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  • 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 of Worship

    You are worthy, O Lord God Almighty, to receive glory and honor and power, because You have created all things and for Your pleasure they are and were created (Revelation 4:11). 

    Come! Let us worship the God of splendor and holiness.

    Blessed be your glorious name and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise. You alone are the Lord. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you (Nehemiah 9:5-6).

    May You be praised, Lord God of Israel, our Father forever and ever! Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours.  Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and You are exalted as head over all things.  In Your hand is power and might, and in Your hand it is to make great and to give strength unto all.  Now therefore, my God, I thank You and I praise Your glorious name (1 Chronicles 29:10-13). 

    Father, You are seeking true worshipers, who will worship You in spirit and in truth (John 4:23).  I will be such a worshiper, because I love You with all my heart, and soul, and mind, and strength (Mark 12:30).  Through Christ Jesus therefore, I will offer the sacrifice of praise to You continually –that is, the fruit of my lips — giving thanks to Your Holy and Mighty name.  (Hebrews 13:15).

    Worship the Lord your God, and His blessing will be on your food and water (Exodus 23:25). The Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt with mighty power and outstretched arm, is the one you must worship. To Him you shall bow down and to Him offer sacrifices… It is He who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies (2 Kings 17:36, 39).

    Come, let us bow down in worship; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the flock under His care (Psalm 95:6). Worship the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs (Psalm 100:2). Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name… worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness (1 Chronicles 16:29).

    Since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire (Hebrews 12:28-29). Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship (Romans 12:1).

    Great and marvelous are Your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are Your ways, King of the Ages. Who will not fear You, O Lord, and bring glory to Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed. (Revelation 15:3-4). Worship God! (Revelation 19:10)

  • Praying For the Joy of the Lord

    My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed.  I will sing and give praise.  I will wake up early and praise You, O Lord, among Your people (Psalm 57:7-9).  I will rejoice in You always, Lord (Philippians 4:4).

    Your joy, O Lord, bubbles up within my soul, from the inner wellspring that comes from knowing You. Your joy floods my spirit, soul, and body.  It fills my mind with happiness.

    Because Your love is better than life, my lips will glorify You, O Lord my Redeemer. I will praise You as long as I live, and in Your name I will lift up my hands. My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods, and with singing lips my mouth will praise You. (Psalm 63:3-5)

    Blessed be Your name from this time forth and forever more.  From the rising of the sun to its going down, Your name will be praised (Psalm 113:2-3). 

    Let the nations be glad and sing joyfully because You judge everyone with justice and guide the nations on the earth (Psalm 67:4). 

    Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob (Psalms 81:1). With joy we will draw water from the springs of salvation (Isaiah 12:3).  We will have everlasting joy (Isaiah 61:7).

    Come, let us bow down in worship. Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker (Psalm 95:6). Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; Let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation (Psalm 95:1).

    Like a fountain that springs from the depths of the earth, Your joy rises and fills me; then flows forth from my life and touches all those who cross my path.

    Satisfy us in the morning with Your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our day (Psalm 90:14).

    Sing joyfully to the Lord, all you who are righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him (Psalm 33:1). They will celebrate Your abundant goodness, O God, and joyfully sing of Your righteousness (Psalm 145:7).

    It is good to give thanks to the Lord and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High. To declare Your loving-kindness in the morning and Your faithfulness every night (Psalm 92:1-2).

    Your joy goes so much deeper than anything this world has to offer. Thank You for the joy You have imparted to me.  You are my highest joy, and You are my delight.

    I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart. I will glorify Your name forever (Psalm 86:12). I will praise Your name in song and glorify You with thanksgiving (Psalm 69:30). For You, O Lord, have made me glad by what You have done. I will sing for joy at the work of Your hands (Psalm 92:4).

    O Lord, Mighty God, I will rejoice in You with praises.  I will bless You at all times.  Your praise will be continually in my mouth (Psalm 34:1).  I will always be joyful… Whatever happens, I give thanks because it is God’s will in Christ Jesus that I do this (1 Thessalonians 5:16, 18).

    Let me go to the altar of God, to God my highest joy, and I will give thanks to You on the lyre, O God, my God (Psalm 43:4).  The joy I have in the Lord is my strength (Nehemiah 8:10).

    My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior… His mercy is on those who fear Him (Luke 1:46-47, 50). I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being! (Psalm 104:33)

  • A Missing Ingredient

    Praise God for His promises and the limitlessness of prayer.

    Praising God for everything in our lives produces joy in our spirits.

    I noticed the missing ingredient in my prayers had been thanksgiving.  So I spent time worshiping God for who He is and what He is.  This subject of ‘Who God Is’ covers more territory than any mortal can comprehend.  Yet even contemplating what little we do know dissolves doubts, reinforces faith, and restores joy. 

    What do praise and thanksgiving accomplish?  The world begins to look different.  Praise is an affirmation of a basic truth: God is good all the time.  Praise is the recognition that life – all of it – needs to be accepted with gratitude.

    Kay Arthur tells us that if the Lord’s Prayer is the pattern for all prayer, then through it we can learn vital truths regarding some prerequisites for effective prayer. She says prayer begins with worship of the Father. To worship is to acknowledge His worth, to give Him the honor and reverence due Him.

    At the end of the seven time periods, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my mind came back to me; I thanked the Most High, and I praised and honored the One who lives forever, because His power lasts forever and His kingdom lasts from one generation to the next. Everyone who lives on earth is nothing compared to Him. He does whatever He wishes with the army of heaven and with those who live on earth. There is no one who can oppose Him or ask Him, “What are you doing?” (Daniel 4:34-35).

    Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, will praise, honor and give glory to the King of Heaven. Everything He does is true, His ways are right, and He can humiliate those who act arrogantly (Daniel 4:37).

    Who would not fear You, O King of the Nations? For this is Your rightful due. Among all the wise men of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You… My Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King (Jeremiah 10:7, 10). From everlasting to everlasting, You are God (Psalm 90:2)!

    Thus, Jesus begins by reminding us of the supremacy of the One who lives in the third heaven and controls all the affairs of the universe.

    Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power and the glory, the victory and the majesty. For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord God, and You are exalted as head over all. Both riches and honor come from You, and You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; in Your hand is it to make great and give strength (1 Chronicles 29:11-12).

  • Teach Us to Pray Effectively

    O Lord our God, please save us from the enemy’s hand so all kingdoms of the earth may know You are the Lord God — You alone (2 Kings 19:19).

    Only God is worth adoration, and only Jesus can teach us how to do it correctly.

    You are the only begotten Son, Lord Jesus. Teach us, we beseech You, to pray effectively. Teach us the love of the Father, and then we shall bring our needs and our sins and our temptations and our praises to Him in the confidence that the love of such a Father cares for us, for each and every one of us.

    Make Your ways known to me, O Lord, and teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me because You are God, my Savior. I wait all day long for You. (Psalm 25:4-5).

    Let me hear about Your mercy in the morning, because I trust You; let me know the way that I should go because I long for You. Rescue me from my enemies, O Lord. I come to You for protection. Teach me to do Your will, because You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground (Psalm 143:8-10).

    How can a young person keep his life pure? He can do it by holding on to Your Word. I wholeheartedly searched for You; do not let me wander away from Your commandments. I have treasured Your promise in my heart so that I may not sin against You. Thanks be to You, O Lord! Teach me Your laws. With my lips I have repeated every regulation that comes from Your mouth. I find joy in the way shown by Your written instructions more than I find joy in all kinds of riches. I want to reflect on Your guiding principles and study Your ways. Your laws make me happy. [May] I never forget Your Word! (Psalm 119:9-16)

  • 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).

  • Other Bible Examples of Prayer

    Indeed, You are my Rock and my Fortress. For the sake of Your name, lead me and guide me (Psalm 31:3).

    Let us reflect on God’s Word and pray using His thoughts.

    O Lord, Your mercy reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mountains, Your judgments like the deep ocean. You save people and animals, O Lord. Your mercy is so precisions, O God, that Adam’s descendants take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. They are refreshed with the rich foods in Your house, and You make them drink from the river of Your pleasure. Indeed, the fountain of life is with You. In Your light we see light. Continue to show Your mercy to those who know You and Your righteousness to those whose motives are decent. Do not let the feet of arrogant people step on me or the hands of wicked people push me away. (Psalm 36:5-11)

    Have pity on me, O God, in keeping with Your mercy. In keeping with Your unlimited compassion, wipe out my rebellious acts. Wash me thoroughly from my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. I admit that I am rebellious. All my sin is always in front of me. I have sinned against You, especially You. I have done what You consider evil. So, You hand down justice when You speak, and You are blameless when You judge. Indeed, I was born guilty. I was a sinner when my mother conceived me. Yet You desire truth and sincerity. Deep down inside me You teach me wisdom. Purify me from sin with hyssop and I will be clean. Wash me and I will be whiter than snow. Let me hear sounds of joy and gladness. Let the bones that You have broken dance. Hide Your face from my sin and wipe out all that I have done wrong. Create a clean heart in me, O God, and renew a faithful spirit within me. Do not force me away from Your presence and do not take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore the joy of Your salvation to me 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 51:1-13)

    Examine me, O God, and know my mind. Test me, and know my thoughts. See whether I am on an evil path. Then lead me on the everlasting path. (Psalm 139:23-24)

    This is the reason I kneel in the presence of the Father from whom all the family in heaven and on earth receives its name. I am asking God to give you a gift from the wealth of His glory. I pray that He would give you inner strength and power through His Spirit. Then Christ will live in you through faith. I also pray that love may be the ground into which you sink your roots and on which you have your foundation. This way, with all of God’s people you will be able to understand how wide, long, high, and deep His love is. You will know Christ’s love which goes far beyond any knowledge. I am praying this so that you may be completely filled with God. Glory belongs to God, whose power is at work in us. By this power He can do infinitely more than we can ask or image. Glory belongs to God in the church and in Christ Jesus for all time and eternity! Amen. (Ephesians 3:14-21)

    May the words from my mouth and the thoughts from my heart be acceptable to You, O Lord, my rock and my defender (Psalm 19:14).

  • Ask According to His Will

    We must not measure our spiritual capacity by education or intellect, but by the promises God has given to us personally. When it is a question of spirit, never say “I can’t” without saying “He can”. The limitation of natural ability does not count. Isn’t’ God able to fulfill His promises?

    We have but to ask, and God has promised to listen. Asking is part of praying.

    Everyone who asks will receive; he one who searches will find, and for the one who knocks, the door will be opened. If your child asks you for bread would any of you give him a stone? Or if your child asks for a fish, would you give him a snake? Even though you are evil, you know how to give good gifts to your children. So how much more will your Father in Heaven give good things to those who ask Him? (Matthew 7:8-11)

    So far you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive so that you can be completely happy. (John 16:24)

    So, admit your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you will be healed. Prayers offered by those who have God’s approval are effective! (James 5:16)

    That is why I tell you to have faith that you have already received whatever you pray for, and it will be yours. (Mark 11:24)

    This verse from Mark is sometimes used to teach a “name-it and claim-it” theology. This is a self-centered theology. Remember that only God takes the initiative. He is the One who gives you the desire to do His will. His Holy Spirit guides you to pray according to His will.

    For it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to will and to act for His good purpose (Philippians 2:13).

    In the same way the Spirit also joins to help in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us, with unspoken groanings. (Romans 8:26-27).

    The God-centered approach would be to let God lead you to pray according to His will, in the name and character of Christ Jesus. Believe what He has led you to pray is what He Himself will bring to pass. Then continue praying – speaking the result to anyone who will hear – in faith and watching for it to come to pass.

    God Himself leads us to pray in words that will make the things He has set in heaven manifested on earth.

  • A Prayer for Oneness with Jesus

    My prayer, Abba Father, is that we may be one, united on earth now as we will be when we are all together around Your 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.

    That we may all be united under the cross of Christ Jesus!

    We pray to the Father in the name of His Son, Jesus, through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. When we pray to the Father, our prayers are accepted by Jesus and interpreted to God by the Holy Spirit.

    In the same way the Spirit also joins to help in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with unspoken groanings. And He who searches the hearts knows the Spirit’s mind-set, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God… Christ Jesus is the One who died but even more, has been raised; He also is at the right hand of God and intercedes for us. (Romans 8:26-27, 34).

    How I rejoice that through Christ Jesus I am all right as a person, now and forever! Totally clean, every stain removed, every guilt atoned for. Totally forgiven, no matter how great or recent a failure I’ve had to confess, or how often I have failed. What amazing grace! What undeserved acceptance and favor!

    How wonderful that You ask me to do absolutely nothing to earn Your forgiveness – no striving to measure up, no self-punishment, no prolonged remorse, no self-blame, no deeds of penance. That I don’t have to sink down into regret, or into shame, or into denial, or into excuses for things I do wrong.

    I am so thankful that You, dearest Lord God, do not hold a pair of scales and ask me to pile up enough good works to outweigh my sins, my failures, my unworthiness… that it is all by grace through faith in Christ Jesus to save me – my soul and body and spirit from death and hell. Thank You so very much, O God, King of the Cosmos.

  • 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.