Daily Quote, Bible Verse and Prayer - February
 

February 1

Quote:
If God be our God, He will give us peace in trouble. When there is a
storm without, He will make peace within. The world can create trouble
in peace, but God can create peace in trouble. ~ Thomas Watson

Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts.

Prayer:
O God,
The world seems to be spinning out of control. There is so much grief,
confusion and violence. Even though the world creates much trouble,
You are able to create even greater peace. May Your peace reign! Amen.

February 2

Quote:
A great deal of what we hear depends on what we are listening for.
{submitted by Rev. Nancy}

Matthew 11:15 AMP
He who has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him consider
and perceive and comprehend by hearing.

Prayer:
Dear Jesus,
Help me to identify and reject falsehood. The Holy Spirit speaks to me
personally to guide, teach and comfort me. Your words are recorded in
my Bible. Open my ears that I hear and comprehend the Truth. In Your
name I pray. Amen.

February 3

Quote:
Lord, when I am wrong, make me willing to change.
And when I am right, make me easy to live with. {submitted by Rev. Nancy}

Philippians 2:3
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory;
but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other
better than themselves.

Prayer:
O Lord,
Grant me a willing heart to surrender to You.
There are many things in my life to which I continue
to cling. Help me to open my hands and release all
to Your loving care. Amen.

February 4

Quote:
Faith is the bird that feels the light and
sings before dawn breaks. {submitted by Rev. Nancy}

Psalm 62:8
Trust in Him at all times;
ye people, pour out your heart before Him:
God is a refuge for us.

Prayer:
My Lord,
Even when I find myself in the darkest depths, I know
in my heart Your light and presence are there. I may
not see or feel You, yet You are there without doubt.
Thank you for being my light, my guide and my Salvation.
Amen.

February 5

A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go
through the white hot heat of the furnace to become porcelain.
~ Mildred Witte Stouven {submitted by Rev. Nancy

Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee
in the furnace of affliction.

Prayer:
O God,
Sometimes the white hot heat of the furnace of affliction seems too
much to bear. Strengthen me when I start to falter. Encourage me
when I am cast down. Keep my focus on the fact that You are transforming
me from clay into porcelain. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen.

February 6

Quote:
Charles Haddon Spurgeon said meekness is being submissive
to God's will and responsive to His Word. When He directs you
to do something, He will tell you the manner in which to do it. If
His will requires gentleness, He will help you to be tender. If it
requires boldness, His power will surge through you to accomplish
what He asks. ~ Joy Strang

John 15:5
I am the vine, ye are the branches.

Prayer:
O God,
Meekness is not weakness. It is willingness to obey You
in all things. It is attentively listening for direction and responding
to Your Word. Make me tender and gentle, yet bold as I submit
to Your will. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen.

February 7

Quote:
Joy comes through risk, not self-protection.
~ Dulcinea

James 1:2-3
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials
of various kinds, for you know that the testing of
your faith produces steadfastness.

Prayer:
Lord,
I often seek isolation in order to protect myself.
But this also shields me from people, places and
things that will make be grow and mature as a person.
Grant me the courage to step out in faith and face up to
that which intimidates me. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen.

February 8

Quote:
Since no man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation
is set open to all. There is nothing else to hinder us from entering, but
our own unbelief. ~ John Calvin

John 1:12
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons
of God, even to them that believe on his name:

Prayer:
O Father,
You have opened the door and extended the invitation through Your Word,
Your prophets and Your Son. You have said, "Behold, I have set before
thee an open door." It is up to me to believe and walk through it. Amen.

February 9

Quote:
You don't pursue a dream by looking backward.
~ Rich Dixon

Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the plans that I have for you," declares
the LORD, "plans for welfare and not for calamity to
give you a future and a hope."

Prayer:
O gracious and Holy Father,
Give us wisdom to perceive thee,
Diligence to seek thee,
Patience to wait for thee,
Eyes to behold thee,
A Heart to meditate on thee...
And a life to proclaim thee
Through the power of The Spirit
Of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
~ Benedict C480 - c.547

February 10

Quote:
He taught me in my helplessness to rest on Him,
and to pray even about little things in which another
might have felt able to help himself. ~ James Hudson Taylor

Luke 18:1
Men ought always to pray, and not to faint.

Prayer:
O Lord,
When I feel helpless and hopeless, teach me to rest in
You. I need to first seek out the green pastures in order to
find them and rest for my soul. Amen.

February 11

Quote:
What you believed yesterday will be dwarfed by what you learn tomorrow.
Know God, love God, and learn of Him and from Him. ~ Chaplain Michael Clark

Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart:
and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

Prayer:
Lord Jesus,
What I believed yesterday will be dwarfed by what I learn tomorrow. That
is the beauty of having You as my loving teacher and shepherd. Each day
I learn from You and am lead to higher and greener pastures. Amen.

February 12

Quote:
Forgiveness does not change the past,
But it does enlarge the future.
~ Paul Boese {submitted by Rev. Nancy}

Ephesians 4:32
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted,
forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's
sake hath forgiven you.

Prayer:
Father, There is someone whom I have not forgiven.
Help me to lay down my resentments and in
their place pick up love and understanding in
order to bring healing to this relationship. In
the name of Jesus I pray. Amen.

February 13

Quote:
Failure is always a step forward if we have learned from it
and apply what we have learned to our lives. ~ Obie

Habakkuk 2:3 NASB
For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it hastens toward the
goal and it will not fail though it tarries, wait for it; for it will certainly
come, it will not delay.

Prayer:
Heavenly Father,
Lead me to view failure as a springboard to higher things. Help me to
learn from my mistakes and to apply the lessons learned to my life
that I may walk straighter paths. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen.

February 14

Quote:
The love of Christ is like the blue sky, into which you may see
clearly, but the real vastness of which you cannot measure.
~ Robert Murray M'Cheyne

Romans 8:35, 37-39
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation,
or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or
sword? ...Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through Him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death,
nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present,
nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ
Jesus our LORD.

Prayer:
My Lord Jesus,
Your love is so vast and so awesome that I cannot begin to comprehend it.
No matter what, You care deeply for me. Help me to accept Your love
even if I cannot fully understand it. In Your holy name I pray. Amen.

February 15

Quote:
The Lord God fashioned us for mighty ends, and nothing
less than following that for which He made us can heal
our restlessness of heart. ~ Arthur John (A. J.) Gossip

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of
God he created him; male and female he created them.

Prayer:
My Creator,
Give me the direction I need and a heart of obedience that
I fulfill my destiny. May I seek after Your will for my life that
mighty ends may be accomplished. Amen.