Gracious Father, “How great you are, O Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.” We praise you! You are the one true God with matchless glory. By grace, through Christ, you have raised us from spiritual death to life uniting us into an intimate relationship with you. We now experience oneness with you and are indelibly, eternally, irrevocably bound together with you. Praise your Holy Name!
You have rescued us, blessing us with rich and abundant life for your glory. Father, it is you who makes both of us to stand firm in Christ. You anointed us as yours, set your seal of ownership on us declaring we belong to you and you invested your Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
Now spiritually alive, intimately connected, Spirit indwelled, abundantly blessed, we ask, just as we initially received Christ Jesus as Lord, that we might continue to live our lives utterly dependent upon Christ, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as we were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. Let us throw off everything that hinders and any sin that easily entangles us. Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us as we fix our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. Praise his holy name! For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
In Christ,
Blessings!
I Samuel 7:22
How great you are, O Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no
God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.
Romans 3:23-24
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
I John 5:12
Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
II Corinthians 1:21-22
21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. 22 He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
Colossians 2:6-7
6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
Hebrews 12:1-2
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.