April 18 – As if thou hast not received it

Our Father and our Lord,
We thank You so much for another day which You have given unto us. Not by anything that we have done, but because of Your mercies. We bless You, we lift You up high, we magnify and glorify Your holy name. How are You doing Daddy? We hope well. We thank You because while You gave us sleep, You neither slumbered nor slept, but we could lay down and rest because we knew that You were watching over us. Hallowed be Your holy name King of glory in Jesus name. We thank You at this time for all that You give to us, life, talents, love, joy, gifts, grace, forgiveness, Your Holy Spirit, Jesus, Your love, we are so very grateful and we glory in You for no man can glory in Your presence. We recognize this day that all that we have comes from You and all that we are You have made us to be. We bless You Lord and pray that we continue to be channels of Your blessings, of Your talents, of Your love, ministers of reconciliation to Your people who are called by Your name and to those who You want to be Yours. We remember at this time those who have died in Virginia Tech and pray that You o God of comfort, comfort the hearts and lives of all those affected. Lord, we pray for Your light to shine in the midst of the darkness. We pray that Your kingdom come and Your will be done on earth even as it is in heaven. We pray that You send forth labourers into Your harvest, for the harvest is plenteous but the labourers are few. We pray for strength and perseverance for believers all over the world, that they would never turn back, but would continue to live by faith, pressing on towards the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. We thank You for in You we live and in You we move and You we have our being. Be exalted forevermore King of glory even now and forevermore. Thank You Father, thank You Son, thank You Holy Spirit. We pray all this in Jesus’ matchless name. Amen.