"Setting our minds on things above--through prayer"

While in Ft. Lauderdale we had the opportunity to visit the church Tim grew up at, Coral Ridge, where Tullian Tchividjian serves as pastor. He has an amazing story of how "the Hound of Heaven" pursued and rescued him. During his sermon Sunday, he mentioned Scotty Smith's blog "Heavenward." Every morning Scotty posts a prayer on a particular topic in which he seeks to direct our minds towards a gospel approach to living for the day. In Monday's post, "A Prayer about Annoyance," he prays, "Gentle my heart with your kindness and grace... Help me to slow… way… down. Help me to live in the moment and not simply live to get somewhere on time or get something done. Let me see people with your eyes and respond to them with your heart..." In Wednesday's post, "A Prayer About Marriage to Jesus," he prays, "Dear Lord Jesus, like every day, this day is no different. I need the gospel… and I need the power of the gospel even to believe the gospel. For sometimes the good news seems just too good to be true...Lord Jesus, you are the bridegroom who rejoices over your bride. You’re not just committed to us… you’re not just faithful to us… you’re not just a great provider, you actually love and enjoy us. You’re glad to be married to us. You have no doubts or regrets. You haven’t discovered something recently that makes you wonder what you were thinking when you chose us. You’re not bored with us. You were never just infatuated with us. You don’t look longingly at some other spouse and think, “If only…”...You died to make us yours. We wear the wedding garments of your grace—your perfect righteousness freely given to us because of your costly sacrifice for us. That is our only hope and our only boast. May your marriage to us and great love for us, profoundly alter and affect every other relationship in which you’ve placed us… every one of them." Looking forward to using this resource as a daily reminder of the gospel of grace!