Say Continually
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
Let them shout for joy and be glad,
who favor my righteous cause; And let them say continually, ‘Let the LORD be
magnified, Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.’
Psalm 35:27, NKJV.
TODAY’S WORD
Notice in today’s verse, God’s
people were commanded to go around saying continually, “Let God be magnified.
He takes pleasure in prospering me.” I believe one reason they were supposed to
say it all the time is so it would get down on the inside of their hearts.
See, when we hear something long
enough, we start to believe it. It starts to affect the way we see things. I
wonder what would happen if, all through the day, we decided to stop dwelling
on negative, defeated thoughts like, “I’ll never get out of debt. My business
will never expand. How can I send my children to college? It’s so expensive.”
And, what if you started dwelling on thoughts like, “God takes pleasure in
prospering me. Good breaks are in my future. Explosive blessings are coming my
way.”
Today, let the truth of God’s Word
sink down into your heart. All throughout the day, declare His goodness.
Declare His faithfulness. Declare His blessings because He delights in seeing
you prosper!
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father, thank You for Your goodness.
Thank You for finding joy in seeing me succeed. Help me to see my life the way
you see it. Help me to see and declare the blessing and victory You have for me
in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
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"Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. 'Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?' he asked Peter." (Matthew 26:40 NIV)
Read this devotional as a prayer:
Help me, Lord, to develop a strong prayer life. I know you desire intimacy with me and that you want me to watch with you and pray (Matthew 26:40).
Yet I never seem to find the time to pray in a deep, fervent, consistent, persistent way. What draws me to my knees the most is when I have a problem, when I want something from you, when I need your help.
I’m flipping through my calendar, stressing with commitments, and you just want to hang out — with me. Help me turn my prayers into conversations with you that keep flowing throughout the day — an on-going communication, where I never say "amen."
Keep me close to you, no matter what it takes. I’m not sure I really want to pray that; I have bruises and scars from whatever-it-takes discipleship, but, then again, I confess the crush of these moments have taught me to throw myself on the stone before the stone falls on me.
And that has moved me closer to the love that compels my obedience, closer to becoming one with your heart. So, I’m asking that you change my “wants” until my deepest want is to be with you.
With this I pray that you will create me worthy of my calling and that your power will fulfill every good purpose you plan for me and energize everything I do in faith.
My prayer is that your life will emerge in my face and in my hands, in my thoughts and in my words. I know your grace will make it so (2 Thessalonians 1:11-12).
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