Rejoice always. Pray continually. Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit.
One Minute Bible
1 Thessalonians 5:12-24 NIV
Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Do not quench the Spirit. Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil.
May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.
One Minute Prayer
Jesus, Teach me the importance of prayer.
One Minute Praise
Psalm 8 NIV
For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of David.
Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
in the heavens.
Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
Five Minutes in My Prayer Closet
Jan 4, continued
You have made them a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honor.
You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their feet:
all flocks and herds,
and the animals of the wild,
the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
One Minute Wisdom
Proverbs 15:8-11 NIV
The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked,
but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
The Lord detests the way of the wicked,
but he loves those who pursue righteousness.
Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path;
the one who hates correction will die.
Death and Destruction lie open before the Lord—
how much more do human hearts!
One Minute Devotional
Whenever a Christian sets his or her heart toward God, Satan interferes. Since the fall of Man, it has been the same. I am Adam; I am Man. I have fallen countless times, and I likely will again. Yet, if we are aware of some of the dangers inherent in beginning a journey like this one: prayer, fasting, devotionals, and learning an in-depth journey through Scripture, we can possibly avoid such falls.
Let me give you a peek at two people I know who have undertaken this journey and forewarn you of the results of one that didn’t end up so well.
Mona Jacobs was in her nineties. She had learned to pray continuously; her every thought was a prayer to God. She was humble, meek, and had a glow about her. As faithfully as the sun rose daily, God revealed to Ms. Jacobs new areas in her life that she must surrender to Him. She never quit growing closer to her Master.
Arthur, on the other hand, undertook the same journey: to learn to pray continuously so that he might grow closer to God. The last I saw of him, he was proud, vain, unyielding, argumentative, a bully, and convinced that he had been perfected.
The truth of the matter is this: left to our rebellious, human ways, we would all be Arthurs. Lord, build my hope on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
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