I praise the Lord for who He is: righteous, faithful, loving, kind, merciful, truthful, saving. I thank the Lord for what He has done for me in the past: He delivered me from the miry pit, the danger of death, and in fact, His wonderful works saved me numerous times and His kind thoughts and plans are too numerous to count. He did it before; now I need Him again in the present moment. Help me.
In the present moment of need (which happens to be every morning) I am surrounded by the devil’s demons and overwhelmed by sin’s sins. They seek to destroy my soul and wish me evil, again. O Lord, confound them and drive them away, again.
How does He do this? By sacrifice and obedience, by the sacrifice and obedience of Christ. To make that my own and apply it to my present need I come with the instructions of the Book. I “sacrifice” by remembering Jesus’ sacrifice for me, and I “obey with my heart” by the serious intent to repent and believe. I am a have-nothing person, but the have-everything God “thinketh upon me” and hears my prayer, again.