We are able to approach the Lord with our petitions, because of Jesus’ death on the cross. Psalm 51:17 says, “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart—these, O God, You will not despise.”

It is good to remember where we came from. Isaiah 51:1 says, “Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.”

Ephesians 2:2-3 is another reminder. We were under the rule of the prince of the power of the air. Verse 4 says, “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us.”

John 15:16 says, “You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.”

Verse 5 says, “…for without Me you can do nothing.” Life-skill words.