I Need You Today

Heavenly Father, I praise You for being a God who listens, who understands, and who walks with me through the trials I face. I praise You for making a home for me that is not this. I praise You that You have instilled hope in me that no matter what I face here, I will live beyond it and see You someday. Help me today to take command of my day and shake off the evil with Your Holy Spirit, giving me wisdom and discernment.

Christ told us: “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world, you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” [John 16:33] Holy Spirit, I need discernment and wisdom today and the days to come. I need to be the leader that You need me to be. Help me to find the peace that You offer and be strong and courageous while leading during some very difficult times.

Let me continually offer the sacrifice of praise to You, oh God, that is, the fruit of my lips, giving thanks to Your name. Help me not to forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices You are well pleased. I will do my best to obey those who rule over me, and be submissive because they watch out for my soul, and they will give an account for how they lead. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for me. For I am confident that I have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably. I am especially urged to do this. Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make me complete in every good work to do His will, working in me what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen (Hebrews 13:14-21)