The Blessings Of Living In Truth And Love

Grace, mercy, and peace, which come from God the Father and from Jesus Christ—the Son of the Father—will continue to be with us who live in truth and love.

—2 John 1:3 (NLT)

Heavenly Father,

Thank You for the way that Your Word assures me that grace, mercy and peace will continue to be with me, if I live in truth and love.

Thank You for revealing, to all those who choose to believe You, the absolute Truth and the unfailing Love found in Your written Word and in Your Word made flesh—in the person of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior—who is Your greatest expression of love and of truth .

Save me from the lies of the enemy which would try to convince me that there is no truth, that truth is defined by a person’s personal preferences, or that somehow the lusting of my flesh is really love—and help me always look to You to guide me into all Truth that I may always walk in Love.

And should I ever find my peace disrupted, Your mercy for me in question, or feel as though Your grace to me is running low, remind me to examine my heart to see if I have walked away from truth and love—and bring me back to Your Word, that I might repent and be restored.

Thank You for the way that Your Word assures me that grace, mercy and peace will continue to be with me, if I live in truth and love.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.

To Do What He Says

“So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say?”

—Luke 6:46 (NLT)

Heavenly Father,

Help me to fully realize that making Jesus Christ the Lord of my life involves so much more than me just calling out to Him, “Lord, Lord!”

Help me remember that for Jesus to be my Lord, I must freely surrender my liberty of free will to His will—and then, and only then, find true freedom.

Help me remember that my obedience to His instruction is the best measurement of His Lordship over my life—and that His life is the only standard of comparison which I should use to examine my life.

Keep me from the hypocrisy of claiming Christ as my Lord, while choosing to go my own way—allowing my own fleshly desires to control me, rather than the Spirit of Christ that lives in me.

Help me to fully realize that making Jesus Christ the Lord of my life involves so much more than me just calling out to Him, “Lord, Lord!”

In the name of Jesus, Amen.