2 Timothy 2; John 6; 2 Timothy 2&3

Good morning, Father, today I am diligent to present myself to you as a worker who need not be ashamed, one who has studied your word and communed with your Holy Spirit. A person who can rightly divide and understand and be matured by your word of truth.

I shun profane and idle babblings. They just lead to ungodliness and confusion. They waste time and overthrow faith.

You are almighty and sovereign, Father, and I live in faith on that foundation. You know those who are yours. Everyone who is yours, will come to faith and surrender to Jesus, and our Lord Jesus will cast none of them out. All who were yours will depart from iniquity.

In your kingdom, there are people with all kinds of past and potential. Some live honorably, others dishonorably. But all those who are yours, Father, will be cleansed and become honorable and useful to you in every good work.

Our past, even if nasty and lost, does not stop us if we are chosen by you, because you are our redeemer. You bring us to our senses. You grant us repentance, and you bring us to new life. We become your people, complete and thoroughly equipped for every good work.