God's Minute

September Twentieth

Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust.--Psalm 40:4

OUR gracious Lord, we beseech Thee to so guide and bless us this day, that we may become more like Thy Blessed Son, in all the gracious and wonderful perfections of His being. We earnestly pray that we may possess the mind of Christ--the mind of perfect humility; that His cross of self-denial and sacrifice may be willingly assumed and carried as one of the coveted privileges of the Christian life; that we may enjoy the Spirit of Christ, for we have learned that human wisdom is not sufficient to equip us to meet the demands of life and service; that we may possess the purity of Christ in Whom there was found no fault; that the confidence of Christ may be ours, the confidence which perfect faith ensures; that the joy of Christ may fill our souls, the joy of perfect peace--peace enjoyed because there exists between Thy heart and ours nothing to create division or friction.

Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that we may so lives as to be fit to represent Thy dear Son as ambassadors; that we may be epistles known and read of all men, as telling the story of a wonderful redemption; that the influence of our lives may be such that men may constantly take knowledge of us that we have been with Christ Jesus and have learned of Him.

Amen.

Rev. George R. Stair,
Portland, Maine

Hello, Yuekui,

I hope that you are still coming here to read the daily prayers. Here are some verses to help you begin to learn about Jesus, God's Son, the One in Whose Name we offer up our prayers to God.

Our redemption (salvation) is in Jesus Christ, God's Son

Salvation is in Christ
2 Timothy 2:10
Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Eternal life is in Christ

1 John 5:11
And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
God's love is in Christ

God's grace is in Christ

2 Timothy 2:1
You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,

We are blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ

Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places

Our new life, given by God, is in Christ

1 Corinthians 1:30
He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption.

Our salvation is through the sacrificial death of Christ on our behalf

Ephesians 1:7
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace