Spend time praising God for who He is... His power, love, creation, and character!

1 John 4:9 (NLT) God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.

• You didn't just tell us You loved us - You came.
• Love put on skin and walked among us.
• Your love is the language Heaven speaks fluently.
• You loved first, deepest, longest.
• Your love is our story's center.

Be honest with God about your sins and shortcomings. Ask for forgiveness and strength to live a life that honors Him.

1 Corinthians 13:1–3 (NIV84) If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

• Forgive me for serving others without love.
• I confess words said without warmth.
• I've horded affection that was meant to be shared.
• Teach me love that looks like Yours - self-giving, stead, strong.

Think about specific things that you are grateful for, big and small. This could include family, friends, your health, or even the air that you breathe.

Romans 5:8 (NASB 95) But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

• Thank You for loving me at my worst.
• Your love covered what I couldn't fix.
• Thank You that love keeps showing up.
• Your love never runs out or retracts.

Continually entrust the needs of others, and especially their need of salvation, to God. Wait with faith, not frustration, knowing He’s at work even when you can’t see it.

John 3:16 (KJV) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

• Let the world feel Your love through Your people.
• Love the unloved through us.
• Break walls with kindness.
• Draw the lost with love, not fear.

Entrust your needs and pain to God. Ask Him to meet you in your weakness, and remind you that He is enough.

Ephesians 3:17–19 (GNB) and I pray that Christ will make his home in your hearts through faith. I pray that you may have your roots and foundation in love, so that you, together with all God’s people, may have the power to understand how broad and long, how high and deep, is Christ’s love. Yes, may you come to know his love—although it can never be fully known—and so be completely filled with the very nature of God.

• Deliver me from shallow love.
• Rescue me from bitterness that blocks compassion.
• Free me to love without agenda.
• Fill me until Your love overflows to others.