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 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 cry for help and you have healed me. You restored me to life. I sing praises to you, all 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.

Psalms 30,32&33

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 27

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.

2 Tim 4 & Col 3

The old commandment that we have had from the beginning is the same as the new commandment. It is all the “word” that we have heard. We have seen it manifest perfectly in the Lord Jesus and seen glimpses of the word, Jesus the Christ,  manifested in the apostles, and sometimes even seen the Lord manifested in us.

Jesus states the old and new commandment that, ” we are to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength and to love our neighbors as ourselves”. John explains that loving our brothers shows we walk in the light, not loving shows we are in darkness. When we are in darkness we do not know where we are going because darkness has blinded our eyes. When we stay angry with the brethren we are being (choosing to be) blind. We are not seeing the whole picture. The word is not abiding in us and we are being overcome by evil.

I John 2

The apostle John is an eye witness. He saw God through the Lord Jesus from the very beginning. He says he “heard and he saw”. He looked upon and touched with his hands; he knew somehow it, He, Jesus the Christ, was divine life made manifest.  He saw it and testified to it and proclaimed that it is eternal life from God, the heavenly father, and was made manifest to him as a disciple of Jesus, the Christ.

He saw it and proclaims it to me so then I also may have fellowship with the apostles and fellowship with God, my heavenly father, and with his son, Christ Jesus.  John wants me to know these things so that my joy will be complete. The message is that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.  I can walk in the light and have fellowship with almighty God, and with his son, and with his many other children.

I John 1

The apostle John tells me that he has heard from God, and proclaims to me that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.; that if I walk in the light, as he (God the father) is in the light, I have fellowship with other believers and the blood of Jesus, God’s son, cleanses me from all sin. If I confess my sins he is faithful and just to forgive my sins and cleanse me from all unrighteousness; and if I do sin, I have an advocate with the father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.   He is the propitiation for my sins.

I attend carefully to the word of God and by this I know that I am in him. I know I have come to know him because I keep his commandments. They are life to me. As I do this daily the love of God is perfected in me. I abide in Jesus, the Christ, and in God, the father, and I walk  in the same way my Lord Jesus walked.

I John 1&2

The Lord rescues me. The Lord rescues me from every evil deed and brings me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory forever and ever.

God is manifested in his word. I hold fast to the true word that is preached and taught. By God’s grace and truth I am sound in faith.  For the grace of God has appeared to me bringing me salvation; training me to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions and to live tempered, upright and godly lives in the present age; waiting for my blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of my great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself to redeem me from all lawlessness and to purify me for himself;  a person for his own possession who is zealous for good works. He saved me according to his own mercy by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit whom he poured out on me richly through Jesus Christ, my Savior. Being justified by his grace I have become an heir.

Titus 2&3

Lord, I know I have an enemy who desires to ensnare me. I know the areas of “bait” he uses. Lord, I recognize and confess that I am weak and suspect in those areas. So today I reckon myself dead to (List your particular weak area where you are prone to sin. Be specific).  By your grace today I have no desire or draw to those things. I am tempered against those desires and thoughts. I recognize them as traps, as lures to bondage. Sin messes stuff up. I am pleased and very content with the “life” you have given me, Lord. I focus on my contentment with you and I am thankful to you and desire to be holy and set apart for your use.

I am filled with your presence and a led by your spirit every moment of every day. Keep charge of me, Lord. I am your man and by your grace I am complete in Christ, equipped for every good work.  Lord, see that I fight a good fight, finish the race, and keep the faith.

In the great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also wood and clay, some for honorable use and some for dishonorable. I have certainly been a vessel of wood or clay with such a selfish and sinful beginning. But now, praise God, God has called me and cleansed me.  By his grace and his word I am cleansed from the dishonorable use and set apart as holy, useful to my master, ready for every good work.

I flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace along with those who call on the Lord with a pure heart. I have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies. I know they breed quarrels. I am the Lord’s servant and I must not be quarrelsome, but kind, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting opponents with gentleness, hoping that God will grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth.  Hoping they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil after being captured to do his will.

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 everyone of your elect that they will obtain 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.