Faithfulness to God!

 

 

“Look at the proud!

    They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked.

    But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.”

 

—Habakkuk 2:4 (NLT)

 

 

 

Father God,

 

Empty me completely of any pride that You find hidden in my heart.

 

Don’t allow me to trust in my own strength or abilities—for, apart from You, I cannot do any good thing.

 

Help me to live my life on the straight path that leads to life—and keep my pride from putting my life on a crooked path of destruction and ruin.

 

May my hope for righteousness be found in Christ alone, and may my life be lived in faithfulness to You—always, in all my ways.

 

Empty me completely of any pride that You find hidden in my heart.

 

In the name of Jesus, Amen.

Living by Faithfulness to God

 

“Look at the proud!

    They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked.

    But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.”

 

—Habakkuk 2:4 (NLT)

 

Father God,

 

Empty me completely of any pride that You find hidden in my heart.

 

Don’t allow me to trust in my own strength or abilities—for, apart from You, I cannot do any good thing.

 

Help me to live my life on the straight path that leads to life—and keep my pride from putting my life on a crooked path of destruction and ruin.

 

May my hope for righteousness be found in Christ alone, and may my life be lived in faithfulness to You—always, in all my ways.

 

Empty me completely of any pride that You find hidden in my heart.

 

In the name of Jesus, Amen.

Living By Faithfulness to God

 

“Look at the proud!
    They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked.
    But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.”

—Habakkuk 2:4 (NLT)

 

 

Father God,

Empty me completely of any pride that You find hidden in my heart.

Don’t allow me to trust in my own strength or abilities—for, apart from You, I can do no good thing.

Help me to live my life on the straight path that leads to life—and keep my pride from putting my life on a crooked path of destruction and ruin.

May my hope for righteousness be found in Christ alone, and may my life be lived in faithfulness to You—always, in all my ways.

Empty me completely of any pride that You find hidden in my heart.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.

 

Along The Way

The LORD directs our steps,
    so why try to understand everything along the way?

—Proverbs 20:24 (NLT)

Heavenly Father,

When I don’t understand, grant me the ever-increasing faith I need to trust You and the ever-enduring patience I need to wait and watch, as You unfold before me—according to Your perfect timing—Your plans to use all things for good.

Help me to maintain a tranquility of spirit within myself, by accepting that the full impact of Your plans and purposes—for those things that happen both to me and all around me—is infinitely beyond my ability to fully comprehend. 

Don’t allow my days to be so consumed by my own “need” to understand the reason why certain things happen, that I miss doing the next good and right thing with the opportunity that You have placed immediately before me—that loving invitation for me to join in with what You are doing.

Keep me from the temptation to “decide for You”—in my mind—what You should do and how You should do it, but rather help me to “let” You be the Sovereign God that You are, in my heart of hearts.

When I don’t understand, grant me the ever-increasing faith I need to trust You and the ever-enduring patience I need to wait and watch, as You unfold before me—according to Your perfect timing—Your plans to use all things for good.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.

Living By Faithfulness To God

“Look at the proud!
    They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked.
    But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.”

—Habakkuk 2:4 (NLT)

Heavenly Father,

Empty me of any pride that I might have—outside of Your power at work in me—so that You always receive the glory for any good found in me and my life might be lived in total dependence upon You.

I don’t want to ever find myself trusting in my own strength or abilities, for if I were to do so, then I would be guilty of allowing my heart to become crooked within me—having not relied only on Your power at work in me—and will have compromised my standing with You.

And if my heart becomes crooked—having denied You as my only source of strength and ability—then my whole life will have been set on a path of destruction and ruin.

I want to be Your righteous child—trusting that my righteousness only comes from Christ’s sacrifice of His life for mine—and demonstrating that I believe this to be true by living out my life in steadfast reliance on Your power to preserve me in every way, until that day when You take me home to be with You forever there.

Empty me of any pride that I might have—outside of Your power at work in me—so that You always receive the glory for any good found in me and my life might be lived in total dependence upon You.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.