1. Lord Jesus, keep my heart Yours.
Proverbs 4:23 — “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”
Everything else begins here.
2. Lord, let me love You more than anything else.
Matthew 22:37 — “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.”
3. Lord Jesus, keep me close to You.
John 15:4 — “Abide in me, and I in you.”
I do not simply need information from Jesus. I need Jesus.
4. Lord, give me wisdom that leads to obedience.
James 1:5 — “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.”
Wisdom that I refuse to obey will not protect me.
5. Lord, help me do what You tell me.
John 14:15 — “If ye love me, keep my commandments.”
6. Lord, show me the next right thing.
Psalm 143:10 — “Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God.”
7. Lord, give me a clean heart.
Psalm 51:10 — “Create in me a clean heart, O God.”
8. Lord, show me my sin quickly.
Psalm 139:23–24 — “Search me, O God, and know my heart… and see if there be any wicked way in me.”
9. Lord, help me confess instead of hide.
1 John 1:9 — “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins.”
10. Lord Jesus, deliver me from temptation.
Matthew 6:13 — “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”
11. Lord, keep me from loving what will destroy me.
1 John 2:15 — “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.”
12. Lord, control my desires.
Galatians 5:16 — “Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”
13. Lord, control my thoughts.
2 Corinthians 10:5 — “Bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.”
14. Lord, control my mouth.
Psalm 141:3 — “Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.”
15. Lord, make me tender toward people.
Ephesians 4:32 — “Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another.”
16. Lord Jesus, help me forgive quickly.
Colossians 3:13 — “Even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.”
17. Lord, keep pride out of me.
James 4:6 — “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”
18. Lord, teach me humility.
Philippians 2:5 — “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.”
19. Lord, give me courage to obey when obedience costs me.
Acts 5:29 — “We ought to obey God rather than men.”
20. Lord, help me trust You when I do not understand.
Proverbs 3:5 — “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
21. Lord, keep me faithful in the ordinary things.
Luke 16:10 — “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much.”
22. Lord, help me use my time for You.
Ephesians 5:16 — “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”
23. Lord, help me handle money without letting money handle me.
Matthew 6:24 — “Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
24. Lord, give me strength for today’s trouble.
Philippians 4:13 — “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
25. Lord, teach me to wait without wandering.
Isaiah 40:31 — “They that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength.”
26. Lord, make me thankful today.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 — “In every thing give thanks.”
27. Lord Jesus, let Your joy live in me.
John 15:11 — “That my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.”
28. Lord, put someone in my path who needs to hear about Jesus.
1 Peter 3:15 — “Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you.”
29. Lord, let people see Jesus in the way I live.
Matthew 5:16 — “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father.”
30. Lord, keep me faithful all the way to the end.
2 Timothy 4:7 — “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.”
31. Lord Jesus, today I give You myself again.
Romans 12:1 — “Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”
Not just my plans. Not just my problems. Not just my requests. Me.