Daniel Gafford

Life verse

Proverbs 11:2 (NIV84)
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

Ecclesiastes 7:5 (NIV84)
It is better to heed a wise man's rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.

Be satisfied in God

Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 (NIV84)
Then I realized that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in his toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him—for this is his lot.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

Ecclesiastes 5:7 (NIV84)
Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore stand in awe of God.

I need people

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (HCSB)
Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts.

Psalm 63:3-4

Psalm 63:3-4 (HCSB)
My lips will glorify You because Your faithful love is better than life.

Overwhelming Worship

2 Chronicles 5:13-14 (HCSB)
The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the Lord with one voice. They raised [their] voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the Lord: For He is good; His faithful love endures forever. The temple, the Lord's temple, was filled with a cloud.

A brand newlife

Colossians 3:1 (HCSB)
So if you have been raised with the Messiah, seek what is above, where the Messiah is, seated at the right hand of God.

Daily prayer

Psalm 25:4-5 (NIV84)
Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths;

The Word of the Lord

Psalm 19:7-10 (HCSB)
The instruction of the Lord is perfect, renewing one's life; the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy, making the inexperienced wise.

Psalm 19:14

Psalm 19:14 (HCSB)
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.

Key to effective prayer

Ecclesiastes 5:7 (ESV)
For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; but God is the one you must fear.

Re-think prayer

Ecclesiastes 5:2 (HCSB)
Do not be hasty to speak, and do not be impulsive to make a speech before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.

A prayerfull community

Acts 1:14 (HCSB)
All these were continually united in prayer, along with the women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and His brothers.

When to pray - 24/7

Psalm 88:1 (HCSB)
Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out before You day and night.

Certainty and assurance in prayer

Psalm 55:16-17 (HCSB)
But I call to God, and the Lord will save me.

Luke 11:9

Luke 11:9 (HCSB)
"So I say to you, keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

Psalm 73:26

Psalm 73:26 (NIV)
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Importance of community

Hebrews 10:24-25 (NIV)
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,

Hebrews 10:22-23

Hebrews 10:22-23 (NIV)
let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.

Psalm 71:17-18

Psalm 71:17-18 (NIV)
Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.

Hope

Lamentations 3:21-26 (HCSB)
Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:

Find a mentor, be a mentor

Hebrews 6:12 (HCSB)
so that you won't become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.

Soak up His rain

Hebrews 6:7 (HCSB)
For ground that has drunk the rain that has often fallen on it and that produces vegetation useful to those it is cultivated for receives a blessing from God.

Acts 2:42

Acts 2:42 (NIV)
They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.