Our Mighty Warrior

From Zephaniah 3:17

“17 The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”

I really like any scriptural references where God is called a Mighty Warrior. The thought of the most powerful person in the universe acting on my behalf, or your behalf, is so awesome. He is a mighty and powerful warrior that has our best interests at the front of his heart, but also takes great delight in you! What?!? This is, and should be the best thing that you hear today and every day. The most powerful force in the universe defends you and protects you, AND also takes delight in our activities!

So in the face of this knowledge from the word of God, how can we not feel empowered? We have the most powerful thing of all working for us, taking delight in us; let’s be motivated to do good!

Lord, you are awesome. Your power knows no boundaries, and your plan for us always has our best interests in mind. As our thanks for all of this, please put us in position to do your work. Deploy us in such a manner that we show your face of love here in the Earthly realm. Let our desire to do good burn like a mighty fire! In Jesus name we pray all these things. Amen.

Use Your Love to do Your Work

From Ephesians 2 4:5

“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved”

Lord thank you for another magnificent day. We are thankful for your love and grace. We are loved so much that you gave up your perfect Son to make right the sin that the world commits. Father let us turn away from that sin as best we can and work hard to be more like Jesus. We are aware of all the gifts that we have. Let us use those gifts to encourage and lift up those who are not feeling well or unhappy. Using the grace that you give us we can help others around us. Lord let the good feelings of helping others energize us to do more of your work. Amen.

Heaping Thanks and Praise

From Psalm 71:8

“8 My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long.”

What more can we aspire to? If we fill our mouths with praise for our lord all day long, could you possibly have a better day? I promise you that a day filled with praise for our King will result in you feeling better. It will result in a day where you feel fulfilled!

Lord, we give you praise in all that we do. In our hearts, in our minds we yearn to give you thanks for all of the many gifts that you give. May we be mindful that your sovereign plan is perfectly constructed. Thank you for access to you, through the blood of Christ. Jesus is our advocate, our savior, the only perfect man to have ever walked the Earth. We humbly ask that in return for all of the many gifts that you offer that you put us in position to do good works and offer comfort for those around us. Lord, we would be most thankful for the ability to raise up and help out anyone who crosses our path today that either needs to hear your truth, or needs our encouragement. We pray fervently for these things, and passionately thank you for all that you do for us. Amen.