Galatians 5; 1 Corinthians 6; 2 Corinthians 4 & 5

Thank you, lord, for your presence in me. Fill me, holy spirit, and take charge of my every thought. For I am no longer my own. I belong to the Father for I have been bought with a price.

By your grace, father, I am filled with your spirit and in communion with you. I have your presence in me like a treasure filling an earthen vessel. All that is right in me is from your power and presence, and not from my “power”.

Circumstances around me may press me but I am not crushed. I may be perplexed by this world but by your sweet fellowship and perfect promises I do not despair.

I am dead to my flesh, and to the world system because the life of Jesus manifests in my flesh. I know that you, father, who raised the Lord Jesus, will also raise me up with him and present me to yourself.

So, I am always confident knowing that while I am at home in the body I am absent from the Lord. And when absent from the body I am fully present with the lord. But, whether present or absent, father, make me pleasing to you today. For that is my aim.