Offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God.
(Romans 12:1, NIV)
Lord, it’s the start of a new day.
I want this day to count for You.
I want it to be a good day with You.
I want to know You better.
I want to draw closer to You.
I want to please You.
I want to be used by You to help others,
to love them for You,
to draw them to You.
Lord,
use me today.
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Hymn: Through Me
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My Lord Jesus,
I am amazed at
how much life You have breathed into my deadness,
how much loving wisdom into my selfish ignorance,
how much consistency,
how much holiness,
how much of Yourself You have grown in me.
Loving Lord,
Almighty God,
Merciful Friend,
this is my prayer today:
Please Yourself in me.
Wrap Yourself around my thoughts,
permeate my feelings,
seize my heart,
energize all You have made me.
Fulfill in me
all that Your wisdom has planned and
all that Your love has dreamed.
Lord, please Yourself fully in me today.
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Hymn: Beyond Imagination
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Father, I am from You.
I am not simply created by You.
I am Your offspring,
Your own child.
What is more, I
live and
move and
exist entirely in You.
Today, Father,
my imperfect body is in Your hands.
My imperfect thoughts and actions are in Your hands.
By Your Spirit,
in Your mercy and love,
make me more and more like
Your holy Son,
my glorious Brother,
Jesus Christ.
Make me whole,
complete, and
pleasing in Him.
I love You, Father, and
I trust You.
I am in Your hands,
body,
mind, and
spirit.
You are my Shepherd,
my Father,
my breath,
my existence.
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Hymn: God Alone
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Whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all. (Mark 10:43-44, NASB)
God, what should I do with this free time?
I am Your servant.
I tend to get preoccupied with my own plans, Father.
Forgive me.
I am Your servant.
I’m feeling overwhelmed and confused, God,
but I look to You and rely on You.
I am Your servant.
I face a decision, and I don’t know which way to go.
Lead me, Lord.
I am Your servant.
Father, I feel for that person.
I sense their need, but
I don’t know how to help them.
Use me.
I am Your servant.
I am Yours, my Lord.
I am listening.
I am available.
I am Your servant.
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Hymn: I Am Your Servant
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Even after many years of following You, Father,
much of my life makes no sense in light of
who You are.
You are
perfect power,
perfect wisdom, and
perfect love.
Yet the faith I live is so weak.
My thoughts and actions proclaim a God who is
only a vague shadow of You,
a God who is
limited and
unreliable.
So much of me is still unmolded by the truth of
all You are.
My daily walk is clouded by
ignorance,
fear, and
self-centeredness.
Almighty Father, I long to know You in a way that is
all-transforming.
I want to respond to You
always,
constantly,
for all You are.
I hunger to think and speak and walk
each moment
in the light of Your full greatness.
Continue to draw me to Yourself.
Through prayer,
Your Word, and
Your loving discipline, Father,
help me to
see You more clearly and
trust You more simply.
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Hymn: High and Holy Sovereign God
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God of endless abundance,
God of glad, unbounded giving,
You have made me
Your child,
Your heir.
I am rich beyond measure
in You.
Father, help me turn my back on everything
that distracts me from You.
Help me flee from
all anxious grasping,
all lust, and
all self-glory.
Instead, help me wholeheartedly embrace
generosity,
contentment,
humility,
gratitude, and
joyful, self-giving love.
Father, help me release everything else and embrace
You.
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Hymn: Poor in Spirit
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Father,
I desire only You.
I trust only You.
I worship only You.
I seek only You.
In the morning, as I rise to work,
I desire only You.
As I drive to work,
with time to think or listen,
I desire only You.
At work, with decisions to be made,
I desire only You.
As I come home from work, weary,
where I have desired and sought
relaxation,
I desire only You.
In spare moments,
as I face each decision, each task,
I desire only You.
Facing the future,
in my home,
in my ministry,
in my daily life,
I desire only You.
Beautiful Father,
Eternal Father,
Almighty,
Loving,
Holy Father,
in whom I live and move
and have my being,
I desire only You.
I am Your child.
I ask only one thing.
Father, I desire only
You.
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Hymn: God Alone
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Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. (Mark 10:43-44, NIV)
Pray this simple prayer in all kinds of circumstances:
When you have time in front of you that is not yet spoken for;
When you are preoccupied with your own plans;
When you find yourself overwhelmed and confused;
When you don’t know which way to turn;
When someone is in need, but you don’t know how to help them.
Remind God, and yourself, that You are His, that You are open and listening to Him, that You are always available to Him.
God,
I am Your servant.
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Hymn: If You Would Be Great
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I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship. (Romans 12:1, NIV)
We are made for God, and for Him alone.
His love, His wisdom, His will for us are perfect. But He cannot do in us what He wants as long as we are distracted by other desires. To be His, to live in unbroken communion with Him, our hearts must be empty of everything else. Otherwise He cannot act and do there what He pleases.
Trust Him completely. Want only His will. Make Him and His glory the focus of all that you do and say and undertake. Free Him to do and be all that He desires in you.
by Brother Lawrence and Ken Bible
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Hymn: Nothing Between
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