Today We Pray - Jan 31, 2017

Dear God, You are the King Eternal, immortal and invisible. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. You are the same yesterday, today, and forever.

You have given us so much by providing our salvation. Help us to make the gospel attractive to others by the way we shine Jesus’ light on those we encounter each day. You alone are God, and do not change; and because of this, we may hope to be preserved.

Grant, O God, that Your holy and life-giving Spirit may so move every human heart. So that, barriers which divide us may crumble, suspicions disappear and hatreds cease. Let our divisions being healed, we may live together in justice and peace, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

Today We Pray - Jan 30, 2017

Dear Lord, thank You for the glory of the sun. And, thank You for the health I have to get my duty done. I shall devote the hours of this golden day to You, by honoring Your Holy Name in everything I do.

I admit that it is easy to be consumed with my own wants and needs. Thank You that You showed us how to be concerned for others, too. Help me to follow Your example in caring for others.

I pray that I may proceed with boldness in the few things I know as a certainty, especially that my eternal salvation can come only from Christ Jesus. And that through my repentance of sin and my faith in Him, I will be saved. May I never shrink from your Great Commission, oh Lord, to share the Gospel with the world, so that those with ears to hear it might join me in salvation.

Amen

Today We Pray - Jan 29, 2017

Dear Lord, I pray that this day You will incline my heart to keep your commandments, driving temptation from my mind. Guide my feet into the way of peace that having done Your will with cheerfulness. When the night comes, I will rejoice in giving You thanks for a day lived in Your presence; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Teach me, O Lord, to act so that all my deeds will glorify Your holy name and Your wonderful creation. Take pity, O Lord, on all the people in this earth. Hear the desires of all who cry out to You, and deliver them from evil.

O Lord God, forgive us our sins and offenses and insults against each other. Dispel from our hearts all indignation, suspicion, anger, remembrance of evil, quarrels, and all that might hinder and lessen brotherly love. Replace resentment with forgiveness, I pray, in the name of Christ.

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Today We Pray - Jan 28, 2017

Dear Lord, You are the only God in Heaven above or the earth below. I walk before You with all my heart. I bless Your name in the morning when I rise and in the evening when I sleep, and all the day when Your creation fills my eye.

I am thankful that when I experience trouble, You are waiting and wanting to help. Teach me to look to You and to rest in Your kind and loving care until You deliver me safely home. When I see and hear the thousand miracles of Your creation, let me see them anew, recalling that You have made them, and no other.

Help me to be at peace, with God and with his other children. And, may we love one another as Christ taught us. May I follow the example of good men of old, and may God comfort and help me and all who believe in Him, both in this world and in the world which is to come.

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Today We Pray - Jan 27, 2017

Dear Heavenly Father, I give You thanks for my creation, preservation, and all the blessings of my life. Grant that this day I fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger. But that all my doings, being governed by Your will, may be righteous in Your sight.

Nail down my flesh with fear of You. And do not let not my heart be inclined to words or thoughts of evil, but pierce my soul with Your love. I confess my misdoings and show my gratitude to You.

Lord, please give me a heart of repentance to see myself as You do. Give me the grace to respond to Your merciful call for change. Thank You for encouraging me through Your Word to keep living for You.

Amen

Today We Pray - Jan 26, 2017

Dear Heavenly Father, I pray that this day, You will continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others. Keep me strong that I may help the weak. Keep me uplifted that I may have words of encouragement for others.

I pray for those that are lost and can’t find their way, also to the misjudged and misunderstood. I pray for those who don’t know you intimately, for those who don’t believe in You that they may find you. I pray that others will find Your strength, so that they can love and help one another.

As I travel through the rest of my day, fill me with all joy and peace in believing. Let me abound in hope all the days of my life. In Christ's name, I come to you today.

Amen

Today We Pray - Jan 25, 2017

Dear God, who has commanded us to love one another without fail, purify my soul. Let Your Holy Spirit empower me throughout this day, to be obedient to the truth at every moment. So that, I might love my brothers and sisters earnestly, from a pure heart.

And, let me always remember that I have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable. If I am confused or do not know what to think or do, let me think of Your Son, Jesus Christ. For I will follow Him even to the point of suffering and death, confident in His resurrection and the eternal reward for those that do follow him in sincere belief.

Teach me the steadfastness of Your love, mighty Savior. Teach me Your humility, Your selflessness. Teach me to be a devoted servant of Yours, Lord.

Amen