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Let My Faith in You Increase

2/23/2026

Lord, I ask that my faith in You, providing all my needs, directing my plans, protecting my family and me, helping my unbelief, and trusting You, can increase. I want to have You in my life in all aspects. I realize that if You are present and leaned upon, You will come through with my expectations.

Sometimes, however, I fail to have expectations for You. I ask, Lord, that I can relax in You. Let me not take my eye off You. Let me seek to know You. Let me know your intricacies. As I move to know You more, I will not want to depart from the goodness that comes from knowing You. I acknowledge that I just have to let go, and let You be in total control of me.

Lord, I believe that You want me to acknowledge my vulnerability in this life. The more I learn to trust You for my existence, I will find that living is much easier and enjoyable. Lord, whatever You want of me, here I am. Let my mind be released from the chains of worldly influences. Let me be free so that I can see You as You are. Give me, please, my true heart’s desire. I stand against evil.

Keep Me Close to You

2/9/2026

Dear Lord,

I wonder what is the matter if I don’t feel the joy that I think I should be feeling because of staying close to You. This feeling creates the thoughts that I am not in Your perfect will. I am asking You to direct me and let me humble myself so that I can feel the closeness of your love. O Lord, please do not forsake, but let me know where I belong. I will seek You in the uttermost sense. I want to know Your will and not on the periphery of holiness but in the core of it. Lord, cleanse me so that I can dwell in Your presence.

I Put My Desires and Being into Your Hands

2/2/2026

Lord, as I seek You, let me not be distracted by my daily living in this world. I am constantly bombarded with so many stimuli. Often, I feel drained and devoid of my own desire and focus to actually serve You.

My earnest desire is to remain focused and completely in Your realm of living. I need You if I am ever to produce for others and myself. I falter when I am interrupted by my flesh wanting to be itself. Just like now, I get totally involved with the pleasures of what my flesh seeks. This becomes an idol because it takes me away from completely focusing on You. There shouldn’t be one thing that blocks or interferes with my mind staying on You. I must recognize what these blocks are and not let them be established.

I seek to have my glory as Your glory for without You there is not a me. Give me the strength so my mind is always on You, and help me to realize that whatever I do, in word, deed and thought, let me do it to Your honor. I mean everything that I could possibly say, do and think. I put my desires and being into Your hands.

Lord, You Take Care of Me

1/26/2026

Lord,

Help me to realize that as long as I am in Your will, You are taking perfect care of me. I do not need to try to justify my actions to anyone. If I have sought You diligently before taking an action, I can come into Your rest of peace knowing that my life and actions are a sacrifice to You. I must fully realize that my life is not mine but Yours. Let me surrender all ties that I have to try to claim my life. I give it to You. Take my will and transform it into only wanting to do things that are pleasing to You.

I will seek You, Lord.

Lord, I Desire to Have the Proper Perspective

1/20/2026

O Lord,
I am seeking to have the proper perspective on whatever I do in my life. I want to stay focused on You, not wavering, and be in Your perfect will. I realize that distractions often arise to take me away from what I should be doing. These distractions appear to be a just cause or proper thing to do, but, in essence, they serve to take me away from having Your Word fill my life completely. I am asking, Lord, that You grant me:

Wisdom to know what is a distraction and what is Your perfect will for me.
Endurance to deal with behaviors associated with Your perfect will. I have realized that the behaviors are usually contrary to the desires of the flesh.
Peace to keep my joy up.
Contentment to find purpose in what I am doing.
Love to show everyone whom I encounter while I am doing Your will
Humility to have in dealing with everyone while doing Your will.
Self control, most importantly, control over the tongue so that I can say what needs to be said and nothing more.

Lord, if I am not living according to Your Spirit, please convict me sorely, so that I can change my way to align it with You.

Living Moment by Moment

1/12/2026

O Lord,

Please let me continuously seek to know You more moment by moment. I must accept each moment as precious so that sin does not entice me to lust after the future. I will focus on the present where You are, Lord.

I need not look to see where I will be in the future. Rather, let me recognize Your presence in every moment. Lord, have mercy on me while I continue to seek You.

Thanks for the Gift of Humility

1/5/2026

O Lord,
I am learning about humility. I am realizing how powerful this gift is. O Lord, I realize that in order to have this gift of humility, You have had to bless first. The humility manifests itself as a result of Your magnificent blessings. Humility acknowledges the blessings that You have bestowed on one.

O Lord, thank You for the blessings in my life. As I ponder the magnitude of the blessings, the humbler I should become. Through my humility, I am asking that I can love my neighbor. I am also realizing that to have this gift of humility, I must be dead to myself. The more I die, the more it manifests itself. O Lord, as I die and accept humility, the things that influence the pride of life will no longer matter. I will be more callous to them. I want to seek Your fullness. Have mercy upon me.

Do With Me What You Will

12/29/2025

O Lord,

As I continue to seek You, I am learning more about how I am as a human. I realize that I have many desires in my flesh that are contrary to You. As I live, I learn how fragile I am. I see that there is no good in me. I need You for every moment I have. I realize that I need You to carry me through this life. I must find joy through doing Your will. I ask the Lord that You give me satisfaction in seeking You. Let me find the joy from helping others and in everything I do that reflects You. I want to know only You and nothing else regarding the filthiness of my flesh that is ever-present. I will trust You, Lord, to know that everything is perfect as long as I am in Your will. I surrender my life and family to You. Do with me what You will. Please give me the understanding and endurance to go through with whatever You want me to do.

Let Me Glorify You in My Interactions with People

12/15/2025

O Lord,

I am asking that You provide me with wisdom to perform all my roles. I need wisdom to deal with people. There are so many variants with which to deal. I need Your direction in dealing with people, ranging from guiding my children to conforming to policies at the work site. I am recognizing that I need Your help, and by faith, I expect to be making the right choices in dealing with the situations. I realize that I am vulnerable in this and I need Your help. In dealing with people, I want to be able to glorify You.

I Must Focus on the Impact and Outcome

11/24/2025

O Lord,
I want to thank You for allowing me to get closer to You. I realize that if it were according to my will, I would be involved in things that would actually pull me further from You, although I would be thinking that the involvement is good for me. It would be good for my flesh, not the goodness that comes from getting close to You. I have realized that those things that I typically deem right for me are usually a trap to snare me into the grips of destruction. O Lord, thanks for giving me the realization of traps that are ready to snare me up. I thank You for the strength I have for wanting to get closer to You. I stated that I earnestly want to get closer to You. I must recognize that You are honoring my prayer by creating circumstances where I learn to reverence and acknowledge You more in my life. I have realized that I must not focus on the process but the impact and outcome.