Bible prayer reading: example 7: resurrection

Bible prayer reading: example 7

Topic of contemplation: Resurrection

John 11: 25-27

²⁵ Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; ²⁶ and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
 ²⁷ “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”

1 Peter 1: 3-4

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴ and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you

2 Corinthians 5: 1

 ¹ For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

Prayer:

Lord Jesus, thank you for giving me this day and I can seek your face early in the morning. Thank you for the cross and thank you for your amazing grace to bear my sins and shame, because of you my life is renewed. Thank you Lord, because of you I am a new creation and the old has gone. Thank you for your resurrection that I hope for the future.

Lord Jesus, you are the resurrection and the life, and those who live in you will never die.

Yes Lord, because of your resurrection power that gain victory over death is with me, I can overcome challenges and difficulties, I can gain victory over dark forces. Abba father, you have rescued me from the dominion of darkness and brought me into the kingdom of the Son he loves. Through Lord Jesus I have redemption and forgiveness. Thank you Lord for all the wonderful works you have done in my life, I want to give praise to you, not only for what you have done but for who you are. Hosanna, the Lord most high!

Thank you Lord I am now been justified by your blood. You redeemed us not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. You are the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the sins of the whole world. How deep and how wide, indeed, is your love for us.

Lord Jesus, thank you for your promises that not only I have the living hope but I have entered into your kingdom and into an inheritance that can never perish, which is kept in heaven. You reminded us that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Then we will be with you forever and ever. Thank you Lord for such a wonderful plan you have for us.

Therefore while I am still live with this earthly tent (body), please mold me, transform me so that I am more like you and give glory to you. Lord, let me encounter you every day, and be refreshed by you, please lead me in my walk with you, everyday, until you call me to the heavenly home. Let nothing separtes me from you love, from now on and foerver. In Jesus’ mighty name I pray. Amen! Amen! Amen!

Bible verses: in times of troubles

Philippians 4: 4-7 
⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! ⁵ Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. ⁶ Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 55: 22
²² Cast your cares on the LORD
   and he will sustain you;

Psalm 50: 15
¹⁵ and call on me in the day of trouble;
   I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

Isaiah 40: 31
³¹ but those who hope in the LORD
   will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
   they will run and not grow weary,
   they will walk and not be faint.

Matthew 28: 20
And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Psalm 37: 28
²⁸ For the LORD loves the just
   and will not forsake his faithful ones.

Psalm 94: 14
¹⁴ For the LORD will not reject his people;
   he will never forsake his inheritance.

Bible verses: God's love

Romans 5:8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Ephesians 2:4-5 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, evenwhen we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved—

1 John 4:9-11 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

God Loves and Cares For Us

Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

1 John 4:7-8  Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.  Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 Peter 5:6-7  Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,  casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Job 34:19 who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor,  for they are all the work of his hands?

Psalm 86:15 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

1 John 3:1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

 

What God Says About Love

Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

Proverbs 8:17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

John 13:34-35  A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.  By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

 

Respond To God’s Love Through Thankfulness

Psalm 136:26 Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever.

Romans 5:2-5 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Colossians 2:6-7  Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.

Hebrews 12:28-29 Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; for our God is a consuming fire.