John Nunnikhoven
John Nunnikhoven is a member of The Fellowship of Ailbe and has begun working toward what, Lord willing, will become a re-awakening of the Church as a body directed into living the Kingdom in the here and now as it awaits the yet to come.
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Psalm 119:37
Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.
Lord, my mind is filled with flotsam and jetsam this morning, just bouncing from one thing to another. I need to focus solely on You and all else will fall into place. Help me, Holy Spirit, to be, in reality and figuratively, on my knees before the Lord without fail or interruption today. Keep me from being fascinated with the worthless distractions and set my priorities for me.
Today's readings in the Psalms:Morning: Psalm 113
Mid-day: 119:113-120
Evening: Psalm 39
Voices Together is available as an annual daily devotional and can be purchased at the Fellowship Of Ailbe bookstore.
Psalm 139:13-16
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
Totally incomprehensible that You knew me completely before the beginning of time, that I am part of Your complete for the Creation, in all the details of my life. I can only say, “I accept it as true for I know Your Word to be true and unfailing.” Truly Awesome!
It makes me realize that I must accept my finitude, that there are portions of reality that are completely beyond my ken. I must also accept that my inability to comprehend does not invalidate the truth of these realities, my understanding is not the tertium quid, Your Word is the Unalterable Standard.
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 112
Mid-day: 119:105-112
Evening: Psalm 38
Voices Together is available as an annual daily devotional and can be purchased at the Fellowship Of Ailbe bookstore.
Psalm 139:7-12
Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night," even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.
You are always with me, You have sent the Holy Spirit, the Comforter to be my guide and support. The only thing that comes between You and me is myself—my insistence on being my own god. Lord, use this trial to bring me into perfect maturity.
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 111
Mid-day: 119:97-104
Evening: Psalm 37
Voices Together is available as an annual daily devotional and can be purchased at the Fellowship Of Ailbe bookstore.
Psalm 139:1-6
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
You are Wisdom, You know me, my every thought before I think it, there is no hiding from you. It is beyond my comprehension to understand this, this complete knowledge of my being. Yet, Lord, I can accept it as an indication of Your love for me, Your complete care for me and my condition. You are the One who cares for me in all things, in all places, in all ways. Praise You, Lord
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 110
Mid-day: 119:89-96
Evening: Psalm 36
Voices Together is available as an annual daily devotional and can be purchased at the Fellowship Of Ailbe bookstore.
John 14:7
Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
The Promise of the Spirit! “I will send him to you” O glorious promise, fulfilled promise, the Promise of Empowerment! The Guarantee! The Promise of Presence! The promise of the Shepherd to His flock! The promise that enables me to live in the Kingdom! The Truth-giver! The Indicter and Convictor! The Teacher and Guide! The Transmitter of all Good! The Trinity indwelling in me!
Praise You, Lord Jesus for Your great gift to Your people.
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 109
Mid-day: 119:81-88
Evening: Psalm 35
Voices Together is available as an annual daily devotional and can be purchased at the Fellowship Of Ailbe bookstore.
Psalm 138:7-8
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me. (8) The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.
Lord, You have called me into Your own, not as a result of my goodness but in spite of my sin. You have redeemed me, not because of my deeds but out of Your Grace, Mercy and Love. You have set my feet upon the King's Highway to walk in Your ways, to glorify You and to perform that good work ordained for me from before the beginning of time.
Do not forsake me, my Lord and Master.
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 108
Mid-day: 119:73-80
Evening: Psalm 34
Voices Together is available as an annual daily devotional and can be purchased at the Fellowship Of Ailbe bookstore.
Psalm 138:4-6
All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O LORD, for they have heard the words of your mouth, and they shall sing of the ways of the LORD, for great is the glory of the LORD. For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.
Lord, You have blessed me beyond enumeration in every area of my life; You have restored me to You; You have given me the gift of the Comforter; You have blessed me with loving family; with a community of believers; with food, shelter and all material necessities and many of the luxuries; with a Proverbs 31 wife.
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 107
Mid-day: 119:65-72
Evening: Psalm 33
Voices Together is available as an annual daily devotional and can be purchased at the Fellowship Of Ailbe bookstore.
Psalm 137:4-6
How shall we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy!
Lord, You have laid each step that the Church needs to take to become once again that powerful and effective witness to the transforming power of Your Sacrifice. Bring us to our knees in repentance and contrition. Start with me. Bring Your Holy Fire into the SSCF. Sweep with the Broom of Revival. Lord, bless my feet.
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 102
Mid-day: 119:25-32
Evening: Psalm 28
Voices Together is available as an annual daily devotional and can be purchased at the Fellowship Of Ailbe bookstore.
Psalm 119:32
I will run in the way of your commandments when you enlarge my heart!
Lord, as the peace dissolves into the din of life, lead me and guide me, remind me constantly to be in communion with You, leaning on You and on Your Word; that this will be a day of rejoicing in Your presence, guided by Your Word as we labor together to advance your Kingdom.
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 106
Mid-day: 119:57-64
Evening: Psalm 32
Voices Together is available as an annual daily devotional and can be purchased at the Fellowship Of Ailbe bookstore.
Psalm 138:1-3
Of David. I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word. On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased.
O, Lord, when I remember to call to You, when I am willing to admit that I am powerless in my own strength for it is as a vapor, when I turn to You with thanksgiving—then You answer and fill my heart with the aroma of Your love. Thank You, my Lord and my Master.
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 1105
Mid-day: 119:49-56
Evening: Psalm 31
Voices Together is available as an annual daily devotional and can be purchased at the Fellowship Of Ailbe bookstore.
Ephesians 19:22
In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
I am being built, with others, into the temple of the Living God. I am being transformed into a dwelling place that is the Kingdom of heaven. I, together with the Church, am becoming a place where righteousness, peace and joy is the order of the day. A place where the uniform of the day is the full armor of God.
All this is through the Spirit working in and on me. Praise the Lord.
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 104
Mid-day: 119:41-48
Evening: Psalm 30
Voices Together is available as an annual daily devotional and can be purchased at the Fellowship Of Ailbe bookstore.
Psalm 137:7-9
Remember, O LORD, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, "Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!" O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us! Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!
Lord, it is good and proper to lift up all those who are assaulting Your Church. Bless them, Lord, bring them into Your Kingdom in repentance and seeking forgiveness. I pray especially for those who are promoting the great evil of Moloch, casting their children into the fires of choice and personal happiness. Remember them, Lord, bless them with transformation into Your people.
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 103
Mid-day: 119:33-40
Evening: Psalm 29
Voices Together is available as an annual daily devotional and can be purchased at the Fellowship Of Ailbe bookstore.