For we speak as messengers approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News. Our purpose is to please God, not people. He alone examines the motives of our hearts.—1 Thessalonians 2:4 (NLT)
Heavenly Father,
Let my highest goal—my all-consuming, life-long mission—be to please You in everything that I do!
Thank You for approving me
to be entrusted with the Good News—the Gospel of Jesus Christ—and for sending
me out to be one of Your messengers of truth and grace and love, because of this
hope which is mine, as a follower of Christ.
Keep me mindful that in
order to please You, I must live by faith, out of a clean and obedient heart
that is dedicated and submitted to You alone—so that everything I think, say,
and do, will honor You, regardless of what others might think of me.
You alone know the motives
of my heart, so I ask You to convict me, by Your Holy Spirit, me when my motives
are not pure—when I’ve allowed my mind, will and emotions to stray from the
truth and to taint my heart—and give me the strength to repent, so I can live
more completely in Christ.
Let my highest goal—my all-consuming, life-long mission—be to please You in everything that I do!
In the name of Jesus,
Amen.
