Willing Mind Accepted....

For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.--2nd Corinthians 8:12

Father,

Praying today that I can fix my eyes on Your Son...that my heart would be steadfast...completely trusting in Him.  I do not want to spend my money for what is not bread or my wages for what does not satisfy.  Help me to listen carefully to You and eat what is good...oh Father, that Your abundance would  be my soul's delight.  Help me to put off any double mindedness and rely and rest only in the shadow of Your perfect love.  By your Spirit give me a willing mind...one that desires to obey...one that gives You the pre-eminence always and shines Your light in a dark and dying world.  Give me eyes to see people as you see them...Help me to see myself as I truly am:  a sinner who has been forgiven much and shown so much mercy.   

Father, I am so much in need of Your grace!! Thank you that I can go boldly to Your throne to obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.  Thank you that your grace is sufficient to run with endurance the race that is set before me...I want to be as You are Father, to those You have placed in my life...My life is hidden in Your Son...May His purposes be mine and may He be glorified always!!

For You have been a strength to the poor,
A strength to the needy in his distress,
A refuge from the storm,
A shade from the heat;
For the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
⁵ You will reduce the noise of aliens,
As heat in a dry place;
As heat in the shadow of a cloud,
The song of the terrible ones will be diminished.