Dear Lord, Help me to be more courageous in this life course. That I may stand firm in the faith. For the enemy prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Let me be on my guard. May I be more alert and of sober mind listening for your instruction that is filled with much of your Wisdom. May I be on the alert, watching out daily for her, waiting at your doorstep. Your instruction guides and protects. Help me to stay up with You and pray. May I stay up to keep watch, that I not fall into temptation. Lift my spirit to instruct the body to keep up in prayer, regardless of the nightly hour’s call. Even if it is 2:00 am, help keep my body up from slumber, that I stay up with You in prayer. Even if it is 1:00 am, may I be earnest to seek You out, searching for You with all of my heart and all of my soul. For I know that the spirit may be willing, but the flesh weak. May I hold on to your Word so strongly that I not find myself drifting from your instruction. Help me to be more cautious and careful and not fall into complacency. I keep You, O Lord, at the center. Help me to encourage and that I fall in the grace of being encouraged, where encouragement is needed. Your convicting Spirit reminds your children of certain areas where we still need to die to and still need to work through, as part of overcoming. Let that convicting Spirit be upon me that I be corrected, reshaped and reformed to conform with your Word. Guard not only my spirit, but I ask that You guard my mouth. For the tongue, though small, is as a fire, having the potential to defile one’s body and setting aflame one’s life. Let my tongue lead me to your eternal life. May I be slow to speak. Give me the wisdom to speak life, as You watch over the door of my lips. Preserve my life, O Lord. I ask that You keep me in mind. I watch in hope for You O Lord, that You will hear me. I keep silent before You. You are my Rock and fortress. I rest in your love, in the hope that I be nurtured in the vine of your life. All praises be unto your Holy Name. I pray this in Jesus Name, Amen. 24.07.23 |