Every day is a party with Jesus

Father, we thank You that in Christ "are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" (Colossians 2:3). We need no secret add-on, because in Him we "have been made complete" (Colossians 2:10).

Forgive us for trusting slogans instead of our Savior, leaning on routines, labels or buildings while our hearts drifted from You. Like Judah, we have sometimes said, "Peace, peace," when there was no peace (Jeremiah 8:11). Thank You that when we were dead in our trespasses, You made us alive with Christ, canceled our debt and nailed it to the cross (Colossians 2:13–14). Jesus is the Physician our wounded hearts have needed.

Give us listening hearts, not stiff necks. Make us people who wait daily at Your doors, eager to hear Your voice (Proverbs 8:34). Help every one of us, grandparents, parents, teens and children, to boast only in this: that we understand and know You, the LORD "who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth" (Jeremiah 9:24).

Just as we have received Christ Jesus as Lord, help us continue to walk in Him, "rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith," and "overflowing with thankfulness" (Colossians 2:6–7). In Him we find life and the favor of the LORD (Proverbs 8:35). We pray in Jesus' name.

Amen.