.

22 For I joyfully delight in the law of God in my inner self [with my new nature],

23 but I see a different law and rule of action in the members of my body [in its appetites and desires], waging war against the law of my mind and subduing me and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is within my members.

24 Wretched and miserable man that I am! Who will [rescue me and] set me free from this body of death [this corrupt, mortal existence]?

25 Thanks be to God [for my deliverance] through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind serve the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness, my sinful capacity—I serve] the law of sin.

Romans 7:14-25 (AMP)