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Prayer of thanksgiving for special people
“Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall…
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Prayer of humility
Psalm 8:4 (NIV): 4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? Let us pray. Lord Jesus, we look around us and see the intricacies of Your creation. The ground that houses seeds and bulbs that become flowers and plants that dance with the beauty of life and…
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Not just me and Jesus
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 ESV We have probably heard this verse in one way or another and thought about ourselves and Jesus. Yet too often we…
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Your place in community
““I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” John…
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Unity in Community
“I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” Ephesians 4:1-3 ESV Paul’s writing…
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Prayer for a Spirit filled peaceful day
“And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.” Isaiah 32:17 ESV Let us pray. Lord Jesus help us to seek to live lives of righteousness as we walk with You and share You grace with those around us. Help us to resist the temptations of evil…
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Prayer to fear not
“But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.” Isaiah 43:1 ESV Let us pray. Lord of all grace.grant us help to be present in the life that You have…
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Prayer for these times
“He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.” 2 Corinthians 5:5 ESV Let us pray. Lord Jesus, help us to walk in Your ways even when we struggle to understand or like what we are given. Grant us hope for our uncertain future…
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God’s big picture
“This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”” Acts 4:11-12 ESV The above verses should bring us great hope for a…
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Ordinary and empowered
“But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”” Acts 4:19-20 ESV Something that we sometimes miss when talking about sharing the good news that Jesus…