May 27, 2023

For as the earth brings forth its bud, As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Isaiah 61:11 NKJV

Dear Lord Jesus,

Thank You so much for Your promises. Lord, thank You for Your Word which gives us hope and a future. Lord, how I long for You to cause praise and righteousness to spring forth before all nations. I accept for that to happen means I need to be praising You and choosing to follow after You in all things. I know that it is through the good You work through Your people that those who have yet to know You will see our good works and glorify God. Lord, I thank You that You choose to use people to reach other people, just as the corn seed grows corn, so let the seeds of our lives bring a future crop of others whose lives are also seeds of faith, hope, righteous, and truth. Lord, please continue to save the lost and share Your gift of salvation throughout our broken world. I love You, Jesus. Amen.

May 25, 2023

Dear Lord Jesus,

Thank You for Your Word. Thank You for walking me forward each day and teaching me through Your Word. Lord, thank You for how You encourage me through Your promises and equip me for my day. Lord, thank You for sustaining me and teaching me how to love, how to forgive, and how to humble myself before You. Lord, You alone know what is best and how You created each and every one of us. Please, teach those who are called by Your name to be honorable, loving, forgiving, and honest. Teach us how to speak the truth in love. Teach us how to walk in Your ways and apply Your Word to our lives. Lord, please, defend the innocent and the helpless. Crush the schemes of the wicked. Bring to light the truth. Let the snares of the enemy be uncovered. Do not allow the abuse, the cheating, nor the lies continue. Please put a stop to those who prey upon the weak, the helpless, the ignorant, and the young. Lord, bring about a restoration of honor, integrity, truth, righteousness, and gratitude for only through You can we be saved. Thank You, Jesus. Amen.

May 18, 2023

John 11:33-35 NKJV — Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. And He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus wept.

Dear Lord Jesus,

Thank You for Your Word which teaches us so much about You. Thank You for this moment, so long ago, when You wept with Your friends over their loss. Lord, I feel certain You still weep with us when we grieve. Lord, please help those who grieve this day, help them to find comfort in Your Word and security in Your promises. Jesus, You know the depth of loss and the hole a loved one leaves behind. Please carry those suffering and comfort those who grieve. Thank You for the hope we have through Your salvation. Thank You for Your promises. Lord, we look forward to Your return with joy. Thank You for Your compassion and understanding. Fill the hearts of those who look to You and bring peace to Your people. Thank You, Jesus. Amen.

May 16, 2023

1 Peter 2:1-3 NKJV — Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

Dear Lord Jesus,

Thank You for Your Word. Thank You for Your gift of salvation. Lord, only through You can we be saved. Only through You can we find goodness, righteousness, and truth. Please, help those called by Your name to put off bitterness, wrath, evil speaking, hypocrisy, and envy. Lord, for those who have accepted Your grace and mercy, help us, each one, to be diligent to lay aside the flesh, to make no provision for it’s lusts, but instead put into practice Your example, to feed upon Your Word, to be sensitive to Your Holy Spirit, to grow in humility and love. Lord, please let us be recognized to have spent time with You. Let us reflect Your light through this world. Lord Jesus, wherever You have placed us, help us to be Your ambassadors to those who have yet to know You. For I have indeed tasted, and I know You are gracious. Thank You for Your grace and mercy! Thank You for Your love. Amen.

May 11, 2023

Genesis 2:24 KJV — Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Dear Lord Jesus,

Thank You for this most important institution: marriage. Thank You that it was in the beginning that You created Adam and Eve to be united in marriage. That You began all of our future social structure with marriage. Thank You for those couples who have lived lives of love and service to each other, their children, and others. Lord, thank You for my husband and the gift he is to me. Thank You for my parents, my husband’s parents, our grandparents. Lord, I lift up those who have lost their husbands or wives. I humbly request You comfort them and supply all their needs. I lift up those who are caring for their spouse through difficult circumstances. Lord, I lift up the young couples, and ask that You teach them what it means to cleave unto one another as well as unto You, for marriage works best when You are the center. Lord, thank You for being our very present help. Thank You for Your promises and for the truth of Your Word. Thank You for marriage, and how I look forward to Your marriage, Lord! I love You. Amen.

May 9, 2023

Matthew 6:30 KJV — Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Dear Lord Jesus,

Thank You for Your Word. Thank You for Your continually care. Thank You for providing for us in so many ways. Thank You for being so faithful. Lord, I lift up those who are struggling. Lord, those who are mourning, those who are struggling with physical ailments, those who are struggling with mental health, each one You know by name. Each is precious in Your sight. Please bring comfort, healing, soundness, understanding, and faith. Lord, let those who do not know where to turn, turn to You. Let their hearts and minds be steadfast in Your Word and filled with peace through Your salvation. Lord Jesus, please help the helpless, defend the innocent, supply all for the needed, and save the lost. In Your name, I ask these things. Amen.

May 6, 2023

Philippians 4:6 NKJV — Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

Dear Lord Jesus,

Thank You for Your Word. Thank You for Your promises and the truth we find in scripture. Lord, thank You for always being perfect. There is none like You. You are our Savior, our hope. Thank You! Lord, many are the requests I have this morning, but I am so grateful for how You have answered my needs already. Thank You. Lord, I lift up those in need, the hurting, the abused, the captive, the lost, and I humbly request You fill their needs, reach them where they are and bless them with Yourself. Lord Jesus, thank You for all Your wonderous works. May the earth rejoice in You, our King, our God, our Savior! Amen.

May 6, 2023

Philippians 4:6 NKJV — Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

Dear Lord Jesus,

Thank You for Your Word. Thank You for Your promises and the truth we find in scripture. Lord, thank You for always being perfect. There is none like You. You are our Savior, our hope. Thank You! Lord, many are the requests I have this morning, but I am so grateful for how You have answered my needs already. Thank You. Lord, I lift up those in need, the hurting, the abused, the captive, the lost, and I humbly request You fill their needs, reach them where they are and bless them with Yourself. Lord Jesus, thank You for all Your wonderous works. May the earth rejoice in You, our King, our God, our Savior! Amen.

May 5, 2023

Philippians 4:8 NKJV — Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

Dear Lord Jesus,

Thank You for Your Word. Thank You for teaching me to focus my thoughts upon You, Your Word, and those things which point me back to You. Lord, thank You for creation. Thank You for all the blooms and beauty of this season which reminds me of the new life I have through Your sacrifice. Lord, thank You for coming to this planet so long ago and teaching, healing, loving, dieing, and resurrecting. Thank You for how You have the answers to every question, You have the resources for every need, You have the gift our souls long for: hope of eternity with You. Lord, thank You for it all! May my life bring glory to Your name, Jesus. Amen.

May 4, 2023

Philippians 4:19 NKJV — And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Dear Lord Jesus,

Thank You for supplying my most important need, the gift of salvation. Lord, thank You for Your sacrifice which brought me healing. Lord, I humbly request You reach those in need, those who have yet to know You as their Lord and Savior. Lord, I lift up those who are Your servants, people who are living their lives in Your Word and bringing glory to Your name, please sustain them, carry them, comfort them, and give them rest in Your hope no matter the trials or tribulations they walk through. Lord, please continue to raise up those who will stand for righteousness even at great cost. Lord, please help Your people to see the truth of what it means to follow You. Lord, I lift up those who are innocent, those who are abused, abandoned, oppressed. Lord, You know what is best for each one and I thank You for how You work through the most difficult of circumstances. Lord Jesus, I lift up my family to You. Thank You for each one. Please let them hear Your voice and obey. Please lead them and direct them in Your Word. Lord, please continue to teach them what is best and guard them from the enemy. Thank You, Lord. I ask these things in Your name, Jesus. Amen.