Prayer for Today

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Lord God, thank you for Paul’s powerful prayer. I can do no better but to echo it…I pray in the name and authority of Jesus, according to your good and perfect will. Amen. “Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless … Read more

Prayer for Today

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Lord God, this present darkness becomes darker with threats of war, threats against our God-given rights, threats against our representative republic, threats against our livelihoods and even against our lives. I choose not to live in fear. I choose to live by faith in your Word, faith in your promises, faith in the guiding of … Read more

Prayer for Today

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El Elyon, you are God Most High. Your house will be a house of prayer. My house will be a house of prayer. Grant your servant peace in this house. Grant your servant refuge in this house. Put your hedge of protection around it. Fill it with your presence. I come humbly and with reverence … Read more

Prayer for Today

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Lord, help me to always build up and encourage others and choose to do the right thing. I can’t accomplish it without the help of your Holy Spirit. Forgive me when I fail you, Lord, for it is in your precious name and powerful authority that I pray, according to the good and perfect will … Read more

Prayer for Today

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Father God, I pray for your Church. I come humbly and with reverence for who you are to ask that your Holy Spirit move mightily among your beloved. I pray for sweet spirits among the beloved and for an attitude of service and ministry toward one another. Let us not put ourselves above our fellow … Read more

Prayer for Today

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Awaken me every day with your wisdom and discernment. Keep me focused on you, Lord. Bolster my faith with your great love. Guard my heart with the hope of your salvation. Never let me grow tired of doing your will, Father. Grant me one more day to encourage those within my circle of influence. Be … Read more

Prayer for Today

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Lord, let your light shine from within me into the darkness that pervades. Exhibit your strength in my weakness. May I be found faithful at your coming. I exalt you in your name above all names, by your authority over all creation, and according to the good and perfect will of the Father. Amen. “For … Read more

Prayer for Today

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Lord God, thank you for this beautiful word picture, penned by Paul, inspired by your Holy Spirit. I take heart. I take hope. I am encouraged in the name and authority of Jesus, according to your good and perfect will. Amen.   “For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, … Read more

Prayer for Today

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My hope is in you, Lord. My comfort lies in your covenant promise that the missing pieces of my heart, which went to heaven with my brothers and sisters in Christ, will be restored “in that great gettin’ up morning.” When I hear the trumpet I will look up, for you will be coming with … Read more

Prayer for Today

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Father God, everything the world provides can be taken away with the waive of a pen, but your provision is certain. It might not be in tangibles. It might not be as I would wish. But, you, O God, are sovereign in all and I desire to depend only upon your grace and goodness. I … Read more