Daily Prayer

because of Jesus

I invite you to put yourself in the posture of listener rather than intercessor for the following prayer. Spend your time in prayer in silence, listening to the voice of God.

The Lord your God is with you,
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
    but will rejoice over you with singing. (Zeph. 3:17)

Of course you find it hard to believe that I could possibly love you like this. it's easy to feel unworthy and undeserving. But I don't want you to look others and compare, but intend look to my Son in adoration. Jesus is the Author and Perfector of your faith. He is your righteousness, holiness, and redemption. I am mighty to save you, because he was fully obedient for you.

Right now, in this very moment, I am rejoicing over you with gladness - great gladness and delight - for you not as you should be, not as you will be, but as you actually are. I will quiet all the restless places in your life with my love - your wounds and fears, your worries and tears. I am singing over you loudly and joyfully in the gospel. Listen carefully, and may the sound of my voice mute the noise of your doubt, the roars of the dark lion, and the clamor of the world.

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I KNOW YOUR NAME

Psalm 9:10 "Those who know Your name will trust in You, for You, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek You."

Heavenly Father, how wonderful to know Your name, to have put my trust in you by faith and been adopted into your family! What is amazing is You know MY name. You knew me before I was formed in my mothers womb and you wrote name in Your book and numbered my days. This is to marvelous to understand, so I just love and accept it becausse Your Word is always true. We can trust from this verse that if we seek You, You will never forsake us! I love You. Amen

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The Divine Invitation

Father, the divine Invitation delivered by Your Son and sealed by the Holy Spirit is the most gracious and kind opportunity ever given to the human race. "The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price." Revelation 22:17 (ESV)

Father this is such a generous and priceless gift given to all who believe in Jesus. It is so personally and powerfully given by Jesus: " On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." John 7:37-38 (ESV)

Thank You Father that our thirst for a meaningful and eternal life is forever satisfied as we freely partake of the Water of Life offered to us through Him who is the Living Water. Amen.

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dealing with anxiety

These words from a Godspell chorus seems especially appropriate for me today ...

Day by day

Oh Dear Lord

Three things I pray

To see thee more clearly

Love thee more dearly

Follow thee more nearly

Day by day

Help me Lord to take things day by day. Teach me how to deal with the anxiety that fills my body. Cause me to remember to breathe and to trust in you rather than myself. Amen.

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accepting each other

Dear Lord, We confess that we judge each other rather than accept and love our neighbors. We often reject our brothers and sisters because they think differently than we do. We are deeply saddened when we see friends rejected because of their skin color.

Come Lord Jesus. Change our hearts and minds. Help us to have inner vision and singularity of heart. Encourage us to have open arms that we might embrace the unlovely and those rejected by society. And cause compassion to grab hold of every part of us. In the lovely name of Jesus we say amen.

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new heart, new spirit

Lord,

We praise you as the Savior of the world. You new covenant promise forgiveness of sin, God's law written on our hearts, and the gift of the Holy Spirit. You have given us. new heart and put a new spirit in us. (Ez. 36:26).

Forgive us, Father, when we don't embrace repentance; when through our own determination we try harder to do better - instead of forsaking sin and relying on Your power. Thank you for Your grace, kindness and for the joy of repentance. We praise you for taking away the heavy burden of sin. Prepare our hearts to fly surrender to Your plans for us. Lead us to say as Jesus did; "Let it be so."

Teach us to live in the heart and the spirit You have given us!

Amen

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A PRAYER FOR 2022

Baptize us with Your love,

Enfold us with Your peace,

Uplift us with Your joy,

Unite us by Your Spirit.

Lord, we long to please You,

To glorify and bless You,

So we humbly say,

Father, have Your perfect way.

Forgive us for our sin,

Cleanse us from within,

Purify our hearts,

Conform us to Your likeness.

In all of our ways,

Through each and every day,

May we be Your hands

Reaching out to save the world.

~Kelly Willard (1999)

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One Thing

My only goal in life is "One Thing," above and beyond all else, to please God! I know this may sound arrogant, for a sinful man to be able to approach God, who is holy, infinite, and out of human reach.

Isaiah is so helpful to see the grace and mercy of God, who makes access possible and personal with Him. "2 mighty seraphim, ...were calling out to each other, “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies! The whole earth is filled with his glory!” 5 Then I said, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.” 7 He (one of the seraphim) touched my lips with it and said, “See, this coal has touched your lips. Now your guilt is removed, and your sins are forgiven.” Isaiah 6:2,3, 5, and 7

Father, my goal, pursuit and purpose is to please You just as Your Word tells us. "....find out what pleases the Lord." Ephesians 5:10 (NIV)

Thank you for making our relationship possible through faith in Your beloved Son, our Savior. Amen!

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a prayer to change

Come Holy Spirit.

Teach us to pray your prayers.

Help us to pray that we might change.

Refocus our minds on heavenly things.

We submit ourselves to your ways.

Asking that your love might change us.

Let your kingdom and will come in us.

Come Spirit of God in our lives.

Be merciful and bless us with change.

We say yes to you and your message.

Amen

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trusting him to lead

Dear Father,

It is sometimes hard to trust your leadership because it mean releasing control. Help us Lord to let go of control and follow your leading. Teach us to find you in our pain but not allow our pain to control us. Open our inner eyes that we might follow you when everything seems dark. In all of ours ways give us hearts that trust you more than we trust our heads. In each situation cause us to pray and commit our lives to you.

Amen

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making all things new

Father,

We praise you that in an ever changing world, you show us a love that never changes. You have chosen us, made us alive in you by your gracious and loving hand. Lord, you have been good and kind to us, in the hard things, in the joyous things, in the obstacles and the victories, the heights and the depts. You have been there with us through is all this past year.

Thank you that you make all things new. Thank you for all that you've allowed into our lives this past year, the good and the hard things, which have reminded us how much we need you and rely on your presence filling us every single day.

We pray for your Spirit to lead us each step of this New Year. Guide our decisions and turn our hearts to deeply desire you above all else. Make us hunger and thirst for you alone! Help us release our tightly held grips on the things to which you’ve said “no,” “not yet,” or “wait.”

We ask for help to pursue you first, above every dream and desire you’ve put within our hearts. Give us courage and wisdom to pursue your dreams for us and not our own. Empower us as we step out in faith, sustain us as we seek to put your first.

Amen

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New Year

Father, as we enter into a new year and think about what may lie ahead, help us to walk in trust, knowing that you are in control and that your love will never let us go. Amen

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THE GLORIES OF 2022

Thus says the Lord:

Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom

Let not the mighty man glory in his might

Nor let the rich man glory in his riches.

But let him who glories glory in this:

That he understands Me and knows Me.

That I am the Lord, exercising

lovingkindness, judgment and

righteousness in the earth.

For in these I delight,

Says the Lord.

~Jeremiah 9:23,24

Dear Healvenly Father, Lord and Savior, may Your words from Jeremiah be my solitary goal for this new year of 2022. That I would only glory in understanding and knowing you better this year than any in past. Give me a hungery and thirst and a relently passion to KNOW YOU! Thank you for showing the world your lovingkindness, your judgment and your righteousness. I love You. Amen

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Grit and Grace

For from His fullness, we have all received, grace upon grace. John 1:16 (ESV)

Father, though 2021 was a difficult year for many people, yet the abundance of your grace has been sustaining with hope and strength. How true the Scriptures are that it has been grace upon grace. As the mighty waters of the waterfall flow with abundance so your wonderful grace has flowed into and through our lives. I guess we could call it a year of grit and grace.

Thank you, Father, that each day your presence is made real to us through your grace. So, we can look forward to the new year knowing that you will never leave us or forsake us, but you will sustain us in your faithfulness and love. Such is the evidence of grace upon grace.

In the name io Jesus who is grace and truth. Amen.

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