Daily Prayer for Sept 1st, 2019
HaPpy September, God—thank You! 🙂
When struggling, let me not look inward, but to You, Lord—serve others in Your name. Give me wisdom. Guide me to encourage people to fulfill Your purpose and will for their lives. Use me to point them to You, with patience and kindness. Let me not boast, be proud or self-seeking, dishonor others, become easily angered, or keep a record of wrongdoing. Above all else, help me to guard my heart, for everything I do flows from it. In Jesus name. Amen.
Luke 8:11-15 English Standard Version (ESV)
11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. 13 And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away. 14 And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. 15 As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.
Ecclesiastes 11:6 English Standard Version (ESV)
6 In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
Genesis 26:12 English Standard Version (ESV)
12 And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him,
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 New International Version (NIV)
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.