31st January – Lord, I am ‘reporting for duty.’ Let me be used by you to speak about you.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 284.
30th January – Lord Jesus, please open doors this day for me to express my faith in words. I love you and I am not ashamed to tell the world. Thank you Lord for helping me.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 283.
29th January – Lord Jesus, you graced a wedding at Cana with your miraculous, transforming power. Please will you so be at the centre of every Christian marriage that the relationship will be continually changed into what you want it to be.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 282.
28th January – Lord, please give me the joy of pointing someone to you. Let me not die ‘childless’.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 281.
25th January – Praise Him for His grace and favour, to our fathers in distress. Praise Him still the same forever, slow to chide and swift to bless.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 280.
24th January – Lord, I pray my heart will be bursting with love for those who do not yet know Jesus. May my heart beat in time with yours.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 279.
23rd January – Thank you Father for the truth of the gospel message that it is not by works, but by your grace through faith that we are saved.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 278.
22nd January – Thank you Lord that I don’t have to be able to dot every theological ‘i’ or cross every ‘t’ to worship you. I thank you from my heart for the many things you do make clear. One day, by your grace and mercy, I will see you, and that will be the answer to every question.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 277.
21st January – Father God, help me to always walk carefully before you and men, that I may daily please you and ever glorify your Name. Let me continually walk as one who is conscious of living in your presence.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 276.
18th January – Thank you Lord that you know my name, my relationships and my abilities. I dedicate this one life to you to serve your purposes in the world.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 275.
17th January – How I marvel over your Word Lord God. I can read just a tiny part of it, like today, and yet find it is alive. It speaks to me and my present circumstances and condition. This is not just about someone else’s story a long time ago and many miles away. This has such startling relevance to me. How can I ever thank you enough for blessing me with your mighty truth?
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 274.
16th January 2013 – Thank you Sovereign Lord for the beautiful mystery of my salvation. This I do understand: that you love me and gave your life for me to show me mercy and draw me to yourself. I am eternally grateful.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 273.
15th January 2013 – I recognise dear Lord that I am not a Christian because I have been born into a (supposedly) Christian country, but because you graciously chose me and gave me the faith to trust in Jesus. This is too much for me to fully comprehend. Nevertheless, I am truly grateful. Help me to always work worthily of my great calling from you.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 272.
14th January 2013 – Lord crucified, give us a heart like yours.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 271.
11th January 2013 – Help me this day, Heavenly Father, to turn away from everything I know to be wrong. May I not just say ‘sorry’ with my lips, but also with my entire life.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 270.
10th January 2013 – Lord, I know that many people want to remove your judgment from the Bible, but I don’t want to be infected by this spirit of the age. Help me to believe and preach everything your Word teaches. It is the only place of safety. You do not give us the right to pick and choose what we will believe.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 269.
9th January 2013 – Thank you Lord that I will always find all that I need in you. Cause my heart to cleave to you always and never look anywhere else.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 268.
8th January 2013 – Thank you Lord for Jesus’ cross and all it means. I am grateful that all my debt is paid and I receive full and free forgiveness as I trust in Him.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 267.
7th January 2013 – Lord I pray for (you supply the names). Although they have drifted away, please draw them back to you.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 266.
4th January 2013 – Lord, I am so grateful that your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. When my way becomes thorny and treacherous; when my route takes me through dark and dangerous territory, let me hold on tightly to my powerful ‘torch’ and put it to maximum use.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 265.
3 January 2013 – Thank you dear Lord that even when I may not feel your love I can be absolutely sure of it. Thank you that nothing in life can come between your love and me. Help me to never forget it.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 264.
2 January 2013 – At the beginning of a new year, Lord, I thank you that my life is not haphazard. I am so grateful that the blueprint is in your hands, and so am I. Thank you that you will complete what you have started. I am grateful beyond any words.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 263.
1 January 2013 – Lord, as I step into this New Year, I am grateful that I do so with you. I pray that the glorious hope of all that is to come will sustain me through any difficult days that might lie ahead. I praise you for all that is past, and trust you for all that’s to come.
For today’s Bible Notes please see No. 262.
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