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BETWEEN THE TIMES Opening Prayer Gracious Lord, I’m grateful that You see what I’ve been, You know what I am, and You see what I will become. I want Your future for me. Scripture Reference ROMANS 8:18–30 Read Present Suffering and Future Glory 18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the […]

DISTINCTIVELY CHRISTIAN Opening Prayer King Jesus, this day is Yours and I am Yours. I praise You for Your gifts, commands, and grace. Scripture Reference ROMANS 8:9–17 Read 9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if

NO CONDEMNATION Opening Prayer Holy Spirit of God, hear me as I pray. I affirm that You are good, full of love, and delight for me to call upon You. Scripture Reference ROMANS 8:1–8 Read Life Through the Spirit 8 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus

PERSONAL DILEMMA Opening Prayer God of might and mercy, in Your love I’m found, in Your mercy I live, in Your grace I’m saved. How great You are. Scripture Reference ROMANS 7:7–25 Read The Law and Sin 7 What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what

THE NEW WAY Opening Prayer My God, in my busy, cluttered world, I long to see Your face and be touched by Your healing grace. Scripture Reference ROMANS 7:1–6 Read Released From the Law, Bound to Christ 7 Do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has

A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP Opening Prayer Great and Steadfast God, You are from everlasting to everlasting. In this constantly changing world, You are my forever God. Scripture Reference ROMANS 6:15–23 Read Slaves to Righteousness 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means! 16 Don’t you know that when

ALIVE TO GOD Opening Prayer Living Lord, You fashioned me to serve and worship You. Today, I surrender to Your voice and call. Scripture Reference ROMANS 6:1–14 Read Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ 6 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died

THE ULTIMATE HUMAN Opening Prayer Lord, on this Ash Wednesday I remember that You are my maker and my God. You have given me life and You sustain me. I bless Your name. Scripture Reference ROMANS 5:12–21 Read Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ 12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through

FAITH IN GOD’S PROMISE Opening Prayer Heavenly Father, in the midst of the ambiguities of life, enable me to discern Your truth and will. Above all else, may I live them out wisely and well. Scripture Reference ROMANS 4:13–25 Read 13 It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would

PEACE WITH GOD Opening Prayer Eternal God, let a sense of Your goodness course through every fiber of my being until my lips declare Your praise. You are good; Your love endures forever. Scripture Reference ROMANS 5:1–11 Read Peace and Hope 5 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom