16th Nisan Wednesday 24th April Month of Miracles celebration. An extra worship song each day for the month of Nisan. There Is A King Of Glory Highly Exalted Matthew 18 v12:14 Your desire to seek and save the lost is ever a boon to us, Father in Heaven. We all need Your forgiveness, without grace not one of us could be counted worthy of reentry into Your courts. Yet You have made a Way. You have opened a door. You have extended the hand of mercy towards all who would receive it. Today help us grasp this fully, we pray. Help us take hold of the promise as it takes hold of us. Help us to honour, revere and give thanks to You by accepting the transforming power and turning from sin in each and every portion of our lives. We know that we cannot do this in our own strength, so please let Your Spirit be our light and guide in illuminating the places in our lives where change needs to come. Open Your word to us that we may see, know and understand Your teaching and right way to live and may we be encouraged to listen and act upon what You lead us in, in Jesus's name and for Your glory and the coming of Your Kingdom upon the earth. Amen. Goodness Of God ​ 15th Nisan Tuesday 23rd April Month of Miracles celebration. An extra worship song each day for the month of Nisan. Ancient Words Ancient Gates Hebrews 13 v8:21 You are the First And The Last, You are the Beginning And The End. You have made all things and all things have been made through You. You are God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. On the day of Passover You were betrayed and crucified on the Cross. The day following was the full twenty four hour period that You spent in the Earth, in the place beyond called Sheol or Hell. We do not know if You rested, as was Your custom to keep the Sabbath, but what we do know that You rose again on the day after this, spotless and blameless, with the authority over the earth and all the things in it in Your hands. Ever true, Ever victorious. There are those who believe religion to be outmoded, unneeded in such days of 'enlightenment' as these, yet, in truth, the days have been never darker for mankind, never more perched on the precipice of complete destruction such as these now, and only Your word correctly interprets them and offers the hope that can breathe life, comfort, peace and rest on those who would turn and hear what You have to say. The Living God talking and communing with His living people. Help us know Your will and direction, Lord, this day, in Jesus's name, amen. Ancient Of Days 14th Nisan Monday 22nd April Month of Miracles celebration. An extra worship song each day for the month of Nisan. Passover. I Need Thee Every Hour Abide With Me ​Exodus 12 v1:28 It says elsewhere in Your Word, Father, "teach us to number our days, that a heart of wisdom we might gain." We see in today's passage Your exactness, Your intimacy and Your care. Your people had sojourned with the Egyptians over long, and for their bounty they had become punished and reviled. Where once they had been seen as great servants and welcome guests, they had now become only slaves, and even slaves caused to make bricks without straw and give up their first born unto death. So You raised up a leader and set in motion a plan to deliver Your people out of captivity, that both they and their enemies may see and know that You were the Lord. Not a god made of stone or metal, but the Living God, the Maker of the Heavens and The Earth. O Lord! Cause us to guard our hearts from going hard this day, to come to You in thanksgiving, humility and praise. This is the day that You have made. If we are not held captive, if we have food and clothing for the day, then let us count ourselves as blessed and be stirred to help others less fortunate than ourselves. And, if our condition is truly a lowly one, may we look and trust in You to provide and overcome, and may we celebrate You and give thanks and praise all the same and more, for You are truly worthy of all honour and praise, amen. I Can Sing Of Your Love Forever ​ 13th Nisan Sunday 21st April Continuing the 'Month of Miracles' celebration for Nisan with an extra song of worship. The evening of the Last Supper, the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Delight Creation Is Waiting Mark 14 v12:26 What a fabulous and detailed account of Your last meal on earth is given here in Mark's gospel, Lord God. How each of the things of prophecy, both near and far, began to move into place. You were to become the Passover Lamb for all of mankind, You were already he unleavened bread, the bread broken in remembrance of the swift exit from Egypt so many years before. In the communion offering You moved the external sacrifice of grain and blood into the internal sacrifice, marking the progression from our external relationship with You to an internal one. Amazing love! Amazing grace! That You would give Your life that we may see and understand. That we then, in turn, may choose to set down our own lives and be born again to follow You. Strengthen us in our day and journey, we pray, as You were strengthened in resolution and Spirit to continue in Yours. Amen. His Love 12th Nisan Saturday 20th April Continuing our celebration of the Month of Miracles and a double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Sing To Me Of Heaven Leave Me Astounded Ezekiel 1 v1:28 The visions that we have of Your holy place leave us in awe and wonder. What is clear is that it is beyond our ability to comprehend whilst we remain bound by this world that we live in. Magnificent as it is, it is but a fractured and broken copy of the truth, one cursed to wrestle with man throughout his lifelong sojourn here. Yet we can sense it, Lord. In Your word, in Your presence. So open up the gates today, we pray, that we may be shrouded by its bliss, washed over and buoyed up by its bounty. That we may see its beauty in our mind's eye and know its splendour in our rest. You are the Maker of the Heavens and the Earth, our anchor holds within the veil, so bless us this day we pray, with that which we will one day enjoy forever, that we may know You more and testify to others of Your goodness and grace, and of the world that You have set as an inheritance for all who would turn and believe, where sickness, death and corruption have lost their hold and dominion. In Jesus's name we pray, amen. Ezekiel 47 v1:12 Almighty At The Cross ​ 11th Nisan Friday 19th April Month of Miracles celebration. An extra worship song each day for the month of Nisan. Build My Life Behold Our God Psalm 29 There really is no one like You, Lord God. You are far and above, You are the First and the Last, You are the Maker and Creator of All Things. How can we know You? By looking at the world that You have created? By hearing the word that You have inspired. By asking You. These three ways are open, and have ever been open open, to all. Every human that has ever lived since after the Fall. And why is that? It is because You are a God, the God, who wants to be known. Not evident, in your face, stand on top of, "here I am" known, but sought after, revealed, "Lord, who are You?" known. A treasure of great worth. A mystery unraveled. A truth revealed. Even in that revelation, Lord, we find ourselves humbled and at an impasse about how to proceed further, so great is Your magnitude, so deep the depths of You wisdom and grace. So help us this day to know You more. Open our eyes in wonder. Strip away our pretentions and preconceptions, help us see You as You truly are. That we may be changed. That we may tell others. That we may become more a part of You, and less a tattered remnant of matter, excluded from the beauty of Your holiness. In Jesus's name we pray this, amen. My Lighthouse 10th Nisan Thursday 18th April Month of Miracles celebration. An extra worship song each day for the month of Nisan. Consuming Fire https://youtube.com/watch?v=OYxnz-A_b1w ​Lord Of All Hopefulness https://youtube.com/watch?v=VEIXSIwDvNQ Lamentations 3 v1:33 https://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Lamentations+3:1-33&version=NIV You are a God of many names, but not many forms. You do not change, You are the same yesterday, today and forever. You raise up and You set down. You are God. Yes, You are three distinct persons, each performing a specific task, yet You, in Your completeness make up the Godhead. Today, Lord, we pray for help. From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, we will praise You. Be in our finances, in our relationships, in our service to to You. Come alive in us we pray. Amen. Lord Of Patience https://youtube.com/watch?v=KR7jJqf5w_c 9th Nisan Wednesday 17th April Month of Miracles celebration. An extra worship song each day for the month of Nisan. Not Be Moved https://youtube.com/watch?v=TEh7k8GZA2U The River Is Here https://youtube.com/watch?v=UYzEvsws3A4 2 Timothy 3 v1:9 https://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Timothy%203:1-9&version=NKJV A grim picture, painted about a world to come over two thousand years ago. Many are the times it has been claimed as fulfilled since then, so dark and corrupt is the soul of man that crashes against Your doors, Lord God of Israel. Like the citizens of Sodom, it would have its way with the Kingdom of Heaven, given the opportunity, so lost in its hunger and lust as it is. Yet You have made a way and called a people, Father. You have caused the gamut of this world's history in an ineffable and inevitable plan for redemption and perfect peace, a plan whose fruit is found by those that answer the call. Whilst we cannot express our gratitude enough at the majesty and splendour of it all, we can choose to praise You. We can choose to take up our cross each day, hopeful of showing each person we meet, whether near or far, friend or family, or even foe, somethi9ng of the One who died for us and made us clean. In Jesus's name, amen. I Love Your Presence https://youtube.com/watch?v=xPaMFmPdgoM 8th Nisan Tuesday 16th April Month of Miracles celebration. An extra worship song each day for the month of Nisan. Firm Foundation Heart Of Worship John 8 v21:31 It is not our desire to insult You, Father God, or to mock Your Son, Jesus. And yet we find ourselves, at times, in conditions of unforgiveness, ingratitude, hostility, vanity, arrogance and pride. Such it is that the thing that was once within us seeks to usurp Your rule and authority. Although we have been washed clean, made righteous and anew, within our sinews and marrow there is the essence of the old man trying to get in. This is where we need Your word, Your truth, Your throne. We need to get back to You and look to You, ever mindful of forsaking the things that we one were, ever thankful of Your long arm and saving grace, ever trusting that despite ourselves, You are able to save. Help us learn the cost of our failures, Lord, so that we may come to value what You have given freely to overcome them. Help us stand against the old man, and be resolute and disciplined in our walk, way and practice. May we be sensitive to Your Spirit's prompting when we err, and may we be diligent in studying Your word enough to rightly discern our attitude and direction. That we may one day stand as good and faithful servants before You. Amen. Set A Fire ​ 7th Nisan Monday 15th April Month of Miracles celebration. An extra worship song each day for the month of Nisan. Jesus, Be The Centre Blessed Assurance Proverbs 3 v13:23 Oh, Lord, to have You at the centre of our being, our complete focus, our undivided attention. Yet we are prone to wander, to roam. Help us Lord this day, strengthen us in discipline, deepen our desire, cause us to look to You, only to You, in great things and small things, in blessing and in trial. May we frame each and every situation as laying them down at Your feet. You are the centre, You are the Rock, our Comfort, our Guide, let us return to You again and again this day, for Your glory and name's sake. Amen. Thy Word Is A Lamp Unto My Feet ​ 6th Nisan Sunday 14th April Month of Miracles celebration. An extra worship song each day for the month of Nisan. My Saviour Loves, My Saviour Lives Daniel 9 Prayer Song 1 Kings 19 v1:13 In the days of old, even Your prophets sometimes cried out in desperation and exasperation, Lord God of Israel. As if, as it says in the text, that the journey was too much for them. Yet You are a God of mercy and provisions and, where our spirits fail, Yours is more than able to overcome. It is because You see clearly and perfectly, and though You tenderly care for Your stricken children, it is often only around the next corner or over the next hilltop they need to go. Embolden and soothe your children today, Father God, as this world seems so set on its own destruction. Lift us and connect us with others, we pray, that we may be encouraged and built up, that we might in turn encourage others. Your Kingdom will come upon the earth. You will do and accomplish all that You have set out to do. Amen and glory hallelujah. And amen! Days Of Elijah 5th Nisan Saturday 13th April A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Continuing in celebration of the 'Month of Miracles' for Nisan. I Will Sing The Wondrous Story Fine Deuteronomy 32 v9:14 You have a heart and mind for Your people, Lord God of Israel. Towards both those that rejected You and those who have become welcome in under the New Covenant, You have remained faithful and true. Your desire is that they turn and return to You. In the great and the small things, then, You can and will respond each and every time they call, each time that they call You first and, according to Your word, "Lean not on their own understanding." Help us in this, today, Lord. To give ourselves over to You, to float in the waters of Your divine love. To go where You send us, to speak the words You would have us speak. And, above all, let us glorify You in the doing of this, that those around us may know that it is not by might or power that we live and overcome, but by Your Spirit alive within us. Thank You, Lord, and blessings be to Your name and day. Amen. ​Ephesians 1 v10:18 ​ Dame Tus Ojos (English version) ​ For The Beauty Of The Earth 4th Nisan Friday 12th April Month of Miracles celebration. An extra worship song each day for the month of Nisan. Shout To The North Ancient Of Days Leviticus 6 v8:13 In days of old You laid down a law for Your people, a way to mark them as distinct and different from the other people around them, a way of teaching them and guiding them in the way that they should go, filling their days with obedience and ritual, revealing Yourself through Your wisdom and prophets, a life lived to the fullest through an identity gained exclusively through You. We live now in the days since Your coming to earth, Your fulfilment of prophecies spoken and revealed through the ages. The sacrifice for sin has been made once and for all, the unquenchable fire now lit in the hearts of Your people forever. We ask that Your Spirit fan the flames of that fire within us today, Father, that we might gain a heart of wisdom and declare the word of Your Spirit of Truth. Fall on us and flare in us. Come, Holy Spirit, we pray. Amen. Peculiar People ​ 3rd Nisan ​Thursday 11th April Month of Miracles celebration. An extra worship song each day for the month of Nisan. ​Beautiful Amazing Grace John 3 v14:21 You were confident in Your identity and purpose during Your ministry on Earth, Lord God Almighty. You sent Your Son, Your very self, to fulfil that which had been written, to bring about the necessary change that would redeem Your people to Yourself. In Your discussion with Nicodemus You reveal the need for those that follow You to be born again, and that faith and not works was the only way to receive salvation. Glory hallelujah! That You would make a way so simple and so direct to the Father's heart, glory hosanna! That You would open that way to all who would receive. Amazing grace, indeed. So, today we give thanks and praise to You, Lord of Lords and King of Kings, amen! I Am No Victim ​ 2nd Nisan Wednesday 10th April Month of Miracles celebration. An extra worship song each day for the month of Nisan. I'm Gonna Clap My Hands Deep Cries Out Matthew 18 v1:14 Your word tells us that the Good News of Your Son, Jesus, who is the Christ, is foolishness to those who are perishing. Yet we read here that it is Your desire that not one should perish. So today we pray and intercede for the foolish, and ask for opportunity to speak Your words of comfort and truth in simple terms that they can understand, that they may be turned and convicted of the sacrifice that You made, and the payment necessary for the forgiveness of our sins. There is not one man or woman better than another in Your eyes for, "all have fallen short of the glory of God." Yet You persist in Your pursuit, and we ask that we join You in it today, for Your glory and name's sake, amen. Beautiful Day 1st Nisan Tuesday 9th April He Who Would Valiant Be Praise Luke 9 v1:17 Oh! That a heart of pilgrimage we might gain, O God! Not to some place or relic venerated by men, but from this life into the next, the great journey to the Most Holy place, a place at Your feet in Heaven. A willingness to respond, hear and do. A readiness to bless, pray, heal, rebuke, forgive and cast out. A dedication to follow and obey. To serve You without question, through discipline, receipt of blessing and fear. In each and every witness of the saints, in each and every testimony of salvation to You, our Great and Good God, we hear the joy unrivalled, the passion unfettered, the lives set free and the transformation so complete as to be synonymous with being born again. Press us into this service in this month of miracles, O Lord, guide us in and on the right path to You in this new and glorious year, for Your name's sake and glory everlasting. Amen. 29th Veadar Monday 8th April Jesus In The Morning Jesus Messiah Luke 7 v11:23 It says elsewhere, Lord, that the world could scarcely contain all the books needed to write down the miracles that You performed during Your short ministry here on Earth. It is a wonder to think that people ever left Your presence at all, so great were the works that were on display. In raising the dead and causing the blind to see, Your performed signs and wonders beyond almost anything that had been seen previously. In doing this repeatedly, before many witnesses, You far exceeded any and all that had gone before You. Stir in our lives and in our prayers today, Lord, delight us in who You are, seated on the throne of the Most High, acknowledged before all as the Name Above All Names and the Firstborn Among All Creation. You are Jesus, called Yeshua, the Messiah. You are the sovereign and living God, the Maker and Creator of All Things. Amen. And glory hallelujah! And amen. 28th Veadar Wednesday 7th April Better Is One Day God Of Wonders Zechariah 4 v9:14 Your eternal house is the place where we wish to dwell, King of Heaven. In Your city, in its streets. Out in the country where the lion and the lamb sit down together. Without anxiety or stress, with perfect knowledge and perfect peace. In the company of You and Your Son, and the celebration of all the saints through all of the ages. And Your Heavenly Host, Lord, Your angels that have toiled so hard upon our behalf. We thank You for them all, and look forward to that day. Yet Lord, if there is still work on earth to do, help us set to it with joy and thanksgiving. These are the stories we will share in that beautiful place, and we thank You for equipping us and blessing us with the same, for Your glory and name's sake. Amen. ​ 27th Veadar Saturday 6th April Healer How Great Thou Art 2 Chronicles 15 v1:8 You are the river of life that flows through every repentant heart, Lord God of Israel. It is Your Spirit, poured out, that runs through our soul and veins. As we live, as we walk, that testimony of change should also flow out of us and into the lives of others. We are renewed in Spirit, renewed in mind, born again. In word, in deed, in truth, in essence, we have been transformed, healed and set free. Glory be to You, Lord of Lords and King of Kings! Only You could so set a person free! Yet, in that freedom, our true peace comes from a recommitment, dedication and surrender to You, wholly and abundantly, that we may answer Your call and serve at Your feet. Most High, Elohim, we love You and thank You and look to You to serve You. Lead us, teach us, guide us, send us, we pray, in Jesus's mighty and precious name, amen. Ephesians 4 v17:19 I Will Worship With All My Heart 26th Veadar Friday 5th April I Love Your Presence Overwhelmed John 15 v20:27 There are those that claim that we can be 'slain in the Spirit.' So overwhelmed as to be unable to move, weighed down by the weight of our inadequacy in the face of Your magnificence. In truth, if our lives were truly considered, this would be our condition each and every day, so great is the disparity between Maker and Made. Even battle hardened Roman soldiers fell back and to the ground when You answered the call of their captain, before Your arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane. There are some that claim that such a thing cannot be, that people merely pretend. And yet we see in Your scriptures those prophets and even Your Son prostrate before You. Let us be in that presence today, Father. Let us experience that deep degree of awe. That even the hard hearts, or those who follow after different spirits may sense and know the One, True God and be humbled, in Jesus's name. Amen. ​ 25th Veadar Thursday 4th April See A Victory We Plough The Fields And Scatter Zephaniah 1 v10:18 How wrapped in delusion must a person be to believe that Your destruction will not come upon the earth? Who can so ignore Your words? Who can believe themselves so righteous? Who can have their ears so tickled as to ignore what You have declared from the beginning? When we talk about victory, about salvation, about a fight, we must also talk of a victor, a rescue, a transformational change. To believe that we can carry on in sin and idolatry in perpetuity is folly, even foolishness. No wonder Your word declares, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Today, Lord, we pray for people wrapped in such delusion. We pray and intercede for Your long and righteous right hand to reach them. To lift them from the miry clay, to open their eyes, to unstop their ears. May Your Holy Spirit give us words to speak that they might hear, may we be lights in the darkness for Your name's sake. These are Your children, people of Your world that You died to save, and we grieve with you at their passing, at their arrogance, their pride, their folly, such as we once practiced and knew. Please, Lord, touch them as You once touched us, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, our Messiah, amen. 24th Veadar Wednesday 3rd April Psalm 23 Rise Up And Praise Him Job 16 In Your word it states that You hate a false witness, Lord of Hosts. While, as the Great Shepherd, You provide comfort and rest to Your flock, Job's friends bring only rebuke and criticism in his time of need. Job laments that this makes his position even worse, not realising that his predicament is the result of the Enemy's intervention in his life. Yet You trusted in his faith that, even in the face of opposition from the most powerful being on earth, Job would remain a servant and follower of You, the Most High. In return, You would reveal Yourself to him and open his eyes from blind faith to a walking witness, a direct relationship with the Living Elohim. May these words and these songs strengthen our faith today, Lord, in a world beset by criticism and fear, may we stand up, and speak up, for the simple and elegant truth of the Kingdom of Heaven, that it may, by degrees, come to settle upon the earth. For Your glory and name's sake, the Name Above All Names, Jesus, Yeshua, the Messiah, amen. ​ 23rd Veadar Tuesday 2nd April Hallelujah, Jesus Is Alive Our God Is Able Colossians 1 v9:22 More than able, more than sufficient. Lord God Your grace is such that Your victory is won, according to Your word, not by power and not by might, but by Your Spirit. What Jesus carried through the grave; what was poured out upon the whole earth after His return to Heaven. And this is what you say lives in us, those who call and turn, who respond to You calling and loving them first. Yet Your gift is not to remain a seed, unquenched and only part open, but it should burst forth like a wellspring, filling Your Chosen people and pouring out into those around them as water or light, as oil or breath. Hallelujah! We declare. Jesus is alive! Amen! 22nd Veadar Monday 1st April I'm Forever Grateful He Lives ​1 Peter 3 v10:12 Peter was Your disciple when You were here on earth, Lord Jesus. You patiently moulded him and trusted that he would become the apostle and elder of Your new found church, You fashioned a cool and patient servant from a hot headed individual. Here, in these words, we hear too of Peter's own experience as well as his understanding of scripture. Here we can sense how the man who struck off the guard's ear with a sword and denied You three times came to right understanding and right relationship with You. Help us in these things today, Lord. intercede to the Father to give us grace where we have weakness. Aid us in our overcoming, even if Your rod and staff are needed to bring us to that place of eventual comfort. For You mean more than life to us and we need Your strength and correction to carry on. For the Father's glory and in Your name we pray, amen. ​ ​21st Veadar Sunday 31st March Light A Fire Again This Is What You Do Psalm 55 v16:23 An empty Cross and an empty grave. The fate assigned to You by Your enemies completely overturned. This is what You do. This is how You have foreseen it all along, the gift was in His body, the propitiation for all of our sins relied upon His guiltless disposition. Praise be to the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings, who made a mockery of shame and death and turned the best laid plans of Satan to dust before his eyes. Hosanna! Hosanna! To the real victory of the Most High. Thanks be to the God of Israel, that whilst other religions offer sacrifices of work, we can celebrate with joy, praise and thanksgiving the One who sacrificed Himself and made all of life possible. Praise be to God! Praise be to the One Who Sits Enthroned Forever! Amen! 20th Veadar Saturday 30th March Showers Of Blessing Lord I Need You Ezra 7 v18:23 To raise these questions, to seek the truth, is to pursue after You, Lord. Yet, in truth and at the same time, to receive You is to be still and surrender. How glorious Your ways in all the earth! Today we celebrate the Sabbath in the Christian tradition where Your body remained in the earth for a full day, in a month we will celebrate the Jewish Passover that is forever tied to the time of Your death. How can we discern which is right? How can we know if it was a leap year in the Jewish calendar in 32 or 33 AD? We must simply trust You. Where we cannot tell or cannot know, we must trust that one day, according to Your word, we will, 'know fully, as we are fully known.' So today, Lord, please help us in soothing our doubt and fears, in allaying those troubles that the Enemy exploits to cause us doubts in our hearts, that we may rest in You and know the peace that You intended for this day, this Sabbath. For Your glory and name's sake, amen. Acts 4 v33:37 I Need You More Comfort Ye ​ 19th Veadar Friday 29th March Strong Tower A Mighty Fortress Is Our God Psalm 91 A place of refuge and strength, a time of refreshment and recovery. Shelter from the storm. Protection from our foes. What is better then that? Who is a God like You? And this is not just these things. Coming closer to You is also assurance, getting to know You more. For You are not a refuge set in stone, but You are alive and powerful, able to respond to each and every attack, each and every call. Father God, in seeking refuge in You today, may we also be like Nehemiah, in bringing our enemies to table before Your throne, that they may gain a sense of who You are, in Jesus's name. Amen. 18th Veadar Thursday 28th March I Will Rise Wonderful Grace Of Jesus Numbers 4 v1:15 You were very specific about how Your people should pack and move in the wilderness, Lord God of Israel. You led them as a fire before them at night and a pillar of cloud by the day. Though we need blessing and direction in these days of transition in grace, we should also give thanks that we are not bound to such rules on pain of death, rather that we have been set free by the love and sacrifice of a Saviour. Help us, through Your word and Spirit, walk in faith and humility for You, we pray, that we may exemplify and give testimony to Your redeeming power to others. In Jesus's name we pray, amen. ​ 17th Veadar Wednesday 27th March Glorified Your Love, O Lord John 15 v13:21 Your love is so great that we have nothing that we can compare it to, Lord God Almighty. So we humble ourselves and thank You for it. You gave up Your Life, You laid it down, as a payment for our sins. Who else would do that? Not just for a known friend or brother, but for every stranger, every lost sheep. You have given us more than we deserve from the moment that we accepted our frailty and Your sovereignty. How can we ask for more? Yet You give it, in abundance. Glory be to the One, the Son, Jesus, who is the Christ. Praises to His name forever. The overcomer of the grave and the vanquisher of the foe. The Lion and the Lamb, the Saviour of the world. Help us receive of what You have given us this day, Yeshua, and help us sew all that You have given us back to You. Through Your mercy and grace may Your love abound to others through Your Spirit, and may we be bold and proclaim and point others to Your story and how it transformed our lives. In Jesus's name we pray, amen. 16th Veadar Tuesday 26th March I Will Sing The Wondrous Story Jesu Christo Basta Psalm 19 v1:11 Words, Lord. Syllables and tones mixed and matched together to ascribe meaning. In whatever the language and whatever the setting. Yet words are what we use to communicate our awe and wonder, our thankfulness and joy, at the knowing of You, at the knowing of each other and the knowing of Your splendid creation. We raise them in praise, we raise them in reading Your word and we raise them in prayer. To You, of You and about You. Glorious God of Israel, Light of the World, Prince of Peace. Thank You for all that You have done, are doing and will do. Thank You for including me in Your plan. Thank You for every word, every inflection, every detail. In English, in Spanish, in every tongue of angels and men, amen! ​ 15th Veadar Monday 25th March I Give You Glory, Glory Hosanna Psalm 44 v1:8 You establish Your people, Lord, and we ask You to establish us in our places of work. Not in conflict and overcoming that we may gain power, but in humility and strength that we foster respect and a inquisitiveness that leads to the question as to where our help comes from. We know and acknowledge that our help comes from the Lord, so we also must show and testify to the same, that Your name may become known and the Good News of Your gospel spread throughout the world. We pray this in the name of Jesus, Your Son. Amen 14th Veadar Sunday 24th March Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God Almighty It Is Well 2 Peter 3 v9:13 ​A place of deliverance, Mighty Lord God of Israel, a place of rest. Our scarred and weary hearts and minds may wonder at such a place. Even the simple logistics of it may bend our thoughts to doubt and fear. Yet You are who You say You are. You have already done such great things before us that we cannot comprehend. The hills will melt like wax before You. So who are we to say what is too hard? Should we better say, "Is anything impossible for our God!?" So come, Lord God, and light the fire in our hearts. You will do what You have declared and You will accomplish it as You have said. And let us join, as one people united in faith, the race, the fight, the calumny, that brings about Your final overcoming, that puts the enemies of light to flight and to the sword. In the mighty and matchless, precious name of Jesus, amen! 13th Veadar Saturday 23rd March A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. ​ ​You Make Beautiful Things Beautiful Day Genesis 1 v20:31 What marks us from the mundane, from the normal? What speaks to us against the scientific and the logical? Beauty, Lord God of Israel, beauty. Like humour and love, lost amongst the backdrop of irreverence and denial, the concept of beauty peppers and colours our landscapes, and points to a great understanding, a divine intention, that supersedes the mundane and even the idea of normalcy. Elsewhere in scripture it declares that we are, "...fearfully and wonderfully made." So, today, Lord, we celebrate and give thanks and dwell on the things of beauty we can think of, and celebrate and give thanks for the faculty to appreciate them, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, the Messiah, amen. Matthew 6 v25:34 You're Beautiful Beyond Description All Things Bright And Beautiful 12th Veadar Friday 22nd March Take me In To The Holy Of Holies Yahweh Matthew 2 v9:13 ​Your hand on our reigns, King of Glory. We have set our path, now we look to You and wait patiently. We pray for response, for direction, yet our trust must ever be set wholly in You. Just look at Your names, Great God of Your People Israel. Provider. Redeemer. Righteousness. Most High. Where else should we put our trust? In which other direction should we go? Into the hands of the Devourer? Along the way of easiness and worldly living? No, Lord. Such things cause us to shudder with fear. You and only You. Your way or no way at all. And yet, we are not You, King of Heaven, so please catch us when we stumble; forgive us when we err. And turn us, guide us, by Your righteous right hand, and lead us home for Your name's sake. Jesus, Yeshua, 'God who saves.' Amen. ​ 11th Veadar Thursday 21st March Abide With Me Who Am I Obadiah v9:18 Lord God of heaven, our souls are downcast. Your temple stands in ruins, Your bride is sullied. Your truth is usurped. The name of Your Son is not revered. You are not feared. Yet You have shown compassion and mercy. You have extended Your patience and grace. Are we to be errant children forever? Your word is clear, and Your Son did not hold back in condemning all those gathered about Him on Your holy hill. How should we expect less? Have You changed? No, You do not. So, Lord, we humble ourselves. We remember our condition. We recognise Your authority and rights as Sovereign Lord. We tear down our idols and rend our clothes. Glory be to the Lord of Lords and King of Kings, whose bootlaces we are not fit to tie. Blessed be Your name forever, the Name Above All Names, Jesus, called Yeshua, the Messiah. Amen. 10th Veadar Wednesday 20th March We Place You In The Highest Place Be Still My Soul John 14 v26:27 You embraced your death so that we may embrace Your life, King Jesus. You knew that the work would not be complete until You died. That with Your death a way would be opened, and Your Holy Spirit would be poured out as never before. Your peace is not the world's peace, the peace gained from contemplation or rest in a beautiful space. Your peace is far and above, the peace that truly satisfies the soul. They are not the same, and Your peace truly eclipses the other. Help us experience and share Your peace today, Lord. Help us communicate this difference, this inequality. People who have the peace that the world gives believe that they have the true peace and yet, in truth, they do not. As Your love transcends all other love, so Your peace transcends all other peace, Lord God of Israel. Let us taste it, that we may share it, for Your glory and grace, we pray. Amen. 9th Veadar Tuesday 19th March Create In Me A Clean Heart God Will Make A Way 1 Peter 1 v19:25 A prayer for ourselves and a prayer for those near and dear to us. A prayer for those that we can reach out and touch and a prayer for those that are beyond and over the horizon. You hold us all in the palm of Your hands, Father God. So today we pray for those people we visualise now, including ourselves, that Your will and way come foremost to their lives, that Your dispensation and grace not be forfeit or withheld. You are the source of our life and strength, You are our faith and hope. We come against the lies and deceit of our enemy, Satan, and prayerfully demolish every stronghold and appointment that he has made in the matchless and precious name of Jesus, called Yeshua, Your Son. That He whose name is worthy, whose walk and way are holy, may be exalted and shone in each and every of the places we have cleansed with our prayer. You are almighty God, and we pray Your line in their lives and our lives, amen. 8th Veadar Monday 18th March Forever God You Reign Revelation 19 v11:16 Our destination is assured, King of Kings. You have laid down Your life that we may receive it. You have told us that everyone who repents and calls upon You name can be restored, healed and forgiven. Help us keep our eyes on that prize, Father God, on the day that You will ride forth, on the day that You will take us home. That city, that crown, that room, that we will forever call our home. In You and with You, walking streets of solid gold, singing Your praises, rejoicing in all that You are. Glory hallelujah! Glory amen!. Thank You, Lord for opening the way, thank You, Jesus for paying the price. In Your name we pray, amen! ​ 7th Veadar Sunday 17th March I Will Worship You He Reigns 2 Samuel 22 v1:22 King David claimed that he walked in Your ways to receive Your favour, Lord God of Israel. It is not a secret, You have published it and had it professed and testified to over and over again. You even sent Your own Son, Jesus of Nazareth, called Yeshua and the Christ, who said that we need to follow Him to receive You. May it be so this day, Father. May we keep ourselves from wickedness and repent of where we fall short, may we cry out to You for deliverance in each and every part of it. We believe in You and acknowledge You as God, the Lord, Most High, who is above all else and over all else. And may we not balk or walk away if we receive not an immediate answer or benefit. For You do not change and You do not stumble. Our belief in You is complete and we trust that Your response is always the best. You really are worthy of it all. In Jesus's name we pray, amen. 6th Veadar Saturday 16th March A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Still I Can Only Imagine Job 18 ​What the church is and who You are, the two things that define us as believers. The two things that need to come together as a stamp, to form us into an earthbound image of You, a reflection of Your righteousness and justice. A people set aside and conformed to You. Yet, in Bildad's rebuke, in the early part of his second speech, we hear of his distrust and impatience with the plight of his friend. Rather than hear and receive and empathise with his friend, a man whose walk he knows well enough, he relies on You to be implacable and uncaring, a cold stamp that forges only what it sees. Dictated to by blind justice and an icy, black and white, adherence to Your unattainable goodness, Bildad misses the love and security that faithfulness brings, the warmth of a loving and merciful King, whose warm embrace holds the patience of a Father towards those that fear Him, a patience that forms a man in the time necessary to bring about accepting change. Yes, our walk must come to reflect Your goodness; Yes, You reserve the fulness of judgement for those who persist in wicked and evil pursuit, yet, for those who turn back, who look upon their evil acts and repent, You extend mercy and grace to uphold Your character, not our own. So teach us this day, Father, in the hours of this Sabbath rest, to be humble before You, and to wait upon Your Holy Name, Jesus, called Yeshua, who has so splendidly called us home. Amen. Hebrews 13 King Of Glory God Of This City 5th Veadar Friday 15th March Barachi Nafshi If I Forget You, O Jerusalem Proverbs 19 v1:3 Elsewhere in Your word it says that wisdom is more precious than rubies, Lord God of Israel, something that we should pursue like a fine wife. It also declares that the least of Your wisdom is greater than the greatest of man's. And we believe it, Lord. In the expression of Your creation, in the relating of Your decrees, Your wisdom is on display. So fine, so powerful, so perfect. So beautiful. So today, Lord, we ask for Your wisdom. In our dealings, in our relationships, in our walk, Your way is always the best way. Not that we may be exalted or lifted up, but that You may be glorified and the name of Your Son be lifted up, that Your Holy Spirit be seen in us and credited with Your display. In Jesus's name we pray, amen. 4th Veadar Thursday 14th March I Go Down On My Knees You Are Worthy Of My Praise Psalm 22 v22:31 Dear Father in Heaven, thank you for this day, thank You for Your Son and thank You for this opportunity to come before You and petition You in prayer. Help us, this day, Lord, die to self and be alive in You. In our dealings. In our musings. In our rising up and setting down. Be sovereign Lord over all. In our devotion, in our dispersions, in our tasks, in our love towards each other. In our classrooms and places of work, in our homes, in our thoughts, in our words and in our deeds, be our God. The One, True God, the Mighty One, The Lord of All. That we may know You. That we may celebrate You. That we may rejoice in You. That we may tell others about the same. This is our calling, may this be our day, in Jesus's mighty name we pray, amen. ​ 3rd Veadar Wednesday 13th March To Worship You I Live I Am Not Alone ​ Judges 6 v24:40 The time of the Judges was a time when Your people were largely turned away from You, Lord God of Israel, God of Jacob, Maker of the Heavens and the Earth. Yet You persevered. You continued to shape and to send Your servants. You called Gideon, and blessed him, and caused him to do great things in Your name. Help us to be sensible and strong, Lord Jesus. Help us stand in times of resolute opposition to the truth of the gospel, let us discern and test Your will and way for our lives, that you may be glorified and Your name be exalted far above all others. May we raise our Ebenezer and take down the altars of Baal and other gods from our neighbourhoods. Equip us and use us, Lord, we pray. Amen! 2nd Veadar Tuesday 12th March My Soul Longs For You Great Are You Lord Numbers 14 v1:9 You did indeed make a way for the Israelites to enter Canaan. However they provoked You to anger with their grumbling and complaints. Had they kept quiet it would have been a matter of days. As it was, under God's heavy hand, it took more than forty years. You hid Your children amongst the flock, and shared the word through scripture. Help us this day, Father, discern and see rightly. Amongst the heroes of the tribe, help us sift for voices that stir up trouble rather than sue for peace; for the soft, buttery words of the Evil One, that encourage grumbling and separation, a better order for those that 'do more.' And, finally, help us confront and overcome those that do, not in our own strength, but wholly in Yours. For your name's sake and the coming of Your Kingdom on the earth. Amen. 1st Veadar Monday 11th March I Give You My Heart Ancient Of Days Isaiah 43 v10:21 You have called a people to follow You, a people who have answered that call. This is not the people that rejected the cornerstone, this is the people made up of every nation, tribe and tongue. A truly peculiar people, called out of their own homes like Abraham to inhabit a new life and a new promise, to be Your people and follow after Your name. You have done this because You are righteous and true. You have done this because You were so rejected by those You first gave Your special promise to. Yet our prayer, Lord, is that all come to You, in Spirit and truth, that all renounce their former ways, surrendering their former identity, that Your Kingdom may grow and the celebration of Your glorious grace may resound in the heavens forever and ever. Only through the blood of the Lamb may people be washed clean, only through the name of Jesus may they be saved. There is no other name under Heaven, this is a condition that You have set, so that all may see and know the extent of Your love and mercy. So we pray to You, Jesus, to intercede to the Father, that the Spirit be stirred within us to speak truth and life into our societies and communities in this new and special month, that Your name be exalted, and His will be done. Amen. 30th Adar Sunday 10th March Don't Try So Hard Give Thanks With A Grateful Heart Psalm 91 v1:4 In the times where we do not sense Your presence, Lord God of Israel, we are to press on in faith with the reassurance that You are never far away. You do not slumber or sleep, You are who You say You are, You will deliver Your people, according to Your word and all that You have said and done and delivered on before. So let us hold and trust on You this day, Father, let us sing these songs of praise, let us ruminate on these words of righteousness and glory. Let us give thanks also for all the good things that You have done in our lives during this month of Adar. May we make You our refuge, and dwell under the shadow of Your wings, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, called Yeshua, the Christ, amen. ​ 29th Adar Saturday 9th March A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Because Of Who You Are You Are Worthy Of My Praise 1 Samuel 18 v1:4 We all know of Your great love, Father God. The love that transcends all others. The love that sent Your Son to die in our place, that we may be reconciled to You. On our journey too, we can see the greatest of transformations. When the love of a brother becomes stronger, a bond that cannot be broken, a love of shared celebration, not muddied by sexual desire, rather a love that transcends the carnal and becomes one with the eternal, Your love expressed for another. In David and Jonathon, in Paul and Onesimus, we see this kind of love. And we thank You for it. And we ask to see it in our days and ways. The love that You have encouraged us to, the love of a neighbour as oneself, the love of an enemy, the love of the lost, lonely, broken or afraid. A love for the orphans and the widows. Teach us and lead us in this as we go, today, Lord, that we may sew testimony and joy into the love everlasting, for Your glory and name's sake. Amen. Philemon v4:16 Alpha And Omega Awake My Soul 28th Adar Friday 8th March Overwhelmed I Am No Victim ​ Romans 8 v28:39 Such an erudite proclamation of Your majesty and splendour, Lord God of Heaven. There truly is nooone like You. In the fulness of Your provision is the absolute overwhelming of every adverse prayer, curse and demonic attack. Yet the world still sets its heart against You, Lord of Lords and King of Kings. The nations do rage even though You are on Your throne. So we pray for Your continued overcoming, we pray for the fulness of Your victory. We pray for hearts and minds to turn towards You. Young and old, from every nation, tribe and tongue. All will one day proclaim You as King, yet we pray for them to turn before then, and receive You now as Lord and Saviour. For Your glory and name's sake. Amen! 27th Adar Thursday 7th March Holy, There Is Noone Like You I've Been Held By The Saviour Acts 12 v1:17 There is no denying Your might and majesty once we encounter You in the spiritual realm, Father God. Once that part of us that is You encounters itself we are awestruck, overcome. For Peter, what he thought was a vision or dream resulted in his feet being set upon hard, cold stone, and a breath of air no longer confined by the walls of his prison cell. This is divine providence. This is Your touch upon a mortal man. This is Your hand delivering Your servants through supernatural means. Glory to the Most High! We want and call to know You more, this day, Lord, and we are prepared to testify about You as Peter once did. Take off the shackles and free our hands and feet, Lord, cause others to look on Your works in our lives and wonder. Above all, Father, give those who have cause to doubt a reason to tremble with excitement. the Lord of Lords is on His throne and His angels go before Him, anxious to serve His will, eager to do His bidding. In Jesus's mighty name, amen! 26th Adar Wednesday 6th March My Lighthouse Yes And Amen Psalm 119 v97:107 The path may be narrow, but it is lit, Lord God Almighty. It shines with a glorious radiance, and eternal iridescence. Glory be to the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings! Give us eyes to see it, Lord, and a heart to pursue it today. To immerse ourselves in Your word, to plunge into the depths of Your wisdom, to be cleansed by the cascade of Your holiness. You are faithful and true. Your throne is built upon righteousness and justice. Yet it is not just for ourselves that we pray, Lord Jesus, but also for the members of our community, family and society. Our colleagues, our enemies. That they may see the real You reflected in our faces, that they may get a sense of You from our actions, choices, words and deeds. That we are not separate from You and that the journey to You is worth every strain, every tear, every price, a price that we would pay again and again, and gladly, were it asked of us for Your glory. Amen. ​ 25th Adar Tuesday 5th March Spirit Of The Living God Yield My Heart Psalm 2 You have published Your plans, Lord God, and made clear the outcome for those who follow after You. We need Your Holy Spirit to reach out and guide us, in times of weakness and loss, in times of strength and plenty, You are our light, our lamp, the compass that we need to follow, as straight and true as we possibly can. Keep us to this, this day, Lord, and let us not be forgetful or afraid of reaching out to others on the edge of our view, and encouraging them, in the words of Your Spirit and Way, that they too may turn and follow the One, True, Living God, that we may walk together, side by side, as Your church, Your bride, here on Earth. Amen. 24th Adar Monday 4th March His Love I Am Free Hebrews 11 v20:38 What a great blessing you have poured out, Father God. It is hard for us to comprehend, yet what a life You have given us to lead. Not that we keep hold of the reigns, for they are far better in Your hands. So lead us, this day, Father, and even help us to commit time in the future when we will be entirely at Your disposal. Not fettered to the things and the priorities of this world, but rather buoyed up and along on the strong currents of Your love. Whether it bring persecution or suffering, clamour and renown, may the world know that we belong to You, for Your glory and name's sake, amen! ​ 23rd Adar Sunday 3rd March Power In The Blood ​One Way, Jesus Habakkuk 3 v16:19 The theme of recent days here has been one of expectancy of the wrath to come. The end of time's outpouring of Your justice and mercy, leading those who have suffered to a place by Your throne, and sending those who have raged and slandered and stolen to the fiery grave where they will be known no more. Two kinds of conclusion. One end. Both set perfectly under the auspices of Your justice and mercy. Before that time comes, as with the prophet Habakkuk, we who proclaim Yeshua, Jesus, as Lord and Saviour will celebrate and give thanks to the Lord for all that He has done, is doing and will do and, as the time of final judgement is not yet upon us, we will do all that we can to reach and teach the lost of the wonders of God's love and testify of all the benefits of choosing to die today, this day, rather than that day. To tell the truth that we may be born again and receive the fullness of God's pardon in this life in full expectation of the best life to come, separated from all sickness, shame, dishonesty and death. Glory hallelujah and glory amen! 22nd Adar Saturday 2nd March A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Nobody Loves Me Like You Where You Are Amos 8 v11:14 As we look upon a world that reels in hunger and fear and madness, as we read of the wrath of Yours to come, we yet pray to You, God of Isaac, God of Jacob. Though we fall by the wayside and cry out in the darkness, we return to praise You with tears on our faces. You are the Great God, Lord of All. Today, Lord, we accept our stricken state. We do so in honour of You. We are not victims, we are part of Your love story. We are crushed but not abandoned. We will not be afraid. We stand in awe of You, in the blackness, and trust in You alone as Lord of Hosts and redeemer of Your people. We pray against the schemes, plots, tricks and traps of our Enemy, Satan and speak the name of 'Jesus' against him and testify to Christ's saving power before him, that he may hear and know the things that pain him most in all the world. Until his day of destruction comes. Amen. 2 Corinthians 5 v5:15 How Great Is Our God Blessed Assurance 21st Adar Friday 1st March Showers Of Blessing I Stand Amazed 2 Kings 12 v9:21 In days of old the kings of Israel and Judah did wrong by You and suffered for it. They kept up the worship of other idols at the hilltop shrines, they forgot the needs of Your temple, building houses for themselves whilst Your house lay in ruins. Cause us to be mindful of You, Lord of Hosts, to discern and seek for Your needs so much more than we seek after our own. Let us think and dwell on the things of Your Kingdom, most excellent, Most High God. The blessings will come and we will stand amazed, because You have declared it and Your are faithful and true. Glory to You, the Most High, forever and ever, amen! 20th Adar Thursday 29th February He Lives! To God Be The Glory Song Of Solomon 5 v10:16 Yes, the bridegroom will come for His bride. The victory is already won, the outcome assured, yet the nations rage and many people wail and grind their teeth at the thought. Help us reach those who are set against You, Lord of Lords and King of Kings. Be merciful towards them as You were once merciful towards us. Patient, caring, considerate, understanding. Forgiving. You are God and You are perfect. Help us remain clean, unspoiled by the cares of this world, expose each and every snare and trap of the Enemy that may place us on the slippery slope of backsliding. For You are worthy, God, in whose name we pray, amen. ​ 19th Adar Wednesday 28th February All Creatures Of Our God And King O The Deep, Deep Love Of Jesus 1 Corinthians 4 v7:21 Even in Your early church, Lord, there was a need for upright men to move in authority and power to prevent vanity and pride from entering in and tearing down the walls. When people are in need, they have a mind for a Saviour and His value, yet when the blessing comes and they find themselves in plenty, what need then to look to another for the gift of life? When they obviously deserve reward for all that they have said and done? Whilst it is in Your hands to bless, and even bless abundantly, this too is a test of our faith, on how we respond to such undeserved favour. Help us, Lord, be mindful and ever thankful for the blessings and talents You bestow, and cause us to struggle valiantly to invest them and sew them back into Your Kingdom, for Your glory and name's sake. May we prove worthwhile servants and diligent stewards in Jesus's matchless and precious name, amen! 18th Adar Tuesday 27th February Our God Is A Great Big God Who You Say I Am Genesis 32 v17:23 ​​You caused Your servant, Jacob, to be wise as he returned to the land of his inheritance, the inheritance that he had taken from his older brother. You caused the rift between them to be healed. Though You hated Esau, You caused peace and reconciliation between Jacob and his brother, and blessed them both in the reconciliation. This is Your way, Father, this is Your way, Son of the Most High. To grow through adversity, to seek peace, to bless in abundance and fertility. Yours is the most excellent way. Bless us with a sense of it today, Lord, that we may bless others, even our enemies. Cause us to be shrewd yet generous, cunning yet gentle, that those around us may know, in our own camp and outside, that Your hand is upon us and Your love the direction of our journey. In Jesus's name we pray, amen. ​ 17th Adar Monday 26th February Waiting Here For You Garments Of Praise 1 Peter 1 v3:10 Poured out, on high, and flowing down to us, Your grace abounds. Let us be caught up in Your river today, Father, and carried along. May we know and experience Your unmerited favour, remind us of the time when we first encountered it, not as something described or longed for over a fence, but as that mighty, flashing river that overcomes us and lifts us to the next shore. May Your blessing act as a beacon to others, causing them to question the source of this miraculous provision, evident in Your children. That You may be exalted, Oh Holy One of Israel. Amen! 16th Adar Sunday 25th February Our God Is Able Firm Foundation Philippians 4 v4:9 It is so clear, the way that we should go. So well marked. So defined. Yet, that is for those that see, isn't it? Even then, the way of the cross is beset on either side. But You are our God. How could we change? And yet, that is the place where we stand. Where we walk. Where we live. Each to his or her own. The only, true commonality is You, the Rock upon which we stand. How we would like to share this, how we would like to enable others to partake. And yet, we cannot. It is between You and them, and their own choices in the grand scheme of their lives. And though we pray for them, Lord God of Israel, though we beg for You to intercede, all we have is telling them the truth. "It must be Jesus or nothing." Well, help us tell it, Lord, as we pray for the message to get through. As it was from the start, so may it be forever. For Your glory and name's sake, Yeshua, Jesus, amen. 15th Adar Saturday 24th February Second eve of Purim. A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. All Who Are Thirsty The River Is Here Esther 3 v3:6 A day of celebration and joy and praise to You, Lord of Lords and King of Kings. A day You have appointed for feast and revelry. Thank You, Lord, that You will deliver Your people, that no scheme of man may prevail against You. In the victory, Lord, is also the blessing. You also pour out the spoils of war, the bounty of the Enemy shared with Your children. Be gracious towards us, we pray, on this celebration day, and remember Your children in the times of their struggle. That they may sing Your praises, and speak of Your miraculous provision in their lives. We know that we received more than we deserved the day that we first acknowledged You and turned to You, Lord God Almighty, yet we also know that You are abundant and able to give more, according to Your will and grace. Amen. Esther 8 v7:12 Rejoice Joy To The World 14th Adar Friday 23rd February First Eve Of Purim ​ ​Gratitude How He Loves Us Obadiah v4:9 In the times when Your hand will fall hardest against the rebellious people of the earth, Your children will suffer too, Lord God of Israel. Yet they will endure. You have equipped and given, You have proclaimed and made clear. The times of Your cleansing precede the times of Your greatest blessing. The night is darkest before the dawn. So may Your Holy Spirit affirm this in the hearts of Your chosen people, Lord, that they may move near to one another and build the very church that will be the scaffolding of the high plains and glorious vistas to come in this dark world, when the night has passed and the truth of Your word and declaration and will and purpose is finally made clear enough for all to see, in Jesus's name. Amen. ​ 13th Adar Thursday 22nd February Dove's Eyes I Will Give You All My Worship Jeremiah 30 v17:24 You are about Your business, Lord God of Israel, You do not sleep or slumber, You are not distracted or preoccupied. You are excellent and purposeful, full of grace, overflowing with mercy towards those who would turn to You, ever seeking the most excellent way to restore and redeem Your people to You. You have waited a long time by human reckoning yet, in Your view of things, it has been but a twinkling of Your eye. Holy God, let us remember You today, in adoration and worship. Let us align ourselves and do what we can. Bring to mind those in need that we can intercede for, reach out to or bless. Cast us on fertile soil that we may cause others to grow, with Your help, by Your hand in our lives, for Your glory and name's sake, the Name Above All Names, Jesus, Yeshua, amen. 12th Adar Wednesday 21st February Here Is Love, Vast As The Ocean Consuming Fire Amos 7 v8:17 Here is love, vast as the ocean, Lord. Your love. Poured out as a once and for all payment for our sins and transgressions and yet there are still some people, many people who reject the gospel as truth. The so called holy men of Amos's time could not see it. The Pharisees in Christ's time could not. And many teachers of today remain distant and distinct in the simple interpretation of a thousand pages or more of words. You will come again and You will judge both the leaders and the people. The hills will melt like wax before You and each man and woman will be responsible for one thing, and one thing only. Their way. Help us remain steadfast and repentant before you, Lord, and to keep our covenant place with You. As a witness and testimony to Your goodness, as a transformed, reborn, doer of Your words and ways. Strengthen us again, we pray, for the Father's glory and your Name's sake. Amen. 11th Adar Tuesday 20th February Give Us Clean Hands Consuming Fire Psalm 134 How we long to bless You, Lord of Hosts. Though we are small in power and stature in the cosmos, Lord, we give everything of what we have to You. In praise and worship, in honour and dance. We seek to help others, and lift up and exalt You in witness and testimony. We love You, Lord, for all that You have done, are doing and will do. Let us excel at putting You first in our lives, for Your glory and name's sake. Amen! 10th Adar Monday 19th February God Of Wonders 10,000 Reasons Psalm 51 We want our feet to be on the right path, Lord God of Israel. It is more vital to us than breath, the essential of our being. Having known You, or having known of You, it is our will and desire to be with You and to serve You and yet the Enemy practices his art, his will, in deceiving many. Rebuke this foe and undo his snares and tricks and traps, help us see clearly the way in which we should go, for Your glory and Name's sake. Let us lay our hopes, our dreams, our plans, our mistakes at Your feet, Lord Jesus, that You might direct our steps and lead us in paths of righteousness for Your name's sake. Amen. ​ 9th Adar Sunday 18th February Show Me Your Glory Glory To God ​ Colossians 2 v2:22 Many ways to be blessed yet also many ways to be deceived, Father God. Yet Your light, Your truth, is the candle we can hold up to test the spirits and the prophets, to separate that which is false from that which is true, like chaff from the wheat. May Your Holy Spirit guide us in the application of this truth to our own lives, that we may know if we live in truth or in folly, that we may all come to You with humility and grace. You are the most important life decision that we can make, Jesus of Nazareth, so help us see rightly if we are rightly aligned with You. For the Father's glory and by the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 8th Adar Saturday 17th February A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. ​As For Me And My House Behold Our God 2 Samuel v36:47 You establish the houses of Your children, God of Heaven. When it is kings that You establish, You place the nations under their feet. Yet each relationship is two way, and the commitment and faith necessary must be steadfast and true. Without compromise. Guide us in this on this Sabbath day, we ask. As we rest in You, as we turn from the things of the world and seek Your face. So that our commitment may not just be words, a weave of fabric adorning the walls of our homes, but rather something set in the very stones of that house, an undertaking that will endure trial and test. Yes, guide us and strengthen us, Lord God of Israel we pray, by Your Spirit, in Jesus's name. Amen. Galatians 3 v7:14 He Reigns Praise The Father, Praise The Son 7th Adar Friday 16th February Be Bold, Be Strong The Battle Belongs To The Lord Joshua 4 v1:14 When You prepare an army for victory, Lord God of Israel, You first appoint and exalt a leader in the eyes of the people. They may not be confident, or even fit, for the purpose, yet You shape them to Your will and purpose. Your hand is upon them, and Your Spirit over and within them. Here we see Joshua marshal his people and his army, by first honouring what You are directing him to do in his life. You have put forth Your hand in power, yes, in stopping up the waters of the Jordan, yet Your instruction to take up the stones and build an altar is a lasting message of obedience for all to see. Thank You, Lord, for calling us and keeping us to the task of working in Your Kingdom, keep us more each day we pray, that You may be exalted and the true, lasting reminder be set one day in all the peoples' hearts, Your Spirit, dwelling among us and Your Kingdom come upon the earth. Amen. 6th Adar Thursday 15th February My Soul Longs For You This Is The Day Hebrews 1 v5:14 Your love is poured out on all creation, men and angels, trees and beasts, stars and galaxies have cause to rejoice and sing. Yet, only in Yourself are You complete. This is perfect holiness, this is the distinction between the Creator and His created things, this You, Yourself, Your Son seated on the throne, all creation at Your feet. As we meet You in the midst, in the places we go and in the things we see today, help us blaze a trail for You, Father God. May we proclaim Your name and mighty deeds in this world. May we share our testimony with diligence and truth. And, where unbelief rises to overwhelm us, may You shine in us and through us and overcome them instead. For Your glory and name's sake. Amen! ​ 5th Adar Wednesday 14th February As The Deer Pants For The Water Come Drink At My Table Ezra 8 v15:23 In such times as these, Lord God of Israel, it is important that we maintain an active prayer life and an upright walk. To be hungry for Your word and zealous for the business of the Kingdom, You are our firm foundation, upon which we stand. Please put Your hand forward and touch those around us that we may see and know Your blessing in our lives. Keeping our eyes fixed on the horizon, seeking for the place of light, 'just over the hill.' Whatever the timing necessary. In Jesus's name we pray, amen! 4th Adar Tuesday 13th February Dove's Eyes No Other Name Obadiah v12:14 Lord God of Heaven, who chose Moses and delivered the people from their bondage in Egypt, all honour, praise and worship is due to You. Today we look towards our relationships with our families and friends and pray. Please reveal through Your Holy Spirit any areas where there is unforgiveness. Help us lay down unresolved conflicts and to heal lingering wounds. Where there is opportunity for us to act, give us strength and encouragement, we pray. There is nothing too hard for You and, as You dwell in us, we too should become overcomers, agents for the light directing others to the narrow path and Jesus. So help us, Lord, we pray, and let not the Enemy rejoice at our wrongdoing doing, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, amen. 3rd Adar Monday 12th February Hallelujah, You Have Won The Victory Firm Foundation Hosea 14 v4:9 O Father, how we like to dwell in the times and places of Your promises of restoration. In the establishment of Your people we sing praises and lift up our arms to You alone. We rejoice and glorify Your name. Yet much of the prophet Hosea's ministry, including the example of his life, pointed to the betrayal of his people, Your people. In the times of plenty, in the days of deliverance, Your people had forgotten You, Father, had forsaken You for idols made of silver, for lesser gods and their gaudy outpourings. Only the seed of rebellion can do this, Lord, only that nature which is born of man since the fall, since sin entered the world and marred the people that You created and loved. Today, Lord, let us seek You in repentance. Let us be downcast for a time as we ruminate and give thought to our shortcomings. Yes, we have received the victory through Christ Jesus, Your Son, and His precious blood, and we give thanks for it, yet let us spend a short time in mindfulness of it that complacency and indifference not gain a foothold in our hearts. Even during the days of the early church, Paul, Your Apostle reported of believers who fell away. May the terror of that prospect and the consideration, in truth, of who we are and where we stand, draw us ever closer to You, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, and the heart of repentance necessary to maintain our humility before You. Amen. 2nd Adar Sunday 11th February Victory Belongs To Jesus My God Is Awesome Isaiah 51 v11:17 Oh how we long for that time that is past our time, when we shall all be reunited and witness to the culmination of Your work of salvation and redemption, Father God. When You will wipe away every tear, when You will separate Your people unto Yourself. When every doubt, sickness, pain or shame shall disappear. Glory be to the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings forever! When we will enter into the place that You have prepared for us. When we will walk on streets of gold. When we shall praise You in Your temple. When You will walk amongst Your people once again. Oh Lord, such joy, such satisfaction, such completeness that we get a sense of it here, right now, and we thank You for it, for driving away our fears even in the darkest of places. Father, help us share this joy, this vision, this enthusiasm. That it may warm, touch and transform others, as You once did with us. Not that we are the agents of change, but that You are the agent of change through us. That You may be glorified, exalted and ever acknowledged as the Author and Finisher of Our Faith. That we may never boast of our accomplishments, only of Your accomplishments through us. in Jesus's name we pray, amen. ​ 1st Adar Saturday 10th February A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Mighty Man of War The Lion And The Lamb Deuteronomy 4 v10:14 We are so thankful, Lord God of the heavens and the Earth. You have blessed us with bounty and affection enough. Even in our direst circumstances, Your authority remains supreme. It is with this confidence that we can declare Your great name in the courts and streets, in the houses and the valleys, that we can shout it from the hilltops and speak it into the lives and hearts of others for Your glory. As we enter a new month we thank you for Your provision and love. We look forward to the celebration of Purim and the work for our hands that You have for us. In particular, we look forward to the opportunities to share Your gospel, to sing Your praises, to extol Your virtues and to tell of the great and mighty works of Your hands in all the world. Amen. 2 Timothy 1 v12:14 Lord I Give You My Heart Lord Of Patience 30th Shevat Friday 9th February Since Your Love Glorified Jeremiah 13 v12:20 Yes, Lord, we must keep quiet and keep faithful in the days of darkness and torment, when Your presence is not felt in the world. Though You abound, it is the villainy of our Enemy and the hard heartedness of the people that abounds alongside it. You do not make idle threats or proclamations to induce fear and strife, rather You proclaim the error of Your people and declare the inevitable outcome of what they face if they refuse to change. As those who believe we know that You do not change from day to day, that You are consistent and persistent in Your expression of love, yet it is the heart of the people in this world, even in Your church, that waxes cold and inflexible in the light of Your glory and grace. Light the fire within us, O Lord, that we may regain a heart of wisdom and a heart of repentance, that we may once again know and proclaim the goodness and glory in all of the world. Remind us of our first love, O Lord, in Jesus's name, amen. 29th Shevat Thursday 8th February How Great Thou Art What A Friend We Have In Jesus John 15 v14:16 As we consider again the privilege of our calling, and the magnitude of the fact that You count part of Your creation as friends, we think again of the relationship between the sheep and the shepherd. You are our Great Shepherd. Our comfort, our protector, our refuge, our provider, our friend. And yet, when the time for the slaughter comes, You will exalt us further and lift us up as shepherds ourselves, strengthened and made fruitful by Your loving hand, tutored and guided by Your extended arm of mercy, having the price for our freedom already paid from the storehouse of Your bounty. Thank You, Father, for Your patient love, thank You, friend for trusting us and accepting us, thank You, God in Heaven, for everything that You are and we are not and thank You, Maker and Creator for the craftwork of Your hands. May we honour it and strive to glorify it, in Jesus's name. Glory hallelujah and glory amen! 28th Shevat Wednesday 7th February All Things Are Possible Sing, Sing, Sing Colossians 1 v9:17 You are, in deed and word, the perfect and complete, all powerful God. That You have made a way for us, that You have considered us in our sin and rebellion, is a privilege, a blessing beyond our ability to comprehend. Yet You have done it. You have made it. You have made a way and You have called us home. Yet, in the time before our journey to Your side, may we, as those who have gone before us, endeavour to keep Your message alive. The Good News that You came, and did what You had promised to do. The good news that we can be changed, healed, restored and forgiven. In Jesus's name and for Your glory. May that message propagate, now as it did then, and evermore. Amen. ​ 27th Shevat Tuesday 6th February He Who Would Valiant Be No Tears In Heaven 1 Kings 6 v1:14 To build Your temple should be the first part of any undertaking we make in faith, Lord Jesus. You were exact in Your instructions and specifications to Solomon, making an example of how deliberate and purposeful we must be. The dwelling place of Your Spirit is no longer walls of stone, rather in the jars of clay that represent our human frame, this spiritual vessel that You have torn down and built up again. So, help us be mindful of this vessel, and the physical vessel that contains it, in the month to come. Although Your word says that physical exercise is 'of little benefit' it does benefit us, especially in a day and age where physical health can be misrepresented in such a wide variety of forms, such as poor diet and poor physical routines. In our desire to serve You, Lord, to be adequate vessels for Your Holy Spirit, encourage us and guide us in the best way to be fit vessels also, in the mighty and matchless name of Jesus, amen. ​ 26th Shevat Monday 5th February Our God Reigns Here Yield My Heart Psalm 5 Today we pray for the places that we inhabit, Father God. Where we pray also that You inhabit with us. We go around the physical boundaries, yet we also pray into the spiritual boundaries. Of our home or our workplace, above and below as well as round about. We bind and cast out those spirits and dominions of the Enemy that are present, we break every appointment, spell and prayer raised against us and these places, and claim the blood of Jesus over every door and every lintel and speak the name of Jesus in every space and occupancy. Both above and below, You reign supreme. And, God of Heaven, once cleaned, please send Your Spirit and angels to fill the spaces and places emptied, that the Devil have no recourse or fruitful plan to get back in. Reveal any falsehoods or idols within our walls, that they may be rejected and overturned, and establish us in these places of work or refuge, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, amen 25th Shevat Sunday 4th February Let My Life Be Like A Love Song Thank You, Lord Ephesians 5 v1:5 As we live our lives in You, and receive from You, Lord God of Israel, we are also called to change. You will do the large part, both seen and unseen, and yet also we are called to be deliberate in our separation from our old identity. In speech and language, where once expletives or negative talk peppered our daily chatter, we must do our best to give over to words that honour God, that lift up people instead of bringing them down, that promote a positive outlook rather than declare the things of doom and gloom. We ask Your help in this, Father God, that through the guidance of Your Holy Spirit we can learn to unlearn the things of our past, that areas where we yet do not realise that we have a problem will be revealed by Your still, small voice. Help us be sensitive to You, help us to honour You and help us to clear the air in our homes, communities, cities and streets, that ears may go about unoffended, and the innocent may go unharmed, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, amen. 24th Shevat Saturday 3rd February A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Shout To The North Thy God Reigneth Psalm 22 v23:31 Those who are called, chosen are not qualified in their own right, Lord God of Israel. According to Your word, that which is one thing on the outside, may not be the thing that it should be in the middle. Because of the rejection of the people that You called, 'peculiar', You have opened a way for all to enter in to Your presence who should choose it, and choose to pursue it. As Moses chose to go over to the burning bush, as Abraham answered the call to come out of Ur, so Your children are called to You. Your laws, Your way, Your covenant, Your conditions. You are the Maker and Creator, the Lord God in Heaven Above, You have this right and it is right that You do. So, let us walk in this light. Let us declare our love and loyalty, let us take up the yoke that You have fashioned for us, out of a willingness and love, to show our faith, to speak of Your good works in all of the earth. To say, from Sheol to Zion, that there is a God in Heaven who is great, and worthy of all honour and praise. Amen. Romans 9 v9:33 Like Oil My Saviour Loves, My Saviour Lives ​ 23rd Shevat Friday 2nd February Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour With All My Heart Isaiah 12 v4:6 ​ Such a day we pray for, such a day we look forward to. What a glorious day, ordained from before the beginning of time, Your Second Coming, Your true, triumphant march. Your word says that we are to do what we can to hasten the day. Lord, use us to do Your will, to continue in outreach and evangelism until Your glorious return. When we see, in its fulness, all that You have done, we will sing Your praises for ever and ever. Not out of compulsion or false proclamation, but because what You will do will be so awesome, so spectacular, so excellent, so right, so amazing that we will WANT to worship You forever. Glory be, God of Isaac, God of Jacob. Hallelujah and hosanna! Lord of Lords and King of Kings, amen! ​ 22nd Shevat Thursday 1st February Came To My Rescue Ever Be 2 Samuel 7 v5:16 ​ You are a faithful God, Lord God of heaven. You are the Author and Finisher of our faith, also. What You have set in motion only a fool turns aside. Today we read of Your chiding of David and the blessing that you would pour out on his line. May we examine ourselves today, Father, to look and see if there are parts of us, in our walk, way or expression, where conceit or pride hold us back or, as with David, are like bad seeds sewn in our nature that may one day grow into sins that hurt ourselves and others. We know that You are the God who can forgive sin, and yet we also know and profess the huge price of that forgiveness. Teach us to seek and accept and rejoice in wisdom, holiness and humility instead, we pray. Help us be the jars of clay that You now live in, in this world. Amen. 21st Shevat Wednesday 31st January All Who Are Thirsty You Are God Alone Psalm 102 v16:28 ​ Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be Your name, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, yet deliver us from evil, for thine is the Kingdom, glory and power, forever and ever, amen. 20th Shevat Tuesday 30th January Waiting Here For You ​I Lift My Hands Nehemiah 8 v5:10 To lift up our hands, in supplication and praise. What a privilege. So today, Lord, we lift them to You. Help us be Your hands in this world, doing Your business. Hungry for Your word and direction from the Throne, blessed with gifts to uphold, encourage, intercede and testify to Your goodness. Holy God, that we may help one other in Your name today. That we may be agents for change in one child that You love, that You died for in our place. You have given us a new life, one that we did not deserve, and, even though You gave it freely, we still yearn to honour You and serve You in any way that we can. For Your glory and name's sake. For You are most certainly worthy. Amen. ​ 19th Shevat Monday 29th January Song Of Ascents How Lovely Colossians 4 v1:6 Thank You, Lord, for Your servants. Those who have devoted their lives to You. Who allowed Your Spirit to live and speak through them. Who were inspired, given to uttering and recording words that would one day influence our lives for the better, exhorting us to live as You would have us live. Today we pray for Your wisdom and truth to propagate, that the words of these saints continue to resound with Your Spirit's power and authority, that Your scriptures continue to live and speak to the lost, lonely, broken, afraid and dissatisfied, that Your church may continue to grow. We pray against the stopped ears and stubborn hearts, not just in our own communities and societies, but also in the wider context of a world that Your Son died to save. Though the scale seems to vast and the scope too wide, nothing is too hard or too complex for You. So thank You and blessings and peace and honour upon Your servants, Lord God Almighty, God of Israel, God of Isaac and Jacob, that their speech may not only be proclaimed, but proclaimed clearly, in Jesus's mighty name, amen. ​ 18th Shevat Sunday 28th January Jesus Paid It All God You're So Good ​Isaiah 7 v11:16 This scripture not only proclaims Your coming with great accuracy, Lord, but also proclaims one of the ways that You will best our enemy, Satan, on Your arrival. We are saved, we are sealed, set aside, appointed. And, though we have our confidence in You, it would be vanity to prove it to others by testing You outside of our faith. Thank You, Father, for being there for us. Thank You, Son, for coming to set us captives free. And thank You, Holy Spirit for affirming and reaffirming the word of God to be reliable and true. Grace, glory, honour and praise to You all, as One, amen. ​ 17th Shevat Saturday 27th January A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Build My Life Take My Life Psalm 119 v165:176 A peace that passes all understanding, a peace that is not the peace of this world. Today, Lord, we ask for a sense of that peace. For ourselves, for our friends, for our families, for our world. We know that such peace comes through holiness, as we draw nearer to You, O God, You will draw nearer to us. Help us dive into Your word, let us soar in our praises until the accusations of the Enemy fall away like dry dust in his mouth. Let us do and be the things of the people of Your Kingdom, God of Isaac and God of Jacob, help us raise ourselves from what we are not to what we are through Christ Jesus, Your Son. In holiness and humility, in forgiveness and justice, in peace and sincerity, in charity and love. For Your glory and name's sake, forever amen! Philippians 4 v1:9 Take Me In To The Holy Of Holies Still 16th Shevat Friday 26th January Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus Precious Oil Proverbs 16 v7:9 Three beautiful lines about Your righteousness and goodness towards those who trust in You today, Lord. Three glorious promises. That those who trust in You will know peace, material contentment and security through direction. None of these are how the world views them, perceives them or delivers them. That is peace through conquest, material contentment through overabundance and excess and direction promised by a hope over the horizon. Rather, with You, it is the everlasting peace given from forgiveness and a laying down of conflict, a material contentment from the supply of needs not wants, and a direction that comes from an active relationship with the Lord of All Creation supporting us and trusting us and delivering us to the place that we have chosen to go. To Heaven, His household, His throne room, His courts, to be with Him forever. Glory be and glory hallelujah, Lord God of Israel, keep us to the straight and narrow path this day, in the matchless and precious name of Jesus, our Lord and Saviour, amen. 15th Shevat Thursday 25th January Here For You Holy Spirit Come And Fill This Place Acts 3 v1:10 Oh what a joy and a privilege! To be touched by You. To be changed, transformed in an instant. Not because of the people that You have sent to deliver us, though we thank You for them, but because of Your Holy Spirit and the price that You paid to ensure His pouring out over the whole earth. Glory to the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords! Today we press into that praise of exclamation and thanksgiving, as we ask for another sense of Your divine presence stirring within us. Be gentle and merciful towards us, Father God, we pray. May we dance and praise as the beggar did in the Temple and the gate called "Beautiful"', for Your glory and name's sake, amen. ​ 14th Shevat Wednesday 24th January Welcome Holy Spirit God Of Wonders Psalm 121 God of Wonders, God of Excellence, Father of Lights, who shall we fear but You? And, as Your word declares, if You are for us, what can stand against? Let us not be foolish, proud or vain in our confidence though, Lord. Keep us humble, as we do not want to step outside of Your blessing, Your provision. We are able to do all things, but not all things are good for us. Let us press into Your blessing, Your covering today, Lord, with praise and thanksgiving and may we take every opportunity that You present us with by seizing it firmly with both hands, for Your glory and name's sake. Amen. 13th Shevat Tuesday 23rd January Wairua Tapu Build My Life Ezekiel 14 v1:6 Worthy God, Almighty, Maker and Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, You are clear that You are jealous and will not share our devotion with anyone else. Of the powers, potentates and dominions that You have created, of the statues, icons, tools, places and weapons that man has made, not one may be bowed down to and worshipped. Send Your Spirit, Lord, cause Him to stir within us and guide us to each and every one, that we may cast them down, both real and imagined. For Your glory, for Your fame, to bless Your Holy Name. Amen. 12th Shevat Monday 22nd January God, You're So Good Praises Numbers 11 v5:14 ​ In Moses' displeasure we hear the lament of many a servant leader. The exasperation and frustration, the weariness of having worked and endeavoured to provide and care, only to be met with grumbling and complaint. O Lord, thank You for Your patience towards us! That You have not caused us to be overstuffed with richness because of the failing of our trust in You. Help us to lay down such grumbling and complaint from ourselves, O God, as today we lift up in prayer our leaders and elders in our society and communities. We may not know our government representatives, or the council members responsible for collecting our refuse, yet we lift them all up to You as You know exactly who they are and what they do. May they be blessed with peace and acknowledgement, may they know that their endeavour is not without appreciation or thought, create in us a heart of thanksgiving and vocal support that others too may be encouraged to change from their ways and uphold their leaders for Your glory. In Jesus's name we pray, amen. 11th Shevat Sunday 21st January Christ Is My Firm Foundation Goodness Of God Malachi 4 v5:6 To know You is to Love You, Lord God of Israel. To stand upon that Rock. To accept the gift of love and grace that You poured out. To receive Your Spirit, to enter in to that covenant relationship. Wow. There is nothing like it. No drug trip. No power play. No amount of wealth. No darkest, dungeon deed. And yet there is still warning. Still those who fall asleep or fall away. We need vigilance, we need discernment, we need commitment, we need persistence. We need to encourage each other. We need prayer. Help us in this, Lord. To bring those we care about into the fold. Not that we can make their decision for them. Not that we can convince You to force salvation upon them. Yet to put them in the best of positions, to bring them to the choicest of places, that they may freely choose. That they may not be coerced or deceived in the other direction. That they have the clarity of sight and the openness of hearing to receive the best opportunity. For Jesus's name's sake. For the glory of You, our Father in Heaven. For the coming, with songs of praise and trumpet blasts and shouts of joy, of Your Kingdom upon the earth. Amen. 10th Shevat Saturday 20th January A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. So Will I Peculiar People 2 Corinthians 4 v1:12 As we thanked You for the blessing of Your angels yesterday, Lord, today we give thanks for the saints. Those men and women who have lived their lives for You and in You, giving everything up to and including their lives in the service of the Most High. In preaching and carrying Your Word, in serving the community, in standing in faith against persecution and false judgement, they have successfully taken part in Your plan of redemption for over two thousand years. Help us to take up our Cross, Father, to accept Your burden that is not heavy, and to walk in faith and truth and spirit for Your glory and name's sake. You alone are worthy of such adoration and service, we are privileged and thankful to take part, as were those who have gone on before. So today, let us rejoice as they did; in adversity; in blessing; in peace; in war. Glory hallelujah! Glory amen! All for Jesus, all to Jesus, in Jesus's name. Amen! Psalm 21 Holy Is The Lamb Rise Up And Praise Him 9th Shevat Friday 19th January Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus I Am No Victim Hebrews 1 v6:14 You have set Your angels to watch and guard over us, Lord God of Israel. Yet there is also an opposition that is ruthless, cruel and heartless, seeking to rid all of God's creatures of life. So today we pray for our unseen protectors. Not to them, but to You in appeal for strengthening and mercy. That they, like us, may not be caught off guard. We thank You and we thank them for the times that they have interceded, and we look to You to keep them fast by our side for Your glory. May we not test You in this, yet we thank You and glorify You for Your provision and their endeavour, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, who ever sits above them, amen. 8th Shevat Thursday 18th January Song Of Solomon You Deserve Psalm 28 To You, our God. What a privilege it is to say those words. What an honour to be called, to be chosen by You, the Lord of Lords and King of Kings. Not as vassals or slaves, not as playthings, not as toys scattered on a map, but as friends, as co-workers, as partakers, as those gifted. You have broken the chains that bind us, You have restored us to Kingdom power. You are the great, 'I AM' and we are Your children, Your followers, Your people. Your ambassadors. For Your glory. Amen. ​ 7th Shevat Wednesday 17th January Sing, Sing, Sing Here Is Love Matthew 6 v9:19 You have taken our hearts of stone, Lord God of Israel. You have given us hearts of flesh and instructed us how to live according to Your word. Help us draw near to You again, Father, this day. To seek and find refuge in the shadow of Your wings. You know the world that we live in, nothing is hidden from You. You know the darkness, the corruption, though the darkness has never understood You. So give us shelter under Your wings, O God, that we may be strengthened and encouraged, that we can be reminded of who You are and what You have done. That we may emerge singing Your praises and sharing in Your testimony, that You may be glorified and the powers, potentates and dominions of the Enemy be put to flight, in Jesus's name we pray, amen! 6th Shevat Tuesday 16th January Leave Me Astounded Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing Numbers 6 v18:27 Help us in our commitment to Your business, Father God, in the way that we should go, in the words that we should speak and the sacrifices that we need to make. We are no longer bound by sacrificial law, yet its wisdom is eternal. Your wisdom is more precious than rubies and, as we follow after You, should we not look towards the scriptures in how to live for You? Guide us in this also, we pray. You are the light that we want to follow, in Jesus's name. Amen. 5th Shevat Monday 15th January King Of Glory Almighty Micah 4 v8:13 Why do the nations rage when the King is on the throne? Your Kingdom is characterised by Your church upon the Earth, Your perfect bride established with Jesus as its head and its bridegroom. We do not see that church upon the earth, yet we know it is a certainty that it will come. Lord, help us hasten the day of its coming, help us align ourselves to be that church. The true congregation of the saints, the true servants who wait only upon the will of the Lord God, the Almighty, the Maker of the Heavens and the Earth. Our prayers come against the Enemy that drowns out the true church's coming. That muddies the waters and pollutes the streams. That causes men's hearts to founder, that twists even the simplest word away from the truth that You have proclaimed. Your Kingdom will come. Your bride will be made ready, no nation or boundary or power or potentate can prevent it, in Jesus's name, amen. 4th Shevat Sunday 14th January That Old Rugged Cross It Is Finished John 19 v28:37 ​ Your miraculous work. Something the Devil could not foresee. A way opened for all to enter in. A path to forgiveness that even the most wretched of sinners could be restored. What a price though. Yet You paid it. The only ransom sufficient to break the curse. Father, today help us consider the Cross afresh, how it has transformed our lives. How it affects the lives of others. And, Lord, help us understand. To fathom Your ways, that we may apply ourselves, that we may over come. For Your name's sake and glory alone. Amen. 3rd Shevat Saturday 13th January A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Lead Me To The Cross Lord, I Need You Job 12 v1:16 When Your hand is extended in mercy, who can cut it off, Lord of Hosts. Great God, the Maker and Creator of All the Earth? Who is equal to You, and to who could You be compared? It is evident that we need Your help, Your blessing to make headway and prosper in this barren life, that we even need Your help in understanding this to be the case. Strengthen our faith in You today, oh God. As we bow down in prayer, as we lift our hands in worship and as we set our backs to the yoke that You have fashioned for us, be with us. That we may rejoice in Your fellowship, that we may share with and encourage one another, that we may shine a light into this dark earth, that, though You do not need us, You do delight in us, we are Your expressed desire. Amen. Job 12 v17:25 Psalm 63 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah 2nd Shevat Friday 12th January Light A Fire Set A Fire Exodus 3 v1:8 ​ As we look to a covering of Your blood in this month of Shevat, Lord, we ask also for Your Holy fire. Your word says that the flesh is weak but the spirit is willing, then burn us up with righteousness and zeal for the gospel and the things of Your ministry and Kingdom. Your declaration was that the harvest was plentiful yet the workers few, then let us work as those who have a thirst for harvest and a hunger to fill Your storehouses to overflowing. Let us seek and help one another, let us love and forgive, let us look to You, as the Author and Finisher of Our Faith, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, who is at once Father, Son and Holy Ghost. May we blaze a trail for You, in Jesus's name, amen! 1st Shevat Thursday 11th January O, The Blood Of Jesus Power In The Blood Mark 10 v15:23 You were clear about what was required to enter the gates of Heaven, Son of God. You said that you are the bread. You are the blood. You are the water. You are the light. We must take of You to enter in. We must take of You with the innocence of children, in the simple delight that they have for the world. In this new month, Lord, may we partake in that blood again, the vitality and life, the bringer of goodness, the remover of waste. Bring us to new life and understanding, Lord, and teach us in the way we should go. We follow You, lead us, Great Shepherd, we pray. Amen. 29th Tevet Wednesday 10th January Beautiful Jesus, Jesus, Jesus Philippians 2 v1:18 Exalted above all other things, may our praises magnify Your name, O Holy One of Israel. We love You and are astounded each time we come to know that we can love You more. Name above All Names, we thank You for Your providence and grace. We thank You for Your instruction and correction. You are, indeed, beautiful. We are just naked specks when we come before You, yet You have robed us in white and washed clean in Your own blood. As we come to the end of this month we cleanse ourselves and lay every fear, hope and dream at Your feet. Yours is the best way. Yours is the only way. Yours is the way that we choose. For the father's glory and the coming of Your Kingdom upon the earth. Amen. 28th Tevet Tuesday 9th January You Are Worthy Of My Praise You Are Good Ephesians 4 v9:30 Help us to stand in You and stand for You, Lord of Hosts. We no longer want to be storm tossed leaves, but upright men and women, grounded in scripture, planted in the truth. We want to see rightly and proclaim Your Kingdom come on the Earth. So that change may come. So that others may receive. So that Your Kingdom may come upon the Earth. We can only imagine a world populated by those who live and think like Your Son, Jesus. A world of trust. A world of action. An end to discrimination. An end to plight. And, though we trust in Your timing and in the fulfilment of Your redemption plan, we want it now. It burns within us, Lord. So help us, please. Assuage our cries and soothe our brows, that we may catch our breath and stand in You and stand for You. Forever. Amen. 27th Tevet Monday 8th January He Hideth My Soul In The Cleft Of The Rock Thy Lovingkindness Exodus 33 v9:33 To look upon Your face is to die, to be undone in the radiance of Your splendour. You had not yet been revealed to mortal men in the fulness of Your being, it would be for Moses to lead the people and ultimately prepare a way and a place for You to come to earth as a man, that the mystery and many prophecies may be fulfilled and the Son, Yeshua, Jesus, and the heavy price of His blood be as a propitiation to wash us clean and make us presentable before Your throne. One day we will gaze upon You in awestruck wonder forever, and such radiant joy we will know. Glory hallelujah, glory amen! ​ 26th Tevet Sunday 7th January Arise I Go Down ​Psalm 19 v7:14 You are worthy of praise, Lord God of Israel, You are worthy of all praise. Your deeds. Your devotion. Your wisdom is more precious than rubies, Your words capable of discerning the thoughts and intent of our hearts, and separating them as precisely as separating bone from the marrow. Thank You for the times where You are with us in the fulness, apologies for the times where we cause You to depart. Help us hold to the narrow path today, Lord, may we uphold You and extol Your virtues and greatness to all who would hear. In this first day of the week, may we be busy about Your business, may we make time to prepare ourselves for the week to come, and may we be blessed in our preparation, singing Your praises as we go, in Jesus's name, amen. 25th Tevet Saturday 6th January A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Rejoice Praise To The Lord Lamentations 4 v3:17 You are God and You are good, Lord God of Israel. You are the Maker and Creator, You alone are sovereign over the Host of Heaven. There are those that look to other gods, to idols and to the doctrine of the self, but all of these will perish and pass away, We will not remember them, as You will not write their names in the Lamb's book of life. Yet each loss is a grief to You, O Father, it is Your express desire that not one should perish. You sent Your Son so that not one of them should have to die, as You declared in Your word, "that whomsoever should believe on Him should not perish, but instead receive eternal life." It seems so simple to those who are saved, Lord. Please bless us with words of truth and encouragement, and a heart and desire to seek and save the lost. Let us not be downcast or put off by the wiles and traps and deceits of the Enemy, rather let us break his teeth with resolution and determination, that the name of Jesus ever be on our lips and the words of testimony that we share never far from our thoughts. That we may serve You and look to You and receive from You in times of need, for Your glory and name's sake, amen! Jeremiah 31 v7:14 Praise The Lord, O My Soul Behold Our God 24th Tevet Friday 5th January Mighty Man Of War Great Are You Lord Psalm 7 According to Your word and will, Oh Lord God of Israel, we are to love our enemies. This does not mean that they need to go without correction. This does not mean that they may continue without defeat. May Your overcoming of them be the blessing that they truly need, a time to reassess and reflect, a time to consider and accept that there is a better path to tread than the one of persecution and destruction. Your word declares that You are slow to anger, yet this does not mean that You do not get angry. This passion should be reserved for You alone. Your word also says that Your righteousness is never achieved through man's anger. So help us, Lord. Let Your Holy Spirit pour the cool waters of peace and forgiveness over our fiery hearts, may our desire to live and please You be greater than the one that feigns injury to justify retribution. Overcome in us, we pray, in Jesus's mighty name, amen. 23rd Tevet Thursday 4th January Once Again Sing To Jesus Acts 28 v17:27 Lord God of Israel, help us in our frustration. There are those we love, we care about, who remain closed to the truth about Jesus, Your Son, who are too busy or too doubtful or too comfortable to hear. Yet, how much more must You be grieved, O Father, when it is Your express desire that not one should perish? That not one of them is hidden from Your knowledge and sight? So teach us Your way of patience and mercy, Father, teach us to persist, as You have persisted, even with us. Bless us with Your magnificence, and raise us beyond what is our understanding, that the world may see more of You and less of us, that those loved ones of ours may see and know Your great love in us. In Jesus's mighty name we pray this, amen. ​ 22nd Tevet Wednesday 3rd January No Other Name Highlands 1 Corinthians 16 v11:24 The vibrancy and life of the early church was in its zeal for You, Lord and their love for one another. With few resources they grew and shared and built, by walking in faith and continually seeking action and improvement. Yet there was a need to be vigilant also, for the Enemy was amongst them, like a wolf amongst sheep, looking to tear, divide and devour. We need Your discernment and trust, Lord, in this time over two thousand years later, to divine a way through the traps and snares of personal belief and practice to the hallowed ground that is shared with the saints from long ago. The true gospel. the true message. The true Christ. Help us in this, Lord God, though we may not deserve it. Help us in this because Your church is the bride that You will one day return for. Because a beacon is not a beacon without fire. Shine Your light in us and through us, that we may taste and see of Your goodness, that we may stand and testify to Your passage amongst us, the salve of every wound and bane of every wolf bite, in the glorious and matchless name of Jesus. Amen. 21st Tevet Tuesday 2nd January Every Praise I Give You Glory, Glory Psalm 150 You are so worthy, Lord God. You have loved us from the start. You loved us whilst we were yet sinners. You have sent Your Son. So we praise You and worship You, according to Your word, as a sacrifice. You are the Living God. By You all things were made, and they are a wonder to behold, from the least to the greatest. Thank You, Father. Thank You, Son. And thank You, Holy Spirit. You are truly Lord of All. Amen! 20th Tevet Monday 1st January Where You Go I Will Go You Lead I'll Follow Ruth 1 v3:17 As we make the transition into a new year according to the Roman calendar, we are mindful of the tradition to make declarations and commitments for the year to come. As men and women of God though, let our, 'Yes!' be 'Yes!' and our, 'No!' be 'No!' Resolutions and commitments may glorify You only if followed through, let us not be idle boasters who make crude gestures only to fail by the end of the first month. It is better to withhold our tongue. If we have one commitment to make, then let us follow the example of Ruth and commit ourselves to You, Lord God of Israel, to do Your will, to follow after Your way, to stand and even die for You, unswerving from our service and devotion. In Jesus's name and for Your glory and the coming of Your Kingdom upon the earth, amen. 19th Tevet Sunday 31st December Waiting Here For You I Love Your Presence 1 Peter 1 v18:25 Lord God Almighty, the Jewish people are the native olive branches of Your vine. We are the wild olive branches, grafted in. Yet those native branches have been cut away, and still need the grace of Jesus and the laying down of the old self to be regrafted back in. Then there will be a special celebration. So today we pray for the Jewish people, the Jewish nation, that they repent and receive Jesus, that they may be most blessed amongst all people. Amen. ​ 18th Tevet Saturday 30th December A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Awake, Awake O Zion Lord Of All Hopefulness Song Of Solomon 4 v16 O Lord, it is our desire for You to come for us. Yet it is also Your desire that all of Your children return to You. Help us set aside our personal agendas and look to serve You with the strength and blessings that You have furnished upon us. It is the sweet smelling sacrifice that draws people to You, as it also pleases You in Your heavenly temple. So, let us continue in our sacrifice of praise and worship, let us apply ourselves diligently to the study of Your word. That others may see and hear Your Holy Spirit in our musings, that ever more may be drawn to You and the grace You have poured out on the world through the ages. In Jesus's name we pray this, amen. Philippians 4 v9:13 Let My Life Be Like A Love Song Draw Me Close To You 17th Tevet Friday 29th December Miracles Here I Am To Worship Matthew 14 v22:33 You are the God of Miracles. As the Maker and Creator of all there was, is and ever will be, You have the power and authority to overrule the Laws of Nature and require of Your Creation to concord with what You desire it to do. Where You walked on the water, where You provided food for thousands from the lunch meal of a child. Whilst Jannes and Jambres performed miracles in the sight of the people, under the influence of lesser gods, only the God of Heaven could free them from the bondage of idolatry and idol worship. Your power was far and above their reckoning. You worked through Your servant, Moses, that Your power and might may be displayed. Father we ask that You continue to work through Your people, that You continue to expose the charlatans and false teachers, that You continue to put forth Your hand and light through Your Holy Spirit. That eyes may be opened, that lives may be changed, that the sick may be healed, that the lost may be shown the way home again. For Your glory and name's sake, and the coming of Your Kingdom upon the earth. Amen. 16th Tevet Thursday 28th December You Have Won The Victory Victory Belongs To Jesus John 16 v25:33 The world belongs to You, Lord God of Israel. The Kingdom belongs to You. You regained authority over the Earth when You won the victory on the Cross. When You returned to Heaven, You carried it with You. What remains now is that part of it which is in rebellion against You. That part that follows after and serves, whether in knowledge or without knowledge, the Kingdom of Satan. This is our position. This is our identity. This is all that truly matters in the ongoing struggle that humanity has faced since the first two were cast out of Heaven for the first rebellion so long ago. Satan himself is a defeated foe, bound and set aside for destruction, yet there is an ongoing part of Your work of redemption that we see played out each day before our eyes. And what are we to do? Lord God Almighty? How are we supposed to walk? As sons and daughters. As adopted heirs. As children, once rightfully condemned to destruction, redeemed by Your saving grace. To tell others. To show others. To testify to others that they too might be convinced as we once were, and that they too may choose to turn and follow You. To join You in victory. To confound that evil spirit, that power of darkness who, even in defeat, continues to seek our blasphemy and doom. Hallelujah, King of kings and Lord of lords. Help us and guide us by Your Holy Spirit this day. Hosanna! Yeshua, Jesus, Name Above All Names, and thank You for winning the ultimate victory. Glory hallelujah! Glory amen! 15th Tevet Wednesday 27th December Count Your Blessings Creation Is Waiting Hebrews 7 v15:17 You are our great High Priest, Lord Jesus. As such, even those who are called as priests are accountable to You. We must be diligent in our thought, observance and way. We must follow after You and remain in service of You. We do this by remaining obedient and keeping Your commandments; by seeking after Your way; by aligning ourselves with You through the power of Your Holy Spirit. He will dwell with us and in us, as Your word declares. If You are for us, what can stand against us? High Priest, help us perform our duties today, help us strive for the things of Your Kingdom, help us display the love that You have shown towards us. That You may be honoured and glorified, that thanksgiving and testimony may rise up from the shadows, that the name of Jesus be on the lips of all who witness and confess. Amen. ​ 14th Tevet Tuesday 26th December Better Is One Day King Of Glory Revelation 7 v17 Your word declares it. A time when we will hunger and thirst no more. A time where You, the Lord God of Israel, the Maker and Creator, will be manifest in the midst of us, pouring out our very lives as we rejoice and celebrate with You. We can only imagine at the splendour, at the peace. Bless us with a sense of it today, Father. A balm for the pain of this existence, a salve against the indifference and unnecessary suffering. And let us take strength, Father, that it was the same in Your day, that You were indignant with Your own people, who listened not and heeded less, though they found no contentment with all that they did. So, rather than the endless rebuke that they deserve, help us pay heed to Your example, and turn from them with weary resignation, content to know that one day all will be made clear, and their absence will not be one that is lamented or missed, as Your blessing heals every hurt and carries away each and every tear. Amen. 13th Tevet Monday 25th December Christmas Day. A Merry Christmas to all our fellowship, in Jesus's name. Glory To God Forever Your Love, O Lord Psalm 130 Happy Birthday, Lord of Hosts. Merry Christmas too! Today we want to celebrate and give thanks to the One, True, Living God. Joy to the world! The Messiah is born! Woe unto Your enemies. Blessings beyond measure to those who turn from their sin. Give strength and encouragement to Your workers, and sustenance and surcease to those who are poor, hungry and sick. You are God Almighty, give everyone a sense of You today, that all may yet one day turn from the path of destruction and join with You on the path of righteousness. Glory hallelujah! Hosanna! With heavenly hosts we proclaim the day of Your birth! Hosanna! Jesus of Nazareth, called Yeshua, Isa and Jesu. Hosanna! Son of God, Righteous King, Saviour of the World, Prince of Peace, Holy One Of Israel, Messiah. May the government of the world be upon Your shoulders. Glory hallelujah, hosanna, amen! Isaiah 53 v5 Joy To The World O Come Let Us Adore Him 12th Tevet Sunday 24th December Moment By Moment Love Came Down Isaiah 40 v1:5 Oh, Lord, You spoke of Your coming many times in Your word, yet for many it was not enough. Of those that did believe, many fell away in expecting a powerful and splendid warrior king. And even of those who would accept a babe born in a stable, only a handful remained with You at the foot of the Cross. It was only when You rose again that You were validated and justified in the eyes of the people. Your word said that You would come, and You did come. And it says that You will come again. Help us see and acknowledge this, Lord God, through the gift of Your Holy Spirit. Help us walk deliberately and uprightly to uphold a testimony to Your influence and transformation in our lives, out of the fear that comes where wisdom begins. To know You is to love You, Lord God of Israel, and to love You is to live and walk in Your ways. For Your glory and name's sake, amen! 11th Tevet Saturday 23rd December A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. New Wine Here For You ​Psalm 145 v8:13 Today we bring a sacrifice of worship to You, Lord. As we lay down our work. As we separate ourselves from the things of the world. As we turn and look to You, and dedicate and commit ourselves to You, we lift up our hands in worship. We do not bring rams or bulls or birds. We join with the voices of our brothers and sisters around the world who do the same in honouring and keeping Your Sabbath, in acknowledging who You are, the Maker and Creator of All of the Earth. We do not do this out of a dreadful fear of condemnation. We do not do this out of an expectation of reward or privilege. We do this out of a simple desire to express our love and gratitude, out of a simple agreement with You to honour a day of Your choosing, of recognising Your superiority and seniority and wisdom in selecting a day such as this. With thanksgiving and praise, in awe and amazement at who You are and all that You have done, are doing and will do. In Jesus's name, amen. 2 Timothy 4 v8 ​I Love Your Presence Holy Spirit ​ 10th Tevet Friday 22nd December Overwhelmed Lord Of Patience Exodus 4 v5:13 You are a jealous God, Lord God of Israel, the Almighty God, the Maker of the Heavens and the Earth, and You are covenant making God. The yoke of Your covenant at Mount Sinai was impossible for mortal man to bear. Though it was Your desire, though it would have made men perfect before You through their own actions, their sin was too great. Even to the first generation, Joshua would broker peace with the Amorites and the very people who had come through the Red Sea were offering their gold to Aaron to build them an idol to bow down to as You prepared the tablets of the Law for them. Yet it was and is a necessary step in the process of Redemption. Necessary so that people may understand the depth and inevitability of their sin, necessary to point to the next covenant, that only a perfect and spotless man, not of the earth, could meet the requirement, could pay the price. We need the Saviour. As it says in Your word, "Whilst we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Help us live in this today, to accept and pass our infirmities to You and to receive and walk in the mercy, compassion, grace and love that You have shown towards us, not for our own sake but for the sake of Your Son's name, the Name Above All Names, Jesus, Yeshua, Isa, the Messiah, amen. 9th Tevet Thursday 21st December Our God Reigns Here A Mighty Fortress Is Our God Ephesians 6 v10:18 Let us be so armed, Lord God of Hosts, let us be so ready. Our fight is to stand each day. Our confidence, whilst we walk with You, is that You will fight for us. We need to wield the love that You have shown for us and discern through Your Holy Spirit where to land the most grievous blows. Not those that harm or injure those we care about, but those that grieve the Enemy, that lay his servants and his strongholds open for others to rush in and seize. We are not strong in ourselves, yet through Your blood and Your cross and Your sacrifice and Your resurrection we can rise even when we fall, because it is Your work and not ours, and You are mighty to save. May all the powers of darkness flee from our words and testimony today, may we be established in our homes and our lands and the Holy Spirit and angels be so in attendance as to secure them as enclaves of the Kingdom for the Father's glory and in Jesus's name, amen. 8th Tevet Wednesday 20th December Revive Us Leaning On My Beloved Jonah 4 There can be times when we do not understand You and even times when we believe that the better way to go is not the way that You have chosen. Yet the simple truth of this is that we are wrong. You have set Yourself the task of redeeming Your children to Yourself. You have taken the most excellent way possible to achieve this. You have won the victory and made the greatest possible sacrifice and downpayment before this part began. So help us grow in faith today, Lord. To set down those areas where we are still fearful, to surrender every part of ourselves to Your perfect will, in trust and obedience. You plan is for our good, not our harm and, as long as we continue to concord with You, You are good enough and faithful enough to carry us up, over and beyond, for Your glory and Name's sake. Amen. 7th Tevet Tuesday 19th December Thy Word Give Us Clean Hands Ezra 6 v9:13 When You move to provide, Father God, You provide quickly and abundantly. We pray for this today. For those in need. For our families, for our friends. In spiritual giftings and relationship with You first, Father, for these things are beyond value, more precious than rubies, then in the things of the table. For coverings. You know their need, You know our desire. We know that is not just a shopping list or a collection of material things, yet in this Christmas season, in this time and place, let us see Your hand outstretched towards Your people, and their baskets overflowing with testimony, celebration and joy. Through Your Holy Spirit, poured out on the whole earth, and through the blood of Your Son, Jesus, called Yeshua, who gave His life that we may walk in relationship with You. Stun our detractors, silence our enemies and glorify Your heavenly name. Amen! Hosanna! And amen! ​ 6th Tevet Monday 18th December Jesus, Jesus, Jesus Let It Rain Hebrews 6 v10:20 Your decrees and Your statutes stand forever, Oh God, Maker and Creator, Lord of the Heavens and the Earth. Your purpose and intent has not changed since the foundation of the world. Open our hearts, minds and eyes, we pray, that they may see and report of Your good works throughout the world, near and far, personal and distant, that we may proclaim Your great goodness to a world yet unchanged by the depth and scope of its iniquity and sin. To accept that we are indelibly marked for destruction because of our native instinct can also be the beginning of a story of redemption from destruction by an act of love too beautiful and majestic to comprehend. And, in that knowledge, we declare our desire to see and know more. For Your glory and name's sake, Jesus, called Yeshua, amen. 5th Tevet Sunday 17th December Almighty High Above Matthew 11 v25:30 It is amazing to think that You once walked on the earth, Lord God of Israel. That You stepped down into Your creation in order to redeem Your people to Yourself; in order to pay the price that could not be paid by mortal man. Thank You is not enough to put into words how we feel about this, Father., We are awestruck and amazed. If it was not for Your great love we would surely all die, dead in our sins and transgressions against You. So we lift our praises and step into a new week hungry to serve You, willing to die all day long for You, hopeful of aligning ourselves enough with You for Your Holy Spirit to work through us in miraculous and wonderful ways. That Your Kingdom may come upon the earth and the people of this world and time may be shown something of Your glory and splendour, that You have already, graciously shown to us. Glory hallelujah! And glory amen! Father, Son and Spirit. Three in One, amen! 4th Tevet Saturday 16th December A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. The King Is Coming The Lion And The Lamb Joshua 14 v6:15 You blessed Caleb, Lord of Hosts, for being faithful and true. And he remained so all of his days. And he had rest from war and strife. Father God, today we ask You for the same mercy. We lift up our hands of service to You, full of filthy rags as they are, and ask You to accept our filthy rags. To bless us with peace and bounty, that we may continue to sew and tell of the things of Your Kingdom to a broken and lost world. Open the storehouses of Heaven, we pray, and pour out a blessing, that our rest from war and strife can become a message of endeavour and investment in the Kingdom of Heaven upon the earth. In Jesus's name we pray this, for Your glory, amen. ​ Daniel 2 v44:45 Overcome Great Is Your Faithfulness 3rd Tevet Friday 15th December Hanukkah Day 8. A double portion of praise and worship for the last day of the feast. He Has Made Me Glad The Old Rugged Cross Psalm 59 Oh glory be to the Lord God over all of Israel, the Maker and the Creator, the Holy One who led the captives out of Egypt. Your deeds have been full of grace and compassion, Your strength is insurmountable, Your truth a beacon that shines brightest in the darkest nights, that bursts forth as the noonday sun to bring us the peace that was promised long ago. Glory hallelujah and glory amen! Happy Hanukkah, Lord, and may we dedicate ourselves to You more on this final day of celebration as they once did with the Temple so long ago. Amen. Galatians 3 v4:7 My Wonderful Lord All Consuming Fire ​ 2nd Tevet Thursday 14th December Hanukkah Day 7 The Good Shepherd New Wine Psalm 56 Today we pray and intercede for Your missionaries, Lord God Almighty. Those people whose lives are surrendered up to You, and who have taken the steps out of the boat and into the unknown to preach and share the gospel for Your name's sake. Bless them, Lord, with abundance, peace, protection and rest. We pray for a stirring of more hearts to service, Lord, and an opening of the eyes of those who choose to sit back and receive Your blessing with little thought on how to sew it back into the Kingdom. The days are dark and the light is needed, and You have elected to win souls by the power of Your Spirit on display through the people You have called, restored, healed and forgiven. So we pray for those who are about Your business, and also for those who should be, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, amen. 1st Tevet Wednesday 13th December Hanukkah Day 6 God Of This City Holy Is The Lord God Almighty Proverbs 19 v5:9 ​ Though we look to You as the Author and Finisher of Our Faith, we also acknowledge Your expressed belief that we are to love each other as we ourselves would like to be loved. You are a God of relationship, the One who cares about how we treat and respond to one another. Today we lift up our broken relationships to You, Father God, that You may mend burned bridges, that You may whisper words of peace, reconciliation and truth, that You may overwhelm the powers of darkness that come against our right relationships. In the mighty and precious name of Jesus. Keep our words sweet and true, Lord Jesus. You alone are sovereign over our lives and we stand with You and for You in the precincts and palaces, for Your glory. Let this new month and season time be a time of blessing, opportunity and growth. Amen 29th Kislev Tuesday 12th December Hanukkah Day 5 Sing Hosanna Cornerstone Philippians 3 v5:21 You qualify the called, Lord God Almighty. You bless those of little faith with favour. You appointed Your servant Paul to preach the Gospel. Yet he did not think it right to simply receive Your blessing. He received it and lifted it up. He poured it out into the places that You sent him to, and all of the places in between. He served You. With his life, with his body, with his possessions. And he counted all of the things that he had had previously as loss. O Lord, help us. Help take our place alongside Paul in the race. Not looking to the left or the right. Not looking behind. Just looking forward. Just looking towards You. Nothing is so important in this life. Help us make that connection to You. In Jesus's name. Amen. 28th Kislev Monday 11th December Hanukkah Day 4 High Above Rock Of Ages Luke 9 v13:17 Your provision, O God, nourishes as You provide. You are not like other gods, who exact a cost for their service, You paid the highest price for us at the beginning, and paid it gladly. Thank You, Father, for this generosity and gift. Thank You, Son, for Your unerring faith and example, and thank You, Spirit, for teaching us in the way that we should go, and for using us to bring glory to the King. Please keep giving, and take from us freely what You require, that we might honour You in thought, word and deed, that we might uplift Your name, the Name Above All Names, in worship and praise, that we might display the adoration we have for the One who sits enthroned, far above all else. In Jesus's name we pray, amen. 27th Kislev Sunday 10th December Hanukkah Day 3 See His Love I Will Worship You Revelation 17 v1:18, 18 v1:8 We rejoice at the day of Your coming, Lord God Almighty. Though there will be much tumult and trial, it will yet herald the days of glory. It will be as birth pangs that pass as the child is delivered. Strengthen us to worship and encourage us to speak and sing of Your praise, for You alone are surely worthy of all honour and glory. Dim the bright lights of the Enemy's lies in our eyes, Lord; dampen the carnal stirrings that he appeals to most; give us discernment and wisdom to pick our way through his tricks, snares and traps; and guide us by the right, narrow path so that we may one day rejoice at Your side, with all the sickness, darkness and bloodshed gone from our thought and understanding. In Jesus's name we pray, amen. 26th Kislev Saturday 9th December Hanukkah Day 2 A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Casa Del Dios (English Version) Jesucristo Basta Psalm 19 As we continue in this time of celebration, let us rejoice simply in You, Lord of Hosts and King of Kings. The beauty of Your dwelling place, the gift of new life, the wonder of walking Your streets paved with gold, the brilliance of sharing it all with You and those children from all over the world who, like us, have come through trial and blessing to meet You at the foot of Your throne. The angels rejoice. The saints rejoice, so let us rejoice throughout this lifelong day, for Your glory and name's sake, amen! John 14 v1:4 Death Was Arrested Great Are You Lord ​ 25th Kislev Friday 8th December Hanukkah Day 1 Goodness Of God Hosanna Romans 8 v24:39 ​ As we look to You and celebrate You and give thanks for the marvellous deeds that You have done, we acknowledge Your sovereign hand at work in the things of the Kingdom, in the things of the universe. You are not a facet or a character. You are not one god amongst many similar powers. You are Yahweh, Elohim, El Shaddai, Almighty God, the Maker and Creator of the Heavens and the Earth. Just before this time of dedication of the Temple, You delivered Your people from a terrible foe. You showed mercy and compassion. You honoured Judah Maccabee and his family. We ask Your blessing on this week as those who pursue this holiday observance, not that they are justified or receive special favour or reward, but that they know that You meet them in the midst of all that goes on in our lives, that we may be given the confidence to keep walking and the strength to overcome any obstacle for Your glory, and the coming of Your Kingdom to the Earth. Amen. 24th Kislev Thursday 7th December Great And Mighty Be Thou My Vision 2 Peter 3 v11:18 Yes, Lord God of Israel, who delivered His people out of captivity in Egypt, we will need Your strength to be lifted out of this world and into the next. This is our hope and vision, and we pray to align ourselves with You, that You may be present with us and within us, and furnish us with every good gift according to Your will and generosity, all the nations of the earth are as a footstool at Your feet. Our prayer is one of remembrance. To remind us to put on the whole armour that You have fashioned for us, to live and stand uprightly as a witness to Your transforming power, to proclaim Your good deeds and the victory of Your Son, Jesus Christ, at the Cross. To pray fervently for Your followers and Saints, near and far, known and unknown and to oppose those words of evil that drip from the mouths of those deceived by the Evil One. Oh, God of Isaac, bless us with words and prayers that will assist in the overcoming of them! Even to the setting of them free who have opposed us in our walk, work and lives for so long. You call us to love one another, let us do this in honour of You. Remind us to give thanks and stay humble, that people who see us may know that it is the God of Israel who now supports our cause and upholds our way. Finally bless those who prepare for the Feast of Hannukah, that they may find peace and connection in the celebration in Jesus's name. Amen. 23rd Kislev Wednesday 6th December You Are Good God You're So Good Romans 5 v8 How could we possibly measure Your gift of grace towards the people of the world? When even one drop of Your precious blood holds a price beyond imagining? Many people try to summarise Your character with just one word. Truth. Hope. Peace. Love. Joy. Yet it is through Your goodness that You are truly, wholly revealed. You are for us and not against us. You are not ambiguous or capricious. You are ever, and will be forever, good in all that You are and do. It defines Your holiness, underpins Your desire to save us, counts out the very steps from Heaven to the Cross and beyond with simple, elegant and perfect pace. You give rhyme and melody to the psalmist. Your heart is for the lost, lonely, broken, hungry, sick and afraid. Fill us with that goodness today, Father, we pray. To the brim. To overflowing. That Your goodwill towards all men may be seen in us, that our wretchedness may be alleviated, that Your Kingdom come upon the Earth where we work, eat and dwell. For Your glory and the name's sake of Your Son, Jesus, who is the Christ. Amen. 22nd Kislev Tuesday 5th December Jesus Paid It All Worthy Is The Lamb Isaiah 53 There are few places in scripture that speak so concisely about You, Lord Jesus, prior to Your arrival here on earth. That prophesy so clearly the events of Your life here, of Your betrayal and even the mechanism of Your victory. Yet Your word says that, "All scripture is God breathed..." and a step back reveals that the entire narrative before Your arrival on earth is really about that one thing and the things that follow. Thank You, Lord God, for deploying and displaying and sharing Your wisdom with us. Please continue to instruct us on how to receive more and guide us by the ways that we need to go that we may shine Your light upon a hillside and bring honour and fame to Your name. As You wrote about Yourself through the prophet Isaiah, over seven hundred years before You came to the Earth, may You also speak through us of Your glorious deeds. Jesus, Yeshua, the Messiah, amen! ​ 21st Kislev Monday 4th December Just One Touch From The King Lord I Need You Jeremiah 15 v11:17 The world's need is great and its sins are grievous, Oh Lord, and our need is great and our sins are grievous. How we need You, Your love, Your sacrifice, Your resurrection. To rise again with You is as to fly on eagle's wings. Glory hallelujah for the coming of Your Son, Glory amen for all that He achieved. Our sins and the world's sins overcome in grace and truth, a justice unimaginable to the most powerful of our foes. Glory be to the Lord of Lords and King of Kings! Most High we humbly pray for Your needed help in all the things of our day. May we be not so caught up in the world to forget You, may we not miss any opportunity that You present us with to serve You. In Jesus's name we pray, amen. 20th Kislev Sunday 3rd December He Who Would Valiant Be I Give You My Heart Ecclesiastes 3 v1:8 Seasons and times, dates and places, the same reality that underlies all things, one Truth, complete and unchanging, rejected by many, needed by all who would be free from bondage and slavery. It can be hard to walk in a world where the news from both near and far paints a grim picture of all that is living in this world that we were born in. Yet it is to the New Heaven and New Earth we look, where You will walk amongst us and we will be Your children. Though it sounds like a fantasy it is a truth, concrete and declared in and by Your Word, affirmed in the lives and actions of the many that have lived by faith and not by sight. By those that we each have known and lost whose countenance was lifted and lit by something other than their selves. Who have found strength to endure, who have found courage to overcome, who have persisted where everyone else has given up. Not for vainglory or self righteousness, but out of a love, a thankfulness for the same and exacting other, as real in their present as it will be in their future. Help us listen for You and seek You, Lord God Almighty, help us share and proclaim the truth of that which we have experienced and know to be true from our own lives, that more and more may find it and Your glory be revealed once again to this world. Amen. 19th Kislev Saturday 2nd December A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Simple Gospel Worthy Of It All Proverbs 14 v7:9 It is most certainly foolishness to reject You, Lord of Hosts, and such was once our estate also. Praise be to You for opening the Way. Praise be to You, Lord, for fielding Your grace, compassion, mercy and forgiveness towards us, even though it meant the shedding of blood that was Christ on the Cross. Thank You, Father, for all of it. Help us walk in Your grace and favour today, Father, help us uphold and exemplify Your Kingdom. For Your glory, in Jesus's name, amen. 2 John v4:7 I Need Thee Every Hour With All My Heart 18th Kislev Friday 1st December Love Has A Name Praise The Father, Praise The Son Matthew 25 v34:40 Dear Heavenly Father, Maker of the Heavens and the Earth, First Born Amongst All Creation, we bow down before You and acknowledge who You are, what You have done and what You will do. We surrender ourselves before You, knowing the worth of our greatest deeds in comparison to Yours, yet hopeful of performing service to You with our lives, our minds, our words and our deeds, that You may be glorified and that people may know You and see You more in Jesus's matchless and precious name. As we come into this final month of the Roman year, help us be mindful of these words of scripture here shared. To serve You is to serve others. May we be active and fruitful in this, not for vainglory or applause, but to sew and establish the things of the Kingdom upon the earth. Food for the hungry. Light for those in darkness. Hope for the lost. Salve for those who are hurting. Freedom for the captives. Companionship for the lonely. Healing for the sick. Whether through the works of our hands, or as agents of Your supernatural grace, establish us, we pray, as ministers and servants for Your Kingdom, ever thankful for having such an opportunity. In Jesus's name we pray. Amen. ​ 17th Kislev Thursday 30th November Thy God Reigneth Shout To The North Luke 4 v1:13 Declaring Your word and being Your people brings us into direct conflict with the enemy that You defeated at the Cross, Lord Jesus. There he was judged and set aside for destruction. There he took his next step on the road to his total undoing. We thank You, Lord, for overcoming him, yet we recognise that he has been set aside for a purpose, that he and his servants remain as a test for those who would follow You and a curse for those who would turn away. In the wilderness, You bested Satan with Your faith and scripture. This is the Father's inspired word. At the Cross You overcame Satan with Your faith and precious blood, You were the living Word. You help us today in the same way, and we need it. We need to press in to where it says in scripture, "and they overcame Satan by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony." This is a recipe for victory for every believer. It is one we must share amongst the elect. It is by Your Spirit that we too can overcome, and we pray for an anointing of this today as we go out. May we seek You, in word and faith, and may we find You, in blood and example, for the Father's glory and Your name's sake, and for the coming of Your Kingdom upon the earth. Amen. 16th Kislev Wednesday 29th November Made To Worship More Than Conquerors Ephesians 4 v14:20 It is true, Lord God of Heaven, that by You we are fearfully and wonderfully made. We live, we breathe. We have strength. We communicate. So, Lord, let those who have received You lift up their arms and voices in praise to You today. May Your angels be given cause to come and listen, may Your Holy Spirit inhabit our songs and devotion. It is You that we bow down to. It is You that we look to in times of plenty and times of trouble. You are the great, "I AM", the Maker and Creator of the whole universe, and You have fashioned us for a purpose, You have called us to a walk and standard through the precious blood of Your Son, Jesus Christ. May we honour You then, with thanksgiving, in spirit and truth, for Your glory forever. Amen. 15th Kislev Tuesday 28th November He Lives All Creatures Of Our God And King 1 Thessalonians 2 v7:12 Pure, blameless and honest. How powerfully the saints of old witnessed and testified to You and of You, Lord God of Israel. Not just fine words and comprehensive knowledge, but also as faithful servants to Christ that exhibited every good and powerful attribute gained from You in their conversion process as part of their daily life. Help us walk as they did today, Father, help us uphold all that is good and gracious and true for Your glory and the name's sake of Your Son, Jesus, Yeshua, who is the Messiah. Amen. 14th Kislev Monday 27th November Passion I Am No Victim James 4 v7:10 What have we without You, O God? What are we without You? Help us become emphatic about our walk and way today, Lord. Not just when we worship in secret. Not just when we are encouraged by stirring words and well arranged melodies. But when we are broken and hurting; when we cannot see or sense You; when our ears are dulled and our hearts cold. For You are worthy. You have not changed and do not change. And as we turn to You, You will meet us there. It is not arrogant or boastful to say this as this is what You have expressed in Your word. It is what You have declared. It has been made possible because You poured out Your blood. You paid a ransom that could not be paid by human sacrifice alone. So help us honour You and stand on Your word today, declaring to all who would hear it, that the Living God came into the world and died for its sins. Amen. ​ 13th Kislev Sunday 26th November You Make Beautiful Things Song Of Solomon Philemon v4:7 Every blessing and good thing comes from You, Father God. All righteousness, compassion, mercy, grace, truth and love. Yet You have created us as free agents, able to pick up and set down. Able to choose. Help us choose again this day to serve You as children of the Most High. Help us practice hospitality and exhibit Your love to our fellow men and women. To those we know and to those we don't. To those who challenge us and to those that work against us. Your prayer of forgiveness from the Cross was for all who did not know what they were doing. In truth, they would have fallen on their own swords if they had. You are the King of the Universe, no being that You have created has the right to raise his hand against You. You have pursued us, and faced rebellion in Your realm because of it. You have lost many sheep that You have cared for, witnessed the hardening of hearts and errancy in ways, thoughts and deeds. Holy God, You are not idle though. You have set a plan and You will see it through. And Your enemies, and our enemies, will melt like wax before You. May we be a light to draw those that would turn and receive You this day, may we rejoice in the simple gospel and the wonder and splendour of what that truly means. In Jesus's name we pray, amen. 12th Kislev Saturday 25th November A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Psalm 63 Psalm 23 Psalm 1 Dear heavenly Father, You hear our prayers. Today we lift up our arms and hearts to You in desperate plea. Our way is not straight before us, the world stands on the brink of collapse, Your church is derided and rendered ineffective as Your children go about, looking out for the things of the world, bickering over inconsequential matters whilst the poor, the sick and the lonely go about without aid. Rescue us from the pit and the abyss, O Lord, be merciful towards us that we may see it and declare it; that we may commit to being the people that You would want us to be; that we may find the success of serving You forever. You are worthy of all praise throughout the times, lands and generations. You have rescued and You have sewn. Help us by Your Spirit, cause us to respond in remembrance and honour of all that You have done. In the mighty and precious name of Jesus. Amen. Psalm 60 Psalm 19 Psalm 84 11th Kislev Friday 24th November Let The Name Of The LORD Be Praised I Am Not Forgotten Jeremiah 10 v5:15 As You have not forgotten us, Lord God of Israel, or set us aside; as You are real and truly the Maker and Creator of All Things, You are worthy of all honour, glory and praise. Help us to remember this. To not set You aside or put our trust in idols. To trust in our own wisdom is foolishness when the greatest of men's wisdom is less than the least of Yours. Today we pray against a creation of man and its misinformed name, 'artificial intelligence.' There is no such thing. Though it may be the cleverest of scarecrows in a cucumber field, though it may be harnessed to contraptions and devices to make it move, it cannot and never will be intelligence. It is only ever algorithm and craft. A perversion of true will, a declaration of those who pursue their own, absolute sovereignty. Help us be wise in this today, Lord. Help us to look to and profess only You. In the face of adversity, in the antagonisation of human, popular opinion. Help us stand against, and not kneel and kowtow to, an abomination of human contrivance, an attempt by weak and feeble minds to overcome the simple principles that You have set to govern all things. In the mighty and precious name of Jesus we pray, amen. 10th Kislev Thursday 23rd November Be Bold, Be Strong Ever Be Proverbs 1 v2:7 It is not often that the people of God pray for cunning, yet this is a day and age that You have declared we need to be, "as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves." You are the Sovereign Lord, the Maker and the Creator of All the Universe, and we need Your wisdom and discernment to make it through the narrow way. Help us, we pray, in this, today Lord. That we may win the day, not by strength of arms or degrees of intelligence, but rather by trust and reliance on You and Your Holy Spirit. You are able to deliver us from any and each situation, You can provide refuge, You can overwhelm and overcome our foes. The battle belongs to You, may we have the strength and courage to stand with You and for You come what may out of the denizens of night. Help us choose carefully and lead us and guide us in the ways that You would have us go in establishing Your victory in this dark realm, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, amen. ​ 9th Kislev Wednesday 22nd November All For Love Beautiful Saviour 1 Timothy 4 v1:5 There are churches that deceive in this day and age, Lord. Where scripture is twisted, where religiosity and strife walk hand in hand. Yet nothing is hidden from You, Father of Lights, and Your truth prevails. Thank You for the love that You have shown for us. Help us more than just speak these words today, Father, may it also be evident in our thoughts, actions, word and deeds. Your word says that other people will recognise that we belong to You by how we love each other. In this way, may the truth also be revealed to the errant leaders and teachers, Lord, that Your Kingdom may continue to grow and be established here on the earth, for Your glory and name's sake, amen. 8th Kislev Tuesday 21st November Highly Exalted See His Love Luke 23 v33:53 We are always to remember the work that You did for us on the Cross, Lord Jesus. Your body will be the only one in heaven to bear scars. So remind us today, Lord. Yet, may the sting of its memory pass, Lord. For this is a victory and not a defeat. Great and terrible though the day was, the universe was changed and a way opened. Glory be to the Lord of Lords and King of Kings, nailed to cross that sinful men and women need not die! Glory forever to Risen Saviour, who rose from the grave, defeated death and overcame sin, that we may live with Him and love with Him and laugh with Him in paradise! He who takes away the sin of the world. Jesus, called Yeshua, the Christ, our King. Amen! 7th Kislev Monday 20th November Our God Is A Great, Big God Jesus Love Is Very Wonderful Psalm 91 To rest in You and be reminded of the innocence that is ours through Your sacrifice brings a peace that surpasses all others. A refuge that none can assail and overcome. And it is only with a child like wonder that we will be able to enter in, trusting wholly on Your promises, laying down all guile and pretension as tools that may have been successful in our old life, yet are not welcome or necessary in the new. Your word declares that You have appointed the praises of children to silence the Enemy, so let us join in with enthusiasm and blessing, for the Father's glory, amen! 6th Kislev Sunday 19th November The Battle Belongs To The Lord Whom Shall I Fear? Jeremiah 12 v1:16 Who are we to stand against You, Lord God Almighty? Who are we to wage war against Your people, Your Son? How fierce must our rebellion be that we raise up arms and brandish weapons against You? That we kill Your children. That we spill the blood of those that You have created. That we leave mothers without sons and fathers without daughters. That we push and raise our own children to hatred and bloodshed, when all that You have made is good? This prayer is not about a geographical location or favouring one people over another, as in the days of old. This prayer is about Your world, and all of its people, the same as You sent Your Son to save. For those who remain to listen, for those who lament such terrible loss and tragedy, for those that would look to You and call for an end, this prayer is a prayer for peace. It is not beyond the people of the world to lay down their arms. It is not beyond the people of the world to set down their guns. Choice is something, incredibly, that You have fashioned into each of us. So, wherever the conflict, whatever the mad reasoning behind it, this prayer is a prayer for Your Holy Spirit to speak louder than the loudest voice, within and without. To speak, 'peace' over the voice that speaks, 'bloodshed'. Silence the guns, lock back the bombs and tether the missiles, Lord God, that the world may know You are One, that You are the Prince of Peace for a day. Amen. ​ 5th Kislev Saturday 18th November A double portion of prayer and worship for the Sabbath. ​ ​Come Drink At My Table Fine 1 Peter 1 v21:25 Father God, it is important that we humble ourselves before You, and not be proud or puffed up or arrogant with the new life and gifts that You have given us. All good things come from You, Father, and those who stand and walk in Your ways will taste and see of Your goodness along the way. Help us be mindful especially, Lord, of hubris, that we do not take what You have given us so freely and try and use it for personal power, influence or gain. You are the Author and Finisher of our faith, and without You we can do no good thing. Bless us once more in our day, we pray, and keep us wise against the schemes of our Enemy, the Devil. In Jesus's mighty and matchless name we pray, amen! Judges 14 v18:38 Thy Will Be Done Hosanna 4th Kislev Friday 17th November How He Loves Us Here Is Love Vast As The Ocean Romans 5 v8 It is said that we can never truly understand the love that You have for us or have shown towards us because we have nothing to compare it with. Oceans, mountains, even the entirety of space would not come to a thimbleful of Your agape love, Lord God of Israel. Yet in these songs, in these concepts, in these metaphors we can get a sense of it. And it should humble us. Not the crushing guilt and shame of Your wrathfulness towards us, for the death of Your Son, but the awestruck, child like wonder of our God who laid down His life that we might live, not just in the here and now, but in a perfect and eternal future where that love would be forever revealed in the awesomeness of Your splendour. A compassion that would have to be boundless just to redeem our own wretched soul back to You, yet in truth a compassion that would draw all men and women to You with the offer of salvation. May we carry a sense of Your love into our day and way today, Father, that others may see its life changing effects, and may we have opportunity to tell of the source of this great love and the truth You unfolded to connect us with it once again. For Your glory and name's sake, amen! 3rd Kislev Thursday 16th November My Heart Is Overwhelmed I Exalt Thee Deuteronomy 7 v13:15 Your fervent passion for Your people is evident in all that You did for them in the time of Moses, yet their hearts hardened towards You, God of All, Maker and Creator of the whole of the firmament and the things that are in it. Help us search ourselves for spot or blemish, help us maintain a desire to serve and exalt You, whether we see the promise and blessing of the Holy Land or not. May we speak and receive prayers of healing today, may all the ailments of our communities and societies be brought before You for wisdom and that healing touch. Bless us, Lord, we pray in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, amen! 2nd Kislev Wednesday 15th November Softly and Tenderly Overwhelmed Isaiah 40 v12:22 Dear Heavenly Father, may we never lose sight of Your splendour, power and majesty. May it ever overwhelm us and sweep us up as the dust under Your feet. We know that You yearn for us, that You desire to be in relationship with us and have even sent Your Son to redeem us to You, yet is clear from Your word that You are the First Born Amongst All Creation, worthy of all honour and praise. As we think and dwell on this, this day, may You grant Your Spirit permission to open up the vista of Your greatness once again, that we may get and retain a sense of awe and privilege and humility in our understanding and thankfulness towards You. In the mighty and precious name of Jesus we pray, amen. ​ 1st Kislev Tuesday 14th November Voice Of Truth Revive Us Job 5 v8:27, 6 v1:7 Oh! How we need Your discernment in the days of treachery and deceit! How we need to keep our ear attentive to the One who was and is and is to come. We read both sides of the page between Eliphaz and Job and both seem valid, well reasoned, plausible claims. Yet, only one is the truth. Job's friends were rebuked by God for not speaking correctly. Continue to help us Lord, we pray, that we may become wise in honouring You, that Your cities and storehouses may be restored. During this new month of Kislev, in our homes, in our work places, in our relationships, help us see with Your eyes, Father, that we may honour You and even receive the increase, for Your glory and name's sake. Amen. 29th Cheshvan Monday 13th November Let My Life Song Sing To You Let My Life Be Like A Love Song Psalm 86 To worship You, Lord, with our whole heart. To bow down in worship. To exalt You, Your Son, Your name to the highest heavens. To give You praise out of thankfulness and humility and recognition for all that You have done, are doing and will do. That is our desire, our profession. This is our calling, our right. Help us to not be afraid this day, Father, and to worship You with our whole heart; with all of our strength and with all of our soul. You are worthy of such praise. May we take our part in it this day, and forever, in Jesus's name. Amen. 28th Cheshvan Sunday 12th November My Soul Longs For You Better Is One Day In Your Courts Isaiah 26 v1:8 There is so much in this text about Your provision and Your reward for those who wait upon You, Lord God of Israel. Your protection, Your provision and Your establishment. We acknowledge and invite and even beg for Your righteous right hand to be in our thoughts and deeds throughout this day. Populate our minds with images that could only come from You. We need You as Shepherd, Priest and King. We need to be Your humble servants. There is no other name or title that we will be welcomed into Heaven by. Guide us, God, we pray, lead us by the narrow way and keep us from falling by giving us the opportunity to know You more and more each day. In Jesus's matchless and precious name we pray, amen. 27th Cheshvan Saturday 11th November A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Blessed Assurance My Wonderful Lord Isaiah 2 v1:4 O Lord, what a wonderful vision of peace on earth in the phrase, "beat their swords into ploughshares." Today we pray for the areas of the earth where war is manifest. Where men and women take up arms against each other. Where they kill to attack or defend, for money, for land, for power, for wealth, for disputes over territory or religion or caste, colour or creed. We pray for the leaders. We pray for the fighters. We pray for the civilians. We pray for the church. In all these things, a simple understanding and acceptance of the gospel of peace would suffice to end all wars in a moment. That is, if all chose to follow the commandment of, "You shall not kill" and beat their swords into ploughshares, all wars would cease. So, Lord, we also pray to hasten the day of that time of peace, that our children may grow up without fear, that our societies and communities and nations get a chance to heal and be restored, for Your glory. In Jesus's name we pray this, amen. Revelation 20 v1:6 Holy, There Is Noone Like You When Death Was Arrested ​ 26th Cheshvan Friday 10th November O Come To The Altar Mighty Man Of War Hosea 6 We are a treacherous people, Lord God Almighty. We are a people beset by our own wants and deeds. We must be changed by You, transformed. We must surrender to You. In our wrestling we must learn to lay down our old nature and trust wholly in the new. In that You will bear us up. You know our condition, You know our estate. Help us clip the wings of our wandering nature, to overcome what is 'manly' or 'feral' in favour of what is good and great and true. Not that we be lifted up but You, Your name, Your Son, Jesus, called Yeshua, who is the Christ. Keep us humble, Lord, knowing and craving the times when You are near, that we can rest in You, hear You, sense You as the Keeper of Our Days, in Jesus's name, amen. ​ 25th Cheshvan Thursday 9th November There Is None Like You Be Still My Soul Mark 4 v35:41 There are many people, in these days of trial and struggle, who have a storm raging on the inside. Today we pray for them, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, that Your Holy Spirit soothe and give peace and rest, even to the immediate coming to the other side, that they may step lightly from that vessel and rest a while with You. We know that the storms are there to test us and to teach us, Lord, and we thank You for them, for the strengthening that they furnish with, physically, mentally and spiritually. Yet we ask for peace, comfort and rest for those who have been beleaguered for longer than they care to mention today, where continued buffeting would serve no purpose other than to cause them to sink beneath the waves. Save our souls at sea and on dry land we pray for You are able and loving, amen! 24th Cheshvan Wednesday 8th November My God Is Awesome Great Are You Lord Psalm 146 Your word asks, "Why do the nations rage when the King is on the throne?" And why do we worry? You are the sovereign Lord. You are far and above all things. The mightiest of nations is beneath your feet. We worship You and honour You because You are splendid and awesome in Your ways. All things come from You, Lord, and one day every knee will bow and every tongue confess that You are God. Today let us do just that. Bending our knees and declaring with our mouths what we know to be true. Exemplifying with our lives the change that You have wrought in bringing us to the place of this understanding. Glory be to the One who saves, glory be to the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings, amen! 23rd Cheshvan Tuesday 7th November I Will Worship Glory To God Forever 1 Corinthians 15 v12:22 You are alive, Jesus, raised to life because of the perfect and spotless life that You led on this earth. Though Satan thought he could claim You and destroy You, he did not consider the consequence of You living that life when every creature in creation could not. Glory and honour to You, King of Kings! The promise of new life makes us rejoice and we consider it in awestruck wonder. You have made a way that all can enter in who would choose it, yet You remain at the gate to ensure only Your sheep pass within. There is no skirting around or climbing in without Your approval. Yet we can also have a sense of Your Kingdom come upon the earth. It is what we pray for. So let us look today to be alive in Christ and be about His work, blessing, helping, praying, encouraging, reviving and may Your Spirit be with us and in us, to guide us in the ways we shall go. We ask this in Your precious and matchless name, amen. ​ 22nd Cheshvan Monday 6th November Yield My Heart Spirit Of The Living God John 15 v26:27, 16 v1:14 ​Holy Spirit, now that You have come, fall afresh on us. Remind us of the time when we first knew You. Guide us in the way we must go to be fruitful in You. Use us according to the Father's will. We thank You and are grateful that You are with us. We exalt You and desire to walk in Your power and authority that the Father may be glorified and the name of Jesus be lifted up and shared across the whole earth. Guide us too in discerning any barriers that prevent or hinder our fulness of relationship with You and whisper those sweet words of love that we may be encouraged to change and overcome what is necessary in our profession and devotion. You are our God, alive in us. You have come from the Father by way of the Son that we may have life in all of its abundance in this world, as beacons to others of the next. Light in us this day we pray, in Jesus's name, amen. ​ 21st Cheshvan Sunday 5th November Forever Holy Spirit, Rain Down 1 Peter 4 v1:10 We will never suffer as You suffered, Lord of Hosts. Though we may face trials and difficulties and challenges on the journey we make through this dark world, though the pain we feel from them may be keen, this is still only one person's tragedy. Our own. You bore the burden of sin for the whole world, and bore it to the Cross. Today we pass the burden of our pain to You, Father God. Your Son has carried it, and we try and take from His righteous act of love if we try to shoulder it ourselves. Thank You, Father for sending Your Son. Thank You, Jesus, for the sacrifice and the substitution. As we are set free, remind us again of Your disciple's words, encouraging us to live like You and for You with what we have left of this life. We will need Your Holy Spirit to do this, Lord, and we beg the forgiveness necessary, both to us and from us, to open the way to the fullest communion with Him. To live like Christ, to die like Christ, to rise again like Christ, for Jesus's name. Amen. 20th Cheshvan Saturday 4th November My Saviour Loves, My Saviour Lives Give Me Jesus Micah 4 v1:10 Yeshua, Jesus of Nazareth, the carpenter's son. The Son of God. This is who we need. This is who we need to receive. That His Spirit can dwell with us, which is the same spirit that is the Spirit of God, who is God, Yahweh, Jehovah, the Maker and Creator of the whole universe, the eternal, sovereign God over all. This is the three persons, the only mechanism by which mankind can be redeemed to God. The mechanism that is available now, today because of the goodness and sacrifice of that same God. Glory hallelujah! Glory amen! Today we lift a prayer of thanksgiving and astonishment, with a request that our need be met, that we may receive Jesus and be saved from the divisive and destructive schemes of the Wicked One. We love the light, Lord Jesus and oppose the dark, for Your glory and name's sake, amen. Galatians 2 v14:21 Hail Jesus You're My King 'Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus 19th Cheshvan Friday 3rd November Rooftops God You Reign Ecclesiastes 4 v1:8 We turn this way and that seeking You, Father God, yet Your word consistently and constantly calls us to have faith and to be still before You. Thank You for being our Great Shepherd, thank You for leading us to meet people on the journey who comfort and inspire. Help us to be such people for others, Lord God, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, Yeshua, amen. ​ 18th Cheshvan Thursday 2nd November I Give You Glory, Glory Agnes Dei Ephesians 5 v22:33 Marriage, Father. We look forward to the wedding supper of the Lamb. We charge our lamps and trim our wicks. We do our best to stay vigilant and discern with Your Spirit what is right and good. Also in our marriages on earth we aim to accord and align with Your will and declaration, that we may honour You and strengthen Your Kingdom here upon the earth. Today we pray for our marriages, and uphold our spouses in prayer and thanksgiving. Today we lift up a prayer for blessings in the marriages of those we know, or even just know of, that You , LORD, would strengthen them and lead then down that right, challenging and narrow way. Help us read and reread today's scripture, until Your Holy Spirit gives us the true understanding of what You require in the relationship that You have ordained and defined, for Your glory and name's sake, amen. ​ 17th Cheshvan Wednesday 1st November Amazing Grace Glory, Glory Hallelujah Job 3 Our Father in heaven, this is a day when the saints of old were remembered and revered for their faithfulness and example. Not that they should be worshipped or thought of as better, not that they should be called upon in prayer. The dead rest until that day of Your coming, let them rest and our prayers be lifted to You only. So we thank You and remember them, we marvel at their tenacity and the persecution that many of them faced. And, if we are walking in the truth of what Your word proclaims, we identify with them and wonder even further that neither us nor they ever faced the suffering and pain that You carried to the Cross. In your servant Job's lament we sense something of the saint's struggle, yet also we hear the foundations of a battle cry. The day of his birth did dawn, the light of his life that You had given did come forth, and the story of a man redeemed from an absence of You was told to countless generations. Please continue to fashion and shape us, Father God, and call us to service as You see fit, for Your glory alone, in Jesus's name. Amen. 16th Cheshvan Tuesday 31st October Live With Abandon This Is Amazing Grace Psalm 27 v1:6 On this day of global celebration of the demonic and sinister forces of the earth we look to You, Lord God of Israel, to be our refuge and strength. Even in the church there are those who press their children forward to take part. Worst of all, the time is also here where those who speak out against such practices, or are even perceived to disagree with them, are labelled as 'foolish' or 'overreacting.' Yet Your enduring word speaks clearly of Your position, Father, You who have poured pout Your great love to these same people. Although sorcery, divination, idolatry and the demonic realm are things that You abhor, they clearly think it is a harmless act, just as those who danced before the golden calf in the time of Moses. We pray that people's eyes and hearts be opened to the truth, Father, we pray for the children encouraged to take part and do something that they do not understand. Keep us safe also, we pray Lord God from the reprisals, keep us refuged in this time of great harm. Help us stand as beacons so some may see the errors of their ways. In Jesus's mighty name we pray, for by the blood of Jesus we are set free. Amen. Genesis 39 v4:12 As For Me And My House Our God Reigns Here 15th Cheshvan Monday 30th October I Am No Victim Where You Are Amos 8 v11:14 Lord of Hosts, King of Kings, it is clear that to be with You we must cover ourselves in Your Word. Help us in our study of scripture, Lord. May we see through Your Spirit's eyes. May we be encouraged to share and be blessed with wisdom not of our own, that we may share with others, always giving thanks and praise and right recognition to You, as the Father of our life. Connect with us, O Lord, we pray. May Your Spirit urge us to persist where we find challenge and seek in the places where we do not understand. Thank you for putting such marvellous and accessible resources in our reach, may we turn to them and not from them in the mighty and precious name of Jesus. Amen. 14th Cheshvan Sunday 29th October There Is A King Of Glory He Lives! 1 Corinthians 1 v18:25 You are alive! You inhabit all things. Your Spirit is in each of us, willing to respond to a repentant and contrite heart. Oh! How we hope to walk in it! Oh! How we cry to live in fellowship with You. Not just in the mountains and valleys of solitary peace and separation, yet also in the thick of things, in the midst of life in this chaotic and aggressive world. You are our Saviour and God. You are our best thought in waking or sleeping. You are the greatest gift ever given to mankind. Walk with us, we pray, and teach us, guide us, correct us and lead us to walk with You. In the mighty and precious name of Jesus, for this week long, for our lives long, for each day after today forever. Amen. 13th Cheshvan Saturday 28th October A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Almighty Come As You Are Mark 1 v9:11 Our prayer today is that we meet with You on the threshing floor, Lord God Almighty. As we set aside the things and worries of the world. As we lay down our labours. As we tear ourselves away from the distractions or desires that have fogged our walk this week, we cry to You to meet us. We know that we are undone, we know that we cannot stand justified before You. Without the blood of the Saviour, without the Mediator and Advocate present for our sins, we would be as chaff in that place. Crushed and blown by the wind. Collected and thrown into the fire. Yet You have come to earth and lived a life as propitiation for our sins, and we have proclaimed You and acknowledged You according to Your word. What else can we do? We fall before Your mercy. We walk only as those justified by another. May our love for You rise up like the morning sap, may our arms and songs be lifted to You as a pleasing sacrifice may we be reminded and You remember the New Covenant bought at such a price. May we be blessed to know You in that moment of our first restoration, may we be strengthened to commit and acknowledge and stand for You again. Lord God of Israel, You know the state of this world, of all the things that are happening beyond our Sabbath keeping doors. Help us, we pray, for we are besieged, help us, we pray, for we are disconnected. Stir in us a new resolve, be with us in pressing reminder, lift us to see You in new things in the week to come, in Jesus's name, amen. Isaiah 15 v7:9 Oh Come, O Come Emmanuel Show Me Your Glory 12th Cheshvan Friday 27th October There Shall Be Showers Of Blessings Ancient Gates Revelation 9 v6:11 In a time where You pour Yourself out as the ultimate blessing for all people, in a time where the splendour and wonder of Your word is so manifest to all who would turn to seek it, we must also be mindful of a time to come where the world will face terror and destruction on a scale that can only be imagined from the places, here and there, where such horrors have been unveiled before. This terror will come upon the whole world, this mighty army released before a host of other difficulties. Keep us, Lord, to our tasks, teach us in the way we should go and help us lift even the generations yet unborn to know and seek You diligently, as You are truly worthy of all the praise, worship and devotion. These terrible times must come to pass and will pass, and You will be the light we meet, forever unchanging, when we come out of the other side. Glory hallelujah and glory amen! 11th Cheshvan Thursday 26th October Before The Throne Healer ​Nehemiah 7 v3:7 Lord God Almighty, You alone are God. There are times where there are days of reckoning before You. Not because You are uncertain, for You know all things, but to apportion our inheritance. When such a day comes for us, help us to be counted amongst those who have served You. Who have humbled themselves. Who have, since the day of their founding through the Lord Jesus Christ, remained faithful to You. Not perfect in its truest sense, for that is reserved for Christ alone, but made perfect through His atoning sacrifice and the covenant of grace that requires our total surrender. Help us be counted among Your people, grant us opportunity to serve You in Your city, Your Kingdom, for Your glory in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, amen. 10th Cheshvan Wednesday 25th October All Creatures Of Our God And King Nobody Loves Me Like You Proverbs 3 v5:6 Trust, Lord. There are times where we must step forward in faith, trusting You in all things. Though this may seem challenging, in truth every step is taken in the same, whether we acknowledge it or not. You are the Maker and Creator. You are the God of all things. You were here before all things. In the times of our uncertainty, in the times where doubt and fear raise their ugly heads, helps us look to You, King of Kings, and reach forward for that next, awesome, splendid, light garnered step. We acknowledge You as Lord. We repent of our sins. You have promised to be with us until the end of the age. Amen. 9th Cheshvan Tuesday 24th October Tetelestai Thy Will Be Done 1 Peter 2 v2:10 Lord God Almighty, You are the Rock of Our Salvation, the Rock of Offence by which we must fall one of two ways. Continue on in our brokenness, if need be, Lord God. Whatever is essential to our best and most abundant life with You and on this earth, Father, let it be done. Your rod and staff are our comfort. Let us know You more, we pray. Strengthen us and guide us. Comfort us and test us. Your Way is always the best. Whatever happens in our lives we will never suffer as You once suffered. Continue to bless us and keep us safe from our Enemy, the Devil. Shape us into the keystones that hold up the windows and doorways of Your Kingdom, Father God, we pray. Amen. 8th Cheshvan Monday 23rd October Oh The Blood Goodness Of God Exodus 4 v27:31 You have called us, Lord God of Israel, You have washed us clean and made us ready. You have commissioned us. This is not something set aside for just a few people in the church, this is the calling life and Your desire for ALL of the church. Your bride, spotless and perfect, ready to receive her bridegroom. Help make this our vision today, Father, help us look upon others as brothers and sisters, help us to love with the love that You have shown for us. That You may be glorified and Your Kingdom come upon the earth. We ask this in the mighty and precious name of Jesus. Amen. 7th Cheshvan Sunday 22nd October It Is Well Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah 2 Timothy 2 v14:26 It can be lonely path that You have set before us, Father God. The world follows after self righteousness and material possessions. It clothes itself in fine robes and says, "Look what the LORD has done for me!" Yet it is not You that they pursue. It is not the path less travelled. It is not one of service to You or Your Son. They look at Your Word with disdain and clearly follow after the things that serve only themselves. Money, power, status, greed. Then they complain that they do not have peace, that they are not truly satisfied. Oh, how we pray for such as those today, Lord God of Israel, God of Isaac, God of Jacob. That they yet turn and receive, that they may yet relent of their self righteous, self justified and relentless pursuit, to be gods in their own right, all wise and all powerful, able to break and smash all who would come near them bearing good fruit. In Jesus's name we pray this, Father, amen. 6th Cheshvan Saturday 21st October A double portion of worship and praise for the Sabbath. My Lighthouse I Am Not Forgotten Colossians 1 v15:23 Help us, Lord God of Israel, on the road to Damascus. Keep us, King of Kings from the road to destruction. Meet us, precious Saviour, on the road to Emmaus. That we may join with You on the path to Heaven. The Narrow Way that few find. May we heed Your warnings of old and the direction of Your Holy Spirit. May we pray fervently against the schemes and traps and strongholds of our enemy, Satan. And may we intercede and witness to others about Your goodness, grace and mercy, enough that Your Spirit use us to reach the lost, lonely, broken and afraid. Not that we may be vaunted or lifted up, but that You alone may be glorified. In these dark days, Lord, may our faith abound, for You alone are worthy of all honour, glory and praise. In Jesus's matchless name we pray this, amen. Proverbs 16 v18:20 All Things Bright And Beautiful You Make Beautiful Things 5th Cheshvan Friday 20th October Behold Our God As For Me And My House Isaiah 44 v9:20 There are those who will bow down and serve other gods, Lord. Those who will play the harlot and go after whoever will seemingly serve them for a time. They will try and replace the true Jesus with some fake representation, differing in form and practice, changed from the One who is presented in the Bible. For their trouble they will receive a different spirit. Even within the church, there will be people deceived by demons and carried away from the faith and seduced into error. Help us batten down the hatches and tie down the loose sails today, Lord. Examining ourselves, may Your Holy Spirit reveal any and every area where we fall short or are exposed to danger, that we may lay down each and every area before You. May we hold out and hold on that we may witness to all nations that the Good News of the Gospel is at hand. In Jesus's mighty name, amen. 4th Cheshvan Thursday 19th October Who Am I? Miracles Psalm 16 You are God and we are not God. The distinction is sublime. The relationship like no other. The interaction as piercing as a sharp sword, as liberating as a mighty army. Your word tells us that You will cause us to bend a bow of bronze. That You will inspire us to wield a sword that cuts both ways, suitable for the direst and fiercest combat, able to tear down strongholds and yet divide between our innermost thoughts and desires. Thank You for being You and creating us as we are. Though we stumble and trip along the Way, Your hand remains on us, and for this we are ever thankful. Today we pray a blessing upon our neighbours and friends. For those still lost, lonely, broken or afraid. And for our enemies too. We pray that they come to know Jesus. That they learn to receive Him with open arms. That they develop a desire to lay down their burdens and to know Him more. Just as we profess, in Jesus's name. Amen. 3rd Cheshvan Wednesday 18th October Psalm 139 Psalm 130 Psalm 6 Deep down there are times where we struggle and suffer, Father God. We are willful, low born and rude. We are given over to base passions and lusts. We are stubborn, hard faced and obdurate, pulling hard at the yoke You have placed upon us. Though to You we are tethered. To You we must return or die. Thank You, Lord, for being there. How amazing is Your love!? Your patience!? Thank You for those other souls that You have saved, that we might have fellowship and kinship with them also. As they intercede for us, may we also, being strengthened, intercede for others. May the darkness pass, may the light come, for Your glory, in Jesus's name, amen. 2nd Cheshvan Tuesday 17th October Love Has A Name He Reigns Psalm 27 You have made a way, Lord God, You have torn the veil that separated sinful man from Your presence. The wine and the bread; the blood and the body. The external practice become internal, so that the Holy Spirit can dwell within here, an emissary sent to do Your will, seeking vessels willing to forsake their lives to lead lives surrendered to You. Freely given, so You may freely receive. Thank You, Father, for Your steadfast and unchanging resolve. Thank You, Jesus for Your immeasurable sacrifice. Thank You Holy Spirit for Your patience, life and trust. Today, may we point the path to somebody within our society, that they may receive the gospel and choose freely to follow the Lord Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray, amen! ​ 1st Cheshvan Monday 16th October Lord I Need You He Who Would Valiant Be Proverbs 15 v5:13 ​Lord God Almighty, You make clear that there is a right way and a wrong way to travel in Your word. During Your time of ministry upon the earth, as the Son, Jesus, who is the Christ, You even lamented that the way of destruction is wide and the way to Heaven narrow. If our desire, our hope, our profession is to follow after You, then we hope and pray to be found ever on that narrow path. We need Your help, Lord God, in this. We are but frail humanity, dust without You. We ask that the Holy Spirit stir within us and show us the way. In this new month, Lord, we commit to opening Your scriptures and to spending time in communion with You that You may reveal to us the way we should go, according to Your word in the First Letter to the Corinthians, chapter ten and verse thirteen. We love You, Lord, and desire to walk and follow in Your way, in Jesus's name we pray and declare this, amen. 30th Tishrei Sunday 15th October Abide With Me We're Marching To Zion Matthew 10 v5:15 Studies here and here. Heaven is our home, our resting place, our final destination, Lord God. A place to dwell with You forever. Yet Your message and instruction through Your ministry and word is that, "The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." Help us experience this, this day Father, and as we go throughout this week. Though we bear no earthly attachments, let us give thanks and acknowledge the things that have come from You. Help us be rid of schemes and influences that would drive us away from You. Our calling is not haphazard or accidental, let us be deliberate and intentional and ever mindful of the barren land where our feet tread, as well as the heavenly courts where our hearts reside. In Jesus's name we pray. Amen. 29th Tishrei Saturday 14th October A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. I'm Forever Yours This Is Amazing Grace Ephesians 2 v1:10 Your grace is like a mighty river, Lord of Hosts. You have poured out Your love and blessing on a people who are unable to receive by their own works. You have done this because You are merciful, You have done this because it is Your choosing. You have done this because You believe we have the capacity to turn and receive what You have given freely. Help us grasp this today, Father. Help us seize the opportunity to serve and worship You in Spirit and truth. Let us desire this for others, even those who raise their hand against us, and look to You, as the Author and Finisher of Our Faith, to complete a work through our example, as servants of the Most High God. And, though we rue what it has cost to give us Your grace, let us learn to walk in the Spirit and truth of why it was given. Jesus died that we might live, not as guilt ridden failures, cowering in the darkness, but as overcomers, conquerors, humbled yet not destroyed by the blood of the Lamb. We ask this in Jesus's name, for Your glory and the coming of Your kingdom upon the earth. Amen. Psalm 7 v1:10 Amazing Grace Beautiful One I Love 28th Tishrei Friday 13th October Psalm 19 Yahweh Luke 19 v28:40 You are Faithful and True, You are the firstborn amongst all creation. You are the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. You alone are God. We worship You and recognise You and look to You and hope in You and trust in You. What You have decreed has come to pass. What You have promised will come upon all of the world. You will come again. If today is that day, let us be ready. If tomorrow is that day, let us be anxiously seeking for You. And, if it is not, then let us be about the things of Your Kingdom. Preparing the road for You to travel; reaching out to those who are sick, blind, demonised or dead in their sins. Establish us in this work, Father, that glory and praise be given to You. Intercede for us and for those we reach out to, Jesus, that the stains and accusations of the Enemy be swept away leaving people free to choose; and be in us and speak through us, Holy Spirit, as it is Your work we are about, vessels of no good standing made worthy to carry You by the sacrifice of Yeshua. Be upheld and lifted up! Be exalted, Lord of All Creation! Hosanna! Amen! Hallelujah! Amen! Amen! ​ 27th Tishrei Thursday 12th October What A Friend We Have In Jesus Are You Washed In The Blood? John 3 v3:17 Father God, help us be born again in spirit and truth. There is no real life for us outside of this. To come so far and fall back is folly, to succumb to the lies of the Enemy is to sink down to death. We have faith to look to You, yet we need You as activator and ransomer to charge us with Your power, to enable us through Your victory. This new life is far and above our old one. We are indelibly marked. Changed, transformed, healed, restored and forgiven. Help us be truthful, Lord, give us the discernment to evaluate our own walk and way, as well as the courage and conviction to carry away everything and anything that does not pertain to You. We ask this in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, amen 26th Tishrei Wednesday 11th October Almighty I Am Redeemed 1 Thessalonians 3 v5:13 ​ Father God, Maker of the Heavens and the earth, blessed be Your name forever and ever. Today we pray for those brothers and sisters who have lost homes, goods or family members in the unrest which is covering a significant part of the world. We pray for the poor, the hungry, the sick and every person who raises their hand against them. The persecuted will find eternal rest in Your arms, yet those who turn their hearts and minds against Your children will suffer, beyond imagining, the terror of separation from You. And in the times between now and the Second Coming of Your Son, Jesus, who is the Christ, we pray a blessing on all who He died to save. May Your Holy Spirit flare and flourish in these places of torment and darkness. For Your glory, and the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven upon the earth. Amen. 25th Tishrei Tuesday 10th October Take Me Into The Holy Of Holies ​ Majesty 2 Thessalonians 3 v5:16 As we enter in may we reflect on our walk and way, King Jesus. Do we spend too much of our time idle? Attached to computers and phones and televisions? Following after sports or entertainment or escapism or worse? Although we may be amazed at Your creation's ability to do so many wonderful things, what good are they if they distract us from our relationship with You? Although there is need for rest and rejoicing with You, and even to celebrate the works of Your hands, is there also evidence of self control in our lives? Of setting aside time to reach out to others as You Yourself did. Of breaking bread together? Of washing feet? Of shouldering one another's burdens? Help us to see clearly and rightly on this matter, in ourselves first and in those around us and, where necessary, give us the soothing yet corrective words of Your Spirit to admonish both ourselves and others to better action, for the Father's glory and the coming of Your Kingdom upon the earth. Amen. 24th Tishrei Monday 9th October Create In Me A Clean Heart How Great Thou Art Luke 1 v46:55 Help us remember the joy of our salvation, Lord God of Israel, let us picture and experience that time we were first touched by Your great love. The blossoming of Your Spirit, the changing of our heart of stone for a heart of flesh. For to gain Christ is to restore all things in our lives to rightness, even though the wash and slew of this dark world quickly lessens the memory, or we may not grasp the full implication of what it means. Your blood has set us free. Awake our souls to feel that incredible truth once again, not to return or reclaim its enormous value, for we cannot put You on the Cross a second time, but to remind us of what it was worth. Let us exult and rejoice in You, Saviour of the World, Redeemer of Mankind, God of all that is and was and is to come. Amen! ​ 23rd Tishrei Sunday 8th October Abide With Me Closer Psalm 1 To walk with You is to love You, Lord God of Israel. To know Your heart, to gain a sense of Your character, to understand Your promises...You do not change or turn away from Your purpose; from what You have decreed; from who You are. Though this may cause us concern, consternation and even pain, it is only ever rooted in our own fear and doubt; in the places where we depart from Your side. So pull us closer this day we pray, help us be planted and rooted in You. Keep us ever journeying nearer to that day of perfect repose, where we will dwell in Your house forever. Forgive our sins and keep us mindful of them, that we may fully gain a heart of repentance before the end. In Jesus's mighty name and by the precious blood He poured out at Calvary. Amen. 22nd Tishrei Saturday 7th October A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. I Can Only Imagine Give Me Jesus Psalm 116 v6:19 Oh, Father God, how excellent Your ways in all the earth. Today we continue our prayer against false doctrine and false teachers. There is only one truth, and it has been set down by You for the good of those who would follow You and You alone. You are perfect righteousness and justice, You are perfect peace and the Author and Finisher of our Faith. You alone can save. You alone can turn our hearts of stone into hearts of flesh. Yet the Devil is a liar, even the Father of Lies, he has been a thief and a murderer from the beginning and, in his corruption, in his moral insanity, he has fashioned himself a way to war against the things of Your goodness and grace. From the subtle to the obvious, from the soft words of deception to the violent and bloody onslaught, from the plainly sad to the outright laughable, he has set himself against You and against all who would follow You. The streets and the towns and the cities overflow with the detritus that he has created and the church does not escape his ire and perversion. We know, and proclaim, his utter defeat at the Cross of Calvary. We claim this victory through the blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ, and we plead, wrestle and pray for the light of truth in every congregation and believing heart, for the setting aside of the self and the acceptance of the more. We call upon the name, power, might and authority of Christ Jesus, through the great gift of His and Your Holy Spirit, for the completion of the three in one in our lives, societies, communities, families and friends. Total truth, unrelenting presence and blessed overcoming, in Jesus's name. Amen! Galatians 1 v6:10 For All You've Done It Is Well With My Soul ​ 21st Tishrei Friday 6th October Feast Of Booths Day 7 Be Strong And Courageous Yet Not I, But Through Christ In Me Ephesians 6 v10:20 As this festival closes and the year marches on, we thank You Lord for Your provision, Your mercy and Your grace. Who is truly like You in all the earth? We read in today's scripture about out attitude, our commitment and our equipping. Help us to read and understand, as well as earnestly seek, the gifts that mark us as overcomers in the spiritual warfare that dogs this barren land. Help us stand in the evil day as You have promised. And we also raise a prayer for Paul's witness that, even now around two thousand years later, his word and testimony still carries power and force enough to alert hearts and minds to the mortal danger, to embolden servants of Christ to stand firm. May we leave our booths encouraged, strengthened and equipped, keeping the name and praise of Christ Jesus, your Son, upon our lips forever. Amen. 20th Tishrei Thursday 5th October Feast Of Booths Day 6 Forever All You've Done Philippians 3 v15:21 Amazing grace, almighty God how wonderful are Your works in all of the World. Yet sin has marred this place where we dwell, and the Enemy takes every opportunity to twist and destroy those who would give themselves over to their lower nature. Today we ask for the discernment through Your Holy Spirit to separate truth from lies. Where false teaching and delusion tickle our ears and lead us on the wrong path, shine the light of Your generosity, mercy and grace that we may yet set aside the road to destruction and seek and find the narrow way that leads to glory. We are weak and foolish, Lord, even in our greatest stand in knowledge, power and authority we remain specks of dust in a universe that we do not understand. Teach us in the way that we should go, please, that we may gain a sense of Your wisdom, and acknowledge You fully for who You are in it. Amen. ​ 19th Tishrei Wednesday 4th October Feast Of Booths Day 5 There Is A Redeemer Passion Jeremiah 29 v1:14 Your word is a light unto our path and a lamp unto our feet, Lord God Jehovah, God of Israel, Maker of the Heavens and the Earth. Even though we dwell in this dark and treacherous land, You would have us live and grow, even exemplify good living, that others may see and hear of the Kingdom, not just in words. This can be real challenge to us, as our heart's desire is to be reunited with You. Help us, Father, overcome our inappropriate longings, to set them aside in faith and trust. One day we will live in a place where we will be astonished at Your provision and wealth. Why do we fear in the relatively short time we will be here on earth!? Let Your Spirit encourage and lead us, Lord, and let us remember that we may glorify You in our honest endeavour here on earth, as Joseph, Daniel and Mordecai did in their days of transplanting. Establish us, oh God, we pray, amen! 18th Tishrei Tuesday 3rd October Feast Of Booths Day 4 Fill My Cup Lord Potter's Hand Psalm 27 Thanks, Lord. We give You thanks. For all that You are. For all that You have done. For all that You are doing. For all that You will do. In our lives. In the lives of those around us. We give You thanks. All good things come from You. All good things return to You. You are, in Your very essence, good and for this we thank You. In our praise and thanks we are open to hearing more of how to better praise You and thank You. In the ways that we go. In the places where we are. In the lives that we lead. In the testimony that we give. We want to glorify You and praise You. To give You thanks. To acknowledge You. To affirm that it is You that has done, is doing and will do all these things. With our first breath in the morning, to our last breath at night, may we thank You this day, in Jesus's matchless name, amen. ​ 17th Tishrei Monday 2nd October Feast Of Booths Day 3 Come Make War Our God Reigns Here Isaiah 61 v1:9 As we enter the first day of the working week of this festival, let us be about Your work. To step forward as royal priests, called and commissioned to declare Your Kingdom come upon the earth. As we declare it in song and receive it in scripture, may we bless the lives of others through the power of Your Holy Spirit, ever mindful of giving all the glory, honour and praise to You, the Most High. You have equipped us with armour, may we wear it. You have placed a sword in our hands, may we wield it. You have exemplified humility and faith, may we walk in it, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus. Amen! 16th Tishrei Sunday 1st October Feast Of Booths Day 2 Spirit Break Out A Wonderful Saviour Is Jesus My Lord Isaiah 6 You call people and, if they listen, You send them. You lift up people at times of challenge who challenge in their turn. Calling people to repentance, calling people to think. Calling people to examine their custom and practice. Lord, if such is needed for this generation, then send us. Burn the coal on our lips. Press it down so our mouths may be seared and sealed to Your service. To speak unflinching truth in the face of scathing adversity. To call to wakefulness a people bent on slumber. Help us do Your will, help us seize the opportunities that pass before us, not to draw attention to ourselves, but rather to glorify You and lift up those in need of hearing. You are our First and Last and we look to You in Jesus's mighty name. Amen. 15th Tishrei Saturday 30th September Feast Of Booths Day 1. A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. See His Love Here I Am Psalm 86 The landscape of Your Kingdom is well described in the Bible, Lord God, and the imagery used both comforts us and terrifies us. You have made a way for all to enter in, yet we tarry at the door or go astray, distracted by the noise and lights. This is an attitude that carries consequence, for Justice must be served and fair to all that enter in. Help us with the payments and the blessings, help us to steward in grace for Your glory. You have proved Yourself over and over, may we emulate You as far as this is possible, that You may be glorified and Your name be lifted up, the Name Above All Names, Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah, amen. Isaiah 5 v1:8 I Will Worship You Still 14th Tishrei Friday 29th September Feast Of Booths preparation day Thy God Reigneth 100 Billion X Nahum 1 v15 Your word declares that we should no longer judge people by their keeping of festivals, new moons or Sabbaths, Lord God, yet Your wisdom is sewn through everything that You have decreed and declared. If our heart is truly set on pilgrimage, if our desire is to serve You and to know You and to walk with You, then we ask You to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. As we prepare for this week of celebration and fellowship, we thank You for the provision that You have already made in the spaces and places where we dwell. May our booths radiate and inculcate the joy, privilege, humility, fear and respect that the people of the Exodus experienced. The separation, the connection, the uniqueness, the relationship, the awe. All the things that made the wilderness journey like no other in history. Eventually, with a pillar of fire before them during the night and a pillar of cloud before them during the day, they became the people set and ready to enter the land that You had prepared for them. As no other time they were a people prepared to be and do as You willed and decreed. This is our desire for this festival. To know more of You, and how to serve You well, in Jesus's mighty name. Amen. 13th Tishrei Thursday 28th September Cross Over The Road My Friend Word Of God Speak Daniel 3 v1:25 ​To live in Your word requires action, Father God. Even a cry for help, even to cross over the road, it is volition that emphasises our faith, a faith of trust put in us by You. We must hold on. We must take part. We must choose You, for to say nothing or to do nothing is to validate those who work against You. It is to leave the helpless without help, the poor without sustenance, the sick without care, the grieving without hope and the injured without succour. How were we when You first found us? Did You walk by? Praise be to the Lord God Yahweh, the Lord who does not leave the one behind, the One who sent His Son that we might live, the One who lived a perfect life, free from sin, knowing that it was beyond our power to do so. You are with us in the fire. Help us stand then, for Your Kingdom in this dark and intrepid world, where so much of what we are called to do is simply kneeling before idols. You are worthy of more, all glory, honour and praise to You, amen. 12th Tishrei Wednesday 27th September Here I Am To Worship A Mighty Fortress Psalm 90 A prayer for us, and for our children, Lord God of Israel. You have sent Your Son, Jesus, as a payment for our sins. By His blood we, who call upon Your name and turn from our old ways, are washed clean. What a dwelling place! What a refuge! So continue to keep us and to guide us, O Lord. To show us of our shortfalls, that we may rejoice in them with You at the overcoming of all things. You are the First and the Last, it is to You we owe our light, our life. May we bless others, including the children of our house, that You may be glorified, and generations yet unknown will hear Your name and praise, until Your glorious return, in Jesus's mighty name, amen. 11th Tishrei Tuesday 26th September With All My Heart We Wait For You 1 Corinthians 16 v5:9 As we celebrate the passing 'Days Of Awe' from Feast of Trumpets to Yom Kippur, we thank You. The sense of awe and splendidness gradually fades, yet You remain the same. You are not diminished, rather our senses dim and dull. The noises and activities of the world grow louder, the sleepiness returns to our spirit and we are dulled. Yet, Lord, we beg this boon...that Your days of awe remain with us. As we go about our day and way, may Your Spirit continue to uplift ours. May Your light be radiant on our faces, may Your thoughts populate our minds. In our words, deeds and speech may we glorify You and praise You, telling others of the miracle of Your Son, of the brilliance of a life transformed by You. And help us be patient and mindful of those who do not ask such a boon, Lord, to treat them with the gentleness, forgiveness and understanding that You have shown towards us. Open the great and effective door for us, Father, we pray. That You be glorified, and the name of Your Son, Jesus, called Yeshua, the Christ, be lifted up. Amen. 10th Tishrei Monday 25th September Day of Atonement. I Stand Amazed In The Presence I Am A Friend Of God Nahum 3 v5:7 In days past You brought humiliation and shame on those cities and nations that stood against You. Now that Your Spirit has been poured out on all men You wait until the Day of Judgement where You will visit each man according to his deeds. You will cut off the evil doers. You will burn the unrepentant as chaff in the fire. For this reason we search ourselves, Father God, to walk freely and uprightly and joyously with You is our uttermost desire. You are our first thought in the morning and our last desire as we go to sleep at night. How could it be any other way? As we come closer to Yom Kippur let us sift once again, as one searching for fine gold, let us not have a loss of enthusiasm, let us remain as keen and as forthright as we were at the beginning. To celebrate and to love, and to walk with You as a friend. Glory hallelujah, glory amen! 9th Tishrei Sunday 24th September Days of Repentance. Lord You're Mighty Bless The Lord Psalm 128 We want to bless You, Lord. You have blessed us and furnished us with so much, is it not right to want to bless You in return? You have done great things. You are worthy of all honour and praise. Thank You for our life and the opportunity to live and work in Your Kingdom. Thank You for the trust and faith that You have placed in us, in Jesus's name. You see our potential. Help us to realise it in the serving of You and the reaching out to our fellow human beings. Help us bring glory to You in all that we say and do, so that we may edify the church through the power of Your Holy Spirit. Thank You for all that You are doing, all that you have done and all that You will do. Glory hallelujah and glory amen! 8th Tishrei Saturday 23rd September Days of Repentance. With a double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Ma Yedidot We Wanna See Jesus Lifted High 1 Samuel 3 v1:18 The beauty and splendour of Your Majesty, Lord God of Israel. You are ever working, ever striving, in goodness and faith. You have put Your trust in man. You believe that he can turn and be restored. You have displayed this goodness and faith countless times, including the sending of Your one and only begotten Son, Jesus, as propitiation for our sins. As we continue to examine ourselves in this time, in preparation for the Day of Atonement that You have decreed, may You bless us with insight and wisdom granted through Your Holy Spirit. Yom Kippur is no longer the solemn day of waiting that it was long ago. You have come. You have paid the price for our sin with Your own blood. Yet, whether we believe this, whether we accept this and whether we aspire and surrender to this completely will be the measure which we bring before Your throne on the day of Judgement. A cup that overflows will walk by and enter Your gates with thanksgiving and praise. A cup that has been filled with the wine of fornication and selfish pursuits will be broken, yet the cup that is merely full will be required to make a justification of itself. Is that how we want to present ourselves, as followers of You, the Most High? So help us, please, in our reflection, in our thoughts, that we may see truthfully and without distraction, in Jesus's mighty and precious name. Amen. Galatians 4 v21:31, 5 v1 Here Is Love Vast As The Ocean That Wonderful Cross 7th Tishrei Friday 22nd September Days of Repentance. Study here. Praise The Lord Ancient Of Days Revelation 3 v1:6 All blessing and honour to You, Lord of Lords and King of Kings! Glory in the low places and valleys, glory on the mountain tops. Worthy is the name of Jesus Christ, Yeshua Masih, exalted to the Highest Place. There is no other name under Heaven by which we may be saved. Our desire is set out in these verses, namely a robe of white and a place to stay in Your Kingdom, by Your side. Your blood washes us clean of the guilt, yet it is the faith to set aside the things that we know to be wrong that can be the greatest challenge. Let us look You, Your Cross and Your declaration for hope and peace and seek you earnestly in prayer, uplifting each and every thing and surrenderring them to you in Jesus's name, amen. 6th Tishrei Thursday 21st September Days of Repentance. Just One Touch From The King Beautifully Broken Acts 10 v34:37 You have made a way for us, Lord, through the life, death and resurrection of your Son, Jesus, who is the Christ. It seems too marvelous, yet this is the truth. One man who died for our sins. One God who sent of Himself that none should perish, if they should so choose it. Help us to continue in sifting the dross of our corruption, continually praising You. Help us to see the small things and the large things. May the doing of it also reveal where we hold and grumble in the unforgiveness of others. Your ways are higher and righteous, and praise is due to You, as without the propitiation for our sins we could never have made it this far. Bless us, Lord. And thank You for the blessing. May we learn to bless You in thought, word and deed for Your glory and name's sake, amen. 5th Tishrei Wednesday 20th September Days of Repentance. One Pure And Holy Passion Broken Vessels Mark 14 v32:42 To stay awake, Lord, and not slumber. To be alert for the things that You would want, to be ready to move, to be confident to stay. Help us move and walk with You more, so that the sheep can know the Shepherd, can walk with Him through the countryside, can sit at His feet, can gambol in the pastures, can rejoice with Him on the mountain tops, can grieve with Him in the valleys. And help those also who walk in the autumn or winter of their lives, that we do not become drowsy and or forgetful at our post. Ours is a walk and way that does not lead to comforted retirement, rather we are those who remain vigilant until the end, who race for the finish line and run through it to gain the victory. Not that we exult in ourselves, rather that our hope is to join in with the one who won it all forever, and lift up His name. Jesus, Yeshua, Messiah. Amen. 4th Tishrei Tuesday 19th September Days of Repentance. My Saviour, My God You Are Good Revelation 4 Lord God of Israel, God Almighty, El Shaddai, Prince of Peace, we thank You and salute You. Your throne is founded on righteousness and justice. Help us to apply them in our searching, that we may examine rightly and closely all that we say, believe and do. Reveal in us, through Your light, any and every aspect of evil that influences us. May darkness flee at Your name. Help us, please in the setting down of every hindrance and barrier that we have left in place, to be realistic in the assessment of our condition, each and every day. You are worthy of good service, Lord, for Your act of creation alone, for Your act of sacrifice alone, for the simple truth of Your being alone. We can never be justified by our works, yet we can serve You to the best and greatest of our ability. We repent and lay down what is on our minds here today. For Your glory and namesake, amen. 3rd Tishrei Monday 18th September Days of Repentance. Study here. Highly Exalted Jesus, Jesus, Jesus 2 Peter 3 v1:13 ​ A time of reflection after the wake up call of shofar blasts. Help us, with Your Spirit Lord, to be honest and discerning. To hold true to Your Word, to attain towards Your holiness. We are no longer under condemnation from sin, if we approach You with humility and faith. All things come from You and will return to You. In aligning ourselves with You, in surrendering what we have in this life, we give permission and ask that Your Holy Spirit indwell with us and lead us and teach us and guide us on the way that we go. May this be the way that most brings You glory and praise. That we may return a significant increase of every talent You give us to steward, for Your glory and name's sake. May we prove trustworthy and true in what You give to us, that the name of Jesus not be discredited by us. His is the name by which we pray, amen! 2nd Tishrei Sunday 17th September Rosh Hashana II. Now is a morning to blow the shofars! A double portion of praise and worship. Glory to God! Isaiah 40 Song Holy Is The Lord God Almighty ​Isaiah 35 v1:7 Today we want to thank You and celebrate You, Lord God of Israel. For all that You have done, for all that You are doing and for all that You will do. We are sorry for testing and trying Your patience, we are sorry for missing any opportunities that You send our way. Yet we trust You and celebrate You with pure joy. You are the God of the day, You are the God of the hour, You are the God of the minute, You are God of the second. You are the God of, "Yes!" and "AMEN!. We proclaim You as the God of this year and surrender ourselves and our time over to You. Blow through our lives as we blow the spiritual trumpets and make the dead come to life in Israel. That You may be glorified and the name of Your Son, Jesus Christ be lifted up as a banner over the whole world. In whose name we pray, amen. ​Psalm 8 v1:4 Awake, Awake O Zion Majesty, Worship His Majesty 1st Tishrei Saturday 16th September Rosh Hoshana. The Jewish (and therefore all believers') New Year. Feast of Trumpets (Though no blowing the trumpets if the first day is the Sabbath (which it is). Glory to God! More info here. Holy Glory To God Deuteronomy 32 v1:43 So exact and emphatic is Your hymn, Lord, so heavy with the truth. You tell the story of Your knowledge of man's sin, even his betrayal and speak of Your plan to overcome. Help us to not be complacent, Father. Awake us and stir us from our slumber. Cause us to rejoice at the break of dawn, and sing Your praises as we lay our heads to rest each evening. You are the Lord of Hosts and we look to You, and You alone, for salvation and deliverance. You are God Almighty and we tremble at Your feet in the certain knowledge of Your triumphant return. Lift our heads, Lord, clothe us in white, that we may declare to this generation and the next, "There is One alone who is God, the Three In One, Jehovah Yeshua Ruach." Amen. May this year be one of sweetness and rejoicing for those who have held to the truth, may this be a year of homecoming and gladness for those whose doubts and fears have been driven by a world that has given itself over to the pursuit of false Gods, may this be a year of flowers at the door for all who would care to look and see and search for You, in Jesus's mighty name. Amen! Titus 2 v8:13 Dove's Eyes Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah