Daily Quote, Bible Verse and Prayer - December
December 1
Quote: Putting our trust in God and depending on his intrinsic goodness frees us from the need to find explanations for everything. ~ Frank Retief Psalm 112:7 He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD. Prayer: Almighty God, I trust implicitly in Your goodness and know that Your providence prevails. I never need ask "why?" knowing that all things work together for good, for those who are called according to Your purpose. Amen. |
December 2
Quote: We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~ Aristotle {submitted by Rev. Nancy} Matthew 5:16 AMP Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven. Prayer: Lord Jesus, Lead me to strive for excellence in all things: spiritual, mental and emotional. If I reach higher, I will go higher. May I make excellence a habit and not just a passing fancy. In Your holy name I pray. Amen. |
December 3
Quote: Prevailing prayer is prayer that pushes right through all difficulties and obstacles, drives back all the opposing forces of Satan, and secures the will of God. Its purpose is to accomplish God's will on earth. Prevailing prayer is prayer that not only takes the initiative but continues on the offensive for God until spiritual victory is won. ~ Wesley L. Duewel Ephesians 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; Prayer: Dear Jesus, Show me what true prevailing prayer is. Help me to plumb the depths of supplication that I might reach the heights of communion with You. Make my prayers powerful against the forces of evil that spiritual victory is won. Amen. |
December 4
Quote: Dignity is also a valuable goal to me - I am as God created me and should respect his creation. I am learning to love myself as much as I love my neighbour. Surrender is coming home to God's love. ~ SaraT 2 Corinthians 3:18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. Prayer: Lord, Thank You that I am learning to have self-dignity. You have created me and I must respect what You have so lovingly made in Your own image. I surrender all my past baggage and come home to Your love. Amen. |
December 5
Quote: Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was. ~ Dag Hammarskjold Proverbs 3:26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. Prayer: Gracious Father, When I am at the foot of a mountain in life, it looks daunting indeed. The climb is a challenge and I often begin to loose heart. Yet once I reach the summit, that mountain suddenly comes into perspective. Thank you for giving me new eyes to see that which lies before me. Amen. |
December 6
Quote: We need to be refueled often spiritually. That renewing fuel is found in Bible reading and prayer. Just like a fuel tank on the car, we need frequent filling. Lack of fuel causes spiritual weakness and stunted growth. Unlike the car, we don't have to hunt for a gas station, and the price of fuel doesn't change. This fuel is always available and free for the taking. There is no substitute. Our part is to keep our spiritual tank full. ~ Verna Pollock John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. Prayer: Father, There is no excuse when I run out of spiritual gas. You have provided abundantly. It is up to me to drink deeply of the Living Waters, read voraciously of Your Word and to commune faithfully through prayer each day. Amen. |
December 7
Quote: No words can express how much the world owes to sorrow. Most of the Psalms were born in the wilderness. Most of the Epistles were written in prison. The greatest thoughts of the greatest thinkers have all passed through fire. The greatest poets have "learned in suffering what they taught in song." In bonds, Bunyan lived the allegory that he afterwards wrote, and we may thank Bedford Jail for the Pilgrim's Progress. Take comfort, afflicted Christian! When God is about to make pre-eminent use of a person, He puts them in the fire. ~ George McDonald 1 Peter 1:6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, Prayer: O God, When I am going through the fires of testing and suffering, may I be mindful of how You use these times to purge away my dross and make me fit for greater things. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen. |
December 8
Quote: In prayer we go to our enemies, to stand at their side. We are with them, near them, for them before God. Jesus does not promise us that the enemy we love, we bless, to whom we do good, will not abuse and persecute us. They will do so. But even in doing so, they cannot harm and conquer us if we take this last step to them in intercessory prayer. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer Matthew 5:44 Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Prayer: Father, I find it difficult to pray for those who persecute me. Yet You clearly instruct me to do just that. Lead me to love as You love and to behave toward others as You. May I follow in Your footsteps. In Your holy name I pray. Amen. |
December 9
Quote: When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punish- ment, he needs help. ~ Thich Naht Hanh, Vietnamese Buddhist Teacher {submitted by Rev. Nancy} Matthew 5:44 Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Prayer: My Savior, May I understand that when someone lashes out at me, it is because of their own pain welling up within them and spilling over. Make me an instrument of Your peace and grace that I somehow touch their lives and relieve their suffering. In Your holy name I pray.Amen. |
December 10
Quote: You see things as they are and ask "why?" I dream things as they never were and ask "why not?" ~ George Bernard Shaw {submitted by Rev. Nancy} Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Prayer: My Savior, Thank you for being my inspiration enabling me to see things as they never were and say, "Why not?" Life is not stagnant. It is forever changing being molded in Your hands. Lead me to be an instrument of godly change in this world. In Your precious name I pray. Amen. |
December 11
Quote: There is no situation so chaotic that God cannot from that situation create something that is surpassingly good. He did it at the creation. He did it at the cross. He is doing it today. ~ H. C. G. Moule 1Corinthians 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace. Prayer: Father God, When I feel overwhelmed by chaotic situations, remind me that You always create something surpassingly good out of what seems to be extreme confusion and disorder. You are almighty. Amen. |
December 12
Quote: Darkness cannot put out the Light. It can only make God brighter. 2 Samuel 22:29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. Prayer: Dear Jesus, The darkness can never have dominion over me. You are my Lord, my God and my Savior. You are the light of my life. In Your holy name I pray.Amen. |
December 13
Quote: It is morally impossible to exercise trust in God while there is failure to wait upon Him for guidance and direction. The man who does not learn to wait upon the Lord and have his thoughts molded by Him will never possess that steady purpose and calm trust, which is essential to the exercise of wise influence upon others, in times of crisis and difficulty. ~ Dixon D. E. Hoste Psalm 37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. Prayer: Father God, Grant me patience of spirit that I wait upon You for the guidance and direction that I so desperately need. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen. |
December 14
Quote: Oftentimes God allows our scenarios in life to get hopeless -- He allows our efforts to become fruitless -- He allows our knowledge and instincts to prove useless, in order that we will see that it is He who works within, through and for us with His power. ~ Chaplain Michael Clark Psalm 126:5-6 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. Prayer: O God, There are days that I feel so hopeless and helpless. No matter what I do, things just seem to fall apart. I may be powerless but you are all powerful, gracious and merciful. I trust in Your provision at all times. Amen. |
December 15
Quote: I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered. ~ Jean Ingelow 1 Corinthians 2:9 NIV Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him. Prayer: O God, I get frustrated and angry when I feel my prayers go unanswered. But looking back, I can thank You with all of my heart that all of my prayers were not answered. You are all wise and all loving. Amen. |
December 16
Quote: Anger makes you smaller, While forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were. ~ Cherie Carter-Scott {submitted by Rev. Nancy} Colossians 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. Prayer: Lord, Thank You for teaching me that anger makes me less of a person while forgiveness encourages me to grow as a follower of Christ. Amen. |
December17
Quote: We are given each day as a gift. Once a day is gone, it can never be recaptured. Too often we live our lives as if they are going to go on forever just as they are. Lives change, and we need to be ready to change with them. God helps us to accept where we are and to grow to new levels of maturity. ~ Chaplain Michael Clark Psalm 102:26 You shall change them, and they shall be changed; Prayer: Father, Thank you for the gift of today. Thank you for change. Make me adaptable and open to all kinds of change so that I grow to new levels of maturity. Amen. |
December 18
Quote: To choose to suffer means that there is something wrong; to choose God's Will even if it means suffering is a very different thing. No healthy saint ever chooses suffering; he chooses God's will, as Jesus did, whether it means suffering or not. ~ Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest 1 Peter 4:19 NASB Let them that suffer according to the will of God, commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well-doing. Prayer: Father, Thank you for teaching me the difference between choosing to suffer and choosing to do Your will even if it means suffering. Thank you for allowing me to rise up over suffering and to achieve victory in Christ. Amen. |
December 19
Quote: Trust in God, even when you distrust others. ~ Chaplain Michael Clark Psalm 65:5 NASB By awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea; Prayer: Father God, You are the only One who can be trusted at all times and under all conditions. Other people may appear trustworthy but eventually they will fail. You are ever faithful and righteous. I praise Your holy name. Amen. |
December 20
Quote: There are stages in life when there is no storm, no crisis, when we do our human best; it is when a crisis arises that we instantly reveal upon whom we rely. If we have been learning to worship God and to trust Him, the crisis will reveal that we will go to the breaking point and not break in our confidence in Him. ~ Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest Matthew 8:26 Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Prayer: Heavenly Father, Thank You that I can depend upon You to carry me over every crises and through every storm in life. Amen. |
December 21
Quote: Life is an adventure in forgiveness. ~Norman Cousins {submitted by Rev. Nancy} Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Prayer: Dear Father, Forgiveness is rarely easy and that is what makes it an adventure. You ask me to grow and stretch; to do that which seems impossible. But with the guidance of Your Holy Spirit I can do all things through Christ...even forgive the unforgivable. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen. |
December 22
Quote: Look back and thank God. Look forward and trust God. Look around and serve God. Psalm 136:24-26 And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever. Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever. Prayer: Almighty God, I look back and thank You for all of Your mercies. I loo forward and trust You for all provision in the days ahead. I look around me and see great need. Show me how to serve You in the best ways possible. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen. |
December 23
Quote: The shepherd isn't always out in front, leading his sheep.... In the lengthening twilight, when the sheep must pass through the darkest shadows in the deepest wadis, the shepherd drops back and walk with them. ~ Ray Vander Laan John 10:11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. Prayer: My Savior, You are not some remote deity. You are my loving shepherd Who walks before me to guide and who walks with me as I pass through the darkest shadows. Thank you for Your protection and love. Amen. |
December 24
Quote: Don't try and fit your faith into your busy schedule, build your schedule around your faith. ~ Kenneth Copeland Luk 10:40-42 ESV But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her." Prayer: O God, I desire to have my faith as the center of my life. All else is just incidental. May all I do, say and think be centered around You and Your precepts. Amen. |
December 25
Quote: If you are convinced you are unable to overcome your addiction or behavior, you are probably right. But you can put yourself in the place where God's almighty power will come through you. Make a deliberate commitment and turn your will and your life over to His loving care. Allow Him to do the marvelous work that you cannot. ~ Chaplain Michael Clark Matthew 9:36 But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Prayer: Lord Jesus, I cannot overcome my addictions and behaviors, but I can surrender to You, committing my will and my life to Your loving care so that You can do the marvelous work which I cannot. I surrender now. I surrender all to You today. Amen. |
December 26
Quote: Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God. ~ John Bunyan Ephesians 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; Prayer: Almighty God, Thank you for the gift of prayer for it opens my heart to You. No matter how empty my soul feels, when I come to You in prayer You always fill and nourish me. Amen. |
December 27
Quote: When we are busy doing what we should, there is no time to do what we should not. {submitted by Rev. Nancy} Tit 2:13-14 ESV ...our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. Prayer: O Lord, Grant me a heart to do good works at all times. May I put Your Kingdom and the welfare of others first. There will be no time for me to even look down the wrong path. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen. |
December 28
Quote: When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are home, when the shepherds are back with the flocks, then the work of Christmas begins: to find the lost, to heal those broken in spirit, to feed the hungry, to release the oppressed, to rebuild the nations, to bring peace among all peoples, to make a little music with the heart… And to radiate the Light of Christ, every day, in every way, in all that we do and in all that we say. Then the work of Christmas begins. ~ Howard Thurman 1 Timothy 6:11 ...follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Prayer: Father God, Christmas does not end on December 26th. The work has just begun! May I manifest Christmas every day as I go about my daily life. Help me to reflect Christ, be his hands, feet and voice. In the precious name of Jesus I pray. Amen. |
December 29
Quote: Three essentials: a faith to live by, a self to live with, and a purpose to live for. {submitted by Rev. Nancy} Daniel 11:32 The people that do know their God shall be strong. Prayer: Dear Father, Grant me a faith that I can live by, a self that I can live with and that is pleasing to You, and a godly purpose to live for. Amen. |
December 30
Quote: Our strength is not sufficient; God's strength is. {submitted by Rev. Nancy} 2Corinthians 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Prayer: Almighty God, My strength is never sufficient. It is intimidating when I see so many obstacles ahead of me. But I can courageously walk forward knowing that the power of Christ rests upon me. Thank You for Your grace and mercy in my life. Amen. |
December 31
Quote: Life has many ways of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once. ~ Paulo Coelho, poet, writer {submitted by Rev. Nancy} James 1:12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. Prayer: My Lord, I often think of periods of testing as being a series of trials. But times of testing can also be periods of silence or when nothing seems to be happening at all. Help me to see through these times of testing so that I am steadfast under trial. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen. |
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