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O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things innumerable are there, living things both small and great. There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it. These all look to you to give them their food in due season; when you give to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things. When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. When you send forth your spirit, they are created;and you renew the face of the ground. May the glory of the Lord endure for ever; may the Lord rejoice in his works— who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke. I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord. Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more.Bless the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord! (Psalm 104:24-35b)
My prayer for Pentecost Sunday is that it would begin today! My prayer is that today be a day filled with the power of God in our lives in ways that transform us for the better. I would pray that every house who praises God be rocked with the awesomeness of God in ways that bless the neighborhoods in which these homes are. And I would pray that the Holy Spirit presence and praise be carried into our churches in ways that the cobwebs on our souls be dusted right off, and a newness of heart and joy be ours. May a routine Sunday (whatever that is/was) be gone forever. Let the prayer of the little boy who asked loudly during prayer time be fulfilled with "more smiling faces!" on us first, and our neighbors in worship next. May the dryness of our souls for the things of God be renewed with the living waters of Jesus; granting us new eyes and ears, strengthening our hands to reach out in love and service to those around us. This could be the start of a new day for Christ's church.
PRAYER: Come Holy Spirit and fill our hearts. We pray You kindle in us the fire of Your love. May Your Spirit renew us and the face of the earth. Grant us Your wisdom by Your instruction as we seek to worship and praise You, and be at work for You in the world. This is our prayer in Christ Jesus our Lord, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord. Smile more today. It's contagious.
Eradio Valverde
P.S. Dear friends, a new chapter in our lives makes it necessary for ConCafe to take a vacation for a few days as we move from Corpus Christi to our new home. We thank you for your faithfulness to this ministry; your prayers, comments, thoughts, and love. We ask you pray for our safe move and for grace for the new days of new opportunities. God is faithful and we seek to be faithful and fruitful for the Lord. Love you all, Eradio & Nellie Valverde.
