Daddy, have told us that we are Your children, yet we have been afraid to call you Daddy. You have told us that by sending the Spirit of Christ to live inside us, we could come boldly before Your throne of grace and be intimate with You, but we have kept our distance, not sure that You would receive us with open arms. Well, here we are, not because we’re good, but because we have finally realized that we belong to You. Lead us out of the wilderness to experience the saving life of Christ as our very own in a more consistent way as we walk by faith…trusting in Jesus alone. Lead us to surrender completely and to depend entirely upon You and to see You as our Daddy. Save us from being independent…show us the areas of our lives where we still resist and hold on to our independence. Thank You for loving and accepting us unconditionally, even when we fail and fall short of the abundant life You have given us, in Jesus Christ. We bring ourselves before You and ask these things in His name, Amen.