DAY 36 - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (LIBERTY) - JUNE 29, 2012

June 29



1 Chronicles 28:8 (The Voice Bible)


David: 8To you, my officials, follow the laws of the Eternal One your God as a witness to your neighbors (all Israel who are the assembly of the Eternal) and in the sight of our God so that you will retain this land and be able to pass it to your descendants forever.

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DAY 36 - DAILY DEVOTION - JUNE 29, 2012

June 29



It Is Well With My Soul


I was preparing for www.dailyliveworship.com podcast & Bryan was singing, “It Is Well With My Soul” and I looked up the meaning behind the song.


The writer of the great song, Horatio G. Spafford, was a successful lawyer in Chicago, and was very dedicated to Christ.  He lost some substantial real estate in the Chicago fire that devasted Chicago in the 1870’s. Prior to that, he lost his son.  Then, 2 years later, his four girls drown aboard an English vessel accident.  After going to where the girls drown, with pen & paper in hand, he wrote this incredible song titled, “It Is Well With My Soul”


“When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,


When sorrows like sea billows roll;


Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,


It is well, it is well, with my soul.”


So, prior to reading this, I was complaining about loosing Bryan and how hard it is to be a single parent to four girls, but after reading Spafford’s story.  I decided instead I will say, “IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL”


What are you going through that you might just need to say with me now, out loud- IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL!!


In partnership with Katherine Clift of DailyLiveWorship

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DAY 36 - DAILY PRAYER (SUPREME COURT) - JUNE 29, 2012

June 29



For our Supreme Court Justices


O Lord, I bring our Supreme Court Justices before You. Knowing that they are appointed by man, I pray that You will influence the selection of each new replacement. Guide them to choose people who will judge morally in every matter brought before them.
As our Justices make their decisions, I pray that their decrees are in accord with Your Will, not that of man. Help them set a standard of justice and balance for the judicial office at large, not only on a national level, but for every adjudicator in our nation. Amen.

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DAY 36 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR JUNE 29, 2012

June 29



"I would rather be right than President," stated Henry Clay, who died JUNE 29, 1852. 


The son of a Baptist minister, Henry Clay was elected Speaker of the U.S. House 6 times, having served in Congress over 40 years with Daniel Webster and John Calhoun. 


The State of Kentucky placed Henry Clay's statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall. 


Struggling to hold the Union together prior to the Civil War, Henry Clay stated in 1829 to the Kentucky Colonization Society in Frankfort: 


"Eighteen hundred years have rolled away since the Son of God...offered Himself...for the salvation of our species...


When we shall...be translated from this into another form of existence...we shall behold the common Father of the whites and blacks, the great Ruler of the Universe." 


In an obituary address upon his death, Representative John C. Breckinridge recalled Henry Clay as saying: 


"The vanity of the world, and its insufficiency to satisfy the soul of man, has been long a settled conviction of my mind. 


Man's inability to secure by his own merits the approbation of God, I feel to be true." 


Henry Clay concluded: 


"I trust in the atonement of the Saviour of mercy, as the ground of my acceptance and of my hope of salvation."

Clay, Henry. The World Book Encyclopedia, 18 vols. (Chicago, IL: Field Enterprises, Inc., 1957; W.F. Quarrie & Co., 8 vols., 1917; World Book, Inc., 22 vols., 1989), Vol. 3, p. 1472. Clay, Henry. 1829, in a speech at Frankfort to the Kentucky Colonization Society. Stephen Abbott Northrop, D.D., A Cloud of Witnesses (Portland, OR: American Heritage Ministries, 1987; Mantle Ministries, 228 Still Ridge, Bulverde, TX), p. 87. http://www.wintektx.com/freeman/hen_clay.htm

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DAY 35 - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (LIBERTY) - JUNE 28, 2012

June 28



Galatians 5:13 (The Voice Bible)


13Brothers and sisters, God has called you to freedom! Hear the call, and do not spoil this gift by using your liberty to engage in what your flesh desires; instead, use it to serve each other as Jesus taught through love.

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DAY 35 - DAILY DEVOTION - JUNE 28, 2012

June 28



Let God Out of Your Box


When I was growing up, we lived in the outskirts of town in Georgia.  One day, I saw a box turtle on the side of the road.  I begged my mother to stop the car so I could get the turtle to take it home.  After about two days, the turtle kept trying to get out of my box.


Just as I was holding that turtle captive, are you holding God hostage in your box?  By that I mean, do you have your own agendas, plans, or timetables for your life? I encourage you to let God be God.  Release God from your boxes or entrapments.  God is thinking bigger & better than what we can think.  If God can change water to wine, spit in the mud and rub on eyes to heal someone, make a donkey speak, place coins in the mouth of a fish, and raise many people from the dead, then He’s got your life & situation under control.


“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.  And, my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.”  Isaiah 55:8 NLT


Be willing to say, Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done in my life today.  He will order your footsteps & perfect everything that concerns you.  He is going before you, around you, beneath you, and behind you- you are covered by Him & His precious blood.  And, His timing on everything in your life is perfect.  Believe it!


I prophesy over you now, Isaiah 55:12, “You’ll go out in joy, you’ll be led into a whole and complete life.”  Another version says, “You will go out with joy and be led out in peace.”


Let His Joy & Peace surround you as you relinquish, set free, and surrender to God and let Him out of your box.


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DAY 35 - DAILY PRAYER (LIBERTY) - JUNE 28, 2012

June 28


Lord, I praise You for the strength You daily give me to live a liberated life.  I thank You that I can declare what Your word declares, that who the Son sets free is free indeed.  I thank You in advance for the areas of freedom I will experience all the days of my life because You are the symbol of my freedom.


I declare today that I have liberty inChrist because of His blood.  I walk in His liberty over every form of addiction that might try to plague my life.  I walk in freedom over attacks on my family, faith, and finances.  Lord, I declare and know that I am liberated through You.  Thank You!  As the flag of our country stands for liberty, You stand firm in my life as a symbol of unwavering, unfailing liberty. Thank You, today that you are my liberty.  In Jesus' name.  Amen!


Pastor James Dexter
Good Shepherd Church
Lancaster, Ohio
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DAY 35 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR JUNE 28, 2012

June 28



The Constitutional Convention was in a deadlock over how large and small states could be represented equally. 


Some delegates gave up and left. 


Then, on JUNE 28, 1787, 81-year-old Benjamin Franklin spoke and shortly after, the U.S. Constitution became a reality. 


As recorded by James Madison, Franklin stated: 


"Groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of lights." 


Franklin continued: 


"In the beginning of the Contest with Great Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayer in this room for Divine protection. 


Our prayers, Sir, were heard and they were graciously answered. 


All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a Superintending Providence in our favor...


And have we now forgotten that powerful Friend? or do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?" 


Franklin concluded: 


"We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that 'except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain that build it.'...


I also believe that without his concurring aid we shall succeed...no better than the Builders of Babel."


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