Take the First Step, Settle with God (Day 1)

40 Days of Return -Day One

Take the first step, settle with God.

In this 40-Day Journey, I want to ask you to make up your mind to settle first with God. Take a journey inwards and reconnect with the deep within you. That big depth within you yearning for God. Look away from the outward and busy life out there. Concentrate on what really matters right now – your life. 

Our goal today is to focus on what truly matters, getting your priorities right. You have messed up the priorities and tampered with God’s order for your life and the results have been chaotic. It is time to stop and take a u-turn, repenting, and turning to God. 

The Bible says in Acts 3:19 that you should “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord”. That is the most important step to take right now.

First, repent. Acknowledge that you messed up and blew it all up. You sinned against God and have not done things right. You need help, God’s help. That is where to start. Humble yourself and feel sorry for not having listened to God. 

Second, turn to God. Make a decision today to open up your heart and call on God. Ask him for help, cry if you have to. He wants to help you and He is right beside you to change you and change your life, to give you a new beginning, and change your story. So go ahead and open your mouth, call on the Lord and ask him for help. Confess your wrongdoings and your faith in his ability to help you. 

Repentance and Confession:

Father, I come to you in the Name of Jesus. I have come to acknowledge my sins and wrongdoings against you. I feel so sorry for my sins and ask you today to forgive me for all my sins and trespasses. Look on me with mercy and forgive me for all my sins. Cleanse me with the Blood of your son Jesus Christ and make me spotless before you. Take away my guilts and condemnations and fill me with your love and peace in the Name of Jesus.

Spend time to pray these prayers:

1. Father, I thank you for giving me the privilege of repentance and turning back to you.
2. Thank you Father for forgiving me all my sins and cleansing me of all my sins.
3. Thank you Father for blotting out all my sins in Jesus Name.
4. Thank you father for writing my name in the Book of Life in Jesus Name.
5. I receive your mercy and forgiveness as a gift today in Jesus Name.
6. I receive your gift of righteousness and justification in Jesus Name.
7. I receive power to live a holy life and please you in all my ways in Jesus Name.
8. I receive Grace to resist temptations that the devil brings across my way in Jesus Name.
9. From today, my mind is renewed by the Holy Spirit to serve the Lord.
10. I receive Grace to spend time daily with God in prayer in Jesus Name.
11. I receive Grace to spend time daily in the Word of God in Jesus Name.
12. I rebuke every distraction and spiritual/physical weakness in my life in Jesus Name.
13.  I uproot every plant God has not planted in my life in Jesus Name.
14. I receive the Help of the Holy Spirit to fellowship with the Father daily in Jesus Name.
15. I refuse every counsel from the pit of hell sent to derail my faith walk in Jesus Name.
16. I take dominion over my flesh and walk in the Victory of the Holy Spirit in Jesus Name.
17. Father, make me experience the Joy of your Salvation all the days of my life in Jesus Name.
18. Father, let seasons of refreshing from your Presence fill my life and home in Jesus Name.
19. Father, let your word light my path and way in Jesus Name.
20. Father, let your fear and Presence live continually in my heart in Jesus Name.