Holy God, we are one in the Spirit and one with you in Christ. Let our hearts and minds be joined in unity with one another. Let our coming and going not affect the bond of working for your honor. Let the voids we feel in our absence work to draw us back together even…

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Oh, the marvelous plans you have for me, Father, plans to prosper me, not to harm me, but to give me a future and a hope. Give me stubborn joy in remembering them. Take away any restlessness I feel as I walk toward them. Give me the assurance and let me walk in the power…

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Father, give us peace in serving wherever you call us. However I break it down, you ask us to get out of the boat of our convenience and comfort to tread the waves of faith. You stretch our imaginations as to the possibilities and then ask us to work toward bringing them to reality. You…

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Holy God, you are wise beyond anything I can know. You are the author of true wisdom. Help me be wise in setting priorities. Let me love without agenda with the accepting and trustworthy love you have shown me. I ask in the name and authority of Jesus, who loved me even from the cross,…

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God of all, I wait for you alone. In silence, in speaking, in living and dying, I wait for you alone as my comfort, my strength, my guide and my refuge. You are my fortress. I trust in you alone. Father, I trust you. I pour out my heart and soul to you. You are…

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Gracious Lord, give us outrageous courage as we move forward in our work for your kingdom. Let us see the eternal glory ever before us. Help us look over the stumbling blocks and difficulties in our path that we may step gracefully, yet powerfully, around them in walking with your Holy Spirit. Let not our…

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Father, open my eyes to see new things. You make things new. You make lives new by seeing Jesus anew, by making attitudes new and futures new. Help me to see the opportunity and possibilities for newness in those I contact. Give me the right words to share your good news. Give me the love…

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Lord, thank you for my friends, who are safe and transparent, authentic and faithful. Thank you for the way they love me and greet me with gracious holy hugs. Thank you for their support and prayers. Thank you that they go out of their way on my behalf. Thank you that they keep me focused…

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Father, protect the children. Watch over their innocence. Keep them from all forms of evil and false teaching. Call them to walk the path of truth and light with Jesus. Put a check in their spirit to seek you and know you. Prevent them from falling into the hands of users and abusers. Show them…

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Almighty God, you are the God of all flesh. Holy Spirit, you are the changer of hearts and minds. Jesus, you are the savior of souls. I come to you, asking for the proper words in the proper context and in the proper language, that will pierce through the hardest hearts and plant your seed…

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