A PRAYER FOR WALKING FAITHFULLY WITH CHRIST

Help me to be faithful today, Lord. You will not make the choice for me, for love must be chosen and faith must be lived (Deuteronomy 30:19). You have given me the power to choose life, and I desire to abide in Your love with all my heart (John 15:9).

Teach me to remain where grace flows freely, like a branch resting in the vine that bears fruit because it draws from You alone (John 15:4–5). Keep me planted by the rivers of living water, where my roots go deep and my leaves stay green even in the heat of trial (Psalm 1:3; Jeremiah 17:7–8).

Make me like the tree in the garden that stands firm and fruitful because it is planted where You placed it (Genesis 2:9). Like Noah’s ark, keep me steady when the floods of temptation rise around me (Genesis 7:17). Like the pillar of cloud and fire, guide me step by step through every wilderness I face (Exodus 13:21–22).

If I drift from Your path, send someone to call me back, or let Your Word awaken my heart again (Galatians 6:1; Psalm 119:105). Do whatever it takes to bring me home when I wander, for I know Your discipline is mercy in disguise (Hebrews 12:6).

Be my God, not in name only but in living reality. Let my heart beat with devotion and my steps follow the Shepherd who laid down His life for me (John 10:27–28). Teach me to walk in love as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us (Ephesians 5:2).

I follow You, Lord Jesus. I want to keep following You in every thought, every word, and every choice (Luke 9:23). Let Your Spirit shape me into a vessel of grace that carries Your kindness into every room I enter (2 Timothy 2:21).

When people look my way, may they see something of You — the gentleness, the truth, the love that never fails (2 Corinthians 4:7; 1 Corinthians 13:8). Keep drawing me after You so I never stop abiding, never stop believing, never stop becoming more like You (Philippians 3:12–14).

This is my prayer for today and forever. Amen.

Bryan Dewayne Dunaway