The Secret to Contentment

“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall want for nothing.” (Psalm 23: 1)

 

You may wish for much, your shepherd provides so you’ll want for nothing.

 

Lord,

Thank you for all you have provided.  For fulfilling many wishes and all of my needs.

I will rest from striving in you.  Expecting you to fill up my needs.  Knowing I’ll want for nothing.

Amen

Victory Over Your Greatest Challenges

“All thanks to God, for He gives us victory over everything through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Corinthians 15:57)

 

Challenges may seem overwhelming.  But God’s power is overcoming.

 

Lord, 

I praise you that no matter what challenges I face, you give me victory through your unconquerable power.

Help me to live confidently in your promise.  So I may see your unlimited victory.

Amen.

When God Reached Down in Love

“Today, in the town of David, your Savior has been born, he is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2:11)

 

Instead of requiring you to reach up to him, God reached down to you in love.

 

Father,

I praise you that you love me so much you would send your only son to be my Savior.

I release my life into your love and guidance.  And rest in the grace of your love.

Amen

Gifts Greater Than All of Your Needs

“All praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us from the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.” (Ephesians 1:3)

 

Our needs may seem great, yet, pale in comparison to God’s blessings from Heaven.

 

Father,

Thank you that your gifts from heaven simply dwarf all of my needs.

Help me to focus on your gifts more than my needs.  That I may see them in all of their fullness.

Amen

 

The Cure for Worry

“Leave all your worries with God because he cares for you.” (1 Peter 5:7)

 

When you focus on God’s promised blessings it takes your eyes off of your worries.

 

Father,

Thank you that you love me and take care of all my needs.

Help me to trust rather than worry.  Fill me with peace in place of anxiety.

Amen

Gifts Greater Than All Your Needs

“God will fill up all your needs according to all the riches of heaven in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19)

 

Your riches may fail to fill all your needs but God’s riches are inexhaustible.

 

Father, 

Thank you for your inexhaustible riches which you give to fill up all of my needs.

Fill me with them today and help me to look expectantly each day for your gifts.

Amen

How to Receive God’s Gifts Everyday

“Bless the Lord who everyday loads our lives with his blessings.” (Psalm 68:19)

 

We can try to bless ourselves with God’s gifts or trust him to give them.

 

Lord,

Thank you that every day you load my life with all of your gifts out of your grace.

Fill up today with those gifts.  And help me to rest with confidence in them and you.

Amen 

God’s Perfect Answers and Timing

“God always gives what is perfect to his children and he is never slow to answer.”  (Luke 18:7)

 

God’s answers may seem slow to us but they are perfect and right on time.

 

Father,

Thank you that your answers to my prayers are perfect and perfectly timed.

Help me to wait with anticipation rather than with anxiety.

Amen

How to Have an Amazing Life

“I have come that they might have life and have it full and abundantly.” (John 10:10)

 

You can have an amazing life when you realize you can’t give it to yourself.

 

Father,

Thank you for your abundant life.  That I discover when I stop trying to give it to myself.

Help me to live in it.  As I rest in you for it.

Amen

Confidence for the Future

“Those who know you Lord trust in you because you have never forsaken those who walk with you.” (Psalm 9:10)

 

We have confidence for the future because God has never forsaken us in the past.

 

Lord, 

Thank you for your faithfulness and the confidence it inspires.

Help me to walk in that confidence for the future as I remember your gifts of the past.

Amen