Day 22

               Great is thy faithfulness, oh God my Father. There is no shadow of turning with thee. God thank You for Your steadfastness in a world full of change and deception. Many times, I am uncertain and the future is unclear but when I am in You, I can rest in Your truth and certainty. A more contemporary hymn says You call us out into deeper waters, the great unknown, where feet may fail. There are times in my life, I sense that my feet are failing but You carry me through the waters, waters of trouble, sorrow and crisis. Help me to rest in Your loving and powerful arms at all times, whether I can navigate what I see coming in my life or not. Your faithfulness rests on the cornerstone of Easter, the death and resurrection of Jesus, a miraculous gift from a grace filled God. Thank You that one gift is reliable and good forever. Amen.

                                                             Day 21

               Lord as another new day dawns, I realize how blessed I am to live in this day and time. My heat pump keeps me from having to get up and start a fire. Lights break the darkness and allows me to navigate the house without candles or lamps. Running water provides a way to wash my face to wipe the sleep out of my eyes. So much of this modern world convenience is still lacking in many third world countries and I rarely consider how blessed I am to be living in such a comfortable way. God, I also confess that I many times don’t think of how blessed I am to have been born and raised in Christian home. My spiritual blessing has been extended to marry a Godly wife and been able to see my children called into your family. For all the spiritual and physical blessings, You have given me, I thank You. Amen.

 

Day 20

               As the deer pants for the water, so my soul longs after You. Lord, increase my desire, my hunger, my thirst for You and your presence. I confess that I run after things that occupy my time but don’t satisfy the longings of my soul. Help me to be purposeful about my daily walk and be as diligent as when I am worshiping You on Sunday mornings. Thank You Lord for my wife and my life group who keeps me pointed towards You throughout week. Thank You for Your word and the truth and power of the scriptures. Thank You for worship, singing, and the preaching of the gospel. May all of these people and parts of faith prime the pump of my soul for You more and more. Fill me until my cup runs over with Your Holy Spirit that I may splash those around me with You. In Jesus name.  

 

Day 19

               I thank You that You are a listening God. I know through the scriptures that I can bring my prayers and petitions to You and You hear. Thank You that even when I don’t know what to pray Your Holy Spirit groans and utters on my behalf. Thank You Jesus that You sit at the Father’s right hand and plead on my behalf. Oh God, I am thankful that You granted me freedom of choice by free will but I am more grateful that my freedom is rooted in the gospel of Jesus Christ. God, how hard was it to turn away from Your own Son and not hear His cries of agony from on a cross that should have been mine. Lord, God you turned a deaf ear one time in eternity so that I might have eternal life. Thank You for Your goodness and grace. In Jesus name.

 

Day 18

               Lord, God I know that if I am willing, You will lead me. You lead me through trials and tempests, when there appears no way, You make a way. Lord, you lead to still waters, waters of refreshment and encouragement. I know that You lead me when the road is long, dusty, flat and unchanging. These times are sometimes the hardest paths for me to traverse because of their mundane, unending nature. Thank You Lord when You lead me to the mountaintop experiences, where I can almost see You and Your grandeur. I also fully believe that You will lead me through the shadow of death, whether for me or for a loved one. This is the greatest promise that faith in Your Son as Savior and Redeemer assures me as I move towards the end of this brief life You have given. Amen.

 

Day 17

               Lord God, I am reminded of Your might and power in the springtime storms that ravage the land. I cannot fathom how much You hold back nature and keep in check the terrible strength of Your mighty hands. Much is made about Your grace and love as well it should be but also much should be made about Your immense wrath. I cannot imagine what the world would look like without the salvation from Christ and the indwelling of Your Holy Spirit. God, help me to respectfully be in awe of the wrath that You choose to place on Christ at the cross. I can never know the full wrath He suffered as He finished the atonement for my sin. Thank You Jesus for Your willing sacrifice and Your free gift which delivered me from Your Father’s wrath. Thank You also that You continue to hold all things in place until the appointed time to come and claim Your own. In Jesus name.  

 

Day 16

               Lord God, each day is Yours, no matter the events that occur in it. Thank You for both the sunshine and the rain, the joy and the sorrow, the highs and the lows. You in Your infinite wisdom provide what I need for each day. Help me to count it all joy whatever comes my way. I confess I tend to get overwhelmed with the bad and don’t thank You enough whenever the victories come. Life itself is Your gift, this present and temporal life, and graciously the everlasting life to come through Your Son, Christ. Thank You that the promise for this life is Your presence and faithfulness. And thank You for the life to come is unending joy, bliss and filled with wonder. Lord, I praise You in all things, remembering that all things come from You. Amen.