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Father, I want to live with the consciousness of Christ being my
Head, drawing the supply of all my needs from His exhaustless resources, and
doing all for His glory. I want to hold fast to Christ Jesus, my Head and depend
wholly upon Him. Yesterday’s help will not do for today.
Father, I want to continue
to die to the flesh with all its passions and lusts and only live to the glory
of Your Son. I do this not out of fear of punishment, but rather out of love for
the One who gave Himself for me. It’s Your love that makes me really free to do
right. Your love makes it easy to choose; love makes the face of duty beautiful.
And love makes it sweet to keep up with You and love makes the service of
goodness freedom. Love sees no faults; it endures long, sees no end.
Your word says, because, I
have been raised with Christ, I should seek those things, which are above. Help
me, Lord to cultivate heavenly ways, I do not want to be earth-bound in my
outlook, but heavenly bound. My feet may be upon the earth, but my head should
be with the stars. I want to live like a citizen of heaven here on earth.
Father, I want to be identified with Christ in His resurrection; to be
disconnected from man’s world, man’s religion, and man’s wisdom. I want to be
put in touch with Your world and with all that is there. I consider myself as
dead to this world but alive with the process of becoming increasingly conformed
to the life of my Lord Jesus. I want my life to be hidden with Christ in You. I
want His destiny to be my destiny. “When Christ who is our life appears, then
you also will appear with Him in glory. (Col. 3:4)
Father, I reckon myself dead
to sin by putting to death my members which are on earth, my standing is in
Christ Jesus; my state is what I am in myself. My standing is the free gift of
You through faith in Your Son. My state represents my response to Your grace.
You freely give to all that
believe on the Lord Jesus a position of favor in Your sight. Father, I want to
continue to grow more and more like my Lord Jesus Christ. I am not satisfied
with my present attainment; I want to press on to the goal of increasing
conformity to my Savior. I want Christ as my example and for Him to rule over my
life. Father, when I stand at the Judgment Seat of Christ, I want to be judged
not by how much better my life was than others, but rather how my life measured
up to the life of the Lord Jesus Himself. I want my character to reflect
holiness, love, humility, meekness, kindness and forgiveness. Give me a renewed
mind and heart, O God.
Father, Your word says, forgiveness should be exercised
toward others when they have offended. “Even as Christ forgave you, you also
must do.” You forgave me without a cause, so should I. You forgave freely, so
should I. I pray you give me the strength to follow my blessed Savior
in this wonderful attitude.
Your word says, put on love
as the outer garment, or the belt, which binds all other virtues together in
order to make up perfection. It will hold together in symmetry all parts of my
Christian character. Father, I pray that my actions should not be self-seeking,
but be born out of wholehearted affection because Your love is the bond of
perfection.
Father, help me to live
compatibly with my fellow believers and to be an example in all I do and say. I
pray that I will not shirk my responsibilities in my church, nor give them up
when I am annoyed or provoked. Give me a thankful spirit, for Your word states
that a cheerful, thankful attitude of mind is beneficial for the body, and that
worry, depression, and a complaining spirit is harmful to my health.
“Let the word of Christ
dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in
psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the
Lord. (Col. 3:16) May You dwell in me richly. I want my heart and mind to be so
saturated in Your holy word that I seek to walk in obedience to it, to have Your
word to be at home in my heart. Help me Lord to share my knowledge of Scripture
with others and to seek help by practical Godly counsel.
Your word says, that being
filled with Your Word is both requisites for living a joyful, useful, fruitful
life. You said we are not filled with the Spirit unless we yield up our
innermost being to the control of the Holy Spirit. O Father, I yield to Your
Word and to Your Holy Spirit. Father, it is my aim to be well pleasing to You,
to keep my eyes focused on the right goals. I want to be approved by You so I
will discipline my body and bring it into subjection to Your will. I recognize
Your claim of ownership over me, as my body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. I
know I have the responsibility to keep my spirit in agreement with Your Spirit.
And, when I do, You gradually lift me to the level of where You live. A level of
perfect submission to Your will, where I pay no attention to anything else.
Father, have Your way with me, so people will begin to see You working in my
life more and more. “…perfecting holiness in fear of God.” (2Corinthians. 7:1)
Father, Your Word says,
living a life of faith means never knowing where you are being led. But it does
mean loving and knowing the One who is leading. Faith is rooted in the knowledge
of You, and one of the traps I fall into is the belief that if I have faith, You
will surly lead me to success in this world. It is literally a life of faith,
not understanding and reason, a life of knowing You. Faith is the attainment of
character. Faith is not a life of one glorious mountaintop experience after
another, but is a life-in and day-out consistency; a life walking without
fainting. Father, I want the faith that has been tried and proved and has
withstood the test, built on You. Faith in You assures me there is always hope
and reminds me that You answer my prayers. “Let us hold fast to the confession
of our hope without wavering, for He who has promised is faithful.” (Hebrews
10:23)
Sheltered in Your tender
care, I am living in faith, not in fear. You give me peace of mind wherever I
may go and whatever I do, I am in the shelter of Your love. Hallelujah! I give
You praise and glory. Your presence is a blessed assurance when I face all
circumstances with faith, with my shoulder back and my head held high for I am
one with You, My Father. “You will have confidence, because there is hope; you
will be protected and take your rest in safety.” Job 11:18
Written VSD-G
3/11/00
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