Lord Jesus,
You remind me that love is not a contract to be broken when things get hard, but a covenant sacred, binding, and beautiful in Your eyes. You designed marriage not for convenience, but for covenantal faithfulness, a picture of Your unwavering love.
Forgive me for the times I’ve taken relationships lightly,
for treating love as fragile, fleeting, and conditional.
Teach me to honor the promises I make
to love not only when it’s easy,
but also when it’s costly.
Let grace fill the gaps where my strength fails.
Let patience, kindness, and humility define my love.
You call me to purity not as a burden,
but as the pathway to wholeness.
Help me guard my heart in a world that trades intimacy for instant gratification,
that mocks holiness and exalts self.
Refine my desires, O God.
Let my motives be shaped by Your love,
not by fear, guilt, or appearance.
Make me pure in thought, in speech, in the quiet unseen places.
When the rich young man came to You,
You didn’t condemn him.
You loved him.
But You also asked for his surrender.
You touched the one thing he couldn’t let go of.
Lord, I see myself in him.
I bring You my own attachments
my craving for control,
my comfort zones,
my need to feel secure and safe in worldly things.
But none of it compares to the treasure of knowing You.
Loosen my grip on what I cannot keep.
Teach me the joy of letting go.
You promised that no sacrifice for Your name is ever wasted
that what is given will return multiplied in Your kingdom.
And yet, I confess sacrifice still feels like loss.
It still hurts.
Remind me, Lord, that You see it all
the silent obedience, the unseen faithfulness, the hidden tears.
Remind me that nothing done for You is ever forgotten.
Give me courage to let go of anything that keeps me from You.
You said that the kingdom of heaven belongs to the childlike
to the humble, the trusting, the open hearted.
So I come to You not with credentials or accomplishments,
but with empty hands and a desperate heart.
Teach me to depend on You again,
to believe that You are enough,
even when I feel like I am not.
You looked Your disciples in the eyes and said,
“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Oh Jesus, how often I feel the weight of the impossible
forgiving when it feels unjust,
letting go when the pain is fresh,
staying faithful when the world pulls away.
But with You all things are possible.
You move mountains.
You soften hearts.
You raise the dead and restore the broken.
So I trust You with the things that feel too hard for me.
I surrender, Jesus.
I surrender the life I imagined
for the life You’re calling me to live.
I surrender the timing I want
for the perfect timing of Your will.
I surrender my heart, my will, my future
to You, my Savior and Shepherd.
Lead me on the narrow road.
Keep me close to You, even when the road winds and the steps ache.
You are my treasure.
You are my reward.
And You are enough.
In Your holy and loving name, Jesus.
Amen.