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Delivered by Jesus

Published by S.M. Wibberley on March 28, 2015

Psalm 143:12 In your unfailing love silence my enemies, destroy all my foes, for I

am your servant. Because David belonged to Him, God answered, delivering him from king Saul.

And because we belong to you, Lord Jesus, you have answered and delivered us, destroying the devil and freeing us from the fear of death, for perfect love banishes fear. And now we are the children of God, the chosen and holy ones, dearly loved and deeply cared for.

In you, Lord Jesus, we are accepted, sung over and rejoiced in. You delight in us, care for us and watch over us eternally, entirely, endlessly, unconditionally and whole-heartedly.

In you we can rest, reflect and rejoice; for you we can live; with you we can work; by you we are protected, strengthened, guided and cared for.

What more could we ask for? Whom do we have in heaven but you and earth has nothing I desire besides you. May you be honored, lifted up and glorified in my life today. Amen.

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Christ's Beautiful Character

Published by S.M. Wibberley on March 27, 2015

I praise you, Lord Jesus, for your beautiful and magnificent character. You are the perfect blend of every quality: love and justice, goodness and righteousness, power and tenderness, forgiveness and wrath, grace and firmness, wisdom and understanding, knowledge and self-control, quickness and patience.

You are full of goodness, grace and glory. But more importantly your ARE Love, Light, Life and Truth. You ARE the Way. You can never NOT be these items; they are more than qualities, they are your very essence.

This gives us great security, great stability, great rest, for you will never waver, vary or change in your being. You will always love us, you will always do what is true, you will always give us light, you will always be our way.

So, today, as we walk into the darkness of the next moment, you have already been there, preparing things, giving us wisdom, insight and grace so we can move through whatever you send and allow. Some things may be very challenging; others may be pleasant, but all comes by your good hand and we can thank and praise you for it.

Today may I walk in the light of your presence, in the power of your goodness, in the glow of your love and in the understanding of your truth. May you, thereby, be honored and glorified in every moment today.

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The God of Goodness

Published by S.M. Wibberley on March 25, 2015

You are the God of great goodness,

the Lord of lavish love,

the King of constant kindness,

the Savior of total Sufficiency,

the Majesty of mighty mercy,

the Foundation of full forgiveness,

the Potentate of positive power,

the Shepherd of substantial supply,

the Molder of majestic meaning,

and the Giver of good guidance.

You are the only One worthy of unceasing worship, continual obedience, unquestioning trust and ever-growing love. To bow before you is right, to rise up and go forth with you is our privilege, to join you in your wide work is wonderful.

To you be honor and love, joy and power, exaltation and pleasure both in and from my life today. Amen.

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Surrender in Exaltation

Published by S.M. Wibberley on March 14, 2015

You, Lord Jesus, are the High and Holy One, who is Pure and Perfect, Sinless and Supreme. You are the only One to be fully trusted, completely obeyed and continually honored in praise, worship and surrender.

In you there is no darkness, no evil, no shifting. You are loving, lavish and lasting. You are powerful, providing and protecting. In you there is joy, justice and jubilation. With you there is light, life and love. In you we can rest, rejoice and repent, for you are fully forgiving, fathomless in grace and forever welcoming.

To you I bow down, with you I rise up, for you I go forth the into this day to obey you, honor you, exalt and please you. May the incense of faith rise from the sacrifice of thanksgiving in each incident in my life today. Amen.

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You are Able

Published by S.M. Wibberley on March 13, 2015

We praise your name, Lord God, the Most High. You are the Source of all, you are the Sustainer of all, you are the Ruler and Ender of all. You are the final Authority, you are the Paragon of Perfection, you are the Righteous Ruler, the Holy Healer, the Powerful Protector.

There is no one like you. “For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings? In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him” (Ps. 89:6,7).

You, O God, are the greatest in power, wisdom and goodness. You are able to create stars by the billions, to hang the earth on nothing, to begin and end history, to defeat any enemy, to protect, guide and lead us in every circumstance. You are worthy of praise and exaltation all day long!

—From the devotional book EDIFIED!

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The Canopy of Jesus' Love

Published by S.M. Wibberley on March 11, 2015

Today, Lord Jesus, I walk in amazement under the canopy of your love, knowing that you look at me, not with tolerance, or thinly disguised disgust because of my stubborn, selfish responses, but you see me clothed in your righteousness; you look on me with delight, with joy, with pleasure, glad to have me as your child, as your brother, in your family, in your Kingdom.

You call me to meet with you each day as you stoop low to gather me to your heart, enjoying our relationship. I praise you that, contrary to all logic, you revel in our relationship, you delight in doing good to me, you rejoice in being my rampart, you savor shielding me from harm. And all this when I deserve the opposite: there is no earthly reason for your love; no, only heavenly reasons.

I offer you praise, glory and worship, O Great and High King, Lord of Glory, Ruler of the Universe, Judge of all, Redeemer of sinners, Concluder of all history. You only are fully Patient and Profound, Gracious and Good, Pure and Perfect. You are worthy of worship!  —From the book EDIFIED!

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Paradoxical Truth

Published by S.M. Wibberley on March 7, 2015

You, Lord Jesus, are a wonder, able in your incarnation to combine the unimaginable: you were both God and man, heavenly and earthly, infinite and finite, all-knowing but needing teaching, perfect but learning obedience. No one else could have been these mutually exclusive opposites!

I exalt you for your wisdom, your insight, your ability to put together things that we cannot unite even in our farthest imagination. You are the complete One, the perfect One, the holy One, the worthy One.

Glory be to you who are worthy of worship, honor, praise and exaltation. I bow before you in amazed worship; I rise up in wholehearted praise; help me to live in joyful obedience to you throughout today.

–From the book EDIFIED

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Worthy

Published by S.M. Wibberley on March 6, 2015

O Lord God, you are the great I Am: wonderful in your ways, mighty in your mercy, lavish in your goodness, grace and patience. You display your glory in great acts of salvation, making you worthy of worship and wonder, of honor and exaltation, of praise and glory.

You who are our rock, our strength and our salvation, you are with us in trouble, you will save us through it and out of it. To you be Glory and Honor, Praise and Power, Majesty and Might, Exaltation and Obedience both now and forever.  –from the book EDIFIED!

 

 

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Our God is Always Near

Published by S.M. Wibberley on March 4, 2015

It is so good to be able to come to you about everything in prayer, Lord God. You are the King of availability, of openness, of closeness, of presence; you are the great “I AM with you” God.

You are carefully, completely, joyfully, intimately involved in the details of our lives, not controlling our actions, but leading us in living wisely while graciously arranging events around us for our good. You are guiding and protecting us through the maze of happenings each day, helping us to live a life worthy of you, opening us to receive your joy and peace, causing us to overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

You, Lord Jesus, are the Superb Shepherd, the Good Guide, the Powerful Protector, the Perfect Provider, the Gracious Giver, the Lavish Lover of our souls.

We praise and thank you for the magnificent privilege of being your children, of having been snatched from the jaws of eternal death, the slavery of sin, and the dominion of darkness. In you we now walk in the light, clothed in eternal life and reveling in your love—all undeserved, all flowing from your gracious and good heart.

You, Lord Jesus, are worthy of exaltation, of glorification, of being lifted up before all creation. May the sweet smell of worship, honor and praise, of trust, thanksgiving and obedience rise from my life to you throughout this day.

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Purpose in Life

Published by S.M. Wibberley on March 3, 2015

A new day, another opportunity to live for you, Lord Jesus, to think Truth, to give you honor and praise and glory, thereby fulfilling the reason for my existence. It is so wonderful to be given purpose rather than trying to find or manufacture it myself from the inadequate scraps of life: work, relationships, sports, abilities, activities or possessions.

In your great plan for the redemption and re-creation of heaven and earth, you, Lord God, include a special role for each of us. Your gracious desire for all people is to rescue them from the dominion of darkness and bring each one into the Kingdom of Light where we have forgiveness for sins according to the riches of your grace. You have made provision for all, but sadly, for you and many, only the willing will come.

For them you have given meaning in life: living for you in the personalized plan you have prepared for each one. In this you give us special equipping for significant roles so we can partner with you in the outworking of your desire to eliminate evil, expand righteousness, end history and enter eternity.

In this you grant us the meaning of life: giving you honor by joining you through worship, praise, thanksgiving and obedience. Every event then becomes an opportunity to fulfill this purpose by giving thanks, thereby reversing the fall of Adam as we stand in and with Truth.

Who else would or could choose His enemies to be His partners? Not only that, but make them His children and honor them with purpose, power, provision and a part in His great plans? You are worthy of honor and glory, exaltation and obedience, for you are great beyond conception, wonderful beyond imagination, beautiful beyond understanding. To you belongs all praise. May the sacrifice of thanksgiving flow from my life to you throughout today!

—From my worship journal

 

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