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DayLight 4.14.14

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manwaterDayLight Scripture -You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.

Psalm 89:9

 

DayLight Prayer – Lord, There are so many people I know who are in such turbulent seas that they may drown. God I ask on their behalf today, that you to throw them a lifeline of your grace. Give them the strength to reach out and grasp your might arm so that they will be saved. Amen.

DayLight 4.13.14

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tearsDayLight Scripture -For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; ‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’ And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

Revelation 7:17

 

DayLight Prayer – Lord, Today my heart mourns for those who have lost loved ones in death. Please comfort my friends in their terrible losses, lift their sorrows, and help them to be sustained by your grace. Amen.

DayLight 4.12.14

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LJcrossDayLight Scripture – Let the people thank you, God!  Let all the people thank you! The earth yields its harvest. God blesses us—our God blesses us!

Psalm 67:5

DayLight Prayer – Lord, I noticed today that you know how to make some very beautiful days, filled with beautiful moments with hugs, laughter, smiles, good friends, and food. For these days, I am so grateful! Amen.

DayLight 4.10.14

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When doves flyDayLight Scripture – Happy are people who make peace, because they will be called God’s children.

Matthew 5:9

DayLight Prayer – Lord, I pray that for every word of aggression that is spoken today, 100 words of gentleness is uttered, and for every word of war, a million words of peace . Amen.

DayLight 4.9.14

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fruit tree with cherry berries picturesDayLight Scripture – Either consider the tree good and its fruit good, or consider the tree rotten and its fruit rotten. A tree is known by its fruit.

Matthew 12:33

DayLight Prayer – Lord, Today I pray for everyone who is trying to be the good fruit to which you intended. Those who struggle with addiction, anger, hatefulness and greed, help each one to live moment to moment if need be…each moment in the light of the good. Amen.

DayLight 4.8.14

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busyDayLight Scripture – Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Matthew 7: 7

DayLight Prayer – Dear Lord, Many days I find myself contemplating the many tasks I have to do. At times it is overwhelming, and I forget that your strength is as near as my prayer. Help me to rely on you, to ask, search and knock on your door for help. Amen.

DayLight 4.7.14

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zzzzsilvermakingDayLight Scripture – Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel will come out for the refiner.

Proverbs 25:4

DayLight Prayer – Lord, today I pray for all people who want to be a perfect vessel for you. Help us to seek you in the dim situations, the overwhelming delimmas, and the foreign actions that we come in contact with. Lord remove the dross of our hearts and fill us with your living Spirit. Amen.

DayLight 4.6.14

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potsDayLight Scripture – The potters take great pains to mold the clay. They make each piece for our use. They make some containers to be used for holy purposes. Others will be used for ordinary purposes. Both pieces are made from the same clay, and both are made in the same way. But the use to which each is put is left up to the judgment of the potter.

Wisdom 15:7

DayLight Prayer – Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me. Make me, mold me, use me, fill me. Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me. Amen.

DayLight 4.5.14

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Wheat near Mount Nemrut, Eastern TurkeyDayLight Scripture  -Some Pharisees asked Jesus, “Why are you breaking the Sabbath law?”

Luke 6:4

DayLight Prayer – Gracious God. Today I pray for those of us who are hungry, and who long to be fed by both food and by your spirit. Let the Lord of the Sabbath nourish us with his grace and his gentle sustenance. Amen.

DayLight 4.4.14

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questioning-terrierDayLight Scripture – Therefore, God named the tower Babel, because there the Lord mixed up the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord dispersed the humans over all the earth.

Genesis 11:9

DayLight Prayer – Gracious Father, I praise you today for helping me understand more than I did yesterday. I know in many situations I have such a long way to go in deciphering what people mean. Help me I pray. Amen.