Monday, May 16: Scripture – John 14:15-17 15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. 17 This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows…

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Sunday, May 15: Scripture – Revelation 21:7 7 Those who conquer will inherit these things, and I will be their God and they will be my children. Prayer Focus: Those who conquer in the Revelation do not do so with might and weapons. They conquer through their faithful witness, their persistence in the faith, and…

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Saturday, May 14: Scripture – Revelation 21:6 6 Then he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life.   Prayer Focus: The beginning and the end, the…

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Friday, May 13: Scripture – Revelation 21:5 5 And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.” Prayer Focus: I am making all things new. Brian Blount, president of Union Presbyterian Seminary, writes of this…

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Thursday, May 12: Scripture – Revelation 21:4 4 he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away.” Prayer Focus: No more tears. No more death. No more mourning and crying and pain. What a glorious…

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Wednesday, May 11: Scripture – Revelation 21:3 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them; Prayer Focus: God will dwell with the people, God will tabernacle with…

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Tuesday, May 10: Scripture – Revelation 21:2 2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Prayer Focus: The vision John sees of God’s ultimate redemption and reconciliation of the world is a holy city. Not a tranquil mountain…

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Monday, May 9: Scripture – Revelation 21:1 1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.   Prayer Focus: From the familiar images of the 23rd Psalm last week to the perhaps not as familiar images…

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Sunday, May 8: Scripture – Psalm 23:6 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life long. Prayer Focus: Goodness and mercy will not just follow us like a puppy dog. For in Hebrew the language indicates the flight…

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Saturday, May 7: Scripture – Psalm 23:5 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Prayer Focus: Taste and see the goodness of the Lord, the psalmist says in another song. Here in Psalm 23 that becomes an invitation to a…

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