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Daily Meditation – Wonderfully Made

2012-05-29T05:00:22Z

[Consider the God’s love for you as you are – Precious and wonderfully made in God’s eyes]

You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother's womb. I praise you, so wonderfully you made me; wonderful are your works! My very self you knew;

- Psalm 139:13-14

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Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam – For the greater glory of God

Daily Meditation – Precious in God’s eyes

2012-05-28T05:00:17Z

But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name: you are mine. When you pass through the water, I will be with you; in the rivers you shall not drown. When you walk through fire, you shall not be burned; the flames shall not consume you. For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in return for you. Because you are precious in my eyes and glorious, and because I love you, I give men in return for you and peoples in exchange for your life. Fear not, for I am with you; from the east I will bring back your descendants, from the west I will gather you.

- Isaiah 43:1-5

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Daily Meditation – Faith of Bartimaeus

2012-05-27T05:00:06Z

They came to Jericho . And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging. On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, son of David, have pity on me." And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he kept calling out all the more, "Son of David, have pity on me." Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take courage; get up, he is calling you." He threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus. Jesus said to him in reply, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man replied to him, "Master, I want to see." Jesus told him, "Go your way; your faith has saved you." Immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.

- Mark 10:46 -52

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Daily Meditation – Faith in healing

2012-05-26T05:00:46Z

When he had finished all his words to the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave who was ill and about to die, and he was valuable to him. When he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and save the life of his slave. They approached Jesus and strongly urged him to come, saying, "He deserves to have you do this for him, for he loves our nation and he built the synagogue for us." And Jesus went with them, but when he was only a short distance from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell him, "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof. Therefore, I did not consider myself worthy to come to you; but say the word and let my servant be healed. For I too am a person subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come here,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it." When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him and, turning, said to the crowd following him, "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith."

- Luke 6:27-36

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Daily Meditation – Trials produce perseverance

2012-05-25T05:01:01Z

Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. And let perseverance be perfect, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. But if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and he will be given it. But he should ask in faith, not doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed about by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord, since he is a man of two minds, unstable in all his ways. The brother in lowly circumstances should take pride in his high standing, and the rich one in his lowliness, for he will pass away "like the flower of the field." For the sun comes up with its scorching heat and dries up the grass, its flower droops, and the beauty of its appearance vanishes. So will the rich person fade away in the midst of his pursuits. Blessed is the man who perseveres in temptation, for when he has been proved he will receive the crown of life that he promised to those who love him

- James 1:1-12

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Daily Meditation – Calming of the sea

2012-05-24T05:00:12Z

One day he got into a boat with his disciples and said to them, "Let us cross to the other side of the lake." So they set sail, and while they were sailing he fell asleep. A squall blew over the lake, and they were taking in water and were in danger. They came and woke him saying, "Master, master, we are perishing!" He awakened, rebuked the wind and the waves, and they subsided and there was a calm. Then he asked them, "Where is your faith?" But they were filled with awe and amazed and said to one another, "Who then is this, who commands even the winds and the sea, and they obey him?"

- Luke 8:22-25

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Daily Meditation – Favorite Mother Teresa Prayer

2012-05-23T05:01:00Z

Shine Through Me - One of Mother Teresa’s Favorite Prayers

Dear Lord, help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere I go.

Flood my soul with Thy spirit and life. Penetrate and possess my whole being so

utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of Thine.

Shine through me, and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Thy presence in my soul.

Let them look up and see no longer me but only Thee O Lord!

Stay with me, and then I shall begin to shine as Thou shinest; so to shine as to be a light to others.

Amen.

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Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam – For the greater glory of God

Daily Meditation – Strength through God

2012-05-22T05:00:57Z

"I have the strength for everything through him who empowers me." ( Philippians 4:13)

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Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam – For the greater glory of God

Daily Meditation - Rest

2012-05-21T05:00:44Z

"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for your selves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."

- Matthew 11: 28-30

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Daily Meditation – The Armor of God

2012-05-20T05:00:47Z

Consider and visualize the armor, protection and love of God.

But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.

- 2 Thessalonians 3: 3

Note, see also references to the “evil one” in John 17:15 and Matthew 6:13

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