Better

Hebrews 8 & 10

Jesus, you are my Savior and my Lord. You are my high priest forever. You are seated at the right hand of the throne of God, our majestic father, in the heavens.

You minister in the sanctuary in heaven. That is the true Tabernacle that God erected and not the one erected on earth, which is a copy and a shadow of the heavenly one.

You, Lord Jesus, have a more excellent ministry, in as much as you are the mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.

In this better covenant, you have put your laws in my mind and written them on my heart. You are my God, and I am yours. You, Father, have been merciful to my unrighteousness, and my sins and lawless deeds you remember no more. Through your perfect sacrifice, Lord Jesus, I have been sanctified.

For Me

2 Corinthians 5

Father, you have prepared me for eternity with you. When this tent that I dwell in is destroyed, I have a building from you, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Now I may groan from time to time, but you have prepared that, at your appointed time, my mortality will be swallowed up by life.

You have prepared this very thing for me, Father, and you have given me your Holy Spirit as a guarantee.

Therefore, I am always confident as I walk now in faith and not by sight. I am confident and content with the knowledge that when I leave this body, I will be present with you, my God and my father.

For now, I make it my aim to be well pleasing to you. I want to live my life no longer for myself, but for the Lord Jesus, who died for me and rose again.

Heir of Your Promise

Hebrews 6

Lord God, I have fled to you for refuge to lay hold of the hope you have set before me. This hope is an anchor for my soul. It is sure and steadfast, and it holds me securely in your presence.

Jesus, my Lord, is in your presence as my high priest, and he makes intercession for me with you daily.

So, I feed on the meat of your word everyday, Father. In your strength, I go towards perfection. I am filled with your Holy Spirit. I do not become sluggish, instead I follow the example of your apostles.

I work and labor in love toward the Lord Jesus and the brethren. I am diligent to live in full assurance of the hope I have in Christ Jesus. You assure me with your oath and your indwelling counsel that I am an heir of your promise.

Thank You, Lord

1 Corinthians 6; Hebrews 4 & 5

I belong to you, Lord Jesus. You bought me with a precious price, and I am glad and thankful.

You are my great high priest. You are now seated in the heavenlies with God, our father. You lived and served on this earth for a while, and you are able to empathize with my weaknesses since you were tempted in all ways, yet without sin.

Therefore, by your grace and through your priesthood, I am able to come boldly to the throne of God, my father, that I may obtain mercy and find grace for every day.

You, Lord Jesus, are the Christ. By the Father’s decree, you are the high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. You are perfected by the things you suffered. You are the author of my eternal salvation. Thank you, Lord.

Able

Hebrews 2 & 3

Lord Jesus, you are High Priest and Apostle of my confession. God, our father, appointed you, and you are faithful to him. You are faithful to all of us who are yours.

I am yours, and I hold fast to my faith in you as my savior. You are the Captain of my salvation. You, Lord Jesus, are the one who sanctifies, and you have sanctified me. I am one with you, Lord, and you call me brother.

You, yourself, took on flesh and blood, like me, that through your atoning death, you destroyed him who had the power of death, that is the devil. In that way, you released me from the bondage of the fear of death.

You were made like me so you could be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, our father. You made propitiation for my sins. You were tempted, and so you are able to aid me when I am tempted.

Poured Out Abundantly

Titus 2 & 3

I do not understand it all, Father, and I certainly haven’t earned it, but nevertheless, you, for your own purposes and by your grace, have chosen me and have decided sovereignly to redeem me from every lawless deed and to purify me to be one of your special people, zealous to be of use to you.

By your grace and mercy, you brought salvation to men. You have taught me to deny ungodliness and worldly lust. You have filled me with a nature who lives soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age.

Now through faith and in communion with you, Holy Spirit, I look forward with blessed hope to the glorious appearing of my great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. He gave himself for me according to your mercy, Father.

You, Lord Jesus, saved me through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom you poured out on me abundantly.

Complete and Overflowing

Habakkuk 3; Ephesians 2; John 8; Malachi 3

Lord God, you are my strength, my hope, and my salvation. You make my feet like deers feet. You make me to walk on the high hills.

Times may be tough. Fruit and food may fail. Our land may be cut up and separated, yet I will rejoice in you, Father. I will joy in you because you are the God who saves.

By your grace, through faith in Jesus, your Christ, Father, you have saved me. I continue in your word. I am your disciple indeed. I know your truth, and your truth has set me free.

I fear and hallow you, Father. I meditate on your glory and love. I am yours. You make me precious to you. You spare me like a father spares a son who serves him.

You have opened the wonders of heaven for me. You pour out, from heaven, the blessing of your presence indwelling me. I am filled with your fullness, complete and overflowing.

Joyous

2 Timothy 4; Hebrews 12

Lord Jesus, your spirit witnesses and communes with my spirit. Your grace covers me. I am enlightened and transformed. You, Lord, stand with me and strengthen me. You deliver me from every evil work, and you preserve me for your heavenly kingdom.

I lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles me, and I run with endurance the race you have set before me. I keep my eyes on you, Lord Jesus, and on your word. You write my life story, and it is joyous.

Complete and Equipped

2 Timothy 3; Matthew 6; 2 Timothy 3

Today, Father, led by your spirit, I pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with all the other believers you have placed with me. I have a pure heart. I avoid foolish and ignorant disputes.

In the last days, times are perilous. People are lost, loving themselves; chasing after money, unforgiving, unthankful, blasphemers, immoral, and hate filled. Many claim to have godliness, but deny your power and way, Father.

Many are captive to false teaching and loaded down with sins. They are always learning, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Even those who act as priests and wise men resist the truth and lead with corrupt minds. Their folly will show up, and when you are ready, Lord, you will stop them.

But I, and all who are yours, follow your doctrine carefully. We seek your righteousness and your kingdom above all else. That may not always be popular, but I will live Godly in Christ, and I will continue in the things I have learned.

Your word makes me wise unto salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. By the power of your living word, I am yours, a person complete and thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Until That Day

2 Timothy 1

Father, by your indwelling Holy Spirit, you have filled me with divine power and love and a sound mind. I believe your word, Lord Jesus.

You have saved me and called me to a holy calling, not because of my works, but according to your own purpose and grace which was assigned to me in Christ Jesus before time began.

Now, Lord Jesus, your call and grace are revealed to me by the power of your word and the witness of your indwelling Holy Spirit. Now, Lord, I am no longer dead in sin. You have brought me to life and shown me immortality through your gospel.

You have appointed me elder and teacher to others. Some believe and some don’t, but, whatever, I am not ashamed of your gospel. I believe you, and I am persuaded that you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, are able to keep all that I have committed to you until that day that Christ returns and a new heaven and a new earth begin.