He Who Satisfies Every Need

“He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Since he is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn’t live in man-made temples, and human hands can’t serve his needs—for he has no needs. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need.”

—Acts 17:24-25 (NLT)

All Sufficient God,

From nothing, You created all that there is, in heaven and on earth—and You give life and breath to everything that exists and satisfy every need of Your creation.

Help me not to allow the vain imaginations of my mind to restrict my understanding of, my acceptance of, my experience of, or my belief in, Your all-encompassing Power and Majesty.

Help me not to forget that You are not dependent on me in any way—that You don’t need me to help You to accomplish Your plan and purposes.

But thank You that You do allow me to be involved in the accomplishment of those plans and purposes—when I, in willingly obedience, submit myself to Your will for my life.

Continually fill my heart with the knowledge that, apart from You, I can do nothing.  For You are the One who not only breathed the breath of life into me, but are also the One who continues to give me life with every breath I take.  

Thank You for graciously and completely satisfying my every need—so that I can live in joy and at peace—securely nestled in Your unfailing love for me.

From nothing, You created all that there is, in heaven and on earth—and You give life and breath to everything that exists and satisfy every need of Your creation.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.

Search And Remember, Be Strengthened And Rediscover

Search for the LORD and for his strength;
    continually seek him.
Remember the wonders he has performed,
    his miracles, and the rulings he has given,
you children of his servant Abraham,
    you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.

—Psalm 105:4-6 (NLT)

Heavenly Father,

When I feel like I have lost my way, when I no longer feel Your strength in me, help me to search for You—to continually seek You out—that I may renew my strength in You and rediscover Your will, Your plans, Your purposes for me!

Help me to remember that, just as You choose the descendants of Abraham and Jacob as Your own, You choose me and received me as Your own—when I accepted the freely offered invitation of the Holy Spirit to find my salvation through Your Son, Jesus Christ.

And help me to remember all the wonders that You have performed, Your miracles, and the rulings and instructions that You have given—both as recorded in the Bible and as written upon the pages of my own life.

But don’t just help me to remember, also help me to respond to that love You so graciously demonstrated to me, by believing You and showing my gratitude to You in faithful obedience to everything You have taught me—to everything that You have asked me to do.

Help me to seek out Your strength—that strength that comes from the Word and by the Holy Spirit, which by Your grace and mercy are alive and active in me, to give me the power to follow after You in obedience.

Then help me to use that strength to search for and recognize more of You in my life—so that I would see what You are doing right now and remain carefully watchful for what You will do in all the rest of my days here on earth, until You take me to be forever with You there.

When I feel like I have lost my way, when I no longer feel Your strength in me, help me to search for You—to continually seek You out—that I may renew my strength in You and rediscover Your will, Your plans, Your purposes for me!

In the name of Jesus, Amen.

No Dark Corners

“Make sure that the light you think you have is not actually darkness.  If you are filled with light, with no dark corners, then your whole life will be radiant, as though a floodlight were filling you with light.”

—Luke 11:35-36 (NLT)

Heavenly Father,

Flood me fully with Your light, so that no dark corners can remain within me—so that I can experience the full measure of Your presence and only bring You glory, with the life I live in Christ.

Help me to rid myself of any evil desires that would cloud my spiritual insight into, my full understanding of, or my continuing sensitivity to Christ’s presence and power at work within me—anything that would cause me to wrongly believe that I am walking in the light, when I am actually holding onto darkness.

For if I am filled to overflowing with the light of Christ, then my whole life will be radiant—will be flooded with the light of life—so that by my thoughts, words and actions, there could be no doubt to anyone who encounters me, whose I am and whom I serve.

Flood me fully with Your light, so that no dark corners can remain within me—so that I can experience the full measure of Your presence and only bring You glory, with the life I live in Christ.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.