Day 236

Father, 

We praise You for giving us the gift of Yourself! There is no better inheritance than YOU! Thank You that You want to spend time with Your kids. Thank You that You have rescued us not only despite our sin but from the eternal penalties of our sins.

Have mercy on me, a sinner. We turn FROM our sins and TO You and ask You to make our hearts clean. We’ve clung to worthless idols, God. And sometimes even when our hearts are set on worshipping You alone, we grow so fearful about all the people around us who AREN’T worshipping You. We fear what it will cost us and what we’ll lose because of their sins. We panic and strive when we forget that we can’t lose anything eternal. We repent of our short-sightedness, God. We repent of trying to cling to earthly comforts instead of eternal joys.

In the midst of a world of chaos, we cling to the God who uttered these words to the Israelites in Babylon: Let not your heart faint, and be not fearful at the report heard in the land. Would You help us not to fear the present or the future, but to be driven instead by our awe and delight of YOU, God? No matter what’s happening in the world around us, point our hearts to seek You and Your glory above all else—in thought, in word, and in action.  Today and tomorrow and forever.

We surrender our lives to You, Lord—every moment, every decision we make, we yield our will and way to Your perfect will and way. 

We love You too. Amen.

SHOW NOTES: 

Host: Tara-Leigh Cobble

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