Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another,
Be diligent so that you receive your full reward.
Lord God,
May I surrender to love others as you love me. Help me to overcome my ways and conditions I place on loving and accept the world as it is and love it as you do.
In Jesus name,
Amen
25Jesus also did many other things. If they were all written down, I suppose the whole world could not contain the books that would be written.
God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. 6So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth.
But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, so you don’t need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you everything you need to know, and what he teaches is true—it is not a lie. So just as he has taught you, remain in fellowship with Christ.
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.
For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith. 5And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.
Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.
Lord God,
I confess to you that I am a sinner, I don’t follow you wholeheartedly, I hold back so much of my trust and control. Lord God, open my eyes to see your truth so I may overcome my doubt. protect me from this world and the control I allow it to have on me.
In Jesus name,
Amen
Simon Peter exclaimed, “Then wash my hands and head as well, Lord, not just my feet!”
“Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am?
You are my friends if you do what I command.
This is my command: Love each other.
The world’s sin is that it refuses to believe in me.
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth.
Glorify your Son so he can give glory back to you.
All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.”
The energy of your spirit will over come the lack of energy in your body
Lord God,
Help me to understand, open my eyes and heart so I may understand your desire for me. Remove my past and prepare me for a future with you in control. Lord God, may I be made strong in my weakness by surrendering to your will.
In Jesus name,
Amen
Thomas, nicknamed the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go, too—and die with Jesus.”
Then Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, thank you for hearing me. 42You always hear me, but I said it out loud for the sake of all these people standing here, so that they will believe you sent me.”
Lord God,
Help me to remove the Thomas in me and to trust in your will. Lord, replace my will with yours, protect me from my past and present me to the moment I live in with your power and strength. Lord God may I only hear your voice, not this world’s.
In Jesus name,
Amen
“This man Jesus is not from God, for he is working on the Sabbath.”
“God should get the glory for this, because we know this man Jesus is a sinner.”
“Are you trying to teach us?” And they threw him out of the synagogue.
“I entered this world to render judgment—to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind.”
Why do I doubt, why do I struggle with control, why do I fight so hard to not surrender to the peace He has for me.
Lord, God,
I am weary and broken, I am too stupid to be called a follower and I resist you. Lord I give up, I want to be your son and listen to you as my father. Correct me and put me on the right path and allow me to live in your presence and peace.
In Jesus name,
Amen
The world can’t hate you, but it does hate me because I accuse it of doing evil.
Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?”
11“No, Lord,” she said.
And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.
Why can’t you understand what I am saying? It’s because you can’t even hear me!
Lord God,
Open my heart so I may see you and obey you. Lord God, I am a sinner unworthy of knowing you, Lord purify my heart and place your truth around me and protect me from the desire of Satan to destroy my faith and may I delight in serving you and not me.
I Jesus name,
Amen
Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.
All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed.
because I know you don’t have God’s love within you.
Lord God,
Reveal in me how to release the grip of this world on me and show me your spirit and help me to allow you to have your way in this selfish person. Help me to surrender to your desire and protect me from my own evil ways, the areas I still hold onto that block your path from being revealed to me. Help me to surrender to your love over my own.
In Jesus name,
Amen
With the strength God gives you, be ready to suffer with me for the sake of the Good News.
If we die with him,
we will also live with him.
12If we endure hardship,
we will reign with him.
If we deny him,
he will deny us.
13If we are unfaithful,
he remains faithful,
for he cannot deny who he is.
Run from anything that stimulates youthful lusts. Instead, pursue righteous living, faithfulness, love, and peace.
Lord God,
Give me your strength to stand up for your truth in this world, Protect me and bring me comfort in my suffering for you. Give me direction to follow you with everything I am and surrender my will to you. Lord God, protect me from my earthly desires may I stay focused on you.
In Jesus name,
Amen
Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.
For before he was taken up, he was known as a person who pleased God. 6And it is impossible to please God without faith.
No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.
Lord God,
May I put my faith in your plan for me, Lord help me to see from your purpose not my own. May I please you with my faith and may it stay focused on you. Lord God, help me to accept your discipline and be shaped by it to your image.
In Jesus name,
Amen
let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.
Lord God,
Thank you for your personal desire to save me. Lord, help me to surrender my will to follow you without delay, may I be your hands and voice today, not mine.
In Jesus name,
Amen