1 Corinthians 6; John 17; 1 Peter 2; Philippians 3; Ephesians 2; Job 1 & 2

Good morning, Lord, I love you, and I praise you. I bow before you. Thank you for your love for me and your call on my life. I belong to you. I have been bought with a price. I am no longer my own.

I thank you, Lord, that now I belong to you. I am in this world but no longer of it. I can enjoy your creation and my life in the flesh, but I do not take this life too seriously because my actual home is in heaven with you.

Here, on this earth, I am a pilgrim and a sojourner. But by your grace and decree, I am actually a citizen of heaven, a member of your household.

I came into this world with nothing, and I leave it, when you ordain, with nothing. You, Lord, give, and you take away. From you, I accept good and sometimes adversity. In all cases, I bless your holy, sovereign, merciful name.