12/03          PSALM 80:1-7

1 Please listen, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph’s descendants like a flock. O God, enthroned above the cherubim, display your radiant glory 2 to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Show us your mighty power. Come to rescue us! 3 Turn us again to yourself, O God. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved. 4 O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, how long will you be angry with our prayers? 5 You have fed us with sorrow and made us drink tears by the bucketful. 6 You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations. Our enemies treat us as a joke. 7Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven’s Armies. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved. 

FORGIVE

Father we pray for Your forgiveness.  This Advent Season, help us to surrender, to change, to become more useable and grow in Christ likeness.  Jesus is Lord.  

12/02          GALATIANS 4:4-8

4 But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. 5God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children. 6 And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.” 7 Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child. And since you are his child, God has made you his heir. 8 Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so-called gods that do not even exist. 

JESUS

Jesus saves us from our sin.  He is God with us.  Bless the Lord for His love for us.  Praise the Lord.  

12/01          ISAIAH 64:1-5

1 Oh, that you would burst from the heavens and come down! How the mountains would quake in your presence! 2 As fire causes wood to burn and water to boil, your coming would make the nations tremble. Then your enemies would learn the reason for your fame! 3 When you came down long ago, you did awesome deeds beyond our highest expectations. And oh, how the mountains quaked! 4 For since the world began, no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like you, who works for those who wait for him! 5You welcome those who gladly do good, who follow godly ways. But you have been very angry with us, for we are not godly. We are constant sinners; how can people like us be saved? 

CARING
Our Lord God Almighty is a caring, loving God who is intimately involved in our life.  Jesus loves you.  

11/30          1 CHRONICLES 29:13

13 “O our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name! 

PRAISE

The Lord God Almighty is worthy of all our praise.  Praise Ye the Lord.  He is good and perfect.  He loves us powerfully and forever.  Praise the Lord.  

11/29          COLOSSIANS 3:15

15 And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body, you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful. 

THANKFUL

Be thankful for everything the Lord has done for you.  Keep a daily list of the Lord’s activities in your life and very quickly that short list will become a long list and it will undergird your heart as you follow the Lord.  Jesus is Lord.  

11/28          COLOSSIANS 3:16-17

16 Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. 17 And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.

FOCUS

Focus your life and your all on Jesus.  He is God and He is deeply concerned and caring about each one of us.  When we focus on Jesus, the cares and worries of the world are held at bay.  This world is passing away.  We are on a journey home to the Father.  Focus your life on Jesus.  

11/27          PSALM 9:1

1 I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done. 

REMEMBER

Remember all that the Lord has done for you.  He is mighty to save.  Those things He does for us are important for us to maintain our confidence and trust in our mighty God.  Remember.  

11/26          PSALM 7:17

17 I will thank the LORD because he is just; I will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

CARES

The Lord is just, and He cares for me.  His concern for each one of us is far greater than our ability to understand it.  Jesus is Lord.  

11/25          PSALM 28:7

7 The LORD is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving.

THANKFUL

I am thankful that the Lord cares so much for me.  I am thankful for His strength and protection.  The Lord is God and He is good.

11/24          PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7

6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. 

PRAY

It is critical that we pray.  Pray at every opportunity.  Keep a diary of your prayers.  Pray with passion.  But above all else pray.