July.19.02: Light For The Day - "Your Word"

-- 2 Timothy 2:15 (NIV)
"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved,
a workman who does not need to be ashamed and
who correctly handles the Word of truth."

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Praise be to You. O Father, for Your Word.
Throughout eternity it shall always remain.
I love to read and study it.
My heart fills with peace as I meditate on it day and night.

Thank You for leading me through Your Word.
It is a flashlight before my feet.
Your Word, my Bible, provides a radiant beam and illuminates the exact, true way of the darkest pathways.

Oh, the secrets and marvelous mysteries of life You reveal to me!
You lay out the answers as on a holy scroll.
You teach me what I need in order to handle each situation.
I see Your Word. As I follow the advice in Your Scriptures,
I find confidence and certainty in decisions to be made.

Thank You for providing my Bible.
Its steadfast, true lessons will never change.
I praise You that I can depend on them all my life.
I will study and memorize their teachings so You can be pleased with me.
I will trust You to help me understand as we go through my Bible together.

-- Unknown

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-- Psalms 119:105-112 (NIV)
"105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
106 I have taken an oath and confirmed it, that I will follow your righteous laws.
107 I have suffered much; preserve my life, O LORD, according to your word.
108 Accept, O LORD, the willing praise of my mouth, and teach me your laws.
109 Though I constantly take my life in my hands, I will not forget your law.
110 The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from your precepts.
111 Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.
112 My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end."