STEP BY STEP

Snippet

“The will of God is not something you add to your life. It’s a 

course you choose. You either line yourself up with the Son of 

God…or you capitulate to the principle which governs the rest of 

the world.” ― Elisabeth Elliot

Scripture

So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. I 

discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. 

Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be 

disqualified. 1 Corinthians 9:26,27 NLT

Song

Step by Step Rich Mullins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-b7TQMoZsM

Sometimes the night was beautiful

Sometimes the sky was so far away

Sometimes it seemed to stoop so close

You could touch it but your heart would break

Sometimes the morning came too soon

Sometimes the day could be so hot

There was so worth much left to do

But so much you'd already done

Oh God, You are my God

And I will ever praise you

Oh God, You are my God

And I will ever praise you

And I will seek You in the morning

And I will learn to walk in Your ways

And step by step You'll lead me

And I will follow You all of my days

Sometimes I think of Abraham

How one star he saw had been lit from me

He was a stranger in this land

And I am that no less than he

And on this road to righteousness

Sometimes the climb can be so steep

I may falter in my steps

But never beyond Your reach

Oh God, You are my God

And I will ever praise You

Oh God, You are my God

And I will ever praise You

I will seek You in the morning

And I will learn to walk in Your ways

And step by step You'll lead me

And I will follow You all of my days

And I will follow You all of my days

And I will follow You all of my days

And step by step You'll lead me

And I will follow You all of my days

Sentence Prayer

Please take away my pain and despair of yesterday and any 

unpleasant memories and replace them with Your glorious 

promise of new hope. Show me a fresh Holy Spirit-inspired way of 

relating to negative things that have happened. I ask You for the 

mind of Christ so I can discern Your voice from the voice of my 

past. I pray that former rejection and deep hurts will not color 

what I see and hear now.

Help me to see all the choices I have ahead of me that can alter 

the direction of my life. I ask You to empower me to let go of the 

painful events and heartaches that would keep me bound. Thank 

You for Your forgiveness that You have offered to me at such a 

great price. Pour it into my heart so I can relinquish bitterness 

hurts and disappointments that have no place in my life. Please 

set me free to forgive those who have sinned against me and 

caused me pain and also myself. Open my heart to receive Your 

complete forgiveness and amazing grace. You have promised to 

bind up my wounds Psa 147:3 and restore my soul Psa 23:3 .

Help me to relinquish my past surrender to You my present and 

move to the future You have prepared for me. I ask You to come 

into my heart and make me who You would have me to be so that 

I might do Your will here on earth. I thank You Lord for all that’s 

happened in my past and for all I have become through those 

experiences. I pray You will begin to gloriously renew my 

present. ― Sue Augustine, When Your Past Is Hurting Your Present