Heavenly Father, I praise You for today. I praise You for showing me grace, mercy, and forgiveness. I praise You for teaching me wisdom, giving me knowledge, helping me with understanding, and allowing Your Spirit to show me how to be discerning. I praise You for being patient and loving towards me.
Holy Spirit, I declare today, like I do each morning, that I am a sinner saved by grace. I plant my proverbial flag in the ground that I will follow, honor, and walk with Christ. I will pray for the brethren and stay in communication with You. I will learn to have desires that align with Your desires. I will learn to love with Your love, for mine is not that strong. I will attempt to see as You see, for my eyes fail me often. I will do my best to speak with wholesome language and to try to encourage others each day.
Holy Spirit, You inspired Paul to write: Since I am raised with Christ, I will learn to desire those things that are above, where Christ sits at the right hand of God. Help me to set my affection on things above, not be consumed by the love for things on earth. For I am dead, and my life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is my life, shall appear, then I also shall appear with Him in glory. Teach me to put to death the parts of my earthly nature: sexual immorality, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because I am learning these things, the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience. I used to live that life with them. I must now put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, and filthy language out of my mouth. I no longer can lie to others, for that was part of my old nature or way, because I am embracing the new nature to emulate Christ, who has and is becoming my all in all. Thank You for being my guide and prompter as I grow in Christ. In Jesus’ name, Amen. [Colossians 3:1-11, MEV and paraphrased by me]