2 Corinthians 5; 1 Corinthians 4; Galatians 6

Thank you, Father, that by your grace, through faith, and by the person of your Holy Spirit, I am born again. I am a new creature in Christ. You have claimed me and made me a servant of my Lord Jesus and a steward of your glorious mysteries.

Now I press on to be a faithful steward. I am living much more righteously than before you converted me, but that is not what justifies me.

You were the one who judges me, Lord, and I know to judge nothing before it’s time. When you come, Lord, you will bring a light to the things hidden in darkness, and you will reveal the councils of the heart. The real praise will come from you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Everything I have of value and use and virtue comes from you, Father, through the gift of your spirit and through the word of Jesus Christ, so I am humbled. I know I have no reason to be puffed up or to boast.

God forbid that I should ever boast in anything except in your cross, Lord Jesus. By you the world has been crucified to me, and I have been crucified to the world. In Christ, I am a new creature, and it is joyous.