Heavenly Father, I praise You for the much-needed rain today. It will bless the farmers and will bless those with allergies. I praise You for Your timing in all things, even though I may not understand at the time. Your timing is always when it should be. Help me today to take command of my day and let Your Spirit shake the evil from it.
Holy Spirit, You inspired Paul to write from prison, “But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit that lives in you.” [Romans 8:11, MEV] I want to live life fully the way You created me and gave me purpose to live. Help me to see the beauty of Your creation, the need of the least of these. Help me to smell the fragrances of flowers, fresh cut hay, cooking food, and enjoy that You feed me with wisdom and knowledge from Your word just as You supply my needs for nourishment. Help me to touch lives just as I can feel the soft fur of a pet, or cold water running through my fingers. Let me walk on paths that will show me the wonder, the miracles, and the awe of who You are and the world that You created. Let me see the majesty of mountains, fields of harvest, and know that You have made me to help bring the harvest of men into Your kingdom. Help me to hear people when they talk, hear Your Spirit when it prompts me, and also to enjoy the music in life so my Spirit can fully embrace worshiping You. Help me to taste and see that You are good as I drink deeply of the water of life and as I enjoy the food You provide to teach me to trust in You with all that I am.
Grace and peace will be multiplied to me through the wisdom and knowledge I gain and retain of God and of Jesus. He has given to me the ability to receive all things that pertain to life and godliness through this knowledge I am learning of Him and how He sees me and the world around me so that I can learn to strive for perfection and righteousness as seen in His own glory and excellence, and through this I am learning of the blessings and precious promises He has bestowed upon me for learning and knowing. This way I can abide and partake in being a child of His and to avoid and not be influenced by this world through lust, envy, pride, rebellion, or bitterness. I will make every effort to increase virtue in my faith and that virtue to the kind of knowledge that leads to self-control. This self-control will teach me patient endurance that I need to endure this evil world and the hate of godliness. From the virtue I add to my knowledge and endurance, I will learn to demonstrate and exhibit brotherly kindness and ultimately the love of God through every part of my being. All of this growing in the knowledge of God will lead to me being useful and fruitful as I fulfill the purpose God created me for and the drive of my will to serve God and help build the kingdom. I will not forget that for this reason I was cleansed from my sins by the blood of Christ, and I am a new creation that needs to grow and be productive while I continue to grow in wisdom and knowledge of God. This will help me know when doubt attacks that I am God’s child and that I am doing His will so that I do not stumble and fail. For I know that God provides for me enough to live life fully and with a joy that can not be stolen, and that one day I will enter into heaven, my eternal home. May Jesus be praised and glorified for my salvation. Amen. [2 Peter 1:2-11, paraphrased to align within me]