FATHER, I WANT those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me.I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day.He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus.
IF YOUR Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.I know, O LORD, that a mans life is not his own; it is not for man to direct his steps.
The LORD delights in the way of the man whose steps he has made firm; though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Sing to the Lord a new song.
SING FOR JOY to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob! Begin the music, strike the tambourine, play the melodious harp and lyre.He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
Morning
Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.For the joy of the LORD is your strength.Paul thanked God and was encouraged.
And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature.
ISA. 42:10. Pss. 81:1-2; 40:3. Josh. 1:9. Neh. 8:10. Acts 28:15. Rom. 13:11-14.
May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
MAKE AN ALTAR of acacia wood for burning incensePut the altar in front of the curtain that is before the ark of the Testimonybefore the atonement cover that is over the Testimonywhere I will meet with you.
Evening
Aaron must burn fragrant incense on the altar every morning when he tends the lamps. He must burn incense again when he lights the lamps at twilight so incense will burn regularly before the LORD for the generations to come.
[Jesus] is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, went up before God from the angels hand.
You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Pray continually.
PS. 141:2. Exod. 30:1, 6-8. Heb. 7:25. Rev. 8:4. 1 Peter 2:5. 1 Thess. 5:17.
He led them by a straight way.
IN A DESERT land he found him [Jacob], in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye, like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them on its pinions. The LORD alone led him; no foreign god was with him.Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
Morning
He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his names sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.Who is a teacher like him?
PS. 107:7. Deut. 32:10-12. Isa. 46:4. Ps. 23:3-4. Isa. 58:11. Ps. 48:14. Job 36:22.
What do you want me to do for you?Lord, I want to see.
OPEN MY EYES that I may see wonderful things in your law.
Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things.Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights.
Evening
The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and this incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength.
LUKE 18:41. Ps. 119:18. Luke 24:45. John 14:26. James 1:17. Eph. 1:17-19.
Since you have not yet reached the resting place and the inheritance the LORD your God is giving you.
THIS IS NOT your resting place.There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God.It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf.