father, i come to your throne of grace today and ask for your forgiveness for letting our relationship grow cold. i repent for the things i have allowed into my life that drew me away from your heart. even though i was once distant from you, living in the shadows of my evil thoughts and actions, you have so graciously reconnected me back to you. i can even celebrate the sorrow i have experienced on your behalf; these hard times, lord, helps me to discover what lacks in my understanding of the sufferings that jesus christ experienced for me, his holy church. i know father, that this the very reason you have made me a minister of your gospel by your authority and i am a servant to your body. father let me be fully equipped to fulfill my purpose; that no plan in my book be stopped, in jesus' name. you have released your supernatural peace to me through the sacrifice of your own body, lord jesus, as the sin payment on my behalf! just so i can dwell in your wonderful presence. what a gift! thank you lord! i plead the blood of jesus over me today and ask that the blood be applied and wash away forever the sin in my heart and life.