Day 098

Father,

We praise You for being a safe place to take our pain and our longings. You are with us in our pain and You can be trusted to do what is best with our desires and our aches. Thank You that we’re invited to draw near to You without fear of condemnation, because Christ made a way for us to be in relationship with You. Jesus, we praise You for Your perfect sacrifice, for fulfilling all that is required of us. You walked the painful path of obedience and we reaped the benefits. Thank You.

Have mercy on me, a sinner. We repent of our sins and turn to You and we ask You to make our hearts clean. Like Eli, we have judged others too harshly when they’re in pain. We have misunderstood their motives and their actions. We’ve measured them against our own responses and circumstances, without demonstrating the love and gentleness You’ve shown us. We repent of hoarding Your compassion toward us as though there’s not enough for anyone else. Like Eli’s sons, we’ve had contempt for You and others, and we repent.

Humble us, God. Soften our responses to others and to You. Open our hearts to hear from You. Would You speak to us through Your Word as we fix our eyes on it daily? And would You prompt us through Your Spirit who lives in us? Without Your work in us, we grow calloused and arrogant. We need You today and every day.

We surrender our lives to You, Lord—every moment of our day, each decision we make, we yield our will and way to Your perfect will and way. 

We love You too. Amen.

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