Lord God, please allow me to experience Your deep and abiding presence in my life as Your spirit empowers me too keep Your commands today   1 John 3:24 As we keep his commands, we live deeply and surely in him, and he lives in us. And this is how we experience his deep and abiding presence in us: by the Spirit he gave us.

Lord help me to love people today without even a hint that doing so is anything but a joyful privilege to me.   1 John 5:2-3 We know we love God’s children if we love God and obey his commandments. Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome.

Lord help me to recognize Your love that has taking all the punishment I deserve so clearly that I am able to love others a little more like you love me.   1 John 4:18-19 Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love. We love each other because he loved us first.

Lord help me to recognize today how freely I have received and then give just as freely   Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons. Give as freely as you have received!

Lord help me to know when and how to correct the wise so they will become even wiser and help me to know who I should not correct.   Proverbs 9:7-9 Whoever tries to discipline a scoffer should expect a hail of insults in return. Whoever tries to correct an evildoer is likely to get hurt in the process. So do not correct a scoffer unless you are ready to be hated, but correct the wise and you will be loved. Give instruction to the wise, and they will become wiser. Teach upstanding people, and they will learn even more.

Lord please give me the sense I need to keep my mouth shut  when it is helpful to do so today.   Proverbs 10:19 Too much talk leads to sin. Be sensible and keep your mouth shut.

God please pour out on me the gladness with which you anointed Jesus so I can reflect his character and Yours to those around me today   Hebrews 1:9 “You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness above Your companions.”  

Lord please give me enough wisdom that I can share it with those I lead clearly enough that they can live happier lives.   1 Kings 10:8 Happy are your men! Happy are these your servants who stand continually before you, hearing your wisdom!

Father of glory please help me to grow today in my experiential knowledge of You.   Ephesians 1:17 (TPT) I pray that the Father of glory, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, would impart to you the riches of the Spirit of wisdom and the Spirit of revelation to know him through your deepening intimacy with him.

Father please help me to live as Your child today in such a way that people are amazed at Your grace.   Ephesians 1:5-6 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.