Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be your name. We come before you today, acknowledging that you are Trinity. In you, all fruitful community and communication exist in holiness. We beg that your will be done in this broken and, yet, redeemed world. Today, the nation of Islam in on our minds. Today, we need Muslims around the world to come to a saving knowledge of your Son’s work on the cross. Today and tonight we need you, Holy Trinity, to work in the minds and hearts of all Muslims to show them … [Read more...]
We Pray that God Would Pour Down His Guidance and Wisdom
Our Father in heaven: What a blessed privilege it is to come before You in prayer. What joy it brings to us to know the assurance of Your presence with us, Your benevolence toward us, and Your lovingkindness that is ours forever because of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Our hearts are bowed and our minds are submitted to You in every way. In humility we seek Your guidance. We must have Your wisdom. We long for discernment born to us and in us by the Holy Spirit. Father, please do Your … [Read more...]
We Pray for Holy, Loving, Godly Dominion
Our Father in heaven, we confess that as children of Adam we have sinned, both in him our covenant head and by our own immediate actions. You created us to be Your covenant representatives, to subdue and rule the earth for Your glory and our neighbors’ benefit by transforming wilderness into garden that we are then to cultivate and guard. But we chose to seek our own glory instead, and soon every imagination of our hearts was only evil continually, and so in Your justice You judged us and the … [Read more...]
We are Grateful for this Beautiful World
Father, thank you for this beautiful world that You have given to us to live out our lives on this side of glory. We are grateful for its vastness and its diversity. We are blessed by its resources and its resourcefulness in renewing itself day by day and season by season. Help us, O’ Lord, to be wise stewards of your creation. Guide us as we seek to use it for our good and for Your glory. Let us never abandon or abuse any of Your gifts to us including our environment, but let us be mindful … [Read more...]
We Thank God for Forgiveness and Pray That He Would Give Us His Heart for the World
Merciful Lord God, We thank you for calling us to prayer in the Spirit of Adoption, by whom we cry to you, "Abba! Father!" We thank you for your Word, by which we know "that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God." We thank you that through Jesus Christ all things are made new, and we yearn for the fullness of the promise. We confess that we have too often used your creation thoughtlessly. We have sinned in … [Read more...]
We Pray for Those who Suffer
God of all grace and Provider of all of our needs, we come humbly to you today on behalf of all your children around the world who live constantly in the grip of poverty, those who hunger for the physical nourishment of life. We pray that we may be more aware of their suffering so as to do more than our share in alleviating their discomfort. Let us by your Holy Spirit be so convicted to help that we may hurt constantly for those who are suffering. Lead us to help meet their needs as you … [Read more...]
We Pray God’s Blessing on the Nations
We pray according to Psalm 72:1-4 that our Gospel witness would bring God’s promised blessing to the nations. Psalm 72:1-4 [1] Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son! [2] May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice! [3] Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness! [4] May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the children of the needy, and crush the … [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...]
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...]
