Heavenly Father You saw me and approved of me even while I was in my mother’s womb (Psalm 139:23-26). You gave me survival tools that would bring me to this place where I am today. You have been waiting for me to come home to truth — the truth that will set me free if I but listen (John 8:32). Lord God, Your Word says You love the just and will not forsake Your faithful ones (Psalm 37:28); they will be protected forever. My justification is found in Your son, my Savior, Christ Jesus (Romans 8:30). He is faithful even when I am not (2 Timothy 2:13). Thus I thank You, Father, that I can be absolutely sure You will never leave me nor forsake me because I am in Jesus (Hebrews 13:5).
God says: “Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My instruction: Do not fear disgrace by men and do not be shattered by their taunts. For the moth will devour them like a garment and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, and My salvation for all generations” (Isaiah 51:7-8).
Lord Almighty One, according to Your Word, what a man desires or craves deeply is unfailing love (Proverbs 19:22). Every other use of those words ‘unfailing love’ in Scripture is attributed to You alone. You are the only one capable of perpetual unfailing love. Help me understand that my deep cravings for someone to love me with that kind of love were meant to be satisfied by You alone. And thank You deeply, my God and my Father.
Father, according to Your Word, You give the Son whatever He asks (John 17:24-26). Therefore I thank You for making Yourself known to me, and for welcoming me to be in Your family. No matter how I may encounter rejection in the world around me, I am welcomed to abide in the Creator of Heaven and Earth, and in the perfect Son of the Most High God! Even if my father and mother forsake me, You, O Lord will receive me with open arms (Psalm 27:10).
Glorious God, You said, “I have chosen You and have not rejected you.” So I will not fear, for God is with me. I will not be dismayed for Adonai is my El Shaddai. The mighty Jehovah will strengthen me and help me. El Elohim will uphold me with His righteous right hand. One day because of You, Lord God Almighty, I will search for my enemies and will not find them. For You are the Lord, my God who takes hold of my right hand and says to me, “Do not fear; I will help you”(Isaiah 41:9-13).
O God, though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet Your unfailing love for me will not be shaken nor Your covenant of peace be removed. You are the Lord God who has compassion on me (Isaiah 54:10). My God, You say to me in Your Word, “I, even I am He who comforts you” (Isaiah 51:12). Thank You, Loving Lord! Help me to sense and respond to Your comfort, and share it with others that may need it, too.
O God, help me always to be thankful that I am loved by You, because from the beginning You chose me to be saved, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth and in Your Son (2 Thessalonians 2:13). May Your unfailing love be my comfort, according to Your promise to Your servant (Psalm 119:76).
Lord, according to Your Word, a hope deferred makes the heart sick. But a longing fulfilled is a tree of life (Proverbs 13:12). Lord, You are keenly aware of all hopes that have been deferred in my life. Help me to put my hopes in You, for You will fulfill my longings. You, Lord God, delight in those who fear You, who put their hope in Your unfailing love (Psalm 147:11).
O blessed and merciful Lord God, Your Word promises that those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. If I go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, I will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves/souls with me (Psalm 126:5-6). Help me see that the promise is not made to those who simply have tears, but to those who are willing to sow seed in the midst of their tears. If I’m willing to keep believing and sowing Your Word even when I am desperately hurting, You will bring me forth from this difficult season with songs of joy.
Lord God, I am hard pressed on every side but not crushed; perplexed but not in despair; persecuted but not abandoned; struck down but not destroyed (2 Corinthians 4:8-10). You protect me. I always carry around in my body the death of Your son, Jesus, so that the life of Your Son may also be revealed in my body. Lord Jesus, help me to always remember that if I am truly crucified with You, I am also raised to resurrection life with You! And it’s Your resurrection life in me that keeps me going. I have been crucified with Christ Jesus. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me (Galatians 2:20). Help me, dearest Lord, to never forget that the purpose of the crucified life is to allow me to walk in the power of Your resurrected life.
You, Lord Jesus, were despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and familiar with suffering (Isaiah 53:3). You were like one from whom men hide their faces. You were despised — You know exactly how I feel, Lord. Therefore I will put my trust in You. I have a great High Priest who has gone into Heaven, Jesus, the Son of God (Hebrews 4:14). He suffered everything just as I suffer, and now He intercedes for me in His heavenly realm. So I cling to Him and will never stop trusting Him.
My Savior Jesus, as unimaginable as this may seem, when I am obedient to You, You call me friend? You desire to make known to me everything You learned from Your father. I did not choose You, but You chose me and appointed me to go and bear fruit — fruit that will last. Then the Father will give me whatever I ask in Your Name (John 15:13-16). Develop Your heart within me, dearest Lord Jesus, so I will know how to ask of the Father in Your great name. Help me also to be always aware that You chose me, so I never need to feel left out.
Sovereign Lord, because You help me, I will not be disgraced. He who vindicates me is near. Who then will bring charges against me? It is the sovereign Lord who helps me (Isaiah 50:7-9). I can say with confidence, “The Lord is my Helper, so I will have no fear” (Hebrews 13:6). I will not fear or dread or be hurtful back to others, because many people just don’t understand; their eyes do not see.
Your eyes, Lord, are on those who fear You; on those whose hope is in Your unfailing love to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine [even in social famine]. I wait in hope for You, O Lord; You are my help and my shield. In You my heart rejoices for I trust in Your Holy Name (Psalm 33:18-22). May Your unfailing love rest upon me; O Lord even as I put my hope in You. O Lord, because You are my help, I sing in the shadow of Your wings. My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me (Psalm 63:7-8).
Faithful God, help me to call this to mind and therefore to always have hope: Because of Your great love, I am not consumed, for Your compassions never fail. They are new toward me every morning. Great is Your faithfulness. I will gladly say, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for Him” (Lamentations 3:22-24). Father God, I will be strong and courageous. I will not be afraid or terrified because of anyone else; for You, O Lord my God, go with me. You promised You will never leave me nor forsake me (Deuteronomy 31:6).
Lord God, according to Your Word, Your Spirit Himself testifies with my spirit that I am Your child. Now if I am Your child, then I am an heir — heir of Yours and co-heir with Christ Jesus, if indeed I share in His sufferings that I may also share in His glory (Romans 8:16-18). Help me to sincerely embrace the truth that any present sufferings I encounter are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in me. Father, continue to bring me along the path You have laid for me, so that I can learn to rejoice in my sufferings because sufferings produce perseverance (Romans 5:3).
Father, I want You to be able to have great confidence in me and take pride in me and my faith in You. In all my troubles, let my joy know no bounds (2 Corinthians 7:4). You, O God, turn my wailing into dancing. You remove my sackcloth and clothe me with joy that my heart may sing to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give You thanks and praise forever (Psalm 30:11-12).
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