Praying to Bear Fruit

Heavenly Father, please forgive me for feeling dissatisfied.  I repent of my boredom and dissatisfaction as I once again realize those who seek You shall not want for any good thing (Psalm 34:10).  O God, You are my God.  Early I seek You.  My soul thirsts for You, and my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land.  I long to see Your power and Your glory.  Your loving-kindness is better than life to me.  Therefore my lips will bless You and praise You.  I will bless You as long as I live.  I will lift up my hands in Your name.  As I do so I know my soul will be satisfied as if with marrow and fatness, and my mouth will praise You with joyful lips (Psalm 63:1-5).  As Jesus pointed out, the harvest is indeed plentiful (Matthew 9:37). Please enable me to eat in plenty and to be satisfied.  I praise Your name, O Lord.  Thank You for dealing so wondrously with me (Joel 2:26). 

Dearest God, thank You for Your power which has given me all things that pertain to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3).  You teach me that godliness is profitable and valuable in every way, for it holds promise for my present life and the life which is to come (1 Timothy 4:8).  Father, I repent for the many times when I have acted inappropriately by failing to exercise virtue in my situations; by unkind words, hatred, discord, jealousy or envy, fits of rage, selfish ambition… (Galatians 5:20-21). Lord Jesus, You came to save us from our sins. Please save me from these. And I ask You to forgive me and cleanse me of all my unrighteousness (1 John 1:9).  Thank You!

Now I take delight, gracious God, in Your exceedingly great and precious promises whereby You have made me a partaker of Your divine nature, through which You enable me to escape the corruption due the world (2 Peter 1:4).  In all diligence, Father, I will exercise faith in Your promises so I may grow in virtue, knowledge and self-control.  In this way, I know You will help me to develop greater patience and exercise godliness in all areas of my life (2 Peter 1:5-7).

Lord Jesus, You said that You have chosen me and ordained me so I would go and bring forth fruit, and that my fruit would remain (John 15:16).  The apostle Paul urges us to be filled with the fruit of righteousness (Philippians 1:11).  Therefore I commit myself to bringing forth the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.  Father, send Your Spirit to help me renounce and turn from the fruit of the flesh, because I am Christ’s I am to crucify the flesh with its affections and lusts (Galatians 5:22-24).

I know a seed cannot bear fruit unless it first falls into the ground and dies (John 12:24).  I confess that I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless, I live; yet not I but Christ lives in me. And the life I now life in the flesh I live by the faith in the Son of God, who loves me and gave Himself for me (Galatians 2:20).  Father, I so want to be good ground, to hear Your Word and understand it, and let it bear fruit in my life – up to a hundred fold (Matthew 13:23). 

Father, I thank You for filling me with the knowledge of Your Will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that I may walk worthy of You, Lord God, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of You (Colossians 1:9-10). Gracious God, may I be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth fruit in its season; that my leaf will not wither, and whatever I do will prosper (Psalm 1:3).