Matthew 28: 18 “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.’”
Dear God,
Thank You for being a living God and that mankind is made in Your image, and even though we are now marred by sin and will one day die, if all things proceed as they are. Therefore I look forward to the coming of Jesus and the restoration of my image so that that it is no longer tainted by sin and death. I have the hope of being taken to heaven by Jesus, and to live with Father God and Jesus our King, along with the heavenly host of angels and all the redeemed from earth. It is truly, as one would say, a heavenly thought, and one all the righteous down through earth’s history have longed and hoped for; based upon the good news Jesus Christ shared when on earth.
This is the theme in the writings of King Solomon of Old Testament times (though less prominently than in 2 Corinthians 3 that I have read today. I believe God, that You are talking with me each day through Your word, and bringing me to Yourself more completely so that as I am connected to You and more trusting of Your promises, You are changing me by Your love and power. By Your gift of the Holy Spirit, I can not only be changed, but reach out to others with the love and wisdom that You place within me, by Your power.
My physical body is closely connected to my ability to receive Your love and wisdom and how I in turn then reflect Your gifts to others. Always my human frailties and sinful tendencies are there and will come to the fore, unless by faith in You, they are subdued. It is in Your strength I can leave behind or change any practices that not of You and will bring me down, or allow my ugly sinful nature to express itself.
Dear Jesus, thank You for Your forgiveness of all my sins, including the frequent times that I use unlovely words and actions, that are not what You will fill me with by Your Spirit I when connected to You.
It is my serious intention to bring my body to a condition that You can reach, therefore I in Your given strength commit to endeavouring to have good food, enough sleep, exercise, uplifting music and thoughts, so all of me is receptive to Your infilling, direction and enabling.
Amen