Psalm 142; 2 Timothy 2; Psalm 143; John 10

Lord God, I was lost in sin and selfishness, yet even then, in your love and mercy, you granted me repentance, and I escaped from the trap of evil.

I was brought low. My soul was in prison, but you turned my heart and mind back to you. You brought me out of prison, and you dealt bountifully with me.

Now you hear my prayers, oh Lord. You attend to my supplications, and you are faithful to answer me.

I remember your actions and your presence in my life. I meditate on your works. I raise my hands in praise of you. You hold me, and nothing can pluck me out of your hand.

You deliver me, oh Lord, from harm. I take shelter in you. You teach me to obey and to enjoy you and your salvation. Your good Spirit leads me to an eternal place of righteousness. You have saved me, Lord. I am revived.

Romans 1 & 3

Father, I love your gospel. It is your power to salvation for everyone who believes. Your righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, and the just live by faith.

You show your person to all men through your creation. Your invisible attributes are clearly seen in all the things that were made. Your eternal power and sovereignty are so clear that all could know you are God, so any who will not see and glorify you are without excuse.

Striving so hard not to see your presence, those who will not believe and give thanks become more and more futile in their mind. They profess great wisdom and yet become obviously foolish. They are ungrateful, and their hearts are darkened. Therefore, Father, you give them up to uncleanness and give them over to their vile passions.

But to those who see you in creation and who are drawn to you in faith, you become a light in our mind. We see that your righteousness comes to each of us through faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ has justified me through faith in your gospel, Father.

James 1; Romans 9; James 1

I thank you, Father, for the good and perfect gift of your indwelling presence. Through Christ’s life and death, you provided me a righteous robe and propitiation for my sin.

Now your Holy Spirit dwells in me, and I am led to obey and serve. It is a great and perfect salvation from a lost and dying world.

Now I am brought forth from the dead by your word of truth, and my new person is a kind of firstfruit of your creation. I am humble and in awe before you, Father.

I am quick to listen to your word. I am slow to speak until I have some understanding. And I am careful not to be angered or offended by your word, for you are God. You are perfect and sovereign. You are the potter, and I am the clay.

Therefore, I lay aside all wickedness, and I receive with humility your implanted word, and your word, living in me, saves my soul.

Isaiah 60; Ephesians 1

Fear and worry are no longer heard in my heart nor is there wasting or destruction in my life. I am surrounded by the walls of your salvation, Father, and I am secure behind the gates of sure praise to you as sovereign and loving God and Redeemer.

Now my mind is filled with your light, day and night. You are everlasting light to me, Father, and your presence in me and your communion with me is glorious. My days of mourning and regret are over. Now I am righteous before you, through faith in Christ Jesus. I am your inheritance, and you are my inheritance.

I have trusted in you, Lord Jesus. I have heard your word, and I believe your word. I am saved for your glory. You have sealed me with your Holy Spirit as a guarantee to me of my inheritance until your day of redemption comes, and I enter fully and forever into your presence.

Isaiah 61

Lord Jesus, the Holy Spirit was upon you, and you were anointed by God, our father, to preach good tidings to the lost, to heal the brokenhearted, and to proclaim liberty to the captives.

In grace, you moved in my heart and mind and showed me that it was time to repent and to live in faith in your lordship and saving grace. I saw my sin, and I mourned.

You comforted me, and you gave me the beauty of your perfect life and atoning sacrifice in place of the ashes of regret. You filled me with the joy of your salvation and an understanding of your sovereignty so that I am clothed in a garment of praise for you as God and Savior.

Now I am filled with your spirit and rooted in you as Christ and Redeemer. You, Lord Jesus, are my righteousness, and your fruit comes forth through me to your glory and honor.

Ephesians 3 & 4

Good morning, Father, I bow before you. Fill me according to the riches of your glory that I would be strengthened in my inner man by the person of your Holy Spirit.

In that way, Christ dwells in my heart through faith, and I am rooted and grounded in love and able to comprehend with all your saints how wide and long and deep and high is your love for me. Christ loves me even more than I can know, and through that love, I am filled with all your fullness, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Today, Lord, lead me that I would walk worthy of your calling; that I would walk in humility and gentleness and patience. Work in me today, Lord, that I would come to a solid faith and a true knowledge of you, Lord Jesus. Perfect me that I would be like you, that I would not be tossed about by bad doctrine or deceitful men.

By your grace and presence in me, I put off my old man, and I am renewed in the spirit of my mind. Today, I put on the new man who is created according to your will and way, Father, in true righteousness and holiness.

Galatians 4 & 5

In the fullness of time, you, Father, sent forth Jesus, your son, to be born into the flesh, born under the law, to redeem us, who were under the law, so that I, and all those who are yours, might receive adoption as your sons.

And because I am your son, you sent forth your Holy Spirit into my heart. Your spirit proclaims to my heart that I belong to you. I am yours, and you are my father forever. Therefore, I am no longer a slave, but now I am your son, and if a son, then an heir of yours, Father, through Christ.

So now, I know you, Lord, and I am known by you. I am in Christ, by your grace, and I am careful not to turn again to the weak and beggarly elements of the law. Teachers with false doctrine try to court me, but their teaching is no good.

It is clear from your word, Lord, that there are two covenants, one that amounts to bondage and the new covenant, that is freedom. Therefore, I stand fast in the liberty by which Christ has made me free. I live in the hope of righteousness by faith. I live in Christ Jesus by faith working through love.

Matthew 28; Mark 1

Lord Jesus, I am not afraid. You have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. In your presence, and power, and person, I follow you and long to be your disciple.

I go and tell others your Gospel. I hope to be used by you to make disciples of others, to teach them, and baptize them in your name, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

I seek to know your word well, and to keep your word, and to teach it to others. I know that always, on that mission, you are with me, even to the end of the age.

I follow you, Lord Jesus, and you make me a fisher of men. You fill me with your person, and I am led by your spirit to be used in your business.

Ephesians 1; Luke 10

Thank you, Lord Jesus, for faith to believe. I have heard your word and believed it, and your word is now the Gospel of my salvation. I am sealed with your promised Holy Spirit whose presence and witness to me guarantees that I am yours until the time of visual redemption comes.

In you, Lord Jesus, I have redemption through your blood, the forgiveness of my sins. The riches of your grace abound to me, and I begin to know the mysteries of your will.

I see that, through you, Lord, I have authority over all the power of the enemy, and nothing can, by any means, hurt me. Nevertheless, that is not my source of joy. Rather, I rejoice because my name is written in heaven.

I am blessed because now, through your presence in me, Lord, my eyes see you and your gospel. Now I see things that the prophets and kings wished to see and have not seen. Now I hear everyday what they wished to hear.

Matthew 25; 2 Peter 1

Thank you, Lord Jesus, that you have invested your life in me, and now you wait and work in me to grow that investment into works that you ordained beforehand I would walk in, through your person and power.

Please, Lord, lead me that my thoughts and actions would please you and be profitable to you. I long to be a good and faithful servant to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Fill me with your person, Lord, that I would always be ready for your appearing. Fill me with your word, Lord Jesus, and strengthen my faith with virtue and endurance that I would stay ready and useful to you.

Keep me diligent, oh Lord, to make my call and election sure. Let your presence abound in me that I will be fruitful and in close and constant communion with you, Lord. Then I will never stumble, and I can enjoy your abundant everlasting Kingdom, Lord Jesus, my God and Savior.