Dear Lord,
There was a time I didn’t have Your presence in my life. But in Your kindness and love for me, You saved me, not because I earned Your approval but because of Your great mercy toward me. You saved me by sending Your Son Jesus to take away my sin. You washed my sin away when I believed and gave my heart to You. You freed me of sin so that Your Holy Spirit could enter my soul and give me new birth and renewal.
So now, when I feel empty, I need to remember that I belong to You. I need to make sure I am right with You and that my spirit is a welcoming place for Your Spirit to dwell.
Create in me a clean heart, O God. Refresh me with Your Holy Spirit, for I want to stay with You and go where You lead me. Always refill me with Your presence and let the joy of Your saving grace restore me with Your power. Help me to have a willing spirit to obey You.
I don’t want to copy the behavior and customs of this world. Lord, please transform me into the person You created me to be. Change my poor thinking and give me Your thoughts instead.
May I never be empty of Your presence, and may my hope grow stronger by the power of the Holy Spirit.
In the name of Jesus, amen.
Make a clean heart in me, O God. Give me a new spirit that will not be moved. Do not throw me away from where You are. And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Let the joy of Your saving power return to me. And give me a willing spirit to obey You.
Psalm 51:10–12 NLV
However, when God our Savior made his kindness and love for humanity appear, he saved us, but not because of anything we had done to gain his approval. Instead, because of his mercy he saved us through the washing in which the Holy Spirit gives us new birth and renewal.
Titus 3:4–5 GW
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.
Romans 12:2 NLT
May your hope grow stronger by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13 NLV