“Move me, O Spirit, to quiet my heart. Mend me, O Father, from yesterday’s harm.
From the discord of yesterday, resurrect my peace. From the discouragements of yesterday, resurrect my hope. From the weariness of yesterday, resurrect my strength. From the doubts of yesterday, resurrect my faith. From the wounds of yesterday, resurrect my love. Let me enter this new day, aware of my need to grow spiritually, and awake to Your grace, O Lord.
Because I am always living with you as the Highest of all my thoughts, I will live in your favor. When I am in trouble, I can call on You, and You will give me Your immediate attention. Your grace comes to my aid with honor and delivers me with dignity.
In the middle of all of my thoughts is Your comfort which cheers me up and makes me full of joy and happiness. Your love gives me the inner power to keep myself calm in the face of temptation and adversity. I rely on the Greater One who indwells in me to equip me for the job that God has called me to do.
May 2023 be the best year of my life and may today be the sweetest day of my life, so far. During this year, please help me to grow abundantly in every area of my life: Spiritually, Mentally, Physically, Emotionally, Socially, and Financially. I ask that Your hand in my life would always be with me. I pray that My Father in Heaven would bless me to be a blessing to myself and others.”
by Douglas Kaine McKelvey in Every Moment Holy, vol. 1, ©2001, Crossway and Pastor Alex E. Anderson of Bayside Community Church.
