December 27

O Father in heaven,
Our blessed Friend and Lover of the lowly in heart. We praise You, our Kind Savior, and lift Your name above the earth. We worship You as King and Lord and Ruler over us. No other do we pledge our loyalty to. You alone are God. We find comfort in Your faithfulness, Your holiness, Your sovereignty. Forgive us Lord when we lose sight of our purpose here. From the very beginning, Lord You created us to worship You but we've made it about ourselves. We want the honor, we want the glory, and we want the praise for ourselves, as did Lucifer in Heaven. And we all know his fate. Save us Lord, least we perish. Please save us from our sinful selves. Please save us from the perils of vanity and self-exaltation. We are but nothing without You Lord. In and of ourselves, we are as walking dead men and we know it not. Save us from the enemy's lies that tells us we are something apart from You. We thank you and praise You for hearing and answering our prayer this morning in Christ's dear name, Amen.