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Delivered and Preserved

Titus 1; 2 Timothy 4

Thank you, Father, for grace, mercy, and peace from you, my God, and from you, Lord Jesus, my Savior. I am your bond servant, and a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ in accord with the faith you have gifted me with, as one elected by you.

By your grace, and through your indwelling power, I live in godliness and hope. By Christ’s life, death, and resurrection, I am blameless, not selfish or quick tempered, not given to alcohol, violence, or greed.

Instead, led by your Holy Spirit, I am hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober minded, just, holy, and tempered for all circumstances. I know and hold to good doctrine and live in truth with you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

I am watchful in all things. I endure afflictions with hope. I do the work of an evangelist. I fulfill the ministry you have given me. You, great God and father, deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for your heavenly kingdom.

Thoroughly Equipped

2 Timothy 2&3

You warned me, Father, that all who desire to live Godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution; that evil men and imposters will grow worse and worse and deceive many, while being deceived themselves.

I, by your grace and mercy, will continue in the things I have learned from you, Father, and my mind will stay renewed by your word and by very personal communion with you, Holy Spirit.

I am diligent to present myself to you as an approved worker who is not ashamed, but instead, one who has studied, and listened, and remained humble before you, Father; a workmen who can rightly divide your truth, and who avoids vain babbling and foolish spiteful talk.

The solid foundation of your inspired scripture keeps my heart and mind on and in Christ Jesus. You, Father, know I am yours. By your word and person, oh Lord, I am your man, complete and thoroughly equipped for every good work. 

Rich with Peace and Joy

2 Timothy 1; 1 Timothy 6

Good morning, Father, I thank you for the gift of your Holy Spirit, who dwells in me. Rise up, Spirit of God, and take charge of every part of me. You are the very power and love of God, and you have hold of my mind, and you fill me with the courage of Christ.

Today I pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness. I fight the good fight of faith, and I lay hold of eternal life, to which you called me.

By your grace and love, I am content and Godly. I know that this present life is fleeting and should not be based on acquiring stuff. I came into this life with nothing, and it is certain that when I leave this life, I leave all the “stuff” behind.

What goes with me forever is who I was in Christ, and what you did with me and for me, Father. Therefore, I am free of the love of money. I do not trust in uncertain riches. I trust in you, Father, the Living God. You fill me with eternal, all valuable fruit, straight from your presence in me and your communion with me. You make me rich with peace and joy. 

Guard Over My Heart and Mind

2 Thessalonians 2&3; Philippians 4

Hallelujah, thank you, Father, that you are faithful, and you establish me in your kingdom, and you guard me from the evil one. You direct my heart into your divine love and into the patience and character of Christ Jesus.

I give thanks always to you, Father, because from the beginning, you chose me for salvation through sanctification by your Holy Spirit and belief in the truth to which you called me by your gospel. Now I am filled with your person and live in the glory of your presence.

Thereby, I stand fast and hold to the truth and life of your holy word. You, Lord Jesus, and you, Heavenly Father, have loved me from the beginning, and through you, I have everlasting consolation, and good hope by your grace. You, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, comfort my heart and establish me in every good word and work.

Your living word fills me and flows through me, and you, Lord, are glorified. You deliver me from unreasonable and wicked people, and from deceptive situations. You guard over my heart and mind. Thank you, Father. 

Eternal, Living Hope

1 Thessalonians 5

Thank you, Father, that you, the God of Peace, will, yourself, sanctify me completely; my whole spirit, soul, and body will be preserved blameless at the coming of my Lord Jesus Christ. You, Father, are faithful, and you will do all this.

For you, Father, did not appoint me for your wrath, but you determined me to obtain salvation through faith in Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, and your Messiah.

Therefore, I no longer live in darkness. I am a son of light, your child, a child of the day. I do not sleep in my faith as some do, instead I watch, and I am sober. I put on the breast plate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the truth of your sweet salvation, my eternal, living hope.

It Pleased the Father

Colossians 1; John 14

Lord Jesus, in your life and in your word, I see the image of our invisible, heavenly Father. It pleased the Father that, in you, all the fullness of God dwelt.

Through your life and sacrifice as God in the flesh, you reconciled all that is yours back to you. You made peace through your blood on your cross.

Now each of us, who were once alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, are reconciled in the body of your flesh through death, and made holy and blameless and above reproach in your sight.

Father, now I know the riches of your will and your means for my salvation and transformation. Your will is for me to see Christ and believe in him as Lord and all and all.

Your means is to give me a new nature and make me a new man by filling me with your Holy Spirit. Now I live in your divine glory, Father, because you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, make your abode in me.

Conveyed

Colossians 1; Ephesians 2; Colossians 1

I know from your word, Father, that it is your will for me to have everlasting life, and to be raised up by Jesus, your Christ, at the last day.

I know I am saved by your grace, Father, through faith. All of that is a gift from you. My salvation is a sovereign, supernatural act effected by your Holy Spirit indwelling me and bringing a new man, with your nature, to life in my carnal body.

Now, led by your spirit day by day and thought by thought, I walk worthy of you, Father, and I am fully pleasing to you, and fruitful in every good work that you ordained for me to walk in.

I am strengthened with all might, by your glorious power and presence. I am patient and filled with joy.

I give thanks to you, Father, for qualifying me to be a partaker of the inheritance of the Saints in your kingdom of light. You have delivered me from the power of darkness and conveyed me into the kingdom of the Son of your love. In him, I have redemption, through his blood, the forgiveness of sins. 

To Do and To Be

Philippians 4&3

Thank you, Father, that, according to your riches and glory, you supply all I need to do the things and to be the man you desire. Thereby, I am able to do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Whether I abound or suffer need, I have learned to be content. My eyes are on the prize of your upward call in Christ Jesus, Father. I press on toward that goal. I forget those things that are behind, and I press toward that goal.

I press on into your salvation which is mine through the finished work of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior. My citizenship is in heaven. I eagerly wait on the day of my Lord, when my lowly body will be transformed and conformed to his glorious body.

Therefore, I stand fast. I rejoice always in you, my Lord. You have converted me, and you are always at my hand. 

My Mind and My Nature

Philippians 2

Thank you, Father, that I am filled with the gift of your indwelling Holy Spirit. My mind is renewed, and my nature is new. You, Holy Spirit, have my mind. I take on the position of a bond servant. I am humble and obedient. My tongue confesses that Jesus Christ is Lord of my life and that that is glorious.

I pay attention to my salvation. I take my relationship with you, Father, through your spirit, very seriously, and you work in me so that my will and my action serve you and please you.

I am your child, Father, born from above, by your sovereign will and grace, through faith in Jesus as your Messiah. In Christ, I walk, without fault, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation. Indwelt with your presence, I shine like a light in the world, holding fast to your living word and rejoicing today in Christ, and rejoicing that there will be, when you decree, a day of Christ when all that is yours is made right and holy.

In Everyway

Philippians 1

Holy Spirit, take charge of me today that, in knowledge and all discernment, your love will abound in me, and I will live in the excellence of Christ Jesus. I am filled with the fruits of righteousness to the glory and praise of you, great God, my Heavenly Father.

I am confident in your faithfulness and your ways, Father. I know you have begun a good work in me, and I know you will complete that work right on into eternity with Christ Jesus.

Things happen in my life, and I know those circumstances further the gospel in me and testify to those around me, so that, in every way, in word or action, Christ Jesus is preached in and by my life.

Today, in Christ, my conduct is worthy of your gospel, Father. I stand fast in one spirit, with one mind, working together in faith, not fearful of the evil one or the foolishness of the lost. Their beliefs and resulting actions just prove perdition. Your truth testifies to me the power of your salvation.