God,
I admit that I’ve been trying to live my life in my own strength. I’ve been trying to earn my salvation by trying harder to be perfect. I have believed the lie that if I can just be “good” enough, You will approve of me.
Father, I have overlooked the cross. I have become a Pharisee. Though I have accepted Your Son, I have been trying to operate under the Law rather than under your Grace.
Thank you for Jesus Christ. Thank you for sending Him to die, as my replacement. Thank you for making it possible for us to have a relationship. Thank you for calling me, before the beginning of time, to be conformed to the Image of Christ.
Thank you for fulfilling Your promises to me. Thank you for putting me through the fire, so that I can be tested and refined. I’m so glad that I don’t have to try to be perfect! I’m so amazed that You perfected me the moment You brought me out from under sin and gave me new life in the Spirit.
Help me to walk in the Spirit. Help me to be thankful. Help me to desire Your heart. Help me to withstand temptation of any kind. Help me to listen to Your voice rather than the competing voices around me.
I want to put away the old me. You have given me a new name. You have made me one with Christ, and we have an inseparable union. Therefore I do not live, but Christ lives in me. He is my strength. I do not want to do anything apart from Him.
God, I recognize that as long as I walk on this earth, there will be a spiritual battle for my attention. The forces of darkness will try to lead me astray and distract me from realizing Your purpose for me. Help me to put on the armor with which you have equipped me, and help me to resist the Enemy’s attacks.
I know that I will have trouble in this world. I will have days when I feel hopeless and lost. Unlovable, forgotten. Beyond repair. Thank you that none of those things are true. Thank you that Jesus Christ has overcome the world and all its sorrow. Thank you for being faithful, and reminding me of Your love as you did today.
I love you, El Roi. Thank you for seeing Your Son in me.
I love you, El Shaddai. Thank you for being all I need and more.
I love you, El Elyon. Thank you for being in control of all things.
I love you, Lord Sabaoth. Thank you for delivering me.
Amen.
