Matthew 16, 18, & 6

Lord Jesus, you are the Christ, the Son of the Living God. You speak to me. You show me eternal, spiritual things. I set my mind on your words today, Lord, and not on the things of man.

Today, Lord Jesus, I follow you. I deny myself. I take up my cross, and I follow you. I’m humble before you, Lord. Like a child, I depend on you and your presence within me completely.

I hallow God, our father. I live in his kingdom as he would have it here today on this earth. I thank him today for all my daily needs. I forgive others their trespasses as God, our father, has forgiven me.

Thank you, Father, that today I am led, by your spirit, toward righteousness, and I am delivered from evil.

I do not labor to lay up treasure on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves steal, instead I lay up for myself treasure in heaven. My treasure is in God our father, and in you, Christ Jesus, my savior and my brother. My heart is with you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.