Showing posts with label Righteousness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Righteousness. Show all posts

Friday, January 29, 2010

January 29

"Our blessed Lord, teach us to pray. May we have that hunger and thirst after righteousness which may voice for us our true and strong petitions. O Master, may we learn from you the meaning and power of prayer, and gain from you the lessons of humility and devotion. Amen."

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

November 18

"We thank you, our heavenly Father, that the very sins of our hearts which you despise are capable of your loving forgiveness, if we truly repent. We thank you that you see in us a development which transforms wicked inclination into righteous purpose. Destroy, we pray you, the selfishness in us which tempts us to deceive. For Christ's sake. Amen."

Sunday, November 1, 2009

November 1

"Eternal Father, you who have taught us the reality of righteousness, who always speak to us with plain and truthful utterance, give us like devotion to truth. May we never misrepresent anything in the service of your Church. Deliver us from cant and all hypocrisy. We ask in Jesus' name. Amen."

Thursday, October 22, 2009

October 22

"Ever-loving Lord, our Saviour, we pledge to you our devotion and fidelity, and ask you to help us to keep our covenant with you. May we know that you have bought us by your own precious blood. May we live with your great sacrifice ever before us, that the joy of gratitude may bless and purity our lives. Amen."

Saturday, October 10, 2009

October 10

"Our Father in heaven, we ask you to increase our faith, that with hearts of belief and characters of conviction we may be able to withstand and overcome the evils which threaten us and tend to undermine our Christian civilization. Strengthen us, O God, in taking our stand for righteousness. In Christ's name. Amen."

Sunday, August 30, 2009

August 30

"Heavenly Father, we pray you that our bodies and brains may be daily developed for Jesus Christ. Control for us all that we do today. Then, as we stand upon our feet and go from this room, may we realize that we are God's own buildings, his temples, and may we adorn these temples with beautiful character. In the Saviour's name. Amen."

Saturday, August 15, 2009

August 15

"Most merciful and ever-loving God, we long to live lives of service that we may relieve the opressed and lighten heavy burdens. We have been so selfish and blind that often we have depended upon the form of godliness, and denied the power thereof. May we begin to correct theis error today. For Jesus' sake. Amen."

Monday, July 13, 2009

July 13

"O God, our blessed Father, may we count all human things as nothing that we may win and keep Christ. May we be found in him, wiht no righteousness of our own, save that of faith. Oh, may we attain and apprehend Jesus Christ. In his name. Amen."

Friday, June 26, 2009

June 26

"O you who are a God of action, help us to do your will day by day, and show that we love you by our Christian activity. May we never be listless hearers, but listening doers. May receiving mean responding with every one of us. For Jesus' sake. Amen."

Saturday, June 20, 2009

June 20

"Our just and true God, we thank you that fearless men have ever been chosen in every generation to remedy wrong. We thank you that you are speaking today to us. May we hear and heed. Faithful and firm in you may your servants today convince our age of the evil of self-indulgence and dishonesty that men may turn to righteous living. In Jesus' name. Amen."

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

June 18

"Our loving Lord, may we so live that you may be able to speak well of us. Within the inner realm of our lives may we be pure and true, great in the things which appeal to you, and loyal to your own truth. Amen."

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

May 27

"We thank you that your throne, O God, is for ever and ever. Help us with you to love righteousness and hate iniquity. May we value your steadfast Word, and never let it slip. Help us to see Jesus. May he be crowned with glory and honor in our lives from day to day. Amen."

Sunday, March 29, 2009

March 30

"Our loving God, may we, too, live the life of the righteous. May we never forget you, but do your will this and every day. When others curse you and your chosen ones, may we bless and honor you, but with all sincerity and truth. In Christ's name. Amen."

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

March 3

"Almighty and ever-blessed God, our hearts cry out to you that in sending the gospel story to the nations of the earth our own Christian nations may not disregard and disobey the laws. May we remember you, your day, your Word, your sanctuary, the home, and honest, pure and kindly life. Amen."