Monday, February 29, 2016

Daily Worship Guide

This post is my online daily worship guide that is organized and provides focus for my daily worship efforts.  My goal is to invest at least 60 to 90 minutes daily among the seven areas specified below.  I need the structure that this guide provides for me.

Father GOD I pray that you will grant me Godly wisdom for today, and that your SPIRIT will enable me to pursue holiness, godliness, and to pray without ceasing today.  Open the eyes of my heart that I will see spiritual truths from your WORD, and create a clean heart in me. Thank you for loving me and for sending your only SON to take the punishment for my sins and for the SPIRIT of life that has set me free from the law of sin and death.  What GOD Is Like

Walking By The Holy Spirit

The Love of Christ Compels Us!

Christ-followers in the US live in a secular culture that seems to increasingly turn away from God and the principles upon which this country was founded.  Given this environment, believers need to have a firm grasp of biblical worldview truths, and the two links below spell out biblical truths in a brief, but substantially complete way.

101 Biblical Worldview Truths

Biblical Worldview Truths - With Scriptures

How To Live Your Life Free From Sin

The Key To Overcoming for the Christ-follower

Spiritual Blessings in Christ Jesus

Even though as believers we are not under the Law but under Grace, we still have the effects of our old life under the Law imprinted in our minds---A Law mindset is an old way of thinking that causes us to rely on our performance to make things happen.

Heaven Is Beyond Your Wildest Expectations

The Spiritual Discipline of Prayer

Nine Characteristics of Biblical Prayer

Conditions to Answered Prayer

Right Now Media

Attacks on Christians in US Double in 3 Years

Jihad Watch

Few Extremists in Islam--That's a Myth!

144000 American Muslims Not Peaceful:Franklin Graham

Forget Too Big To Fail--The Government Is Too Big To Work

Americans, Your Government Is At War With You!

The Illusion of Freedom in America

I:  Songs of Praise

I am not gifted with music, but I love good music, and the songs below speak to me and move me closer to God, my heavenly Father.  As you will notice below, The Gaither Vocal Band is my style for gospel music.

II:  Psalms of Praise & Favorite Proverbs

Praising God using the Psalms is very helpful, and the prayer Psalms come right from the hearts of men.
III:  Bible Readings and Study

I need to feast on God's word for the food for my spirit, just as my body needs food to live.  For too long I have ignored my need for spiritual food.



IV:  Renewing My Mind

I need to be transformed by the renewing my mind with God's truth and wisdom to minimize my reliance on the wisdom of this world.


V: Prayer

Prayer is my communications link with God, where I can praise Him, and bring my needs to Him.

Daily Fellowship With GOD

    Father God, I pray that You will once again equip me with the full armor of God so that when evil comes, I may be able to stand my ground (v. 13).

    Equip me, Lord:
    • With the belt of truth (v. 14). May Your truth rule in my heart and be in my mind and on my lips today.

    • With the breastplate of righteousness (v. 14). Apart from You there is no righteousness, but through Jesus I have been “born again” and made righteous in Your sight. May I live as a righteous person.

    • With feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the Gospel of peace (v. 15). May I reflect the Gospel in my words and actions, that through me, with my every encounter, others may be drawn one step closer to You.

    • With the shield of faith (v.16). May I take You at Your word concerning promises about the present and future—promises of everlasting love, abundant life, and so much more.

    • With the helmet of salvation (v. 17). Remind me that nothing can separate me from Your love and that by grace I’ve been saved. In Your grace, help me to say “no” to all ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live a self-controlled, upright, and godly life (Titus 2:12,13).

    • And with the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God (v. 17). May Your Holy Spirit reign in my life and bring to my mind just the right Bible verses to be in my heart and on my lips. May I be “filled with the Spirit” and ready with Scripture as You were, Jesus, when the devil tempted You.

    • Finally, keep me in an attitude of prayer (v. 18). Remind me to “pray in the Spirit on all occasions.” Cause me to be alert and always praying for the saints; to be joyful and to give thanks in everything (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).

    Thank You that You hear the prayers of Your people, and that I am Your child. Help me to be Your person in this world to-day—salt and light, moment by moment.daily

    The New Testament teaches us that we are to pray:
    • With faith:  "All things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive." (Mt. 21:22)
    • According to God's will:  "This is the confidence we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us." (I John 5:14-15)
    • In the Holy Spirit:  "But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit."  (Jude 20)
    • With devotion:  "rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer"  (Rom. 12:12)
    • With thanksgiving:  "Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving."  (Col. 4:2)
    • Ernestly:  "As we night and day keep praying most earnestly that we may see your face, and may complete what is lacking in your faith" (I Thess 3:10)
    • Being on the alert for all the saints:  "With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints"  (Ephes. 6:18)

    The prayer links below are very helpful.

    VI:  Meditation and Bible Verse Memorization

    Meditating on God's Word helps to transform my thinking to conform to God's will.  It is easier for me to meditate than it is to memorize God's Word.



    VII:  Christian eBooks for Edification and Encouragement

    The books below are ones that I have read numerous times, and will continue to reread, because they reveal the nature of God, and help me to grow spiritually.

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