Heavenly Father, I praise You for my surgery going well. I praise You for the process of healing for my knee. I praise You for walking beside me through all of this. I praise You for working amongst the YFC team and teens in Florida at the campground, having isolated time to get to know you. Help me today to take command of my morning and shake the evil from it.
Holy Spirit, help me to move forward and do the exercises required to help strengthen my knee. Help me continue to heal and progress to where I can return to work. I know life will be a little different since I now have full knee replacements in both of my knees. I will need to catch up on what is going on at work and be wise about how much I walk for the next while. Help me to start getting prayers out again to teach and assist others in communicating and learning You. I praise You for the work You have been doing with the Blue Water Thumb Youth for Christ. Help us all to continue to lift them in prayer.
Holy Spirit, You inspired Paul to write: Since I am raised with Christ, I will learn to desire those things that are above, where Christ sits at the right hand of God. Help me to set my affection on things above, not be consumed by love things on the earth. For I am dead, and my life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is my life, shall appear, then I also shall appear with Him in glory. Teach me to put to death the parts of my earthly nature: sexual immorality, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because I am learning that these things, the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience. I used to live that life with them. I must now put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, and filthy language out of my mouth. I no longer can lie to others for that was part of my old nature or way, because I am embracing the new nature to emulate Christ, who has and is becoming my all in all. [Colossians 3:1-11, MEV and paraphrased by me] Thank You for being my guide and prompter as I grow in Christ. In Jesus’ name, Amen.