Prayers
Our Father in heaven, King of kings and Lord of lords, You hold all power and knowledge in Your hands. You set our rulers in place and bring them down by Your power. You alone understand the times we are now facing. And You hold us, Your children, in the palm of Your hand. Nothing can touch us unless You allow it.
You have warned us in Your Word not to be deceived. In a world where deception seems to be all around us, we ask You will open our eyes to only Your truth. You have warned of many false messiahs and prophets, of many who will come in Your name, those who will rise up and perform great wonders and signs so as to deceive, if possible, even Your chosen ones. Guard our hearts, Father, from all deception around us. Help us to discern truth from falsity. Give us a desire for Your Word so we may fill our minds with only Your truth. (Matthew 24). May our pastors and spiritual leaders teach Your Word, and only Your truth.
By the power of Your Holy Spirit, search our hearts and cleanse us from all sin and wrong attitudes that would distract us from You. Instruct and lead us step by step in all You want us to do day by day. We need Your specific direction and wisdom now as perhaps we have never needed it before.
You have said we will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but not to panic. There will be famines and earthquakes in the world. But You have also described it as birth pangs that are necessary before the end. But as the birth pangs grow more intense, more frequent, we are to take note. It would seem that is happening in our days, and it appears we are in for great trials.
We acknowledge before You too, Father, that we as a nation have greatly sinned against You and Your laws. We are turning our backs on You and Your foundation for our lives. We legalize what You call sin in so many areas. We mock You by using Your covenant rainbow to celebrate what You call wrong. We are seeing more division than ever. Help us to love one another as You have loved us. To remember that we are all fallen in Your sight (Romans 3:23-26) and only You can bring cleansing and peace to our hearts. (I John 1:9). We have fallen in love with our comforts and pleasures, gradually allowing these things to neutralize our love for You. We have grown too fond of our luxuries. Bring conviction where needed in us, Father, and lead us back to You, giving You the very first place in our hearts.
We seem to be in confusing, frightening times. We sense that something big is about to happen from Your hand in order to turn all people to You. And we know You will use whatever is necessary to make this happen. We admit it would be and can be so easy to fear. We are badly in need of Your direction, Your discernment, and Your provision. But most of all, bring us all into a right relationship with You. Keep us from tangents that would lead us away from You; but don't allow us to be blinded to what You want us to see. We desperately need the power of Your Holy Spirit in our lives more than ever guiding us into all truth, and drawing us ever closer to You.
You have told us throughout Your Word, "Do not fear". Your Word constantly reminds us You will never abandon us, and that You will give us Your peace that passes all understanding:
"And God's peace (be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace) which transcends all understanding, shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:7 AMP)
Give us a desire for more of You, and a desire to be more like You each day. We thank You for Your Word in Philippians 2:13 (NLT):
"For God is working in you, giving you the DESIRE and the POWER to do what pleases him."
And Matthew 28:18-20 (NLT) where Jesus said:
"I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. AND BE SURE OF THIS: I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN TO THE END OF THE AGE." (All capitalized emphasis is mine.)
Remind us to pray for those leaders You have placed in our lives, strangers we come in contact with, and our families, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and to pray for Your people who are even now being persecuted. To pray for those who have no one to pray for them, and to even pray for those who hate us and mock us.
Fan the embers of our faith in You so we might be lights in a dark world wherever we go for Your glory and honor.
We ask these things in the name of Your precious Son, Jesus. Amen.
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