Dear Lord,
Thank you for saving us from sin. Thank you for your forgiveness and for making us new creations. Thank you for the gift of Your Spirit and the power to change! Lord, forgive us when our words and actions misrepresent you to those around us. And Jesus, forgive us for filling ourselves with the wrong things more than we desire to fill ourselves with your truth. Help us to forgive those who offend us, Lord. We know how it is to deny our fleshly, human desires and obey you instead.

God, we pray for strength to desire the things that you call good. Lord, help us hunger for your Word, and godly community, and fight for time to pray and commune with you. Help us desire these things more than anything else. Jesus, we pray that as we take our fill of your goodness that you would cause us to overflow onto those around us, Lord, let our presence be like your presence to them. Keep us refresh and to encourage them! Let us be like a life--giving river that points them back to you. In Jesus's name, Amen.