Daily Prayer: Day 170
From Simple Prayers, Day 170
I DRAW NEAR TO YOU, GOD
I am grateful to You, O God, for the blessing of Your forgiveness. I thank You that in Christ, You set me free from the guilt of the past and give me hope for the future.
Save me from bloodguilt, O God,
The God of my salvation,
And my tongue will sing aloud of Your righteousness.
O Lord, open my lips,
And my mouth will declare Your praise.
For You do not desire sacrifice, or I would bring it;
You do not delight in burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
A broken and contrite heart,
O God, You will not despise. (Psalm 51:14–17)
Take a moment to ask the Spirit to search your heart and reveal any areas of unconfessed sin. Acknowledge these to the Lord and thank Him for His forgiveness.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
Your eyes are too pure to look at evil; You cannot look on wickedness. (Habakkuk 1:13)
God is jealous and the Lord avenges; the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries, and He reserves wrath against His enemies. The Lord is slow to anger and great in power and will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of His feet. (Nahum 1:2–3)
I LISTEN TO YOUR WORDS OF TRUTH
This is eternal life: that I may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. (John 17:3)
MY RESPONSE TO YOU, LORD
I will be diligent to add to my faith, virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if these qualities are mine in increasing measure, they will keep me from being barren and unfruitful in the full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:5–8)
To him who knows the good he ought to do and does not do it, to him it is sin. (James 4:17)
Lord, I thank You for Your purity and for Your judgment of unrighteousness. I thank You for the gift of eternal life in the knowledge of Jesus Christ, and I ask that my character would grow and mature.