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  • Psalm 6

    Before I begin today’s post, please be reminded that the format this year is very simple. As we strive to grow deeper with God through prayer in 2025, we’re reading one Psalm per day and then I’m sharing a prayer based on the Psalm. This is what we call “Praying the Bible”. It’s turning the…

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  • Psalm 5

    Psalm of the Day: Psalm 5O Lord, my Holy God and KingIt is my joy to bow before You in this early morning hourto offer my life this day in humble surrender. I know that You,in Your holiness,despise, resist, and banish from Your presenceall rebellion, wickedness, evil, arrogance, violence and deceit,along with all who cling…

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  • Psalm 4

    Psalm of the Day: Psalm 4 Almighty God, My Saviour and Defender,I give You thanks and praise, for You haveChosen me graciously to be Your very own,Helped me in every time of trouble,Heard my every prayer,And always come to my aid.You have given me an abundance of joythat far outweighs any blessing of wealth or…

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  • Psalm 3

    Psalm of the Day: Psalm 3 All-powerful, all-knowing, ever-present LORD,When I am overwhelmed by the prideful, selfish intentionsof those who cut me down with words or deedsbelieving they are right, that You are on their side, and that all is lost for me –I choose to look into Your loving gaze and put my trust…

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  • Psalm 2

    Psalm of the Day: Psalm 2 King Jesus – High King of the Cosmos and all Eternity,I enthrone You again as the King of my life,and I willingly submit to Your holy reign.I rejoice that:You rule over me in perfect power, moved by perfect love;You rule over me, inspiring my decisions, but never forcing Your…

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  • Psalm 1

    Psalm of the Day: Psalm 1 Lord of Life and Eternity, Grace and Truth,I delight in You and in Your every word.All Your ways are good, pleasing and perfect.Please bless me with the grace todayto steadfastly guard my heart against all influences but Yoursto diligently fill my mind with Your Wordto bravely make my every…

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  • 2025

    You may have been wondering what has become of the daily posts. Over the last few weeks, I have been trying to hear the heart of the Lord for my personal devotional life this year, as well as for these daily posts. Over my years of daily blogging, the approach I’ve taken has tended to…

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  • Preparing for the New Year 2025

    This is an edited version of a post I first published at the end of 2021. It draws inspiration from the 24-7 prayer “Annual Examen”. Whether 2024 has been the best of times or the worst of times, we can rest assured that “our times are in His hands.” (Psalm 31:15) The LORD our God…

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  • 2025 Loading

    Well, if you completed reading the whole New Testament with me this year … CONGRATULATIONS … and thank you for being part of the journey. I know that you will have been fed by God’s Holy and Beautiful Word and that the discipline of reading chapter after chapter with a heart wide open to God’s…

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  • Amen!

    Daily Readings: Revelation 21-22 and Psalm 63 The final chapters of the Revelation are filled with the promise of the new creation. When Jesus returns as King and Lord of all, the entire universe is re-created, never to be corrupted by sin again. In this glorious new creation, God dwells with His people in a…

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