Deut. 32, Heb. 1, John 14, Heb. 4, I Peter 1

Good morning, heavenly father, you are my rock; all your work is perfect. You are truth. You have bought me. You have made me, and you establish me.  You found me when I was lost and you led me out. You instructed me and you have made me the apple of your eye. You have made me ride on the high places of the earth.  I set my heart upon all your words which you have given to me. Your word is life.

Lord Jesus, you are the word of God. You uphold all things by the power of the word of God. You are the way, the truth and the life. In you and your word, Lord Jesus, is life.  The word is living and active, sharper than any two edged sword. It pierces to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow. It discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart.  The word is the good news that is preached to me. I have been born again by the living and abiding word of God; by the very word and person of the Lord Jesus Christ.

I Corin. 1

Father, you are faithful. You have called me into the fellowship of your son, Jesus Christ, my Lord. I thank you for your grace which is given to me by Jesus Christ.  You have confirmed me to the end, that I am blameless in the day of my Lord Jesus, the Christ.

In everything I am enriched by Jesus. In all utterance and in all knowledge, even as the testimony of Christ is confirmed in me, so that I am behind in no gift, as I wait on the coming of my Lord, Jesus.

In the meantime, I listen to the preaching of the cross, which is a foolishness to those that are perishing, but to me, a child of God, the message of the cross is the power of God.  For God has said, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”  Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?  For since, in its wisdom the world knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believed.

Romans 16, I Cor. 1, Romans 14

Thank you, father, for the revelation of the mystery which was kept secret since the world began, but is now made manifest by the Scriptures of the prophets (and the apostles)according to your command, and now made known to all people for the obedience of faith.  You are a faithful, father, and have called me into fellowship with your son, my Lord Jesus, the Christ. Your grace has been given to me by Jesus Christ and I am sanctified in Christ Jesus.

You, the God of hope, fill me with all joy and peace in believing so that I abound in hope through the power of your Holy Spirit who dwells in me.  Your kingdom is not about food and drink (religious rules and regulations), but instead, your kingdom is about righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.  I serve Jesus, my Lord, in these things, and I am acceptable to God and approved by man. In Christ, I am blameless until the day of the Lord.

Romans 11&12

Oh, God, the depth of the riches both of your wisdom and your knowledge; how unsearchable are your judgments, and your ways are past finding out. All things are of you and through you and to you; to you be the glory forever.

Thank you, father, that by your grace I am elected by you to be justified and adopted as your son, forever. Your care for me humbles me in awestruck fear and thankfulness.

In view of your mercies, I offer my body to you as a living sacrifice; holy and acceptable to you, which is my reasonable service. I am not conformed to this world, but instead, I am transformed by the renewing of my mind that I may live in your good and pleasing and perfect will.  This is all given to me by your grace, father, so I do not think too highly of myself, instead I think soberly, thankful that you, father, have given me a measure of faith.  I rejoice in hope. I am patient in tribulation and continue instant in prayer.

By your grace and power, father, all things that make up my life will work together for good to me. For you foreknew me and you predestined me to be conformed to the image of your son, my Lord and elder brother, Jesus, the Christ.  By Christ and in Christ I am predestined, called, justified and glorified. You are for me, father, so no one can prevail against me.  You love me so much that you delivered up Jesus to be my propitiation, so I could come to you justified. Christ took the condemnation that should’ve been mine. He died for me and is risen again and at your right hand, father, where he daily makes intercession for me.

So now, nothing can separate me from the love of Christ; not tribulation or distress; nor peril or sword. No, in all these things I am more than a conqueror through Jesus who loves me.  I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate me from the love of God which is mine in Christ Jesus.

Psalms 27,42&30

You, oh Lord, are my light and my salvation. You are the stronghold of my life; my heart shall not fear. I believe that I shall dwell in your house, father, all the days of my life; that I will gaze upon your beauty and inquire in your temple.  You hide me in your shelter. Thank you, oh Lord.

I am strong and take courage in you, Lord.  I wait upon you with reverence and trust. As the deer pants for the water so my soul longs for you, God, my father.   I sing praises to you, Lord, and give thanks to you for who you are and for your steadfast love for me.

Sometimes, in this fleshly era there may be hard times and sorrow; weeping may tarry for the night but joy comes with the morning. Thank you, father, for your mercy and for your divine help.  You turn my mourning into dancing; you loose me from sack cloth and clothe me with gladness.  You are my glory, and I sing your praises. You, oh Lord, are my God and, in Christ, I give thanks to you forever.

2 Peter 1

I believe the power and expect the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. One reason I believe is because there are eyewitnesses to his Majesty.  Peter, James and John were there on the mount of Transfiguration to see and to hear Jesus receive honor and glory from you, God, my heavenly father. They heard your majestic voice say, “this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased”.

Beyond that occurrence, I have even a more sure word to which I pay attention to as a light in the darkness. I have your word, Lord; come to me through the apostles as a light in a dark place until the day of the Lord dawns and the morning star appears.  No word of scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation, nor was the word produced by the will of these prophets and apostles, instead these men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Matt. 6, John 8&11, Eph. 5, John 1&3

My eye is the lamp of my body. If my eye is healthy, my whole body is full of light. Father, help me keep my eyes on your light.  Guard me and guide me, holy spirit, that I keep my eyes on Jesus, my shepherd. Jesus is the light of the world, and I follow him and walk in the light of life.  I do not stumble because I see the issues of life in the light of the Lord Jesus.  Once I was in darkness, but now I am in the light of the Lord. I walk as a child of light.

For you, father, so loved me that you sent your only begotten son, and gave me the faith to believe in him as the Messiah and to receive him as my savior. You sent him, Jesus Christ, into the world in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned.  Jesus, your light, father, has come into the world. I love the light and come in to the light because you, heavenly father, have carried out your work in me.

2 Thess. 2

In your time, father, I see that you will remove your restraining spirit and the lawless one will be revealed whom Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.  The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refuse to love the truth and so be saved.

But, father, by your grace, I believe the truth and have pleasure in your righteousness. I thank you that you, father, have chosen me to be saved through sanctification by the spirit and belief in the truth.  You called me through your gospel so that I could obtain the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord Jesus, himself, and you, heavenly father, love me and give me eternal comfort and good hope through your grace.  You comfort my heart and you establish me in every good work and word.

Heb.10 &4

Good morning, father, today I draw near to you with a true heart in full assurance of faith. My heart is sprinkled clean from an evil conscience (thank you, Lord Jesus), and my body is washed with pure water.  I hold fast the confession of my hope without wavering, for you have promised, and you, father, are perfectly faithful.

Jesus, the Christ, offered for all times a single sacrifice for sins, and now, he is seated at your right hand, Father, where he daily makes intercession for me.  Therefore, I have confidence to enter the holy places with you, father, to receive mercy and find grace for each day and for each moment.  I enter by the new and living way that Jesus opened to me through the curtain on the flesh; first, literally through his flesh, and now, spiritually, through my flesh.  By his single offering he perfected me as your child, father, for all time.