Father, may I stand firm. May I not be swayed by worldly circumstance and the wiles of those around me. May I grow more like Jesus to be quietly formidable in strength and character. I ask in the name and authority of Jesus, who stood silently and powerfully before Pilate, according to your good and perfect will. Amen.
“so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.” (Ephesians 4:14-16 ESV)