1 Corinthians 15

Thank you, Father, for declaring your gospel to me. I have received your word, and I stand in it. I hold fast to your scriptures, and I am born again, by the word of your gospel, your incorruptible seed.

I know Christ Jesus died for my sins according to the scripture, and he was buried, and he rose again on the third day according to the scripture.

Then he was seen by Peter and by other apostles, and then by hundreds of people, and by his brothers. Then later, he was seen by Paul, who was convinced, convicted, and changed from persecutor to preacher

Now I know that Christ is risen from the dead and is the first fruits of those who have died. As in Adam, all shall die, even so, in Christ, all shall be made alive.

But there is an order: Christ and the first fruits, afterward, those who are in Christ at his return. Then comes the end when the Lord Jesus delivers the kingdom to you, Father. When he puts an end to all evil, to all rule and all authority and power.

Christ Jesus will put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy, he destroys his death. Then he will submit all things, including himself, to you, Father, that you, Almighty God will be all in all. 

1 Corinthians 12&13

Thank you, Father, that I am a member of Christ’s body here on earth, his organized presence to minister the gospel to the world, and to teach and care for all people who are yours.

You, Father, have set me in that body exactly where and how it pleases you. There are many members, yet one body.

Each member is baptized into Christ’s body by your Holy Spirit, Father, and we have been made to drink into one spirit.

Holy Spirit, you are a gift to me from God, our father. You dwell in me and gift me with divine gifts as the Father appoints for me. Your gifts, Holy Spirit, are a part of me and are meant to profit all people who are yours.

Whatever gifts you manifest in me, Lord, they must be enjoyed and served in humility and love, otherwise they are futile and just noise.

By your grace, Father, I can be faith filled and wise and generous, but if I do not serve and pray and see in love, there is no eternal benefit.

In Christ, faith, hope, and love are a part of me, but the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 9&10

Father, my desire, my aim, is to run the race you set before me in faith; to obtain the prize of your good pleasure.

I seek an imperishable crown. I fight with faith and your word. I discipline my body and bring it into subjection to your way and your word.

I have been baptized into the Lord Jesus. I have eaten your spiritual food and drunk your spiritual drink. I have drunk from the Spiritual Rock, and that Rock is you, Lord Jesus. You are my food and drink, and now, with you, I never thirst.

I am filled with and led by your Holy Spirit, Lord, and I do not lust after evil things. I do not worship idols. I flee sexual immorality. I do not murmur or complain. I am humble. I know it is easy to get prideful, and pride will trip me to fall.

Now, filled with wisdom from your spirit and your word, I know that no temptation will come to me that is not common and recognizable. And I know, Father, that you are faithful, and you love me, and with every temptation, you will make a way for me to escape and obey you.

I will be able, by your grace and mercy, Lord, to bear the test and respond with obedience and faith. 

1 Corinthians 6; 2 Corinthians 4

Hallelujah! I belong to you, Father. I have been bought by you with a price. I am no longer my own, therefore, I glorify you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in my body. I flee sexual immorality.

My body is your temple, Holy Spirit. You are a gift to me from our father, and I am led by you and filled with your presence.

I am washed, and I am sanctified. I am justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by you, Holy Spirit.

So now I am free in Christ. All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful. All things are lawful, but I will not be brought under the power of any. My body is now for you, Lord, and you take care of my body. You raised up the Lord Jesus, and you will raise me by that same power

My body is a member of Christ Jesus. While I am in my flesh, I am on earthen vessel filled with the treasure of your spirit, Father, that the excellence of your divine power will witness to you and glorify you. It’s not me, Lord; it is you and the glory of the face of Jesus Christ!

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. 

1 Corinthians 3

Thank you, Father, for the people in my life who witnessed your gospel to me. They planted, and they watered, but it is your divine power that gave the life, the increase.

Now I am your temple, Father. Your Holy Spirit dwells in me. My foundation is Jesus Christ ‘s atoning sacrifice and righteous life. In faith, I build on that foundation with obedience, knowledge, endurance, and virtue.

I pray, by your grace, that my faith will stand the tribulation of life in this flesh, and that my faith will overcome the world, day by day, until you call me home.

Nothing and no one can defile your work in me, Father, for you will destroy them. For by your power, as a temple of your Holy Spirit, I am holy, and I am filled with a glory, who is your presence.

I am not deceived. None of this is about my wisdom or goodness. Instead it is all about your plan and provision for me. By your grace and mercy, all is mine. In life and death, in things present and things to come, I am Christ’s, and Christ is yours, Father.

Isaiah 54; 2 Corinthians 5; Isaiah 54

In my past, I have been afflicted and tossed by sin, and by the works of the flesh, but you, Father, chose me and called me and brought me to faith in Jesus and to repentance from sin. Now I have been redeemed, and my barren life has begun to be made useful to you, Lord God.

Now you have begun to build me into your glorious temple. There is beauty like rubies and crystals in my life. The people you have used me to minister your love and your word to are taught by you, and they will live in your great peace.

In Christ, you have established for me a perfect righteousness that is mine through faith. You made him who knew no sin to be sin for me, and I became the righteousness of God in him. So by Christ Jesus, you, Father, are pleased with me. I am your beloved. So now I am free from oppression, and no terror can come near me.

In some cases, you allow a spoiler to attack and to test, but I know that no weapon formed against me can prosper, and I know that any words that come up to accuse me, you will condemn. I am, by your grace, in Christ, your righteous servant, and your peace and provision and person is my heritage.

Isaiah 54

I sing, oh Lord, even though I do not seem to have done much good with my life. In my past, I have been sinful and wasted time and let folks down.

But now I sing and cry aloud. You say you will enlarge my life. You say I will be useful to you, that my descendants will inherit.

I do not fear, for you, Father, have taken my shame and my disgrace. You have put the shame and foolishness of my past behind us. You, Lord Jesus, have paid the penalty for my sins. You remember them no more.

You, Lord, have chosen me and loved me like a husband for his bride. You are the steward of all of my life. You are the Lord of Hosts, and you have redeemed me from destruction and hell.

There have been times when you have had to chastise me for a moment and discipline me for my sin, but with great mercy, you gather me back, and with everlasting kindness, you have mercy on me.

You have made a covenant with Christ Jesus, Father, and I am in Christ, so I know your covenant will last forever. Your mercy is always on me, and your kindness never leaves me. 

1 Corinthians 1&2; Colossians 1; 1 Corinthians 2

Good morning, Heavenly Father, I glory in you and in your work in my life. You have worked my will and my work to suit you. You have placed me in Christ, and Christ is wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption for me.

Your wisdom, Lord, is your hidden wisdom, which you ordained before the ages, for your glory and for my salvation and sanctification.

In your scripture, you have made known the answer to the mystery, which is your placing of your Holy Spirit in man. A new spiritual birth. A new man, who is glorious, living in me, who will lead me and teach me and comfort me, and who will never leave me or forsake me. He is my sure hope of glory.

I have received your Holy Spirit, and through him and your scripture, I know the things that you have freely given me, Father. Your Holy Spirit reveals things to me and searches all the deep things in me and brings them into agreement with you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

You know the great, living things of God, Holy Spirit, and you make them plain to me. By your person and presence in me and for me and on me, I have the mind of Christ. 

Isaiah 53

Lord Jesus, I had gone astray. I had turned away from you and gone my own way. I was nasty and selfish. I was evil. I lied and broke vows. I hurt others physically and emotionally. I deserved punishment and death.

But, Lord, in your grace and mercy, you bore my grief. You were wounded for my transgressions, and you were bruised for my iniquities. The chastisement that should’ve been on me fell instead on you. You took the whippings that should’ve been on me, and somehow, through your mercy and love, my eternal “lostness” was healed, and I was reconciled to God, my father.

It pleased our father, to bruise you, Lord, because your perfection and righteousness were able to be a complete and perfect propitiation for the sins of me, and for all who would recognize their sin against God and confess and repent and receive you, Lord Jesus, as the payment for their justification, and who would make you the new Lord and the “forever” Lord of their life.

Yes, Father, you put Jesus to grief when you made his soul an offering for sin, but now he sees the seed, the many sons he has born into the kingdom.

By your labor and courage, Lord Jesus, many are justified, and hallelujah, I am one of them. Thank you, Lord, for your love, and for your life. I am yours, Lord, delivered, healed, and set free by your perfect atonement and your perfect life.