Church of the Holy Apostles

Just for Today

Lord, for tomorrow and its needs,
I do not pray;
Keep me, my God, from stain of sin
Just for today.

Let me both diligently work,
and duly pray.
Let me be kind in word and deed,
Just for today.

Let me be slow to do my will,
Prompt me to obey;
Help me to sacrifice myself
Just for today.

And if today my tide of life
Should ebb away,
Give me thy Sacraments divine,
Sweet Lord, today.

So for tomorrow and its needs
I do not pray,
But keep me, guide me, love me, Lord,
Just for today.

Saint Augustine's Prayer Book

How Easy Lord

How easy for me to live with you, O Lord!
How easy for me to believe in you!
when my mind parts in bewilderment or falters,
when the most intelligent people see no further
than the days end and do not know
what must be done tomorrow,
You grant me the serene certitude
that you exist and that you will take care
that not all paths of good be closed,
Atop a ridge of earthly fame,
I look back in wonder at the path
which I alone could never have found,
a wonderous path through despair to this point
from which I, too, could transmit
to mankind a reflection of your rays.
and as much as I must reflect
You will give me.
but as much as I cannot take up
You will have already assigned to others.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Love

John 15:12-17: "My command is
this: Love each other as I have
loved you" (v. 12)

Thank you, Lord, for your written word
that tells of your everlasting love for us.
Help us to communicate your love to
others.

A Cup of Water

Mark 9:33-41: "I tell you the
truth, anyone who gives you a
cup of water in my name because
you belong to Christ will certainly
not lose his reward" (v. 41)

Grant a special blessing, Lord, on those
who give comfort to people whose lives
are measured in days and hours.

God's Temple

1 Cor. 3:16-17: "Don't you know
that yourselves are God's temple
and that God's spirit lives in you?
If anyone destroys God's temple,
God will destroy him; for God's
temple is sacred, and you are
that temple."

It is an awesome thought, Lord that
our body is your temple. Help us to
keep it fit for your dwelling.

Hope

Prov. 15:30 "A cheerful look
brings joy to the heart, and good
news gives health to the bones."

Thank you, Lord, for the opertunity to
give good news to others. Help us to
bring hope with a cheerful countenance
when the news is less good.

Sword PC Bible Study Tools

Download the Sword Project PC Bible from The CrossWire Society. The Sword Reader features a 3 window viewer that allows you to display your Bibles in one window, your commentaries in another and your dictionaries and lexicons in another. There is a Personal Commentary for keeping notes of your Bible Study tied to a specific Bible chapter, full Greek and Hebrew lexicons tied to Interlinear Bibles and a great word or phrase search tool. The Sword is easy to download and start using and is absolutely free to end users.

To Download:

Please follow these instructions carefully:

You must install the Reader before installing the modules

Shut down all other programs on your PC aside from your web browser.

Click once on the Sword Reader button below.

Choose to Run the Program (Do not choose Save the File).

Accept all of the defaults for the Reader. It will download the main reader, the AKJV Bible, your Personal Commentary and Nave's Topical Index. The first install program will download the files and once you hit finish, will launch the software install program on your machine. Again, accept the defaults, this is important for your next step in loading the additional modules.

Read and accept the license. This is a free, open license to use the software.

A Read Me file will open. Read the file and the warning on privacy, especially if you are outside of the USA. Close the window.

The Install Manager will launch, you will not need this for this install so close the Install Manager window.

Click finish and return to this window.

Now install the modules:

Click on any of the Sword Module Pack buttons below -- Choose to Run the Program.

Read and accept the license and please remember to pick the default file locations.

Pick the Default or Custom install. Custom lets you pick all of the modules you want.

Install downloads and places the files in the correct directories.

Next time you run Sword the modules will automatically install.

	Interlinear Greek New Testament, International Standard Version Bible, King James Version of 1611 w/ Strong's Numbers, Brown Driver Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, Smith's Bible Dictionary, Strong's Greek and Hebrew Bible Dictionary, Barnes' New Testament Notes, Adam Clark's Commentary on the Bible, Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary, Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
	1965 Bible in Basic English, World English Bible, 1898 Young's Literal Translation, Thayer's Greek Lexicon, R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook, Jamison Fausset Brown Bible Commentary, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Ed., John Wesley's Notes on the Bible, C. H. Spurgeon's Treasury of David, Jonathan Bagster's Daily Light on the Daily Path, C. H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening: Daily Readings
	International Standard Bible Encyclopedia