Weekly Devotional

Opening Prayer:

Almighty God, you have sent Jesus to take our nature upon himself and to be for us sign and Savior.  Grant that by the power of your spirit Christ may be born within us today to the end that our  ministry may be pleasing to you and helpful to your people.  We pray in the name and spirit of Christ.  Amen.

Daily Scripture Readings:

Monday :: Matthew 23: 1-36
Tuesday :: Matthew 20: 20-28
Wednesday :: Matthew 6: 1-24
Thursday :: Matthew 6: 25-34
Friday :: Matthew 5: 1-11
Saturday :: Matthew 5: 13-20
Sunday :: Matthew 16: 21-28

Reading:

And you, too, youthful reader, will realize the Vision (not the idle wish) of your heart, be it base or beautiful, or a mixture of both, for you will always gravitate toward that which you, secretly, most love.  Into your hands will be placed the exact results of your own thoughts; you will receive that which you earn; no more, no less.  Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain, or rise with your thoughts, your Vision, your Ideal.  You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration…

In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.  Chance is not.  “Gifts,” powers, material, intellectual, and spiritual possessions are the fruits of effort; they are thoughts completed, objects accomplished, visions realized.

The Vision that you glorify in your mind, the Ideal that you enthrone in your heart - this you will build your life by, this you will become.

-From As a Man Thinketh by James Allen

Prayer:

A – Adoration
C – Confession
T – Thanks
S – Supplication (Joys and Concerns of Our People)

Excerpts from: A Guide to Prayer for Ministers and Other
Servants– Rueben P. Job, Norman Shawchuck