ACTS: Elohim Kedoshim — The Holy God

Joshua 24:19 [NIV] — “Joshua said to the people, ‘You are not able to serve the LORD. He is a holy God [Elohim Kedoshim]; He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins.'”

Adoration
Elohim Kedoshim, there is none like You, none holy like the Lord. There is no one beside You — no one is even close to You. I praise You as the Lord my God, and I consecrate myself before You to be holy as You are holy. I lift up Your name, for You are the one who is high and lifted up and who lives within eternity and is called Elohim Kedoshim. You dwell in a high and holy place, yet You also dwell with those who are contrite and of a humble heart. In Your holiness, You revive the lowly and comfort the hurting.

Confession
Elohim Kedoshim, I know that You want me to be holy as You are holy, and I seek that with all my heart. But I also know I have fallen short in the past, I fall short of it in the present, and will fall short of it in the future. In my finiteness I sin far too often. My sins of commission and sins of omission offend Your beauty and purity. Forgive me for the worry, doubt, fear, anxiety, anger, and even lack of love in my heart at times. Cleanse me in Your holiness.

Thanksgiving
Elohim Kedoshim, thank You for being completely pure and true. I thank You, the Holy One, that You made a way through Your Son, Jesus Christ, to allow me into Your presence. Even though You are holy, You desire my heart and want to share an intimate relationship with me. Your holiness is the beauty I see in this world, and I thank You for blessing me and blessing the earth by reflecting Your holiness in Your creation.

Supplication
Elohim Kedoshim, I ask You for Your patience. I ask You to continue to show me favor and patience as I strive each day to be more of a reflection of You than I have been in the past. I know the lack of pure holiness in my spirit saddens You, and yet You still love me. Make my heart holy like Yours. Speak to me before I make wrong choices or as I’m thinking wrong thoughts. You know how to speak to me in a way that I can hear, so please intervene in my life and empower me to live in holiness day in and day out.

[Page 39-40, taken from Praying Through The Names of God by Tony Evans.]