Bless This

Father God,

Bless this new day that You have granted me. 

Bless this new week that You have laid before me.

Bless this fresh year that You have ordained. 

Let it be used for Your glory. 

Amen, let it be. 

Love

God, help me to understand what Your love truly is.

Jesus, help me to understand how You loved while You walked this earth.

Holy Spirit, help me to understand who, when, and where I am called to love. 

Give me opportunities to show love. 

Amen, let it be. 

Jesus, My Friend

Jesus, help me to recognize You as my friend. Enable me to draw closer to You that I may gain the benefits of being Your friend and so I may become more like You. 

Amen, let it be. 

Your Vision

Lord, show me Your vision for my life.

Countless times in my life You have had to shake me and wake me from my slumber. You were pursuing me long before I even recognized You.

Even after I was introduced to You I did not accept You as my Savior.

And even after I accepted You as my Savior and You covered me with Your mercy, love, and grace, I did not follow You.

Today, You are my Lord as well as my Savior. You are the One I seek and the One that I follow. Yet in the cloudiness of my life I struggle.

Today, open my eyes and lift the fog that surrounds me, clear my path and remove the obstacles that lie before me.

Amen, let it be.

Daily Decisions

My Father God, every day I have choices that must be made. Every day multiple decision lie before me. Some are minuscule. Some are difficult. Some matter very little. Some are simple. Some affect others. Some are painful. Some change affect the future. 

Holy Spirit, every day I have choices that must be made. Every day multiple decision lie before me. Give me the wisdom to think through my words and actions. Give me the desernment to recognize right and wrong. Give me the strength to follow Your will and Your way. Give me grace when I fail. 

Amen, let it be. 

Called To Perfection

Father God, you call me to perfection - sanctification - in You. You call me to something that is far beyond what I can achieve on my own. I know that You call me to something that I an not achieve - can not attain - on my own so that I will seek You out in the desperate moments of life - moments when I am face-to-face with temptation and there seems to be no way out.

Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 10:13 that no temptation will overtake me - only that which is common to man, and that You are faithful to me in these times - that You will not let me tempted beyond what I can bear - and that You will always provide a way so that I can stand up under the stress of these temptations that I am faced with.

Holy Spirit, fill me now. Do not allow temptation to have a grasp on me any longer. Fill me with the knowledge - like never before - that You are with me and that You have provided the strength I need to stand up under the temptations that I am faced with now - and the temptations that I will face throughout this day.

Jesus, let Your promises remain on my mind and in my heart. Lead me, once again into the perfect life that You have called me to live. When I am faced with temptation to sin, remind me that You expect me to obey You always.

Amen, let it be.