Ephesians 2:10 “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”
Dear God,
It is wonderful what has been wrought by You, the Father and Christ the Son, on our behalf; for which I give thanks. I am appreciative, that we have the words of the prophets and men of God, handed down for our every need for happy living and eternal salvation. Today I have been blessed to be able to read passages from Isaiah and Paul, and to do so in freedom, with no persecution.
Today I ask, dear Father God, that not only will Your love pour down upon me, but also Your strength and wisdom; especially as the family are arriving soon, because I am to mind two of the children who continue to cough. It is good that one is much better after a week and the other responded to the steam inhalation given yesterday. The sunny afternoon was so welcome, as they played in the warm sun, and I prepared ground for the planting of seed, now that spring has stopped trying to be winter; on some days at least. Spring is such a lovely time of the year, and I find it fulfilling to work the earth and plant the fruits of a past harvest, and wait for the green of new life.
Praise Your beautiful name, because I have been taken as a special child and bought close to Yourself, for which I am truly grateful. I acknowledge, that as one of Your children, having accepted You and Your gift of salvation, I do not just follow my own way or the ways of darkness that many of us did formally. We now stay close together as fellow believers, in peace; for when we truly accept You, we are changed and our former contentious, self-centred ways are gone. If not, we still have a heart problem that You and no cardiologist will cure.
This is such good news, for now I know, that if I am at odds, with anyone, it indicates, that I have not fully allowed You to change and fill me with Your Spirit, and have been instead focused on myself and not on Christ. Prayerfully and sincerely, I rededicate myself to You again today.
Amen