Heavenly Father, I bless you, for we who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ (Ephesians 2:13). For we were dead in our trespasses, but you have quickened us together with him, having forgiven us all trespasses (Colossians 2:13, Ephesians 2:1). For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23).
But today I praise you, O Father, for I now have boldness to enter into your sanctuary, by a new and living way, which Christ has consecrated for me, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh, by means of his blood.
So on this day I draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having my heart sprinkled from an evil conscience, and my body washed with pure water (Hebrews 10:20-22).
I bless you, for by sending your own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, you condemned sin in the flesh (Romans 8:3). For you have made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him (2 Corinthians 5:21).
I acknowledge, Lord, that my old man is crucified with Christ on the cross, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth I should not serve sin (Romans 6:6).
I therefore confess that I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me (Galatians 2:20). Being then made free from sin, I have become a servant of the righteousness of God (Romans 6:18).
I declare that sin shall no longer reign in my mortal body, and that I shall no longer obey it in the lusts thereof (Romans 6:12). For I am dead to sin through the finished work of Christ on the cross (Romans 6:2), and he that is dead is freed from sin (Romans 6:7). I therefore reckon myself to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ (Romans 6:11).
I come before you, Father, acknowledging that I am weak in my flesh, but I come to ask for your strength, which is made perfect in my weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9). Give me the strength to resist evil and the tempter. I pray that you will grant me, according to the riches of your glory, to be strengthened with might by your Spirit in the inner man (Ephesians 3:16). For you say that the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak (Mark 14:38).
Strengthen my will (my decisions), so that I may be rooted and grounded in you and in your Word, and so that I may increase in the knowledge of God, equipped to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Help me to separate myself from the profane things of this world and from fleshly lusts, which war against my soul (1 Peter 2:11). Destroy in me the strongholds of thought that hold me captive and keep me from coming to the knowledge of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5).
Lead me by your Spirit to experience the deep revelation of the Word of God, so that I may receive spiritual understanding and be set free from every form of bondage to sin (Psalm 119:130, John 8:32). Fill me with the knowledge of your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding (Colossians 1:9).
Forgive me all my weaknesses, all my failings, all my faults, my evil thoughts and the state of my heart. I ask that my heart and my mind be kept pure in Christ Jesus by your peace, which passeth all understanding (Philippians 4:7).
Purge my conscience from dead works by the blood of Christ, so that I may serve you, the living God (Hebrews 9:14). For you have not called us unto uncleanness or fornication, but unto holiness (1 Thessalonians 4:3, 7).
For you have from the beginning chosen us to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ (2 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Peter 1:2).
That is why I desire each day to cleanse myself from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God (2 Corinthians 7:1). Help me, Lord, to possess my vessel in sanctification and honor (1 Thessalonians 4:4).
Lead me by the Spirit of God to put off the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and to be renewed in the spirit of my mind (Ephesians 4:22-23).
Grant me to put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness (Ephesians 4:24).
Being made free from sin through the finished work of Christ on the cross, I desire from now on to be your servant, having my fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life (Romans 6:22).
Stablish my heart in faith and in the Word, that I may be unblameable in holiness before you at the coming of my Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thessalonians 3:13).
Father of grace, I pray that you will give me a wise and understanding heart, so that wisdom may be seen in my mouth; for the heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips (Proverbs 16:23).
O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise (Psalm 51:15). My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof (Psalm 71:15). Give me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary (Isaiah 50:4).
Let there be heard from me neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient; but rather may continual giving of thanks to my Lord God, through Jesus Christ, come forth from my mouth (Ephesians 5:4).
Lord, help me to keep my lips pure, and let no corrupt communication proceed out of my mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers (Ephesians 4:29).
Grant me the grace to do all things without murmurings and disputings, that I may be blameless and harmless, a child of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom I shine as a light in the world, holding forth the word of life (Philippians 2:14-16).
Let my speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that I may know how I ought to answer every man, and all of this by the help of my Lord the Holy Spirit and for the glory of God my Father (Colossians 4:6).
I am confident, Lord, that you who have begun this good work in me will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ (Philippians 1:6).
You, the God of all grace, who have called me unto your eternal glory by Christ Jesus, you yourself will make me perfect, stablish, strengthen and settle me in all things, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ (1 Peter 5:10).
Amen!
