Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit Eph. 5:18
Heavenly Father, celebrating Pentecost yesterday really stirred me up—especially remembering you sent the Spirit to make much of Jesus, in our hearts and in your world. So, here’s my prayer for myself and for all who join me in these daily prayers. Fill us with your Spirit, Father… afresh, and to overflowing.
May the Holy Spirit open the eyes of our hearts to see even more of Jesus. Dazzle us with his delights; buckle our knees with his beauty; put us face down with a renewed awareness of Jesus’ glory and grace. Grant us jaw-dropping wonder, awe, and gratitude, in response to our Savior’s finished work for us.
May he grant us power to know the height, depth, width and breadth of Jesus’ love—a love that surpasses knowledge. May Jesus’ love be the most compelling, propelling, and transforming force in our lives—turning our whining into worship, our timidity into fearless faith, and our small dreams into kingdom vision.
May the grave-robbing, kingdom-advancing, Christ-exalting power of your Spirit, restore to us the joy, peace, and hope of our salvation. May he renew our love for the beauty of holiness and the freedom of obedience. May he intensify our confidence in the daily-ness of your sovereignty and the perfection of your will.
Indeed, Father, thank you for working in all things for your glory and our good—no exceptions. Thank you for working all things together after the counsel of your will. You left nothing to chance, but all things to Christ. Thank you for securing a Day when you will sum up all things in Jesus and make all things new by Jesus. Hallelujah, what a Savior, Jesus is. Hallelujah, what a salvation he has won for us. So very Amen we pray, in Jesus’ exalted and awesome name!
