Daily Resolve

Dear Friends in Christ -
Some days are better than others. Some weeks are better than others. This week was not one of my best. I spent 90% of it in bed with the flu. The up side: lots of time to pray in between naps. In those prayers, I was reminded of the "daily resolve" prayer that has been special to me over the years. I cherish this prayer because it reminds me of the "basics" in Christian living, the things that are most important. When you first read it, the prayer may strike you (as it did me) as a bit "Pollyanna." But its call to simple goodness and basic faithfulness rings true. As you pray this prayer, may it be a blessing and inspiration to you.
Faithfully yours,
Janet+

A Morning Resolve
I will try this day to live a simple, sincere, and serene life, repelling promptly every thought of discontent, anxiety, discouragement, impurity, and self-seeking: cultivating cheerfulness, magnanimity, charity, and the habit of holy silence; exercising economy in expenditure, generosity in giving, carefulness in conversation, diligence in appointed service, fidelity to every trust, and a childlike faith in God.
In particular I will try to be faithful to those habits of prayer, work, study, physical exercise, eating, and sleep which I believe the Holy Spirit has shown me to be right.
And as I cannot in my own strength do this, nor even with a hope of success attempt it, I look to thee, O Lord God my Father, in Jesus my Savior, and ask for the gift of the Holy Spirit.

(For those of you who read the Forward Day by Day devotional, it's on the inside cover.)