Since it is Your will that we be sanctified (set apart for You, cleansed from sin and made right with You by Your Holy Spirit - 1 Thes. 4:3; 2 Thes. 2:13), we ask, sanctify us through and through (1 Thes. 5:23-24) that we may be blameless, well-pleasing in Your sight, a powerful witness to our world and ready for Your return. This we ask in Jesus' Name and for His sake. Amen!...  Read More

O Lord, our God and Father, there are few words more fitting than these in this day and age: "Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone" (Colossians 4:5-6, NIV). Please, by Your Holy Spirit, let this be how we think, speak and live, for we have a mis...  Read More

Father, Your Word says that we must have the same attitude, mindset, that Christ had. Today we confess how far beyond us that call is to Christlikeness. In ourselves, this is utterly impossible. But, then, when the focus is our own ability and will, that explains the impossibilty...for us. So, today, here and now, we surrender to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and confess the He is Lord. By Your Spi...  Read More

Father God, thank You so much that a part of Your relentless pursuit of all of us is because You are committed to completing that good, right, and wholesome work that You began in us in our new creation, the day we received Jesus Christ into our hearts as Lord and Savior. Today may we be committed wholly to pursuing You in the same way. May our surrender to Your working in us allow You to do in us...  Read More

Thank You, Father, that the Kingdom is not about rules and regulations, but about relationship. Thank You that the relationship we have with You begins and thrives in grace that arises from a foundation of love. Thank You that grace makes us brand new...inside. Thank You that what You do within shows up in how we live. Thank You that You have given us a brand new Family that thrives in Your Spirit...  Read More

Please, Lord, by Your Holy Spirit, produce the fruit that arises out of love in us. May love be our hallmark, and joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control grow out of our lives to bear witness to Your presence in us, and be a witness that draws people to you. We want Your honor, Your glory, and so we ask all of this in the Name of Jesus. Amen!...  Read More