Beloved Son of God, You are my refuge and my strength … an ever present help in my times of need. There is no reason for me to ever fear because You are with me every day. I am confident that in whatever I face You are bigger than it and You will be able to deliver me from it. You are my refuge in times of trouble and Your covering gives me a place to hide when danger approaches. You are my ever present source of strength that I can count on to get me through any circumstance that comes into my life. You have built a hedge of protection around me and You are my safe harbor from the storms I encounter. In You alone do I find victory over the trials I encounter. You provide me with the armor to use in warding off the attacks of my enemies. I never feel alone because You promised that You would never leave or forsake me. It is Your peace that gives me rest when I am tired.
Through Your mercy and grace, I am able to submit myself as a living sacrifice … ready and able to do Your will. I no longer want the ways of the world to shape who I am. Instead, I want my thinking to be transformed and my actions changed into Yours. If I believe Your words without reservation, I know I will be able to withstand any trial I face and I will be able to show myself holy and pleasing to You. My desire is to seek and find what is Your good and perfect will for me … and then do it. I have complete confidence in Your plan for my life. As I become submissive to Your will, I’ll be able to live a life honoring You and obeying Your commands. I no longer want the ways of the world to influence me because they are selfish and corrupt. Instead, through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, I want to be remade into a better person, reeducated in the matters of faith and redirected in the pathway I am to follow.
Life is very fragile … I am here today, but may be gone tomorrow. You are the only solid and permanent foundation upon which my life can be sustained. Your promise is that You will be with me always … walking with me through every trial … encouraging me when things are not going my way … and taking my hand when I am fearful or reluctant. My life without You is empty … yet, when I am in Your presence I am joyful, reassured and hopeful. I know that You have experienced all of the temptations and suffering that I face, so I’m confident that You understand me and my life. Because I am a Christian, I have an obligation to live by the leading of the Spirit and not my fleshly desires. If I am able to do this, I know that nothing can separate me from Your love. And, I’m assured that in all my circumstances, if I maintain my faith, You will make me an overcomer in them all. And it’s in Jesus’ name I pray. AMEN!!
Romans 8:35, 37 Who shall separate me from the love of Christ? Shall hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or the sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loves us.