2 Timothy 4 & Colossians 3

Today, father, by your grace and with your Holy Spirit, I am sober-minded. I patiently endure suffering. I do the work you have for me. I fulfill my ministry. I am poured out as a drink offering. The timing of my life is completely in your hands.

I fight the good fight; I run the race in Christ; I keep the faith. Henceforth, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness which my Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day and not only to me, but also to all who have loved his appearing.

So, whatever I do, I do it heartily as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord I will receive the inheritance as my reward, for I serve the Lord Christ.

My Lord rescues me from every evil deed and brings me safely to his heavenly kingdom.

Psalm 27

Today I sing and make melody to you, Lord. You, oh Lord, are my light and my salvation. You, oh Lord, are the stronghold of my life. My heart does not fear.

One thing I ask, one thing I do, is to seek after you, Lord. I seek to dwell in your house, oh Lord, all the days of my life. I gaze upon your beauty and listen to your ways and word.

You hide me, Lord, in your shelter. You conceal me. You lift me high upon the rock. Teach me your way, oh Lord, and lead me on a level path.

I believe I shall look upon your goodness, Lord, in the land of the living. I wait for you, Lord. By your grace, I am strong, and my heart takes courage. I wait for you, Lord. My heart sings.

Psalms 30, 32, & 33

In you, oh Lord, I take refuge. You are a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me. You are my rock and my fortress. You lead me, and you guide me. You take me out of the net. Into your hands I commit my spirit. You have redeemed me, oh Lord, faithful God.

I extol you, oh Lord, for you have drawn me up. I cried for help, and you have healed me. You restored me to life. I sing praises to you, oh Lord, and give thanks to your holy name. Weeping may tarry for the night, but for your children, joy comes with the morning.

You instruct me and teach me in the way I should go. You counsel me as I see you. Your word, oh Lord, is upright, and all your works are done in faithfulness. You love righteousness and justice. The earth is full of your steadfast love, oh Lord, my God, and my Redeemer.

Philippians 4; Deuteronomy 4; Ephesians 1; 1 Corinthians 6; Isaiah 46

I am not anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, I make my request known to you, father. Your peace which passes all understanding keeps my heart and mind in Christ Jesus.

My life belongs to you, God. You are almighty, and there is no other like you. You are God of heaven above and earth below.

You have held my life in your hands from before the foundation of the world and will never let me go. I am yours, bought with a price. Even in my old age, you have me, and I am yours. Even in my graying years, you care for me.

You do all that needs doing in my life. You bear me up, and you will deliver me. Whether I live or die, I am yours. For to this end Christ died and lived again that he would be Lord of both the dead and the living.

Romans 8

The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. What the law could not do in the flesh, father, you did by sending your own son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and you condemned sin in the flesh that the righteousness of the law be fulfilled in me as I walk in your Spirit.

There is, therefore, no condemnation to me for I am in Christ Jesus, and I walk after the Spirit.

To be spiritually minded is life and peace. I am in the Spirit because the Spirit of God dwells in me. I have the Spirit of Christ, by God’s grace, so my body is dead, but my Spirit is life eternal because of righteousness.

The Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in me. He will also quicken my mortal body by his Spirit who dwells in me.

Neahmiah 9; Psalm 73&91

Thank you, Lord, that you give your good Spirit to instruct me, and you do not withhold your manna (your daily bread from heaven) from my mouth. You give me water for my thirst.

Sometimes I am so foolish and ignorant before thee. Nevertheless, I am always with you, and you hold me in your right hand. You guide me with your counsel and afterward receive me to glory. You, oh Lord, are the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

I dwell with you and your Spirit, father. I abide under the shadow of the Almighty. You, oh Lord, are my refuge and my fortress. You are my God in whom I trust. I call on you, and you answer.

You were with me in troubled times. You deliver me and honor me. You satisfy me with long life, and you show me your salvation

Psalm 36&43

Thank you, father, that you are my God; that you have me. Thank you for your word of grace which builds me up and gives me the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

How precious is your steadfast love, oh God. I take refuge in the shadow of your wings. I feast on the abundance of your house, and you give me drink from the river of your delights.

You have the fountain of life. In your light, I have light to see. You keep me in your steadfast love, and you are my righteousness.

I have tasted of the fellowship with you, Lord, and I know that you are good. You send out your light and your truth, and they lead me. They bring me close to you.

I go to the your altar, father, with exceeding joy. I hope in you, father, and I praise you.

Colossians 1

I give thanks to you, my Heavenly Father, that you have made me meet (fit, able, qualified) to be a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light.

I am thankful that you have delivered me from the power of darkness and have translated (moved from one place to another) me into the kingdom of your dear son, my Lord Jesus Christ, in whom I have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.

My Lord Jesus is the image of the invisible God. He is the first born (first in time and first in rank) of every creature.

By him were all things created that are in heaven or that are in earth; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and by him all things consist.

He is the head of his body, the church. He is the beginning, the first born from the dead, that in all things he might have preeminence. It pleased the father that in the Lord Jesus all fullness should dwell.

1 Thessalonians 1,2,3,&4

Lord Jesus, Messiah, your ministry has delivered me from the wrath to come, I pray today that by your grace, Lord, and by your presence, Holy Spirit, I will walk worthy of God, my father, who has called me into his kingdom and glory.

I thank you for your word, father, and I receive your word with gladness. I receive it as the truth, and I believe it works your will effectively in me.

Thank you, Lord, that you work in me to make me increase and abound in love toward others, and that you establish my heart unblammable in holiness before you. Thank you, Lord, that you have called me to holiness.

Today, I aspire to live a quiet life and to mind my own business and to work with joy with my hands, that I may walk properly with all that are around me and that I may like nothing in my life.

Colossians 2 &3

The word of Christ dwells in me richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing me in psalms and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in my heart to the Lord.

Whatever I do in word or in deed, I do all in the name of the Lord Jesus giving thanks to God, the father, by him. And whatsoever I do, I do it heartily as to the Lord, and not unto men; knowing that from the Lord I receive the reward of the inheritance for I serve the Lord Christ.

I am rooted and built up in him and established in the faith as I have been taught. I abound with thanksgiving. I am aware that no one spoil me through philosophy and vain deceit after the traditions of man, after the rudiments of the world and not after Christ.

In Christ dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and I am complete in Christ, who is the head of all principality and power. I am buried with him in baptism and raised with him through faith.