This morning I prayed the same prayer that I have prayed every morning for the last 20 years. “Dear Lord, today I present my life to You as a living sacrifice. It is the only reasonable thing I can do in light of all that You have done for me. You are Lord of my life. I will obey You and serve You and do whatever You ask me to do no matter how hard or difficult it might be. Today, I will love my wife the way You love the church, I will be the kind of father to my children and grandchildren that You are to me, I will do my part to build your church at JBC and around the world as You provide opportunity, I will love any person You Sovereignly bring into my life no matter how difficult they might be to love. Today I will take every thought captive to the obedience of Jesus, I will speak only words that give grace to those who hear, I will not get angry at anybody, not even a little bit irritated no matter what they do. Today I will look for opportunities to be a witness for you, I will read Your Word, and I will be devoted to prayer. I can’t keep these commitments apart from You. Please give me Your strenghth today. I trust You. I
love You.