Basic Scripture for Today 4th SEPTEMBER 2025 Prayer points and Declarations

Basic Scripture for Today 4th SEPTEMBER 2025 Prayer points and Declarations

BASIC SCRIPTURES FOR TODAY: 4TH SEPTEMBER 2025

JAMES 2:14-22 (NKJV)

14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,
16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?
17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!
20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?
22 Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?

PROVERBS 14:1-4 (NKJV)

1 The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish pulls it down with her hands.
2 He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord, But he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.
3 In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, But the lips of the wise will preserve them.
4 Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; But much increase comes by the strength of an ox.

FINISH READING Today Daily Manna 4th September 2025 PROCRASTINATION IS A GRAVE OF DREAMS!

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CONTEMPLATION: THE ARCHITECTURE OF ACTIVE FAITH

Today’s scriptures provide a powerful, practical lens through which to view our Christian walk. They move faith from the realm of theory into the workshop of daily life.

James confronts us with the stark reality that true, living faith is always accompanied by action. It is not enough to simply say we have faith or to offer kind words without tangible support (v. 16). Genuine faith, like that of Abraham, is perfected—brought to its full maturity and proven genuine—by the works that accompany it (v. 22). Even demons have intellectual belief (v. 19), but only a transformed heart produces a transformed life.

Proverbs 14 complements this by giving us a domestic and agricultural picture. The wise person is a builder, using their words, actions, and upright character to construct a life of stability and blessing (“builds her house”). The foolish person, through perverse ways and prideful speech, actively tears down what God intends to build (v. 1-3). Verse 4 delivers a profound truth: a clean, quiet, and effortless life (a clean trough) might be comfortable, but it produces no increase. Increase requires investment, effort, and sometimes mess. True faith rolls up its sleeves and gets involved in the messy work of building God’s kingdom.

Together, these passages call us to a faith that works, builds, and labors—a faith that gets its hands dirty for the sake of love and increase.

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PRAYER POINTS FOR 4TH SEPTEMBER 2025

1. Prayer for an Active Faith: Father, save me from a passive, intellectual faith. ignite in me a faith that moves my hands and feet to action. Let my beliefs be evidenced by my deeds (James 2:17).

2. Prayer for Compassionate Action: Lord, when I encounter need, move me beyond pious words to practical provision. Give me a heart that cannot say “be warmed and filled” without also giving the means to be so (James 2:16).

3. Prayer for a Builder’s Spirit: Make me wise, O God. Help me to be a builder of my home, my relationships, and my community. Show me how to construct with wisdom, love, and integrity today (Proverbs 14:1).

4. Prayer Against Self-Sabotage: Reveal to me, Lord, any foolish ways in me—any prideful speech, negative words, or destructive habits—that I am using to tear down what You are building in my life (Proverbs 14:1, 3).

5. Prayer for the Fear of the Lord: Root my life in the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom. Let my uprightness be a testimony of my reverence for You (Proverbs 14:2).

6. Prayer for Wise Speech: Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord. Let my words be wise, preserving me and building up those who hear them. Let no foolish or prideful word be found on my lips (Proverbs 14:3).

7. Prayer for Diligence and Increase: Father, give me the strength to embrace the “mess” of productive work. I choose the “strength of the ox” and the “much increase” over the empty comfort of a “clean trough.” Save me from a lazy faith (Proverbs 14:4).

8. Prayer for Faith that Pleases God: Like Abraham, I ask for the grace to obey even when it doesn’t make sense. Let my works perfect my faith, proving my trust in You and justifying my witness before others (James 2:21-22).

9. Prayer for Discernment: Help me to discern between dead faith (demonic belief) and living faith (transformative trust) in my own life. Let my life be a continual display of living faith (James 2:18-19).

10. Prayer for Productive Labor: I consecrate my work—my hands, my mind, my strength—to You today. Let my labor be fruitful and bring a “much increase” that glorifies Your name (Proverbs 14:4).

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DECLARATIONS FOR 4TH SEPTEMBER 2025

11. I DECLARE: My faith is alive and active. It is demonstrated through my compassionate actions and practical love for others.

12. I DECLARE: I am a builder, not a destroyer. I use my words and actions to build up my house, my family, and my community in wisdom and strength.

13. I DECLARE: I reject a faith of empty words. My faith is proven genuine by the works I do in obedience to God’s Word.

14. I DECLARE: I walk in the fear of the Lord and in uprightness. My life is a testimony that I honor and reverence God in all my ways.

15. I DECLARE: My lips speak wisdom and life. My words preserve me, encourage others, and bring glory to God. The rod of pride has no place in my mouth.

16. I DECLARE: I embrace productive work and divine increase. I am not afraid of the effort or the mess required to build what God has called me to build.

17. I DECLARE: My faith is working together with my actions. Like Abraham, I am justified by my obedient works which perfect my faith.

18. I DECLARE: I have a living faith that transforms circumstances, not a dead faith that merely talks about God.

19. I DECLARE: I am wise. I make choices that lead to construction, growth, and increase, not destruction and lack.

20. I DECLARE: Today, I will put my faith into action. I will look for opportunities to serve, give, and build. My life will be a visible display of the invisible reality of my faith in Christ.

In Jesus’ Mighty Name, Amen.