Daily Prayer Day 29

I DRAW NEAR TO YOU, GOD

Lord, I give thanks for Your greatness, your goodness, and your love, and I now draw near to enjoy your presence.

Where can I go from Your Spirit? 
Or where can I flee from Your presence? 
If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. 
If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the furthest part of the sea,
Even there Your hand will lead me;
Your right hand will lay hold of me. 
If I say, "Surely the darkness will cover me,"
Even the night will be light around me. 
The darkness is not dark to You,
And the night shines as the day;
Darkness and light are alike to You.  (Psalm 139:7-12)

Take a moment to consider God’s awesome majesty and thank Him that He loves you and wants an intimate relationship with you.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE

Who is like You, O Lord?  Who is like You—majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders?  (Exodus 15:11)

He who enters by the door is the shepherd of his sheep.  To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep listen to his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.  When he brings out his own, he goes before them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.  And they will never follow a stranger but will run away from him because they do not recognize the voice of strangers.  Jesus used this figure of speech, but His hearers did not understand what He was telling them.  Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth: I am the door of the sheep.  All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.  I am the good Shepherd; the good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.  I am the good Shepherd; I know My sheep and My sheep know Me—just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father—and I lay down My life for the sheep."  (John 10:2-8, 11, 14-15)

I LISTEN TO YOUR WORDS OF TRUTH

If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, they have become new.  (2 Corinthians 5:17)

MY RESPONSE TO YOU, LORD

How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!  (Psalm 133:1)

May those who hope in You not be ashamed because of me, O Lord God of hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored because of me, O God of Israel.  (Psalm 69:6)

Lord, I thank You for Your majestic holiness and for Jesus, the good Shepherd.  I thank You that I am a new creation in Christ, and I ask that people would honor You because of the way I live.