Today's Prayer

Lord lead me as I take up my cross and follow you. Comfort me when I get discouraged or experience doubt of any kind. Point specific verses to me when this happens.

Lord, I want to be so intimate with you. I want my desires to be torn down, washed away, rid of, and replaced with Your desires for me and my life.

Lord, You know that quite often I take matters into my own hands while maybe asking for Your "help." But the truth is, You are the Leader and asking me to be Your "helper". Not that You need it, but that You desire it. Like a father who asks for his little daughter's help, he might not need her help but he desires for her to be beside him and do good work with him. Guide me as I give everything over to You, obeying You every step of the way.

Please give me Your patience and Your peace and Your faith. I need crazy faith. Without You, Lord, I am powerless. I am like a flower, that is here today and gone tomorrow (Matt. 6:30).

May I listen more. You are in the driver's seat. Show me how to have patience as I wait to be intimate with You. Rid me of selfishness and show me Your humility.

It's all for Your glory and it's all in Your name, Amen.

Verses to meditate on:

 "Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need." Matthew 6:33

"Come to Me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls." Matthew 11:28-29

"I am in them and You are in Me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that You sent Me and that You love them as much as You love me." John 17:23 

"Yes, I am the vine and you are the branches. Those who remain in Me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from Me, you can do nothing." John 15:5

"As soon as I pray, You answer me. You encourage me by giving me strength." Psalms 138:3

"I give You thanks, O Lord, with all my heart; I will sing Your praises before the gods." Psalms 138:1

"It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the Most High. It is good to proclaim Your unfailing love in the morning." Psalms 92:1-2a

~Ash