Opening Prayer As this year comes to a close, Father, thank you for your many blessings, for being at work in me and through me. Thank you for the gift of your Word, for its ministry to me as it enables me to know you better and walk more closely with you. Read PHILIPPIANS 4:10-23 Thanks […]
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Opening Prayer As I read your Word today, Lord God, open my mind and heart to its truths and change me through them. I want others to see that I am changed because of the gospel. Read PHILIPPIANS 4:2-9 2 I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. 3 Yes,
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Opening Prayer Father God, thank you for your faithfulness to me. Thank you that all of your promises are ‘Yes’ and ‘Amen.’ Read PHILIPPIANS 3:12 – 4:1 12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of
Opening Prayer As I come to your Word today, Father, help me to understand the truths in your teachings; use them to change me. Read PHILIPPIANS 3:1-11 No Confidence in the Flesh 3 Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it
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Opening Prayer Holy Spirit, thank you for the ways you have worked in me to bring me to faith in Jesus and enable me to follow him. I look to you to increase my faith and help me follow him more closely. Read PHILIPPIANS 2:19-30 Timothy and Epaphroditus 19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send
Opening Prayer Gracious God, in Jesus, we have the absolute assurance that we will spend eternity with you. Thank you for your plan, worked out from the beginning, to make me your own. Read PHILIPPIANS 2:12-18 Do Everything Without Grumbling 12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much
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Opening Prayer Light of the World, today I celebrate your birth and thank you for your presence in my life. Grant that your light would shine through me to bless those around me. Read PHILIPPIANS 2:5-11 5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature[a] God, did not consider
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Opening Prayer Father in heaven, as I anticipate celebrating the birth of your Son, give me opportunity to share with others the hope that is mine because of your gift in him. Read PHILIPPIANS 1:27 – 2:4 Life Worthy of the Gospel 27 Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether
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Opening Prayer Lord Jesus, fill me with your presence today. I pray that your love will overflow through me to those I love this season. May they see you in me. Read PHILIPPIANS 1:18b-26 18 But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached.
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Opening Prayer In this special season of anticipation, Father, help me to be attentive to what truly matters. Help me to be prepared to give reason for the hope that is mine because of Jesus. Read PHILIPPIANS 1:12-18a Paul’s Chains Advance the Gospel 12 Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters,[a] that what has happened to
