The Gift: Thank God for His WORD. It is alive and always at work in our world.  God watches over His word to see that it fulfills His intentions and plans (Jer. 1:12).  The best decision you can make today is to align yourself to the power of His good word.

Prayer: Dear Lord, Your WORD is true, righteous, more valuable than gold and life-changing.  I promise today to commit to obey Your WORD and allow its truth to breath life into me.  In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Gift: God grants both the present tense and eternal rest to those who “hide” in Him.  It is a simple process that combines a denial of selfish ambition and a choice to live in the contentment that comes in worshiping the true and living God.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, I come to You in the name and character of your Eternal Son, Jesus.  Grant me real “rest” today, not a retreat away from the busyness of my life.  I need to find You and to “hide” in You in the middle of my harried life.  I need Your rest. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Gift: An encouraging word is a powerful antidote from the hardness and deceitfulness of sin. Sharing an encouraging word brings strength to others and helps to create a place of real and authentic community.

Prayer: Dear Father, Your grace and mercy are such an encouragement to me.  I will meditate today on Your words, and I commit to become an encouraging voice to those around me.  Help me to shine your love in this way to others.  In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Gift: God has designed you with a tender heart that is made to be responsive to Him and to others.  When your heart is moved with issues that touch God’s heart – caring for others, living with integrity and loving the undeserved – you experience a surge of His presence. But when your heart is crusted over by the cares of this world, it becomes de-sensitized to God.

Prayer: Dear Father, I come to today asking You to tenderize my heart.  Increase my compassion toward others and help me to recognize Your work in their lives.  In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Gift: Jesus, as God, is greater than the moral code He gave, and greater than Moses, the prophet who handed out the law to God’s people.  We can rejoice when our actions fail to meet the standard of righteousness, because it proves we need a Savior!

Prayer: Dear Father, Thank you for sending Your son Jesus to forgive me of my sins.  When I fall short of the moral laws you have given, I am grateful that Jesus accepts me, forgives me and cleanses me from all unrighteousness. Today I will cling to Him.  In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Gift: There is only One who was sent from God to save us from our sins.  Jesus.  There is no other way to be saved from the evils of this world and the next. He is the gift already purchased for You and waiting for your acceptance.

Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, I ask that You would forgive me. Beginning today, I will turn the attention of my heart away from career, approval from others, financial success and other diversions.  Instead, I will fix my thoughts on Jesus and find the hope and salvation that I long for. Thank You for the gift of life. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Gift: Jesus lived a perfect and blameless life here on earth, demonstrating His nature and love for all of humankind.  When the Eternal Father placed Jesus on earth, He was not only fully God, but he was also fully man. And in this mystery He was superior to the angels even as a man.

Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, You placed Jesus here on this earth and gave Him authority and power to destroy the works of the devil.  You desire that I would honor Jesus as my Savior and Redeemer and today I choose to do that.  He is awesome and in Him I find the power to live for You.   In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Gift: Seated at the right hand of the Eternal God, Jesus maintains a privileged and superior position to all other spiritual beings.  He is God, the Radiant Son, the eternal Sacrifice, the constant Mediator and He is Superior to all other angels and spirits.

Prayer: Dear Father in Heaven, Your Son Jesus is matchless. He is the beginning and the end, the one who was, is and is to come.  It is in Him that I find forgiveness and peace.  Thank Your for such an incredible gift of life! I will treasure my relationship with Him forever. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Gift: For centuries spiritually inclined people would offer animal or harvest sacrifices to God in hopes that their sins and errant ways would be forgiven.  Even God’s chosen people were instructed to repeat this process over and over so that their evil would be blotted out.  But it was not until Jesus’ life, suffering, death and resurrection that a perfect purification of our sins was available.  Today Jesus has paid the once and for all price for your sins!

Prayer: Dear Father, how grateful I am for the ultimate sacrifice of Your Son, Jesus.  Left alone I could never atone for my own shortcomings, but Your Son, Jesus has made the way for me to be purified, forgiven and cleansed once and for all for sin.  Thank You! I am forever grateful to Your mercy.  In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Gift: Ever wonder what God is really like?  His character, nature or just how He might respond to your feelings or circumstances? You can know the answer because the real historical person Jesus is the exact representation of God. Everything about Jesus is true, real and equals God.

The Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, I am so grateful that You have made yourself evident, clear and real to me through the gift of Your Son, Jesus.  Today I commit to learn about You from studying Your Word and discover the nature and character of Your Son.  I ask that You would make Yourself real to me.  In Jesus name, Amen.