A morning prayer in honor of the verse below. (Click on picture, if you can’t see the prayer)

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Father, may we be steadfast, to be more intent on knees, pleading for our body, but also for those who have not bowed their knee to your son, Jesus. May we seek your intervention, more so than trying to fix things on our own. May we come before you, believing that you are in control of all things.

Not because of who we are, but because of what he has done. Not because of who we are, but because of what he has done. We have our advocate in Jesus.

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18 “But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

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Oh Lord, when I am in that quiet place and feel your presence, I am at peace. When I can sit quietly, and hear your voice through your word, and be filled with your spirit, my world at rest. Help me keep my eyes fixed on Jesus, and not take my gaze away from him as I go about my day.

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It was not physical bread and water that Jesus was trying to teach about. He wanted the followers to understand the need for spiritual bread and water. It was Jesus who would fulfill that need to those who came to him.

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36 “But I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe. 37 “ All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.

The door, represents the church at Laodicea. Christ was seeking to enter this church that bore His name but lacked a single true believer. This directed letter was His knocking. If one member would recognize his spiritual bankruptcy and respond in saving faith, He would enter the church.

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See notes below on being called.

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Notes from the John MacArthur study Bible.

1:7 beloved of God … called as saints. The Gr. text records these as 3 separate privileges: 1) God has set His love on His own ( 5:5 ; 8:35 ; Eph 1:6 ; 2:4 , 5 ; 1Jn 3:1 ); 2) He has extended to them not only the general, external invitation to believe the gospel ( Is 45:22 ; 55:6 ; Eze 33:11 ; Mt 11:28 ; Jn 7:37 ; Rev 22:17 ), but His effectual calling—or His drawing to Himself all those He has chosen for salvation ( 8:30 ; 2Th 2:13 , 14 ; 2Ti 1:9 ; see note on Jn 6:44 ); and 3) God has set believers apart from sin unto Himself, so that they are holy ones ( 1Co 3:16 , 17 ; 1Pe 2:5 , 9 ). Rome. See Introduction: Background and Setting. Grace … peace. Paul’s standard greeting ( 1Co 1:3 ; 2Co 1:2 ; Gal 1:3 ; Eph 1:2 ; Php 1:2 ; Col 1:2 ; 1Th 1:1 ; 2Th 1:2 ; 1Ti 1:2 ; 2Ti 1:2 ; Titus 1:4 ; Phm 3 ).

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied” Mat 5:6-7 “But Seek ye first, the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you” Mat 6:33

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May our fruit be plentiful Oh Lord, as we receive our nourishment from you.

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Our perfection doesn’t come from trying harder, it comes from finding peace, in the one who is perfection, fully man and fully God………Jesus Christ!

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