1. Give God thanks for the privilege of being known by Him and the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ. (Romans 6:23; Jeremiah 1:5; Psalm 139:1)

2. Cry out for a hunger and thirst after righteousness and more of God to be expressed through you. (Matthew 5:6; Psalm 63:1; Song of Solomon 3:1-4)

3. Ask the Lord to purge your affections and your taste buds so that no rival throne will survive in your heart to compete with your love for Him. (2 Corinthians 10:5; Psalm 51:7; Exodus 20:3)

4. Pray for grace to look more like Jesus and walk as He walked on the earth as you abide in Him. (John 15:5; Matthew 3:8; 1 John 2:6)

5. Ask God to create in you a clean heart that will continually yearn and pant after Him. Ask God for a new desire for Him. (Psalms 42:1-2; Psalm 63:1; Song of Solomon 7:10)

6. Pray that Christ will be so recognisably formed in you that men will testify that you have been with Him. (Galatians 4:19; Acts 4:13; 2 Corinthians 3:18)

7. Ask the Lord for grace to seek after the things which are Jesus Christ’s and to do what you see Him do in Jesus name. (Philippians 2:21; Acts 15:26; John 5:19)

8. Pray that the mind which was in Christ Jesus will be in you and it will reflect in your words, in your actions and reactions, in humility, in your giving, in loving, in boldness, and in every way in Jesus name. (Philippians 2:2-7; Galatians 2:20; 2 Corinthians 5:17)

9. Declare that you put on the Lord Jesus Christ and will make no provision for the flesh so that you can be Christlike in all things in Jesus name. (Romans 13:14; Ephesians 4:27; Galatians 5:16-17)