Daily Bible Time 

The selections below are adapted from "A Guide to Prayer for All God's People"
by Reuben P. Job and Norman Shawchuck, published by Upper Room Books.

For the week of September 1-7
(Preparing for the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday)

THEME: Reconciliation

1. Daily Opening Prayer (Invocation)

My Lord and friend, in the quietness of this hour, reconcile my contrary motives and conflicting desires. Give me a singleness of purpose that I may come into your presence unashamed and sit under your gaze without blushing. Amen.

2. Daily Reading

3. Reflection on the Daily Readings (optional journaling)

“We must not so stress our relationship with God that we forget our relationship with one another. And we must not so stress our relationship with one another that we have no need to look to God for forgiveness. Reconciliation involves both God and neighbors."  
-- From To Walk Together Again by Richard M. Gula

4. Prayers for the Church, for Others, for Myself

5. Reading or Singing of a Hymn or Chorus

6. Daily Closing Prayer (Benediction)

And now, my Lord, I thank you for reconciling my inner conflicts and healing my brokenness. Send me, I pray, from this place as Christ's ambassador of reconciliation to those whom I meet this day. Amen.

For the week of September 8-14
(Preparing for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday)

THEME: God's Unlimited Grace

1. Daily Opening Prayer (Invocation)

O God, whose grace and mercy flow like an endless river from your great being, help me now to place myself in the path of your rushing love and limitless compassion that I may find my spirit renewed. Amen.

3. Reflection on the Daily Readings (optional journaling)

“It is by grace that the world of nature is redeemed, and there is no redemption except by the cross. No poem is written, no picture painted, no music made, no sinner forgiven, no child born, no person loved, no truth known, no stone shaped, no peace attained, except grace took a risk, bore a burden, absorbed the evil, and suffered the pain."  
-- From Alive in Christ by Maxie Dunnam

4. Prayers for the Church, for Others, for Myself

5. Reading or Singing of a Hymn or Chorus

6. Daily Closing Prayer (Benediction)

O God, it is true that no eye has seen nor ear has heard what wonderful things you hold in store for your children; yet in these moments with you, I have seen more clearly and listened more deeply. I give you thanks. Amen.

For the week of September 15-21
(Preparing for the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday)

THEME: Good Stewards

1. Daily Opening Prayer (Invocation)

My God, you saw me in my unformed substance and numbered my days before I had lived one of them. Be close to me now, my God, help me to love you without restraint and manage all the affairs of my life to the end that when I stand to give account, I need not be ashamed. In the name of my Lord, I pray. Amen.

3. Reflection on the Daily Readings (optional journaling)

“When God breaks in on a sufficiently prepared people, a new generosity emerges, one that is outgoing, joyous, spontaneous and free. A new stewardship unfolds, a stewardship that cares deeply for all of God's created order, including the earth and its fullness - people, animals and things."  
-- From Gathering the Fragments by Edward J. Farrell

4. Prayers for the Church, for Others, for Myself

5. Reading or Singing of a Hymn or Chorus

6. Daily Closing Prayer (Benediction)

Hold before my eyes, my Lord, the diminishing number of my fleeting days, that I may receive them as precious gifts and live them in faithfulness and fidelity to you. Amen.

For the week of September 22-28
(Preparing for the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday)

THEME: Who Enters God's Kingdom?

1. Daily Opening Prayer (Invocation)

O God, whose kingdom is truth and love, help me in this hour to see more clearly and to journey more consistently along the narrow way that leads to life eternal. Equip me for the rests and rigors of this day. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

3. Reflection on the Daily Readings (optional journaling)

“The amazing truth of the kingdom is its availability. The kingdom is not for buying. It is not exclusive. It cannot be horded. It succumbs, not to power, not to birthright, not even the magnitude and sparkle of one's achievements. It is available to those born of the Spirit, those instilled with a simple faith. It requires one possession, freedom. The freedom to recognize the kingdom events and to follow a kingdom-course."  
-- From Every Bush Is Burning by Joan Puls

4. Prayers for the Church, for Others, for Myself

5. Reading or Singing of a Hymn or Chorus

6. Daily Closing Prayer (Benediction)

Thank you, Lord, for this time of rest and nourishment. Now send me to my station; help me that I neither slip nor wander from the road you have marked out for me. Amen.

Fix yourself a good cup of coffee,
find a comfy chair,
and let's spend a few moments together
in God's word.

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"Our Daily Bread"

Billy Graham Daily Devotional

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