Listen

Since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, this is the reason that I don’t stop giving thanks to God for you when I remember you in my prayers. I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, will give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation that makes God known to you.

Ephesians 1:15-17

Think

Life is such a gift. Even if we rise from our sleep to less than perfect circumstances, we are still given the gift of a new day and fresh start every morning. And how many gifts God gives us within each day! We are truly blessed by a God who loves us more than we can fathom.

St. Paul describes another blessed gift to the Church at Ephesus; in fact, he prays that they receive it: “a spirit of wisdom and revelation that makes God known to you” (v. 17). What a tremendous blessing that would be! And while it may seem like we need someone like Paul to pray for us to receive such a spirit and blessing, we ourselves can turn to God in prayer and ask to be filled with such a spirit today. Coming in God’s time and not our own, these blessings will be fulfilled because our Lord is faithful. Arising like the sun over a new day, Christ lights the way.

Sarah Boatwright

Pray

Thank you, Lord, for this new day and for the opportunity to come to you in prayer.

Please bless me with what I need to serve and to love you.

Amen.

Go

I lift up my eyes to the hills—
from where will my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 121:1-2 (NRSV)