Isaiah 40:28-29

Lord God, thank You for You are an everlasting and unchanging God. We ask
You to renew our hope and strength and help us to trust in You alone especially when
we are faced with a difficult challenge. Remind us always that You are on our side
and let Your strength be our strength every step of the way. In Jesus name. Amen

Isaiah 40:30-31
Lord, help us change our attitude while we wait on You. May we wait on You
with trust and anticipation. Give us the courage to face the challenges that come our
way so that even if many times we fail we will still move ahead bold and confident
and faithfully wait on You. In Jesus name. Amen

2 Chronicles 7:14
We always study and hear about the Word of God but many times our actions
and character fail to reflect His Words. Disobedience often leads us to dire
consequences. Despite what we are going through there’s always a chance for us to
examine ourselves and make things right by trusting in God and have the confidence
that He is in control of everything. God wants us to cry out for revival. Let us pray
that God will bring revival in us and our family.
We should understand that a revived person is a forgiven being. Let’s not be a
prisoner of the past for He has already forgiven us when we asked for it. He is
continuously pursuing us and He wants us to pursue the things He desire. We may
have a lot of excuses but thanks God for we never run out of a chance to change by
allowing Him to reign in our lives.
We may sometimes.feel like no one is with us..as if others are ignoring God’s
message to them through us. Still, keep standing for He will give us the strength to
stand.
Heavenly Father, forgive us for living life our own way in the past. We pray
that You bring revival in us. Let us walk in a new direction as we allow You to reign
in our hearts and infuse us with a love for others. In Jesus name. Amen

James 2:26
We can all say that we believe in the message about God, Jesus, salvation, etc.
However, believing is not enough in order for us to be made right with God. Our
character must show it. If we believe in something but our words and actions don’t
show it then we are just fooling ourselves. Faith without work and work without faith
is useless. Our faith must be shown by our deeds and our deeds must show our faith.

Prayer: Forgive us Lord for having faith in you but sometimes our actions
does not reflect it. Remind us always that we will not be justified by what we believe
only but should be coupled with obedience as well. In Jesus name. Amen

Matthew 18:6
” But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it
would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be
drowned in the depths of the sea.”

As Christians, we should have the burning desire to help new ones in the
Christian faith to grow in their relationship with God. Their spiritual maturity should
be our concern and things that may cause them to lose faith must be avoided. We
should not be the reason for them to sin.

Prayer: Lord, forgive us when sometimes we make others stumble especially new ones
in the faith because of our poor example or weak character. Let us have a child-like
character for us to serve You with all humility. Make us as a good example for others
to follow and let our words and actions draw them closer to You. In Jesus name.
Amen

2 Corinthians 1:3-5
The Lord is so good and His mercy endures forever. It’s comforting to know
that He is exceedingly merciful that in challenging situations we can still feel His
love. There is no solid comfort but what comes from Him.

1 Peter 5:10
“And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after
you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm
and steadfast.”

Each of us has its own experience and stories about trials, pain and sufferings.
We all suffer and encounter problems every now and then that sometimes we lose
hope. Problems are inevitable and may either make us or break us. As long as we trust
in God and have the confidence that He has our future in His hands then giving up is
never option. At the end of the day, He will restore and strengthen us if we never give
up.

Prayer:
Lord, thank You so much for we can always feel Your presence. In the midst
of trials we can still feel Your love. Help us understand that these suffferings are
meant for us to learn and grow in our relationship with You. Thank You Lord for we
know that You will restore our hope and strengthen us if we hold on to Your wisdom.

Psalms 37:23-24

“If the LORD delights in a man's way,

he makes his steps firm;

though he stumble, he will not fall,

for the LORD upholds him with his hand.”

No one is perfect but God. God doesn’t expect us to learn everything in just
one setting or a short period of time. Learning is a continuous process. As long as we
are living we will not stop commiting mistakes. Likewise, we will not stop learning.
God knows that on the process we will stumble. We all stumble as a result of bad
choices and wrong decisions. However, we always have the opportunity to make
things right when we stumble. He will lift us up if we humble ourselves to Him.
Prayer:

Heavenly Father, we acknowledge that we are not perfect. We make sinful

decisions every now and then. Use these mistakes as a humbling experience for us.
Help us to make the right choice when we are in a dilemma and to make progressively
better choices for our lives. We are so grateful for we know that You will raise us up
if we submit ourselves to You. We firmly believe that we have made the right
decision to serve You.

Luke 12:20-21 (New Living Translation)

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get
everything you worked for?’

“Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship
with God.”

There are lot of things money can do. It can buy our physical needs, provide
us luxuries and can even give us momentary happiness but certainly it can’t buy our
salvation. We should not forget that our God can satisfy all our needs and grant us all
our desires. Thus, do not trade the things that money can buy to the things that God
can provide.

Jehovah Jireh, our Great Provider, thank You for Your provisions, non-stop
blessings and everything You have done to us. We believe that You can meet all our
needs. Bestow us our needs as well as our desires. Teach us not to invest in temporal
things but on things that are eternal.

Isaiah 59:1-2
“
Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save,
nor his ear too dull to hear.

But your iniquities have separated you from your God;

your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.”

When we pray we always ask God to do us a favor...to grant us our desires, get
us out of a bad situation, etc. Whatever we are asking Him there are times when we
feel like He’s not hearing us and not answering our prayers. We start to question why
and answer our own question by thinking that maybe because He wants to give us
something better than what we asked Him. After a long time we get frustrated and
think and act things that will make things worse. Of course God can grant us
everything we could ask Him but still many prayers are unanswered. Why? It’s
because our sins have separated us from God. He doesn’t want sin to go unpunished
and doesn’t want us to be separated eternally from Him. There are unanswered
prayers because God loves us. He is answering some prayers by not answering them.
He wants us to realize our mistakes and learn from them. It doesn’t mean that we will
not sin anymore for we all sin and fall short of the glory of God. God wants us to stop
commiting the same mistakes repeatedly and for us to be aware of our thoughts,
words and actions. Unanswered prayers are God’s gift to us. They help us to
progressively improve our relationship with God which will eventually give Him a
reason to answer our prayers. He loves us so much and will answer our prayers or if
not He will give us something better if we will love Him back.

Prayer:

Lord, thank You for answered prayers as well as unanswered prayers.We

believe that You can give us everything we desire. However, we acknowledge that
there are prayers that You will not answer because our inequities are preventing our
communication with You. Enable us to to understand that unanswered prayers is Your
way to make us learn and continuously grow in our relationship with You. Thank You
for we are believe that You will bestow upon us whatever we ask You or probably
even give us more than our desires if we will seek You first above anything else.

Psalms 23:1

“The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.”

A shepherd will do everything to feed, protect and care for his sheep. The
Lord is our Shepherd and we are the sheep. He will guide, shield, feed and comfort us.
He knows all our needs and we will not be in need for He can and will provide us our
needs when we conform to His Words. However, like a sheep who gets lost when it
goes to explore things outside its home we dare to explore and discover new things
outside His will. We are like a lost sheep when we divert our attention to the ways of
this world. Of course a shepherd will go and look for his sheep when it gets lost. The
good thing about our Shepherd is that He still has His eyes on us even when we are
lost. We maybe are lost but we are not missing in His sight. He doesn’t want us to live
a life outside His promise so He will continue to pursue us. He will give us what we
need which are trials and experiences that are not meant to harm us but to help us to
think, make a change and finally go back to Him.

Prayer:

Lord, thank You very much for Your provisions, blessings, guidance and
protection. Thank You very much for we shall not lack for You can and will continue
to meet our needs when we continue to serve and follow You. Sometimes we get lost
but we are thankful because You will always make a way for us to find our path
leading back to you.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

“....There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own hurt.”(NIV)

“...A man sometimes makes life hard for others. But he ends up hurting
himself.” (New International Reader’s Version)

Hurting others is one way of hurting ourselves. There are many ways of
hurting others. One is using our power over others in the wrong way. Making
ourselves superior than others may hurt others as well as ourselves, and eventually our
relationship with God. We may be superior than others in some aspects but using it
the wrong way can have a repercussion. It will make others feel insecure which may
change how they see us and deal with us. On the other hand, if we make others feel at
ease with us, we will bring in respect and loyalty.

“When we hurt others, we end up hurting ourselves.”

Prayer:

Lord, forgive the times we exercise power without thinking that sometimes we
hurt others and as a result it impairs our relationship. Enable us Lord to deal with
others with respect and humility. Help us to treat others as much as how we treat
ourselves so as not to make them feel inferior and uncomfortable with us.