I’ll give thanks to you, father, for claiming me as your son, and for giving me the gift of faith. I pray now that that faith would grow abundantly in me, and that my love for you and for others would increase every day.  Fill me, Holy Spirit, and take charge of my thoughts and beliefs that I will be steadfast and faithful in all of the trials and afflictions that may come my way. Give me your power and presence so that I will stand and endure in ways that please you.

For I know there is coming a day when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels and flaming fire; inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on all those who do not obey God’s gospel. They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction away from the presence of the Lord and away from the glory of his might when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at by all who have believed, because of the preaching and testimony of the word of God.