Dear Abba, I get lost in thought when I think of the wonders of your love. Your love upholds and strengthens. Your love emboldens the hearts of your children. Your love corrects and guides. Your love informs. So much is done in your love. For it is nurturing and filled with so much of your Wisdom. Today, I pray that I be lovingly nurtured as a baby who suckles at his mother’s bosom. Being embraced and nourishingly fed with the thick of your milk; food that is everlasting; feeding that nurtures, guides and sustains. May I never leave your side, but continue to find my rest in You. From your fertile land, You make all kinds of trees grow out of the ground. From your garden, there is a river that flows to bring moisture and nourishment to the land. You initially put man on this land to nurture and look after your ground. Though man seeks to water it after a seed is planted, it is You, O Lord, who truly upholds all great works. You spoke and so it was. Like You O Lord, help us to speak things that nurture. Help us to form nurturing words in our mouth. May your children speak words to build up and not break down. May You be the forerunner, guardian and shield over the actions of my tongue. For the soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse one crushes the spirit. May I learn to speak like You, that I may bear good fruit; fruit that lasts. As I grow to learn your thoughts and ways, I also ask that I learn to follow your Will, that I be fed and greatly satisfied by doing your Will, that I be strong enough to complete all that I must do. By your Spirit, carry me through my days that I may live. May I work for the food that endures to eternal life. When I grow weary, frustrated or disappointed, even discouraged, I think of You. I come to You, for You uphold me. You help renew my mind, helping me to gain newer perspectives as You quiet my spirit. May I never turn from your ways, that I persist even through the trials of my day. May I continue to abide in the vine of your life through Jesus Christ. You prune every branch that does bear fruit so that it will bear even more fruit. Let me be reminded that each stage of trial is merely the pruning of my life, as I be transformed in your life, by the renewing of my mind in your Word. Help me to remain in You, Father, in Jesus Christ, that I be in communion with You, through your Holy Spirit, who binds and carries. May I enjoy your fruits; fruits of love, joy, peace, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control. May You grow in me an understanding heart. I thank You for all the love and goodness that You pour out. I thank You for your daily mercies. I give much gratitude, for You uphold me. I rest in your love, in the hope that I be nurtured in the vine of your Life. I thank You, Holy Spirit for all that You reveal to me. I thank You Lord, Jesus Christ I thank You Father All praises be unto your Holy Name. I pray this in Jesus Name, Amen. 23.07.23 |