Father,
Open my eyes that I may see the wondrous things out of Your word. Open the eyes of my understanding.....I want to walk as a child of light. Lord, You commanded the light to shine out of darkness....You have shined in my heart...Give me the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Your Son, Jesus Christ...not just for me but for all whom You have placed in my life.
My hope is in You. I, who was once an enemy of Christ...alone in this world and without God, have been brought nigh to You by the blood of Your Son. You, Jesus, are my peace. I have been justified by Your grace and have obtained eternal life. Whether I "awake" or "sleep" in death, I am with my God. What a comfort that is. I belong to You....there is no where I can flee from Your Spirit. When I awake in heaven it will be in Your likeness and in You, right now, is where I live, move, and have my being. Biblical hope is not like worldly hope...biblical hope is sure and certain..as if it had already occurred. My hope that I have in You is based on your sure and certain word. You are the same yesterday today and forever. You do not change and magnify Your word above Your name.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written:
“For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.--Romans 8:35-39
Father...your plan of redemption from before the dawn of time itself...from before the foundation of the world is so magnificent and wondrous. My finite brain cannot begin to comprehend it. It is only by your Spirit that I can even begin to fathom its depths and soar to its heights. MY LIFE IS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN ANCHORED IN ETERNITY. YOU HAVE PLANNED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF MY DAYS AS PART OF YOUR ETERNAL PLAN. TRULY COMPREHENDING WHO I AM IN CHRIST WOULD MAKE ALL THINGS IN THIS WORLD FADE.
"Eye has not seen nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
Father...your plan of redemption from before the dawn of time itself...from before the foundation of the world is so magnificent and wondrous. My finite brain cannot begin to comprehend it. It is only by your Spirit that I can even begin to fathom its depths and soar to its heights. MY LIFE IS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN ANCHORED IN ETERNITY. YOU HAVE PLANNED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF MY DAYS AS PART OF YOUR ETERNAL PLAN. TRULY COMPREHENDING WHO I AM IN CHRIST WOULD MAKE ALL THINGS IN THIS WORLD FADE.
"Eye has not seen nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
"Our being glorious children of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ of all God possesses is the consummation and end of salvation promised from eternity past and held in hope until the future manifestation of Christ. There is nothing more to seek, nothing more to be given or received. We have it all now, and we will have it throughout eternity--John MacArthur
Your plan for me is that I would be conformed to the image of Your Son...that is the goal. Help me Father, to walk worthy of this vocation into which I have been called. Help me to walk with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love. I want to press on like Paul toward the goal of the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Help me, Lord, to be likeminded with Your Son and follow the example He set. Whatever I do or say may it be for your glory.
