Heavenly Father, thank You for the many examples of godly men and women, both in Scripture and down through the ages, who have lived by faith, trusted Your Word, and acted on Your instruction, by grace through faith. Keep me from acting on my own imaginations or fleshly inclinations, but help me, as I read Your Word, to come to a deeper understanding of it, to believe it, and to act upon it, as directed by Your Holy Spirit. This I ask in the precious name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour, AMEN.