Christ suffered in the flesh. By god’s grace I also am crucified with Christ; I no longer live but Christ lives in me, so I have ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of my time in the flesh, no longer for human passions but for the will of God. I am tempered and sober minded  by the word of God and the presence of the Holy Spirit. By gods grace I love others. I show hospitality. I use the gifts of God to serve others. I pray that when I speak, the words will be the very words of God. I pray that I serve by the strength of God in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus, the Christ, alive in me.

Today I humble myself under the mighty hand of God. I cast all my cares on him for he cares for me. I resist the devil, firm in my faith, knowing that the God of all grace who has called me to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself  restore, confirm, strengthen and establish me.