Day 1 Podcast *click here*
Day 2 Podcast *click here*
Day 3 Podcast *click here*
Day 4 Podcast *click here*
Day 5 Podcast *click here*
Approximately 70 times in the gospels Jesus declares "I tell you the truth". Only those who embrace, follow and proclaim the full truth enter into the fullness of fellowship, freedom and grace He alone gives.
"Costly grace is the grace that must be sought again and again. Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It is costly because it costs us our life, and it is grace because it gives us the only true life. It is costly because it condemns sin, and it is grace because it justifies the sinner. Above all, it is costly because it cost God the life of His Son." Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Ask God to forgive us where we have compromised the truth; may He 'wake us up to the damage done by a cross-free Gospel." Comiskey, p 80
Pray for the courage and boldness "to dare to offend those who refuse the grace that calls [people] out of sin. " Comiskey, p 80
Day 6 Podcast *click here*
Day 7 Podcast *click here*
Day 8 Podcast *click here*
Day 9 Podcast *click here*
Day 10 Podcast *click here*
"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being." Revelation 4:11
"Given that God bestowed the gift of marriage on humanity, governments, therefore, have a duty to reinforce and protect this permanent institution and pass it on to future generations, rather than attempt to redefine it arbitrarily for transitory political or social reasons ." taken from a letter written by Catholic bishops in New Jersey, August 2009
Day 11 Podcast *click here*
Day 12 Podcast *click here*
Day 13 Podcast *click here*
Day 14 Podcast *click here*
Day 15 Podcast *click here*
"Answer us when we call to you, O righteous God. Give relief from our distress; be merciful to us and hear our prayer. How long, O people will you turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods? .... the Lord will hear when we call to him" Psalm4:1-3.
"In the morning, O Lord, you hear our voice; in the morning we lay our requests before you and wait in expectation" Psalm 5:3.
Day 16 Podcast *click here*
Day 17 Podcast *click here*
Day 18 Podcast *click here*
Day 19 Podcast *click here*
Day 20 Podcast *click here*
"We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy. O Lord, listen! O Lord forgive! O Lord hear and act! " Daniel 9:18-19.
"The Lord is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made. The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them." Psalm 145:17-19
"All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke
Day 21 Podcast *click here*
Day 22 Podcast *click here*
Day 23 Podcast *click here*
Day 24 Podcast *click here*
Day 25 Podcast *click here*
"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17.
"'Death has been swallowed up in victory. 'Where, O' death is your victory? Where, O death is your sting?' ...thanks be to God! he gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 15:54-55, 57.
"A good marriage is the closet thing on earth to the realization of a practical, enduring, and loving coexistence between people. It is a sign of love, patience, and forgiveness that is unknown in other spheres of life...Marriage is the test case, the leading edge of love in the world...Good marriage is the foundation of society." Mike Mason, The Mystery of Marriage
Ask God to strengthen, heal and bless the marriages in our families, churches and communities.
Day 26 Podcast *click here*
Day 27 Podcast *click here*
Day 28 Podcast *click here*
Day 29 Podcast *click here*
Day 30 Podcast *click here*
"Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations." Psalms 95:1, 100:4-5.
"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being." Revelation 4:11
"Given that God bestowed the gift of marriage on humanity, governments, therefore, have a duty to reinforce and protect this permanent institution and pass it on to future generations, rather than attempt to redefine it arbitrarily for transitory political or social reasons ." taken from a letter written by Catholic bishops in New Jersey, August 2009
Day 31 Podcast *click here*
Day 32 Podcast *click here*
Day 33 Podcast *click here*
Day 34 Podcast *click here*
Day 35 Podcast *click here*
"...just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless." Ephesians 5:25-27
"Rend your heart and not your garments. return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity, Who knows? He may turn and have pity and leave behind a blessing-..." "...Let the priests, who minister before the Lord, weep between the temple porch and the altar. Let them say, 'Spare your people, O Lord. Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is your God?'"Joel 3:13-14,17(see 15-16 too)
"But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. Be merciful to those who doubt; snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear-hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh." Jude 20-23
Day 36 Podcast *click here*
Day 37 Podcast *click here*
Day 38 Podcast *click here*
Day 39 Podcast *click here*
Day 40 Podcast *click here*
"I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance...You have persevered and endured hardship for my name, and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love." Rev. 2:2a, 3-4
"...because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!" Jas. 2:12
"He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." Mic. 6:8
"Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first." Rev. 2:5
"Let mercy have it's perfect way in our churches. Let us repent and do the first things-welcoming broken ones with the truth that makes mercy pure and powerful, able to save and restore lives. "
Thanks for joining with us in prayer.
