Daily Quote, Bible Verse and Prayer - September

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September 1

Quote:
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of
your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. ~ Napoleon Hill

Romans 15:13 NASB
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,
so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Prayer:
O God,
You have provided me with visions and dreams. Help me to nurture them
as I would my own children. With You as my guide, they are the blueprints
and plans for my future achievements. May I listen to Your counsel and obey
Your guidance for them. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen.

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September 2

Quote:
Only when we turn away from looking at our sin to look at the face of
God, do we begin to repent. Only by seeing that there is grace and
forgiveness with him would we ever dare to repent and thus return to
the fellowship and presence of the Father. Only when grace appears
on the horizon offering forgiveness will the sunshine of the love of God
melt our hearts and draw us back to him. ~ Sinclair Ferguson

Romans 5:20-21
Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: That as sin hath
reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness
unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our LORD.

Prayer:
Dear Lord,
When I finally turned away from looking at my sin and instead looked
at You for the grace and forgiveness I needed, I finally understood. The
sunshine of Your Love has melted my heart and drawn me back to You. Amen.

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September 3

Quote:
Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control
our fears, not to oust them. ~ Vincent McNabb

2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed,
but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not
destroyed.

Prayer:
My Lord,
Help me to experience the extraordinary spiritual grace of hope.
Unfold the mysteries of hope. Make it a reality in my life. In the
name of Jesus I pray. Amen.

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September 4

Quote:
Take heed of secret sins. They will undo you if
loved and maintained: one moth may spoil the
garment; one leak sink the ship; a penknife will
stab and kill a man as well as a sword; so one
sin may dam* the soul. ~ Jeremiah Burroughs {adapted}

Psalm 90:8 ESV
You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.

Prayer:
Blessed God,
There is nothing that I can hide from You. And when
I try to conceal my sins from others, eventually they
do come to light. My "little" sins are just as damaging
as the big ones. Keep me aware of my sins that I may
immediately confess them and repent. Amen.

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September 5

Quote:
A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.
~ Joyce Meyer

Romans 15:13 NASB
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,
so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Prayer:
Almighty God,
Inspire my dreams. Fill me with all joy and peace in believing that
I may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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September 6

Quote:
Let the mind of the Master be the Master of your mind.
~ Anonymous

1 Corinthians 2:16 AMP
For who has known or understood the mind (the counsels and purposes)
of the Lord so as to guide and instruct Him and give Him knowledge? But
we have the mind of Christ (the Messiah) and do hold the thoughts (feelings
and purposes) of His heart.

Prayer:
Lord Jesus,
Help me to cast aside all pride and self-reliance that I may surrender to You.
Be the Master of my mind, my emotions, my heart and my deeds. In Your
holy name I pray. Amen.

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September 7

Quote:
Flee to Jesus and hide yourselves in Him, until you are clothed with
His humility. That alone is holiness. ~ Andrew Murray

Eph 4:1-3 NASB
Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner
worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility
and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,
being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Prayer:
Lord Jesus,
On my own, I cannot find humility. Today I flee to You, to hide myself
in You. Clothe me in Your humility. Open my eyes that I fully understand
the meaning of true humility and cast off all false pride. In Your holy name
I pray. Amen.

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September 8

Quote:
Beyond the preoccupation we all have with our needs, the rock-bottom
reality of prayer is the sharing of experience. No experience--neither
that of joy nor of sorrow--is full and complete until it is shared with
God. ~ Michael Card

Psalm 5:1-2 NASB
Give ear to my words, O LORD,
Consider my groaning.
Heed the sound of my cry for help,
my King and my God, For to You I pray.

Prayer:
O God,
My concerns and needs are a heavy burden. I cannot carry them on my own.
I come to You this morning to share that which weighs so heavily upon me.
In You I trust to lighten my load for I know in the evening I can raise my hands
in praise that You carried me through the day. Amen.

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September 9

Quote:
Always be yourself...
The ones that matter don't mind and
The ones that mind don't matter. ~Anonymous

Acts 24:16
"In view of this, I also do my best to maintain always a blameless
conscience both before God and before men."

Prayer:
My Lord,
Show me how to live my life each day that is in a manner pleasing
to You. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen.

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September 10

Quote:
To pray is nothing more involved than to lie in the sunshine of His
grace, to expose our distress of body and soul to those healing rays
which can in a wonderful way counteract and render ineffective the
bacteria of sin. ~ Ole Kristian O. Hallesby

Psalm 91:15
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him:
I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him.

Prayer:
Father,
May my prayers remove all obstacles to lying in the sunshine of
Your grace. May I never fear exposing the distress of my body
and soul to Your healing rays. Amen.

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September 11

Quote:
Through me let there be a warm smile, and a caring heart. Through me
let there be a willingness to listen and a readiness to understand. Through
me let there be steadfastness, dependability, trust and loyalty. Through
me let there be compassion, forgiveness, mercy and love. Through me
let there be every quality I find, Oh Lord, in thee. ~ Roy Lessin

Philippians 2:3-4 NASB
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of
mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do
not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for
the interests of others.

Prayer:
My Lord Jesus,
Make me an instrument of Your peace, Your love, Your compassion,
Your heart, Your steadfastness. May You shine through me to others.
In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen.

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September 12

Quote:
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
~ Oscar Wilde

Romans 10:11
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not
be ashamed.

Prayer:
Lord Jesus,
Failure happens only when I refuse to learn from my mistakes.
Teach me through my experiences. Open my heart and my mind
to Your lessons of life. Amen.

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September 13

Quote:
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith,
and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
~ George Muller

Psalm 56:3-4
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
In God I will praise his word,
in God I have put my trust;

Prayer:
Father,
All anxiety is crushed by faith. If I look to myself
or around me, I become anxious. If I look up to You
my fears melt away. I choose to trust in You today. Amen.

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September 14

Quote:
Remember Jesus FOR US is all our righteousness before a holy God,
and Jesus IN US is all our strength in an ungodly world. ~ Robert Murray M'Cheyne

Romans 8:31 NASB
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

Prayer:
Thank you Jesus,
for being in me as all my strength in an ungodly world and for me before
the most Holy God. Amen.

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September 15

Quote:
Repentance is the biblical, correct response to guilt. The moment we
committed our life to Christ, our sins-past, present, and future-were
forgiven. God's righteousness was satisfied. But now we must maintain
fellowship with, dependence on, and obedience to God. This necessitates
confessing our sins to our Lord as we become aware of them. ~ Luis Palau

Psalm 38:18 ESV
I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.

Prayer:
Lord Jesus Christ,
Guilt is a sure sign that I have not confessed and repented of the things
weighing so heavily on my mind. When I feel guilty, may I use that spark
to propel me into action. Confession, repentance and trust in Your unfailing
grace always leads to healing. Amen.