Dear Lord,I come to you seeking your wisdom and guidance.
Teach me how to pray, how to connect with you more deeply.
And as I pray, help me to understand your will for my life.
Help me to discern how to love and show compassion.
Thank you for all the blessings that I experience every day.
I praise you for all that you are and all that you have done.
In Jesus' name, Amen
God of all Peace,
I come to you seeking wisdom and guidance for my life.
I struggle with wanting more and feeling discontent with my circumstances.
Help me to learn contentment and to release control of my life.
Bless me to not lean on my own understanding but trust your Spirit within me.
Remind me that peace and fulfillment come from you and not from the things.
Help me to focus on your care, your goodness and your provision in my life.
I will rest in you. You are greater than my pain and my problems.
Amen
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:
The old has gone, the new is here! (2 Cor. 5:17)
Dear Jesus, my favorite and most eternal address is "in Christ." In you, I have more than I need and realize and everything I want and could ever hope for.
When God rescued me from the dominion of darkness and hid my life in you, I became a part of the new creation era. Every promise in the Old Testament finds its emphatic "Yes!" in you. Every vision of the Messianic age will be fully realized because you completely fulfilled the work God gave you to do.
You are the Lamb of God who took away my sin; the Lord of Lords, who is making all things new; and the Lamp of the New City, whose glory will radiate the new heaven and new earth. Hallelujah, what a Savior you are! Hallelujah, what a salvation we have in you!
Amen
(From Every Season Prayers by Scotty Smith)
Lord of all hope,
In times of darkness ...
may we see your light on the path ahead.When the road we walk is confusing ...may you always hear your voice within.
When times are really hard ...
may hardness not make our hearts hard.
When the shadows fall and the way is sad ...may we always remember that we do not walk alone.
Thanks for being in our lives God.
Amen.
Dear Father,
Thank you for those who have been stretcher bearers in our lives.
These have been instruments of your compassion and care to us.
We are grateful for their presence in our midst.
Grant them the strength and stamina needed to minister your mercy.
Help them to carry the medical, emotional and physical burdens of others.
Fill us each with empathy and understanding.
That we may see and help with the needs of those around us.
Bless us all to be servants and provide care to those who need us.
Help us to all work together as a team, helping each other to help others.
May our actions reflect your love and may we be a source of comfort and hope.
In your name, we pray.
Amen.
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power
is from God and not from us. (2 Cor. 4:7)
Gracious and loving Father, it feels so good to be done with"doing more and trying harder." It's so liberating to know that far from denying and despising my limitations, the gospel actually calls me to accept them. Take this "jar of clay" and release the aroma of grace through me today-in all of my relationships and everywhere you send me. I'm done with trusting in my "grit"; I will rely on your grace for the power I need to live and love to your glory.
Each time he said, "My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness." So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. (2 Cor. 12:9 NLT)
Lord Jesus, if your power works best in my weakness, then I gladly humble myself before you today, with palms up in praise and surrender. You are my righteousness and sufficiency; my help and my hope; my life and my freedom.
Work in me and through me to your glory today. Free me from any need to be noticed and appreciated. I love being loved by you and living as a conduit of your life-giving grace. Amen
(from Every Season Prayers by Scotty Smith)
Dear God
I come before you today, seeking hope in the midst of my circumstances.
I look to you for help even as hope fades and my life grows hard.
Replace my distress with peace, and strengthen me in my weakness.
Today I place my trust in you, your grace and your mercy.
Bless me with the confidence that comes from knowing you.
Help me to know your better and to understand your ways more.
In you I will hope. In you I will rejoice. It is you I love.
I commit myself, and my ways, to you afresh.
Amen.
God of all Seasons,
Thank you for the beauty and lessons of the past season.
As I sense a shift into a new season, I pray for wisdom and understanding.
Help me to recognize it and to embrace your purposes in it.
For this next chapter in my life, bless me with spiritual vision.
Help me to let go of what is ending and to embrace what is beginning.
With faith and courage I pray in your name.
Amen
