Father in this day help us Lord To love you with all our heart, soul, mind, strength To love our neighbor as ourselves To trust in you with all our heart To offer ourselves as living sacrifices To deny ourselves To take up our cross and follow Jesus To have the mind of Christ To give thanks in all things To pray without ceasing To offer praise to you in all things To rejoice in all things To be poor in spirit To mourn over our sin To be meek To hunger and thirst for righteousness To be merciful To be pure in heart To be peacemakers To be persecuted for righteousness To be kind To be patient To not envy or be boastful To not be arrogant or rude To not insist on our own way To not rejoice in wrongdoing To rejoice with the truth To bear all things To believe all things To hope all things To endure all things To not set our minds on the flesh To set our minds on things above To not be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. To think on whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, worthy of praise, To give generously to those in need To care for widows, orphans, downtrodden To pray for and visit sick, bereaved, hurting, those in prison To not think too highly of ourselves Think of the needs of others before our own To have an unoffendable heart To seek first your kingdom and your righteousness To praise without ceasing In Jesus’ name. Amen