Colossians 4: 2 “Continue earnestly in prayer, be vigilant in it with thanksgiving.”
Dear God,
Again it is a new bright morning, with the time of this day, stretching invitingly ahead of me. By the end of the day, if You so will, I will have much to thank You for, no matter the happenings and hiccups along the way. Please keep me safe from all harm and danger as proceed to live out the day.
Fill me with the Holy Spirit, so that in all I do, I will display Your love and wisdom and so be able to touch lives for Your glory along the way. I will appreciate my mind and mouth being filled with prayers for all things and in all situations, each day, as advised by Paul, to be vigilant in prayer. Not forgetting to daily give You thanks, no matter the place or situation. I have found it not profitable to focus only on myself in prayer, and it is more uplifting to also dwell on other needs, in all areas of need and geography, remembering the different avenues in which a human person can be occupied in bringing the message and comfort of salvation through Jesus Christ. I am thinking that for me I need to be more vigilant in thanksgiving for all my blessings and prayer answers, as I kneel beside my bed each evening, instead of catching up with them in my morning prayer; despite my mind being blank with weariness at night. I am glad that Your will is my enabling.
It is my earnest desire, that for someone who calls herself Christian, I will more often walk in the beauty of Your gospel message, in a way that reveals its attractiveness. That I will more often uplift You with my words, as Paul under inspirations advises, V 6 “Let Your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each other.”
For me, I pray that I can speak thus to family members, as well as all others that I meet, even when situations are taxing. I give thanks ahead of time, for I know it is Your desire to bring this prayer into fruition, by Your grace.
Amen