Dear God,
I thank You for my life on this lovely new day. Father God and Jesus Christ His Son, today I have bowed before You in reverence and adoration, for You have truly blessed me, with Your promised love and peace, that passes human understanding. Actually I am humbled as I look back over past times on how many occasions You have given me peace, sometimes almost immediately, or even after some little time. Many times this peace has come amidst great mental unrest, after I have claimed the words of Jesus in John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” I know it is from You, because I certainly could have not have not settled at the time, by my own resolve.
Dear Jesus, thank You that You hear my prayers and give me Your peace. You always answer my invitation for You to come into my heart, or invite You to take my heart, mind and will, because we are too sinful, to really give all of ourselves. You come in and fill me with Yourself. Never could I command You to come in, for You are God, and I am Your created child. You love to be loved and to be invited in to my heart, and for me to believe Your restful presence will come to me a trusting believer. I thank You that even when I feel that my prayer has not been answered, I can pray for Your gift of belief and faith, and by the gift of the Holy Spirit, this spiritual need will be answered.
Again I pray, please fill me with Your love and belief, for of myself I am lacking, and I am so glad You will pour Your love into me, not only for me, but for my fellow man. Psalm 18: 1 “I will love You, O Lord my strength.” You God have become not only my strength, but my shield, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my stronghold and the horn of my salvation. Ps 28:7 and Ps 18:2.
Also my hope and assurance is fulfilled in Jesus Christ my Saviour. Romans 5:5 “Now hope does not disappoint because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”
Prayerfully, Amen