God's Word on That

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  • Praying for Obedience

    Dearest Lord Jesus, I love You and I want to obey You.  I am thrilled with Your Word which teaches me that as I obey You and keep Your commands, I will experience God’s love, and You will make Your abode with me (John 14:23).  Your abiding presence gives me fullness of joy (Psalm 16:11) and inspires me to obey You yet more and more. 

    As I ponder the importance of obedience in my life, Lord God, I am truly stunned by Your promise which tells me that if I will obey Your voice and keep Your covenant, I will become Your special treasure (Exodus 19:5).  Your Word teaches me that all Your promises are “yes” to me in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 1:20). 

    Please forgive me, Lord God for each time I have disobeyed You in any way, whether intentionally or not.  I truly repent of all disobedience not because it is a failure on my part, but because it wounds Your heart.  You so deserve better than that! Show me Your ways, O Lord and teach me Your paths.  Lead me in Your truth, and guide me, for You are the God of my salvation (Psalm 25:4-5).  Let Your Spirit guide me into all truth, according to Your Word (John 16:13).  I now surrender to Your Will in all things (Luke 22:42), as I commit myself to obeying You.

    Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and provide me with a spirit of willing obedience. Then I will teach Your ways to those who are rebellious, and sinners will return to You. (Psalm 51:12-13)

    With Your guidance and mercy, I will lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ Jesus, the Messiah, the Anointed One (2 Corinthians 10:5). I will tithe my income, loving Lord, as an act of obedience to You, and as an avenue of blessing (Malachi 3:10).  I will lay up treasures in heaven where moth and rust cannot corrupt, and where no thief can break in and steal them (Matthew 6:20).  I will set the course of my life for obedience, for abundance, for wisdom, for health, and for joy. 

    I will be active in sharing my faith, so that I may gain a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ (Philemon 6).

    By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and got up and went, even though he did not know where he was going (Hebrews 11:8). Lord, help me to be willing to follow You in obedience even when I’m not sure where we are heading.

    Lord, if being obedient to You causes me to suffer, I shall commit myself to my faithful Creator and continue to do as You ask. You are honorable and always faithful; You will always cause obedience to bear good fruit. (1 Peter 4:19)

  • Praying to Submit All to God

    To all matter there is a bright as well as a dark side.  Samson’s lion yielded honey, and so will our adversaries if we rightly consider them!  A vein of good is to be found in every mine of evil [for the devil cannot be perfect or do anything perfectly].  Faith’s way of walking is to cast all care to the Lord, and then anticipate good results from the worst calamities.

    Let us surrender our hearts to Him, that He may perfect us.

    Lord, You know just how rebellious I have been.  I ask Your forgiveness for manipulating circumstances and people – for trying to manipulate You to get my own way.  May Your Will be done in my life, even as it is done in heaven (Matthew 6:10).

    Father, my life is out of control, so I submit myself to You.  If I resist the devil, he will flee from me (James 4:7).  Obedience is far better than any sacrifice (1 Samuel 15:22).  Father, You are much more interested in my listening to You than in my offerings of material things.  Rebellion is as bad as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as bad as worshipping idols (1 Samuel 15:23).  Please forgive me for doing things that upset You.

    Lord, help me to walk through the process of surrendering my all to You.  I exchange rebellion and stubbornness for a willing and obedient heart – when I refuse to listen, please anoint my ears to hear; when I am blinded by my own desires, please open my eyes to see. 

    Lord I truly want to follow You.  I am putting aside my own desires and conveniences.  I yield up my desires that are not in Your plan for me.  Even in the midst of my fear and worry about tomorrow, I surrender all and entrust my future to You.  For You told me not to worry about tomorrow because tomorrow will worry about itself – each day has enough trouble of its own (Matthew 6:34). I have enough to do today just to stay out of trouble and on the path that You have set for me.

    I will not let my heart be troubled. I will trust in You, my loving God and Father, and in Jesus, my saving Lord (John 14:1). I will persevere in this, so that when I have done the Will of God, I will receive what He has promised (Hebrews 10:36). I am an overcomer by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of my testimony (Revelation 12:11).

    I am Your child.  All to You I surrender. 

  • Pleading the Blood of Jesus

    Heavenly Father, thank You for the Blood of the Lamb, Jesus, which – through Your eternal Spirit – purges my conscious from dead works in order to enable me to serve You (Hebrews 9:14).  Thank You for redeeming me from an empty way of life, through the precious Blood of Christ who became an eternal sacrifice for my sins (1 Peter 1:18-19).  Through Your Son, who shed His precious Blood for me, I am able to believe in You, Father, because Your Word assures me You raised Jesus from the dead and gave Him glory, so all my faith and hope can be placed in You (1 Peter 1:21). Through the Blood of Jesus, You have reconciled me to Yourself, and being reconciled, I am likewise saved through His life (Romans 5:10).  Thank You so much for the power of His Blood.

    Gracious Father, I come in the name of Jesus to plead His blood on my life and on all that You have given to me, and on all that over which You have made me a steward.  Your Word tells how the Israelites applied sacrificial blood to the doorposts of their houses in order to keep the plague from coming near their dwellings (Exodus 12:13).  Following Your example to them, I claim the protective power of Jesus’ blood for me and my family, Lord.  I plead the blood of Jesus on the portals of my mind, my body which is the temple of Your Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19), my emotions, and my will. I believe I am protected by the blood of the Lamb that gives me access to the Holy of Holies, Your Throne (Hebrews 9:11-14). 

    Lord, God, You have said that the life of the flesh is in the blood (Leviticus 17:11).  Thank You for His blood that has cleansed me from sin and sealed the New Covenant of which I am a partaker (Hebrews 13:20).  Father, even as I lie down to sleep, I plead the blood of Jesus upon my life – within me, around me, and between me and all evil and even the author of evil.

    You teach me in Your Word that I am able to overcome the enemy by the Blood of the Lamb, and by the Word of my testimony (Revelation 12:11).  Therefore, I plead the protection of the Blood of Jesus Christ, over me and my home and my family.  I plead the blood of Jesus on my children my grandchildren, and their children and on all those who you have given me in this life.    I praise You for Your promise that assures me that when You see the Blood of Christ Jesus, You will be sure to protect us.  I know You will plant Your hedge of protection around us (Job 1:10), because I have vowed: as for me and my house, we will serve You, Lord, (Joshua 24:15).

    Thank You, gracious loving Father!

    Thank You, Father for sending Jesus to be a sacrifice for me, and I respond to this fact of my faith with total trust in the power of His Blood.  With Your help, I will declare His righteousness to the world, and I will accept the certainty that all my sins have been fully remitted through His Blood (Romans 3:25).  In the same way that I have been justified through His Blood, I know I will be saved from Your wrath through Him (Romans 5:9).  Father, thank You for the power of Jesus’ Blood in my life.

  • Praying to Follow Jesus

    In Jesus the entire fullness of God’s nature dwells bodily, and I have been filled by Him, who is head over every ruler and authority (Colossians 2:9-10). Father, You are the supreme authority – a God of order and peace (1 Corinthians 14:33), a God of hope who fills us with joy and peace (Romans 15:13).  It is my decision to surrender my will to You that I might find protection and dwell in the secret place of the Lord Most High (Psalm 91:1) and experience Your peace. 

    Ah, the peace of following Jesus. He leads me beside still waters; He restores my soul.

    Father, You deserve honesty from the heart (Psalm 51:6).  Yes, utter sincerity and truthfulness.  Please give me this wisdom.  Sprinkle me with the cleansing blood and I shall be clean again.  Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow (Psalm 51:7).  You have rescued me from the dominion of darkness and brought me into the kingdom of the Son of Your love, in whom I have redemption, the forgiveness of my sins (Colossians 1:13-14).

    Father, You gave Jesus to be my example.  Now He has returned to You and has sent the Holy Spirit to be my Helper and Guide.  In this world there are temptations, trials, and tribulations.  But Jesus has overcome the world, and I am of good cheer because of that (John 16:33).  I choose to take up my cross and follow You, Lord Jesus (Matthew 10:38).  I desire to lose my lower life on Your account that I might find the higher life (Matthew 10:39). 

    I belong to Jesus Christ, the Anointed One, who breaks down and destroys every yoke of bondage.  In His name and in obedience to Your Will, Father, I submit to the control and direction of the Holy Spirit whom You have sent to live in me.  Jesus is my Lord.  I choose to become His servant.  He calls me His friend (John 15:15).

    Dear loving God, I love You and I desire to be filled with all Your fullness.  Therefore, I kneel before You, good God, my Father, and the Father of my Lord Christ Jesus, from whom the whole family in heaven and on earth is named.  Please grant to me, according to the riches of Your glory, that I would be strengthened with all might by Your Holy Spirit in my innermost being.  May Christ Jesus dwell in my heart by faith so I, being rooted and grounded in that love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints the breath, length, depth and height of Christ’s love for me and for the world.  Father, please enable me to know and experience fully the love of Christ, which surpasses all human knowledge; and fill me with all Your fullness.  Thank You, Lord, for always being present with me.  Thank You, Father, that You are able to do exceedingly abundantly above all I ask or think, according to Your great power that is at work within me.  Thank You exceedingly, O Lord my Father, for this working in me.  Unto You, O God, be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. (Ephesians 3:14-21)

  • Praying to Live in the Present

    Heavenly Father, I know that each day is a new gift from You.  Thank You for today, a day You have made.  I will rejoice and be glad in it (Psalm 118:24).  Through Your grace, I will wash in the cleansing, sanctifying waters of Your Word this day and every day (Ephesians 5:26).  The truth of Your Word sanctifies me (John 17:17) and I thank You, Lord God.

    Let us pray to stay in God’s warming light this day.

    Lord, through the Holy Name of Jesus I offer You a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of my lips (Hebrews 13:15).  Please help me draw thanksgiving forth from my innermost resources; reach down into the most secret places of my heart that I may offer significant thanksgiving to You.  Thank You for my parents who gave me life, and all those who have helped me along my way.  I am grateful for the victories and achievements I have experienced in spite of my hurts – the bruises and abuses that boxed me in when I was a small child.  You used them for good (Genesis 50:20), even though Satan intended them for my destruction.  You prepared me to listen to the inner voice – the voice of Your Holy Spirit.  You have taught me since my youth (Psalm 71:17)

    Now, forgetting those things that are behind, and reaching forth to things which are before, I press on toward the goal to win the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus for me (Philippians 3:13-14).  You are my ever-present help, O Lord (Psalm 46:1).  Because You are always there, I will set You continually before me. Because You are at my right hand, I will not be moved (Psalm 16:8).  Therefore, my heart is glad, and I am thankful for all that You have done (1 Kings 8:66).

    Give me Your grace to make the most of every moment of today and help me seize every opportunity that comes my way.  I will redeem the time today, and I will walk purposefully and wisely as You reveal Your Will to me (Ephesians 5:15-17).  Today, dear Father, I will trust in You with all my heart, leaning not to my own understanding.  In all my ways, I will acknowledge You, and I know You will direct my paths (Proverbs 3:5-6). 

    Father, my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also rests secure, and I will rest in Your hope (Psalm 16:9).  You are showing me the path of life each step of the way, O Lord.  In Your presence I find fullness of joy every moment of this day, and at Your right hand I experience pleasures evermore (Psalm 16:11).  Thank You, loving Father.

  • Praying to Abide in Jesus

    Heavenly Father, I seek to continually abide in Christ Jesus (1 John 2:28).  I know in my spirit that Christ Jesus is all and is in all (Colossians 3:11). All things were created by Him and for Him; He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together (Colossians 1:15). I realize this abiding in Him is the key to fruitfulness in my life. 

    As we remain in Him, His love shines through us to others.

    Jesus is the vine, and I am His branch.  I need to continually abide in Him, for without Him I can do nothing (John 15:4-5).  Father with all my heart I desire to keep Your Word.  Please perfect Your love in me so I will constantly abide in Jesus, and learn to walk as He walked, and to love as He loved (1 John 2:5-6).  As long as I love my brethren, I remain in the light (1 John 2:10). As long as Your Word lives in me, I can overcome the evil one (1 John 2:14).

    What I have heard from the beginning I must allow to remain in me, for then I will also remain in the Son and in You, my Father (1 John 2: 24). As His anointing teaches me about all things, it teaches me to remain in Him (1 John 2:27) above all things. Those who obey His commands live in Him, and He in them (1 John 3:24). If I obey His commands, I remain in His love (John 15:10). Whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son (2 John 9).

    Father, You taught me that everything spiritual is handled by the Will. So, I Will to abide in Jesus, and I Will to let His words abide in me.  I thank You for Your promise, Lord, that this will enable me to ask for what I need, knowing it shall be done (John 15:7); that my fruit will bring You much glory (John 15:8).

    With Your graces, I will follow His example and walk in His steps (1 Peter 2:21).  I pray now, Father God, asking You according to the riches of Your glory, to strengthen me with might by Your Holy Spirit in my innermost being, so that Christ Jesus may fully dwell and abide in my heart by faith, and so that I may be rooted and grounded in that love (Ephesians 3:16-17). 

    Thank You for the blessings of abiding in Christ Jesus!

  • Praying to Give God First Place

    Thank You, Father, for the power of Jesus Christ in my life.  He is the brightness of Your glory and the express image of Your person, and He upholds all things by the word of His power.  Thank You that He has purged me of all my sins, and He now sits at Your right hand to make intercession on my behalf (Hebrews 1:3).  The inheritance He has received permits Him to obtain a more excellent name than even the name of angels.  I join with the angels of Heaven, O Lord my God, in honoring Jesus, the Christ (Hebrews 1:4-7). 

    Everything created is from Him, and made for us, that we may seek Him.

    I embrace Your Word which tells me I am dead to sin, and my life is hidden with Christ Jesus in You (Colossians 3:3).  Dearest God and Father, I realize I am not my own, I have been bought with a price – the precious Blood of Jesus, Your Son (1 Corinthians 6:20).  I have been crucified with Christ Jesus, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me (Galatians 2:20). 

    Because of Your great love and mercy, I am risen with Christ, and I seek those things which are above where Christ sits at Your right hand (Colossians 3:1).  Father God, I commit myself to giving You first place in my life at all times.  Yet only with Your graces can I actually accomplish this. I will seek first Your kingdom, and Your righteousness, and I thank You for taking care of me and all my needs (Matthew 6:33).

    Your Word declares that my heart will be found where my treasure is (Matthew 6:21). I sincerely desire You, O Lord God, to be my treasure!  You are the One God, the Father of all, and You are my Father.  You are above all and through all, and in all that exists (Ephesians 4:6).  Teach me, Father, to keep You first in my life, and to keep all the priorities of my life in line with Your priorities.

    You are my Love; You are my Life; You are my breath; You are my all in all (1 Corinthians 15:28).

  • Praying for Renewing the Mind

    Glorious Father, thank You for Your grace which enables me to receive Christ Jesus as my Lord and Savior.  With Your help, I will continue to live in Him (Colossians 2:6).  Please fulfill my desire to be rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith as I have been taught, overflowing with thanksgiving (Colossians 2:7).  Thank You for strengthening me with all might according to Your glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness (Colossians 1:11).

    Let us renew our thinking, so we see the world the way God sees it.

    Father God, Your Word shows me that to be spiritually minded gives me life and peace (Romans 8:6).  I want to have my mind renewed, and I thank You that You promised to keep me in perfect peace as I keep my mind focused on You (Isaiah 26:3).  I choose not to be conformed to this world any longer, but to be transformed by the renewal of my mind.  So, I will be able to walk in Your good, acceptable, and perfect Will (Romans 12:2). Therefore, I pray, teach me to demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God; and to take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ Jesus, the Messiah, the Anointed One (2 Corinthians 10:5).

    Lord God, You taught me to put off my old self, which is easily corrupted by deceitful desires, and to be made new in the attitude of my mind – to put on the new self, created to be like Jesus in true righteousness and holiness (Ephesians 4:22-24). I want my attitude to be the same as that of Christ Jesus (Philippians 2:5).  I understand that I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless, I live; yet it is not I, but Christ who lives in me, and the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself up for me (Galatians 2:20). 

    Therefore, I have in me the mind of Christ, the Messiah (1 Corinthians 2:16), and I will hold the thoughts, feelings, and purposes of His heart (Philippians 2:5). I vow to trust in You, Lord, with all my heart; I will not lean on my own understanding, but in all my ways, I will acknowledge You, and You will direct my paths (Proverbs 3:5-6).  Today I submit myself to Your Word, which exposes and sifts and analyzes and judges the very thoughts and purposes of my heart (Hebrews 4:12). 

    And I am being sanctified and cleansed by washing in the water of Your Word, O Lord (Ephesians 5:26).  The unfolding of Your words, O God, gives me light (Psalm 119:130).  Your Word is true (John 17:17).  As I receive the truth of Your Word, it sets me free from a worldly mindset (John 8:32).  Thank You, Father, for renewing my mind.

  • Praying for Greater Faith

    Your Word, Lord God, renews my mind so I am able to prove what Your Will is in my life – Your good, acceptable, and perfect Will (Romans 12:2).  Your wonderful Word also imparts faith to my heart (Romans 10:17).  I will meditate upon the principles of Your Word, for then my faith will grow, and I will be blessed (Psalm 1:2).

    O that we would display strong faith in our God, the King of all glory.

    I know it is impossible to please You without faith, so I come to You fully believing in You and knowing You will reward me for diligently seeking You (Hebrews 11:6).  Thank You for enabling me to have faith in You and Your Word.  The faith You have imparted to me is the substance of things I hope for and the evidence of things I do not yet see (Hebrews 11:1).  I realize the things visible are temporary and subject to change, but things unseen with the human eye are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18).

    Through faith I am able to understand so many things, including the concept that the very worlds of the universe were framed by Your Word.  This helps me understand that things seen were not made of things I can perceive.  Instead, they were made by Your unseen hand, O Lord (Hebrews 11:3).  Therefore, I choose to walk by faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). Through faith, You enable me to subdue kingdoms, work the works of righteousness, obtain all Your promises, and even stop the mouths of lions (Hebrews 11:33).  Through faith I shall be able to turn my weaknesses into strengths, become valiant in all struggles, and turn my enemies away (Hebrews 11:34).  Thank You, gracious Father, for increasing my faith through Your Word.

    Great is Your faithfulness, O God (1 Corinthians 10:13), and I draw near to You now with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having my heart sprinkled and purified from an evil consciousness by the blood of Christ Jesus.  It is this truth that enables me to hold fast the profession of my faith without wavering, knowing You are always faithful to Your promises (Hebrews 10:22-23). 

    I desire to always be faithful in every area of my life because a faithful man shall abound with blessings (Proverbs 28:20).  I yield myself to the work and power of Your Holy Spirit, who enables me to walk in faithfulness (Galatians 5:22-23). I praise You because I believe You are producing the fruit of faithfulness in my life, for I know this is Your Will for me.  Thank You for teaching me to be faithful, to be more like Jesus every day (Revelation 1:5).

    O Faithful Father, I know You are always there for me.  Not one word of all Your good promises has ever failed (1 Kings 8:56), and I know You will never leave me nor forsake me (Hebrews 13:5).  I rejoice in the certain knowledge, Father, that You are my very present help in all my times of need (Psalm 46:1).  Even when I am lacking in faith, Father, You are always faithful to me (2 Timothy 2:13).  I know You know me because I am Yours (2 Timothy 2:19).  How I thank You that I am Your servant, and You always deal well with me. 

    Thank You, loving Father, for always being faithful to Your Word (Psalm 119:65).  It gives me great confidence to realize Your Word will never return to You empty, but it will always accomplish what You desire, and will achieve the purposes You have in mind (Isaiah 55:11).  You always have, and I know You always will, faithfully accomplish Your purposes in my life (1 Thessalonians 5:24).  I know You will keep me, Father (Genesis 28:15).  Your Word never fails (Joshua 23:14).  Thank You so very much for loving me (1 John 4:19). 

  • Praying to Know God Better

    Lord God, I serve You with gladness, and I come into Your presence with singing.  I know You are my God; it is You who made me and not I myself (Psalm 100:2-3).  I am Your child (1 John 3:1), and I am a sheep in Your pasture.  I enter Your gates with thanksgiving and go into Your courts with praise (Psalm 100:3-4).  I am so thankful to You and I bless Your name, because You are good, and Your mercy is everlasting.  Father, I thank You that Your truth endures to all generations (Psalm 100:5).

    Let us draw near to God, to behold be beauty of His wonders.

    I want to know You better (Colossians 1:10), dearest Father, and therefore I will call upon You, knowing You will harken unto me.  And I will seek You, knowing I will find You, for I will seek You with all my heart (Jeremiah 29:12-13).  As I pursue knowing You better, O God Father, I will draw near to You and I know You will draw near to me (James 4:8).

    Thank You, Father, for enabling me to understand the reverential fear of You, and for helping me to know You, for You have given me wisdom, and from Your mouth I receive knowledge and understanding (Proverbs 2:1-6).

    Heavenly Father, thank You for loving the world so much that You gave Your only begotten Son, that whosoever would believe in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16).  Truly, there is no greater love than Yours, Lord God (John 15:13).  Thank You for sending Jesus to redeem the world. And I thank You for saving me.  Above all else, Lord, I desire to know Your love which passes all knowledge, and to be filled with all Your fullness (Ephesians 3:19).

    Teach me, Father, to always remember I am able to love only because You first loved me (1 John 4:19).  Because You love me, You have given me commandments to follow; and because I love You, I want to obey You always (John 14:15).  Because You have saved me and made me a new creation in Christ Jesus, I can love others as You have loved me.  Through this means, Lord, I know that others will realize I am a disciple of Christ Jesus (John 13:34-35).  Thank You for Your perfect love which casts out all fear from my life (1 John 4:18).  Your amazing love shows me how to love sincerely, without hypocrisy (Romans 12:9). 

    It’s a wonderful realization to know there is no fear in Your love.  In fact, I rejoice in the certainty that Your perfect love casts out all fear from my life (1 John 4:18).  Thank You for delivering me from the torments of fear; You have not given me a spirit of fear; for You have given me a spirit of power, of love, and of a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7).  Fill me with Your love now as I receive it by faith in Your promise (Mark 11:24).

    I rejoice and truly thank You that there is no limit to Your love, Lord.  It is from everlasting to everlasting.  You have poured Your love abroad in my heart by the Holy Spirit Who has been given to me (Romans 5:5).  Strengthen me with might by the Holy Spirit so I will be able to comprehend with all the saints the full extent of Your love (Ephesians 3:18).  Your Son, my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, dwells in my heart by faith, and I thank You that You are rooting and grounding me in His love (Ephesians 3:17) so I may pass His love on to others I meet.