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Hopeful Gratitude

Then the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God, singing, “We give you thanks, Lord God Almighty, who are and who were, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign.” (vv. 16-17)
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TNIV Scripture for Friday, November 30, 2007 [Hebrews 10:32-35]

Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation […]

Call To Prayer for Friday, November 30, 2007

Sri Lanka: Lift up President Mahinda Rajapakse. Pray that God would bring peace and hope to all in this land through the encouragement of Scripture.
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might […]

TNIV Scripture for Thursday, November 29, 2007 [Romans 4:18-21]

Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, ‘So shall your offspring be.’ Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead–since he was about a hundred years old–and that Sarah’s […]

The Wisdom of Paul

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances. (vv. 16-18)
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Call To Prayer for Thursday, November 29, 2007

Nepal: Pray for King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah. Ask God to bless IBS-STL’s Scripture ministry to spread God’s Word of grace to the people in this land.
Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those […]

Call To Prayer for Wednesday, November 28, 2007

India: Pray for President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. Lift up children in India, tomorrow’s leaders, who are receiving our Gospel of Mark workbooks for classroom study.
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6
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Therefore . . .

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (v. 57)
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Generous Gratitude

You will be enriched in every way for your great generosity, which will produce thanksgiving to God through us . . . (v. 11)
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“Both/And” Gratitude

. . . may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. (vv. 11-12)
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TNIV Scripture for Wednesday, November 28, 2007 [Colossians 3:12-17]

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in […]

Encouragement

On seeing them, Paul thanked God and took courage. (v. 15)
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Opposites

Entirely out of place is obscene, silly, and vulgar talk; but instead, let there be thanksgiving. (v. 4)
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Call To Prayer for Friday, November 23, 2007

United States: Ask God to grant President George W. Bush His wisdom as he leads the American people. Pray the Bible will increasingly impact the lives of Americans.
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test […]

TNIV Scripture for Friday, November 23, 2007 [Zechariah 8:9-13]

This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Now hear these words, ‘Let your hands be strong so that the temple may be built.’ This is also what the prophets said who were present when the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD Almighty. Before that time there were no wages for people or […]

One Grateful Leper

Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. (v. 15)
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Taking Inventory

And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke them . . . (v. 16)
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TNIV Scripture for Thursday, November 22, 2007 [Acts 3:22-26]

‘For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells you. Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from their people.’ Indeed, beginning with Samuel, all the prophets who have spoken […]

Call To Prayer for Thursday, November 22, 2007

Malawi: Pray for President Bingu wa Mutharika. Ask God to speak through our Chichewa translation of His Word for the people in Malawi.
They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so that the people understood what was being read. Nehemiah 8:8
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TNIV Scripture for Wednesday, November 21, 2007 [2 Corinthians 6:3-7]

We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the […]