STARTING ANEW

Father, praise your holy name for another blessed day in Christ. I’m grateful for the gift of life.

Father, as many have spent their day memorializing loved ones, they pray for your continued comfort and peace beyond understanding.

They know that there is no one on earth who can come closer to precipitating the type of love that they need and/or desire than you, through your Son, Jesus Christ.

They pray that everyone appreciates, uplifts, and cherishes today as well as the days to come.

In addition, they pray that everyone puts aside differences to help renew and restore their mindset to focus on the things that bring joy, happiness, and increased faith.

Father, help all to understand that life is a gift from you that extends above and beyond their comprehension. In addition, help everyone start anew on this day, praying for your guidance, protection, and direction in all that they think and do.

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”
2 Corinthians 5:17

Linda F. Walker
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WILL YOU FOCUS ON GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST?

Father, thank you for another blessed morning in Christ. I’m grateful for your unconditional love.

Father, as many have awakened on this beautiful day that was not promised, they thank you for your grace and mercy. They understand that today was not promised; therefore, they take full advantage of the opportunity to worship you in spirit and in truth, through your Son, Jesus Christ.

Instead of worrying about what did or didn’t occur on yesterday, they look forward to what awaits them in accordance with your will for them.

They give you all the praises for the gift of life, as well as for the ability to think and react appropriately, in accordance with your will for them. They thank you for their safe dwelling place, the food that you have allowed them to posses, as well as the transportation that you have given them to make it to and from. They also thank you for the shoes and clothing that you have adorned them with, allowing them to cover and protect their bodies appropriately.

Moreover, they thank you for your divine direction, forgiveness, faithfulness, salvation, and love that you continuously cover them with despite their shortcomings.

Father, help all to choose you, through your Son, Jesus Christ today! Help them to understand that all things in this world are temporary; therefore, focus on you, through your Son, Jesus Christ who has all power, as well as see and know all things.

“We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith. He saw the joy ahead of him, so he endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought him. Now he holds the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne.” Hebrews 12:2 GW

Linda F. Walker
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BELIEVING IN JESUS CHRIST INCLUDES ACTION!

Father, praise your holy name for another blessed morning in Christ. I’m grateful for your agape love.

Father, as many have awakened and has begun their morning journey, they sing praises to you for granting them another blessed day in Christ. They give you all the glory for blessing them with another opportunity to praise you through your Son, Jesus Christ. They understand that nothing in life is possible without you. Therefore, they sing praise to you through your Son, Jesus Christ.

Father, help everyone to establish a true relationship with you through your son, Jesus Christ. Help them understand that believing in Jesus Christ is the key to salvation. However, believing in Jesus Christ requires action, and such action, is depicted by the way one lives.

“What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds?” James 2:14

“As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.” James 2:26

Linda F. Walker
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WILL YOU TAKE HEED?

Father, praise your holy name for another blessed morning in Christ. I’m grateful for your gift of life.

Father, as many have awakened and are beginning their morning journey, they give you all the praise for answered prayers. Despite their shortcomings, you continue to guide them through their storms to a place of peace, serenity, joy, and happiness. Despite their sins, you continuously forgive them, and after their true repentance, you redirect their walk in life and renew their mindset.

Father, help all to take heed to your teachings and align themselves in accordance with your holy word.

“But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Joshua 22:5

Linda F. Walker
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AN ESTABLISHED PATH

Father, praise your holy name for another blessed morning in Christ. I’m grateful for second chances.

Father, as many have awakened and have begun their morning journey, they sing praises to your holy name through your Son, Jesus Christ. They understand that life is incomplete without you and your Son, Jesus Christ. They understand that with you, through Christ, no weapons formed against them will prosper. They further understand that you are the answer to all of their needs.

Therefore, instead of depending on themselves, they cling to you through your Son, Jesus Christ, for all things.

Father, help all to remain focused on aiming to be like you and your Son, Jesus Christ. Help them to understand that there is no greater focus; therefore, they should pray for an adornment of your grace, mercy, and favor as they walk the path that you have already established for them.

“And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.” Isaiah 58:11

Linda F. Walker
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God, Through Jesus Christ, Will Fight Your Battles.

Father, praise your holy name for another blessed morning in Christ. I’m grateful for your unconditional love.

Father, as many have begun their morning journey, they walk in faith, knowing that with you, no weapons formed against them will prosper.

They pray a prayer of gratitude, despite their not-so-good experiences. They know that nothing in life is possible without you. Therefore, instead of dwelling on their situations, they push forward, knowing that you have all power and will continuously direct and guide them through their darkest experiences and to peace, joy, and happiness.

Father, help all to let go of the things that they allow to continue festering in their lives. Help them to learn to let go and let you, through your Son, Jesus Christ, fight their battles for them.

“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Exodus 14:14.

#SmileItsContagious😘❤️🙏🏽 Linda F. Walker

WHAT PATH ARE YOU WALKING?

Father, praise your holy name for this blessed morning in Christ. I’m grateful for the gift of life.

Father, as many have awakened and have begun their morning journey, they pause to praise your holy name and give you all the glory.

They are grateful for your precious gift of life. They know that there is no other love that can compare to yours, through your Son, Jesus Christ. Therefore, they put aside all things and thoughts that may cause them to sway away from worshipping you in spirit and in truth.

Although they still fall short of your glory, they continue to push through their temptations, focusing on your holy word so that you can redirect their path.

Father, help all to see through the many untruths that are intertwined in the words that sound good but are opposite of what you have purposed for them. Help all to search the scriptures daily, rightly dividing your holy word, to make sure they are walking the path that you have established for them.

“This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!” Jeremiah 6:16–20 NIV

Linda F. Walker
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SOLITUDE IN CHRIST

Father, give you all the praise and glory for another blessed morning in Christ. I’m grateful for your unconditional love.

Father, as many have awakened and begun their morning journey, they sing praises to you through your Son, Jesus Christ, for your never-ending love and continued guidance.

Without you, they would be desolate and in despair. Their worries would have overtaken them and driven them to greater fear, depression, sadness, a feeling of total unworthiness and incompleteness. Therefore, they pray for a peaceful mindset to keep you first, despite the bad that may accompany the good.

Father, help all to understand that with you, your Son, Jesus Christ, and your Holy Spirit, they are made new, and are able to withstand the wiles of the devil, as well as discern the intentions of man and have the ability to discern who is for them and who is against them.

Father, help all to learn to cling to your unchanging hands, and trust in you during the good as well as the bad. Help them to understand that they have solitude in Christ and that, with you, no weapons formed against them will prosper.

“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went off to a solitary place, where He prayed.” Mark 1:35

“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.” Luke 22:39–42

Linda F. Walker
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NEW BABES IN CHRIST

Father, praise your holy name for another blessed morning in Christ. I’m grateful for another opportunity to turn wrongs into rights.

Father, as many have awakened and have begun their morning journey, they pause to give you all the praise for your continued blessings, grace, mercy, and agape love.

Despite their shortcomings, you continuously bestow blessings on them. Despite their bad decisions in life, you continue to redirect their path. Despite their weaknesses in pleasing men instead of you, you continue to pour your agape love into them.

Father, help all to take the time to evaluate themselves wholeheartedly. Help them to search the scriptures daily, rightly dividing the word of God, to show themselves approved.

Help them to focus on pleasing you through your Son, Jesus Christ. Moreover, help them to confess their sins and be immersed in themselves in the watery grave of baptism to become a new babe in Christ.

“Except ye be converted and become as little children,” said the Lord Jesus, “ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:3

Linda F. Walker
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PUTTING GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST FIRST

Father, praise your holy name for another blessed morning in Christ. I’m grateful for your unconditional love.

Father, as many have awakened and have begun their morning journey, they sing praises to you through your Son, Jesus Christ. They know that it is only by your grace that they have life.

Although they fall short of your glory daily, your love remains unconditional. Despite their sins, they have repented and prayed for you to recondition their minds to turn away from wrongdoings. They know that, despite their shortcomings, you continue to redirect their path. Therefore, they leave all worries and confusion to you through your Son, Jesus Christ.

Father, help all to learn to put you first and pray that they are able to connect with your Holy Spirit to guide them to and through their trials, troubles, sadness, obstacles, adversities, and/or difficulties.

“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:21

Linda F. Walker
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