Daily Prayer136

Oh Lord, please forgive us for the human condition of selfishness, which is drawn to a negative outlook, instead of a positive one. We are so easily distracted with what we don’t have that we completely overlook what You have blessed us with. We are so sorry. Thank You for answering yesterday’s prayer with the blessings of today. You are faithful, and without Christ we are so far from loyal and obedient. There is no beauty in us without Jesus Christ. But praise God that You have given us Your Son Who makes us free. Help us to focus upon the cross and the gift of Your Son so that we won’t be entangled with a yoke of bondage, which is an ungrateful heart, bitterness, a critical spirit, sour attitude, and complaining words, all of which keep us blinded to Your blessings in our lives. You have given us so much. How can we not be grateful? Your beauty and grace are everywhere and in everyone. Open our eyes to the Light, Lord—the Light of Christ living in us and around us. Open our eyes to the adornment of Your glory. Help us to no longer be drawn down to the darkness but up to the Light. Even with the loss of loved ones, we believe that You are doing something beautiful and spectacular—things too great for us to understand. And so, we rejoice, Lord. We rejoice in life and in death. We rejoice in the beautiful and the not-so-beautiful. We rejoice in the easy and in the difficult, for You have overcome the world. And in Christ, we are free—no longer entangled with the yoke of bondage. Help us to stay grounded in Your liberty, Lord, for the yoke of bondage is too heavy for us. We thank You for freedom and for all Your many blessings in our lives, the ones we see and the ones we don’t. Blessed be Your Name, Father. In Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen.