Daily Truth

Today's time in the Word is in Psalm 119:120-136. Lord,Convince my doubting heart that Your decrees are the most wonderful path for me (129). Mature my naive perspective by Your Word (130). I want to be out of breath from chasing after obedience to Your Word (131). Only in holiness are my steps firmly planted (133). Cause my heart to break when others don't follow You and use me to lead them in Your way (136).&nb...

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Daily Truth

Today's time in the Word is in Psalm 119:121-128. Lord, Thank You for dealing with with me based on Your love, and not based on what I deserve (124). When I am hurting, I long for Your promised salvation of heaven, but when life is easy and good, I find myself thinking of heaven less. Thank You for increasing my expectancy for heaven by sending hardship and for showing Yourself to me so that I can't wait to be with You...

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Daily Truth

Today's time learning from God's Truth is in Psalm 119:113-120. Lord,Teach me to hate having an affection for both You AND things of the world. Give me a single-minded affection for Your Word (113). You are my security and protection (114). Reduce my reliance on those who may pull me away from You, Father (115). Show me that hoping in You never brings regret (116). You are a purifying fire, judging the wicked (118-119). Teach...

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Daily Truth

Today's time being shaped by the Word is in Psalm 119:105-112. Lord,When I am walking through life, thank You for Your Word which lights up my next step and which path I am on (105). Make me bold enough to follow Jesus' footsteps on the path of daily holiness and spiritual fruitfulness. If I am not, let Your Word reveal my errant steps and paths. I want to follow You to the end (112) because there is no other path that gives...

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Daily Truth

Today's time aligning our minds with God's thinking is in Psalm 119:97-104. Lord,Do not stop teaching me new things about You (97). Thank You that I can always fall back onto the security of Your commands when others attack me (98). When my thinking is shaped by Your instructions, I am wiser than my teachers (99). True wisdom is obeying Your Word, not just knowing it (100). Help me obey (101) and not stray from Your lessons...

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Unshakable Joy

There is an autumn nip in the air today. The morning frost is giving way to a bright sunshiny day. A perfect Thanksgiving day. But there are those for whom today’s sunshine and the smell of turkey can do nothing to quell the sorrow over difficulty in their life. Some will spend today recovering from their latest chemo treatment—or sitting...

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Daily Truth

Today's time conforming our thinking to Christ's is in Psalm 119:89-96. Lord,Thank You that Your Word and faithfulness never change (89-90). I don't have to wonder what mood You are in or if You have changed Your mind about giving me life (91-93). I will rely on You to save me today. I will depend on nothing else because I belong to You (94). When my holiness is lacking, it is because of my own rebellious heart, not because...

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Daily Truth

Today's time bring shaped by the Word is in Psalm 119:81-88. Lord,My only sure hope is the salvation promised in Your Word (81-82). Even when life beats me up and leaves me weak and wounded, I will only hope more for what Your Word has promised (83). I long for all wrongs to be made right (84). Many attack me and lie about me, but Your Word is trustworthy (84-85). Help me obey You with all the days You give me (88).&nb...

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Daily Truth

Today's time being reminded of THE truth is in Psalm 119:73-80.My Creator,Since You made me, You know best how to help me understand Your Truth. Help me trust whatever ways You choose to use (73). If you must use affliction, thank You for doing it as an act of faithfulness to me (75). Create a hunger in me for Your Word so that Your people will rejoice when they see me, because they will see You in me (74). Show Your comfort and...

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Daily Truth

Today's time listening to God in His Word is in Psalm 119:65-72. Lord,You are so good to me. How could I doubt the truth of what You say to me in Your Word (65). Help me walk wisely according to Your knowledge (66). Teach me to cherish affliction because You use it to teach me obedience. Convince me that obedience is worth suffering and is the most loving thing You could give me (67-68). Give me a heart that is sensitive...

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Daily Truth

Today's time being shaped by the Word is in Psalm 119:57-64.Lord,You are my portion, and I long to see You face to face. Help me keep my promise to keep Your Word (57). Help me want to please You above all else (58). Help me be quick to evaluate my steps today, and turn to walk in Your footprints (59-60). If I face painful circumstances today, let me not forget Your truth (61). Don't let me ever stop cherishing Your estimation...

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Daily Truth

Today's time letting the Word shape us is in Psalm 119:49-56.Lord, Let my hope be based on Your promise to give me real life rather than whatever else I hear today that may foster temporary hope in temporary things (49-50). Keep me from turning from Your best (51). Because the truth of Your Word never changes, my heart rests securely without fear (52). Let only what angers You, anger me. Help me reject unholiness today (53)....

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Daily Truth

Today's time being reminded of God's Truth is in Psalm 119:41-48. Lord,Remind me of Your promise to show me faithful love and to save me (41) so that I can endure any difficulty today (42). Cause all that I say today be filled with Your Word because only Your truth is worth putting hope in (43). Let there be no end to my obedience (44). Thank You that walking in Your ways frees me from all sorts of harmful entanglements (45)....

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Daily Truth

Today's time being shaped by the Word is in Psalm 119:33-40. Lord,Give me understanding of Your Word and enable me to keep it always (33-35). Give me a heart that delights in following You instead of chasing after material stuff (36). Show me REAL life by directing my focus toward Your ways of thinking, wanting, and working today (37). Increase my faith in You by bearing fruit from Your Word planted in me (38). Protect me...

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Quiet Heroes

In June of 1942, an 18 year old young man said goodbye to his beautiful, pregnant bride in Iaeger, WV. He began a journey that, two years later, would take him to Normandy, France, as an anti-aircraft gunner.  The story is sketchy and vague to me because, like most heroes, he didn’t like to talk about himself or his role in the...

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Daily Truth

Today's time in the life-giving Word is in Psalm 119:25-32. Life apart from You is all temporary. Only by living in light of Your truth is there real life with enduring joy, satisfaction, and peace (25). Thank You that You, the Creator of all, listen to me (26). Let Your Word determine what I consider to be wonderful (27). Let Your Word remind me of the sufficiency of Your strength when I am broken in sorrow (28). Let Your Word...

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Daily Truth

Today's time being shaped by the Word is in Psalm 119:9-16. Lord, Apply Your Word to my life so I can be pure (9). Help me to make choices today that lead me closer to You instead of away from You (10). Convince my sinful heart of the invaluable treasure of Your Word, that it shapes me to display Your glory (11-12). Help my speech communicate Your perspective clearly today (13). Persuade my heart that walking in Your...

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Daily Truth

Today's time aligning our thinking with God's truth is in Psalm 119:1-8. Lord,Help me know the joy of loving You and my neighbor today without blame (1). Show me where my heart seeks things other than You and what You seek (2-3). As King, You rightly demand my obedience today. I have no right to rebel (4). Cause me to have a heart to obey so I won't have to feel shame when I remember Your  holy expectations (5-6). As...

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Daily Truth

Today's time being shaped by the Word is in Psalm 118. Lord,Let all Your people know deeply that Your love lasts, and make our love last like Yours (1-4). Help me live to please You, my victorious King, unafraid of what people might think or do against me (6-7). I trust in You today for my security, not in people or government (8-9). Be my "strength and song" today (14). Remind me of the life You give me so I will tell others...

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Daily Truth

Today's time in the Word is in Psalm 116. Lord,I thank You for drawing me to the point of realizing that I needed You to save me (4), not because I deserve it (1), but because I was dead without it (3). Help my soul rest in You today (7). Help me walk with You today, trusting You even when I am hurting and feel like I can't trust anyone else (9-10). Although I can't repay You for all You have done, I will worship You...

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Daily Truth

Today's time conforming our perspective to that of the Word is in Psalm 115. Lord,Reveal to me the things that I do for my own glory and show me how to do them for Your glory today (1). Let my life be proof to the world that You exist (2). Convince my heart of the futility of being controlled by things I idolize instead of by You (7). It is true that I become like what I worship, so let You be what I worship (8). Be my "help...

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