The Divine Exchange
- Richard Selke
- Jun 11
- 7 min read
Updated: Jul 1
June 12, 2025
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This is the third version of a prayer I originally shared with you about a year ago. The original prayer included some of the things I was struggling with at that time, and, since then, I’ve added more. You may also struggle with some of these same things.
This world seems to grow more insane and chaotic every day. The gifts we receive from God can cure the negative emotions, feelings, thoughts, moods and attitudes that arise from our toxic worldly experiences – what I call our “stuff.” For example, the peace God offers counters the anxiety I feel. His wisdom overcomes my foolishness. My hope in Him overwhelms my despair. His joy dispels my sorrow.
As I think about my prayer requests, I realize that, according to the Scriptures, God has already given many of these things to me! Maybe I haven’t fully received them? Maybe I haven’t asked? Maybe I need to give up some of my stuff before I can fully receive His gifts?
We need to remember Gods presence, His promises and the gifts He has given us or is willing to give to us if we ask. Our responsibility as Christian believers is to pray, receive and believe His Word!
As we receive God’s gifts, and we release our stuff, a divine exchange happens – and healing occurs.
We aren’t made to shut down, hide or cower from the challenges of this world. We are called to be intricately and explicitly engaged and involved in the world. We are bearers of light and speakers of truth.
Through the Scriptures, we learn that the Lord has given us all of the spiritual weapons we need not just to survive, but to wield against the forces of evil that constantly oppose us on our journey through life here on earth as we move on into eternity in heaven with Him.
The Divine Exchange: A Prayer for Life and Healing
“Father God, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit, I belong to You. I accept and confess You as my Lord and Savior.
“I receive Your Life in exchange for my life. [“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.’ Galatians 2:20, NIV. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16, NIV]
“I receive Your Holy Spirit, Who lives in me. [“Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” 1 Corinthians 3:16, NRSV]
“I receive faith in You and release my doubt.
“I receive the assurance of Your nearness and release my felt sense of isolation.
“I receive Your love and release my hate and selfishness. [“… God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” Romans 5:5, ESV]
“I receive Your revelation. [“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.” Deuteronomy 29:29, NIV]
“I receive Your light and release my darkness. [“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12, NIV]
“I receive Your good and release my evil. [“Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.” Romans 12:9b, NIV]
“I receive Your grace. [“For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” John 1:17, NIV]
“I receive Your truth and release my ignorance, Satan’s lies and the lies of this world. [“I am the way and the truth and the life.” John 14:6, NIV]
“I receive Your clarity and release my confusion. [“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6, NIV]
“I receive Your salvation. ["For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God ..." Ephesians 2:8, NIV]
“I receive Your blessedness and release my depression. [“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33, NIV]
“I receive Your courage and release my fear. [“Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:27, NIV]
“I receive Your forgiveness and release my guilt and shame. [“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9, ESV]
“I receive Your righteousness and release my sinfulness. [“… that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith.” Philippians 3:8-9, ESV]
“I receive Your wisdom and release my foolishness. [“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.” James 1:5, NIV]
“I receive Your healing and release my sickness. [“When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, ‘Do you want to be healed?’” John 5:6, ESV]
“I receive Your creativity.
“I receive the simplicity of the cross and release the arrogance of all I think I know.
“I receive Your hope and release my despair. [“We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.” Hebrews 6:19a, NIV]
“I receive Your peace and release my anxiety. [“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.” John 14:27a, NIV]
“I receive Your joy and release my sorrow. [“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.” John 15:11, NIV]
“I receive Your encouragement and release my murmuring. “But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called ‘Today,’ so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.” Hebrews 3:13, NIV]
“I receive Your abundance and release my scarcity. [“And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8, NIV]
“I receive Your wholeness and release my brokenness. [“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28, NIV]
“I receive Your fullness and release my emptiness. [“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” Matthew 5:6, NIV]
“I receive Your rest and release my restlessness. [“Come to me, all you who are burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28, NIV]
“I receive Your help and release my need. [“I lift up my eyes to the mountains – where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1, NIV]
“I receive Your power. [“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8, NIV]
“I receive Your strength and release my weakness. [“I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13, NIV]
“I receive Your humility and release my pride. [“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8, NIV]
“I receive Your purity and release my impurity. [“Create in me a pure heart, O God,and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10, NIV]
“I receive Your lament and release my outrage. [“My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.” James 1:19-20, NIV]
“I receive the compassion of Your Word and release my people-pleasing ways.
“I receive Your mercy. I stop running from You, I stop hiding from You and I end my rebellion against You. I surrender to You. I receive freedom in You and release my captivity. [“If you dwell within the revelation I have brought, you are indeed my disciples; you shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:31-32, NEB]
“I celebrate Your Victory and accept my defeat. I receive Your deliverance from my false self. I receive Your deliverance of my true self and my true authority in You.
“I receive Your holiness and release my wickedness. [“As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.’” 1 Peter 1:14-16, ESV]
“I receive every gift You want to give me and I release everything that stands in the way of my relationship with You.
“Jesus is Lord! Praise God! Alleluia!
“Thank You, Lord. Amen”
REMEMBER & BELIEVE
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
In the meantime, we must receive from the Lord and release our stuff!
QUESTIONS
What struggles do you deal with? What keeps you up at night? Think about them. Name them. Pray about them.
PRAYER
Our Father Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil and the evil one. For Thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever and ever.
Amen
“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24, ESV
God bless you!
Richard
Christ Worshipper | Disciple Maker | Hope Giver
Welcome to In the Meantime. I'm glad you're here! We are living in the time between Christ's ascension into heaven and His promised return to earth. In the Meantime is a collection of stories about God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and His presence, love, mercy and grace in my life. In the Meantime, Jesus is Lord! Hallelujah!
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