Thank you, Lord Jesus,  for your patience with me, for your kind and constant working when I am not faithful, for your unceasing love and goodness in spite of my rebellion and unbelief.

Thank you for your guidance in all, for your wide, comprehensive and complete plans for our lives: you miss no detail, your timing is perfect and your grace is more than sufficient.

Thank you for the powerful and persistent work of your Spirit in our lives to teach, convict, rebuke and lead. Help us to be more and more wholeheartedly obedient to the Spirit’s leading. I praise you that you never give up on us and will pursue us to the end.

To you belongs all honor and glory, Lord Jesus, for your great and deep love shared with the Father and Spirit, and now shared with us. It is so good to be in your kingdom, your family, your embrace.

I praise you for the power of your love, that you can and do love those who are your enemies, who seek to bring you harm, who are destructive and dangerous to your cause. I thank you that you love me, a man of unbelief, of fear, of rebellion, of selfishness and laziness, of pride and destruction. In spite of me you love; your love is beyond comprehension, flowing without regard to the response or lack of it in the objects of your love.

You loved all in the world so much that you took upon yourself every sin of every person from the beginning of creation to the end of history (“He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world” 1 John 2:2).—even though you knew that the majority would not choose for you! That is agape love: full, faithful, ever flowing, unquenchable and unending.

I praise you, Lord Jesus, for the great privilege of being one whom you love, to live in the warmth and protection, the goodness and grace of your love which surpasses understanding. Thank you that we don’t have to understand your love to live in it.

We can bask in it, revel in it, rejoice in it and rest in it while being transformed by it. “As we gaze upon him with unveiled faces, we are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” (2 Cor. 3:18)

What a wonder: you call us to your love, you give us joy in it, and as we see more and more of it, we are being changed to be like you—being able to love the unlovely, to be wise and useful for you, to bring you more and more honor.

I praise you, Lord Jesus, for your great and wonderful love, your rich and deep character, your persistent and patient working in our lives. You are more wonderful than anyone can adequately express. Truly you are the One “who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,” (Eph 3;20). To you be honor and glory in my life today,

Sometimes I feel like I’m on a ship in the midst of a storm, continually being shot high up on the next wave, then left to plunge into the following trough.

However, in knowing you, Lord Jesus, the Rock of salvation, the Stronghold of security, the Fortress of safety, the Savior of stability, the Deliverer of surety, I can rest in the certainty of your help. “I call on the Lord, who is worthy to be saved, and I am saved from my enemies” (Psalm 18:3).

So, although my life may be rolling up and down, your gyroscope of grace and the weight of your wisdom keep me balanced, standing and victorious in the storm. You are the Great and Glorious God, worthy of worship, worthy of praise, worthy of obedience. May I walk in obedience to you, to your Word, in your Way today, bringing you joy and honor in all that you have for me  Amen.

‘Because he loves me,’ says the LORD, ‘I will rescue him….’ “  Psalm 91:14

You, Lord Jesus, are faithful, the epitome of follow-through. You speak a promise and it will come to pass. You bind yourself with a Word and always do it. For instance, in Psalm 91:1 you powerfully declare, “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.” There is no doubt, no possibility of failure in this rest, if we dwell in, remain in the protection you have provided.

I praise you, Lord God for your righteousness displayed here: you cannot lie, you always follow through, you promise and act, you continually keep your word. I praise you that your character never changes, your Word never proves false, your faithfulness never ends, your presence never leaves us, and your love endures for eternity.

Psalm 91:14-16 expounds on your faithfulness further: “Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation.”

You, Lord Jesus, are the Almighty, the all Powerful, all Sustaining and all Providing One. Because of Your unlimited power, you are able to provide whatever is needed in wisdom, direction, protection, help and material things. Your faithfulness guarantees that You will always follow through on your promises to use your Almightiness as the shield and rampart of those who choose to dwell in the shelter of your Word, your salvation, your commands, your guidance. Praise be to you, Lord Jesus, for your great power, your sustaining heart, your rich wisdom, your deep love and your unshakable faithfulness.

Prayer: “You, Lord Jesus, deserve praise and glory both now and forever. I bow down in worship, giving you honor before all, and I rise up to obey you today in all I do. Help me to be a glory-giver by offering the sacrifice of thanksgiving in each event. Amen.”

Thank you, Lord, that I am not well today, giving me the privilege of resting in you rather than in feeling good physically, to live by faith rather than feeling. Praise be to you for your stability, your faithfulness, your unchanging, powerful, deeply rooted perfection.  You are wonderful, you are superb, you are my mighty rock—unshakable, unshifting, unsinkable, unbreakable.  You are always the same in your love, your commitment, your goodness, your patience, your grace, your wisdom, your knowledge, your justice, your power, your firmness.

As I am concerned about the many significant happenings occurring now in the world  (and tend to worry about them), it is wonderful to know that I can turn to you, intercede about these things and know that you will be at work in ways far beyond what I could do or imagine.

I give you praise and glory for your goodness, your greatness, your grace and your glory.  You are wonderful beyond words, trustable beyond truth, powerful beyond perception, marvelous beyond majesty. To you belongs all glory, honor, praise and exaltation, for you are perfect, holy, wise, all-knowing, all-powerful, ever loving and entirely righteous.

In you, mercy triumphs over justice, truth and grace kiss, wrath and forgiveness cooperate, grace and rebuke balance perfectly.  You are absolutely, totally, completely, without exception trustable: you will always do what is right, good, gracious and glorious.  May praise flow to you today from my mind, my mouth, my movement and my motives.  I bow before you in submission, I rise before you in praise, I go forth with you in obedience.

“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalm 91:1

Praise be to you, O Lord, for your wonderful faithfulness— you have given your children a shelter that is both your Word and yourself—you who are the Most High, the Final Authority, the Almighty, the All Wise, All Knowing and All Loving God.

You, in your grace, wisdom and love, have provided us with this needed shelter in a twisted, dangerous and sin-filled world. Your commands, principles and examples show us how to live within your protection from sin, self and Satan. And you yourself spread your wings over us to keep us safe: under your feathers of grace we find protection.

Praise you for your invitation for us to come to your shelter and remain in your refuge. As we obey your Word, think Truth, listen to the Spirit and make prayer the foundation of all we do, we remain in your fortress. There we are protected from unnecessary mistakes and unneeded difficulties. We are spared the troubles of those who reject your shelter: the confusion of the wicked, the fall of the proud, the anguish of the stubborn, the foolish decisions of rebels, the stumbling of the self-confident.

As your Word says, “The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever more brightly till the full light of day. But the path of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble” (Pro. 4:18,19).

You are our Refuge, calling us to your arms, to your lap, to your embrace. You are our Fortress, inviting us to safety behind your walls of truth and power. You are our Deliverer, calling us to worship and obedience as our God, our final authority. You are the Righteous One who has the right to rule—and who imputes your righteousness to us, protecting us from the wrath to come, sheltering us from the evil around us and in us.

You are thorough, you are wise, you are persistent: protecting us and providing for us even when we protest against your profound and perfect Word. You keep on working, bringing us to repentance, bringing us to your refuge, bringing us to transformation.

From within your protection, we will see the downfall of those who refuse your invitation, who decline to obey you. As we stay in your shelter, true harm, true evil (that which will damage us spiritually) will not come to us, for you, Lord God, will work out all that is needful for our safety: “If you say, ‘The LORD is my refuge,’ and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you…” (Ps. 91:9,10).

I exalt you today, O Eternal Lord of creation and God of graciousness, who rules forever in complete goodness, out of unending love and with deep wisdom. You are worthy of worship, praise, honor and obedience, Glory be to you!

Prayer: “Lord, help me to dwell in your shelter today, thinking truth, obeying what I know to be true, praising you in and for all. Amen.”