God's Word on That

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  • God’s First Promise

    The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon (Psalm 92:12). God wants you to grow in Him. 

    God takes it upon Himself to see that we grow. Trust Him to do this.

    The end result of learning, meditating, believing, receiving, and praying is declared in Ephesians:

    Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning of craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Him who is the Head, that is Christ Jesus (Ephesians 4:14-15). 

    God promises to help you grow if you accept His promises and live in accord with them.

    His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires (2 Peter 1:3-4).  

    Praises be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ (Ephesians 1:3).  No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him — but God has revealed it to us by His Spirit, the Spirit that searches all things even the deep things of God (1 Corinthians 2:9-10).  

    This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will [His promises], He hears us. And if we know that He hears us – whatever we ask – we know that we have what we asked of Him (1 John 5:14-15).  For no matter how many promises God has made, they are ‘Yes’ in Christ. And so, through Him the ‘Amen’ is spoken by us to the glory of God. Now it is God who makes [us all] stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set His seal of ownership on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come (2 Corinthians 1:20-22).    

    Do not let this book of the Law depart from our mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful (Joshua 1:8). All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16).  Every word of God is flawless (Proverbs 30:5).  God Himself said: So is My word that goes out from My mouth: it will not return to Me empty but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it (Isaiah 55:11).

    Praise be to the Lord… Not one word has failed of all the good promises He gave through His servant Moses (1 Kings 8:56).  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away (Matthew 24:35).  Your word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens (Psalm 119:89).  The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the Word of our God stand forever (Isaiah 40:8).

    God promises you that you will grow strong in His Word, and He wants you to know the truth from His Word. So let us live in accord with His word and His truth.

    God, Father, grant me the grace to be available to others today for Your sake.

  • Prayer of Dedication to His Word

    If I speak, I want only to speak the very words of God (1 Peter 4:11). The plans of the mind and orderly thinking belong to man, but from You, Lord, comes the wise answer of the tongue (Proverbs 16:1). Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit (Proverbs 18:21). I love speaking God’s Word and so I will bear much fruit.

    Let us keep the Word of God as our daily sustenance.

    Thank You for Your Word which imparts faith to my heart (Romans 10:17).  As I believe Your Word, You fill me with all joy and peace, and I will abound in hope through the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13).  Therefore, I desire to not let Your Word depart from my mouth as I meditate upon its truths day and night.  Almighty God, I know You are capable, and so I pray to You for this. And I vow to walk in Your Word daily, because then I know You will fulfill Your promise to make my way prosperous, and to fill my life with good success (Joshua 1:8). 

    I delight myself in You and Your Word.  Because of that, You put Your desires within my heart.  I commit my way unto You, and You bring it to pass (Psalm 37:4-5).  I am confident that You are at work in me now, both to will and to do all Your good pleasure (Philippians 2:13).

    I will keep my tongue from evil and my lips from speaking lies (Psalm 34:13). I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin. I will put a muzzle over my mouth as long as the wicked are before me (Psalm 39:1), because whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from trouble (Proverbs 21:23). He who guards his lips guards his life (Proverbs 13:3). Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent; and discerning if he holds his tongue (Proverbs 17:28), but the tongue of the wise brings healing (Proverbs 12:18).

    When I speak Your Word aloud, I speak forth life into my own heart and the hearts of others.  As I continue to hold forth Your Word, Lord, teach me to rejoice as in the day of Christ, knowing my labor for You is never in vain, Father (Philippians 2:16).  Teach me to always be a doer of Your Word, not only a hearer (James 1:22).  By keeping Your Word, I realize Your love is made perfect in me.  Please give me Your grace, Lord, to be both a doer and a keeper of Your Word. 

    I am a wise child, and I will heed my Father’s instructions (Proverbs 13:1). I no longer conform to the pattern of this world. I am transformed by the renewing of my mind through God’s Word (Romans 12:2). God my Father revives me according to His Word (Psalm 119:25). I truly do not want to let the Word depart from before my eyes, Father, so I pray to You to help me keep it within my heart. For it is life to me; I have found it and it is health and healing to all my flesh and bones (Proverbs 4:21-22).

  • A Prayer for Confidence

    It is my heart’s desire to trust in You always and to do good.  I will delight myself in You, O Lord, and I trust You will give me the desires of my heart. As I commit my life to You, Lord, and trust in You, You will fulfill Your promises to me.  You will bring forth my righteousness as the light, and Your judgment as the noonday sun.  Knowing these truths enables me to rest securely in You (Psalm 37:3-7).

    Confidence in God: His love surrounds us, and we have all we need.

    I will not fear, for You are with me; I will not be dismayed, for You are my God.  You strengthen me and help me; You will uphold me with Your righteous right hand (Isaiah 41:10). I will not let my heart be troubled.  I trust in You, God, I trust also in Your Son (John 14:1). Because my heart is fixed on You, trusting in You, I will not be afraid (Psalm 112:7).

    Help me to trust You more and more because I know this is the key to security in my life.  Your Word promises that the man is blessed who trusts in You, Lord, whose confidence is in You. Then I will be like a tree planted by the waters that spreads out roots by the river. I will not fear when heat comes and will never fail to bear fruit (Jeremiah 17:7-8). 

    This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is you salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength” (Isaiah 30:15). Father, this knowledge brings a feeling of great security to my soul.  Thank You for Your Promise that Your unfailing love will surround me as I trust in You (Psalm 32:10).  Thank You for promising to direct my paths when I trust You with all my heart and not lean on my own understanding of things (Proverbs 3:5-6). 

    Grant that I would never place my trust in uncertain riches or any other thing except You, my loving Lord and God, who richly gives me all things to enjoy (1 Timothy 6:17).

    I place my trust in You, O Lord, in You alone; because I realize I am not sufficient of myself in anything.  All my sufficiency and security are from You, dearest Father (2 Corinthians 3:5).  You are my confidence, and I know You will always keep my feet from being snared (Proverbs 3:26).  Thank You, Lord God, that through faith in Christ Jesus I have boldness and access to You with confidence (Ephesians 3:12).  Therefore, I cast all my worries upon You, trusting that You care for me (1 Peter 5:7).

    Though a host encamp against me, my heart will not fear; though war arise against me, in spite of this I shall be confident… I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. I will wait for the Lord; I will be strong and let my heart take courage; yes, I will wait for the Lord (Psalm 27:3, 13-14).

    For You have been my hope, O Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth (Psalm 71:5). In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, and His children will have refuge (Proverbs 14:26). The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever (Isaiah 32:17).

    It is Christ Jesus my Lord, in whom I have boldness and confident access to the Father through faith in Him (Ephesians 3:12). For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in me will perfect it unto the day of Christ Jesus (Philippians 1:6). Christ was faithful as a Son over His house – whose house I am, if I hold fast my confidence and the boast of my hope firm until the end (Hebrews 3:6). We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first. (Hebrews 3:14).

    Let us therefore draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace to help in time of need (Hebrews 4:16). Since therefore brothers, we have confidence to enter the Holy Place by the blood of Jesus… let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful (Hebrews 10:19-23).

    We can confidently say, “The Lord is my Helper, I will not be afraid; what shall man do to me?” (Hebrews 13:6). Beloved if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God (1 John 3:21). By this, love is perfected within us, that we may have confidence in the day of judgement; because as He is, so also are we in this world. (1 John 4:17). And now, let us abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming. (1 John 2:2). And this is the confidence which we have before Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14). And so we pray to Him.

  • A Prayer To Trust

    The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped.  My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song (Psalm 28:7). I will offer right sacrifices and trust in the Lord (Psalm 4:5)

    The Lord God is worthy of our trust. He will direct us through our trials.

    Those who know Your name will trust in You, for You, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek You (Psalm 9:10). Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God (Psalm 20:7).

    “Call upon Me in the day of trouble, I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.” (Psalm 50:15). Deliver us from the evil one (Matthew 6:13).

    To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul; in You I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemy [the devil] triumph over me (Psalm 25:1-2). I trust in You, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.”  My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemy and from those who pursue me (Psalm 31:14-15).

    You, O God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful men will not live out half their days.  But as for me, I trust in You (Psalm 55:23).

    I trust in the Lord.  I will be glad and rejoice in Your love for You saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.  You have not handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place (Psalm 31:6-8). In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid.  What can mortal man do to me? (Psalm 56:4)

    Let the morning bring me word of Your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in You.  Show me the way I should go, for to You I lift up my soul.  Rescue me from my enemies, O Lord, for I hide myself in You.  Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; may Your good Spirit lead me on level ground (Psalm 143:8-10).

    He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.  I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust” (Psalm 91:1-2). Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever (Psalm 125:1).

    Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid.  The Lord, the Lord God, is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation (Isaiah 12:2).  I will wait for the Lord. I will put my trust in Him (Isaiah 8:17). Trust in the Lord forever for the Lord, the Lord God is the Rock eternal (Isaiah 26:4).

    Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the word of His servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God (Isaiah 50:10). The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble.  He cares for those who trust in Him (Nahum 1:7).

    Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become sons of light (John 12:36). May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13).

  • A Personal Prayer of Thanks

    We have been urged, above all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone (1 Timothy 2:1) and everything.

    Thanks be to God that, though I used to be a slave to sin, I wholeheartedly obey the form of teaching to which I was entrusted (Romans 6:17).  So I can say: Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:57).  Thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him (2 Corinthians 2:14). 

    Thanksgiving will be in my mouth (Ephesians 5:4).  I will sing and make music in my heart to the Lord, and I will always give thanks to God, the Father, for everything in the name of my Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 5:19-20). 

    I will not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition with much thanksgiving, I present my requests and petitions to God (Philippians 4:6), joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified me to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light (Colossians 1:12). 

    So then, just as I received Christ Jesus as my Lord, I will continue to live in Him, being rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as I was taught, and overflowing with thankfulness (Colossians 2:6-7).  I will let the peace of Christ rule in my heart, since, as a member of His body, I was called to peace.  And I am ever thankful (Colossians 3:15).

    Whatever I do, whether in word or deed, I will do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, constantly giving thanks to God the Father through Him (Colossians 3:17).  I will devote myself to prayer, and I will remain watchful and thankful (Colossians 4:2). 

    I will be joyful always; I will pray continually; and I will give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for me in Christ Jesus (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).  How can I thank God, my loving Father, enough for the blessings He has given me in return for all the joy I have because of them? (1 Thessalonians 3:9)  For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving (1 Timothy 4:4). 

    Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, (Hebrews 12:28).  We give thanks to You, O Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because soon You will have taken Your great power and will have begun to reign (Revelation 11:17). 

  • Hallowed Be Thy Name

    Our Father, who is in heaven, hallowed be Thy name (Matthew 6:9).  Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless His holy name (Psalm 103:1).

    I bless Your name, El-Elyon, the Most High God Who is the First Cause of everything, the Possessor of all the heavens, the earth, and all things in them.  You are the everlasting God, the great God, the living God, the merciful God.  The Faithful God, the mighty God, the gracious God.  You are truth, justice, righteousness, and perfection.  You are El-Elyon – the highest Sovereign of the heavens and the earth.  Hallowed be thy name!

    I bless Your name, Elohim, Creator of heaven and earth (Genesis 1:1), who was in the beginning.  It is You Who made me (Job 33:4) and You have crowned me with glory and honor (Psalm 8:5).  Hallowed be thy name!

    I bless Your name, El-Shaddai (Genesis 15:1), God Almighty, the God of all blessings, who nourishes and supplies.  You are all-bountiful and all-sufficient.  Hallowed be thy name!

    I bless Your name, Adonai, my Lord and my Master.  You are Jehovah – the completely self-existing One, always present, revealed in Jesus, who is the same yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8). Hallowed be thy name!

    I bless Your name, Jehovah-Jireh, the One Who sees my needs and provides for them.  Hallowed be thy name!

    I bless Your name, Jehovah-Rapha, my Healer and the One Who makes bitter experiences sweet (Exodus 15:26).  You sent Your Word and healed me (Psalm 107:20).  You forgave all my iniquities, and You healed all my diseases (Psalm 103:3).  Hallowed be thy name!

    I bless Your name, Jehovah-M’Kaddesh, the Lord my Sanctifier (Leviticus 20:8).  You have set me apart for Yourself (Psalm 4:3).   Hallowed be thy name!

    I bless Your name, Jehovah-Nissi, my victory, my banner, my standard (Exodus 17:15).  Your banner over me is love (Songs 2:4).  When the enemy shall come in like a flood, You will lift up a standard against him (Isaiah 59:19).  Hallowed be thy name!

    I bless Your name, Jehovah-Shalom, my peace (Judges 6:24) – the peace which transcends all understanding, which garrisons and mounts guards over my heart and mind in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7).  Hallowed be thy name!

    I bless Your name, Jehovah-Tsidkenu, my righteousness (Jeremiah 23:6).  I thank You for becoming sin for me that I might become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:21).  Hallowed be thy name!

    I bless Your name, Jehovah-Rohi, my shepherd.  I shall not want for any good or beneficial thing (Psalm 23:1).  Hallowed be thy name!

    I bless Your name, Jehovah-Shammah (Ezekiel 48:35), my companion who never leaves me nor forsakes me (Hebrews 13:5).  You are always there.  I take comfort and am encouraged and confidently and boldly say, the Lord is my Helper, so I will not be seized with alarm; I will not fear or dread or be terrified (Hebrews 13:6).  Hallowed be thy name!

    My Father God, You have exalted above all else Your name and Your Word, and You have magnified Your Word above all Your name (Psalm 138:2).  The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and His name was Jesus – Jehovah Saves (John 1:14).  Hallowed be thy name!

  • A Prayer for Unity in the Church

    How good and pleasant it is when brothers can live together in unity! (Psalm 133:1)

    May we all grow to be of one mind and Spirit for the sake of our Lord.

    My prayer, Abba Father, gracious God of the Cosmos, is that we may be one, united on earth now as we will be when we are all together around Your glorious throne in heaven. I pray for unity among all those who call upon Your name and share Your Spirit, so the world may know there is a solution to conflict, strife, and division. Through Jesus, my Savior, I pray.

    Jesus is not in the world any longer, but we are in the world. Holy Father, keep us safe by the power of Your name, the name that You gave Jesus, so that our unity may be like the unity between Jesus and You… I pray that all people accepting Jesus’ message continue to have unity in the way that You, Father, have with us. I pray that we may all be unified with You and Your Son, so that the world will believe that You have sent Jesus to show Your love. Jesus has given us glory so that we are united in the same way You are: You in Jesus and Jesus in us. As we are completely united, the world will know that You have sent Jesus to us and that You love us in the same way You love Him. (John 17:11, 20-23)

    May our love for You and for one another increase and overflow!

    The foreigner will join them and be united with the house of Jacob (Isaiah 14:1). Anyone joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him (1 Corinthians 6:17).

    Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all say the same thing, that there be no divisions among you, and that you be united with the same understanding and the same conviction (1 Corinthians 1:10). Above all, put on love – the perfect bond of unity (Colossians 3:14). I want [your] hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love (Colossians 2:2).

    If then there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by thinking the same way, having the same love, sharing the same feelings, focusing on one goal. Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves (Philippians 2:1-3).

    I, therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, accepting one another in love, diligently keeping the unity of the Spirit with the peace that binds us (Ephesians 4:1-3). And He personally gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, for the training of the saints in the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ, until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son (Ephesians 4:11-13).

    For if we have been joined with Him in the likeness of His death, we will certainly also be in the likeness of His resurrection (Romans 6:5). Now may the God of endurance and encouragement grant you agreement with one another according to Christ Jesus, so that you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ with a united mind and voice (Romans 15:5-6).

  • How to Listen to God

    Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God for things agreeable to His will, in the name of Jesus, with confession of our sins and thankful acknowledgement of His many mercies.

    We must remain attentive, for God often speaks when we listen.

    Charles Stanley gives us four avenues God can use to direct us to listen for the Father’s will in a situation. Perhaps God has a message for the listener that He has chosen us to deliver – and our rambling or talking or un-mindfulness detracts from that message. Thus, we should seek to be alert and available to God’s voice, if He should need us for such things.

    The first way to listen to God when we face or perceive a challenge is to meditate upon the Word until you know God has spoken to you. Simply read the Word and meditate on what He directs you to read. Something in your reading will be meant just for you at this time.

    The next way is that if we walk in the Spirit daily, surrounded by and surrendered to God’s love, we have the courage and the right to expect anything we need to hear from God. We can claim His presence, direction, and guidance. We are to listen in order to comprehend, and to comprehend in order to be shaped and conformed to His truth, to be made like Jesus.

    Thirdly, when you become restless in your spirit, don’t run! Stop, sit still, and listen. You will hear the voice of God telling you what He knows you need to hear. When you feel a burden to pray, it is because there is something heavy coming. Pray until the burden lifts. Pray until that heavy feeling is lifted from you.

    Finally, we must learn to listen with an open heart to the voice of God as He speaks through others. Many times, God uses the circumstance and the people around us to make His point obvious to our spirit. But we must be careful to examine both the message and the messenger – without prejudice. If the messenger is from God, His fruit will be evident, and the message will always align to God’s Word.

  • Prayer For The Home

    We praise You as the bountiful benefactor from whose gracious hand all our blessings have come. We remember Your lovingkindness and tender mercy toward us through all the years, and with grateful hearts we lift up to You our songs of joy. For all the gifts You have bestowed upon us and upon our land, we give You humble and hearty thanks. May we show our gratitude by faithful lives devoted to Your service.

    Let us ask God to bless our homes and our families, that we may radiate His love.

    Heavenly Father, I praise You for Your mercy in giving me a home. Keep me from a sullen and ungrateful spirit. Show me how I may help to make my home a blessing to all who come to it. And let the law of kindness rule my life. Make me kindly and thoughtful in word and generous in deed. Make me ever ready to give the understanding answer that turns away wrath. Take from me the wish to irritate and prevent me from saying the grievous words that stir up strife. If I am tempted to quarrel, make me able to keep my own temper. Let the law of kindness rule my life and govern all I do. When my feelings are hurt, let me turn to You for comfort and keep my calm under the shadow of Your wings.

    As I read and study Your Word, please let the words permeate my being, accomplishing the creative work they are designed to do in Your people. Loving God, source of all wisdom, grant that as we seek truth, we may find that the search leads to You. Give us courage to seek honestly and reverence to seek humbly and, when our minds are perplexed and we cannot find You, give us patience to go on with our daily duties and wait on Your timing.

    O God, all my life is Yours. Help me so to plan and arrange the hours of this day that I may serve You in then all. Give me an open mind, O God, a mind ready to receive and to welcome new light of knowledge as You reveal it to me. Let me be tolerant to the thoughts of others and hospitable to such light as may come to me through them. Be with me today and help me to do my best. Give me a clear mind and an honest heart. If there are things I do not know, let me not be flustered or afraid but let me use to the utmost what I do know. May everything in which I have worked hard stand by me now, and if in anything I must face the results of laziness, make me resolve to work better in the days ahead. Help me express all I know; but whether I can do that or not, grant that I may have learned something that will last

    From the family of men, we give You thanks, O Lord of Hosts, for all saints and servants who have done justly, loved mercy, and walked humbly with You. For all the high and holy ones who have wrought wonders and been shining lights in the world, we thank You. For all the meek and lowly ones who have earnestly sought You in darkness, and held fast their faith in trial, and done good unto all men as they had opportunity, we thank You. Especially for those whom we have known and loved, who by their patient obedience and self-denial, steadfast hope and helpfulness in trouble have shown the same mind that was in Christ Jesus, we bless Your holy Name. Grant us grace to follow in their footsteps.

  • Prayer For His Church

    O Almighty God, who by the birth of Your holy Son Jesus has given us a great light to dawn upon our darkness, grant that in His Light we may see light to the end of our days. Bestow upon us that most excellent gift of love to all men, so the likeness of Your Son may be formed in us, and we may have the ever-brightening hope of everlasting life.

    May the church of Christ Jesus spread over the whole earth and subdue it.

    O Lord and Father of us all, who did send Your Son to be the Savior of the entire world; grant Your blessing to all followers of Christ Jesus of every name and creed. May we rejoice in the privilege of being fellow workers with You and Him and each other, that the dankness of the world may be driven out by the Light of life.

    Take away all hatred and prejudice, arrogance and contention; and whatever else may hinder us from godly union and concord. Bring us into close cooperation and harmony that all our forces may be united for the common cause of Your Kingdom. Grant that as there is one Body and one Spirt, and one hope of our calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, so we may be all of one heart and of one soul, united in one holy bond of truth and peace, of faith and charity, and may with one mind and one mouth glorify You, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Take all resentment, bitterness, and rebellion out of our hearts. Make us instead hopeful, cheerful, courageous, patient, and confident people to serve You faithfully.

    O God, who has made man in Your own likeness and who loves all whom You have made; teach us the unity of Your family and the breadth of Your love. Enable us to enter into fellowship of the whole human family and forbid we should despise any for whom Christ died. Lord, in Your great mercy, please remember us when You come into Your kingdom.

    O Lord and Father of us all, who did send Your Son to be the Savior of the entire world; grant Your blessing to all followers of Christ Jesus of every name and creed. May we rejoice in the privilege of being fellow workers with You and Him and each other, that the dankness of the world may be driven out by the Light of life.

    Take away all hatred and prejudice, arrogance and contention; and whatever else may hinder us from godly union and concord. Bring us into close cooperation and harmony that all our forces may be united for the common cause of Your Kingdom. Grant that as there is one Body and one Spirt, and one hope of our calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, so we may be all of one heart and of one soul, united in one holy bond of truth and peace, of faith and charity, and may with one mind and one mouth glorify You, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Take all resentment, bitterness, and rebellion out of our hearts. Make us instead hopeful, cheerful, courageous, patient, and confident people to serve You faithfully.

    O God, who has made man in Your own likeness and who loves all whom You have made; teach us the unity of Your family and the breadth of Your love. Enable us to enter into fellowship of the whole human family and forbid we should despise any for whom Christ died. Lord, in Your great mercy, please remember us when You come into Your kingdom.