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The LORD Will Be with You

22 Wednesday Jan 2025

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Today’s quote and prayer from
“Psalms 365: Develop a Life of Worship and Prayer”
by David Kitz.

Reading: Psalm 77:16-20

LORD God,
I am facing some difficult challenges.
Give me the faith
and the courage to keep going.
I trust you will bring me through—
through hell and high water
by the power of Jesus.
Amen.

— — —

Tomorrow march down against them.
They will be climbing up by the Pass of Ziz,
and you will find them at the end of the gorge
in the Desert of Jeruel. 
You will not have to fight this battle.
Take up your positions;
stand firm and see the deliverance
the LORD will give you,
Judah and Jerusalem.
Do not be afraid;
do not be discouraged.
Go out to face them tomorrow,
and the LORD will be with you.’”
(2 Chronicles 20:16-17)*

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When You Face Trials

20 Monday Jan 2025

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Today’s quote and prayer from
“Psalms 365: Develop a Life of Worship and Prayer”
by David Kitz.

Reading: Psalm 77:1-9

LORD God,
I don’t have the answers.
You do.
Your word tells me to
“give thanks in all circumstances;
for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus”
(1 Thessalonians 5:18).
Help me to do just that
in these circumstances.
You are always worthy of praise
even when I don’t understand.
Amen.

— — —

Consider it pure joy,
my brothers and sisters,
whenever you face trials of many kinds, 
because you know that the testing of your faith
produces perseverance. 
Let perseverance finish its work
so that you may be mature and complete,
not lacking anything. 
If any of you lacks wisdom,
you should ask God,
who gives generously to all without finding fault,
and it will be given to you. 
But when you ask,
you must believe and not doubt,
because the one who doubts
is like a wave of the sea,
blown and tossed by the wind. 
That person should not expect to receive
anything from the Lord. 
Such a person is double-minded
and unstable in all they do.
(James 1:2-8)*

*  LORD as shown here is Yahweh in Hebrew meaning I AM, the Name of God.

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Your Name Is Powerful

17 Friday Jan 2025

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Today’s quote and prayer from
“Psalms 365: Develop a Life of Worship and Prayer”
by David Kitz.

Reading: Psalm 75

LORD God,
I want to treat your Name
with the respect and honor it deserves.
Please forgive me
if I have misused your Name in any way.
I pray in the powerful name of Jesus.
Amen.

— — —

Hezekiah received the letter 
from the messengers and read it.
Then he went up to the temple of the LORD* 
and spread it out before the LORD.
And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:
“LORD, the God of Israel,
enthroned between the cherubim, 
you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth.
You have made heaven and earth.
Give ear, LORD, and hear; 
open your eyes, LORD, and see;
listen to the words Sennacherib has sent
to ridicule the living God.

 

“It is true, LORD,
that the Assyrian kings have laid waste
these nations and their lands.
They have thrown their gods into the fire
and destroyed them,
for they were not gods 
but only wood and stone,
fashioned by human hands.
Now, LORD our God,
deliver us from his hand,
so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know 
that you alone, LORD, are God.”
(2 Kings 19:14-19)*

*  LORD as shown here is Yahweh in Hebrew meaning I AM, the Name of God.

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A Gentle Whisper

15 Wednesday Jan 2025

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Today’s quote and prayer from
“Psalms 365: Develop a Life of Worship and Prayer”
by David Kitz.Psalm 74_18-23 -365

Reading: Psalm 74:18-23

LORD God,
defend the helpless.
Arise and save your people
here in our nation and abroad.
Show yourself strong by turning back
the enemies of the cross.
Our hope is in you, Lord Jesus.
Amen.

— — —

Bless those who persecute you; 
bless and do not curse.
Rejoice with those who rejoice;
mourn with those who mourn.
Live in harmony with one another.
Do not be proud,
but be willing to associate with people
of low position. 
Do not be conceited.
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. 
Be careful to do what is right
in the eyes of everyone.
If it is possible,
as far as it depends on you,
live at peace with everyone.
(Romans 12:14-18)*

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Pray and Seek My Face

14 Tuesday Jan 2025

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Today’s quote and prayer from
“Psalms 365: Develop a Life of Worship and Prayer”
by David Kitz.Psalm 74_16-17

Reading: Psalm 74:9-17

LORD God,
 you see the sins of our nation.
Bring us back to you.
You are the Almighty God.
You do not change.
Bring your salvation on the earth
even as you did long ago.
You are my King, Lord Jesus.
Amen.

— — —

“When I shut up the heavens
so that there is no rain,
or command locusts to devour the land
or send a plague among my people,
if my people,
who are called by my name,
will humble themselves and pray
and seek my face
and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from heaven,
and I will forgive their sin
and will heal their land.
Now my eyes will be open
and my ears attentive
to the prayers offered in this place.
(2 Chronicles 7:13-15)*

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Take Life Easy?

08 Wednesday Jan 2025

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Today’s quote and prayer from
“Psalms 365: Develop a Life of Worship and Prayer”
by David Kitz.Psalm 73a -365 accountable

Reading: Psalm 73:1-11

LORD God,
help me to tend to the garden of my own heart.
When envy raises its head,
help me to decapitate that thought.
I fix my affections on you
and not the things of this world.
Amen.

— — —

And he [Jesus] told them this parable:
“The ground of a certain rich man
yielded an abundant harvest.
He thought to himself,
‘What shall I do?
I have no place to store my crops.’

“Then he said,
‘This is what I’ll do.
I will tear down my barns
and build bigger ones,
and there I will store my surplus grain.
And I’ll say to myself,
“You have plenty of grain laid up for many years.
Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’

“But God said to him,
‘You fool! This very night
your life will be demanded from you.
Then who will get
what you have prepared for yourself?’

“This is how it will be
with whoever stores up things for themselves
but is not rich toward God.”
(Luke 12:16-21)*

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Bless and Do Not Curse

07 Tuesday Jan 2025

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Today’s quote and prayer from
“Psalms 365: Develop a Life of Worship and Prayer”
by David Kitz.Psalm 72_12-20 -365

Reading: Psalm 72:12-20

LORD God,
help me to see my many blessings
as gifts from you.
Show me today
how I can be a blessing to others.
You are my source of life and every blessing.
Lord Jesus,
give me a generous spirit like you have.
Amen.

— — —

Bless those who persecute you; 
bless and do not curse.
Rejoice with those who rejoice;
mourn with those who mourn.
Live in harmony with one another.
Do not be proud,
but be willing to associate with people
of low position. 
Do not be conceited.
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. 
Be careful to do what is right
in the eyes of everyone.
If it is possible,
as far as it depends on you,
live at peace with everyone.
(Romans 12:14-18)*

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Rule over Me, Lord Jesus

06 Monday Jan 2025

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Today’s quote and prayer from
“Psalms 365: Develop a Life of Worship and Prayer”
by David Kitz.Psalm 72_8

Reading: Psalm 72:1-11

LORD Jesus,
have dominion over me.
I willingly submit to your rule.
You are my King and my God.
I willingly bow my knees
before you.
Reign over me,
and in me
to the end of time.
Amen.

— — —

Therefore
God exalted him to the highest place
    and gave him the name
that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow,
    in heaven and on earth
and under the earth,
and every tongue acknowledge
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.
(Philippians 2:9-11)*

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My Father’s House

03 Friday Jan 2025

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Today’s quote and prayer from
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by David Kitz.Psalm 71_20

Reading: Psalm 71:19-24

LORD God,
thank you for the promise of resurrection.
Thank you for the hope we have in Jesus.
Through Jesus’ shed blood
we have redemption,
and the forgiveness
that makes resurrection possible.
Hallelujah! 
Amen.

— — —

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. 
You believe in God; 
believe also in me.
My Father’s house has many rooms;
if that were not so,
would I have told you
that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come back and take you to be with me
that you also may be where I am.
You know the way to the place
where I am going.”
(John 14:1-4)*

Grace and peace to you and your family in 2025.

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The Hope of Resurrection: A Promise of Restoration

03 Friday Jan 2025

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Reading: Psalm 71:19-24
Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens,
you who have done great things.
Who is like you, God?
Though you have made me see troubles,
many and bitter,
you will restore my life again;
from the depths of the earth
you will again bring me up.
You will increase my honor
and comfort me once more.
I will praise you with the harp
for your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing praise to you with the lyre,
Holy One of Israel.
My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you—
I whom you have delivered.
My tongue will tell of your righteous acts all day long,
for those who wanted to harm me
have been put to shame and confusion (NIV). *

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Reflection
Typically, Christians view resurrection as a New Testament concept, but here in the conclusion to Psalm 71, we can see the Old Testament psalmist had a solid grasp of resurrection truths. Consider his words. “Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up” (v. 20).

That sounds like resurrection to me. Jesus fulfilled the prophetic words of the psalmist when he stepped out of the tomb on resurrection morning. Elsewhere David spoke prophetically of Christ and his resurrection when he wrote, “I am your chosen one. You won’t leave me in the grave or let my body decay” (Psalm 16:10).

Peter sited this verse as proof of Jesus’ resurrection when he preached to the crowd gathered on the Day of Pentecost. See Acts 2:22-36.

The promise of the resurrection filled the psalmist with hope, and it should do the same for us. Because Jesus is alive now, we too will be raised to life. That thought should buoy us on tough days. When we lose a loved one, whose faith was rooted in God’s redeeming love, we can rest assured our farewell is not forever. We will see them again at the resurrection. On that great day we can join with the psalmist and declare, “My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you—I whom you have delivered” (v. 23).

Response: LORD God, thank you for the promise of resurrection. Thank you for the hope we have in Jesus. Through Jesus’ shed blood we have redemption, and the forgiveness that makes resurrection possible. Hallelujah! Amen.

Your Turn: Why is the resurrection meaningful to you? What are you hoping for when you consider eternity?

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