Prayer Focus – “Love God’s Law”
Love is in the air today. What we love, we love to think about and it is on everyones mind.
Psalm 119:97 – “Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.”
The theme in this verse is very clear. The psalmist is declaring his love for the law of God. He said it is the one thing that he thinks about all day long.
The word translated “law” could be translated doctrine. God’s law teaches us about His nature and His love for us. The law of God gives us guidance and direction concerning our lives. It converts our soul and it makes us wise.
Psalm 19:7 – “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.”
People will be making declarations of their love to others today. Maybe you bought someone some flowers or candy or a nice card. Did you write a special message in the card declaring your love for that special someone?
God declared His love for us by sending His only begotten son. He continues to declare His love to us through His Holy Scriptures. It is God’s love letter to us.
I encourage you to take some time today to read and meditate upon the verses found in Psalm 119:97-104.
The Law will make you wise and it will give you understanding. The Law will teach you and keep you from every evil way.
God has given us His word because He wants us to know him intimately. He wants what is best for us, just like we want the best for those we love.
The psalmist continues on in this passage and says, “How sweet are Your words to my taste. Sweeter than honey to my mouth!” We enjoy giving sweets to those we love. God has some sweets for you today. It is His Word!! It tastes better than the most expensive piece of candy! it is like honey to our souls!
Jesus said the greatest commandment is to love the Lord with all of your heart, soul, mind and strength. (Mark 12:30)
Our greatest love and affection should be towards our Heavenly Father who loved us first. He sent Jesus to die for us. We were worth dying for!
John 15:13-14 – “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.”
Dr. Janet Cook
Day 40 – Prayer Focus – “God – The Eternal Word”
John 1:14 – “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”
The most important question for us to be able to answer is “Who is Jesus Christ?” There is so much to say about these verses!! Read them and meditate on them today and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you who Jesus Christ is.
“When Jesus stepped out, the infinite God took on the form of a tiny unborn baby boy. The Son did not cease to be God when he became a man. He added humanity but he did not subtract deity. He was fully God and fully man-the God-man.
Ponder that for a moment. The Almightiness of God moved in a human arm. The love of God now beat in a human heart. The wisdom of God now spoke from human lips. The mercy of God reached forth from human hands. Jesus was God wrapped in human flesh.” Lifeway.com
Dr. Janet Cook
Day 39 – Prayer Focus – “Faith-Full”
The Centurion was a Roman soldier. He earned his ranking by being an expert in the brutal Roman battle techniques of his day. In our eyes, he would have been one of the most unlikely people to have faith in Jesus. He would not have looked like the “kind of person” who would trust in Jesus. But Jesus marveled at the Centurion’s faith.
The Centurion asked Jesus to just “speak a word and my servant will be healed.” This caused me to evaluate my faith in the Word of God.
John Piper once quoted Billy Graham, saying, “God will not reward fruitfulness, he will reward faithfulness.” The centurion was faith-full.
Our prayer focus today is to become more faith-full of the Word of God! Think about it…just “a word” was all that was needed to heal this person. If we have faith the size of a little mustard seed we can speak to the mountain and it will be removed and cast into the sea.
Day 38 – Prayer Focus – “Jesus our Healer”
The name Jehovah means “Lord” or “The Existing One,” and is derived from the word “Havah,” which means “to exist.” Rapha is a Hebrew word meaning “to restore” or “to heal.” Therefore, the name Jehovah Rapha can be translated to mean “The Lord who heals.” This name reveals God’s aspect as a healer who heals people’s spiritual and physical needs.
Isaiah 53:5 – “But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.”
Our prayer focus today is on Jesus our healer. He is able to heal our body, soul and spirit. We look to Jesus for the healing that we need in our own bodies, our families, our church family and friends. We ask in the mighty name of Jesus for healing from all of our diseases and the restoration of our souls! We worship Jesus our Healer!
The Holy Spirit has directed us to have a special healing service on Wednesday, February 15 from 6:30 – 8:00pm and Sunday morning February 19 beginning at 10:30am. Please pray and intercede with us as we worship Jesus our Healer!