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give us grace to pray faithfully today16 The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain,
and it didn’t rain on the earth for three years and six months.
18 He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.Heavenly father
give us grace to see the light today22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness.
If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!1 I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.3 He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;
4 indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.5 The Lord watches over you—…
more1 My cry goes to God!
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Indeed, I cry to God for help,
and for him to listen to me.
2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord.
My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired.
My soul refused to be comforted.
3 I remember God, and I groan.
I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed.…Heavenly father
give us grace to treasure the things of heaven in our hearts today.19 “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
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20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;
21 for where your treasure is,…Heavenly Father
give us grace to live today as those who are confident in the help you give us6 I gave my back to those who beat me,
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and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair.
I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.
7 For the Lord Yahweh will help me.
Therefore I have not been confounded.
Therefore I have set my face like a…Heavenly father
give us grace to face up to and turn away from those things that draw us away from you today14 Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,
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15 and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
16 Confess your…Heavenly father
give us grace to focus on you when no one is looking (and when they are!)16 “Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces.
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For they disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting.
Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
18 so that you are not seen by men to be…1Unless the Lord builds the house, ♦
those who build it labour in vain.2Unless the Lord keeps the city, ♦
the guard keeps watch in vain.3It is in vain that you hasten to rise up early
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and go so late to rest, eating the bread of toil, ♦
for he gives his beloved sleep. R1In Judah, God is known.
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His name is great in Israel.
2 His tabernacle is also in Salem;
His dwelling place in Zion.
3 There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow,
the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.
4 Glorious are you, and excellent,
more than…Heavenly father
give us grace to be forgiving today14 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15 But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.Heavenly father
give us grace to …9 Pray like this:
“‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
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10 Let your Kingdom come.
Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 Forgive us our debts,
as we also forgive our debtors.
13 Bring us not into temptation,
…Heavenly Father
give us grace to listen to you so that we may be a blessing to those who are weary4 The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught,
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that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary.
He awakens morning by morning,
he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
5 The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear.
…Heavenly father
give us grace to pray and give thanks today whatever the circumstances13 Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
1 We give thanks to you, God.
We give thanks, for your Name is near.
Men tell about your wondrous works.2 When I choose the appointed time,
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I will judge blamelessly.
3 The earth and all its inhabitants quake.
I firmly hold its pillars.
4 I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!”…Heavenly father
give us grace to pray today, heart to heart5 “When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets,
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that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.
6 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door,
pray to your Father who is in secret; and your…Heavenly Father
give us grace to listen to you, and the trust in your power to save[God’s people have suffered the consequences of their rebellion]
1 Yahweh says, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, with which I have put her away?
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Or to which of my creditors have I sold you?
Behold, you were sold for your iniquities,
and your mother was put away for your transgressions.…Heavenly father
give us grace to be truth tellers today12 But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear
not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath;
but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.Heavenly father
give us grace to give today without drawing attention to ourselves.1 “Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them,
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or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
2 Therefore, when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself,
as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men.
Most…1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him. Without him, nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.
1 God, why have you rejected us forever?
4 Your adversaries have 8 said in their heart, “We will crush them completely.”
They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshipped.
9 We see no miraculous signs.
11 Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand?
Take it from your chest and consume them!…
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give us grace to be like you in not just loving those who love us today46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?
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47 If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?
48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is…Heavenly Father
give us grace to live in hope, particularly when things look bleak.[Isaiah gives a message of hope to the Jews who had been taken into captivity by the Babylonians,
that the Persian empire would take the Babylonians into captivity and allow the Jews to return to Judea]24 Shall the plunder be taken from the mighty,
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or the lawful captives be delivered?
25 But Yahweh says, “…Heavenly father
give us grace to not grumble against others today, but be full of patience, compassion and mercy.9 Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
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10 Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Behold, we…Heavenly father
give us grace to love those who do not love us, so that we may be your children today.43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’
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44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you,
and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
45 that you may be children of your…
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