[SPEAKER_00]: Let it out slowly, as you do, remember God is the center of all things, and He longs to be the center of your life.
[SPEAKER_00]: Centering your life around meeting with God is anchoring yourself in the unshakable
[SPEAKER_00]: Right now, they are side distractions, open your heart and make space for his presence.
[SPEAKER_00]: For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere, Psalm 84, verse 10.
[SPEAKER_00]: Father, I come to you now with a desire to make you the center of my life.
[SPEAKER_00]: Too often, I build my days around less or things like my plants, worries, and desires.
[SPEAKER_00]: I want to believe fully loved that your presence is the highest value in my life.
[SPEAKER_00]: Take a few moments to pause and let the presence of the Lord feel your heart, soul, and mind.
[SPEAKER_00]: God, thank you for longing to meet with me.
[SPEAKER_00]: Revelation chapter 3 verse 20 says you stand at the door and knock
[SPEAKER_00]: waiting for me to open, so you may come in.
[SPEAKER_00]: Today, I open the door of my heart.
[SPEAKER_00]: I welcome you into every part of my life.
[SPEAKER_00]: My work, my relationships, my thoughts, and my desires.
[SPEAKER_00]: Take this time to name specific areas of your life where you want God to be the center.
[SPEAKER_00]: Lord remind me that you are my father.
[SPEAKER_00]: You love me not because of what I do, but because of who you are.
[SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for your love, which is unconditional, unchanging, and eternal.
[SPEAKER_00]: Thank you that nothing I do can make you love me more.
[SPEAKER_00]: And nothing I've failed to do can make you love me less.
[SPEAKER_00]: Help me rest in the truth that you simply enjoy being with me.
[SPEAKER_00]: Take a few slow, deep breaths to resting God's desire to be with you.
[SPEAKER_00]: Jesus, you are the vine, and I am a brooch.
[SPEAKER_00]: In John chapter 15 verse 15, you said, whether a bites in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for a part from me you can do nothing.
[SPEAKER_00]: I confess my tendency to strive to force fruit out of myself.
[SPEAKER_00]: Teach me to bind, teach me to rest in you and allow your life to flow through me.
[SPEAKER_00]: Take a few moments to surrender the places you've been operating in your own strength.
[SPEAKER_00]: Lord, help me make the best use of my time.
[SPEAKER_00]: Show me where I've been centering my schedule on the temporary, instead of the eternal.
[SPEAKER_00]: Give me wisdom to order my life, so that meeting with you isn't an afterthought, but the very symptom of everything I do.
[SPEAKER_00]: Holy Spirit, thank you for making me one with you.
[SPEAKER_00]: Remind me daily that you dwell within me and I am never apart from you.
[SPEAKER_00]: Teach me to live from this place of union, to carry your presence into every conversation, every task, and every decision.
[SPEAKER_00]: God, today I choose to send to my life around meeting with you.
[SPEAKER_00]: You are worthy of my time.
[SPEAKER_00]: You are worthy of being the very center of who I am and all I do.
[SPEAKER_00]: May my life be rooted in your presence and bear fruit to glorify your name.
[SPEAKER_00]: In Jesus' name, I pray.
[SPEAKER_00]: Amen.