Psalm 71; 1 Corinthians 1; Romans 3,5,6,8, & 10

Father, hallelujah, my mouth tells of your righteousness, and I revel in your salvation all the day.

You have taught me from my youth, and I always declare your wondrous work. Now as I am older and grey headed, you stay with me. You fill me with wisdom, righteousness, redemption, and sanctification so that I may declare your strength to this generation and tell of your power to all who come to listen.

I have sinned and fallen short of your glory, Father, but you have provided a righteousness for me apart from obeying the law. You have given me righteousness through faith in Jesus as your Messiah and my savior.

You showed me your love for me in that, even while I was lost in sin and self, Christ died for me. The wages for my sin was death, but you, Father, through Christ Jesus, as my Lord, gave me the gift of eternal life.

Now, because I am in Christ, there is no longer condemnation for me. The law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has sent me free from the law of sin and death.

Now I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord, and I know you, Father, raised Christ Jesus from the dead, and so, I know I am saved. 

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.

Psalm 36&37

Dear God, your loving kindness is precious. All of us who are yours put our trust under the shadow of your wings. We are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of your house. You give us to drink from the river of your pleasures for you have the fountain of life, in your light, we see light.

I trust in you, Father, and your good spirit works within me. I dwell where you have planted me, and I feed on your word and commune with your spirit. I delight myself in your salvation and gospel, and you give me the desires of my new born heart.

I commit my life to you, Father, day by day, and I trust in you. You bring forth your kingdom in me. You clothe me with the righteousness of Jesus, your Christ and my Lord. Your mercy and truth shine in me and for me, like a bright noonday light.

I rest in you, Lord, and I live in patient hope, with joy inexpressible and full of your glory. I have ceased from anger, and I have forsaken wrath. Now, hallelujah, and forever, I do not fret.

Psalm 33

I rejoice in you, Father. I praise you with melody and song. I sing a new song, and I shout for joy.

Your word, oh Lord, is right. You are all truth. You love righteousness and justice. The earth is full of your goodness.

The heavens were made by your word and all things by the breath of your mouth. Let the earth and all the inhabitants fear you and stand in awe of you.

Father, you have your eye on all of us who fear you, all of us who put our hope in your mercy.

You deliver my soul from death, and you feed me even in times of famine.

My soul is renewed and redeemed and joined with you now, Father. You are my life and my shield. My heart rejoices in you, and I trust in your holy name.

Your mercy is on me, and my hope is strong and sweet.

Psalm 2

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take council together against you, Lord, and against your Anointed. The nations rage, and people plot vain things.

But you, Father, sit in heaven and laugh. You hold them in derision. You speak to them in your wrath. You torment them in your deep displeasure.

Now, for those who are yours, you have decreed salvation. You have sent your only begotten son, and you have given him the nations for an inheritance. All the earth is his possession. He will break the rebellious with a rod of iron. He will dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.

However, you, Lord, in mercy and love, have brought me to my senses. You have opened my eyes that I can see you as Almighty God, and you have granted me repentance, and a new heart for you.

Now I have wisdom to see things as you see them, Father. I learned from your teachers. I serve the Lord Jesus with reverent fear, and I rejoice with honor and thanksgiving to Jesus as my Lord and your Christ, Father. I am blessed because my trust is in you! 

Mark 12; Galatians 2; Mark 12

Father, in obedience to your word, I render unto the government and the custom around me those worldly things that are of the world, but to you, Lord, I give what is yours. I give my heart, my attention, my obedience. I give my trust and my needs to you, for you, Father, are God. You are the one, and there is no other.

Today, by your grace, filled with your word and led by your Holy Spirit, I love you with all my heart and mind and soul and strength, and I love my neighbor as myself. I don’t always do that perfectly, but I do it purposefully, and you, Lord Jesus, perfect me in it and advocate for me when I fail.

By your grace and mercy, I am your son, Father, and I am a part of your kingdom now and forever. I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless, I live, because now Christ lives in me and loves me. You, Father, are the God of the Living.

Proverbs 3&2

Lord Jesus, in you, I have found wisdom, and I have gained understanding. Your divine wisdom is better than profits of silver or gold. Your wisdom in me, oh Lord, is better than rubies. Nothing else I could desire compares to your wisdom within me.

Your wisdom, Lord, enters my heart, and is pleasant to my soul. Discretion preserves me, and understanding keeps me and delivers me from evil.

I study your word, oh Lord, and it stays in my heart and mouth. My heart keeps your commands. Length of days and long life and peace become a part of me.

Mercy and truth fill me and hold onto me. I wear them like a garment. I write them on my heart. I live and commune with you, Father, as the apple of your eye. 

Ephesians 2; Mark 5&4; 1 Corinthians 6; Hebrews 13

Father, thank you for your grace and the gift of faith through which I am saved. Your faith in me has made me well. I go in peace, and I am safe from my afflictions. I am not afraid for I believe.

There was a time when I was slave to sin and self. I was not in my right mind, and I was untamed. By your word and your Holy Spirit, you spoke to me, Father, and I was set free of my chains and shackles, and given your divine nature.

By your atonement, Lord Jesus, I was cleansed of sin and clothed in your righteousness.

Now, I go home, and I tell my friends and any who want to listen to hear what great things you have done for me, Lord. You have had compassion on me. You have touched me, Lord.

Now I have peace, Lord Jesus, because I know you care for me. I am filled with faith because I know you are Lord of all creation and of eternity. I am not fearful because I belong to you, Lord Jesus. You bought me at a price, and you will never leave me or forsake me. 

Psalm 69; 1 John 1; Psalm 69

Hallelujah, Lord, your loving kindness is good. I was in trouble, and you did not hide your face from me. Instead, you heard me, and you came near to me. You took hold of my soul, and you redeemed it. You delivered me from my one real enemy, who was my selfish, sinful self.

You know my shame and my dishonor. My heart was broken and full of heaviness, but you granted me repentance. I confessed my sin, and you, Father, were faithful and just to forgive my sin and to cleanse me from all unrighteousness.

You delivered me out of the mire. Your salvation cleansed me and comforted me. You set me on high. I praise you, Father. I lift up your name, and I sing of your love and mercy for me and all those who are yours. I magnify you with Thanksgiving. 

Matthew 23; John 1

Father, I know that you longed to gather your children together like a hen would gather her chicks under her wings, but many people were not willing. I am willing, Lord. By grace you have given me a measure of faith, and I believe and receive Jesus as the Messiah and my Lord and Savior.

You have given me the right to become your child, Father. I have been born again, this time not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man. No, this second birth is by your will, Father, and I am thankful.

You have shown me Jesus. I see he is the light and the life. He is your lamb, Father. He is the propitiation of my selfish, stubborn sin. He has baptized me with your Holy Spirit. Now I am alive forevermore and reconciled to you, Father. I live in your mercy and grace.

I have found you, Lord, the one of whom the prophets wrote. I follow you, Lord Jesus, and I see heavenly, angelic things.