1 Peter 4; James 3

Lord God, take charge of me today that I would minister to others exactly as you would have me minister. That I would be a good steward of your manifold grace, Father.

If I speak, let me speak as an oracle of your gospel and salvation, Lord. Let me minister with the ability that you supply that in all things you are glorified, Father.

Make my words your words, Lord. Mount guard over my tongue, Holy Spirit, that my words would bless God and bless all who hear them. Let my mouth be like a spring of fresh water.

Lord, today I commune with you in meekness of wisdom, not earthly wisdom but divine wisdom. For your wisdom, Father, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruit, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

Your wisdom, Father, yields the fruit of righteousness and lives in peace with those who make peace.

James 1

It is a joy, Father, to know that you work circumstances and various trials in my life to test and strengthen my faith. I know these things are good for me, even if they are hurtful at first.

The tests work patience in me, and when I, in mature faith, let patience work in me, I am perfected as a man of yours, Father. I am made perfect, complete, and lacking nothing.

I pray for wisdom to know this truth in every situation so that I do not give up or complain. You give me understanding wisdom liberally, and you do not upbraid me for being sometimes slow to catch on to your perfect presence in every detail of my life.

You have given me the good and perfect gift of your eternal, divine salvation. You brought me to life with your word of truth so that I am a kind of first fruit of your creatures.

I lay aside all nasty thinking and all evil lusts. I receive, with meekness and thanksgiving, your word implanted in my heart and mind, and my soul is saved. Hallelujah, I am yours, oh Lord.

Hebrews 13

Hallelujah, thank you, Lord, that you have placed me in your kingdom, a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Fill me with your grace, by which I will serve you well, with reverence and Godly fear. You, oh Lord, are a consuming fire.

Take charge of me, Holy Spirit, that today I will love the brethren. Today I will be hospitable to strangers, and I will remember those who are prisoners in one way or another.

Thank you for my marriage, Father. Let me be a perfect husband and meet all the needs of my wife and honor her as a great gift from you, as a lifesaver for me.

I am free of covetousness, and I am very content with your rich provision for me and mine. You are faithful to all my needs, Lord, and you never leave me or forsake me. Thank you for your perfect communion.

You are my help. You are sovereign. I will not fear. You, the God of Peace, who brought up Jesus from the dead, make me complete in every good work to obey you perfectly.

Hebrews 12

Father, I love you, and I thank you for your perfect intervention in my life. I do not despise your chastening, and I am not discouraged by your rebuke. For your correction proves your love for me. You are dealing with me as your legitimate, beloved offspring, thank you.

You, Father, chasten me, for my great gain; that I become a wise partaker of your holiness. No chastening seems joyful at first, nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness. I am trained by it.

So, I pick myself up, and I toughen up. I become mature, and I do not give in to self-pity. Instead, I repent and go again toward you, Father. I pursue peace and holiness. I am quick to forgive and to give grace so that no root of bitterness can spring up in my mind or heart.

I value the new birth you have given me, Father. I am headed to Mount Zion and your city, Father. I have received a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and I serve you, Lord, with reverence and fear. For you, my God, are a consuming fire.

1 Corinthians 15; Hebrews 11

Thank you, Father, that you have given me victory over sin and death, through my Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, I am steadfast and immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. I know that my labor is not in vain.

My faith is in your gospel, Father. All your words are true. You, through Christ, are the substance of all I hope for, and your presence in me is the evidence of the truth of your unseen presence and power and promise.

You framed the worlds by your word. You made things that are seen from things that are invisible. My faith is a gift from you, and it pleases you to see me believe. This is my good testimony to you: I believe that you are God, and I know that you reward all those who diligently seek you.

By faith, I obey you, even though I don’t always know where we are going, but I press on knowing I am headed for a city whose builder and maker is you, my loving, sovereign, Heavenly Father.

Hebrews 10

Lord Jesus, God, our father, prepared a body for you. You took on that body and came to do the will of God. By that will, I have been sanctified, through your offering of your body, Lord Jesus, once for all.

You, the Son of Man, offered one sacrifice for sins forever and sat down at the right hand of God. Now you wait till your enemies are made your footstool. By one offering, you, my Lord, have perfected me and all those who are being sanctified.

The presence of your Holy Spirit with me witnesses your truth and power to me. I know that you have put your laws into my heart. You have written them on my mind. You remember my sins and lawless deeds no more.

Therefore, because of your atoning sacrifice, Lord Jesus, I enter the holiest place by this new and living way which you consecrated for me. I draw near to God, our father, with a true heart and full assurance of faith.

My heart is sprinkled from an evil conscience, and my body is washed with pure water. I hold fast this confession of hope without wavering.

Hebrews 9 & 10

Lord Jesus, you came as high priest of the good things to come. You ministered in the great and perfect tabernacle in heaven, a tabernacle not made with hands; not of this creation.

With your own blood, you entered the most holy place once for all and obtained eternal redemption. Your offering cleansed my conscience from dead works and set me to serve the Living God.

You, Lord Jesus, are the mediator of a new covenant, and all of us, who are called, receive through that covenant the promise of the eternal inheritance.

For you, Lord, did not enter the holy place made with hands which is just a copy, a shadow, and not the very image. Instead, you entered into heaven itself to appear in the presence of God, our father, for me. You appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of yourself.

You, Lord Jesus, were offered once to bear the sins of many, and now we eagerly wait for you to appear a second time, not for sin, but this time for salvation.

Psalm 86

Good morning, Lord, hear my prayer today. Attend to the voice of my supplication. Each day and every day, I call upon you, Lord, and you answer me.

There is no other God but you, Lord. There are no other works like your works, Father. You have made all the nations, and, on the day appointed by you, all those who are yours will come and worship before you, oh Lord. Your name will be glorified.

You are great, and you do wondrous things. You alone are God.

Teach me your way, oh Lord, and I will walk in your truth. Unite my heart to fear you and to know the love and mercy you have for me. I praise you, Lord, with all my heart. I glorify your name forevermore.

Your mercy has been great toward me, Father, and you have delivered my soul from the depths of eternal regret.

You, oh Lord, are full of compassion and grace, longsuffering and mercy. You, Father, are truth. You give me strength. You save me. You, oh Lord, are my comfort and consolation. You are my salvation. You are my eternal life.

Psalms 81 & 78; Luke 24; 1 Corinthians 7; Hebrews 12

You, Father, are the Lord my God. You gave me life and put me in a family that loved me, and you called me to your salvation.

But, there came a time in my life when I would not heed your voice. So you gave me over to my stubborn heart to walk in my own counsel. You gave me those things that I thought I desired. Soon my days were consumed in futility, and my years became filled with fear.

In your mercy, you brought me to the end of myself. You granted me repentance. You broke my stubbornness. Then I sought you earnestly and returned to you, my God.

I gave ear to your law, and I inclined my ears to your scripture. I began to speak your word, which lived in me through your spirit and came to me through your preachers. I considered your strength and your wonderful works in my life, and I gave you praise.

Now I am back among the living. By your grace, I belong to you through the Lord Jesus Christ. I have been bought with a price, and I am no longer my own. I keep my eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of my faith, of my life story.

Hebrews 7 & 8

Lord Jesus, you are the sure guarantee of a better covenant. By the Father’s grace and decree, you are able to save, to the uttermost, each of us who come to God through you. You are always making intercession for us who are yours.

You are a perfect fitting high priest for me. You are holy, harmless, and undefiled. You are separate from sinners, and you are higher than the heavens.

The old law appointed as high priests men who were weak, but now through the Father’s oath, you, Lord Jesus, are appointed high priest, perfect forever.

This is the point: I need a perfect high priest who has offered for sin once for all, and in you, Lord Jesus, I have such a high priest. You are seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens. You, Lord, are a minister of the sanctuary and of the true Tabernacle which God erected and not man.