Isaiah 8

I am not afraid of evil tidings on earth because my heart is fixed on you, Lord. I do not fear the things the unsaved fear, nor am I afraid as they are.

You speak your word to me, Lord. You guide me with a strong hand, and you instruct me that I should not walk in the way of fearful people.

So, I do not join with the fearful conspiracy group. I am not afraid of the threats they see, or the threats they make.

Instead, I sanctify the Lord Jesus in my heart, and I am not troubled. God, my heavenly father, is the one I fear. His is the opinion that I care about.

You, father, are my sanctuary. You are a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense to much of the world. Your plan for a savior is a trap and a snare to many.

But I wait upon you, Lord. I hope in you and in Jesus, your Messiah, and my Lord and Savior. Now, here I am with you and all the children you have called to be yours.

Isaiah 43; Psalm 23

Hallelujah, I do not fear, Lord, for you have redeemed me. You call me by name, and I am yours. Whatever I pass through in this life you are with me. Things cannot overwhelm me. I can walk through the hard things and not be destroyed because you are with me, Lord.

You are the Lord my God. You are holy, and you are my savior. By your merciful love I am precious in your sight. Thank you, Lord, for that mercy.

I do not fear for you are with me. Your rod and your staff comfort me. You call me by name. You have created me for your glory.

You, Lord Jesus, are my shepherd, and I want for nothing. You make me lie down in green pastures. You lead me besides still waters. You restore my soul. You lead me in paths of righteousness for your glory.

You cover me with your Holy Spirit. I am filled and overflowing with your presence. Goodness and mercy follow me always, and I dwell in your house, father, forever.

Isaiah 43

Lord God you chose me, and I am your slave. You gave me faith so that I could know you and believe you. I understand that you are God. You are the only God. There are no others.

There will never be another God. You are God forever and always. You are the only savior. Through Jesus Christ, your son, you provide and declare your salvation to me.

Then you fill me with your Spirit and transform me so that I become a witness to your glory and majesty. You guard me so that no one can deliver me out of your hand. You do your work, father, and no one can reverse or undo or stop your work.

You are the Lord, the Holy One. You are my creator. You formed me for yourself. You find pleasure and fellowship with me. I declare praise of you to all who are around me.

1 Corinthians 15

I believe that you, Jesus, the Christ, died for my sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that you were buried, that you were raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that you appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then you appeared to more than 500 brothers at one time, most of whom were still alive when these words were written.

“If Christ had not been raised, then our preaching and our faith would be in vain. But, in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. For Christ is the first fruit, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.  Then comes the end when he delivers the kingdom to God, my Father, after destroying every rule and every authority and power.”

I know that what is sown does not come to life unless it dies. So, it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.  It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.

Acts 20 & 22

Lord, I do not account my life as precious to me; if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I have received from you, Lord Jesus; that is to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.   That I would believe and live out, and then declare things that are profitable, the whole counsel of God, that is repentance towards God, the Father, and faith in the Lord Jesus, the Christ.

I commend myself and those whom you have given me, Lord, to God the Father and to the word of your grace, which is able to build each of us up and to give us the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

I believe that the God of my fathers has appointed me to know his will, to “see” the righteous one and to “hear” his words. I am to be a witness for him to whomever he sends me to and to whomever is sent to me. By your grace, Lord, I will live and preach your grace.

Hebrews 12

Today, I look to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of my faith. I keep my thoughts on him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself so that I do not grow weary or faint hearted.

I thank you, Lord, that you discipline the ones you love. You have disciplined me for my good that I may share your holiness. Therefore, I lift up drooping hands and strengthen weakened knees and head in straight paths.

I see to it that I, and anyone who asks, do obtain the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to defile and cause trouble.  I hold onto and value highly the birthright God, my Father, has decreed and Jesus, my Lord, has provided.

I am, by God’s grace, one of the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven.  I am grateful to receive a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and I give my God worship with reverence and awe.

Colossians 3

I am risen with Christ and I seek those things which are above where Jesus, the Christ, sits at the right hand of God. I set my affections on things above and not on things on the earth.  For I am dead, and my life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is my life shall appear then I will appear with him in glory.

Christ is all and in all. The peace of God rules in my heart and I am thankful.

The word of Christ dwells in me richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing me in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. I sing with grace in my heart to the Lord.  Whatever I do, I do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Whatsoever I do, I do it heartily as to the Lord and not to man; knowing that from the Lord I shall receive the reward of the inheritance for I serve the Lord Christ.

Romans 6

Sin does not reign in my mortal body. I have died to sin, therefore, how can I who has died to sin live in it any longer. I am baptized into Christ; I have been baptized into his death.  I have been buried, therefore, with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, I too can walk in newness of life.  Thank you, Father, that today I walk in newness of life.

Since I have been united with Jesus, the Christ, in a death like His, I shall certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like his. My old self was crucified with Him, so that I am no longer enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin.  Now I believe that since I have died with Christ, I will also live with Him. So, I reckon myself dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 2

I bow before you, God, my Father. I confess and acknowledge that you are the blessed and only sovereign, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, who no one has ever seen or can see.  To you be honor and eternal dominion. Amen! You give life to all things, Father.

Today by your grace and through the presence of Jesus Christ in me, I pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, and gentleness. I fight the good fight of faith.  I take hold of eternal life to which I was called and about which I have a good confession. I pray today that by the grace of the Lord Jesus and the presence of the Holy Spirit I will keep the commandments unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ.  I guard the presence of God in me. I avoid irreverent babble and foolish ideas falsely called “knowledge”.

2 Timothy 2

Today, thank you, Lord, I am strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus. Lord, give me understanding in everything that I may be useful to you.  I look forward to each and every one of your elect obtaining the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

“If I have died with him, I will also live with him. If endure, I will also reign with him.”

I do not quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers. I do my best to present myself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, who rightly handles the word of truth.  I avoid irreverent babble for it leads to more and more ungodliness and spreads like gangrene. God’s firm foundation stands. The Lord knows those that are his. Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.