The Lord is Our Foundation

Though the Lord is very great and lives in heaven, he will make Jerusalem his home of justice and righteousness. In that day he will be your sure foundation, providing a rich store of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure. 
(Isaiah 33:5-6)(NLT)


The great buildings of the world take our breath away with their amazing height and striking architecture. Yet each one rests upon an unseen foundation that shoulders their immense weight. Without this foundation, the building would collapse. Likewise, the structure of our life stands secure only when it is built upon God and his precepts. Upon this sure foundation we can build a life characterized by salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. Let us exalt God through a firmly established life of reverence and obedience to him.


ETERNAL GOD, you are our sure foundation, and we build our life upon you. We praise you for granting us salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. Teach us to rest secure in your strength, knowing that you will support any burdens we have. Amen.

(from the Praise & Worship Study Bible-Tyndale House)

A Prayer for Daily Guidance

Grant us, we pray, almighty and most merciful God, fervently to desire, wisely to search out, and perfectly to fulfill all that is well-pleasing to you this day. Order our worldly condition to the glory of your Name; and, of all that you require us to do, grant us the knowledge, the desire, and the ability, that we may so fulfill it as we ought; and may our path to you, we pray, be safe, straightforward, and perfect to the end.

--Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

With All Your Heart

And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.
-Deuteronomy 6:5 (NLT)

We all have some passions in life. Why not pour your passion into God? What does that entail? Just think about the actions you take when doing something that you love.

You think about it all day. You want to spend all your time on it. You put it first above all other things.

Now channel all those actions towards God and you will see grace filter through your day leaving behind anger, guilt and selfishness.