Heavenly Father, Your word says it is impossible to please You without faith. Jesus, You told us to have faith in God. Lord, the words you gave me for today's sermon message deal with faith. In faith, we look to You for strength today and bright hope for tomorrow. Just as Stephen, as written in the book of Acts, had a glimpse of Your glory in heaven and Jesus standing at Your right hand he was filled with confidence to remain true to his convictions and calling though painful death was imminent. Help us to turn our hearts toward heaven so that we seek Your approval and blessing above the temporal thrills this world has to offer. May we perish every fond ambition, all we’ve sought, and hoped and known in exchange for the glories of heaven where we will reign with You forevermore. I praise Your name, Jesus and pray this prayer in Your name. Amen.
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Heavenly Father, my prayer for today is that all that reads this today, longs to have that personal relationship with You. Lord, that the words of our mouths and the meditation of our hearts be pleasing to You this day and every day. I pray that our conversations are uplifting so that we build others up rather than tear them down. Just as salt is tasty to food making it more pleasant to eat, I pray that our dialogue is wholesome making conversation pleasant and beneficial to those who listen. Because of Your redemptive work in my life I am blessed and highly flavored with the preserving salt of Your holy Word. I want to spread the message of Your salvation to others so that they are snatched from the evil one and their lives are preserved for this life and the next. Lord, I pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen. Heavenly Father, I know I can trust in You during good times and bad. I can share things that make me sad and the times I am happy. Lord, the habits we regularly repeat indicate what establishes our values. Good habits seem hard to make but very easy to break, while bad habits seem easy to make but very hard to break. Would You place regular reminders in our path that keep us repeating the excellent habit of spending “alone” time with You in prayer and in Scripture reading. Even as the people said to Joshua on that notable day, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey Him” we make a renewed covenant with You on this ordinary day and repeat, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey Him!” To repeat this verse, but ignore its instruction would be breaking our covenant with You, so we pause and reflect on this verse before we solemnly make this declaration: “Through Your grace we will serve and obey You, our God.” In Jesus name. Amen. Heavenly Father, You are awesome and I thank You for hearing my prayer. Lord, I thank You for giving me the words to share each day to help my brothers and sisters in their spiritual journey as Your words do with me. Lord, we want our hearts to remain soft and pliable so that we do not lose our spiritual sensitivity to hear and obey Your voice. We think of those who once had softened hearts that became hardened over time. They no longer hear You or sense Your presence in their life. Their spiritual vision has darkened. Help us, Lord, once again on this day to taste and see that You are good. You are the Bread of Life that does not spoil. You satisfy our hunger and forever quench our thirst as we drink from Your springs of living water. The world only has temporary substitutes that can entrap and draw us away from Your eternal pleasures. We want to remain vigilant to Your Word and heed Your ways so there is no build up of sin in our lives that eventually hardens our heart toward You. In Your name, Jesus, we pray. Amen. Heavenly Father, I think back throughout my life and there are times that I can see how, without a doubt in my mind You were right there guiding and protecting me. Lord, throughout my life, You have placed many people in my life, such as for the spiritual leaders. Jesus, we thank You for those who express personal concern when they see that we’re troubled and offer Bible-based counsel and encouragement. Lord, we thank You for those who contend earnestly for the faith, who do not follow the trends of their day but the teaching of the Bible. Father, we thank You for those who kneel before You and lift us up in prayer. You’ve given them a burden to care for our soul, to love us unconditionally. We hold them in the highest regard as they carefully deliver Scriptural truths that will keep us from being shaken as the slide to decadence continues to increase. Lord, Keep them safe from the evil one so that they remain a solid example to those whom they shepherd. We pray this in Jesus name. Amen. Heavenly Father, as I have grown to know You, I know that there is none like You. I have found that You are all I need. Lord, Your grace is sufficient to meet all my needs in the midst of trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger and sword. I am truly more than a conqueror because of Your love for me! I choose to believe Your Word and apply its wondrous truths to my life. I reject Satan’s cunning lies that seek to convince me that I am an exception to Your redemptive power or that my troubles can never be repaired by Your almighty hand. Your power is unbiased, all-reaching, and ever merciful to those who call upon You in times of trouble. I’m so grateful that Your sufficiency exceeds my need. Thank you for salvaging my life by taking my feet from the sinking, miry clay and setting them upon the solid rock to stay. Praise Jesus and in His name I ask and pray. Amen. Heavenly Father, I thank You for speaking to me this morning as I spend time in Your word. Lord I pray that You draw people to this prayer today and let this sink in. May this day and every day be a time we honor our parents, whether they’re living or deceased. Lord, You gave them to us so they could love, provide, nurture and guide us into maturity and independence. Help us to return our love to them as we thoughtfully respond to their changing needs. May they be able to depend on us even as we have depended on them throughout the years. When present circumstances make this responsibility extremely difficult give us the needed wisdom and creative means to still carry out the command to honor our father and mother. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen. Heavenly Father, we’re grateful for those throughout history who chose to be men and women of faith. Through the Bible we can see how they acted during good times and hard times when they put their trust in You. Lord, we join with all of creation to declare Your praise and to celebrate Your loving kindness as we experience Your tender compassions daily. It is because of Your unceasing mercy that we are not consumed, but rather we are saved through the finished work of Jesus Christ. We rejoice in Your faithfulness; we rest in Your unfailing love; we are restored by Your forgiveness; we are rescued from our folly; and we are reminded that You will fulfill Your purpose in our lives through Your eternal, enduring love. In the Mighty name of Jesus I ask and pray. Amen. Heavenly Father, in my life I have experienced many promises made by people who meant well, but circumstances change, people change and many of them fall by the wayside. There are also those who make the pretense of a promise never fully intending to keep it. Their motive is not pure and is self-serving. Lord, help us, as the redeemed, to always be people who are trustworthy and not to make a promise that we cannot keep. We are assured that your promises are trustworthy because of that which has already come to pass. We continue to wait for many other promises in the Bible to be fulfilled on the appointed day that You have ordained. Proverbs assures us that “You keep every promise You make. You are like a shield to all who seek Your protection.” What a reassuring truth we, as Your children, can hold onto this day and each day. We give You thanks through Jesus our Lord. Amen. Heavenly Father, be with me today and always as I proclaim Your goodness and mercy and grace to the world. My God and King, only through the death of Jesus and His resurrection could we know the full extent of Your grace. Though our sins bring untold loss, Your grace brings infinite gain. Your grace exceeds our rebellion and points us to the Refuge for our sinful souls. Thank You, Father! You don’t grant a partial pardon, but You extend a full pardon to all who call upon Your name. Your grace is incomprehensible, infinite, and indiscriminate to all of Your creation. Help us to extend grace to others as You have richly extended Your grace to us. Lord I pray this with a humbled heart and ask this in the name of Jesus, my Lord and Savior. Amen. |
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