Your Heir

Titus 2&3

Praise you, father. Your grace has appeared to me bringing salvation and training me to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self controlled, upright, and godly in this present age.  I wait for that blessed hope, the appearance of my great God and Savior Jesus Christ. He gave himself for me to redeem me from all lawlessness and to purify, for himself, for his own possession, a vessel zealous for the good works of God.

By your grace, Lord Jesus, I submit to rulers and authorities. I am obedient and ready for every good work. I do not speak evil of anyone; I avoid quarreling; I am gentle, and show courtesy to all.

Your goodness and love and kindness have appeared to me, Lord Jesus. You have saved me; not according to works done by me, but according to your own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom you poured out on me richly.  I am justified by your grace and have become your heir.

Stayed On Jesus

Ish. 26, 25 & Heb. 9

I keep my mind stayed on you, Lord Jesus, and you fill me with perfect peace. Your person is perfect peace. I trust in you, Lord, in your life, and in your atonement, and in your resurrection.  You are the corner stone, the rock of my salvation.  You, Lord Jesus, are the Christ. You are a fountain flowing strong and continuously in a dry and thirsty land. I drink deep and remain close to you to drink again and again.  You meet my needs, and you shelter me in the storm. You have dealt bountifully with me. You, Lord Jesus, have done wonderful things. I exalt you and praise your name.

You have entered into the holy place in heaven, into the very presence of Almighty God, our father, and you have appeared before him on my behalf to put away sin, once for all, by the sacrifice of yourself.  Now having offered once to bear my sins, you will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to gather me up as I eagerly await you.

Triumph

Col. 2& I Cor 1

Father, thank you for your encouragement to my heart. Today, by your grace, I know the riches of full assurance, and I have knowledge of your mystery: Christ in me; my hope of glory.  In Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Christ is wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption for me. In Christ all the fullness of deity dwells, and I am filled with Christ; I have that same divine material in me.  In Christ I have been circumcised, by putting off the body of flesh, and I have been buried with Christ in baptism and raised with him through faith in the powerful working of Almighty God, my father.

I once was dead in my sin and rebellion, but you, father, have made me alive together with my Lord Jesus, having forgiven me my trespasses by canceling the record that stood against me.  Jesus set it aside by nailing it to the cross.

Makes Peace

Col. 1

Thank you, Lord Jesus, that you fill me, and own me, and claim me as yours. You dwell in me, and conform me to your image.  You dwelling in me, is my hope of complete victory; my peace and my full joy. Your presence in me is my hope of glory. You, Lord Jesus, are the one; the anointed one; the Christ of Almighty God. You are the image of the invisible God; you are first born of all creation. You created all things, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created through you and for you.  You are before all things, and in you all things hold together.

You, Lord Jesus, are the head of the body, the church. You are the beginning, the first born from the dead, that in everything you are preeminent. In you, Jesus, all the fullness of God is pleased to dwell, and through you, God, the father, reconciles all things to himself , whether these things are on earth or in heaven. Your death on the cross makes peace.

Fully Pleasing

Deut. 13 & Col. 1

Must grow past, and above, and out of myself. The foundation and builder is Christ.

I do not go after other gods. I love you, father, and you, Lord Jesus, and you, Holy Spirit, with all my heart and with all my soul.  I walk after you, Lord, for you are my God; I fear you, and I keep your commandments close to me. Your word is in my heart and on my lips. I obey your voice and I serve you, and I hold fast to you, God, my father.  You, my heavenly father, by your grace in Christ, have brought me out of the world. You have redeemed me from slavery and brought me back to you. I dwell in your house, father, forever. Thank you, father, for your mercy to me and your compassion for me.

I thank you, Lord, for the hope I have laid up for me in heaven. Today I am filled with the knowledge of your will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. Today, I walk in a manner fully pleasing to you, my heavenly father.  I bear fruit in every good work and increase in my knowledge of you, Lord God.

Who Strengthens Me

Phil. 4

Lord, you are at hand. I reckon myself dead to fleshly desires that tempt me to sin. I pray that you, Holy Spirit, fill me and take charge of my thoughts and desires; that I obey your word and your will for me.  I know you were faithful and able to do these things, so, I am anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, I make my requests known to you. I thank you for seeing me through and for keeping me.  I rejoice and again I say, I rejoice. The peace of God keeps my heart and mind in Christ Jesus. What I have learned and seen and received from the word of my Lord Jesus and your apostles, father, I practice, and you are with me.

Whatever is true and honorable and just and commendable; whatever is excellent and worthy of praise; these are the things I think about. I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I have.  Because I have learned that, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me, and who leads me.  You, my father, supply my every need according to your riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

I Press On

Phil. 3

To you, God, my father, be glory forever and ever. I believe I am properly yours because I worship you, father, in spirit, and I glory in Christ Jesus, and I put no confidence in the flesh.  Indeed, I count all about me loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord. I count all my fleshly stuff as rubbish in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but a righteousness which comes through faith in Christ. I know him and the power of his resurrection, and share his suffering and become like him in his death that, by any means possible, I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own because Christ Jesus has made me his own.  Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Behold The Word

Rev. 19

Hallelujah, salvation and glory and power belong to God, my father. His judgments are true and just. He will judge that foolish and unfaithful foul spirit of this world who corrupts the earth, and he will avenge on that spirit the blood of his servants.  I worship you, father. I say, hallelujah, you are the Lord, my God. You, the Almighty, reign. I rejoice and exult, and give you glory. By your grace I am part of your bride, the church. By your word I make myself ready for the marriage supper of the lamb.  You have granted me new clothes of divine righteousness. You have invited me to be yours, and adopted me into your family forever.

I know that in the fullness of time I will see Heaven open and I will behold a white horse. The one seated on that horse is the Lord Jesus, your Messiah, father. He is faithful and true. In righteousness he judges and makes war. The name by which he is called is, “the word of God.”

A Member of the Household of God

Thank you, father, that even when I was dead in sins against you, you quickened me together with Christ.  You raised Jesus and me up and made me sit together with you in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Throughout the ages you have shown the exceeding riches of your grace and kindness towards me through Christ Jesus. I am saved by your grace through faith. I am your workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works that you, father, have ordained beforehand that I would walk in.

Now, Father, in Christ, I, who was once faroff from you, am brought near to you; you are my peace. You have a abolished through Jesus’s sacrifice the enmity between me and you. I am reconcile to you, my heavenly father. Through my Lord Jesus I have access by your Holy Spirit unto you, father. Now I am no longer a stranger or a foreigner, but now I am a fellow citizen with the Saints and a member of your household, father. Wow!

God Works All Things

Eph. 1

Thank you, God, my father, that you chose me to be in Christ before the foundation of the world, so that I would be holy and blameless before you. In your love, you pre-destined me to be adopted as your son through Jesus Christ according to the purposes of your will, to the praise of your glorious grace.  You have blessed me by placing me in your beloved.

I have redemption by and through the atoning sacrifice of my Lord Jesus. By him I have forgiveness of my trespasses, according to the riches of his grace which he lavished upon me, in all wisdom and insight, making known to me the mystery of your will, father, according to your purpose which you set forth in Christ.  You will, in the fullness of time, unite all things in Christ, things in heaven and things on earth. In Christ, I have obtained an inheritance according to your purposes, father. You, my father and my God, always work all things according to the council of your will.