Daily Prayer & Devotion
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Dear Father God,
Thank You for showing me how to live my life in a world full of conflicting ideas...
Apply your heart to instruction
and your ears to words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:12
I’m trying to examine myself
in light of that Scripture.
Please help me to receive Your instructions in the Bible and to apply them to my life.
Please help me hear Your words of knowledge as I read my Bible, pray, speak with my Christian Friends, and listen for my Shepherd's voice, as Jesus taught us...
My sheep hear My voice,
and I know them,
and they follow Me.
John 10:27
I pray that I will always hear You clearly and follow You for all the days of my life.
Help me to receive Your instructions and directions throughout this day.
I want the right attitude and the right motives in all that I do, so I can bring glory to You.
I pray that whatever service I give You
today will come from love and from my
devotion to You.
In Jesus' holy name, I pray.
Amen.
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Jesus: A Son Over His Own House
But Christ as a Son over
His own house, whose house
we are if we hold fast the confidence
and the rejoicing of the hope
firm to the end.
Hebrews 3:6
Jesus is the Son over His Own House. Just as Levi was the first priest in Israel’s genealogy, so Jesus is the first priest in New Testament salvation. Just as Aaron was the first priest who interceded for Israel in the Tabernacle, so Jesus is the High Priest who will intercede for you in Heaven. All believers are members of Jesus’ house, and He will intercede for them with the Father. How can He intercede for you today?
Jesus, be my Intercessor to the Father. Every time I slip into sin, intercede to the Father for my forgiveness. Every time the Evil One comes to tempt me, protect me by Your intercession.
Jesus is the Son over His Own House; “He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them” (Hebrews 7:25). So take your problems to Jesus, trust Him, and let Him be your Intercessor. As your Intercessor, Jesus “does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices” (Hebrews 7:27). He doesn’t need to offer sacrifices daily for His sin because He is “holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners” (Hebrews 7:26). He is the Son forevermore (Hebrews 7:28). So come into His house for
help to solve your problems; let Jesus
be your Intercessor.
Lord, I know that “the blood of Jesus Christ...cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:7), so I rest calmly in Your house. I know You will intercede for me before the Father. Amen
