Father, You have called us to exalt You – not on our own terms, but on Yours. We are to bring the ‘sacrifice of praise’ before You. We ourselves are to be a ‘living sacrifice’!  Yet is our worship ‘sacrificial’ in nature? In truth, we have made worship about ourselves. Our tendency has been to […]

Father, We praise you in your sanctuary. We praise you in your mighty heavens. We praise you for your mighty deeds. We praise you according to your excellent greatness. Why is it that we praise you with our lips, but our hearts are far away? Why is it that we settle for counterfeit heavens? Why

O Lord, we worship You for we find in You the path of life. Your presence grants us fullness of joy. We marvel at You for Your righteous reign and rule is like no other. You alone execute perfect justice among the nations. We adore You for You are the ever faithful One. Your steadfast love for

Father, Your word tells us if You are for us, who can go against us? It is You who gives victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. But why do we act like wounded soldiers? Why do we feel defeated? Why do we feel hopeless? Why do we feel so weak? Forgive us for looking for

Father, we confess that we need Jesus. We do not pray this enough. We do not mean this enough. We do not feel this enough. Lord, help us! We need Jesus because there is unconquered sin in our hearts. More often, our actions are insincere. Our love, cold. Our faith, feeble. We are weary and

Father, we confess that we often find little joy in the cross. When we think about our crucified Saviour, many times we do so with a heavy heart. Sometimes, we feel guilty and ashamed that Jesus would take our place in such a horrendous way. Father, forgive us. We have dishonoured Christ in this way!

Father, Your word tells us that love is patient and kind. You have treated us with long-suffering patience and life-transforming kindness. Yet we find ourselves being impatient over trivial things. We expect kindness but all too often our tone, facial expressions and words are way too unkind.  Forgive us, oh God. Forgive us for failing

Father, You delight in giving good things to your children. You feed the birds in the air and clothe the lilies in the field. How much more your beloved children. Yet we have not been thankful to you. We have not been content with your gifts. We have even complained that you did not give

Father, You know the condition of our hearts when it comes to money. Have we become greedy and covetous? Have we become consumed with earthly riches? Have we lost sight of the God who grants us such riches? Lord, You know. Father, we confess that when it comes to wealth, we have often neglected Your

Father, You have created us to do life with friends. You said it is not good that Adam was alone. You created for him a companion.  Lord, forgive us for taking our friends for granted. Too many times, we are blind to how we have hurt them. Give us courage and humility to ask for