Jesus, help me make this a time issue. Some people spent time with You when You came by their area. Some people spent time with You when they had a special need. Other people just came by for a moment to check You out. And, there were people who never even bothered to spend a minute with You. But, Peter spent the rest of his life with You. Help me be like Peter and OFFER the rest of my life to You.

Jesus, I am going to be spending time with something. Help me spend time on the breastplate of righteousness. The more time I spend with You, the more of the breastplate of righteousness I will be putting on. Help me not just spend an hour a week with You and the things of God and then try to go out and defeat the devil on every issue. Jesus, You want a relationship; time is very important to You. The more time I spend with You the better the relationship and the more successful my spiritual warfare is going to be, especially the issue of righteousness. Teach me that putting on, keeping on, and making sure my breastplate of righteousness is high quality is a time consuming process.

Jesus, teach me to not be like Martha who was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. Help me not do like she did when she came to You and asked, “Lord, don’t You care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” Teach me that I get worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Let me be like Mary who chose what is better. Show me that if I choose the better thing it will not be taken away from me (Luke 10:40-42).

Jesus, Martha was probably cooking dinner. If that had been me making the choice about how Mary spent her time, I would have been worried about dinner getting prepared. I probably would have sent Mary in the kitchen to get the very important food ready. Help me put my priority on spiritual food. Let the Kingdom of God and His righteousness come first in my life.

Jesus, empower me to not OFFER the parts of my body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but help me rather OFFER myself to God, as one of those who have been brought from death to life; and help me OFFER the parts of my body to You as instruments of righteousness (Rom 6:13).

Jesus, help me realize that the breastplate of righteousness makes it possible for me to use my body parts as instruments of righteousness. [You] do not offer.... is pointing its finger at me. If I didn’t understand how to get the breastplate of righteousness on, keep it on, and make sure it is a high quality piece of armor, this would be a very scary Scripture. But, I know how to pray to You and get Your power to not OFFER the parts of my body to sin, as instruments of wickedness.

Jesus, the more time I spend with You through the guidance of the Bible, the less I offer the parts of my body to sin. Teach me that the breastplate of righteousness is being installed and is growing in effectiveness day by day. Teach me how to yield to the breastplate of righteousness so it can resist the temptations of the body, the world, and the devil to do unrighteous deeds.

Jesus, You through the Bible in Romans 6:13, have just given me permission and have spoken creative power for me to offer the parts of my body to You as instruments of righteousness. Now I have the power to take action against unrighteousness. Now I can offer myself to God. The power of the Word and You empower me to put it on, keep it on, and make it a quality piece of armor. I believe this is true, and therefore I will find myself succeeding in offering my body as an instrument of righteousness.