Praise be to you, Lord Jesus, for a new day, a day of hope, of meaning, of direction, of purpose. To live with you is to take part in your perfect plan to right the wrongs of rebellion. It is to join you in your design of this day and fulfill the purpose of our existence: to glorify you. You are worthy of our worship, for you are perfect, pristine and pure in your personality. You are filled with good, wrapped in light, overflowing with grace, clothed in righteousness and infused with love. You are just and merciful, gracious and impartial, forgiving and consistent, creative and unchanging. You are the Spring of positives, you are Opposite of negatives, you are the Source of joy, you are the Ruler of righteousness.

You are worthy of worship apart from any goodness you bring to us, for your positive personality is infinite, eternal, ever-flowing and never ending. You never do anything wrong, you never make a mistake, your ways are always righteous and you thoughts are always pure. To worship you is a privilege, to trust you is right, to live for you is joy and to obey you is freedom.

As today rolls out from your hand, may I take my place in your plan, playing the part you have prepared, doing what you declare to be meaningful, joining you in the reclamation of ground given to Satan, bringing glory to you and joy to the universe.

I praise you, Lord Jesus, for your beautiful and magnificent character. You are the perfect blend of every quality: love and justice, goodness and righteousness, power and tenderness, forgiveness and wrath, grace and firmness, wisdom and understanding, knowledge and self-control, quickness and patience.

You are full of goodness, grace and glory. But more importantly your ARE Love, Light, Life and Truth. You ARE the Way. You can never NOT be these items; they are more than qualities, they are your very essence.

This gives us great security, great stability, great rest, for you will never waver, vary or change in your being. You will always love us, you will always do what is true, you will always give us light, you will always be our way.

So, today, as we walk into the darkness of the next moment, you have already been there, preparing things, giving us wisdom, insight and grace so we can move through whatever you send and allow. Some things may be very challenging; others may be pleasant, but all comes by your good hand and we can thank and praise you for it.

Today may I walk in the light of your presence, in the power of your goodness, in the glow of your love and in the understanding of your truth. May you, thereby, be honored and glorified in every moment today.

You, Lord Jesus, are the High and Holy One, who is Pure and Perfect, Sinless and Supreme. You are the only One to be fully trusted, completely obeyed and continually honored in praise, worship and surrender.

In you there is no darkness, no evil, no shifting. You are loving, lavish and lasting. You are powerful, providing and protecting. In you there is joy, justice and jubilation. With you there is light, life and love. In you we can rest, rejoice and repent, for you are fully forgiving, fathomless in grace and forever welcoming.

To you I bow down, with you I rise up, for you I go forth the into this day to obey you, honor you, exalt and please you. May the incense of faith rise from the sacrifice of thanksgiving in each incident in my life today. Amen.

Today, Lord Jesus, I walk in amazement under the canopy of your love, knowing that you look at me, not with tolerance, or thinly disguised disgust because of my stubborn, selfish responses, but you see me clothed in your righteousness; you look on me with delight, with joy, with pleasure, glad to have me as your child, as your brother, in your family, in your Kingdom.

You call me to meet with you each day as you stoop low to gather me to your heart, enjoying our relationship. I praise you that, contrary to all logic, you revel in our relationship, you delight in doing good to me, you rejoice in being my rampart, you savor shielding me from harm. And all this when I deserve the opposite: there is no earthly reason for your love; no, only heavenly reasons.

I offer you praise, glory and worship, O Great and High King, Lord of Glory, Ruler of the Universe, Judge of all, Redeemer of sinners, Concluder of all history. You only are fully Patient and Profound, Gracious and Good, Pure and Perfect. You are worthy of worship!  —From the book EDIFIED!

O Lord God, you are the great I Am: wonderful in your ways, mighty in your mercy, lavish in your goodness, grace and patience. You display your glory in great acts of salvation, making you worthy of worship and wonder, of honor and exaltation, of praise and glory.

You who are our rock, our strength and our salvation, you are with us in trouble, you will save us through it and out of it. To you be Glory and Honor, Praise and Power, Majesty and Might, Exaltation and Obedience both now and forever.  –from the book EDIFIED!