Thank You Jesus E-Book

Marie Chapian

• Herausgeber: BroadStreet Publishing Group, LLC
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Seitenzahl: 294

Beschreibung

Beautifully captured in this powerful devotional is the language of heaven- gratitude. Each prayer is breathed with loving humility, moving you to reach heaven with a deeper understanding of God's love for you. Hear the overcoming joy of your own heart as you enter a 365-day experience of praising and thanking God through all things. Make it your passion to speak the language of heaven fluently, giving praise and thankfulness a permanent home in your life.

Leseprobe

BroadStreet Publishing Group LLC

Racine, Wisconsin, USA

Broadstreetpublishing.com

Thank You, JesusDAILY PRAYERS FOR LIFE’S UPS AND DOWNS

© 2016 by Marie Chapian

ISBN 978-1-4245-5204-7 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-4245-5226-9 (ebook)

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

Scripture quotations marked (NKJV) are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. zondervan.com. The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™ Scripture quotations marked (NCV) are taken from the New Century Version®. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked (NASB) are taken from the New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. Lockman.org. Scripture quotations marked (NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked (ESV) are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked (TLB) are taken from The Living Bible copyright © 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Design by Chris Garborg | garborgdesign.com

Editorial services by Michelle Winger | literallyprecise.com

Printed in China.

16  17  18  19  20  21  22    7  6  5  4  3  2  1

Reveal to me the secrets

of a thankful heart…

Contents

Introduction

January

January 1: Mountain of Strength

January 2: You Love Me

January 3: Always With Me

January 4: Fill the Vacant Places

January 5: Speak to Me

January 6: Exuberant Arena

January 7: My Refuge

January 8: Wondrous Privilege

January 9: New Perspective

January 10: Wrapped in Gladness

January 11: False Burdens

January 12: Not Alone

January 13: Surprises

January 14: Fighting My Battles

January 15: Listening for You

January 16: Nothing Without You

January 17: Safely Settled

January 18: Important to You

January 19: Unmerited Favor

January 20: Key to Wisdom

January 21: New Vision

January 22: Free from Fear

January 23: Deliver Me

January 24: My Mind

January 25: Be Still

January 26: Nothing is Hidden

January 27: Tears of the Past

January 28: Holy Microscope

January 29: New Path

January 30: Every Step

January 31: Blessings Untold

February

February 1: Move Freely

February 2: Supernatural Strength

February 3: Help Me Focus

February 4: Humble Submission

February 5: Power of Prayer

February 6: Secret Place

February 7: Impatient Struggles

February 8: Not Afraid

February 9: Dance and Sing

February 10: Bring You Joy

February 11: Turn Back Time

February 12: Enlarging My Vision

February 13: Sanctuary of My Soul

February 14: So Many Blessings

February 15: World of Promise

February 16: Whole and Complete

February 17: Wardrobe of My Heart

February 18: Your Voice

February 19: Life of Integrity

February 20: Forever Love

February 21: Hard on Myself

February 22: My Soul Wrestles

February 23: Language of Heaven

February 24: Good Times and Bad Times

February 25: Glorious Place

February 26: Learning to be Thankful

February 27: Angelic Host

February 28: Deeper Place of Faith

March

March 1: Prideful Heart

March 2: Everlasting Life

March 3: Simple Things

March 4: Perfect Guidance

March 5: Pleasing You

March 6: Wisdom and Insight

March 7: Pot of Nervousness

March 8: Loved in Life

March 9: Create New Standards

March 10: Fountain of Wisdom

March 11: Trough of Uncertainty

March 12: Asking a Lot

March 13: Created to Reflect

March 14: Peace Deep Within

March 15: False Voices

March 16: Anxious Thoughts

March 17: Think as You Think

March 18: Most Necessary

March 19: Array of Beauty

March 20: Increasing My Faith

March 21: At Work in Me

March 22: How to Please You

March 23: Bold Privilege

March 24: On Top of Things

March 25: Boldness

March 26: Authority and Power

March 27: Freedom

March 28: More Than a Conqueror

March 29: Nowhere to Go

March 30: Small Sparrow

March 31: Valley of Decision

April

April 1: Divine Timing

April 2: Reaching Down

April 3: Never Forsake Me

April 4: Renewed Sense of Purpose

April 5: Exchanging My Weak Qualities

April 6: No Higher Reward

April 7: Barefoot on Ice

April 8: Humility and Timidity

April 9: Your Compassionate Heart

April 10: Something Good

April 11: Channel of Blessing

April 12: Eager Learner

April 13: Holding all Matter

April 14: New Challenges

April 15: Abounding Grace

April 16: Not Alarmed

April 17: Illuminating My Soul

April 18: My Savior

April 19: In Your Hands

April 20: Faith as the Key

April 21: Thankful for All Things

April 22: Lift Up My Chin

April 23: Concerns of My Heart

April 24: Flinging Aside My Fears

April 25: Physical Condition

April 26: Storms of Life

April 27: Encouraging and Empowering

April 28: The Lord Who Heals Me

April 29: Solidly Fixed

April 30: Winter’s Heavy Parka

May

May 1: Thoughts of Failure

May 2: Soar Like the Eagles

May 3: Boundless Beauty

May 4: Lacking Nothing

May 5: My Inner Character

May 6: Night Hours

May 7: Gift of Time

May 8: No Holes in Time

May 9: Bringing My Hurts

May 10: In Control

May 11: Holy Ears

May 12: Fixed Forever

May 13: Guiding Me Perfectly

May 14: Lifting Me Up

May 15: Pain of Rejection

May 16: Greatest Temptation

May 17: Throes of Indecision

May 18: Suffering Shrine

May 19: High Calling

May 20: Hold Me Close

May 21: Never Forsake

May 22: Created Works

May 23: Save Me

May 24: Thrilling Life

May 25: Valley of Adversity

May 26: Since the Beginning

May 27: Sharpening My Senses

May 28: Not Looking Back

May 29: Praise and Worship

May 30: Shaping Love

May 31: Live in the Truth

June

June 1: Be Careful

June 2: Facing Decisions

June 3: Led by Emotions

June 4: Designed Future

June 5: Cave of Self-Pity

June 6: Spiritually Mature

June 7: Opened Doors

June 8: Equipped for Everything

June 9: Give You Everything

June 10: New Strength

June 11: Sharp and Discerning

June 12: Living a Miracle

June 13: Old Habits

June 14: Love and Adore

June 15: Holy One

June 16: Everything is Yours

June 17: Faithful

June 18: Nothing Too Small

June 19: Lifted Up

June 20: Deepen My Awareness

June 21: Old Efforts

June 22: On Purpose

June 23: Called to Live

June 24: Light of The World

June 25: Shine in My Soul

June 26: Your Name is Greater

June 27: Know Me Best

June 28: Too Great a Battle

June 29: Conquer Obstacles

June 30: Today’s Patience

July

July 1: Upward Climb

July 2: Outside Myself

July 3: Watching Over Me

July 4: Rewards Above and Beyond

July 5: Sanctuary of Prayer

July 6: All That I Am

July 7: Beautiful for You

July 8: Seventy Times Seven

July 9: Holy Microscope

July 10: Good Conscience

July 11: Purposefully Happy

July 12: Sweet Blessings

July 13: Express My Gratitude

July 14: Courtroom of Life

July 15: Clearing the Way

July 16: Snares of Gossip

July 17: Standing on the Rock

July 18: Proclaiming Prophet

July 19: Concentrate on the Task

July 20: Valley of Waiting

July 21: Thankful for Friends

July 22: Filled With Hope

July 23: Running to You

July 24: Hollow of Your Hand

July 25: Loved and Cherished

July 26: Happy Without Wisdom

July 27: Life Canvas

July 28: Block of Stone

July 29: Drawing Board of Life

July 30: Heaven’s Music

July 31: Annoying Bug Bites

August

August 1: Opening My Heart

August 2: Life’s Difficult Paths

August 3: Sweet Urgings

August 4: Let Go

August 5: Living Wonder

August 6: Sneaky Snake

August 7: Anchor that Holds

August 8: Carry Me Through

August 9: Spiritual Discernment

August 10: Passed Over

August 11: Attentive

August 12: Worrying

August 13: Sensitive to Your Presence

August 14: Unnatural for Me

August 15: Your Voice

August 16: Love is the Root

August 17: Heavy Burdens

August 18: Your Word Stands

August 19: Illuminate Your Word

August 20: Beside Me

August 21: New Path

August 22: The Father’s Purpose

August 23: So Blessed

August 24: Dark World

August 25: Loved Ones

August 26: Hollow of Your Hand

August 27: Cares that Rob

August 28: Key to Happiness

August 29: Feeling Dejected

August 30: Face the Trials

August 31: Calming My Fears

September

September 1: Robe of Courage

September 2: An Important Day

September 3: Lightened Burden

September 4: Surrounded by Goodness

September 5: Unlimited Power

September 6: Compassion at the Center

September 7: Spiritual Refreshment

September 8: Physical Exercise

September 9: Grace and Love

September 10: Extra Dose

September 11: Fountain of Mercy

September 12: Going Before Me

September 13: Leading Me Today

September 14: Things Above

September 15: Never Doubt

September 16: Eyes Haven’t Seen

September 17: Aflame With Love

September 18: Move of Your Spirit

September 19: Teaching Discipline

September 20: Every Hair

September 21: Directly to My Heart

September 22: Person of Integrity

September 23: A Heart Without Complaint

September 24: Removing the Fragments

September 25: Your Hand on My Life

September 26: Proud Heart

September 27: Greater than

September 28: Lackluster and Lukewarm

September 29: Gift of Wisdom

September 30: Life is Good

October

October 1: Wonderful and Amazing

October 2: Looking for Approval

October 3: Stop Comparing

October 4: Reaching Into My Needs

October 5: Saint Without Sorrow

October 6: Patience and Trust

October 7: Divinely Appointed

October 8: Deadly Enemy

October 9: Resist Temptation

October 10: The World’s Story

October 11: Called

October 12: Deliverance From Evil

October 13: Temptation to Sin

October 14: Hearing My Prayers

October 15: No Hurt Too Trivial

October 16: No More Worry

October 17: Each Facet

October 18: Who I am

October 19: Burden Exchange

October 20: Your Generosity

October 21: A Gift’s Value

October 22: Gifts to Share

October 23: Opening My Heart

October 24: Kingdom Emissary

October 25: Designer of Emotions

October 26: The Way I Am

October 27: Entangling Situation

October 28: The Wrongs

October 29: Age Discrimination

October 30: Heaven Sings

October 31: Glorious Light

November

November 1: I am Yours

November 2: Lifter of My Head

November 3: Good to Myself

November 4: Author of Love

November 5: Many Decisions

November 6: My Plans

November 7: World to Cherish

November 8: You are Great

November 9: Taking My Sins

November 10: Word Speaks Life

November 11: Through Every Season

November 12: Find Me

November 13: Penalty of My Mistakes

November 14: Reliable Sources

November 15: Written Word

November 16: The Way to Flourish

November 17: Time for All Things

November 18: Love Song

November 19: Central Moving Force

November 20: Selfish Pleasures

November 21: Need for Joy

November 22: Give and Receive

November 23: Religious Sanctimony

November 24: Things to Ponder

November 25: Great Eternal Plan

November 26: Giving Me Insight

November 27: Pick Up the Pieces

November 28: The Banquet Before Me

November 29: Gift of Faith

November 30: Life-Giver

December

December 1: Fabulous Journey

December 2: No Problem Too Great

December 3: Holy Spirit’s Nudging

December 4: A Mountain to Climb

December 5: Strength to Overcome

December 6: Drained of Energy

December 7: Doing Good Work

December 8: Know the Truth

December 9: Courage to Live

December 10: Power Within Me

December 11: Perfect Day

December 12: Against Me

December 13: Renewed Faith

December 14: Know My Soul

December 15: Gladness and Gratitude

December 16: Moving Life

December 17: Hard Work

December 18: More Creativity

December 19: Walk of Integrity

December 20: Business of Healing

December 21: My Future

December 22: Your Glory

December 23: New Creation

December 24: Abundantly Generous

December 25: Happy Birthday

December 26: Heroic Heart

December 27: Your Throne Room

December 28: Eternity Apart

December 29: Creating a New Heart

December 30: Prospering in Every Area

December 31: New Vision

INTRODUCTION

THE WORDS ON THESE PAGES REFLECT OUR DEEPEST LONGINGS

AND PASSIONS FOR A LOVING AND TRUE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

NO MATTER WHERE OUR FAITH IS AT THE MOMENT, THESE DAILY

PRAYERS ARE AN OPEN INVITATION TO ENTER AND ABSORB THE

LOVINGKINDNESS OF AN EMPOWERING, UNFAILING GOD.

THESE PRAYERS ARE WRITTEN IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE TO EXPRESS

NEEDS, WANTS, JOYS, SORROWS, PAIN, SUFFERINGS, AND

VICTORIES, AND TO DISCOVER THE SECRET KEYS OF GRATITUDE

THROUGH ALL STAGES AND EVENTS OF LIFE. THE VERY HEART OF

THIS DEVOTIONAL IS TO HELP YOU STRENGTHEN YOUR PERSONAL

RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH SHORT DAILY PRAYERS THAT

WEAVE AND MOLD GRATITUDE IN AND THROUGH ALL THINGS. IT

HELPS TO READ THE PRAYERS OUT LOUD. AFFIRMATIONS BRING

SINCERITY, AND SCRIPTURE VERSES FORTIFY AND IGNITE EACH

PRAYER. IT’S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO BE THANKFUL, BUT IT’S THE

VERY THING THAT PROPELS US TO RISE UP BIGGER AND STRONGER

THAN OUR SITUATIONS. GRATITUDE FREES US!

IT’S MY HEART’S FERVENT AND PASSIONATE PRAYER THAT THIS

DEVOTIONAL HELPS LIFT YOU TO A MOUNTAINTOP OF SWEET AND

FIERY FAITH WHERE YOUR HEART WISELY BREATHES, “THANK YOU,

JESUS,” UNCONTESTED, UNFEIGNED, AND UNDAUNTED FOREVER.

MAY YOU BE OVERTAKEN WITH HIS LOVE EACH DAY,

Marie

January

Thank you, Jesus,

for showing me the beauty of life

with the new year before me

and its limitless opportunities and

possibilities.

January 1

MOUNTAIN OF STRENGTH

You’re my mountain of strength, Lord.

It fascinates me that you’ll bend down

at the sound of my cry to stoop and lift me

out of the troubles that might flood my path.

You’ll pull me out of the miry pit of wrong choices

and wipe away the splotches and smudges of the past.

Oh Lord, this year help me not to fall prey to the

foolishness of the things that are but temporary glitter,

and help me choose your will

in every single matter of my life.

Blessing after blessing come to me

as I follow you because

you’re all I need to live fully and completely.

You’re awesome in power and might,

and I trust you completely.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart,

And do not lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge Him,

And He will make your paths straight.

PROVERBS 3:5-6 NASB

January 2

YOU LOVE ME

Thank you, Jesus, for loving me today.

You’re the God of all there is,

and I underestimate your power and authority

in all situations concerning me.

I know you’re with me and I know nothing escapes your eye.

That’s why I’m empowered to handle the trials in my life.

I’m beginning to understand that the things

I often consider so terrible can actually be gifts from you

to stretch my faith.

You’re my provider and my source

of strength and courage.

I’m strong because you’re strong.

When I face unexpected and unpredictable moments,

teach me not to stagger in my tracks, but to stand firm.

Help me as this new year begins, Lord,

to trust you more deeply than ever before.

Those who know your name trust in you,

for you, O LORD, do not abandon those who search for you.

PSALM 9:10 NLT

January 3

ALWAYS WITH ME

Thank you, Lord, for never leaving me,

not for a single moment.

Thank you, Lord, that even when I’m busy

running my life without you,

you’re still there

loving me and trying to get through to me.

Thank you for insisting I slip my worries and fears

into the immensity of your overcoming love for me.

You’ve told me to pause in my busyness

and my hurried schedule to look deep within

and listen for your Holy Spirit’s guidance

to dispel my anxieties.

I thank you today for fortifying my spirit

with your Holy Spirit.

He Himself has said,

“I will never leave you

nor forsake you.”

HEBREWS 13:5 NKJV

January 4

FILL THE VACANT PLACES

Oh Lord, I know you want to fill the vacant places

in my soul;

I know you want to make me

complete and whole,

and it gives me the greatest comfort.

I’m holding your love

close to me throughout this day because

without you there is no me.

As I rise every morning, the daybreak turns

pink and gold with the wonder of new opportunities

before me.

Oh Jesus, create in me a clean heart

and a soul to bless you.

It’s in you that I’m a complete person.

In Him you have been made complete,

and He is the head over all rule and authority.

COLOSSIANS 2:10 NASB

January 5

SPEAK TO ME

Oh Lord, thank you for speaking to me in unexpected places.

Thank you for your love song hovering over me

throughout the day.

I love to listen for you in the sounds

of the awakening morning,

in the heat of noontime,

and in the spill of night when the world sleeps.

I hear you in the wail of the wind, the groan of traffic

and even in the sound of a cell phone sighing in my pocket.

You hold my head in your hands

and you hum your healing love songs in my ear.

I can only worship you as you make every hour

blessed and holy in the sound

of your caressing love.

Oh come, let us worship and bow down;

let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

PSALM 95:6 NKJV

January 6

EXUBERANT ARENA

Lord, my life is the exuberant arena

of the gifts you’ve given me.

Thank you for my gift of creativity

and for my creative soul.

Thank you for reminding me

to make space for my inner longings to find expression.

You’ve shown me so many ways to release the gifts

that you’ve placed in me.

Teach me to listen intimately

to the world around me and for the dimensions

of your divine presence.

Teach me to look for and observe

your hand at work in the people around me.

Help me to listen for the songs of the angels.

Thank you for giving me moments

to retreat in and make space for you

to speak to me.

“If you then, who are evil,

know how to give good gifts to your children,

how much more will the heavenly Father

give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

LUKE 11:13 NRSV

January 7

MY REFUGE

Lord, thank you for keeping me safe.

You’re my refuge, my place of security.

I’m kept safe under the shadow of your wings

where no harm can reach me.

If I put on the girdle of stress,

you become the shape of that stress

to cover me and keep me safe

from strangling myself.

If I don the exhausting cloak of worry,

you take on its shape to keep the breath in me,

and if I dance in the shoes of distress and panic,

you dismiss the band and call me back

to the secret place with you

where there’s no stress, no worry, no distress, or panic.

Oh God, I’m blessed.

I’m blessed!

Today I want to live in honor

of the secret place of the Most High,

my true home.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High

Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress;

My God, in Him I will trust.”

PSALM 91:1-2 NKJV

January 8

WONDROUS PRIVILEGE

Thank you, Father God, for the wondrous privilege

you’ve given me to know you through Jesus.

Thank you for opening your arms to me

and inviting me into your private chambers to talk like this.

Thank you for the high honor of private audience with you

any time of the day or night!

I enter the holy doorway of our communication

with a thankful heart every day.

Sometimes I stand in that doorway breathless

with so much awe I can hardly stand it.

To know the Son of God is right here with me,

and to think you’ll never leave me

or forsake me is beyond my comprehension.

All I can do is thank you, and thank you, and thank you.

Thank you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving;

go into his courts with praise.

Give thanks to him and praise his name.

PSALM 100:4 NLT

January 9

NEW PERSPECTIVE

Thank you, Jesus, for a new perspective

to see things through your eyes.

I want to rub the salve of holy vision

on my eyes, so my blurred sight

will become clear and darkness will fall

from me like a heavy drape flopping to the ground.

I want to see the view from heaven’s windows.

I want to understand my role in your ultimate purpose.

I want to see what you see.

I want to stop grinding my teeth

and fidgeting and fretting.

I don’t want to lose one more minute

of sweet peaceful sleep.

I want to see clearly

and understand your ways.

I love to eat the honey of your Word

and taste the blessings of your favor.

Ignite my heart with your Holy Spirit today.

“I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you.

I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender,

responsive heart.”

EZEKIEL 36:26 NLT

January 10

WRAPPED IN GLADNESS

Lord Jesus, wrap me in gladness today.

Lather me with a precious healing ointment.

You’ve given me many gifts and I want to show you

my gratitude.

You can create something astonishingly

beautiful from a heap of ashes!

You transform a mourning soul into a joyful soul.

You exchange a spirit of heaviness with gladness.

It’s incredible how creative you are,

and your Spirit lives in me

with creative gifts to express!

I’m going to be creative,

and gather my emotions with you in mind.

I’ll express my gifts wisely today with light and love.

I give you praise with a happy heart, which you’ve

given me to wear like a kingly robe.

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;

You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.

PSALM 30:11 NKJV

January 11

FALSE BURDENS

Dear Lord, lift from me every false burden

and the feelings of heaviness that come upon me

to overwhelm me.

Remove for me the sluggish wrap of oppression.

When you died on the cross for me,

you set me free from my weaknesses.

I find my strength in you through your Holy Spirit!

No depression can capture

my heart and mind when I am one with you,

and when I let go of my demands and expectations

that the world would make me happy.

You’ve given me the ability to see the truth

of every situation from your point of view.

You’ll halt every droopy, self-absorbed preoccupation

that comes over me.

I choose today to take my place and resist all threats

to my peace and contentment in the name of Jesus.

Your Holy Spirit will sweetly and beautifully flow

through my emotions all day today

because I’m casting all my cares on you, Jesus.

You’re transforming my mind to be able to see

and anticipate the good things that you’ve

planned for me from the beginning.

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

1 PETER 5:7 ESV

January 12

NOT ALONE

Thank you, Jesus,

for not sending me out in the world alone.

Thank you for being right beside me always.

Thank you for preparing every millimeter of my way.

I’m never alone even when the way bristles with the unknown.

You’re my strength and my courage.

You’re the light that exposes the viruses of the soul,

the ruinous thoughts that tell me I’m alone.

I’ll tell myself the truth today—I’m never alone!

The unredeemed in their self-pity may distress themselves

with loneliness but I have been endowed with wisdom

and a creative spirit, and these are my friends.

I’m never alone.

Never never never.

Thank you.

“The Father gives to me the people who are mine.

Every one of them will come to me, and I will always accept them.”

JOHN 6:37 NCV

January 13

SURPRISES

Thank you, Jesus, for all the surprises you bring into my life.

Thank you for ushering new events and situations

into my life to inspire me to dig deeper into your Word.

Thank you for situations that cause me to drop my habits

of complacency and seek you on a deeper level.

Thank you for your gentle prodding

to see with your eyes and to think with your mind.

Thank you, Lord, for showing me there’s no problem

I’ll ever face in my life that you haven’t already

thought of and covered with the promises in your Word.

Let us hold firmly to the hope that we have confessed, because we can

trust God to do what he promised.

HEBREWS 10:23 NCV

January 14

FIGHTING MY BATTLES

Thank you, Jesus, for fighting my battles and settling my scores.

Thank you for working out solutions with those who contend with me.

I’ll work at not being contentious.

I’ll let others contend. I’ll hold my peace

and listen for wisdom very attentively.

Wisdom’s instructions aren’t always the same as I might expect.

You tell me there’s a time to make peace and a time to take up arms.

You tell me there’s a time to break down and a time to build up.

You tell me there’s a time to rip out and a time to mend.

I choose to listen to wisdom and guidance in such a time as this.

Thank you for being here to protect me

as the enemy creeps hungrily about

eager to devour everything in his path.

I realize my enemy isn’t human and I won’t

win any battle with my feeble human tactics and devices.

You’ve said that no weapon formed against me will prosper

because I’m under your protection and leadership.

Knowing this I’m made strong.

Thank you, Jesus!

Thanks be to God, who in Christ

always leads us in triumphal procession.

2 CORINTHIANS 2:14 NRSV

January 15

LISTENING FOR YOU

Oh Lord Jesus, help me to listen for your voice at all times.

I know you want to speak to me,

and not just here and there whenever I happen to be

paying attention.

I know your heart possesses riches

of wisdom, love, and joy, and you want to share these

with me if I will just listen.

Thank you for showing me

that the way to listen is with my heart.

The thoughts from your heart fire me with a mighty brightness

that could light up the whole world!

You’ve called me to be a light in the world

to permeate through the storms

and blackest, starless nights.

I’m learning each day to discern

what is true and honorable and worth my attention.

Thank you for showing me what things are noble, reputable,

authentic, pure, and lovely.

Thank you for showing me the beauty of meditating

on the best not the worst,

the beautiful not the ugly,

how to praise not to curse.

Thank you, Lord, for teaching me to love as you love.

Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and

my hope is in you all day long.

PSALM 25:5 NIV

January 16

NOTHING WITHOUT YOU

Oh Lord, I realize without you I can do nothing.

Thank you for teaching me,

guiding me and helping me

every day.

I need you today, Lord.

You are my life.

You promised that when I live in you

and live for your will in my life,

your presence is in everything my hand touches.

I know that without you I have no dreams, no hope.

I want to live in your will and purpose all day today,

snuggled gratefully united with you,

for this is my sure path

to understanding who I am,

what I’m called to do in this life,

and who I’m called to be.

Thank you, Jesus.

“I am the vine, you are the branches.

He who abides in Me,

and I in him, bears much fruit;

for without Me you can do nothing.

JOHN 15:5 NKJV

January 17

SAFELY SETTLED

My true home is safely settled in your heart, Lord,

for this is where I was born to live.

Fear and worry always choke my happiness,

but I know I was born to process goodness and joy.

Thank you, Lord, that nothing rattles you—nothing!

You’re all peace and all joy.

You’re all contentment.

You’re all happiness.

Thank you for giving me everything I need

to be happy. You promised to give me

your peace, and I need your peace today.

I’m happy in the home that you prepared for me

right here, right now.

My real home is nestled

inside your heart,

on earth as well as eternally

in heaven.

Whom have I in heaven but you?

And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.

PSALM 73:25 ESV

January 18

IMPORTANT TO YOU

Today I am so thankful that everything about me

is important to you.

Oh yes, I thank you, Jesus,

for continually being here for me through all

past, present, and future time.

And I thank you, Jesus,

for hearing every prayer; for pulling together

the fragments of my soul and healing me.

How I love our relationship with your words

alive in me. It’s a holy reminder that my home

is in you. You’re always here with me,

loving and encouraging me, guiding

and directing me perfectly so that I thrive

with a soul burgeoning with increase!

Thank you, Lord, for making me part

of your eternal plan, and for my permanent,

safe home in you.

“If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word;

and My Father will love him,

and We will come to him

and make Our abode with him.”

JOHN 14:23 NASB

January 19

UNMERITED FAVOR

Lord, thank you for unmerited favor,

and for saving me from the judgment of others.

I don’t want to become a victim of faultfinding.

I want to kick aside all condemning words and notions

that might rise up in me. I realize I’m my worst critic

and that I can be swift to jump into the garbage bag of guilt

when it’s not merited. You’ve taken me into your great heart

and my life is made new and beautiful.

Guilt must have no hold on me. You’ve set me free

with your delicious forgiveness! Thank you, Lord,

for giving me goodness and mercy as partners.

They follow me all the days of my life!

Thank you for helping me today, Lord.

Thank you for your love song that doesn’t miss a note.

Thank you for increasing favor in my life.

Today I choose to enjoy myself.

I choose to love who I am.

I love those who love me,

and those who seek me

diligently will find me.

PROVERBS 8:17 NKJV

January 20

KEY TO WISDOM

Lord Jesus, please see my situation now.

You’ve taught me that the key to wisdom and understanding

is to remain vitally united to you.

You’ve said I have the mind of Christ, and that means

my human mind is actually infused with your omnipotent,

all-knowing mind. This is so wonderful!

Help me to thoroughly ingest the words

that you speak to me through your written Word.

Help me when I meditate and ponder your Word,

so new power will take shape in my spirit.

With the authority of your words bubbling up in me,

your wisdom, discretion, and understanding

come alive in me.

Guide me and instruct me today, Lord.

I don’t want to succumb to confusion.

I know that with your words solidly fixed in me I can be strong

and I can be wise, as I was born to be.

I think about your orders

and study your ways.

I enjoy obeying your demands,

and I will not forget your word.

PSALM 119:15-16 NCV

January 21

NEW VISION

Lord, I am in need of a new vision for my life.

Help me to quiet my heart and withdraw into the stillness

of the hour, undisturbed by outside influences

and interferences.

Help me to be still and calmly concentrate

on your presence.

My desires are seeds of nourishment

because they are born with more than one purpose.

As I quiet myself in prayer before your throne, I’ll listen

for the guidance of your Holy Spirit,

I’ll wait for the anointing

and the perfect will of the Father.

Today I long to hear

your voice clearly and perfectly directing me.

I will bless the LORD who has given me counsel;

my heart also instructs me in the night seasons.

PSALM 16:7 NKJV

January 22

FREE FROM FEAR

Today, Lord, free me from fear.

Help me affix my life with yours in a fresh way this day.

Help me think positively

and expect unique and extraordinary

blessings and opportunities to come my way.

I know that you’ll move mightily on my behalf

because I trust you.

You’ve told me all things are new in my life,

so the fears of the past must be buried with the past.

I’m a new person in you!

Thank you for providing a fresh start for me.

I want to come into your kingdom and be happy with you.

I want to plunge forward on the beautiful path ahead

that you’ve prepared for me with confidence.

Help me, Jesus. I love you.

Whoever listens to me will dwell safely,

and will be secure, without fear of evil.

PROVERBS 1:33 NKJV

January 23

DELIVER ME

Thank you, Lord, for delivering me

from my patterns of wrong thinking

and my old self destructive habits.

Thank you for giving me a new mindset.

Thank you that the traps of the past are shattered

and done away with.

I’m altogether new!

This is hard to grasp at times.

You’ve made my brain

beautiful with fresh, inspiring, and revelatory truths.

I can now bring forth life and light into situations