Part II: The Words & The Prayers
The Life of The Cross, 2008, Cathy Scott

Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. ²Blessed is the one whose sins the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit. (Psalm 32:1-2)

¹¹For the sake of your name, LORD, forgive my iniquity, though it is great. (Psalm 25:11)

¹Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. ²Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. ³For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. ⁴Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge. ⁵Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. (Psalm 51:1-5)

¹¹When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin; you consume their wealth like a moth – surely everyone is but a breath. (Psalm 39:11)

¹⁰As it is written:  “There is no one righteous, not even one; ¹¹there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. ¹²All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.” (Romans 3:10-12)

⁶All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away. (Isaiah 64:6)

¹⁰For whoever keeps the whole law and stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. (James 2:10)

⁵Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin. (Psalm 32:5)

⁸If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. ⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:8-9)

¹Blessed is the one who does not walk with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, ²but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law all day and night. (Psalm 1:1-2)

¹⁹Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. ²⁰Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin. (Romans 3:19-20)

⁹Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor men who have sex with men ¹⁰nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹And that is what some of you were: But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)

²²In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. (Hebrews 9:22)

¹¹For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life. (Leviticus 17:11)

⁹ How much more, then, will the blood of Christ who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! (Hebrews 9:14)

¹¹But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. (Hebrews 9:11)

²⁴but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. ²⁵Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. (Hebrews 7:24-25)

¹⁹Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, ²¹and since we have a great priest over the house of God, ²²let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. ²³Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. (Hebrews 10:19-23)

¹See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. (1 John 3:1)

⁸In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring. (Romans 9:8)

²¹For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. (1 Corinthians 15:21)

¹⁴Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death –that is, the devil –¹⁵and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. ¹⁶For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants. (Hebrews 2:14-16)

¹³It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. (Romans 4:13)

¹⁷As it is written:  “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed –the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not. (Romans 4:17)

¹⁹Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. ²⁰Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, ²¹being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. 22This is why “It was credited to him as righteousness.” ²³The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone ²⁴but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. ²⁵He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. (Romans 4:19-25)

¹Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, ²because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. ³For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. (Romans 8:1-4)

¹⁰he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. (Psalm 103:10)

¹²As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. (Psalm 103:12)

¹⁶It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy. (Romans 9:16)

²³You were bought at a price; do not become slaves to human beings. (1 Corinthians 7:23)

³¹What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31)

¹“Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn;” (Isaiah 51:1)

²Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12:2)

²Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. (Colossians 3:2)

²Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know.  (1 Corinthians 8:2)

¹²So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! ¹³No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. (1 Corinthians 10:12-13)

¹⁹The righteous person may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all; (Psalm 34:19)

²⁹He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. ³⁰Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; ³¹but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. (Isaiah 40:29-31)

⁵⁸Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. (1 Corinthians 15:58)

¹³When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, ¹⁴having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. ¹⁵And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. (Colossians 2: 13-15)

³¹So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. (1 Corinthians 10:31)

²⁵Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! (Romans 7:25a)

²⁹Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. (Psalm 118:29)

In righteousness you will be established:
Tyranny will be far from you;
you will have nothing to fear.
Terror will be far removed; it will not come near you.
(Isaiah 54:14)

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PRAYER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

Thank you, Father, for the righteousness that I have received through faith in Your Son. You did for me, Father, what I was unable to do for myself. By the blood of Jesus, You forever washed me clean of sin, transgression and iniquity that separated me eternally from You. The power of Your righteousness has brought me forth as a new creation, born again into a new life in Christ Jesus. Darkness and fear are gone. I now live bathed in the light of the Truth of Jesus, righteous in Your eyes. I have stepped out of death and into life. All of Your promises for those who are righteous are now mine, and I lay hold of them. Your blessings flow like a river through my life because of my right standing with You that You have provided.

[Ch. 6 – The Spirit]

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Part II: The Words & The Prayers
The Life of The Cross,  © 2008, Cathy Scott

I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. (Psalm 130:5)

⁸⁹Your word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens. Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth and it endures. (Psalm 119:89-90)

⁶By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth. (Psalm 33:6)

⁹For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. (Psalm 33:9)

³By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. (Hebrews 11:3)

¹⁸So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:18)

¹⁸No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known. (John 1:18)

¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ²He was with God in the beginning. ³Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. ⁴In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. ⁵The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (John 1:1-5)

¹⁴The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)

¹²In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. (Ephesians 3:12)

²⁰He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. ²¹Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God. (1 Peter 1:20-21)

¹³Be on your guard:  stand firm in the faith, be courageous; be strong. ¹⁴Do everything in love. (1 Corinthians 16:13-14)

¹⁸For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. (1 Peter 3:18)

²¹God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21)

⁴We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. (Romans 6:4)

³His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. ⁴Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. (2 Peter 1:3-4)

¹Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ²through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. (Romans 5:1-2)

²⁷Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. ²⁸For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. (Romans 4:27-28)

⁴You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. 5For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope. (Galatians 5:4-5)

 ²²“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. ²⁴Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” (Mark 11:22-24)

^2FFixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. (Hebrews 12:2-3)

²⁰For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. (2 Corinthians 1:20)

⁵We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:5)

⁶I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ. (Philemon 6)

¹As for other matters, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you. ²And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people, for not every-one has faith. ³But, the Lord is faithful and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. (2 Thessalonians 3:1-3)

¹³I can do all this through him who gives me strength. (Philippians 4:13)

⁷I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. ⁸Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day – and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing. (2 Timothy 4:7-8)

¹³It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself. (2 Corinthians 4:13-14)

²⁷Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. (Hebrews 9:27)

³Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. ⁶In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. ⁷These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith –of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire –may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. ⁸Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, ⁹for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. (1 Peter 1:3-9)

¹With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith. (2 Thessalonians 1:11)

⁷Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you.  Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. (Hebrews 13:7)

⁶So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. (Colossians 2:6-7)

¹“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.” (John 14:1)

²⁹Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. (Psalm 118:29)

The only thing that counts
is faith expressing itself through love.
(Galatians 5:6)

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PRAYER OF FAITH

Father, as I love because You first loved me, so too do I have faith because You first showed Your faithfulness. I believe because You are faithful; You are not faithful because I believe. When You speak, Your words deliver Truth. You are Truth as You are love. I know that You sent Your Son in both Truth and love to save me, and that by faith in Him, I have received complete salvation, deliverance and healing. Through Him, You defeated sin and death for each of us who believe. My Redeemer lives; therefore, so too do I. When I deserved nothing good from You, You gave me the best and most precious gift that You had to offer. Then You gave me the gift of faith that enabled me to believe in the salvation that You provided. My faith is the result of Your goodness and mercy. I owe its existence to Your grace, not to anything that I have done. I pray that You will help me to act in boldness upon my faith according to Your will. May I live my life full of the faith that You have given me so that I may honor You. May I remain faithful to Your service in all that I think and say and do, and may my faith continue to grow by Your grace.

[Ch. 5 – The Righteousness]

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