28th June 2013 – Thank you Lord that light from you shines on our otherwise dark paths. Help us to walk in that light and never step outside of it.
27th June 2013 – Lord God, I acknowledge the wonderful wisdom in all your Words. Be my Teacher and let me learn of you always.
26th June 2013 – Thank you Lord for your precious gift of marriage. At the beginning you declared that it is not good for man to be alone. But let us so live as married couples that, as one, we are devoted to you first and foremost and never distracted from this central dedication.
25th June 2013 – Lord, I realise afresh today that I am responsible to you. You are my Master and I am your slave. Help me to keep my eyes on you and obey you fully.
24th June 2013 – Thank you for opening my eyes to see, dear God, that my chief end in life is to know you, glorify you, and enjoy you forever.
21st June 2013 – Thank you Lord for the money and possessions you have put into my hands. I again find myself needing to affirm that it is yours and not mine. Help me to live thankfully and generously, looking to you at all times. Teach me to sow your abundant goodness to me into the lives of others in meaningful ways.
20th June 2013 – The next time I ‘go to church’ remind me to prepare my heart Lord. I want, and need, to hear your voice.
19th June 2013 – Thank you Lord for those who walk through life with me. Thank you above all that you are with me and will never forsake me.
18th June 2013 – I thank you Lord Jesus that I don’t have to strive to be ‘somebody’ in order to feel good about myself. I am so grateful that in you I already am ‘somebody’ and all that counts is to be the me you are calling me to be. Thank you that you make life to be full of meaning; that you are the answer to every question ‘Ecclesiastes’ raises.
17th June 2013 – Sovereign Lord, in the face of so much in this world that I find disturbing and perplexing, I affirm this day that you are in ultimate control, and that you will always do right as Judge of all the earth
14th June 2013 – We pray for all married Christians whose partners are unconverted. Please cause the lives they live to bring those closest to them into the Kingdom of God.
13th June 2013 – Lord, you call some to be single, and some to be married. Thank you that with your calling there comes a gift of grace to fulfil it. We could never get by on our own.
12th June 2013 – Thank you Eternal God that you fully satisfy the eternal longings you have put into my heart. You are not a disappointment.
11th June 2013 – Thank you Lord for the gift of my daily work. Help me to give my best today. Let me work worthily and well as one working for you.
10th June 2013 – Thank you Jesus for taking the sting out of death. Thank you also for revealing the true meaning of life and giving me purpose.
7th June 2013 – Lord God, everything you made is good and I celebrate your wonderful gifts of beauty, work, the creative arts, marriage, food and drink. I do not look for meaning in these things. I receive them gratefully as your gifts. But only in you do I find meaning and sense. All your gifts make wonderful servants but terrible masters, so help me to view them as I should.
6th June 2013 – Thank you Lord for education and for educators. These are among your finest gifts. But help us to not search for meaning in the gifts, but in you the Giver of all good things. We pray for all who teach others, that they will be blessed in their vocation. Help them to keep you at the centre of their instruction, and enable us all to keep you right in the middle of our learning.
5th June 2013 – Help me to seek first your kingdom, Lord, and enjoy your gifts within the orbit of enjoying you most of all.
4th June 2013 – Lord, you make wars to cease across the earth. I pray that you will bring peace and justice to all war-torn lands and strife- torn communities
3rd June 2013 – Let me never forget my body is all yours Lord God, and help me live accordingly.
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