My Father and My God,
You are righteous. I am unrighteous! You are holy. I am defiled with sin!
You are wisdom. I am foolish! You are Almighty. I am very weak!
You are all-knowing. I am ignorant of much! You are eternal. I am temporal!
You are infinite. I am finite! You are transcendent. I am limited, I am dust!
You are Spirit. I am flesh!
In You, O Lord, “I live and move and have my being.” My every breath comes from You. My Father, I need You every moment of every day. I feel my weakness, my sinfulness, my need, my ignorance, my foolishness! Strengthen me, Holy Spirit; fill me with Your holy presence and power. Bring Your truth to my remembrance every moment of every day. Remind me of my redemption in Christ; remind me that I am covered in Christ’s righteousness; remind me that my precious Savior bore the penalty of all my sins on the cross at Calvary; remind me that I am a child of God; remind me that I am received into the courts of Heaven because of Who Christ is and what He has done, NOT because of who I am or what I have done. Remind me daily that all my acceptance and favor and righteousness in the sight of Heaven’s holy throne is my Beloved Savior Jesus! As it is written, “But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption— so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord” (1 Cor. 1:30-31).
O my GOD: Father, Son, Holy Spirit, God of all consolation, comfort me with Your holy presence. Comfort me through Your Word with the assurance of pardon. Comfort me, Holy Spirit, by bearing witness continually with my spirit that I am a child of God. Lord Jesus, comfort me as You are my Good Shepherd and gentle Savior. Don’t let me be one of Your sheep who wanders away from Your fold. As the hymn writer declared, “Prone to wander, Lord I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love; Here’s my heart Lord, take and seal it, Seal it for Thy courts above.”
O Lord, as You promised (John 10; Rom. 8), keep me in the palm of Your hand. Don’t let me wander; don’t let my love for You grow cold; don’t let me become indifferent; don’t let the holy fire be extinguished by the things of this world, the remaining sin in my heart, and the lethargy I see all over the church today; don’t let me sin against You! Heavenly Father, keep me from sinning against You; take away every opportunity to sin; keep me strong in the hour of temptation; keep me faithfully walking in Your will. Chasten me when I sin, and cause me to walk in humility when I obey!
Holy Father, I feel the wretched discontentment in my heart and I hate it, but I acknowledge and confess this sin to You! Forgive me for the sin of discontentment, O Lord I feel it, and make me content with my station, location, and possessions in life, which come to me by way of Your Providence! Use me, O Father, for Your glory! Use me, Lord Jesus, as Your redeemed slave! Use me, Holy Spirit, to faithfully, boldly, and diligently bring Your Word to a lost and dying world!
As the psalmist declared, “Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I shall keep it to the end. Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, for I delight in it. Incline my heart to Your testimonies, and not to covetousness. Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in Your way. Establish Your word to Your servant, who is devoted to fearing You” (Psalm 119:33-38).
In Jesus’ holy name I pray!
Amen!
