According to Your Word, O loving God, You promised I could be Your people and You would be my God, for I have indeed returned to You with all my heart (Jeremiah 24:7). My faithful God – who is the same yesterday and today and forever – please be to me what You were for Abram: my shield and my very great reward (Genesis 15:1).
You have shown me, O Lord, what is good. And all that You require of me is to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with You, my trustworthy Father (Micah 6:8).
Lord God, Your Word says You bestow favor and honor on those who walk uprightly (Psalm 84:11). I can’t claim a blameless walk, but I ask You first for Your mercies, and then for Your grace to empower me to walk with You faithfully, and to never cease pursuing that blameless walk.
O dear Lord Jesus, I want to be like the one to whom You said, “Woman, you have great faith!” (Matthew 15:28) Please flourish this kind of faith in me.
Sovereign Lord, Your Word says You esteem the person who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at Your Word (Isaiah 66:2). Please make me that kind of person through the power of Your Holy Spirit, gracious God.
O Lord Jesus, I want You to be able to say to me, “I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.” (Revelation 2:19) O please, my loving Lord, cause these words to be true in my life.
I know that You are the Lord God, the Almighty God, that those who hope in You will not be disappointed (Isaiah 49:23).
May my Lord, Jesus Christ Himself, and God, my Father — who loves me and by His grace gives eternal encouragement and good hope — encourage my heart and strengthen me in every good deed and word (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17).
