My Help Comes From The LORD!

I look up to the mountains—
    does my help come from there?
My help comes from the LORD,
    who made heaven and earth!

He will not let you stumble;
    the one who watches over you will not slumber.

—Psalm 121:1-3 (NLT)

Loving LORD,

Help me to remember that all my help comes from You—and then help me live out my life fully believing that truth!

Don’t allow me to dishonor You by putting my hope and trust in lesser things.  For You are the One who made the heavens and the earth—and all that is in them—and You alone are the Author and Sustainer of my life.

You are the One who stands forever ready to help me, because of Your infinite and unfailing love for me.  So keep me from making an idol of some created thing—thinking it will save me—when my eyes should be looking only to You for my help.

You alone are the all-powerful God who unceasingly watches over me, saving and preserving me in every way—upholding me so I do not stumble along the path of Your will and purpose for my life, for Your glory, honor and praise.

Help me to remember that all my help comes from You—and then help me live out my life fully believing that truth!

In the name of Jesus, Amen.

To Be A Child Who Listens And Watches

The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
    The skies display his craftsmanship.
Day after day they continue to speak;
    night after night they make him known.

—Psalm 19:1-2 (NLT)

God of All Creation,

Let me be a child who listens and watches, so that my ears will hear and my eyes will see—as the heavens declare Your glory and the skies display Your craftsmanship.

Teach me to consider the evidence of Your existence—that proclamation of Your power and presence—which surrounds me day and night and continuously speaks to make You known.

Help me to understand the extent Your greatness—as demonstrated by the limitlessness of the heavens that You created by Your Word alone—that my faith in Your Word might soar.

Show me the wonder of the innumerable multitude of stars You placed in the skies—galaxies that You effortlessly breathed into existence—and help me know that there is nothing too difficult for You.

Help me to take comfort within the harmony and order with which You choreographed everything You created—those purposeful and perfect balances and intricacies by which the parts of Your creation interdependently exist.

Teach me to see Your love and care reflected in all that You have made and to realize that all this was made for us—so we might see You and believe.

And most of all, never let me fail to see Your divine signature written on the deepest parts of who I am—because You have made me in Your very own image.

Let me be a child who listens and watches, so that my ears will hear and my eyes will see—as the heavens declare Your glory and the skies display Your craftsmanship.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.

No Good Thing Does He Withhold

For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
The Lord gives grace and glory;
No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

—Psalm 84:11 (NASB)

O LORD God,

You are my sun and my shield and You give me grace and glory.  Help me to believe that all things I receive from You are for my ultimate good—because I have made the choice to walk uprightly before You.

Thank You for being my sun and shield—the giver and keeper of my life—as You light my way and take me safely through the dangers of this dark and dreary world, shielding me from the unrelenting attacks of my enemy.

Thank You for giving me grace—which is both that undeserved good will that You pour out on me, and the presence of Your Holy Spirit working good within me and speaking out truth in love through me.

And thank You for giving me glory—which is both the honor You have given me by adopting me as one of Your own, and that promise of eternity with You.

Thank You for not withholding from me anything which You have determined to be for my ultimate good, as I choose to walk uprightly before You—seeking always to do what is right, as only my reasonable service to You.

You are my sun and my shield and You give me grace and glory.  Help me to believe that all things I receive from You are for my ultimate good—because I have made the choice to walk uprightly before You.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.