Saturday, January 23, 2010

HEART



Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may
know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou
hast turned their heart back again (to you).
1 Kings 18:37


Meditation:
Do I pray often for others to know and to love God?


Affirmation:
I know that God changes hearts.


Prayer:
I praise you, Lord, that you have the power to turn hearts to back to you
when they have strayed.

Friday, January 22, 2010

HEART



Behold, I have done according to thy words:
lo, I have given thee (Solomon) an understanding heart:
so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after
thee shall any arise like unto thee.
1 Kings 3:12


Meditation:
How highly do I value the gift of an understanding heart?


Affirmation:
The riches of an understanding heart are God's to give.


Prayer:
I praise you Father God for the riches you pour out to your beloved people.



Thursday, January 21, 2010

HEART



And it was so, that when he had turned
his back to go to Samuel, God gave him (Saul)
another heart...
1 Samuel 10:9


Meditation:
Do I believe that God changes people in their hearts?


Affirmation:
I trust God with the power of transformation.


Prayer:
Creator God, thank you that you work in the deepest parts of people in order
to do your will here.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

MIND



And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago,
set not thine mind on them; for they are found.
And on whom is all the desire of Israel?
Is it not on thee and on all thy father's house?
1 Samuel 9:20


Meditation:
Is my mind focused today on what I lost yesterday?


Affirmation:
Today I will set my mind on the desires of God's people.


Prayer:
God, my redeemer and my friend, I pray that you would relieve me from
focusing my losses.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

HEART



And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart,
and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God
with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou
mayest live.
Deuteronomy 30:6


Meditation:
Am I willing to make my heart completely vulnerable to God's saving action today?


Affirmation:
My heart's desire is to love God completely.


Prayer:
Thank you, Lord God, for the changes you will make in all of us, so that we can
love you with our whole hearts.


Friday, January 15, 2010

HEART



The great temptations which thine eyes have
seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
Yet the Lord hath not given you a heart to
perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear,
unto this day.
Deuteronomy 29:3-4


Mediation:
Do I trust God to develop the perceptions of my heart according to His Will?


Affirmation:
I am perceiving the grace of God in my life today.


Prayer:
Dear God, please help my heart to perceive your Love more frequently.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

HEART



Take heed to yourselves, that your heart
be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve
other gods, and worship them...
Deuteronomy 11:16


Meditation:
What lesser gods are broadcasting to my heart today?


Affirmation:
I notice when my heart is desiring godlets.


Prayer:
Lord, I praise you that you are One, and that my heart can be content only in service
to you.