The Steps of a Good Man ....

2010 ... A new year ... a new beginning ...
it's not just once a year that we can start again, with a "clean slate" ...
for the Word tells us that His mercies are new EVERY morning!

It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
~ Lamentations 3:22-23 ~

He orders your steps each new day ...

Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning;
for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way in which I should walk;
for I lift up my soul to thee.
~ Psalm 143:8 ~

In this new year,
my heart's desire is to walk in God’s wisdom,
and His perfect will ...

Lord and God, You are worthy to receive glory and honor and power,
for You created all things,
and by Your will they were created and have their being.
You adopted me as Your child through Jesus Christ,
in accordance with Your pleasure and will.
I pray that I may be active in sharing my faith,
so that I will have a full understanding of every good thing I have in Christ.

Father, I ask You to give me a complete understanding of what You want to do in my life,
and I ask You to make me wise with spiritual wisdom.
Then the way I live will always honor and please You, and I will continually do good,
kind things for others. All the while, I will learn to know You better and better.

I roll my works upon You, Lord, and You make my thoughts agreeable to Your will,
so my plans are established and succeed.
You direct my steps and make them sure.
I understand and firmly grasp what the will of the Lord is for I am not vague,
thoughtless, or foolish.
I stand firm and mature in spiritual growth,
convinced and fully assured in everything willed by God.

Father, You have destined and appointed me to come progressively to know Your will —
that is to perceive, to recognize more strongly and clearly,
and to become better and more intimately acquainted with Your will.
I thank You, Father, for the Holy Spirit Who abides permanently in me
and Who guides me into all the truth —
the whole, full truth —
and speaks whatever He hears from the Father and announces
and declares to me the things that are to come.
I have the mind of Christ and hold the thoughts, feelings, and purposes of His heart.

So, Father, I have entered into that blessed rest by adhering to, trusting in,
and relying on You, in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah!
. Amen .

P.S. Those are my dear husband's feet ... He's a good man, and I am blessed!