WEDNESDAYS DEVOTION :)

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FROM: QUIET MOMENTS WITH GOD

BY LLOYD JOHN OGILVIE

FOR EVERYONE WHO ASKS

RECEIVES, AND HE WHO SEEKS

FINDS, AND TO HIM WHO

KNOCKS IT WILL BE OPENED. . . .

*HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR

HEAVENLY FATHER GIVE THE

HOLY SPIRIT* TO THOSE WHO

ASK HIM. . . .

______________________LUKE 11:10,13

(EMPHASIS ADDED)

DEAR GOD, I PONDER JESUS' WORDS. THE PURPOSE OF ASKING, SEEKING, AND

KNOCKING THROUGH PRAYER IS TO REFINE MY ABILITY TO REQUEST WHAT YOU WANT

TO GIVE MOST OF ALL. THE ONE BLESSING YOU DO NOT GIVE UNTIL I ASK IS THE

FULLNESS OF YOUR OWN INDWELLING SPIRIT. YOU SURROUND ME, PROTECT ME,

WATCH OVER ME, ARRANGE LIFE'S CIRCUMSTANCES FOR MY GOOD AND GROWTH; BUT

YOU DO NOT GIVE THE FULLNESS OF YOUR SPIRIT UNTIL I CRY OUT FOR NOTHING

LESS THAN AN INFUSION OF YOUR VERY LIFE IN ME.

I KNOW THAT YOU ARE CONSTANTLY AT WORK PREPARING ME TO REALIZE THAT

MY DEEPEST NEED IS FOR THE POWER OF YOUR SPIRIT. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NEED

NOW. FATHER, ANOINT MY MIND AND HEART WITH YOUR SPIRIT. I OPEN MYSELF

COMPLETELY. GRANT ME THE STRENGTH, JOY, PEACE, AND POWER OF YOUR

INDWELLING SPIRIT FOR THE CHALLENGES OF TODAY. IMBUE ME WITH THE WISDOM,

INSIGHT, AND UNDERSTANDING I WILL NEED FOR TODAY'S PROBLEMS. ESPECIALLY,

FILL ME TO OVERFLOWING WITH THE GIFT OF LOVE. I THINK OF PARTICULAR

PEOPLE TO WHOM I NEED TO COMMUNICATE LOVE TODAY. WHEN I REMEMBER THE

SHEER DELIGHT OF BEING LOVED BY YOU THROUGH ANOTHER PERSON, I WANT TO

LOVE IN THAT HEALING, HELPFUL, HOPEFUL WAY TODAY.

AMEN!

GENTLEHUGS AND PRAYERS

SAM