Father, in Jesus' name, help me to keep my mind stayed on You as You keep me in perfect peace. Help me to trust You in everything. You are my Rock. My life is stable and secure because of You. Everything in the natural and temporary may be shaking but You and Your eternal Kingdom cannot and will not be shaken. You are my Refuge and Strength, a very present help in the time of trouble.
You are my Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer. I exist only because You brought me into existence. You are the only reason that I do not fall apart. You have caused me to pass from death to life through faith in Your Son Jesus. You have brought me out of darkness into Your marvelous light. You have set me free from being a slave to sin and one taken captive by the devil to do his will. For he whom the Son sets free is free indeed! I am Yours, forever Yours. Thank You for purchasing me at a high price with the precious blood of Jesus. My body is now a temple of Your Holy Spirit. Fill me to overflowing measure.
Help me not to flirt or play with sin that Jesus came to bear as He drank the cup of Your wrath down to the very last drop. You did this to make forgiveness, reconciliation with You, and the free gift of eternal life available to me - to any and all who would place their faith in Jesus. In light of what You have done do not let me hold anything back from You. You gave everything when You gave Jesus to make me Yours. You are the only One that I need. Bring me to the place where You are all that I want as my desire for the world fades away.
By the empowering presence of Your Spirit, who lives in me, help me to put the deeds of the sinful flesh to death. Make me one who walks in the Spirit and does not give in to the lusts of the flesh. Bring me to the place where I truly grieve over the sin that grieves Your Spirit. Move me to repent and make me more and more like Jesus. Make me a pure and holy vessel who daily walks in intimate fellowship with You and my brothers and sisters in Christ. May I be one through whom the grace, glory, and gospel of Jesus flows without hindrance.
Guide me to the place where You mean infinitely more to me than anyone or anything else. Do what You must to get me to the place in my soul that with all sincerity that I am able to say, like the Apostle Paul, "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain" (Philippians 1:21). That more than anything else I want to know Christ. The reality is that Jesus is my greatest and only treasure. He is the goal of my very life. May I live for You and long for You with every single beat of my heart and breath that I take. You are the only One worthy of my life.
Forgive me for all of the times that I have given myself to lifeless, temporary and earthly things that are infinitely inferior to You. Only You are God and besides You there are no others. Lead me to acknowledge and renounce all idols and false gods in my life that I have bowed down to in my heart. Help me to fully return to You, the One and only true and living God, my first love with all of my heart. Bring me to the place where my entire life is lived out of the overflow of You having all of me. Where I truly delight myself in You and You grant me the desires of my heart that beats at one with Yours. In Jesus' name, Amen!!!
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