A Daily Prayer

Father, how grateful we are that Jesus came into this world to save sinners; to turn despair to hope, darkness to light, and death into life.  All that we have need of and presently rely on is abundance from Your generous Hand.  You are worthy of our trust and deserving of our fully surrendered life.  From the cradle to the cross Jesus is Lord of Heaven and Lord of earth.  We celebrate the birth of Your Son, Jesus, our Savior.  Amen.

Jesus, You are life’s greatest Treasure as You emptied Yourself of equality with God and chose to be made in human likeness taking on the very nature of a servant. Thank You for coming to us and meeting our most critical need of salvation.  May we not be fearful but openly voice Your presence in the public square even as great hosts of angels proclaimed Your earthly arrival in Bethlehem. Your salvation message brings hope to the hopeless, strength to the weak, and release for those help captive in the ravages of sin’s wasteland.  You did not descend to earth in order to conquer or enslave, but to draw the hearts of humankind to Yourself through the incredible sacrificial love that poured forth from Your body on the cross of Calvary.  What personal wondrous love is this!  Amen.

Father, we’re so thankful for Jesus whose infant birth took place in a smelly stable and whose bed was a feeding trough padded with stubbly straw and hay.  It was certainly not a welcome setting for the infant born King but we can now see the stable as a composite of this unwelcoming world toward King Jesus.  We’re so glad that He was willing to come to earth though He would be rejected by the majority.  Mercifully we number among the many who receive Him as our personal Savior. We thank You that He came to deliver us from our fears and release us from our sins.  Through Your own eternal Spirit rule in our hearts today and raise us to Your glorious throne on Your appointed day.  In the name of Jesus we pray.  Amen.