Isaiah 51; Ephesians 1; Isaiah 51

I look always to Jesus, Father. He is the Rock from whom I am hewn. You chose me to be in Christ and of Christ before the foundation of the world. By Christ’s atoning sacrifice and your grace, Father, I am holy and blameless before you.

In love, you predestined me for adoption as your son through Jesus, the Christ, according to the purpose of your will, to the praise of your glory.

Now you comfort me, and you make this wasteland like a garden. Joy and gladness fill my life along with thanksgiving and the voice of song.

Now I belong to you, Father. I do not fear the reproach of man, and I am not dismayed by their foolish, perverted revilings. They will be eaten up like a garment is devoured by a moth, like wool is eaten by a worm.

Your righteousness, however, will be forever, and your salvation will save us, who are yours, to all generations.

Romans 3

Father, I see that, in our humanity, we have all sinned and come short of your glory. We have all turned aside and followed our own selfish self-interest.

In our natural mind, none is righteous before you. None of us understands you or seeks after you unless you choose us and cause us to be born again.

In society, we may be the nicest, smartest, best behaved person, but in our spirit, we are our own god, our own idol, unless and until you show us our sin and turn on our understanding of your holiness and righteousness.

Under the law, we are all guilty before you, Father. By the deeds of the law, no flesh is justified in your sight. But now, in Christ, your real righteousness is revealed.

Your righteousness is imputed to me when I place my faith in the finished and complete work of Christ. You sent fourth Jesus to be my redeemer. He is the propitiation for my sins. By faith in Christ’s righteousness, I am reconciled to you, Father.

Ephesians 4

Thank you, Father, that through your Apostles and Prophets and pastors and teachers, you have equipped me to be useful to you in your ministries. You have saved me, converted me, and you edify me. I have come into a unity of the faith in, and the knowledge of, Jesus as your Messiah and my Lord and Savior.

You have drawn me together with other believers and placed me as a part of your body, the church. You have matured me toward the fullness of the stature of Christ. Now I am no longer childish and tossed to and fro in my doctrine.

Instead, by your grace and your living word, I am growing up in all the things of Christ. I have put off my old man and my former conduct, and now, praise you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, I am renewed in the spirit of my mind. I am a new creature created according to your plan, Father, in true righteousness and holiness.

James 1; John 3 & 1; Hebrews 12

Father, your gift to me of salvation is good and perfect. It comes to me from above, from you. You are Almighty God, and you do not change your mind or waiver in your purposes. By your divine will, you birthed me by your Word of Truth. I am a kind of first fruit of your creation.

By your grace and call, Father, through faith in Christ Jesus, I have been born again. I am born once of the water birth, and now, I am born again by your spirit. What lives in me now is divine spirit. One cannot see the Spirit in me, but I can see the effects.

I have received Jesus as my Lord, and I do believe he is your Messiah, Father, and in that, you have given me the right to be your child, born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but born again to you, by your sovereign will, Father.

Jesus is now the author and finisher of my faith, and I am strong and encouraged by your faithful presence and by your communion with me, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Galatians 6; Romans 12; John 6; Galatians 6

Lord God, I am not deceived. I know that whatsoever I sow is what I shall reap. Therefore, I sow to your spirit. I continue in your scripture, and I stay ceaselessly in communion with you. I live in peace with the brethren together in your local church.

I reap life and everlasting life. I do not grow weary in doing the good things you have for me, Father, for I know in due season I reap love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance. These things are life and life abundant.

You have renewed my mind, Lord, and I am able to walk in your good, pleasing, and perfect will. I see you, Lord Jesus. I believe you are the Father’s Messiah, and I know you are my Lord and Savior. Through that faith, by your grace, I have everlasting life, and you, the very son of God, will raise me up in the last days.

I glory in you, Lord Jesus. By you, the world is crucified to me, and I am crucified to the world.

Ephesians 2

There was a time, Father, when I was without Christ. I was so selfish and foul. I was dead in sin and trespasses; in bondage to the world’s idea of pleasure.

Thank you, Father, that because of your great love and mercy, you chose me for redemption, and you made me alive together with Christ. By your grace, you gave me the gift of faith, and I believe in Jesus as your Christ and my savior.

You opened my eyes, and I saw my nasty self, and it brought me to shame and then repentance. With joy, I received your gift of salvation by faith.

You raised me up together and seated me in the heavenly, perfect, complete Christ. He has atoned for my sins, and I am forgiven in him and cleansed of all my unrighteousness.

I don’t deserve that mercy. I sure did not earn it, but you, Father, make it clear that it is your gift to me, paid for by Christ Jesus on the cross. In humility and boundless joy, I received the gift of righteousness and now dwell in it, in him, forever.

Psalm 119; 1 Peter 2; Psalm 119; Galatians 5

Thank you, Father. You deal bountifully with me. I have been born again by your grace, and now I live in Christ, and I keep your word. You have opened my eyes, and I can see the wonders of your scripture and your salvation.

My new man is a pilgrim and sojourner in this fleshy world; just a stranger in the earth.

I meditate on your statutes, and your testimonies are my delight. Your Holy Spirit counsels me. You teach me, oh Lord, and I keep and obey your word. I delight in your word and your way. I walk in liberty as I follow you.

I stand fast in the liberty that I have in and through Christ Jesus. In Christ I live by faith working through love.

I walk in your spirit, Father, and I no longer fulfill the lust of the flesh. I am led by your spirit and no longer under the law. I have crucified the flesh, and now I bear the fruit of your Holy Spirit. Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance abide in me and pour out of me.

1 Peter; Ephesians 2; John 3; Galatians 5

Father, I gird up the loins of my mind. I’m serious in seeking after you and your word. I rest my hope fully upon your grace that is revealed to me and delivered to me by the revealed Jesus Christ.

Now, by that grace, through faith in Jesus as your messiah, I am born again. Your spirit dwells in me now forever, and I am led by your spirit. Now I am free from my former lusts, and I am holy in my conduct because you, Holy Spirit, who are now the life in me, are holy.

For I have been redeemed with the precious life and atoning sacrifice of Christ. You, Lord Jesus, gave yourself as a lamb without blemish or spot for me that I, through you, would believe our father who raised you from the dead. Now, Lord Jesus, you are glorious, and my faith and hope are in you.

I have been born again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives in me and remains living in me forever.

John 1; 1 Thessalonians 5

You, Lord Jesus, are the word, and you are God. In you and in your word is divine eternal life. Now you are my life and my light. Now by your grace and indwelling presence, I am no longer in darkness. Instead, I am a son of light and a son of the day.

I watch for you, Lord, and for your will and prophecy in everything. I am sober and serious to seek you and to follow you. I put on the breastplate of faith, and I meditate on your great love for me and your joyous salvation of my soul.

By your grace, Father, I am free from your wrath and saved through my Lord Jesus Christ. Now I live together with Christ forever and ever.

Now I rejoice always. I am in constant communion with you, Father, and I abound in thanksgiving. You, the very God of Peace, sanctify me completely, and my whole spirit, soul, and body is preserved blameless for Christ. I know it is done for you, Father, are perfectly faithful.

Ephesians 3

With my eyes on you, Lord, and my mind filled with your scripture, Father, I do not lose hope, even though for a season I live in a foolish and perverted world. Today I bow my knees to you the father of my Lord Jesus Christ.

I am a Christian, and I belong to your family, Father, because of Christ’s mercy and sacrifice. Strengthen me today with the might of your Holy Spirit in my inner man. You dwell in my heart and mind today, Lord, and I am rooted and grounded in your love.

By your grace and presence, I can comprehend with all the saints the width and length and depth and height of the love of Christ. I know you, and I know something of your love for me, Father, and even though it passes all my ability to fully understand, still, I believe, and I rejoice, and I am filled with all your fullness.

You do exceedingly abundantly above all I could ask or think. Your divine sovereign power dwells in me and glorifies you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.