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"For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, 'I will live in them and move among them, and I will be their God and they shall be my people.'" (2 Cor 6:16).
Dearest God My Father,
I call upon You to witness and participate in my solemn consecration to You. After seven days of preparation, I come to You now as one who is still learning how to know and love You, how to praise and thank You, how to offer up to You all the blessings and crosses You have given me, and how to ask for Your forgiveness and mercy. I also come to You as a warrior, strong in my resolve to serve and honor You. But most importantly, I come to You as a wide-eyed child, filled with awe and wonder in the knowledge that I am truly Your child and that You--Creator of the vast universe--are truly my Father.
Although I have wandered far from You in my lifetime, I choose now to return, for I long to be with You in Your house forever. In Your Divine Presence, with full knowledge and free will, I consecrate myself to You on this day. Like a small child, I approach You; I lay tenderly against Your Fatherly Heart, and I ask that You hold me tightly and never let me go.
Let me be a temple for You to dwell in, Father, and with the greatest love and tenderness, may I be Your gentle and loyal companion, carrying You within me all the days of my life. May I bring You to my family and friends and to the strangers I have yet to meet, so that they might also see Your Light and feel Your tender Love.
When You dwell in us, there is a blessed connection between Heaven and earth. May more and more of Your children consecrate themselves to You. As Jesus taught us to pray, may "Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven." Amen.
Meditate on what it means to be "consecrated" to God Our Father. The word "consecration" means to "make holy" or, "to give oneself for a holy purpose." How does this change your life? How does this change your relationship with God Our Father? How can you "live" your consecration every day?
END OF EIGHT DAY DEVOTION
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