Heavenly Father, I praise You today for the sunshine, for the air I breathe, and for giving me another day. I praise You for being a God who knows me, my thoughts, desires, and dreams. I praise You for creating me like no one else so I can walk my own path. I praise You for the family I have, for my wife, daughter, son, grandchildren, etc. Holy Spirit, I continue to bring those before You that I know need salvation and those who need healing. I continue to seek wisdom and discernment on where You want me to worship and how to navigate the troubling times at work. I pray that You will help relieve some of the stress I face and some of my family members are facing right now. Help us to somehow find our joy, peace and center so that we can draw closer to You.
Therefore, let me not sleep as others do. But let me be alert and sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. But let me, who is of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation. For God has not appointed me to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for me, so that whether I am awake or asleep, I will live together with Him. So, I will comfort myself, and edify my brothers and sisters. I will acknowledge those who labor around me, and/or are appointed over me in the Lord, and instruct me. I will esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among the members of the body of Christ. I have been exhorted to warn those who are unruly, comfort the faint-hearted, support the weak, and be patient toward everyone. I will not render evil for evil to anyone. But always seek to do good to others. I will rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning me. I will not quench the Spirit. Nor will I despise prophecies. I will examine all things. Firmly hold onto what is good. Abstain from all appearances of evil. May the very God of peace sanctify me completely. And I pray to God that my whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. For I know that faithful is He who calls me, for He also will do it. Amen. 1 Thessalonians 5:6-24