Ephesians 5:18,19

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess:

but be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves

in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing

and making melody in your heart to the Lord...

Meditation:

What spiritual songs do I know by heart?

Affirmation:

There is music in my heart for God today.

Prayer:

I adore you, Creator God, for the beauty of spiritual music.

II Corinthians 4:4,5

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that

are lost: In whom the god of this world hath

blinded the minds of them which believe not,

lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ,

who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Meditation:

Am I trusting the God of this world today, or the truth of the Gospel?

Affirmation:

The Gospel is full of light for my mind.

Prayer:

Lord God, please inspire me often to seek you in your word,

for the enlightening of my mind, and have mercy on my mind

when it is full of the god of this world.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until

the Lord come, who both will bring to light

the hidden things of darkness, and will make

manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall

every man have praise of God.

Meditation:

Do I consider myself to be a righteous judge? In what situations lately

am I tempted to judge others? Do I judge myself?

Affirmation:

I wait on the the Lord for truth and justice.

Prayer:

Come, Lord Jesus: bring Light to our darkness.

Acts 15:8,9

And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare

them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost,

even as he did unto us; and put no difference between

us and them (the Jews and the Gentiles), purifying

their hearts by faith.

Meditation:

Where is the "us and them" dilemma in my life today?

Affirmation:

I look for the Holy Spirit to unify and harmonize groups of people.

Prayer:

Lord God, help me to see the unity that you have designed.

John 16:22

And ye now therefore have sorrow;

but I will see you again, and your heart

shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

Meditation:

Am I looking for Him?

Affirmation:

The joy of my heart is Jesus.

Prayer:

Thank you, God, for the truth of your returning presence

and the joy it brings.

John 14:1

Let not your hearts be troubled:

ye believe in God, believe also in me.

Meditation:

What is troubling my heart today?

Affirmation:

I believe, and so I unburden my heart.

Prayer:

Thank-you Father God, that you want my heart to be

free of trouble; and you provide the way for this to be so through Christ Jesus.

Luke 24,25

(on the road to Emmaus) Then he said unto them,

O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the

prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered

these things, and enter into his glory?

Meditation:

Is my heart slow to believe good news?

Affirmation:

I embrace God's plan of salvation.

Prayer:

God, I give you my heart for healing in hopes the I will follow Jesus

to glory.