1 Corinthians 15; Romans 1 & 6

I am steadfast, immovable, and always abounding in the work of the Lord. I know that in you, Lord Jesus, my labor is not in vain. I know that you have been raised from the dead.

I know that, in your death, burial, and resurrection, death is swallowed up in victory. For the sting of death is the corruption of sin. But, thanks to you, Lord Jesus, by the grace of God, our father, we have victory over sin, and therefore, we have victory over death, hell, and the grave.

Your scripture, Father, declares my Lord Jesus to be your son, in power, according to the witness of your Holy Spirit, by his resurrection from the dead.

I am baptized with Christ Jesus, Father. I was baptized into his death and buried, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by your glory, Father, I also now walk in your newness of life. Since I am united with Jesus in a death like his, I shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.

John 10; Isaiah 60 & 61

Lord Jesus, you are the good shepherd, and you laid your life down for me. No one took your life from you but you laid it down of your own accord in obedience to our father.

Now, by your perfect sacrifice, you have become my everlasting light, and your father, my God and Father, has become my glory.

My days of mourning have ended. Now, by your grace and decree, I am the righteousness of God, and I possess your kingdom forever. I am glorified in you, Lord Jesus.

The Spirit of God is upon you, Lord Jesus, and our father has anointed you to bring good news to the poor. He has sent you to bind up the brokenhearted and to proclaim liberty to the captive. You proclaim the timing of God’s favor and the sure promise of the Father’s vengeance.

You, Lord Jesus, have given me a beautiful covering to replace ashes. You have anointed me with gladness and covered me with a garment of praise. Now by your grace and your indwelling spirit, I am an oak of your righteousness and a planting that gives you glory.

Isaiah 54; John 3:6; Galatians 2:20

Thank you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, that, with great compassion, you have gathered me back to you. With everlasting love, you have compassion on me, my Lord and my Redeemer. Your steadfast love will never leave me, and your covenant of peace shall not be removed.

In righteousness, by your grace and mercy, I am established, far from oppression and fear. No weapon fashioned against me shall succeed, and my words shall be your very words of truth and life, Father.

My heritage is now from you, Father, for I have been born again by your spirit. It is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me. I am vindicated by your decree, Father, because this life that I now live, I live by faith in Jesus Christ, your son, who loves me and gave his life for me.

Isaiah 53 & 54; Colossians 3:11

Lord God, it was your will to offer up Jesus as an offering for my guilt. It was your will to crush him. Out of his anguish, he saw your salvation, and he was satisfied. He knew many would be accounted righteous because he had borne their iniquities.

I like a sheep had gone astray. I had turned to my own way, yet you, Father, laid my iniquities on Jesus, your Messiah.

Surely he bore my griefs and carried my sorrow; upon him was the chastisement that brought me peace, and by his wounds, I was healed and reconciled to you, Father.

Now, by your grace, Father, and by Jesus’s perfect propitiation, I am not ashamed. I am not fearful or confounded. The shame of my youth is covered and redeemed.

Now, Father, I am of you and from you. You, the Holy One of Israel, are my redeemer. You are the God of the whole earth, and you are my all and in all.

Isaiah 51; 1 Corinthians 6; Isaiah 52

You are my Lord, oh God. You are the one who comforts me. You are my God. You put your words in my mouth, and you cover me in the shadow of your hand. You have claimed me as your person.

You have bought me with a price. I belong to you. I am no longer my own. I am redeemed, but not by money.

I was lost and in bondage to the world, but then, Father, you brought me the good news. How beautiful that was. You published your peace to me. You showed me your salvation.

You reign, oh God. I see that, and I lift up my voice to sing for joy and worship to you. You comfort me, and you redeem me. You bare your arm and show your strength.

I am encouraged and comforted for you redeem and keep me, and you show the earth your salvation and your justice.

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.