Heavenly Father, we know that the poor of our world are close to your heart. You told us, “Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.” Please give me sensitivity to the poor in my city, nation and world, so I will have your heart for them, and your mind. Give me wisdom regarding how to channel the resources that you entrust me to steward. Teach me when and how to use time, abilities, funds, influence, so that you may be glorified. Poverty … [Read more...]
We Pray that You Would Defend the Poor
Lord you are concerned for the poor. You are their defender; their shield. And Lord we know that those that set themselves against the poor set themselves against you. Especially when they do it for gain. And so Father, we pray for the poor that are being injured through the narcissistic environmental policies of the 1st world. Lord, the rich are keeping the common wealth of humanity from the poor through political and economic machinations and the poor are being ground down. See this evil, … [Read more...]
Lord, We Thank You For Energy
Dear Lord, Thank you for giving us a planet that has such bountiful sources of energy within it. We thank you for the natural gas that keeps our homes warm, for the oil that brings food to our tables, and for the coal that gives us electricity. We pray that you would increase our wisdom in harnessing the sources of energy that you have provided for us. And we pray that the poorer nations of the earth would be blessed with the abundant supplies you have clearly provided for our use. Amen To … [Read more...]
We Pray that You will Make us Good Stewards
Dear Lord, You are an amazing God—steadfast in your love, abundant in your mercy, and wise in your actions. You are a wonderful creator God who has provided a magnificent creation with abundant resources for us to enjoy. We recognize our sinfulness and thank you for your mercy and grace extended to us through Jesus on the cross. Your word tells us in James 1:5 that those who ask for wisdom in faith will receive it. Today, we pray for wisdom and for understanding in how to best steward the … [Read more...]
Make us a Thankful People We Pray
Our Father in heaven: we delight in calling You Father, for the work of Your beloved Son has granted us such a privilege. We thank You for Your goodness to us. For You have indeed cared for us as a father. You have provided all of our daily needs. We are an undeserving people, yet Your grace has been poured out to us. Make us, we pray You, a thankful people. We are every day reminded that You are a gracious Father, in that Your common grace is displayed everywhere around us. We thank You … [Read more...]
We Pray for Freedom
Great God Almighty, Please forgive me of my sins, for they stand multiplied before You. Nothing that I do escapes Your watchful eye, Oh Lord, so please let me stand humbly as a redeemed sinner before Your holiness and glory. Let me honor You with my life and please cover my dishonor through Christ’s blood. Hear my prayer and my heart’s cry, Oh Lord. Fill the gaps of my mind where I cannot speak clearly and hear the intent of my heart as I approach You. Oh God, you have changed the course … [Read more...]
We Pray for the Unborn
Dear Father You are beautiful beyond description and the heavens declare Your glory. Though marred by our sin, I am still in awe of earth’s amazing beauty and fascinating creatures. I love to walk with You in the silence of the forest and see finite visible manifestations of Your invisible and infinite attributes. I see Your Life, Your Provisional, Your Powerful, and Your Relational “thumbprints” all around me. Thank You for making Yourself so well-known. I long for the Day when You will … [Read more...]
We Pray for Literal and Spiritual Water
O Lord, our creator and sustainer, we come to you this day mindful of how richly your Word uses the word “water.” It speaks of water in the literal sense as when, for instance, David, pursued by Saul, yearned for a taste of water from the well of his hometown of Bethlehem. But it also uses the physical need and desire for water to picture for us our need for You (“as the deer pants for the water brooks”), your provision for your people (“He leads me beside the still waters”), and even of the … [Read more...]
We Pray for the Pastors, Scientists, Theologians, and economists Who Co-Labor With Us
Heavenly Father, thank You for the cooperation of all the many pastors, theologians, scientists, economists, and other scholars and leaders who have co-labored alongside the Cornwall Alliance in the nearly ten years since our founding. These men and women have given generously of their time and expertise, without payment, writing articles for us, answering technical questions, speaking on our behalf for churches, schools, conferences, and radio talk shows, even testifying as expert witnesses … [Read more...]
We Pray for a Return to the Genesis Mandate
Our Heavenly Father, We do recognize that in the world today, one of the primary reasons many people are destitute, is often because all too many people and their governments, worship or give too much deference to nature and the natural world that prevents them fulfilling their divinely ordained mandate to subdue and fill the earth as originally intended – emanating from the Garden of Eden as a model to follow. This same mandate was taken seriously by Joshua’s generation who subdued the … [Read more...]
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