Month: February 2012

Friday Cleaning the Secret Corners of my Heart

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Friday – Cleaning
Lord Jesus, help me to dust out all the many faults I have been
hiding in the secret corners of my heart.
Psalm 51:10-13
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from Your presence
And do not take Your Holy spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
And sustain me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors Your ways.
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful
and righteous to forgive us our sins
and to cleanse us from all sin.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, having these promises,
beloved, let us cleanse ourselves
from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting
holiness in the fear of God.
Hebrews 10:22
Let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith,
having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience
and our bodies washed with pure water.

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Weekly Chores Thursday-Visit

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Thursday – Visit


James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this;
to visit orphans and widows in their distress,
and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Ruth 1:6
… for she had heard in the land of Moab
that the LORD had visited His people
 in giving them food.

Psalm 17:3
You have tried my heart;
You have visited me by night;
You have tested me and You find nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

Psalm 106:4-5
Remember me, O LORD,
in Your favor toward Your people;
Visit me with Your salvation,
That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones,
That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
That I may glory with Your inheritance.

Matthew 25:35-36
‘For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat;
I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink;
I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;
naked, and you clothed Me;
I was sick, and you visited Me;
I was in prison, and you came to Me.’

Matthew 25: 41-43
Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me,
accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared
for the devil and his angels;
for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat;
I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;
I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in;
naked, and you did not clothe Me;
sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’
Luke 1: 68-69
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,
For He has visited us and accomplished
redemption for His people,
and has raised up a horn of salvation for us
In the house of David His servant–
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Weekly Chores Monday through Wednesday

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WEEKLY CHORES FOR LIFE
          
Monday – Wash Day
Lord, help me wash away all my selfishness and vanity,
so I may serve you with perfect humility through the week ahead.
Psalm 51:2
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity
And cleanse me from my sin.
Psalm 51:7
Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Psalm 30:12
There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes,
Yet is not washed from his filthiness.
Acts 22:16
“Now why do you delay?
Get up and be baptized,
and wash away your sins,
calling on His name.”
Acts 2:38
Peter said to them, “Repent and each of you be baptized
in the name of Jesus Christ
for the forgiveness of your sins;
and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
John 13:14
          “If then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet,
        you also ought to wash one another’s feet.”
Tuesday – Ironing Day
Dear Lord, help me iron out all the wrinkles of prejudice I have
collected through the years so that I may see the beauty in others.
Romans 12:3
For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you
not to think more highly of himself that he ought to think;
but to think so as the have sound judgment,
as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.
1 Peter 4:11
Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God;
whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies;
so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ,
to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen
Wednesday- Mending Day

O God, help me mend my ways so I will not set a bad example for others.
2 Timothy 3:16
All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching,
for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;
so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
Titus 2:3
Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior,
not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,
so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands,
to love their children,
to be pure, workers at home, kind,
being subject to their own husbands,
so that the word of God will not be dishonored.
Psalm 96:6
Splendor and majesty are before Him,
Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.
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