Jeremiah 9 &1; 1 Peter 1; Jeremiah 17

I thank you, Father, that through your scripture and your indwelling spirit, you have given me some understanding and knowledge of you, not just intellectual facts but also personal communion and love from you and for you. I glory in that, Father. I delight in you and your friendship and lordship.

You, Father, exercise loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. You knew me before you formed me in the womb. Before I was born, you sanctified me and ordained me as an instrument in your kingdom.

You delivered me from bondage to sin and set me into Christ’s body, the church, to grow, and to root out, and to build and plant, to water and to encourage.

I trust in you, and I am blessed. My hope is in you, Lord, and it is a living hope. I am like a tree planted by the waters. My roots are spread out. I do not fear when the heat comes; my leaf stays green. I am not anxious about “what if”, and I continue to bear fruit.