Heavenly Father, I praise You for Your word and for it being a lamp of wisdom to light my path as I navigate life. I praise You for walking with me even when I feel so alone in this big world. I praise You for feeding my soul when I am hungry and quenching my thirst when I am dry from life and need to be recharged.
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” “Let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.” “And he said to them, ‘The Sabbath was made for man, and not man made for the Sabbath; therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath’” [Exodus 20:8; Colossians 2:16&17; Mark 2:27&28]. Lord, help me to find my day for rest, recharging my faith, meeting and fellowshipping with my spiritual family, so I can then go back to work and face the toils of life that try to take from me every other day of the week.
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