29th Elul Wednesday 2nd October Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord Praise Adonai Ezra 3 v8:13 We thank You, Lord, that You have a heart to restore Your people to You. That You released Your people from captivity in Babylon and Egypt. Today we pray for those oppressed believers around the world, and we look forward to the day of Your Redemption, when You come again to set the captives free. Today we look to rejoice and not mourn, to look forward and not backward, for all that we would once count loss will be counted as nothing on the day we gain You as our King in the Heavenly paradise. As we look forward, as we honour You with praise and worship, please send a sense of that place to us, along the anchor chain that we have that holds within the veil. We pray this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Saviour, amen! 28th Elul Tuesday 1st October To God Be The Glory Goodness Of God 1 Corinthians 1 The message to Your people from Your appointed apostle, Paul. To not exalt people above one another in their relationship with God, for God Himself had completed a work that opens the way for all people to enter in. That there are those who reject the message because they do not understand it or cannot see it, that God exalts the least of us to shame the haughtiest, the most proud. Help us examine ourselves in the light of this scripture today, Lord, and to draw closer to You by shedding ourselves of every false pretence or doctrine. You are the Lord of Lords and King of Kings, and You alone have made this way. All glory, honour and praise to You, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, called Yeshua, the Messiah, amen. 27th Elul Monday 30th September With All My Heart Cry Holy Psalm 145 v13:21 Your compassion, Your righteousness, they like rivers bursting their banks that flow from You. You are the God of abundance and blessing. As with the Manna in the desert, as the wine at Canaa, and with the loaves and fish at the Sea of Galilee, You provide more, an excess, because of who You are, Your greatness and increase compared to the limitations of Your created things. Thank You, Lord, for Your abundance. Continue to overwhelm us we pray, and pour out Your love upon us. and we will love You with all that we have. For Your glory and name's sake, amen! 26th Elul Sunday 29th September Here I Am To Worship It Is Well Isaiah 61 v3:9 In the time to come our practice should be, "Get ready!" or, "Be ready!" To be before, clothed in worship and the full armour, ready to praise, ready to stand and, if called upon, to fight. Not against flesh and blood, a daily prayer we raise to you that the people of war look to their real responsibility and set them down, but against the powers, potentates and dominions of this dark world. It is in the spiritual war that we need Your complete control and blessing. So let us take up cross and sword, helmet and breastplate, belt and shoes, that we may be prepared, and aid us in our vigilance. For Your glory and the coming of Your Kingdom upon the earth. Amen! ​ 25th Elul Saturday 28th September A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath I Won't Go Back How Great Thou Art Psalm 122 It really is all about You, Jesus. The First and the Last, the Beginning and the End, the Cornerstone and Capstone. You, Your bride and the creation that You live in with her, even though You are also beyond creation. No, we cannot fathom. Your existence as the three in one. Your decision to bring humanity into the world. Your decision to save them. As it is all about You, we choose to praise and celebrate You this Sabbath day. To give ourselves over. To lift our arms. To raise our voices. That You may be glorified and Your Kingdom come upon the earth. Oh what a great day that will be! In Your name we pray to the Father through the power of Your Spirit within us. Glory be forever. Amen. John 3 v16:21 I Will Sing The Wondrous Story Love Has A Name ​ 24th Elul Friday 27th September Be Strong And Courageous Be Bold, Be Strong Joshua 3 You are the God of Israel. the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. Yet, You are the God of the whole world. The Maker and Creator, the Most High. You are worthy of all honour and praise. You care for Your creation and You care for Your people. You knit us together in our mother's womb. As we are Your handiwork, and it is Your desire not to see one of us perish, help us, this day and always, to be strong and courageous for You. To cross over the Jordan, to step out of the boat, to stand up and be counted as one of Yours. That Your name be exalted and lifted up. That, when all is said and done, You have a people to call Your own. In Jesus's name we pray this, amen. 23rd Elul Thursday 26th September As For Me and My House I Surrender 1 Chronicles 7 v14:28 Sometimes it can be by long paths that blessings come. It may even be in the generations. Ephraim waited and wept for the loss of his two sons, yet he gained sireship to Joshua, son of Nun six generations later. His granddaughter, Sheerah built and settled towns. So let us trust You, Lord God of Israel, even if we do not see the fruit now, that the fruit will come. For You have promised that all who follow after You shall not perish, but have everlasting life. Yes, we must discern and look for defects and hindrances in our own walk and way yet, if none present themselves, let us grow in calling out for fellowship where is available. That conversation and fellowship may be warm, seasoned with salt for the edification of the church. In Jesus's name, amen! 22nd Elul Wednesday 25th September The Waiting Beautiful Jonah 4 v 10:11 Your eye is on the sparrow, Lord God of Israel. Your care and intimacy is a marvel to behold. Help us really see today, Father, the ones You would have us care for. Let us see the ones that we would normally walk by. In Spirit and Truth. And help us extend our hand, Lord, where needed. To soothe, to heal, to give. For Your glory and name's sake. And the coming of Your Kingdom upon the earth. Amen. ​ 21st Elul Tuesday 24th September Jesus And Me Thy Will Be Done James 4 v7:17 We are but passing flowers, Lord. Though You have made us, and the work that You have wrought is incredible, by necessity and invention our lifespan is relatively short. For certain the mountains and the trees outlive us. And to You, Lord, the infinite and everlasting God, we must seem the tiniest of specks. Like passing flowers or falling rain. Yet You have called us by name, yet You have counted every hair on our heads. Is it really so much to ask that we listen to You, serve you, in humility and thanksgiving? What part of, "Teach us to number our days," did we miss? And You are mindful of us. Watch over us this day, Father, we pray. Cause Your angels to continually rove around us. Be as a balm and respite to us, please, as we humble ourselves and lift up the name of Your Son, Jesus, our Lord forever, Amen. 20th Elul Monday 23rd September Majesty Of The Most High How Great Is Our God? Isaiah 40 v12:26 You are great indeed, O Mighty God of Israel, The Maker of the Heavens and the Earth. There are none before You. You have bound Creation to Your will, You have sent Your angels over the face of the Earth. You have overcome the forces that opposed You. You have bent the bow of bronze and set the stars in their courses, naming each and every one. All glory, honour and praise to You, King of Kings. And, as the Son, Yeshua, Jesus, You have stepped down from Heaven and humbled Yourself, to set for us an example in purity, compassion, mercy, justice, love and grace. No other god has done such a thing. No other god could do such a thing. Lead us, this day, Father, and show us things too wonderful to be true. Lead us in paths of righteousness for Your name's sake and keep us and teach us to be humble. That You may be glorified, and that Your Kingdom may come upon the earth. In Jesus's name we pray this, amen. 19th Elul Sunday 22nd September Days Of Elijah Blessed Assurance Ezekiel 37 v1:14 You said, during Your earthly ministry, that You are the "life giving water." Here, in the prophet's vision, you declare the awakening of Your Spirit within the people, and all the bones within the valley are given flesh and life. How we long to see this day, Lord. All Your people gathered together and alive in You! What joyful celebration! Help us, this day, to speak life into our brothers and sisters in Christ. And, where opportunity arises, to those who are yet to know You, whose love knows no bounds and whose Kingdom lays beyond the ends of the Earth. In our thoughts, in our words and in our deeds, may Your example be evident and manifold. May that very Spirit we read of in the book of the prophet be in us and speak through us for Your glory. In Jesus's name we pray, amen. 18th Elul Saturday 21st September A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath ​ ​Rock Of Ages Highly Exalted Ezekiel 16 v3:42 Your bride, Jerusalem, the bride You lifted up, playing harlot and turning away from You. Such was the Covenant of Sinai. A covenant bound to failure, though with the potential of success. Yet a covenant necessary for progression. A stop on the journey that was and is crucial in order to get to the next place. Although it grieved You, although it cost You Your life. Because through Jerusalem comes the Church. Your Son's bride, the beautiful, the spotless, the perfect. At least, such as she will appear and be on her wedding day. Help us, this day, build Your church. Not our own idea what that should be. Not the historical monstrosity bedecked in plain and rusted jewellery and bloodstained linen, but the one that You ordained, had in mind, for Your Son. The one that He desires. No more tears, only everlasting joy. Such is as You work towards, may we contribute to help grow. For Your glory and name's sake, and the coming of Your Kingdom upon to the Earth. Amen. Galatians 4 v25:31 God, You're So Good The Old Rugged Cross ​ 17th Elul Friday 20th September Yes I Will Yes And Amen 2 Chronicles 20 v1:13 You see our hearts, Lord. You know when we are genuine and when we are not. As with Uzzah, when he stretched out his hand as if to steady the Ark of the Covenant, Your clarity is beyond judgement, Your justice always right and fair. So we come before You, as Jehoshaphat and the people of Israel did, with arms stretched wide and heads bowed in supplication. You are the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings, the One, True, Living God, and we come before You with trepidation and trembling. You who know us so well, You who could undo us with the merest of Your thoughts. And we ask the things that we ask. Our petitions, our prayers, our desires, our needs. We lay them before You, not carelessly, but after consideration. And we ask You, God, "what is Your answer?" We know that You are the God of "Yes!" and "Amen!" Yet we know You as the God of justice and truth. We trust in Your answers, be they "Yes" or "No". And we give You thanks, since You know what is best for us. Glory be forever to You, and praises to Your name, Yahweh. Amen. 16th Elul Thursday 19th September Majesty I Will Worship You Romans 5 v10:21 The challenge of our spiritual rebirth, Lord. Our old self, warring to make our journey as terrible as possible. And yet, when we look, it wars from the position of total defeat. Your blood has washed clean and given rise to the new self. You have utterly defeated sin and the grave. Today, and in the days to come, may we have a measure of grace to silence the Enemy? We want to discern the way forward, the correct path to take. To bring You the most glory, to be most effective as a servant and friend of the One, True King. That You would open our eyes to see what is the riches of Your calling for us. That the name of Your Son, Jesus, may be lifted higher. That Your Kingdom may become more fully realised here on the earth. As we hunger and thirst for You, may we find You. In Jesus's matchless, boundless, bountiful, bold and precious name. Amen! 15th Elul Wednesday 18th September Almighty Here For You Psalm 29 ​We worship You because we love You, Lord. You make our faces bright, You cause us to shout and sing. You declared that if we did not worship you, the very stones would cry out. Today we join with the stones and the birds and the trees and worship You in the splendour of Your holiness. Whatever our walk or situation, we do not waste a moment of our lives where we uplift You, the Most High, with His angelic hosts in Heaven. We celebrate and give thanks for all that You have done, are doing and will do, and lift the name of Jesus high. You are worthy of all honour, praise and glory, You are the Maker of the Heavens and the Earth, may Your songs redound in us throughout this lifelong day. Amen. 14th Elul Tuesday 17th September I Am No Victim Behold Our God Song Of Solomon 8 v4:11 We pray for Your church today, Lord of Hosts. The Bride. For Your Son, Jesus, who is the Christ. She will be spotless and unblemished, adorned in jewels and white linen on the Day of His Coming. So we pray. Against division. Against guile. Against deceit. Against bloodshed. Against pretence. Against cowardice. And we pray. For peace, for renewal, for rejuvenation, for light, for life, for temperance, for holiness, for strength, for forgiveness, for justice. Bless and cleanse Your church, Father. Anoint us and appoint us to do the same. To drive out wolves, to shield and gather sheep and shepherds. To stand in the gaps as light in the darkness. To preach Your Word and extol Your virtues, that she may become purified, innocent, unified, unsullied, to Your great glory and the coming of Your Kingdom to the Earth. Amen. ​ 13th Elul Monday 16th September Our God Reigns Here Jesus, Be The Centre 2 Corinthians 1 v3:7 What once I was, I am no longer. Today we lift up the things of our old life to the cross, the sackcloth and ashes of who we were previously can sometimes be a barb and a snare for the Enemy, used to catch us out unexpectedly and return us to wicked ways and paths best left untrodden. Today we bid them to, "Be gone!" in the matchless and precious name of Jesus. Your apostles slumbered whilst You were at prayer, Simon Peter tried returning to fishing in exasperation of what to do after Your crucifixion. They are the things we were, not the things we are. The old wineskins, the old clothes. And we detest them and denounce them as such. Let us list each one we can think of here and remove them from the hands of the Deceiver and return them to the place we first left them, at the foot of the Cross. That he may be robbed of a weapon against us, and that You may be glorified and the name of Jesus be lifted ever higher. Amen! 12th Elul Sunday 15th September Marching To Zion Wonderful Grace Of Jesus Hosea 3 With what price did You buy us back, as wicked and adulterous as we were towards You, Great King of All the Earth? With the life and blood of Your Son. What privilege, what honour we bare, as stewards and royal priests, as ambassadors and friends, called by name. What a price You paid, what a life You gave, that we may live. So let us live for You, to do Your will. with thanksgiving and celebration, for Jesus, the Christ, has truly set us free. And let us ever be mindful and ready to fall on our hands and knees, to carry You or Your children wherever they may need to go. For as You once forgave us, may we also forgive them, and love them with the love that You have shown to us. For Your glory and the name's sake of Yeshua, and the coming of Your Kingdom on the Earth, amen. 11th Elul Saturday 14th September I Am Free To Run I Am A Friend Of God Isaiah 42 v5:21 The miracle of how You give sight to the blind is a glorious thread throughout Your scripture, Lord of Heaven. Who would conceive of such a marvellous and wonderful and complex thing? And Your scripture points towards restoration. Your word talks of opening eyes. And when we see You for the first time it is with a sense of wonder that is like being given new sight. Then we read of the first One who gives sight to the blind. Incredible! Or so it seems to us, Lord. And yet, here it is right before us. The colours, the reflections, the refractions, the splendour. And You created it so. You made it so. So that just a vista or a vision could reduce us to tears. So that just a moment or an inflection could stir us from danger. So that we could look upon You and Your creation with such depth and clarity. Wow. You truly are a magnificent God, You truly are the Most High God. Other powers could make rocks and fire and sand, but sight, both inner and outer vision, could only come from You. And we celebrate it this day, glorious God, wonderful Saviour, amazing King! Hallelujah! Hosanna! Amen! John 9 v1:11 I Give You Glory, Glory Hosanna 10th Elul Friday 13th September Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven Standing On The Promises Jude v11:23 You are able to keep us from the fire, Lord. You are able to preserve our lives. Your grace is more than sufficient. We must look to You, we must trust in You, we must be obedient to you. Father of Lights, You have already saved the world and all that is in it, it is the final redemption of Your children to Yourself that remains. This is our prayer and desire, both as children of the Most High, and as people who love our brothers and sisters and family members. We share Your desire that not ONE should perish. We share Your grief for every one of them. Lord, this day, we offer our lives for Your service, give us opportunity and patience. wisdom and discernment to overcome, to reach out, to touch hearts and lives as You once did when here on earth. We ask this blessing beyond measure in the name of Jesus. Amen. ​ 9th Elul Thursday 12th September What A Beautiful Name Praise The Lord, Oh My Soul Jeremiah 17 v9:18 When pressed, Lord God of Israel, may we bring forth a sweet wine for You and Your people. May our sacrifice of praise be a sweet offering to You in Your House. May our calls for help and solace come from a contrite heart. May You see fit to answer them. In our changed condition we pray for those who have not, Lord. The hungry, the homeless and the sick. the fearful, the rejected, the oppressed. Lift their heads, we pray, cause them to shift from hopeless to hopeful. Provide for them miraculously and abundantly. That we may testify about You, that they may boast of You, that the world may see you and know of You more. This is our greatest desire, help us, Lord, we pray, in Jesus's name. Amen. 8th Elul Wednesday 11th September The Good Shepherd 100 Billion X Psalm 20 We do not do what we do so that You can serve us. We do not claim any greater reward than the one that we have received already, the one that is already far, far too much for us to ever repay. We do it because we love You. We do it because we thank You. We do it because You are who You say You are. You are what all creation cries out to in recognition of who You are. Today we ask You to bless our leaders. Those men and women of action who have answered the call that they have received, to seek appointment to leadership. You call and appoint all of them, it is only through You that they receive real power. Yet they can stray. They can follow after the wrong things. They can be deceived. They can be corrupted. So we pray Your blessing upon them. Your grace, mercy and favour. Yes, we pray that every errant heart be turned towards You, yet, whether in business or politics or charity, we want success for those that You have called and appointed. Godly success. Kingdom success. So we may see and praise Your name, so that we may testify to others the goodness and majesty of You, our God, the God of Abraham and Isaac. In whose name we pray forever, amen. 7th Elul Tuesday 10th September Be Still My Soul Amazing Love (And Can It Be?) Mark 4 v35:41 Perfect comfort, perfect peace. Even the oceans in Your Kingdom do not stir or rage. 'Seas of Glass'. Peace, Lord Jesus, give us a sense of peace today. The supernatural, transcendent peace that the world cannot give. We have known it before, remind us once again, we pray. Yes, we are cowards, afraid in the tumult of a world rapt in its trials. Yes, we seek You, in worship and praise. Yet that place of peace comes from You alone. We will make it to the other side. We will grow to know You and love You more. Yet we need Your peace to remind us and comfort us and rebuke us, that we may sleep soundly in the roughest part of the boat. With love and honour and thanksgiving we pray, amen. 6th Elul Monday 9th September Good, Good Father Waymaker Leviticus 17 v1:9 We thank You, Lord, that we are removed from the burden of the sacrificial law. That Your Son, Jesus, has paid the price and made the full atonement once and for all. Yet we are mindful of the wisdom and the price and we thank You for paying it so faithfully. May our thoughts, words and deeds mirror Yours, Lord God, for, as the Son, You have given us perfect example of how to walk and how to live. Your Spirit is alive in us and able to comfort and to guide. So we thank You again! Keep us to the narrow path today, Father, that You may be glorified and that others may see Your life giving blessings. In Jesus's name we pray, amen. ​ 5th Elul Sunday 8th September Reckless Love The Lion And The Lamb Revelation 1 v3:7 You are coming again, Jesus. The Bible declares it. The Koran declares it. The Torah declares it. Even the Buddhists wait for 'The Buddha Who Is Yet To Come'. You declared it. As you have already been with us once, as a fulfilment of many prophecies, how can we doubt that You will come again? Your return will be witnessed by all, and at the trumpet call every knee will bow and every tongue will confess You as Lord. It will be magnificent. Noone knows the date or the time, and many have claimed it over the centuries and years, in truth none but the Father knows, yet let us live each day with the idea of 'being ready'. Help us identify each and every unnecessary burden and guide us in the way to lay them down. Be ruthless and even reckless in this, Lord, for we truly want nothing to hold us back from being in the skies with You. And help us be emphatic with others, especially those who say that they do not believe. What other chance have they got, if we do not speak the words of love and life to them, who will? May Your Spirit lead and speak through us to them, that they may be saved, for glory and name's sake, Jesus, Messiah and King, amen! 4th Elul Saturday 7th September A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Leaning On my Beloved Alpha And Omega Proverbs 16 v12:16 Wisdom is indeed more precious than gold and rubies, Lord of Hosts. It is the ultimate equipping, the ability to walk and see rightly, to know one's place and limitations, to know one's potential and capacity to do Your will. Not that we would ever want to be independent from You, far from it, but rather that, according to Your word, we could be equipped for every good work. Lead us and guide us and shape us in this, Lord we pray, yet keep us humble. You are the source of every good thing in our lives, and even the corrective things we thank You for. Keep us on track; lead us in paths of righteousness for Your name's sake; our declared state is complete obedience to You and, wherever and whenever You need to, Lord, please use us to call and commission the lost to glory through Your Holy Spirit working in us and through us. That we may witness the flowers blooming and the fruits coming into season, and the harvest of such plenty as to cause the saints to praise You all over again, in Jesus's name, amen! Philemon v12:16 Days Of Elijah One Way, Jesus 3rd Elul Friday 6th September Mighty Man Of War Overwhelmed Proverbs 5 v11:14 Our life without You, apart from You, is a hopeless loss, where the things that we have run after or wrongly worship will rise up against us. The very idea of it terrifies us, it is the worst thing we could possibly imagine, the subject of horrors in the night. For worldly gain; for a brief flash of intense carnal pleasure; for the cruel satisfaction of betrayal and the pain of Your Son. O, take it away from us, Lord! Hand us not over to our vile enemy. Permit us not, in any part, to suffer as You suffered! Yes, place upon us the burden that is light, for us to carry, yet remember Your promises, we pray. Return us and soothe us, great Father, according to Your word, that we may not fear the terror of the night, or the arrow that flies by day. In Jesus's mighty name, amen. 2nd Elul Thursday 5th September He's The Saviour Of My Soul Abide With Me Deuteronomy 33 v26:29 It is to the word, 'excellency', that we look in Your word today, Lord. You are excellent in Your purpose. You are excellent in Your practice. You are excellent in Your execution. You alone are God, the All Powerful, the All Knowing, the All Seeing. And yet we doubt. We forget. We turn away. We follow this or that. We must turn to You. We must continually change. And, as we trust in You, we will prevail. This too is Your excellency, as You take the dust of the earth and give it life. Thank You, Father. Thank You, Son. And thank You, Holy Spirit for Your comfort and guidance, we would not make it but for You. Remain with us and in us and may we be attentive to You this day, call us out, among Your pasture, that we may proclaim Your gospel peace unto the world. In the mighty and precious name of Jesus, amen. ​ 1st Elul Wednesday 4th September I Thank God Holding Nothing Back Romans 7 v19:25, 8 v1:6 We are not able in our own right, Father God. We needed the death of Your Son to have hope in this world. And You have given it. The bread as payment. The new wine as the lifeblood that cleanses us and washes us clean. We are born again into a new life and family; a family where Jesus is the head. Glory hallelujah, to the One who was and is, and is to come! In our day and way, Lord, we ask for Your guidance and blessing, Your protection and encouragement. Teach us in the ways that we should go, we pray, and may we be willing and bold enough to accept that teaching. May this be for the new month as well as for the new day. May You be foremost in our thoughts and desires and practices, for Your glory and the coming of Your Kingdom to the earth. In Jesus's name, amen. 30th Av Tuesday 3rd September Ancient Of Days Promises Psalm 37 v1:11 Your are our Provider. You have made a way where there was no way. You have set Yourself to a purpose, You have called whom You have called. The conditions for Your abundant provision are simple, so simple even a child can understand them, and You do not fail to deliver. In droves, in spades, in an over abundance of grace. Why not 'just so much'? Because of who You are. Today, those that believe are grateful to You. And those who do not must cry out or perish. Yes, Your mercy remains open until their last breath, You are not so hard of heart as to keep turned away. That is their doing, their decision. And they can change it if they choose. We pray for them. We pray for them to soften, to turn. To relent of their destructive path. To set down the nails and tools that held You to the Cross. You are worthy of so much more. The life that You offer carries such bitter sweet reward. Great is Your faithfulness, O Lord, it truly stretches to the skies. Help them to be more like us today, Lord, and help us to be more like You. In the matchless and precious name of Jesus. Amen. 29th Av Monday 2nd September Christ Is Enough His Mercy Is More 1 John 1 v5:10 Yahweh Elohim, God the Father, God the Son, we lift You up. And, we ask Your Holy Spirit in. We surrender our weakness, our wretchedness again at the foot of Your Cross, and take our place, through Your great grace and mercy, at the foot of Your throne. We stand with the foundation of righteousness and justice. And we ask You, we beg You, as we praise You, for more of You. In our lives as health and strength and refreshment, in our relationships in forgiveness, love, blessing and encouragement, in our homes as safety and provision and in our workplaces as healing, overcoming, fruitfulness and joy. You are the First and the Last, and You have sent Your Spirit out amongst us that have answered Your call. Shine in us, Lord, and out into a world that is needy for renewal. Guide us in how best to serve You, and those around us, this day, in Jesus's mighty and precious name, amen. 28th Av Sunday 1st September Ever Be Is He Worthy? Jeremiah 29 v11:23 O Lord of All, Our Father in Heaven, there is none like You, none before You, none will come after. You have no equal or rival or colleague or lover, You are complete in Yourself, the Godhead, the Three In One. An You are worthy. Of all honour and praise. Of worship through Your creation for all the things that You are, for all of the deeds that You have done. For simply being You. Not capricious or desirous of worship through vanity. You are far, and further, above all of that. You are You, the Great, "I AM." And, from Your position, You see all things clearly and perfectly, as they are. You are without spot or blemish, You are perfect, beholden to no one or no thing else, and You are good. And we are especially blessed, beyond measure, beyond service, beyond count or account, because You have loved us first. Your desire is that we prosper and not perish. Yet we must be brought out. As there are people alive who reject You and turn away from Your ways, You must separate us. You do this with the comfort, care and patience of a Father with an unruly family. You take each of us, in turn, and strip us bare. And those who bite and tear at You, You place aside, and those that weep and fall in Your arms You cherish and hold near. This is the day where we choose or reject You, Lord, as each day when we are alive in this world. You will help us, You will be near us, Your angels will guard around us, Your Spirit will be within us. Yet help us, we pray, and those around us, in Your majesty and grace and everlasting love, turn to You, look to You, seek for You and serve You, in love and truth for Your glory alone. Amen. ​ 27th Av Saturday 31st August A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. You Are Worthy Of It All Yield My Heart Lamentations 4 v8:18 We pray to You, Oh God of Israel, the Maker of the Heavens and the Earth, the First and Last, the One, True, Living God. There is none before You, and none will come after, You are the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. We come before You today in our shame as representatives of a humanity that has persistently cast You aside in favour of vain pursuits and the following of other gods. Even though this has led us to detestable practices, we have been determined in our disobedience. And we hand this shame to You. There are those amongst us who have hated evil and shunned the darkness. There are those who have heard Your voice and answered Your call. And, though we know our own sin, we choose to turn from it and look to You. What remains is a life of worship and praise for us. What else can we do but trust You to carry out Your statutes and decrees. You have set Yourself against this chaff; these goats; who have refused to turn, even as You would be justified in destroying the whole field, and You have delivered up Yourself through Your Son, Jesus Christ, as the ransom to buy back that which was lost. So let us that remain lift up a shout and a song of praise to You, Worthy and Most High God, and shine Your light in the fields and pastures, storerooms and stockhouses, that You may be glorified and even more be turned towards You to be saved. Amen. Titus 2 v11:15 Almighty Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah 26th Av Friday 30th August Take My Life Great Are You Lord John 11 v35:45 You are the giver of Life, Lord God of Israel. You are our Provider and very present help in times of need. As we surrender our lives to You, Lord, this day, we ask that You use us for Your Kingdom gain. Send us, lift us, cause us to leap, cause us to stay, Your will be done. Greater are You than ourselves. Than our wretched selves. Yet we are also confident through Your word that we will yet see life as and when we do this, as and when we lay down what we have for You. Let us be an example to others, an encouragement, a help. With those who are lost and lonely, with those that walk with confidence and grace. To serve in Your Kingdom is to serve You, Lord of Lords and King of Kings. To serve You is to overcome the Enemy, stuck in his evil thoughts, words and deeds. Help us this day, Father, and lead us in the way that we should go, in Jesus's mighty name, amen. 25th Av Thursday 29th August Psalm 23 My Wonderful Lord Revelation 1 v9:16 It is You, Lord, You who have carried us and lead us by the narrow way. You have cared for us and tended us as a vine. And You will continue to do so, as we continue to turn and run to You, as the Maker and Creator; as the Alpha and Omega; as the Author and Finisher of Our Faith. As the disciples once said to You, "Where else could we go?" Yet we could fall. We could turn and lose ourselves in the ways of this world. We could fall for Satan's soothing words or be distracted by too much power or money or wealth. Help us to stay faithful, we pray, help us on the road once again. Keep us mindful of our delight in knowing You, of the joy we will feel on that day when we see You amongst the trees or on the golden streets. You have kept our hearts, may we keep Your statutes and search out Your decrees. In the mighty and precious name of Jesus, amen. 24th Av Wednesday 28th August Above All The Battle Belongs To The Lord 2 Thessalonians 1 v1:10 What great promise we have in You, Lord. In Your dedication and faithfulness to Your plan, in Your unwavering steadfastness in the pursuit of what is right and perfect and good. Oh Lord! That we did not look away and lose sight from time to time! Like Peter on the water, or the other disciples still waiting in the boat, we need to keep our eyes fixed firmly upon You, Father of Life. You are the one reaching out to save, You are the one who has walked far to meet us. Yesterday we prayed for Your will to be done in our lives, today we pray for Your Kingdom to come into our lives. May Your hands find us and grasp us hard, may we hold on to You with the desperation we once knew before we met You. It is our only fear to be leave go of You, Lord, and to slip back into the waves. Hold us, keep us, guide us we pray, in Jesus's name, amen. 23rd Av Tuesday 27th August Because Of Who You Are Be Bold, Be Strong 1 Chronicles 7 v19:40 You blessed the families of Jacob with abundance and fertility. Yet there were times that life was still hard for them. This is what Your word declares when it says that it rains on the just and the unjust alike. It is only as we dwell in You do we also find understanding and truth in our hardships, that we can take comfort in Your fairness, and trust our futures to see better days. Though this can be difficult, even challenging, help us press into this truth today, to lay our hands upon Your wounded feet and say, "Abba, Father, thy will be done." Our relationship may garner no reward greater than that with which we were first accepted into Your kingdom, yet this reward is sufficient to wipe away all record and account of adversity, in the days to come with You and our fellow believers in Paradise. Glory be to You, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, forever, amen. 22nd Av Monday 26th August When Death Was Arrested I Am Free ​ John 3 v1:15 We must be born again to see the Kingdom of God. We must be changed, transformed, noticeably different from how we were before. Today we give thanks and celebrate the changes that You have brought about, the corrections and alterations, as You shape us into the image of Your Son. Help us to surrender to You more, to let go of the old self so that we can embrace the new. As we see the benefits and blessings that each of the changes bring, to ourselves and in our relationships and communities, may we be encouraged to press ever deeper into You. You are the Author and Finisher of Our Faith, and we thank You and praise You for it, in the name of Your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen. 21st Av Sunday 25th August Holy, There Is Noone Like You Break Every Chain 1 Corinthians 6 v12:20 Open to us, yet not good for us. The exploration of the carnal can only have one outcome when not practiced within the confines of God ordained relationship. We are to remain vigilant and confident in our calling and identity, we must not confuse admiration for attraction and we must clamp down and surrender our carnal passion for the love of Christ. We have been bought at a price. Today, Lord, help those who struggle with identity and relationship. Speak through Your Holy Spirit and give them comfort and rest. Show them the right way over folly, and lift up Your words ever before them to give them reassurance and firm belief. You are in control. You can be trusted. Your plans for us are to cause us to prosper and not to perish. In holding on to this, may we be set free from all doubts and fears and step forward into the new week encouraged and emboldened, to uphold first the Kingdom before every other consideration, in Jesus's name. Amen. 20th Av Saturday 24th August A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Be Thou My Vision Light Of The World Judges 1 v12:15 As we continue in faith and honour You as our Lord and Saviour, we continue to pray and petition for grace and favour. The new life we have received from You is such a sweet savour, we want to continue in it, to be blessed in abundance of Your outpouring love. Yet we must be mindful to continue in faith though, for many were the tribes of Israel that entered the Promised Land and did not fulfil their vows and purpose. Help us today, and in the new week to come, to maintain our focus and resolve to accomplish the Kingdom opportunities in our life. Your will be done. Help us break free or remain free from that which binds us to the things of the world, that we look to You and upon You as You would desire. For Your glory and name's sake. Amen. Titus 3 v4:8 A Thousand Years Everlasting God 19th Av Friday 23rd August Behold Our God https://youtube.com/watch?v=Gqrli3Lkf58 Praise Adonai https://youtube.com/watch?v=XpF7xpd-E-E Isaiah 6 v1:10 https://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ISAIAH%206:1-10&version=NKJV You wait patiently, Father God, but You will not wait over long. There is purpose and direction in all that You do. You watch the Enemy You overcame, You know the machinations of the Tempter. And You are with us and for us, in Spirit and Truth, against him. May our words of prayer join with Yours against him, Father God. In all the places we would be rid if him, in all the lives we would see freed from him, help us, we pray. He devours those we care about, those we love, whom You love too. So break his teeth and blind his eyes we pray, that they may be saved. For Your glory and name's sake, amen. 18th Av Thursday 22nd August How Deep The Father's Love For Us https://youtube.com/watch?v=SKDujmtyAVk Sing To Jesus https://youtube.com/watch?v=VWuDZ0az-c4 John 4 v23:26 https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=John+4:23-26 ​It is a privilege and an honour to be able to speak with You, Lord of Hosts. You who command the angels and brought the universe into being are mindful of us. We are each sorry that we frustrate You, even forsake You. We are thankful that You have not forsaken us, even amazed. So, Lord, help us hear Your still, small voice today. May we not be so caught up in things as to miss You. Do not pass us by. And may we commit time to listen. In our hopes, our direction, our relationships, our practice, teach us and guide us in the way that we should go we pray, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus. Amen. 17th Av Wednesday 21st August Take Me In To The Holy Of Holies https://youtube.com/watch?v=0tglrLCDVvg Where You Are https://youtube.com/watch?v=qDSDaAdl6EU Psalm 91 v1:10 https://biblia.com/bible/nrsv/psalm/91/1-10 Lord God of Heaven, the Maker of the Heavens and the Earth, we run to You and are made safe. Your wings cover us, Your strong right arm delivers us. Who is a god like You, who can keep us from harm and give us protection from our enemies? Who will give us peace and security during the worst of trials and troubles? You do not exclude us from difficulty, yet You provide a way to be wrapped in comfort and reassured, that difficulties may pass and trials be overcome. As Your Word declares, "Tears may linger at nightfall but joy comes in the morning." Thank You for this place, Lord, and help us find it and dwell in it today we pray, in Jesus's mighty name, amen! 16th Av Tuesday 20th August This Is What You Do Come To Save Us Galatians 3 v23:29 Your work. Your glory. Your power. Your majesty. Your splendour. Our reward. A change in the whole universe brought about from the very beginning of everything. You did not force the hand of the people that You created, rather You waited patiently, as a good father for a good son. And You have displayed that same patience with us, Lord of Hosts. Through our stumbles and falls, through our calling out to idols or other gods, through our trust in chariots and the world of men. Thank You, Father. Thanks be unto Your Holy Name. Thanks be to Your only begotten Son, who paid the price that we could not. In such a position as this, freed and forgiven, it would be easy to walk away, singing Your praises. Yet we want to be of the kind that turn and thank You and remember You, and look to align ourselves with You that we may know You more and serve You better. In the matchless and precious name of Jesus, please continue to move us in this we pray. Amen. ​ 15th Av Monday 19th August Holy Spirit, Rain Down The River Is Here Ezekiel 39 v25:29 O Lord God of Israel, when we worship You we get a sense of Your Holy Spirit. Your breath within us comes alive and is turned to You. The melodies, the words, the actions are carried by a profound, divine transport, and we are transported with it. In laughing, in crying, in dancing and celebrating, in falling down to our knees, we can be overawed. Many people try and cheat their way into this feeling of rapture. With drugs and rhythms, sexual fantasies and rapid material gains. Yet they are all short lived, like splashes in the ocean. Yet Your river runs wide and deep forever, Lord God, and it is here that we want to dwell with You. Buoyed up on Your love, carried along by Your joy and Spirit. So keep us in the river today, Lord, and may we show it those who do not know, the true freedom afforded by Your gift, Your One and only Son, amen. 14th Av Sunday 18th August Are You Washed In The Blood Of The Lamb? O The Deep, Deep Love Of Jesus Genesis 22 v1:19 O, Lord God Almighty, that You would withhold Your servant Abraham from committing the very sacrifice that You would make to redeem Your people to Yourself. The gods of this world demand human sacrifice for might and power because they know that without You they are as nothing. You allow them to do this because You know the hearts and minds of Your children and, because in Your love and respect for them, You continue to allow them to choose. Mankind gave up the authority of this world to Satan. Jesus returned to Heaven with the same. Yet, in the great shaking of things, You continue to allow the same freedom of choice that drove Lucifer insane in the first place. Only those washed clean in the blood of the Lamb are truly free from influence and authority from the outside, from the day of our Salvation we are able to let them back in. So, Lord, we ask that You give us discernment through Your Holy Spirit today and commit ourselves to self examination, that every barb, hook, snare or hindrance that we have fashioned for ourselves be taken down and laid at the foot of the Cross. That we may once again receive freely of the cleansing flow. That You may be glorified and the name of Your Son, the Name Above All Names, Jesus, called Yeshua, be lifted ever higher. Amen. ​ 13th Av Saturday 17th August A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Place Of Worship Set A Fire 1 Kings 18 v20:40 Your word is clear as to the fate of false prophets and teachers, Lord God of Israel. Even so they abound in this day and age, so that almost every congregation professes a heresy or two, revealing that the wolf has truly got within the sheepfold. Your children are scattered or hidden, praying for Your return or a revival that would be more of a complete resuscitation. Only You can bring the fire necessary, only You can burn up the water with the wood. Bringing the blind to see, the deaf to hear and the dead to rise. And so we pray, and continue to trust, in faith. We worship and we call. "Come, Lord Jesus, in Spirit and Truth, and light the fires that were once lit again." We ask that You break forth from Mount Zion and cause a people yet unborn to know You and to revere You. As in the days of Noah, when only a handful of people gave honour to You, who became almost the whole earth that gave honour to You, so we pray and call for this day too, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus. Amen. John 9 v35 : 10 v5 Lord, You're Mighty Spirit Break Out 12th Av Friday 16th August At Your Name Song Of Solomon 2 Kings 6 v15:23 As we continue to consider Your message about provision, we read this passage about Your armies and chariots of fire. What great comfort for Your children. As You worked in those days, You work in the times we find ourselves in. There is no power or force so great that it cannot be overcome. Yet, even here, You avoid needless destruction, and teach the king to be compassionate towards his enemies. You know that pressing the kind of advantage Elisha had gained would result in difficult times brought on by the need for revenge, instead kindness and provision brought on the kind of apathy necessary to bring peace. Help us field compassion over wrath or unforgiveness this day, Lord. Lead us in the paths of righteousness for Your name's sake. Amen. 11th Av Thursday 15th August We're Marching To Zion Sweet Beulah Land Isaiah 55 ​ Our word and encouragement, this day, Lord, is "keep our eyes upon the prize." To gain a sense of Heaven, even the merest understandings of its content and worth. As we sing and praise You, as we struggle and strive, may the sense of Your calling and justification come to us, under the shadow of Your wings. May we be lit from within with visions of the Holy City, and may thoughts of Your Heavenly Kingdom spur us on to greater service and sacrifice, that You may be uplifted and Your Kingdom come upon the earth. Your glorious ways are higher and better for us, so let us shed our own understandings in favour of Your excellent truth, that we may lift Your name, Jesus ever higher, amen! 10th Av Wednesday 14th August Worthy Is Your Name Healer John 14 v11:20 During Your ministry on earth You healed and restored many who were sick, diseased or lame from the maladies that afflicted them. Knowing Your love for us, and the blessings that You have poured out, we ask for healing in our families and selves today. We know that You granted more blessing that we could ever repay on the day we were saved, Father God, and yet we read of Your delight and provision for Your children and humbly ask for more. May every part of supernatural recovery be testified to as a witness to Your majesty and saving grace, may we declare openly that Your grace is, "more than sufficient." Not that people be drawn to You as a 'wish list' of miraculous provision that comes without a cost, but that people may have their hearts and minds opened to the hope and reassurance that there is a God in Heaven who sent His Son to be the Saviour of the world. All glory, honour and praise to You, Lord of Lords and King of Kings, in Jesus's name, amen. ​ 9th Av Tuesday 13th August Highly Exalted Jesus, Jesus, Jesus Mark 6 v34:44 Comfort in You, Lord Jesus. Peace in You. Strength in You. Forgiveness in You. Healing in You. Blessing in You. Trial in You. You truly provide for all of our needs. Your love and compassion towards us is without comparison. Your faith and patience with us without measure. O Lord! What have we done to even deserve a knowledge of You!? And yet, here You are. As vital as the air that we breathe and even closer to us. Help us walk in Your will and service today, Lord, and in humble thanksgiving for each and every blessing that You have poured out. Help us love like You, speak like You and work like You, Lord of Hosts and King of Kings. We cannot earn our place of blessing, so help us serve out of gratitude we pray. In Your mighty and precious name, amen. 8th Av Monday 12th August Once Again Majesty Of The Most High John 2 v8:11 Your first miracle in Your ministry here on earth was about abundance of supply. You chose the very medium that would eventually come to represent You, You took vessels dedicated for vain rituals and turned them into vessels that carried Your outpouring. From Your first step until Your last, You fulfilled every promise and upheld every covenant law. You are perfect, our Messiah, our King, our God. In our places of work we want to pour out Your new wine today Lord. Let us set down our own preconceptions and ideas, our unforgiveness and even distaste, and let us set ourselves as You once did before Your disciples, as nothing more than a man inspired by God, full of love. May You work through us to bring the Father glory. May Your authority in the church be upheld in all that we say and do, and may the name of Jesus and His praises ever be on our lips. Amen. 7th Av Sunday 11th August I Am Redeemed Every Praise 1 Corinthians 11 v1:15 There are areas in Your scripture, Lord, where we are challenged with question and practice to do things that seem counter to the culture and order of the day. The scripture and context itself seem clear, yet the Word challenges in the beliefs in which we have been raised. Help us discern rightly and practice and align ourselves according to Your will and way. Your Word is not random or accidental, You do not ask to catch out or to shame. You declare and decree, through Your servants, what is the right, good and proper way for us to live. As we want to experience You more, so we may also seek to challenge ourselves in such areas to become obedient to You. Your ways are higher and greater, and they are not always the ways of the world, and it is to these we want to surrender our authority, that new avenues to know You may be opened, and Your name be glorified throughout the earth forever. Amen. 6th Av Saturday 10th August Theme: Children's Worship Closing the week of children's worship to mark the upcoming school year here in China. A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Jesus Loves Me I've Got The Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy Psalm 19 v7:14 As we close this week of celebration in children's worship we give thanks for the blessing and consider the innocence necessary to enter in to Your Kingdom. We thank You for the refreshing and the challenge to sing such songs, and for the songs themselves. As we feel the energy of youth, may we be touched by it and may the vigour and enthusiasm remain with us, that we can be a living testimony to others of the blessing that Your Spirit bestows. May we be ever willing to enter in to praise and worship You. Whatever the language, whatever the style, as long as it glorifies You and uplifts others in our hearing, may we seek to worship You in Spirit and Truth, Lord of Lords and King of Kings, in Jesus's name, amen! Matthew 27 v22:25 Sing Hosanna The Fruits Of The Spirit ​ 5th Av Friday 9th August Theme: Children's Worship A week of children's worship to mark the upcoming school year here in China. ​O Happy Day Deep Cries Out Isaiah 66 v5:24 Your Kingdom is ever, and should ever be, a beacon before us, a light to guide our way. The memory of Your holiness and splendour the searing fire that keeps us walking forward. There is no guile or lie in You, Great God of All The Heavens and Earth, You do not call to deceive. Yet Your wrathful justice is righteous against those who cause Your Holy Spirit injury or harm. Your final Judgement is perfect and honest. So help us this day to avoid Your wrath, to reflect in ourselves the things of the Kingdom and reject the things that are not. That You may be glorified. And, where possible in our own wretched condition, may we speak words of truth and change necessary to bring others back or into Your fold. As the Kingdom is our beacon, that it be filled with love and honour for You must be our chief desire. Glory be to Your life and name forever, amen. 4th Av Thursday 8th August Theme: Children's Worship A week of children's worship to mark the upcoming school year here in China. All Things Bright And Beautiful Cross Over The Road Galatians 3 v26:29 Your word marks us all as children in the hands of the Most High God. Your children, Lord, reaching out and calling out, in need of sustenance, support and correction. Yet Your word goes on to say that we need to mature and take up the cross once again for Your name and glory. Let us not tire of doing good works, let us not draw back from our mission or goal. Let us be resolute in doing all that You have set out for us to do, guide us, lead us and compel us to do the things that would be otherwise left undone. Let us all see what we can do, in Jesus's mighty name, amen. 3rd Av Wednesday 7th August Theme: Children's Worship A week of children's worship to mark the upcoming school year here in China. Jesus Love Is Very Wonderful This Little Light Of Mine ​2 Kings 11 v1:12 When You established the line of the House of David in covenant, it was established for all time. Despite the wranglings of Your various enemies, such as Baal and Ashteroth, Your covenant could not be broken. A child instructed in Your ways could become a good king over Your people in Judah, and You ensured that he was robed around with protection that his kingship be consecrated and established. Such is the need for Your children today, Lord. This You know. So we ask and pray, and give glory and honour to You, for You to establish each of us with a ring of armoured protection around us. In the courts and in the synagogues, in the offices and in the throne rooms of the earthly kings, set us about with Your angels, that we may stand and speak boldly for the Kingdom that deserves all praise. In Jesus's name we pray, amen. 2nd Av Tuesday 6th August Theme: Children's Worship A week of children's worship to mark the upcoming school year here in China. I Reach Up High Jesus Is My Superhero ​Luke 2 v41:52 As we walk in light and faith, Lord God of Israel, we should be about Your business. You came to save sinners. You came to seek the lost and proclaim the Kingdom of Heaven open for all who would believe. Help us in this today, Lord. There is not an acre of Your populated planet where the Gospel of Christ is not needed. We each pass by hundreds of people every day that need Your light and truth in their lives. So lead us to step into opportunity, we pray. To bear witness; to stand up for Your righteousness; to come forward in places that need prayer, deliverance, action; to keep silent where wise counsel forbears foolish proclamation. Our Enemy is about his business also, and we must be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves before him and his servants, that You may be glorified and the name of Jesus be lifted high. Amen. ​ 1st Av Monday 5th August Theme: Children's Worship A week of children's worship to mark the upcoming school year here in China. ​Be Strong And Courageous Our God Is A Great Big God 2 Kings 5 v1:15 When children are raised with the simple truth they repeat it in faith. The gospel is not complicated when viewed through the eyes of a child, yet it requires faith to accept it. Today we pray for the innocent children in the world. The abused and the violated. The exploited and the ignored. Wherever they are, Lord, and whatever their state, we ask You to be with them. To hold them and to guide them, to comfort them according to Your Word. May they come to You and seek You as a refuge, may they find peace in Your arms, O Lord of Hosts. You are the lifter of our heads, may these children seek You and find You, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, amen. ​ 29th Tamuz Sunday 4th August Theme: Children's Worship A week of children's worship to mark the upcoming school year here in China. Who Put The Colours In The Rainbow? Colours Of The Day Matthew 18 v1:6 Your word is clear with regard to our faith and innocence, Lord God of Heaven. As we enter the new month tomorrow, may we commit to setting aside the complexities and intrigues of world in favour of softer pursuits. Men of mind wrangle and contend, yet their end is more convoluted than at the beginning. Help us then, in this day, to enjoy it for the simple things; to rejoice in the many blessings that You have furnished upon us; and to help others, where we can, not for selfish gain or recognition, but because the need is there and the ability to meet it is within our grasp. For Your glory and name's sake, amen. 28th Tamuz Saturday 3rd August Glorious Day Just One Touch from The King Numbers 6 v11:21 How we want to celebrate and lift You up on Your Sabbath Day, Lord of Hosts. To stand and share in devotion and exhortation, to sit in peaceful reflection of the works of Your hands. A day wholly devoted to You. A holy convocation, a solemn assembly. Yet may our ceremony be unrestrained, joyful and active, full of thanksgiving, that others might see and know You, that You may delight in our honouring and celebration. Today, Lord, we read of times of dedication and ritual that men undertook to cleanse themselves and draw closer to You. We hunger and thirst for that next level of encounter, Lord, so we seek You in the sacrifice of worship. Yet we pray too, for You to reveal paths that we may tread to get to know you more, to have a clearer revelation of your will. Guide us, o thou Great Jehovah, that we may be aligned more fully and experience and live for You more, in Jesus's mighty name, amen! ! Thessalonians 4 v9:16 We Worship You Holy Ground 27th Tamuz Friday 2nd August Goodness Of God Jesus, Lover Of My Soul 1 John 2 v1:6 ​ To know You is to love You, Lord God Almighty. It is to be overwhelmed by You. It is to be overcome by You. You are the First and the Last, we live only as we look to You as Lord and Saviour. Without You we are lifeless, just dust. Lord, help us live for You this day. Give us opportunity to serve You, to uphold You, to exalt You. May we speak the name of Jesus with boldness and courage, and declare You as the Author and Finisher of Our Faith. Your names speak of Your great love and great care for us, as Your people, may our lives do likewise for Your glory and the coming of Your Kingdom upon the earth. Amen. ​ 26th Tamuz Thursday 1st August Change My Heart, Oh God Create In Me A Clean Heart Proverbs 3 v5:13 Our preparation for Heaven is a gradual process, Father, even though our acceptance is immediate. Help us be sensitive to Your direction, help us not pull too hard at the yoke of correction. If our desire is to be on the right path, to serve You to the best of our ability in this life, then Your burden should not be troublesome. Help us in the surrender, convict us in the acceptance, be merciful towards us where we struggle, we pray. Let Your light shine before us and may we see and know the value of the gifts and wisdom that You share. That we may be changed and You may be glorified. Amen. ​ 25th Tamuz Wednesday 31st July God You Reign Worthy Of It All Habbakuk 3 v2:13 Your Word declares that, in the end times People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Your word goes on to say, "Have nothing to do with such people." Help us in this, Lord, today. Give us words to say, if they are needed to be said, and give us the fortitude to say nothing if it is better to say nothing. In all things, Lord, our desire is to do Your will. Above all, let us stand for You, where standing is needed and not cower in fear, as with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. You are worthy of all praise, You are worthy of being defended and honoured. In Jesus's name, amen. 24th Tamuz Tuesday 30th July Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah O Come, All Ye Faithful Isaiah 9 v1:7 ​ The gift of Your life is not just for Christmas, Lord God of Israel, it is part of a Good News story that is alive and ongoing, eternal. As believers we should not pick You up or set You down according to days and feasts or Sabbaths, You should be part of our lives day to day. In our places of work, in our places of striving, in our moments of rest You should be foremost. In our relationships and in our dealings, Your will should be the first thing we seek. Rather it should be in our rising up and setting down each day, that You should fulfill our very life and needs. So guide us in this, please, Lord God, in a world given over to distraction and loud clamour, help us find You and celebrate You in each and every moment, that we might know and say, "God is with us". Amen. 23rd Tamuz Monday 29th July Let It Rain Holy Spirit You Are Welcome Here Acts 2 v1:27 Holy Lord God of Israel, send down Your Holy Spirit upon us, we pray. Light the fire within us that other people may see and know and believe. It is not by our own strength or works that we live, Lord, but only in our constant desire and commitment to serve You to the best of our abilities. We claim to live and work for Your Kingdom, to follow and pattern ourselves after Your likeness, after Your will. Please reveal in us that which hinders or prevents Your revelation in us. Help us trust You if Your way or agenda is higher or beyond our ability to comprehend, Your will be done. And yet, let Your light shine on us and through us, that a world lost in darkness may know salvation and mercy and grace, and Jesus Christ, who is the answer to all of the world's needs. Amen. ​ 22nd Tamuz Sunday 28th July Overwhelmed Strong Tower Psalm 16 v7:11 You are a refuge for the people who call out to You, Lord God of Israel, all who run to You and acknowledge You will be safe. Lord of Hosts, today we pray for all of Your persecuted children. Our Enemy, the Devil, is ruthless and relentless in his pursuit of that which is evil, he delights in violation and division, and parades his exploitation of man's weaknesses as a mockery to Your loving authority and rule. We ask You to rebuke him today, Lord, to thwart and break his schemes, to give Your children rest in the face of onslaught, a time to focus and reevaluate, to renew strength and vigour, to cleanse wounds and remove the barbs of the Enemy's attacks. May each of them be reminded of Your goodness, power, authority, mercy and grace and may they be lifted and encouraged to continue resting in You, that You might deliver them, according to Your promises and riches in grace. The battle belongs to You, Your word declares, help us and them take heed and take action in this and for Your Kingdom today, in Jesus's mighty and precious name, amen! 21st Tamuz Saturday 27th July A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Don't Try So Hard Mighty Man Of War Amos 4 v7:13 We look to You in the ordering of things and in the sorting of things, Lord God of Israel. You laid the foundations of the Earth, You set Your throne in the boundaries of Heaven. Whether rising up or laying down, may You be first and foremost in our thoughts, words and deeds, Father. Your word is a light unto our path and a lamp unto our feet. Help us walk in it and also walk for it, that You may be glorified and Your name be lifted up, the name in which we pray, Jesus, Master, Saviour, Teacher, Friend. Amen! Philemon v8:19 All Creatures Of Our God And King A Mighty Fortress 20th Tamuz Friday 26th July I Will Worship You Lord Of Patience James 5 v7:12 Your patience is supreme, Lord God Of Israel, yet it is not unknown even for Your Chosen to frustrate You until the point of consequence. You will not withhold the rightful wrath and judgement against us forever. Help those who hear and understand that there is a sword coming, strengthen them and encourage them to speak boldly and truthfully, out of love not condemnation or rage. You sent Your Son that we might have assurance of a future redeemed to You, You have made only the time and day of Your coming a mystery, that all other truth may be discerned through the study of Your word and the affirmation and application of our Holy Spirit. Guide us, O Lord, in the way that we should go, for Your glory and the coming of Your Kingdom upon the earth. Amen! ​ 19th Tamuz Thursday 25th July Who You Say I Am Glorify Isaiah 40 v25:31 What You promise to Your people, Lord, You deliver on. You are unique, stand out in all the universe, without compare. As the shepherd to the sheep or the potter to the clay You are distinct and different to us. Yet we are made in Your image, Lord God, Your handiwork is evident in who we are and all that we see, know and do. And we choose to acknowledge You. The world has a faith in science where every effort is made to ascribe the execution of our world without You. Yet it cannot adequately explain the evolution of one part it, or produce evidence affirming the same, such as in the human eye, or the formation of our moon. Let not the words of men sully our testimony towards You this day, Father God, give us words to refute what is presented in Jesus's name. Amen. ​ 18th Tamuz Wednesday 24th July Sing, Sing, Sing Nothing Is Impossible 1 Chronicles 16 v23:34 Yes, Lord, if we do not praise You, the very stones will cry out. You are worthy of such praise, all of Creation speaks Your name. Let us praise and lift You up today, Lord, in simple celebration of all that You are, all that You have done and all that You will do. You are the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings, You are the First and the Last, The Beginning and the End. There is none like You in all of the universe, You have no rival or equal, You have defeated sin and the grave. Glory hallelujah! Father God, who reigns on High. Glory Hallelujah! Risen Son who sits at His right hand on the Throne of Heaven. Glory hallelujah! Holy Spirit of the Living God, who dwells within us and around us to see us through to that glorious end. Hallelujah, Hosanna! Hallelujah, amen! 17th Tamuz Tuesday 23rd July Our God Is Able Nothing But The Blood 1 Corinthians 1 v21:25 It seems strange that such a powerful theme is wrapped in such a simple message, yet it is in the height and the depth and the width of it that our sense and sensibilities are so radically overwhelmed. That a man may lay down his life for the sake of his fellow man is plausible. That a Lord God, who made the Heavens and the Earth, may make a way to restore his lost people to himself is even sensible. Yet for the same God to leave the sanctity of Heaven and be born of a virgin and to lead a perfectly blameless life and to then face and experience betrayal and beating and suffering and anguish in order that he might bear the burden of all mankind's sins to the Cross of Calvary? That is almost unthinkable. Who would do such a thing? Lord God, help us to share this vision and knowledge today. Into a world that is sore pressed for answers and that is groaning under the weight of its oppression, help us pour out the news of Your goodwill offering towards all men. That none should perish and all be brought back to rightful and splendid order. In Jesus's blessed name we pray this, amen. 16th Tamuz Monday 22nd July Comfort Ye Not Be Moved Daniel 9 v1:19 There are times, Lord God, when we will be beset and face trial and difficulty. This is never because You do not love us. You do not change, You are the same yesterday, today and forever. Sometimes it is there for our testing. Sometimes it is because our actions work against Your authority to good, yet also it can be times just as they are, because, as Your Word says, rain falls on the just and the unjust alike. What is comforting, what is amazing to us, is that, whatever the situation, You are there with us. Your Word says that You will neither leave us or forsake us. Help us to call to You, to turn to You, Lord. To set down what is displeasing or destructive and rather take up the things that are pleasing and even useful to You and Your Kingdom. You can use us without our knowledge, Lord God of Israel, however it is much better to share in the experience than to not. Keep us sensitive and hungry for You, we pray, amen! ​ 15th Tamuz Sunday 21st July Lord I Offer My Life To You Here I Am Lord Matthew 25 v31:46 Your judgement is founded on how we serve others and not ourselves, Lord God of Israel. You commissioned us, through Your Son, Jesus Christ, to "heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead and cast out demons." Your own ministry was to the poor, lonely, lost, afraid, abandoned and needy people. Your abjuration was that all who were weary come to You. Help us be like this and be mindful of this throughout our lifelong days, Lord. That the same name of Jesus, called Yeshua, be lifted high, that You be glorified on the throne of Heaven and that Your Kingdom come to the earth. Help us see the needy, and how best to help, and to stand against the ways of the Evil One, in Jesus's name, amen. ​ 14th Tamuz Saturday 20th July A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. He Reigns Glory To God Romans 5 v6:11 What a joy! What an honour! What a privilege! To be able to worship You in Spirit and truth! You have opened the Way, through no deed of our own other than the faith to listen and believe in what does not make sense to us at first. We are and were unworthy yet, by your death on the Cross, You have washed us clean in Your blood and made us presentable before Your throne. So we choose to worship You and give thanks. Today, Lord, may our praises reach Your ears as acceptable filthy rags, may we join in the chorus with the Heavenly Host...the angels and saints crying out to You night and day, and above all and in all may we exalt and celebrate You, the works of Your hands and the fruits of Your labour. In Jesus's mighty name, amen! Psalm 42 v8:11 Lord, I Worship You I Will Give You All My Worship 13th Tamuz Friday 19th July Glorious Day Deep Cries Out Revelation 11 v1:12 You appoint and You send out, Lord God of Israel, the Maker of the Heavens and the Earth. You have called all Your people to the rank of royal priesthood, yet there are those whose anointing and calling are specific and may demand a great cost. Though none of Your adopted children will ever suffer as You did on the cross, many pay for their sonship, their undying faith in You, with their own lives. Help us examine ourselves today, Lord, to examine our motives and endeavour, to ask ourselves the question, "Am I doing enough?" One day, we will answer for the course and direction of our lives before Your throne, where it will be too late to go back and correct in the things that we have not done. Embolden us please, rather, that we may choose now to commit and do further for You, for Your Kingdom, and for the Son who lived and died that we might live today. In Jesus's name we pray, Amen. 12th Tamuz Thursday 18th July What A Beautiful Name ​ I Stand Amazed Ecclesiastes 3 v11:14 To stand in awe, amazed, at what You are and what You have done. To look upon Your creation and know that You have made it. To consider the works of Your hands and the sacrifice that You made upon the Cross. It is too much to comprehend at once, and yet even a young child can profess and believe in the notion of You. The evidence is clear. It is all around. Give us opportunity, Lord, to witness and point out the simple truth, that You may be lifted up, and the name of Your Son. Finally we pray for what is right and good and honest and true, that Your Kingdom come more upon this earth. Amen. ​ 11th Tamuz Wednesday 17th July Great Is Your Faithfulness This Is The Air I Breathe Luke 14 v15:24 Oh Father in Heaven, You have and do show great faithfulness towards us as Your people. Your victory is won, You could close this epoch or era of history at any time, yet You leave open the gates of Heaven that Your grace may pour out, and Your express desire to achieve the step to redemption through Your servants. You trust us. You believe that we can be raised from that what we were born to, that what is natural to us, to something more. Help us in this we pray, Father. Let Your Holy Spirit blossom within us, that we might listen and obey You, that we may know the parts where our weaknesses lie. In the act of being 'too busy' as in the parable, too preoccupied with the things of the world, and in also the speaking and sharing of the news by Your servants. Help us be faithful towards You, as You are faithful towards us. We ask and pray this in the mighty and precious name of Jesus. Amen. 10th Tamuz Tuesday 16th July Be The Centre Hallelujah! Jesus Is Alive Colossians 4 v7:18 The reassurance and blessing that You are alive comes primarily from the cloud of witnesses with which we share the journey. As we receive direct and private revelation from You, it is in the confirmation from lives with which we are familiar and those that we barely know that this is not some blind delusion, some elaborate deception on behalf of those who would breed false comfort or broker and pedal false hope. This is the truth. This is the life. And this is the way in which we should walk, that, in glorifying You, You would and will continue to reveal Yourself more and more. Not just in our own lives, although we rejoice in every raindrop that falls on us from Heaven, but in others, that we may rejoice in a family blessed above the nations, and even in the lives of those who receive and do not know You, where there is opportunity to share and tell that the gift You gave as the Good News is Good News available to all who would receive. May we taste and see of such a day today, Lord, in the glorious and matchless name of Jesus, amen! 9th Tamuz Monday 15th July Glorious Day My Saviour Loves, My Saviour Lives Isaiah 40 v12:20 Your teaching, Lord, tells us that there is none like You. This is not some idle boast. As the words of scripture declare, You created the heavens and the earth and all the things in them. You are distinct and different from Your creation, and in that You are unique, not bound by the constraints that Your creation imposes. If You withhold Your hand from any part of it, it is because You choose to do so. So help us live in You and profess of You this day. Help us tell others of the simple truths, that You may be glorified and eyes and ears opened to the truth that defines You and causes You to be in a class, type, object or thing all of its own. Undefinable yet knowable, infinite yet intimate, sovereign yet serving. All glory to You, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, as we lift up your name and pray, amen! 8th Tamuz Sunday 14th July Praise Bless His Holy Name Titus 3 v4:8 It is all about You, Father in Heaven. You have made a way, You have accomplished all that You have set out to do up until now, You will accomplish all that You have declared in the future. This is because You are the Maker, the Most High. This is because You have set all things in motion, nothing has been or is a surprise for You from the first to the last. Though we grieve You, or even frustrate You, as in the days of Noah, may we yet turn away from our wicked paths and pursue You in excellence and truth for Your glory. Your Son has poured out His precious blood that we might do this, that we may be made presentable before You despite the accusations of the Evil One. Keep him far from us we pray, in Jesus's name, amen. ​ 7th Tamuz Saturday 13th July A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Forever God Is Faithful The Lord Reigns Acts 23 v26:32 Such should be our declaration and profession of You and Your works, in the world and in our lives, that we should attract the ire and accusation of those in the world around us. It is inevitable that the change that has caused so radical a transformation and filled us with the truth and wisdom of Your Holy Spirit put us at odds with a world and people that deny the truth, and work hard to avoid asking the necessary questions to bring it closer to them. Though in extreme cases, such as here where You are making an example of Your Apostle, Paul, You will give us words to speak when brought before the councils and synagogues and rulers, it is by a life of peaceful example that we should best reveal Your work and truth in us. Yes, we are called to speak and even stand up where Your authority is challenged, yet it is in our actions and lives that we will be found blameless. As Your word decrees, "There is no law against such things," when talking of the fruits of the Spirit. So, Lord and Son and Spirit, ripen those fruits on our branches today, we pray. Help us feed the hungry, heal the sick, raise the dead, open blind eyes and cast out demons, in Your glorious name and by Your spilled blood, that You all may be glorified and the coming of Your Kingdom be realised upon the earth. Amen. 1 Thessalonians 4 v9:12 Softly And Tenderly I Surrender All 6th Tamuz Friday 12th July All My Hope Is In Jesus God, You Reign 2 Chronicles 20 v21:26 You deliver Your children who uphold You, Lord God of Israel, You restore what was taken and add a dividend for the loss and offence. You have made a straight path in the wilderness. You have presented the power to break chains and overcome sin in victory, so that Your name may be known in all the earth, and all the children of the Most High stand in awe of Him. This is not vainglory or capriciousness, this is the God of Heaven and Earth standing before His people and for His people. Help us to align ourselves with You, Lord of Hosts, help us to set down destructive habits and relationships and foster those that win You renown. Great is Your name in all the earth, let us join the angels and saints and sing Your praises, take us in to the Valley of Blessing we pray. Amen. 5th Tamuz Thursday 11th July Psalm 139 Song With All My Heart Ecclesiastes 3 v14:20 The world looked extremely bleak, even from the throne of the richest king who ever lived. Before the coming of Your Son, Jesus, there was no hope for man but to strive or die, the slimmest lifeline of keeping the Law in a corrupt world beyond the ability of mortal man. Yet You had never abandoned Your people. From the moment that Adam and Eve left the comfort and peace of the Garden, You worked ceaselessly. You did not violate Your creation, You patiently moulded and waited, until that appointed time when You would step forth into the world. Even today, with the way opened and the blood of Your Son spilled, You continue to strive for the end that brings the greatest joy out of the deepest sorrow. And we look to You and hope in You, Majesty of Heaven, as You continue, as You persist, as You remain resolute, as You trust in us, specks of dust as we are, to bring about all that You have declared. For You surely are the only One who can. King of Heaven. King of Glory. God Who Saves. Amen! 4th Tamuz Wednesday 10th July There Is A King Of Glory Praise Adonai Amos 7 v12:17 The people of Israel turned against Your prophet from Judah when he spoke about Your displeasure at their idolatry and sin. He had laid down his career as a herdsman and travelled far to deliver the message, yet they rejected him and urged him to return home to preach there, even though You had been clear at whom Amos should address. Help us this day, Lord God, remain open to those You have sent to speak to us, that we may hear Your voice and message only, and be attentive to Your instruction and desire. "Your will be done," is part of the exemplary prayer Jesus taught to the disciples, and it should be and is no less a part of our prayer here today. Show us the way, Lord, that we may walk in it we pray, in the matchless and precious name of Jesus. Amen 3rd Tamuz Tuesday 9th July Holy Spirit Rain Down Majesty Of The Most High Acts 12 v25 To fulfil a mission for You, Lord. To close off a chapter, mark off the days of success, this is our desire. To uphold You, to exalt You. And to increase in number. O, Lord God! To help add to Your Kingdom, our family! Even only as vessels, what a joy to have been filled and to fill. Help us gain a sense of mission and purpose today, Lord God Almighty. Help us discern the paths to take and the words to say, that You may be glorified, and the name of Jesus be lifted high. Holy Spirit, come reign in us once again, amen. 2nd Tamuz Monday 8th July I Am No Victim Where You Are Jeremiah 9 v14:26 You are the same yesterday, today and forever, Lord of Lords and King of Kings. Your throne is founded on righteousness and justice. You are perfectly fair. Without You we are totally and utterly lost. Lord God of Israel we salute You. We bow down to You. We set ourselves at Your feet. You made the Heavens and the Earth and all the things in it. You breathed life into each of us. Whilst we remain in rebellion against You, our very lives are forfeit. Yet You relented. Yet You persist. Even as our sins and our wickedness are grievous to You, You remain faithful and true. You patiently watch over us and await our moment of clarity. Faith is but a step. Renewal is but a moment. Change is inevitable. True freedom only comes through the blood of Your Son. Help us, this day, grasp this, Father. Help us, this day, reach out and take hold of You. You have stretched out Your hands. You wait, ever vigilant, ever confident, for us to turn and cry out to You. Mighty God. Loving Father. Everlasting King. Amen. 1st Tamuz Sunday 7th July It Is Well All Things Bright And Beautiful Genesis 1 As we look at the record of Your creating of Creation, Lord God Israel, we cannot help but praise You for the intricacy, the splendour and the magnitude of it. We can but guess at all You did in the doing of it, though we can get a sense from Your scriptures of the mighty works you accomplished, the powers and potentates that You had to overcome or bend to Your will. We thank You and praise You for it. Each blade of grass or wing of a butterfly a testimony to Your greatness, each spinning galaxy or blazing star an example of Your handiwork. Help us be mindful of it and rejoice in it this day and throughout this new month, Lord, and, where able, to point it out and share it with others. That You may be glorified and Your name be exulted and made known, in whose name we pray, Jesus, the Name Above All Names, amen. 30th Sivan Saturday 6th July Here I Am To Worship Is He Worthy? John 9 v10:34 You opened the eyes of the blind man and sent him to the Pool of Siloam to wash. In our journey today, and in the journey of those around us, may eyes be opened and washed clean. Rather than sitting back and receiving Your blessing, may we also follow Your commission and go, to tell the world of the love that You have given, to share the good news that the Kingdom of Heaven is open and ready to come down and receive all who would turn to enter in. Give us discernment to seek, wisdom to understand and strength to go, Lord God Almighty, and bless us through Your Holy Spirit with words to convict and challenge those who are settled and lost in their sin, that questions may arise, and help sought of You, that You may complete their journey and lead them, day by day, to paradise. In the mighty and precious name of Jesus we ask this, for Your glory and the coming of Your Kingdom to the Earth, amen. John 9 v35:41 I Am A Friend Of God He Reigns 29th Sivan Friday 5th July I Will Worship You Yes And Amen Romans 6 v14:23 We war with sin as we war with our flesh and an enemy who knows to exploit every foible and weakness, Lord God of Israel, the Most High. Yet You have seen fit to bless us and equip us, dear Father, with everything we need to overcome them both. Though the battle can be wearying and even loathsome to us, the war is already won. Jesus has won the victory. He has overcome sin and the grave! Help us in the fight this day we pray. Refresh us with draughts of Living Water; hide us in the shadow of Your wings; teach us and equip us further, to set at ease our defences and to wield Your sword against even the unseen foe. Grant us wisdom, discernment and strength to do this, through Your Holy Spirit we pray, in Jesus's mighty name, amen! 28th Sivan Thursday 4th July Take My Life Ancient Of Days 1 John 5 v18:21 Your words are true, Lord God of Israel, and those who believe testify to the greatness and fulness of Your revealed truth in their lives. If they are deluded, as Your Apostle, Paul, says, they are to be pitied above all men. However this is where faith brings us nearer home. Where those who believe sense and see a real change and transformation in their lives. So much so, it is as if they have been truly born again. Not the child of a mother's womb, but rather the spiritual child of the Most High God. Be in us and with us in our trials and victories once more again this day, Lord. Continue to reveal Yourself, Your truth, Your words in us and through us, that others may come to know and be saved. You are our blessed assurance, our firm foundation, our rock and our comfort. Prince of Peace work in us today we pray, for the Father's glory and the name's sake of the Son, Jesus, called Yeshua, the Messiah, amen. ​ 27th Sivan Wednesday 3rd July He Is Faithful Firm Foundation Colossians 1 v9:22 Faith in action. This is what You long to see. This is the life that You have called Your children to lead, this is both living in salvation and working towards redemption. Not to be justified before You, but to serve You out of love and thankfulness for all that You have already done. Yes, You will meet is in the storms and in the celebrations; Yes, You will go before us as we take up our armour and walk, because You delight in us, frail simpletons that we are. Glory to the Lord, the Most High. Glory to His Son, Jesus, the Messiah who is seated on the throne, and thanks be to the Holy Spirit who will see us through every despicable trick, trap and deceit of the Enemy, that we may still be presented as blameless before the Holy God. Hosanna! Hosanna! Glory to the Lord! Amen! ​ 26th Sivan Tuesday 2nd July Beautiful Beautiful Beyond Description 1 Samuel 19 v11:24 There is such elegance and purpose in all that You do, speak or decree, Lord God of Israel. The story of how David, Your servant came to be King is mercurial, fluid, flashing with imagery and brilliance like a stream. Yet, through it all is a commonality, a unity, that reveals You as ceaselessly and tirelessly working for the good of Your people, as leading forth Your children against a powerful foe. You are the God who saves. You are the God who heals. You are the God who restores His people to Himself. Glory hallelujah, Mighty God in Zion! You are beautiful in thought, word and deed! In Your action we see Your love abound to Your children, may it abound and reveal itself in our lives this day! And, in each consideration towards us we pray, may we acknowledge them and thank You for them and praise You for them, in Jesus's mighty name. Amen! 25th Sivan Monday 1st July Daniel 9 Song I Need You Genesis 17 v9:25 We have indeed done wickedly, Lord God of Israel. As a world, as a people, we reject You in the majority. We do not follow after Your statutes or ways, we are part of a family that betrayed and crucified Your only begotten Son. Yet You knew this and know this, and You remain faithful to Your word. You withhold Your righteous and wrathful justice from us, You maintain a stance of forgiveness, patience and renewal. The circumcision of the flesh is no longer a requirement of Your children, as that original family has lost the right to Your patronage, only in the turning to Your Son, Jesus, called Yeshua, our Messiah can the circumcision take place that is the spiritual circumcision of the heart. Even then, there are many who have not received, who pretend, as children pretend, to have a gift that they do not truly possess. Today we pray for all of humanity, the saved, the not so saved and the lost, lonely broken and afraid, that they may turn to You and truly seek You, that they may receive the gift of new life and the circumcision of the heart, that leads to a full, working and joyful relationship with the Living God, amen. 24th Sivan Sunday 30th June New Wine Holy, Holy, Holy Are You Lord Psalm 53 A fresh turn to You, a fresh anointing from You, the eyes of the blind open and the hearts of the lost, lonely, broken and afraid attuned to Your wants and needs, a lost people choosing a holy God. In the darkness and in the pressing, ring out a call from Zion, we pray. Exalt Yourself, lift up Yourself, reveal Yourself, so that all the earth can see. That all the world may discern right from wrong, that Your children, Your people, may recognise evil and turn from it to You. The truth of the revealed Kingdom has been on display for over two thousand years, call us to look upon it with new eyes we pray, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, amen. ​ 23rd Sivan Saturday 29th June A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Holy Refiner's Fire Isaiah 9 v16:21 You have transformed us, Lord God of Israel, You have done it all that not one of us can boast. We cannot pretend to be saved, we must accept the gift deep down in the very core of our being, that the seed of the Holy Spirit within us can be germinated and grow to bear fruit both within and without us. You have won this victory, You have paid this price, that we might live, that we might escape the terrible punishment deserved by the wretchedness of our condition, deserved by the inability of our unchanged heart to do genuine good. We thank you, today, Lord God, for Your blessing, mercy and grace, and ask You to lead us on that narrow path through Your word that is a light to our path and a lamp to to our feet. In Jesus's mighty name. Amen! Acts 11 v17:21 Draw Me Close To You Fill My Cup, Lord ​ 22nd Sivan Friday 28th June How Deep The Father's Love For Us Here I Am, Lord Revelation 3 v12:22 O Lord! Help us listen and pay heed to Your message to the churches! Open our eyes and unstop our ears, we pray, that we may not be charged with being lukewarm as Your church. You asked the question, during Your ministry on earth, "When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith in all the earth?" This terrifies us in our walk and way, the idea that we could be speaking and not saying, listening but not hearing, receiving but not doing. So lead us and guide us, we pray, and cleanse us that we may truly consider ourselves and Your gospel, and choose to follow after You and serve You, for Your glory alone. In Jesus's mighty name, amen. 21st Sivan Thursday 27th June Aaronic Blessing Create In Me A Clean Heart Acts 14 v11:17 It is the folly of men and women to follow after the ways of the world. These are not just the sinful and lustful ways that lead the soul to destruction, but also those ways where the act of doing or being good is attributed to the self or some other idol made of wood, metal or stone. Most of these religions sprang up from observation of Your universal truth in the world through the evidence of Your creation. However, as a cursed version of Your creation, cut off from the court rooms, temple and throne of Heaven these religions would always be inadequate in declaring who You are, and insufficient to deliver all but the most contrite of hearts to heaven. Yet, in the birth, life, ministry, death, resurrection and ascension of Your Son we have access to the complete faith, the mystery of the manifest King declaring, "It is finished!" Give us , this day, our daily bread, Lord, and, where possible, feed others from our table. That they taste and see that You are good, and that, whilst there are many roads to the Cross, there is only one name under Heaven that we can be saved by. The name of Your manifest Son, Jesus, called Yeshua, Your Messiah. Amen. 20th Sivan Wednesday 26th June King Of My Heart I Give Myself Away Ezekiel 4 v9:17 Your exacting ways with Your servants may seem harsh, even cruel, to those who are on the outside of Your Kingdom, Father God. Yet You have set Yourself to refine Your children as the fire refines fine gold. You have made a decree to raise up a people, not leave them in the place that You found them. In this part of the equipping may we remain faithful to You, may we learn to trust and accept that each and every step is one necessary for our proper development into images of You, not just on the outside but on the inside as well. Yes, these steps include those places where we are to wrestle with You over the finer points of our calling, but so You call us to maturity and wisdom, that we may become defenders of our faith and presenters of Your gospel, for Your glory and name's sake. May Your rod and staff comfort us and ever keep us to Your narrow way, in Jesus's name, amen. ​ 19th Sivan Tuesday 25th June Lay Me Down Draw Me Close To You Malachi 4 We must lay ourselves down before You, Lord God Almighty. The day will come when every knee shall bow and every tongue will confess You as Lord. We must open ourselves completely, laying down every air or pretense that would lead us to be separate from You. Help us, lead us and guide us in this we pray today, that we might know You more and examine ourselves, that we can be more like You. Where pride, or vanity, or unforgiveness, or envy, or malice, or jealousy or fear seek to dwell in us, help us take them captive and cast them aside. For Your name and glory alone, amen! ​ 18th Sivan Monday 24th June Healer Beautiful Things Psalm 34 v7:22 You have created us, Father God, You have knit us together in our mother's womb, You have breathed live in us, by You we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Fragile, like a flower is delicate, or the wing of a butterfly, yet also robust, fit for a purpose and life according to Your word. Even according to Your curse, You have pitted this world and creation against us to so perfect a point, that we must strive with it and contend with it that it should bring forth our food. O, how wretched we are as sinners who cannot keep Your law! O, how great the work that You have wrought that we could once again be considered fair, fit to enter Your presence! Help us maintain a clear understanding and remembrance of this, Lord God of Israel, Yahweh, our Elohim, that we might maintain our humility yet celebrate in overarching joy the works of Your hands and the miraculous gifts of Your provision. In Jesus's name we pray, amen! 17th Sivan Sunday 23rd June His Love Mighty Man Of War 1 Corinthians 2 v12:16 You have taught us not to cast pearls before swine, Lord God Almighty, You did not pander over long to the selfish wants of those people who were to betray You. Though it grieves You that even one should perish, there is still the fool that says in his heart that there is no God. Help us be mindful of this in the days to come Lord. To speak Your truth and share of the things of the Kingdom with those who have a heart and mind and ear to hear, and to not expend ourselves wastefully on those who delight in our frailty or make sport of our conviction and belief. Let mockers mock, that we pay no heed to them, yet those who hunger and thirst be fed, we pray, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, amen! 16th Sivan Saturday 22nd June Be Strong And Courageous The Battle Belongs To The Lord Joshua 10 v7:14 We must be prepared to move and we must fight to stand, Lord God of Israel. You go before Your people, You will wage war in ways that we cannot, You will overcome every obstacle or enemy. Yet you have called us to obedience, vigilance and diligence in these matters. You are not some genie to be summoned at will and had over to do some bidding. You are the Lord God Almighty, establishing His people Israel, in the land that You have given to them, that they may be established and upheld, a beacon to other nations and powers. In this light we stand, Lord, and commit to put on the whole armour each day of our lives here on earth, as well as the garment of praise that blesses You forever with the chorus of angels. Amen. Ephesians 6 v10:18 Be Bold, Be Strong Whom Shall I Fear? 15th Sivan Friday 21st June All Creatures Of Our God And King New Wine Isaiah 63 v3:9 Yes, Lord, there was a time that we were fierce in youth and foolishness, fighting those that came against us and trusting our own strength to deliver us. Yet really we were crushed, weary and unforgiving, brutal in our countenance and thoughts. You have changed us, You have brought about a victory. Because of Your great love, patience and willingness to see us changed, we have been transformed like grapes into new wine. May we become a sweet draught for You, our sacrifice of praise a pleasing odour in Your sanctuary, may we remember forgiveness of others as You once forgave us. Above all, help us to honour You this day, that we may serve You and witness for You, for the coming of Your Kingdom upon the earth. Amen. ​ 14th Sivan Thursday 20th June Beulah Land Overwhelmed 2 Corinthians 4 v14:18 It is our destination, not our location that holds us fast to Your way, O Lord God of Israel. Yet our path can be beset by obstacles, trips and traps. Help us, this day, walk the straight road, to experience that place of peace that is eternal and yet to come. Where other faiths and beliefs contest for an eventual place at the table of peace, it is only in Christ that we can fulfil this promise, and to even sense it now as our anchor holds within the veil of Your Kingdom. As we walk, may we not count ourselves as superior or better, acknowledging the fact that it is through no work of our own that we are found here, yet may we speak peace and be an example to others of the right path to take, for Your glory and name's sake, amen. 13th Sivan Wednesday 19th June To God Be The Glory Nothing But The Blood John 15 v17:27 Dear Heavenly Father, today we raise a prayer for our enemies. As You did as You were fixed to the Cross, we lift them up also. Few are the number that deliberately go about serving the Enemy and seeking destruction of Your children by any and every possible means, rather most are sadly people who have been deceived by Satan into believing something other than the truth. We all were once like this, having our part in Your Son's death, so we pray and intercede for them, that their eyes may be opened to see You, that their ears may be unstopped so that they can hear You and their hearts be transformed that they may receive You. Cause them to stop and think, we pray, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, amen! 12th Sivan Tuesday 18th June I Will Rise Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing Jude v3:23 Dear Lord, help us perceive men such as Your servant, Jude, talks about here. Help us be separate from them, and even to separate them from Your church. Help also examine ourselves that any trace or spot of deceit in us be identified and removed. In these times it is the living water that we look for, the pure and undefiled fountain, yet we do not want to contaminate it ourselves. In all things, we look to You and trust in You, that You see and discern rightly, that You are able to speak to us through Your Holy Spirit. Unlike Balaam, who refused to listen to his donkey, or Jonah, who went in the opposite direction of Your instruction, may we heed Your call and receive Your instruction this day. You are worthy, You are honourable, yours is the Name Above All Names, in whose name we pray. Amen! 11th Sivan Monday 17th June From The Rising Of The Sun Glorious Day Psalm 15 How we look forward to the glorious day of Your return, Lord God Almighty. How we long to look upon Your face, and walk in Your courts! If we make it there, we will be witness to riches and treasure we can only imagine...Your tangible presence among us and the light that shines only from You. In the time of waiting, we surrender our finances to You and look to You to lead us and guide us in exercises of help, generous help, as we trust You to supply according to our needs. Thy will be done, Father, in all things for Your glory and name's sake. Amen. ​ 10th Sivan Sunday 16th June Build My Life Count Your Blessings Psalm 123 A prayer for the weary and beleaguered today, Lord. The put upon and the set upon. The lost, lonely, broken or afraid. It seems that the more people turn away from You, Lord God of Israel, the more resources the Enemy has to come against Your elect. Yet our Enemy is a defeated foe. You overcame him utterly as Jesus on the Cross. So, Lord, may Your weary ones be blessed, strengthened and refreshed. May they take refuge in Your word and hide beneath the shadows of Your wings. You will return and deliver them. You have already overcome sin and the grave. In receiving this encouragement and prayer may Your children stand and declare that they will not be shaken, that they will not submit. May they declare the name of Jesus until their dying breath and beyond, until You come again. For Your glory and name's sake. Amen. 9th Sivan Saturday 15th June A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Draw Me Close To You Closer Lamentations 4 v11:16 There was a a time when You rejected Your chosen people, the people who You called out of Egypt, Lord God Almighty. The murder of Your Son at their hands was the final and critical wound in a relationship that had been peppered with deceit and betrayal. Despite Your many warnings and many opportunities for reconciliation, in the end they hardened their hearts against You like the tenants in the Master's vineyard. And, as in the text, You did away with their inheritance and caused them to wander and be cut off from You. This should be the ultimate terror for any believer, the root of all and only fear. To lose connection with You, Lord of Hosts and Maker of the Heavens and Earth. Yet, even now, You have made a way for them to return, as You have opened the way for all the people of the earth to return to You, through believing that Your Son, Jesus, is real and accepting, in faith, that the life that we have led up until that point was waste. Only a reborn person may receive, yet any person may be reborn. So today we pray for Your remnant people, who still try to justify their identity as the one before they murdered Your Son, Jesus, called Yeshua, who was and is the Messiah, and we pray for them to receive the truth. For their eyes to be opened. For their hearts to be changed. For their joy to be full. We pray this and we call them to the true worship, where You are glorified in spirit and truth. We pray this, most wholeheartedly, that they may avoid the wrath to come. Abandonment is one thing, annihilation is another. In Jesus's name we pray this, amen. Revelation 8 v7:13 Come To The Altar All Who Are Thirsty 8th Sivan Friday 14th June Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah Miracles John 10 v19:38 You are the Author and Finisher of Our Faith, Lord God, and You are the God of Miracles. Lead us and guide us on this preparation day, that we may see and know You through signs and wonders, that we may even become aware of the many blessings that You pour out on us each day. Not as some light show where, as voyeurs we delight in a spectacle with no thought of the cost, but as children who delight in the provision of a loving Father. Continue to teach us about pride and humility and keep temptation from our door, that we may better walk like You and remain upright. We need Your help, Father. May we come to Your Sabbath rest with a clean heart and a right attitude of service, rest and devotion to You for Your name's sake. Amen. 7th Sivan Thursday 13th June God Of Wonders 10,000 Reasons Job 2 v6:10 Amazing Lord, you trusted Your servant, Job, to remain upright and faithful during the testing put upon him by Satan. You, Yourself, had the undoing of the Enemy, as You proved during Your time of testing in the wilderness, but the lesser being, Your creation, had never been tested so. It would take faith to overcome. Faith in Your identity, faith in Your sovereignty, faith in Your adequacy. And Job did not fail. Praise be to the Lord of Lords, who can put so much trust in something so frail. Praise be to the King of Kings in discernment and understanding. You have no equal! And praise be to the humble Son, Jesus, called Yeshua, for making a way for all to enter in, through repentance and the forgiveness of sins. Guide us, Lord, this day we pray. Amen. 6th Sivan Wednesday 12th June God Of This City Here For You Colossians 1 v9:12 How is it that people in the world cannot read Your word and be transformed in the vast majority, Lord God of Israel? From the explanation of the world, through the rock of offence, to the offer made and extended by the Prince of Peace, how is it they miss and even move against such a marvellous opportunity? Yet we are told that the message of the gospel is, "a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles." It is because of the road that they are already on. The one they were born on, the one that gives them comfort as 'home'. And even though people are unhappy with their life, they cannot hear of changing it. Lord God, help us be advocates that press in to that rutted road, who make a way into that guarded pathway. Not by might or power, but by Your Spirit, according to Your word. And help us deliver Your message, Your truth, faithfully and without distraction caused by our own weakness or stumbling. The world needs Jesus. People need Jesus. We all need Jesus, the only One who can truly save us from destruction. So please, Lord God Almighty, equip us and furnish us with Your Word today, and make us bold to preach and teach wherever we go, at every opportunity we have. In Jesus's name we pray this, for the coming of Your Kingdom upon the earth. Amen. ​ 5th Sivan Tuesday 11th June Father's Heart Psalm 63 Psalm 6 To receive from You we must repent. We must turn from our wicked ways and deny ourselves. Though we receive forgiveness of sins, we must not ever be comfortable in them. We have been bought at a price. As Christ made every single footstep that led to the Cross, so we must contest and strive with our very nature to uphold the things of the Kingdom and to be called by Him as 'friend'. It is too easy to say, "well, David sinned," or, "not one of us is perfect," yet we are to fight to stand for Jesus, we are to fight to stand at all. Yes, He has completed the work, Yes, His victory over sin and the grave is total, yet we have been called, we have been chosen as royal priests, not spectators, as disciples not people who can sit back and relax saying, "All the work is done." So, today, let us take hold once again of our sinful nature, and drown it at the feet of the One, the Most High. Let us regain our resolve to ever represent Him, let us stand only when we are ready to take up our cross. He has borne the greater part of the burden, we must give thanks and praise for anything else that He would have us carry. Glory to God, the Father, glory to Jesus, his Son, and thanks and praise be to the Holy Spirit, our scion of righteousness that we would see full grown. Amen. 4th Sivan Monday 10th June I Wanna See Jesus Lifted High He's The Saviour Of My Soul 1 Kings 3 v12:14 You bless us with Your provision, Lord. You have given us so much more than we deserved at the moment of our conversion. Yet You are Jehovah Jireh, and You do own the cattle on a thousand hillsides. Although we do not rest in it or expect it, as You bless us may we bless others today and all ways, Lord God of Israel? May we be obedient to You and follow after Your ways, In Jesus's name, amen. 3rd Sivan Sunday 9th June Victory Belongs To Jesus Ancient Gates Matthew 21 v33:46 You have done it all, Lord God Almighty, You have made a way, you have won the victory. You have done it that we may receive and live. You have done it to restore all of Your children to You. If only those tenant farmers would listen! If only the people of the earth would hear Your still, small voice. Snatch them from the fire, Lord God of Israel, give them cause to taste and see that You are good. That they may repent and be saved. Today we pray for those who are deliberate in their opposition to You yet are unaware as to the reason why. Reveal to them the truth that they serve Satan, the Father of Lies. Help them see that they are in a position that is exactly where You declared that they would be, bringing ire, persecution and challenge against You and Your servants. This is not some self determined, self realised expression of their selfish and free identity, this is total enslavement and bondage by the one who lives through the love of money, the worship of idols and the thirst for power over others. To the letter. In the opening of their eyes, may the truth of Your Son, Jesus be revealed, where the splendour and grace is sufficient to heal a thousand wounds and to rescue every repentant heart from the second death. in Jesus's name we pray, amen. 2nd Sivan Wednesday 8th June A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath It Is Well With My Soul My Wonderful Lord Lamentations 3 v1:20 You do not change, Lord of Hosts, You are the same yesterday, today and forever. You have not and will not relent in Your pursuit of Your children, You will see righteousness restored in Zion, You will bring the captives into their homeland, You will bring peace and reign over all the Heavens and All the Earth. As You do already. You are not bound by time, Father. Although there is a necessary progression for us, for You, the Eternal, Everlasting One, You are present in each of those days. Yet You persist in Your pursuit of us, as we are the ones who have a decision to make, the freedom of choice that You created us with, that we may appreciate the spectacle of Your creation with unbound hearts, eyes and minds and choose to rejoice with You and acknowledge You for the works of Your hands. In that, the danger of our rejection was also present, yet You have decided to trust in us to be able to overcome and have sent Your Son as the payment for the ransom demanded for each step we make wrong. Help us, this day Lord, to rightly discern and choose You, to set aside the distractions, deceits and deceptions of this world, that we may align ourselves with Your will and way, and be ambassadors for Your truth, testifying to all who would hear, that the God of Heaven is Upright and Pure, alive in each of us through the purchase of His Son, Jesus, called Yeshua, the Christ, amen. Lamentations 3 v21:40 Who Am I? Redeemed ​ 1st Sivan Friday 7th June You Are My All In All Abide With Me Ephesians 3 v12:19 As we enter the new month, Lord, we pray for a month of devotion to You. That we may set aside more time to seek Your face, to discern Your will, to be immersed in Your word, that You may be glorified, Your church may be edified and that we may come to know You more and serve You better. You are our All In All, the All Sufficient One, capable of delivering us from sin and the grave, so we look to You, and commit ourselves to You, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, called Yeshua, our Messiah, amen. 29th Iyyar Thursday 6th June You Are Good I Can Only Imagine ​ Psalm 89 v14:37 Yes, Lord, You establish Your children. You have given them a foundation that cannot be shaken, You have furnished them with a refuge that cannot be assailed and overcome. You are our present help in times of danger, You are our Comforter and our King. Bless us and guide us in that firm stance upon Your Rock today, Lord, as the scriptures say that our feet are shod with the reassurance that comes from the gospel of peace. When a horse is shod, it is the blacksmith that puts the shoes on the horse, not the horse itself. So please do this for us Lord, as we don all the other articles of our armour and step forward once again to stand for Your Kingdom. May Your name, the Name of Your Son be ever on our lips and may You lead us to stand with others, shoulder to shoulder, for Your glory, amen! 28th Iyyar Wednesday 5th June Blessed Be Your Name Showers Of Blessing Esther 3 v1:11 It is often the case that those who can come against Your people are given over to pride and boasting, that their overconfidence becomes their downfall. To day we pray an 'amen!' to this, that their traps may be fowled and their schemes break on the rocks of their own, human centered ingenuity. Your servants do not need to be crafty or wise in the ways of the world. They simply need to seek You first. Yes, it helps to be wise, even mature in the things of the Kingdom, yet our hope is in ruins if it is not founded first in You alone. So, today we cast a net for Your enemies around us, Lord, and pray for You to drive them in, that they may be undone in their destructive practices, that they may see You and know You, and even turn to You, while the age of Your grace continue to unfold. Thy will be done, O Yahweh, true King of the Jews. Amen. 27th Iyyar Tuesday 4th June I Will Worship You Majesty Psalm 143 v8:11 Today we pray with the Psalmist for Your compassion to reach out to us and surround us once again, to correct our thoughts and ways so that they may align rightly with Yours, Father God. As we rest in You and seek refuge in You, may You shape us evermore according to Your will and way. We need You, Your Holy Spirit as Comforter and Friend. We have Your assurance in the First Letter to the Corinthians that, if we are caught in temptation, You will give us a way out. Lead us in that way, we pray. Whatever the cost, be it life or limb, because we hear and understand that community with You supersedes every other obligation or requirement of our life. There is no other name under heaven by which we can be saved, there is nothing so important, urgent or obliging us for our attention. So be with us, Lord, please, that we may know You more and be shed of the things that hold back our relationship with You. In Jesus's name we pray, amen. ​ 26th Iyyar Monday 3rd June I Give Myself Away My God Is Awesome Amos 4 v9:13 The prophet Amos was clear in his understanding and interpretation of Your word, Father God, as You inspired him and led him to be a true prophet to the nation of Israel in his time, the Northern Kingdom that became Samaria. You revealed Your truth to Him, the contractual nature of the covenant with His 'Chosen People', and the consequences of breaking that contract. This was not a contract to catch out defaulters, this was one that had been clearly defined to warn its partakers of the consequences of sin and the potential to break the contract with Lord. Even today, as sinners saved by grace, we have an obligation to continually review our thoughts, words and deeds, lest we should fall back into idolatry and sin, and offend the Holy Spirit in the doing of this. Your appointed servant, Paul talked of people 'falling asleep' or 'falling away'. So, Father, today help us examine ourselves and may we also uphold others that we know to You, that they may be corrected and shaken, in the spirit of Your holy and true love. In Jesus's name we pray, amen. 25th Iyyar Sunday 2nd June Hosanna (Praise Is Rising) Hosanna Psalm 150 You are worthy, King of Heaven. You were worthy of all praise even before Your Son, Jesus, who is the Christ, stepped down from Heaven and came to Earth to free us. Who can list or comprehend the works of Your hands? Who can keep account of all the works that You have performed in their lives? Who is Your equal? What is Your contender compared to You? So we praise You today, and give thanks. You are worthy, You are holy, You are righteous and You are good. And You have expressed a desire to redeem all people to You. Who is a God like You? So we praise You and celebrate You, according to Your word and Your worthiness, as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, as Maker and Creator, as Father, Spirit and Son. Amen! 24th Iyyar Saturday 1st June A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Do It Again Yield My Heart Ezekiel 38 v14:23 You will do what You have declared that You will do, Lord God of Israel, the Maker of the Heavens and the Earth. All creation is Yours and, as You have done every time that You have declared things in the past, so You will do them again in the things that You have declared for the future. What a great and terrible day it will be when You come again to the earth! For those that have remained faithful and for those who have not. You have declared agency over the people of the earth. You have declared that we have a part to play in the outcome. So help us, this day, Lord, and every day, align ourselves with You. To study Your word, to do the things that You have called us to do. That You may be glorified and honoured above all else, and that we may be saved and rejoice in Your definite return. In Jesus's name we pray, amen. Joel 2 v24:32 Gonna Clap My Hands Almighty 23rd Iyyar Friday 31st May All Creatures Of Our God And King A Mighty Fortress Ephesians 6 v18:24 A prayer today for the saints, Lord God. Those men and women who stand up, like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego; who boldly proclaim the gospel; who go like lambs to the slaughter; who tear down strongholds; who uphold the truth. Whether known or unknown, whether canonized by a religious body or daily carrying out Your statutes and decrees in silence, may You be with them, Lord of Hosts. We pray for comfort, we pray for security, we pray for refreshment, we pray for strength. yet, most of all, and according to Your holy scriptures, we pray for their ministry to be effective. To endure. To propagate. To touch the hearts and minds of others. To open ears. To cast out demons. For Your glory and in Jesus's mighty name, amen! ​ 22nd Iyyar Thursday 30th May Build My Life Jesus, Jesus, Jesus Psalm 139 v1:10 You are our All In All, Jesus of Nazareth, You are the All Sufficient One. Even before You came to Earth, You served Your prophets as an advisor and inspirer. In the Psalms You speak of our condition and Your intimacy with us. You speak of how You know us and love us, and how best we can respond. Thank You, Lord Jesus. Lord, today we ask the Father for an abundance of His Spirit, which is also Your Spirit, That we may fulfil all that You have set out for us to have done. That Your will be done, and that Your Kingdom comes a little closer to coming. May the whole earth be comforted in Your grace, Shine forth, O God of Israel. Amen. 21st Iyyar Wednesday 29th May Holy Is The Lamb I Am The Good Shepherd Nahum 1 v7:13 You do not cause Your people to suffer over long, Lord of Hosts. Although we are beset, although there are places where rage, ire and anger are brought against Your people, You are our hope and firm foundation. Yet You are their hope also, those that raise their hands against You, against Your people. So today we lift up Your people, those who are harmed or dispossessed by hatred and oppression, and we also lift up their enemies. May hands stained with blood or soot or debris be looked upon with eyes that begin to wonder, to question, where the goodness of God is in their actions? Where the victory is won by their deeds? Your desire is that not one should perish, as the Good Shepherd bringing the flocks home, and You have made a way so that all may receive. So today we pray the more for the persecutors than the persecuted. As You did. For the persecuted receive the crown of life and treasures in Heaven for their part in each day's sojourn here on Earth, yet the persecutors fill their cup of God's wrath for the Day of Judgement, and it is our desire, as it is Your desire, that not one should perish. In Jesus's name we pray, for the coming of Your Kingdom upon the Earth. Amen. 20th Iyyar Tuesday 28th May Nobody Loves Me Like You Behold Our God Job 21 v5:20 Job was right to challenge the advice of his friends, whatever the pain it must have caused him. In defending God's nature, he stood for truth over faithlessness, exposing their lack of understanding about God's compassion and grace. Yet he did not realise what God had known all along, that Job too was growing in his knowledge, understanding and relationship. He held to the truth. Dear Lord, help us this day hold on to the truth. To not veer to the left or the right. You and You alone. May Your Holy Spirit guide us and no other. May we stand for You, speak for You, live for You, in Jesus's mighty name, amen. 19th Iyyar Monday 27th May Come As You Are Wonderful Grace Of Jesus Deuteronomy 16 v7:12 There was a time when You structured and ordered the feasts and festivals kept by Your people, Lord God Of Israel, where a failure to observe was worth a severe punishment. You were exacting and ordered their lives in order to give them opportunity to understand You and celebrate with You, as well as being part of the revealing of man's inability to come to new life and relationship under the Law. No one can be fully justified by works. So, Lord, today we give thanks and celebrate the fact that You have poured out grace that mankind may be saved, yet we also give thanks too for the wisdom You display in the numbering of our days. This year represents a challenging year with regard to the Hebrew and Roman reckoning of Your Feast Days, and we celebrate and give thanks today at the midpoint between the Roman Feast of Weeks and the Hebrew Feast of Weeks. Pour out Your Spirit nonetheless, we pray, and bless Your people with the fountain like outpouring of Your love, grace, mercy, tenderness and compassion, that a world that is hurting and broken may once again know the salve of Your virgin bride, the Church. In Jesus's name we pray, amen. ​ 18th Iyyar Sunday 26th May Psalm 139 Psalm 63 Colossians 3 v12:17 We live to worship You, Lord God of Israel. Today we make our sacrifice of praise. No requests, no pleas, no instructions. Just us, Your people, worshipping the One who is truly worthy of it all. The Lord, the Most High, Maker and Creator of all that there was, is and ever will be. Worthy is the Lamb. Amen. 17th Iyyar Saturday 25th May A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath Up Agnus Dei Ezekiel 18 v19:32 A changed and repentant heart, that recognises only You, Lord of Lights, King of Kings, Maker and Creator of All Things, is what is needed to receive the birthright of Abraham. We are of his seed only as we have been grafted in, yet we are of his seed nonetheless. Praise be to You, the Living God, for opening the way, we grieve with You at the cost, for it is Your desire that not one person should perish. Today we pray for the hard hearts and the closed minds. We pray for Your light to break through before the end. Whether close to us or far away, whether thieves and idolaters or liars in the lowest places of the earth, or world leaders in politics, business or swaying public opinion, those that stand against You will die at the second death. And we pray for them to lay down their vile arms and come to You for the forgiveness that You have offered to all who will turn and receive, as You once received us. We pray this in the matchless and precious name of Jesus, and trust You in the things that are greater than ourselves that we cannot understand, for glory and the coming of Your Kingdom upon the earth. Amen. Romans 4 v4:17 Are You Washed? Peculiar People 16th Iyyar Friday 24th May Great Are You Lord Beautiful ​Philippians 2 v19:30 Today, Lord God, we pray and give thanks for our fellow workers in the fields of Your harvest. For the angels and the saints, for the lowly, humble and brave. Wherever they are, Your hand is on each one, and each one is precious in Your sight. Father, in particular we pray for those brothers and sisters close by who we picture and remember now before You. Such as Timothy and Ephraditus, people whose very presence is encouragement and uplifting, people who strive for the Kingdom as we pray that we strive for the Kingdom, people who love without limits because it is You who have changed them, You who have moulded them into an image of You. Where they are sick, please heal them; where they are low in spirit, please encourage them, where they feel cut off or afraid, please encourage them. may they know and remember that they too are loved with a love that goes beyond every other type of love, a love that took Your Son, Jesus to the Cross. Refresh, renew, invigour and restore, we pray, in the mighty and precious name of Jesus, amen. 15th Iyyar Thursday 23rd May Shout To The Lord Spirit Of The Sovereign Lord 1 Corinthians 2 v4:12 Yes, Lord God of Isaac, God of Jacob, we pray to You and look to You for our strength and support. You are a shelter in the storm, a strong right hand in the shaking of all things. We need Your angels to carry the words to Your throne, Father, unhindered and even blessed in their sacred charge, and we need Your angels and Spirit to deliver the reply, that Your name be lifted up and Your servants enabled to deliver Your words to those hungry for truth. We speak out against the powers, potentates, dominions and strongholds that stand against You and pray for them to be torn down in the mighty and precious name of Jesus. May Your minister minister, may Your leaders lead and may Your children sing Your praises with the Heavenly Choir forever. Amen. ​ 14th Iyyar Wednesday 22nd May You Are My All In All Just One Touch From The King Luke 11 v14:26 Not by might, not by power but by Your Spirit, You have declared, Lord God of Israel. And Your Spirit alive in us is how You have revealed that the final victory will be won. By building a house fit for Your purpose, by becoming a bride fit for Your Son, Jesus Christ. A house undivided, each member aware of its responsibilities and tasks, each dedicated to seeing Your Kingdom come upon the earth. That we might love one another, that we might serve one another, that the unclean spirits can find no place to return to other than their true home. Be with us, Spirit of God we pray, amen. 13th Iyyar Tuesday 21st May Because He Lives Raise A Hallelujah ​2 Corinthians 12 v13:21 There are many divisions, cracks and disputes in Your church today, Father God. The bride of Your Son is sullied and almost bed ridden, a spectacle of infighting and disagreement to disbelieving world that looks on in self righteous indifference, pity or satisfaction, as something that professes, in their ears, 'perfect unity', yet cannot agree on which side of the road to walk on. Help us, and the other members of Your church, approach unity. Let us stand and press into Your Word that declares that Your Holy Spirit is present at, and will mediate for, every dispute. Help us and others hear and apply the scripture about planks and eyes and our attitude towards our brothers, that we become not angry birds, seeking for gravel stones amongst the grain, but rather sharers and partakers in the great mystery, how the humble Son of God changed the whole universe and made a way for all who would turn and hear to enter in. In whose name we pray, the Name above All Names, Jesus, called Yeshua, the Messiah, amen. 12th Iyyar Monday 20th May Come To Save Us My Lighthouse John 1 v1:5 How well put. How simple an oath. You are the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings and this declaration at the beginning of this book, made by the writer of the Gospel of John, so neatly sums up the history of the world up until Your coming into the world and the truth of the future that ran from then and through our own. Despite man's best efforts, the light of truth that is Jesus Christ will never be put out. Today we pray again against the legislators and laws that seek to bind and muzzle God's people, that attempt, through man's ingenuity and cleverness, to stop the gospel from propagating. Like the Dutch boy at the dyke, running out of digits as more holes appear, or the fireman who fights to prevent the grass fire by leaping from spark to spark, as more sparks form around him, they fight a battle that they will inevitably lose. Glory be to the Most High! May those who try and bring such things about gain only a sense of the frustration of the Pharisees who watched Jesus's triumphal march into the city of Jerusalem, may the best of their schemes turn to dust and ashes in their hands. In Jesus's name we pray, amen! 11th Iyyar Sunday 19th May Every Praise Holding Nothing Back Psalm 90 v12:17 The keeping of new moons, feast days and sabbaths is no longer cause for condemnation, Lord Jesus, yet there is obviously a 'heart of wisdom' to be gained from learning to number our days. As we experience Pentecost, help us to discern that rhythm that You have set and sense the underlying wisdom that comes from applying that rhythm and meter to our lives. May we remain open to the possibility that the discernment and sense of these things may draw us closer to You, and help us better understand and interpret our own lives in relationship with a universe that is actually caught up in some form of heavenly dance. May we exalt You and glorify Your name with every victory and revelation, and encourage others to engage in the mystery, that Your people become equipped, according to Your word, for every good deed. In Your name we pray, amen. 10th Iyyar Saturday 18th May Shabat shalom. A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Here I Am Cry Holy 1 Corinthians 1 v18:24 It is almost too good for us to comprehend, yet it is so simple that a child can understand it, Lord God of Israel. The message of the Gospel, the truth of what You have done for us and its implication, both now and forever seem like a thing so monumental, so complex and so unattainable, given that we ourselves are the subject matter, that it almost could not be done. Except by You, the Most High God. Mohammed could not do it, peace be upon him. Gotama Buddah could not. And though the many, worldly wise and humble men, such as the yogis, the Brahmins, the imams, the priests, the shamans and the druids may all have attained a degree of peace and certainty, it was the world that they were wise in, not the the truth, and the peace that they obtained was the world's peace, which Your Son, Jesus, said was not like the peace that He gives. Yet, this prayer, like Your Son Jesus, is not to bring condemnation and anger against an ungodly world or people, for if it was, who would survive it? It is to bring prayer and uplift those very same people who Jesus was prepared to die for. On the mountains and in the synagogues and the temples, by the shrines or artefacts or idols, we pray for those who worship and believe other than what the Gospel preaches. For those whose pursuit is noble, yet their practice is imperfect, we pray a blessing; the knowledge, wisdom and strength to break with traditions or fears, that they may see the way and Your word in the true light that comes from above. That You may be glorified and Your name be lifted high, amen. 1 Corinthians 1 v26:31 We Wait For You I Am Free 9th Iyyar Friday 17th May Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah Blessed Assurance 1 Corinthians 9 v14:23 To win souls for You, King Jesus. To bring people ever nearer to You, even to the crossing of that blessed threshold from death to life. This is not our job. It is Your Holy Spirit that stirs souls to the Kingdom. We are to be vessels for that Spirit. Yet, as with Paul, we are to be vessels fit for a purpose, vessels with an outward appearance that fits with the environment in which we are placed. Help us in this, Lord, to align ourselves with You. Make us humble where humility is needed and bountiful where generosity is respected. That You may be glorified and the message of the Cross propagate. Our desire is to see Your Kingdom come, Lord, so let us put on clothes or rags or armour or robes that You may be presented effectively, in Your mighty and precious name. Amen. 8th Iyyar Thursday 16th May Bless The Lord, Oh My Soul All Creatures Of Our God And King 2 Corinthians 3 v12:18 We need Your Holy Spirit, Lord God of Israel. Without it we are just empty vessels, jars of clay without hope, purpose or calling. Yet with You we have the promise of a transformed life, a changed direction, a new identity. So pour out Your Spirit on us today, Lord, that we may, in turn, pour it out on others. May we see Your Kingdom and its rule and authority in our lives, may You lead us in paths of righteousness for Your name's sake. You are our best thought on rising, our best thought in laying down to rest, and the best of who we are at every stage in between. Lead us, guide us, teach us, we pray, according to Your Holy name, Jesus, called Yeshua, amen. 7th Iyyar Wednesday 15th May Awake My Soul I Wanna See Jesus Lifted High Ephesians 6 v10:18 Each day in this life we should be in battle readiness, Lord of Hosts. We may be called upon at any moment to defend the faith or keep the hopeless or the lost from harm. In our own walk and way we can be assailed at any moment, by a ruthless and restless enemy who does everything he can to exploit our weaknesses and end our lives. If we are alive with You, then we have been transformed by You and the depth and power of that transformation is not easily shaken. So today, Lord, help us stand and proclaim the Gospel, with the whole armour fastened securely over the most delicate parts. You know us and protect us and love us, Lord, we will not accomplish anything in our own strength. May we also lift up Your servant, Paul, too, that His teachings continue to reveal Your will and way to those that need. Glory be to the Most High God Forever! Amen! 6th Iyyar Tuesday 14th May Old Rugged Cross I Will Sing The Wondrous Story Philippians 2 v3:11 O, Lord God of Israel, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, the Maker and Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, how we pray and hope not to be vain and puffed up, thinking ourselves greater than we are, believing we are more than worms in the eyes of the One who many considered stricken, abandoned by You, cast into the fire and nailed to a Cross, betrayed by the very people He came to save. The fear of it should cause us to tremble, Lord. Yet You came to be betrayed. You came to open a way so that all who choose to follow can enter in. At any point You could have turned away. Even on the Cross a host of angels could have freed You at any time. Yet what was necessary was necessary, the only way the ransom could be paid, the only way the Kingdom could be restored. So reveal in us Your majesty, Lord God, do to us what You intended for our lives. that we may glorify You and ever call upon Your name. Jesus, Yeshua, King of Glory. Jesus, Yeshua, Author of Grace. Amen. 5th Iyyar Monday 13th May Ancient Gates The Majesty Of The Most High Isaiah 40 v10:31 Those that follow You are captured by Your beauty, Lord God of Israel. God of Isaac, God of Jacob, You are magnificent, enthroned above the circle of the Heavens and the Earth. The prophet Isaiah was inspired such words about You over two thousand eight hundred years ago. And they are still as true today. You do not age or change, You are not bound by human limits. You are the Most High, Mighty God, and we must fight to remember that. You are the Shepherd, we are the sheep. You are Maker, we are the made. Keep us humble and mindful, Lord, that we might continue to lift up holy hands to you. Guide us along the right path today, we pray, shape us into being the people that You want us to be amen. 4th Iyyar Sunday 12th May Welcome Holy Spirit Yield My Heart 1 Kings 3 v 1:15 And so You honour those who seek You first, who look out to serve their kinsmen and charges given by You. We do not seek riches or earthly treasures, Lord, but the same as Solomon, discernment to judge and speak fairly, to act and proclaim according to Your will and not our own. May we be mindful and attentive to the presence of Your Holy Spirit and test to see every word we speak is spoken out of love and a genuine desire to see Your Kingdom come upon the earth. Help us apply Your word as You did during Your ministry on Earth, in righteousness, truth and authority, that those who listen may be given cause to think on You and to turn to You for Your glory alone. In Your name we pray, King Jesus, called Yeshua, the Messiah. Amen. 3rd Iyyar Saturday 11th May A double portion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. Better Is One Day When The Redeemed Are Gathering In Revelation 7 v1:12 What a day it will be, Lord God of Israel, when You return and call Your children home. They will have been persecuted, spat at, abused and accused, yet when You draw them to Yourself they will still be singing Your praises. Their attitude of recognition and steadfast love are the very things that marked them as different from the start. They came to believe and know that the Earth was not their home, that their lives here were spent in preparation for the life to come with You. Bless Your children with a sense of it this day, Father, that they may be reminded and encouraged to continue on the narrow path. May You lead them by green pastures and still waters, that they may be rested and refreshed. You are the Most High God, worthy of all honour and praise, amen. Psalm 23 It Is Well Who Am I? 2nd Iyyar Friday 10th May Holy Spirit Rain Down I Will Rise Song Of Solomon 2 v1:8 Oh Lord! You will come for Your people. As the bridegroom comes for the bride, so the Lion of Judah will come for His pride, the glory of His church wrapped in fine linen and robed in jewels. Your desire for her, a called out people with a contrite heart. Help us in this today, Lord, we pray. Help us honour and even renown You for the things that You are doing, have done and will do. May our lips honour and praise You and ever speak Your name, may we testify to Your good grace and mercy. Above all, may we speak words of testimony that remain in the hearts and minds of Your people, words that strike the very heart of the Enemy. For Your glory and name's sake. Amen 1st Iyyar Thursday 9th May Glory To God He Reigns Psalm 103 v8:19 You are not limited by dates or times, seasons or festivals, King of Heaven. Every day is a day worthy of celebrating You first and foremost. You are never limited in power or ability. Even though we have completed a month of celebration for Nisan, known as the 'month of miracles' we do not set a boundary between then and now. We believe that You are able to pour out Your power, goodness, grace and favour at any moment because You are the All Powerful, Mighty God, the Maker of the Heavens and the Earth. We know that there is wisdom in numbering our days, Lord, so show off Your glory at any time, according to Your will, in Jesus's name, amen! 30th Nisan Wednesday 8th May Wrapping up the celebration of the 'Month of Miracles' Nisan with a double portion of praise and worship. Lion Of Judah Mighty Man Of War Psalm 12 We bless and praise Your name, O Yahweh, Lord of Hosts. We give thanks and honour and glory to You, Most High God. You are the First and the Last, You are the Alpha and the Omega, You are the Author and Finisher of Our Faith. You are also Yeshua, the Messiah, You are also the Holy Spirit, poured out on all the Earth that mankind and Your followers may be comforted, saved, guided and blessed. We thank You for this 'Month of Miracles', for which You have amply supplied, and for the faculty, within each of us, to value both its meaning and its worth. Glorious God! Splendid Creator! We are in a battle, a fight to stand against a cunning and powerful foe. Yet it is a foe that You defeated at the Cross. So, today we take our place against that foe. Against those who serve him. Help us be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves in the battle. Despite our frailty, let us not be caught off guard. Your express desire is that You want to work through Your children, that they regain a heart of wisdom and a true redemption won through Your gentle instruction. We pray for the enemies in our midst, those who have been deceived and are caused to practice and preach a different gospel, that they be freed from error and returned to righteousness, and, above all, we place the hand of discernment on our own heads, that we might be restored and corrected should error creep in to our own profession and faith. You are the centre. You are to be glorified. You alone are to be worshipped. In Your name we pray, Amen. 2 Timothy 1 v7:14 As For Me And My House You Are The One We Call 29th Nisan Tuesday 7th May Continuing the 'Month of Miracles' celebration for Nisan with an extra song of worship. Aaronic Blessing Counting On Your Name Colossians 3 v11:17 Where yesterday we looked around this scripture to bless our families, today we look upon it as a treatise to bless You with godly living. Letting go of pretences and discrimination, You call us to be faithful and pure towards all men and women, putting on the likeness of Christ, not as an outward robe to gain recognition and praise, but as an inner being, a transformed self creating good will and hope in others. Guide us and lead us in this, O Lord, we pray, as it is counter to our nature and we will need Your help. May Your Holy Spirit be manifest in us, that the Aaronic blessing may be on our lips towards others, that You may be glorified and Your Kingdom come upon the Earth. In Jesus's name we pray, amen. At The Cross 28th Nisan Monday 6th May Month of Miracles celebration. An extra worship song each day for the month of Nisan. All Who Are Thirsty Great Is Your Faithfulness Colossians 3 v12:21 Today we uphold our families, Lord. We lift them to You in Jesus's name and ask that You sanctify them and give them provision and peace. Give them opportunity to come to know You and receive You, we pray, help us be good witnesses and exemplars of You, give us words in season from Your Holy Spirit that will remain with them and give them cause to pause and think of the things of this life, and how they relate to the things of Your Kingdom. For those believers in our families we give thanks and ask that You help strengthen the connection between us that a God honouring relationship and common understanding help reveal Your ways to our other family members. Above all we thank You for the landscape in which You have planted us, that it has caused us to grow in need and understanding of our relationship with You. Glory be to You forever and ever, amen. The Lord Reigns 27th Nisan Sunday 5th May Month of Miracles celebration. An extra worship song each day for the month of Nisan. Lay Me Down Be Still My Soul 2 Corinthians 5 v17:21 We rejoice in our new birth in You, Lord Jesus. We celebrate, each day, the work that You have done, that You have completed on the Cross. In Your word you said that there will be a time when Your people will worship You in Spirit and truth. Give us a sense of this, this day, may we join the Heavenly Chorus in singing Your praises. And, in our worship, may we also remember the sacrifice that You made so that we may live now, so that we, as gentiles, can accept such a precious gift and lay hold of it. Blessed be the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords! Hosanna! Amen! I Surrender All ​ 26th Nisan Saturday 4th May Continuing the Month of Miracles celebration. An extra potion of praise and worship for the Sabbath. How Great Is Our God Graves Into Gardens John 15 v7:18 What kind of prayer should we say in response to the promises made by You in this passage? At the privilege in knowing that we have been called and counted as friends? At the understanding that You have granted a positive response to our prayers and requests? You are the Lord God Almighty, the Maker of the Heavens and the Earth. We will go on to read how You have also covered us with Your wings, giving us safe refuge in times of trouble. So, first of all, we thank You for Your kindness, mercy, grace, love and compassion towards us. Secondly we praise You for You alone are worthy. and finally we lay ourselves at Your feet in service and honour, seeking ways to serve You in Your courts and Kingdom here on Earth. In Jesus's name we pray, glory hallelujah and glory amen! Psalm 91 v1:16 Passion Forever Grateful 25th Nisan Friday 3rd May Continuing the 'Month of Miracles' celebration for Nisan with an extra song of worship. I Love You, Lord Here In Your Presence Deuteronomy 16 v12:17 Your word calls us to be "transformed by the renewing of our minds," Father God. As we stand before You, we must profess and testify to being made anew, changed. As we continue to seek You, we may come to know that this is an ongoing process, a journey that will take most, if not all, of our lives to complete. At each stage, at every step, the desire, the need, the teaching is to know more of You. To see a clearer picture of Your face, to hear a clearer sound of Your voice. You are the Most High God. The Maker and Creator of all of the Universe. Help us know more of You this day and in these times, in Jesus's name we pray. Amen. God Of Wonders 24th Nisan Thursday 2nd May Month of Miracles celebration. An extra worship song each day for the month of Nisan. All I Need Is You You Are Good Psalm 66 Who is like You in all the Heavens and the Earth? With whom could we compare You? You are the Most High. You are sovereign over all things. You are not bound by statues of gold or images of wood or clay. You are over all and through all, the Maker and Creator of all things. You are awesome in might and power. The extent of Your mercy is beyond our ability to comprehend. Yet we trust in You and look to You in all things. Today we pray for those that are near to us who have yet to receive the Good News of Your gospel. Those who have been told and witnessed to, those who have suffered and are troubled yet remain in darkness, caught up with the worldly proofs, doubts and questions that once dogged and hindered our walk with You. We pray for their protection, we pray for their release. We hope to rejoice in their acceptance and turning, and look to You to equip us to speak our own testimonies with authority and power, as we declare the truth and our wonder at the extent of Your grace towards us. We ask this in the mighty and precious name of Jesus. Amen. ​Hosanna 23rd Nisan Wednesday 1st May Month of Miracles celebration. An extra worship song each day for the month of Nisan. God Will Make A Way Sing, Sing, Sing Deuteronomy 15 v4:15 Your heart, Your desire is to see Your people living according to Your will. Not out of capriciousness or vainglory, but because, being all knowing and all seeing and all present, You know what is the best way for us to live. As the shepherd tends and cares for the sheep, or a parent watches over a young child, so You care for those who have chosen and declared You as Most High, deciding to follow after Your ways. Today, Lord, be our lead and guide through Your Spirit once again, and teach us in the way we should go. Help us be mindful of the needs of others. Draw us ever closer, make us whole, in Jesus's name we pray, amen. Closer ​ 22nd Nisan Tuesday 30th April Month of Miracles celebration. An extra worship song each day for the month of Nisan. Majesty Of The Most High I'm Not A Victim 1 Corinthians 6 v10:16 Our calling is to be mature, deliberate and purposeful citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven. Though we may stumble and fall, though we battle an unseen and powerful adversary, though we walk in a world that is cursed, our calling is as a royal priesthood, a chosen people. We must dare to be different, we must not walk according to the accepted ways of this world. Until we enter the gates of Heaven, this will be a daily struggle, an ongoing battle. We must learn to take comfort in the fact that You will never cause us to sin; to seek refuge in You at each and every temptation. This way we will grow to trust You, as Your Spirit reveals the wisdom behind those choices, as we witness, more and more, the pitfalls that beset the human condition. Yet we cry to You, Lord for deliverance. For every ounce of grace, if it could be measured; for every limb that offends to be cut off. You are our home, our dwelling place, our Father and Redeemer, and it is to You alone we make plea and request. Our desire is to be with You and, until You call us home, to carry the resolve to walk uprightly. Lead us, guide us and teach us in this today. Thank You for placing the trust in us that we can and will overcome, in the matchless and precious name of Jesus, amen. This Is Amazing Grace ​ 21st Nisan Monday 29th April Continuing the 'Month of Miracles' celebration for Nisan with an extra song of worship. Gratitude Marching To Zion 2 Corinthians 12 v9:16 Our life's journey is in Your hands, King of Glory. We must lay our hopes, dreams, fears and plans at Your feet if we are truly to become disciples of You. To go where it pleases You to send us, to not shrink back if what we find is not to our taste or enjoyment. In all things, we must put You first and seek Your wisdom and understanding. In this way, whatever the circumstance, we become like your apostle, Paul who said he had become content in every situation; we become like Your Son, Jesus Christ, who accepted the cup given to Him even though it meant His suffering and death. Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. Greater is our passing to glory than our lives eked out here on earth. Yet we do not give up on this life that You have called us to. Your desire is to work through Your people to redeem mankind, to bring the fulness of Your divine plan into being. So let us and help us strive for You, follow You and serve You this day, for Your glory and name's sake, the Name Above All Names, Jesus, our Messiah, amen. It Is Well 20th Nisan Sunday 28th April Month of Miracles celebration. An extra worship song each day for the month of Nisan. Wairua Tapu Yeshu Masih Ki Jai Genesis 11 v1:9 You confounded the people of the earth so that they began to speak in different languages, Lord God of Heaven. You did this because it was necessary. In this day and age we have reached an unprecedented level of understanding since that time, which marks it as a time of increased responsibility with regard to our relationship with You. Will we take up the work of Babel and try and construct an invasion of Heaven in our own understanding and power? Or will we be mature enough to lay down our tools and look to You as the true source of our direction and instruction? There is no doubt that something must come, something must change, in the minds of those who profess to believe and read Your scriptures. That all of history up until this point has been understood and directed according to Your will. Yet Your express desire is for maturity in Your children. For the fulness of Your original design for them to come to pass, where they accept and enjoin in Your love as autonomous beings, able to choose good over evil, able to discern truth from falsehood, able to appreciate the majesty and splendour of Your creation without giving in to the desire to plunder or bind it to our selfish nature. O Lord! Such is our wish and prayer, to return to right relationship with You, to see Your Kingdom come. So help us, please, express this and stir this in others, that You may be glorified, that Your work be accomplished, in Jesus's mighty name, amen. Jesuchristo Basta ​ 19th Nisan Saturday 27th April A double portion of praise for the Sabbath and continuing the 'Month of Miracles' celebration for Nisan. Are You Washed? Nothing But The Blood Isaiah 53 v1:6 Who else could this talk about, King of Heaven? How else could mankind be saved? The mechanism of salvation is pure, yet so exacting on You, Lord. Thank You for Your sacrifice. Thank You for making a way for all. That even the most wretched of sinners could be made pure and holy. That even the most stony heart could be exchanged for a heart of flesh. Now those that hear must tell the world of the same. We need help and blessing in this, Lord. We need Your Holy Spirit to communicate the truth to the lost. Yes, we have our testimony and must declare it to all who would listen, yet it is Your Spirit that convicts and saves, it is a relationship with You, Christ Jesus, that makes whole and complete. Activate the faith of those around us, we pray, that Your message may spread, that Your truth may be told, that Your Kingdom may come upon the earth. In Your name we pray, Jesus, amen. Isaiah 53 v7:12 Jesus Paid It All Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour ​ 18th Nisan Friday 26th April Month of Miracles celebration. An extra worship song each day for the month of Nisan. Don't Try So Hard The Waiting Here, in the place of waiting, life can seem difficult and the way barren and dry. The big things that we pray for or desire elude us and the world and the people that we encounter can seem indifferent or even oppositional to Your cause. In our own life also we may carry the sense of betrayal as our temptations and sins seek to overwhelm us with the grief that You bore, the grief of a sovereign and spotless Lord yearning for a return to a peaceful Kingdom that He once knew. Today, Lord God of Israel, cause us to examine and give thanks for our faith. Tattered or beleaguered as it may be, it was the blinking light that drew us to You, the still, small voice that called us home. May we be reminded of all that You have done to activate that faith and encouraged to continue to walk in faith because You are the God of, 'Yes!' and, 'Amen!' Our Provider from the beginning you have blessed us beyond measure and the road we walk truly abounds with the waters of the rivers of Your love. Help us see these also, in Your matchless and precious name. Finally, where we hunger and thirst, let us lay aside and surrender every want and need at Your feet, and wholly trust that You have made everything and know every thought and desire of our hearts. For Your glory and name's sake, amen. 1 Peter 4 v14:19 See His Love ​ 17th Nisan Thursday 25th April Continuing the 'Month of Miracles' celebration for Nisan with an extra song of worship. Praise Him On The Trumpet Build My Life Colossians 3 v5:17 To have You dwell within us, Lord Jesus Christ. To speak Your words. To see with Your eyes, to love as You loved others. This is our goal, our prize in this life. To see and walk rightly, to experience the Kingdom of Heaven here, upon the earth. Where each day is a day of victory. Where each encounter is an opportunity to share the truth and speak the name of the One Who Loves More Than Every Other Love. Though we cannot continuously walk in perfection, as You walked, help us gain a sense of it this day. Steer us away from the snares and traps of the Enemy, cause us to walk in paths of righteousness for Your name's sake, according to Your word. And help us to reach out, as You did, to each and every person that we encounter, that they may taste and see of Your goodness, of Your transforming power, of Your calling, of Your elect, that the Father in Heaven may be glorified, and Your name, Jesus, called Yeshua, the Messiah, be lifted up. Amen. Hark, The Herald Angels Sing 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