Thursday, June 16, 2011

A note from our friend Pat

Success

The road to success is not straight

There is a curve called Failure,

a loop called confusion,

speed bumps called Friends,

red lights called Enemies, and

caution lights called Family

But if you have a spare called Determination,

an engine called Perseverance,

insurance called Faith, and

a driver called Jesus,

you will make it to a place called Success!!

Proverbs 16 (with text - press on more info.)

Hillsong - He Is Lord - With Subtitles/Lyrics

Hillsong - Sing to the Lord (with lyrics)

^1-3 God is well-known in Judah; in Israel, he's a household name.
   He keeps a house in Salem,
      his own suite of rooms in Zion.
   That's where, using arrows for kindling,
      he made a bonfire of weapons of war.

^4-6 Oh, how bright you shine!
      Outshining their huge piles of loot!
   The warriors were plundered
      and left there impotent.
   And now there's nothing to them,
      nothing to show for their swagger and threats.
   Your sudden roar, God of Jacob,
      knocked the wind out of horse and rider.

^7-10 Fierce you are, and fearsome!
      Who can stand up to your rising anger?
   From heaven you thunder judgment;
      earth falls to her knees and holds her breath.
   God stands tall and makes things right,
      he saves all the wretched on earth.
   Instead of smoldering rage—God-praise!
      All that sputtering rage—now a garland for God!

^11-12 Do for God what you said you'd do—
      he is, after all, your God.
   Let everyone in town bring offerings
      to the One Who Watches our every move.
   Nobody gets by with anything,
      no one plays fast and loose with him.

Psalm 76 (with text - press on more info.)

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Ephesians 5 - Passage Lookup - New International Version - BibleGateway.com

Ephesians 5

New International Version (NIV)

Ephesians 5

¹ Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children ² and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

³ But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. ⁴ Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. ⁵ For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.^[a] ⁶ Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient. ⁷ Therefore do not be partners with them.

⁸ For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light ⁹ (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) ¹⁰ and find out what pleases the Lord. ¹¹ Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. ¹² It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. ¹³ But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. ¹⁴ This is why it is said:

“Wake up, sleeper,
rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”

¹⁵ Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, ¹⁶ making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. ¹⁷ Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. ¹⁸ Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, ¹⁹ speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, ²⁰ always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Instructions for Christian Households

²¹ Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

²² Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. ²³ For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. ²⁴ Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her ²⁶ to make her holy, cleansing^[b] her by the washing with water through the word, ²⁷ and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. ²⁸ In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹ After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— ³⁰ for we are members of his body. ³¹ “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”^[c] ³² This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. ³³ However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Pray Today - June 15 | Operation World

Give Us Clean Hands | Chris Tomlin

Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above arr. Samuel Metzger

Prayer for Nigeria

Hillsong Your People Sing Praises - God is in the gouse 1996

Proverbs 15 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 75 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 75

The Message (MSG)

Psalm 75

An Asaph Psalm

¹ We thank you, God, we thank you— your Name is our favorite word;
      your mighty works are all we talk about.

^2-4 You say, "I'm calling this meeting to order,
      I'm ready to set things right.
   When the earth goes topsy-turvy
      And nobody knows which end is up,
   I nail it all down,
      I put everything in place again.
   I say to the smart alecks, 'That's enough,'
      to the bullies, 'Not so fast.'"

^5-6 Don't raise your fist against High God.
      Don't raise your voice against Rock of Ages.
   He's the One from east to west;
      from desert to mountains, he's the One.

^7-8 God rules: he brings this one down to his knees,
      pulls that one up on her feet.
   God has a cup in his hand,
      a bowl of wine, full to the brim.
   He draws from it and pours;
      it's drained to the dregs.
   Earth's wicked ones drink it all,
      drink it down to the last bitter drop!

^9-10 And I'm telling the story of God Eternal,
      singing the praises of Jacob's God.
   The fists of the wicked
      are bloody stumps,
   The arms of the righteous
      are lofty green branches.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Support Israel | ICEJ USA

Pray Today - June 14 | Operation World

Hillsong United - You Are Faithful - With Subtitles/Lyrics

Proverbs 14 (with text - press on more info.)

How we can pray for Italy

Your Love Oh Lord (Psalm 36) - Third Day - Worship Video w. Lyrics

Psalm 36 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 36

New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

Psalm 36

For the director of music. A psalm of David, the servant of the Lord.

¹ Here are the words God has given me to say
      about the evil ways of anyone who sins.
      He doesn't have any respect for God.
² He praises himself so much
      that he can't see his sin or hate it.
³ His mouth speaks words that are evil and false.
      He has stopped being wise. He has stopped doing good.
⁴ Even as he lies in bed he makes evil plans.
      He commits himself to a sinful way of life.
      He never says no to what is wrong.
⁵ Lord, your love is as high as the heavens.
      Your faithful love reaches up to the skies.
⁶ You are as holy as the mountains are high.
      You are as honest as the oceans are deep.
   Lord, you keep people and animals safe.
    ⁷ How priceless your faithful love is!
   Important and ordinary people alike
      find safety in the shadow of your wings.
⁸ They eat well because there is more than enough in your house.
      You let them drink from your river that flows with good things.
⁹ You have the fountain of life.
      We are filled with light because you give us light.
¹⁰ Keep on loving those who know you.
      Keep on doing right to those whose hearts are honest.
¹¹ Don't let the feet of those who are proud step on me.
      Don't let the hands of those who are evil drive me away.
¹² See how those who do evil have fallen!
      They are thrown down. They aren't able to get up.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Pray Today - June 13 | Operation World

Matthew 11 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 11 (with text - press on more info.)

Pray Today - June 13 | Operation World

Just As I Am-Brian Doerksen

The Lighthouse

Psalm 73

The Message (MSG)

Psalm 73

An Asaph Psalm

^1-5 No doubt about it! God is good— good to good people, good to the good-hearted.
   But I nearly missed it,
      missed seeing his goodness.
   I was looking the other way,
      looking up to the people
   At the top,
      envying the wicked who have it made,
   Who have nothing to worry about,
      not a care in the whole wide world.

^6-10 Pretentious with arrogance,
      they wear the latest fashions in violence,
   Pampered and overfed,
      decked out in silk bows of silliness.
   They jeer, using words to kill;
      they bully their way with words.
   They're full of hot air,
      loudmouths disturbing the peace.
   People actually listen to them—can you believe it?
      Like thirsty puppies, they lap up their words.

^11-14 What's going on here? Is God out to lunch?
      Nobody's tending the store.
   The wicked get by with everything;
      they have it made, piling up riches.
   I've been stupid to play by the rules;
      what has it gotten me?
   A long run of bad luck, that's what—
      a slap in the face every time I walk out the door.

^15-20 If I'd have given in and talked like this,
      I would have betrayed your dear children.
   Still, when I tried to figure it out,
      all I got was a splitting headache . . .
   Until I entered the sanctuary of God.
      Then I saw the whole picture:
   The slippery road you've put them on,
      with a final crash in a ditch of delusions.
   In the blink of an eye, disaster!
      A blind curve in the dark, and—nightmare!
   We wake up and rub our eyes....Nothing.
      There's nothing to them. And there never was.

^21-24 When I was beleaguered and bitter,
      totally consumed by envy,
   I was totally ignorant, a dumb ox
      in your very presence.
   I'm still in your presence,
      but you've taken my hand.
   You wisely and tenderly lead me,
      and then you bless me.

^25-28 You're all I want in heaven!
      You're all I want on earth!
   When my skin sags and my bones get brittle,
      God is rock-firm and faithful.
   Look! Those who left you are falling apart!
      Deserters, they'll never be heard from again.
   But I'm in the very presence of God—
      oh, how refreshing it is!
   I've made Lord God my home.
      God, I'm telling the world what you do!

Psalm 73 (with text - press on more info.)

Sunday, June 12, 2011

I Lift my eyes up psalm 121

Psalm 72 (with text - press on more info.)

Come Let Us Go Up To Zion with Lyrics by Paul Wilbur Messianic

Blow The Trumpet In Zion with Lyrics Messianic

OpWorld | Tanzania

Proverbs 12 (with text - press on more info.)

He's the Mighty One of Israel!

The God of Israel Is Mighty

Psalm 72

The Message (MSG)

Psalm 72

A Solomon Psalm

^1-8 Give the gift of wise rule to the king, O God, the gift of just rule to the crown prince.
   May he judge your people rightly,
      be honorable to your meek and lowly.
   Let the mountains give exuberant witness;
      shape the hills with the contours of right living.
   Please stand up for the poor,
      help the children of the needy,
      come down hard on the cruel tyrants.
   Outlast the sun, outlive the moon—
      age after age after age.
   Be rainfall on cut grass,
      earth-refreshing rain showers.
   Let righteousness burst into blossom
      and peace abound until the moon fades to nothing.
   Rule from sea to sea,
      from the River to the Rim.

^9-14 Foes will fall on their knees before God,
      his enemies lick the dust.
   Kings remote and legendary will pay homage,
      kings rich and resplendent will turn over their wealth.
   All kings will fall down and worship,
      and godless nations sign up to serve him,
   Because he rescues the poor at the first sign of need,
      the destitute who have run out of luck.
   He opens a place in his heart for the down-and-out,
      he restores the wretched of the earth.
   He frees them from tyranny and torture—
      when they bleed, he bleeds;
      when they die, he dies.

^15-17 And live! Oh, let him live!
      Deck him out in Sheba gold.
   Offer prayers unceasing to him,
      bless him from morning to night.
   Fields of golden grain in the land,
      cresting the mountains in wild exuberance,
   Cornucopias of praise, praises
      springing from the city like grass from the earth.
   May he never be forgotten,
      his fame shine on like sunshine.
   May all godless people enter his circle of blessing
      and bless the One who blessed them.

^18-20 Blessed God, Israel's God,
      the one and only wonder-working God!
   Blessed always his blazing glory!
      All earth brims with his glory.
   Yes and Yes and Yes.

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Pray Today - June 11 | Operation World

Psalm 71 (with text - press on more info.)

Pslam 71

Psalm 71

The Message (MSG)

Psalm 71

    I run for dear life to God, I'll never live to regret it.
   Do what you do so well:
      get me out of this mess and up on my feet.
   Put your ear to the ground and listen,
      give me space for salvation.
   Be a guest room where I can retreat;
      you said your door was always open!
   You're my salvation—my vast, granite fortress.

^4-7 My God, free me from the grip of Wicked,
      from the clutch of Bad and Bully.
   You keep me going when times are tough—
      my bedrock, God, since my childhood.
   I've hung on you from the day of my birth,
      the day you took me from the cradle;
      I'll never run out of praise.
   Many gasp in alarm when they see me,
      but you take me in stride.

^8-11 Just as each day brims with your beauty,
      my mouth brims with praise.
   But don't turn me out to pasture when I'm old
      or put me on the shelf when I can't pull my weight.
   My enemies are talking behind my back,
      watching for their chance to knife me.
   The gossip is: "God has abandoned him.
      Pounce on him now; no one will help him."

^12-16 God, don't just watch from the sidelines.
      Come on! Run to my side!
   My accusers—make them lose face.
      Those out to get me—make them look
   Like idiots, while I stretch out, reaching for you,
      and daily add praise to praise.
   I'll write the book on your righteousness,
      talk up your salvation the livelong day,
      never run out of good things to write or say.
   I come in the power of the Lord God,
      I post signs marking his right-of-way.

^17-24 You got me when I was an unformed youth,
      God, and taught me everything I know.
   Now I'm telling the world your wonders;
      I'll keep at it until I'm old and gray.
   God, don't walk off and leave me
      until I get out the news
   Of your strong right arm to this world,
      news of your power to the world yet to come,
   Your famous and righteous
      ways, O God.
   God, you've done it all!
      Who is quite like you?
   You, who made me stare trouble in the face,
      Turn me around;
   Now let me look life in the face.
      I've been to the bottom;
   Bring me up, streaming with honors;
      turn to me, be tender to me,
   And I'll take up the lute and thank you
      to the tune of your faithfulness, God.
   I'll make music for you on a harp,
      Holy One of Israel.
   When I open up in song to you,
      I let out lungsful of praise,
      my rescued life a song.
   All day long I'm chanting
      about you and your righteous ways,
   While those who tried to do me in

I will run to You by Hillsong

My Hope Is You - Third Day

Proverbs 11 (with text - press on more info.)

OpWorld | North Korea

Friday, June 10, 2011

Pray Today - June 10 | Operation World

(Hymn) Stand Amazed How Marvelous - Chris Tomlin

Hillsong - Sing to the Lord (with lyrics)

OpWorld | Iraq

Proverbs 10 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 70 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 70

Psalm 70 (The Message)

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Psalm 70

The Message (MSG)

Psalm 70

A David Prayer

^1-3 God! Please hurry to my rescue! God, come quickly to my side!
   Those who are out to get me—
      let them fall all over themselves.
   Those who relish my downfall—
      send them down a blind alley.
   Give them a taste of their own medicine,
      those gossips off clucking their tongues.

⁴ Let those on the hunt for you
      sing and celebrate.
   Let all who love your saving way
      say over and over, "God is mighty!"

⁵ But I've lost it. I'm wasted.
      God—quickly, quickly!
   Quick to my side, quick to my rescue!
      God, don't lose a minute.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

You're still God,Kathy Troccoli

Kathy Troccoli - Help Me God

Proverbs 9 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 69 (with text - press on more info.)

Pslam 69

Psalm 69

The Message (MSG)

Psalm 69

A David Psalm

¹ God, God, save me! I'm in over my head,

² Quicksand under me, swamp water over me;
   I'm going down for the third time.

³ I'm hoarse from calling for help,
   Bleary-eyed from searching the sky for God.

⁴ I've got more enemies than hairs on my head;
   Sneaks and liars are out to knife me in the back.    What I never stole
   Must I now give back?

⁵ God, you know every sin I've committed;
   My life's a wide-open book before you.

⁶ Don't let those who look to you in hope
   Be discouraged by what happens to me,
   Dear Lord! God of the armies!
   Don't let those out looking for you
   Come to a dead end by following me—
   Please, dear God of Israel!

⁷ Because of you I look like an idiot,
   I walk around ashamed to show my face.

⁸ My brothers shun me like a bum off the street;
   My family treats me like an unwanted guest.

⁹ I love you more than I can say.
   Because I'm madly in love with you,
   They blame me for everything they dislike about you.

¹⁰ When I poured myself out in prayer and fasting,
   All it got me was more contempt.

¹¹ When I put on a sad face,
   They treated me like a clown.

¹² Now drunks and gluttons
   Make up drinking songs about me.

¹³ And me? I pray.
   God, it's time for a break!
   God, answer in love!
   Answer with your sure salvation!

¹⁴ Rescue me from the swamp,
   Don't let me go under for good,
   Pull me out of the clutch of the enemy;
   This whirlpool is sucking me down.

¹⁵ Don't let the swamp be my grave, the Black Hole
   Swallow me, its jaws clenched around me.

¹⁶ Now answer me, God, because you love me;
   Let me see your great mercy full-face.

¹⁷ Don't look the other way; your servant can't take it.
   I'm in trouble. Answer right now!

¹⁸ Come close, God; get me out of here.
   Rescue me from this deathtrap.

¹⁹ You know how they kick me around—
   Pin on me the donkey's ears, the dunce's cap.

²⁰ I'm broken by their taunts,
   Flat on my face, reduced to a nothing.
   I looked in vain for one friendly face. Not one.
   I couldn't find one shoulder to cry on.

²¹ They put poison in my soup,
   Vinegar in my drink.

²² Let their supper be bait in a trap that snaps shut;
   May their best friends be trappers who'll skin them alive.

²³ Make them become blind as bats,
   Give them the shakes from morning to night.

²⁴ Let them know what you think of them,
   Blast them with your red-hot anger.

²⁵ Burn down their houses,
   Leave them desolate with nobody at home.

²⁶ They gossiped about the one you disciplined,
   Made up stories about anyone wounded by God.

²⁷ Pile on the guilt,
   Don't let them off the hook.

²⁸ Strike their names from the list of the living;
   No rock-carved honor for them among the righteous.

²⁹ I'm hurt and in pain;
   Give me space for healing, and mountain air.

³⁰ Let me shout God's name with a praising song,
   Let me tell his greatness in a prayer of thanks.

³¹ For God, this is better than oxen on the altar,
   Far better than blue-ribbon bulls.

³² The poor in spirit see and are glad—
   Oh, you God-seekers, take heart!

³³ For God listens to the poor,
   He doesn't walk out on the wretched.

³⁴ You heavens, praise him; praise him, earth;
   Also ocean and all things that swim in it.

³⁵ For God is out to help Zion,
   Rebuilding the wrecked towns of Judah.
   Guess who will live there—
   The proud owners of the land?

³⁶ No, the children of his servants will get it,
   The lovers of his name will live in it.

OpWorld | Pakistan

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Pray Today - June 8 | Operation World

A note from our Friend Pat

Are you going through something that seems impossible? Well, the Bible tells us that all things are possible to him that believes. Do not ever give up this might be your moment for a miracle. If you are going to doubt something, doubt your limits. Know that what appears to be a hurdle can be leaped and left behind. There is no such thing as no chance.

Proverbs 8 (with text - press on more info.)

Let God Arise - Paul Wilbur

Psalm 68

The Message (MSG)

Psalm 68

A David Psalm

^1-4 Up with God! Down with his enemies!
         Adversaries, run for the hills!
   Gone like a puff of smoke,
      like a blob of wax in the fire—
         one look at God and the wicked vanish.
   When the righteous see God in action
      they'll laugh, they'll sing,
         they'll laugh and sing for joy.
   Sing hymns to God;
      all heaven, sing out;
         clear the way for the coming of Cloud-Rider.
   Enjoy God,
      cheer when you see him!

^5-6 Father of orphans,
      champion of widows,
         is God in his holy house.
   God makes homes for the homeless,
      leads prisoners to freedom,
         but leaves rebels to rot in hell.

^7-10 God, when you took the lead with your people,
      when you marched out into the wild,
   Earth shook, sky broke out in a sweat;
      God was on the march.
   Even Sinai trembled at the sight of God on the move,
      at the sight of Israel's God.
   You pour out rain in buckets, O God;
      thorn and cactus become an oasis
   For your people to camp in and enjoy.
      You set them up in business;
      they went from rags to riches.

^11-14 The Lord gave the word;
      thousands called out the good news:
   "Kings of the armies
      are on the run, on the run!"
   While housewives, safe and sound back home,
      divide up the plunder,
      the plunder of Canaanite silver and gold.
   On that day that Shaddai scattered the kings,
      snow fell on Black Mountain.

^15-16 You huge mountains, Bashan mountains,
      mighty mountains, dragon mountains.
   All you mountains not chosen,
      sulk now, and feel sorry for yourselves,
   For this is the mountain God has chosen to live on;
      he'll rule from this mountain forever.

^17-18 The chariots of God, twice ten thousand,
      and thousands more besides,
   The Lord in the lead, riding down Sinai—
      straight to the Holy Place!
   You climbed to the High Place, captives in tow,
      your arms full of booty from rebels,
   And now you sit there in state,
      God, sovereign God!

^19-23 Blessed be the Lord—
      day after day he carries us along.
   He's our Savior, our God, oh yes!
      He's God-for-us, he's God-who-saves-us.
   Lord God knows all
      death's ins and outs.
   What's more, he made heads roll,
      split the skulls of the enemy
   As he marched out of heaven,
      saying, "I tied up the Dragon in knots,
      put a muzzle on the Deep Blue Sea."
   You can wade through your enemies' blood,
      and your dogs taste of your enemies from your boots.

^24-31 See God on parade
      to the sanctuary, my God,
      my King on the march!
   Singers out front, the band behind,
      maidens in the middle with castanets.
   The whole choir blesses God.
      Like a fountain of praise, Israel blesses God.
   Look—little Benjamin's out
      front and leading
   Princes of Judah in their royal robes,
      princes of Zebulon, princes of Naphtali.
   Parade your power, O God,
      the power, O God, that made us what we are.
   Your temple, High God, is Jerusalem;
      kings bring gifts to you.
   Rebuke that old crocodile, Egypt,
      with her herd of wild bulls and calves,
   Rapacious in her lust for silver,
      crushing peoples, spoiling for a fight.
   Let Egyptian traders bring blue cloth
      and Cush come running to God, her hands outstretched.

^32-34 Sing, O kings of the earth!
      Sing praises to the Lord!
   There he is: Sky-Rider,
      striding the ancient skies.
   Listen—he's calling in thunder,
      rumbling, rolling thunder.
   Call out "Bravo!" to God,
      the High God of Israel.
   His splendor and strength
      rise huge as thunderheads.

³⁵ A terrible beauty, O God,
      streams from your sanctuary.
   It's Israel's strong God! He gives
      power and might to his people!
   O you, his people—bless God!

Psalm 68 King James Holy Bible

Prayercast | Thailand

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

A note from our Friend Pat

The spirit of stupid causes us to feed the appetite of our flesh instead of fulfilling the purpose God has intended for us. Feeding our flesh leads us to act on our impulses rather than living according to the Word of God. The only way to discipline the appetite of the flesh is to walk in the Spirit of God. Walking in the Spirit of God gives God space to move in and through our lives. As we begin to desire God, in contrast to fulfilling the impulses of the flesh, the fleshly appetite becomes disciplined. Once this happens, we can progress in God and spiritually mature.

Proverbs 7 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 67

The Message (MSG)

Psalm 67

    God, mark us with grace and blessing! Smile!
   The whole country will see how you work,
      all the godless nations see how you save.
   God! Let people thank and enjoy you.
      Let all people thank and enjoy you.
   Let all far-flung people become happy
      and shout their happiness because
   You judge them fair and square,
      you tend the far-flung peoples.
   God! Let people thank and enjoy you.
      Let all people thank and enjoy you.
   Earth, display your exuberance!
      You mark us with blessing, O God, our God.
   You mark us with blessing, O God.