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A Prayer For A Loving Spirit

Father, may we be people who are quick to notice the ways in which we can be of special blessing to others. It seems quite easy when it comes to those whom we befriend. We often recognize their need before they express it and find genuine fulfillment in being Your hand extended to them. But You challenge us to go even further in making ourselves available to our enemies with whom it is not natural to provide for their needs. In expressing agape love to those around us we love in spite of what we see or have experienced. May all that we do, on behalf of others, be an expression of Your divine touch in the form of Christian service. It is in Your strength and compassion that we can do that which is unnatural to our human nature, but natural to our redeemed spirit.
Amen.

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A Prayer For A Discerning Spirit

Father, I pray for a discerning spirit to help me recognize truth from falsehood.  Help me to know when others are lying and help me also to recognize the lies I tell myself.  You always speak the truth and You declare that which is right from that which is wrong.  When the world describes a lifestyle or belief system to be good and You declare it to be evil, help me to stand firm upon Your holy truths as I faithfully read them in the Scriptures.  Give me bold conviction to stand firm for truth even when it seems as though no one stands with me.  The “truths” as purported by this world shift like the changing winds but Your Truths stand for all eternity!  Amen.

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A Prayer For The Blessed

Father, there is a place of quiet rest and spiritual uplifting when we draw near to You. So many activities, attractions, and affections rival for our attention. But when we prioritize by giving You first place we give opportunity for You to “show your love to a thousand generations of those who love you and keep your commandments.” We want to continually offer to You a sacrifice of praise through our lips that confess Your name and through our lives that reveal Your transforming power at work within us. We do this through the power of Your Holy Spirit. We bless and praise You in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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A Prayer For Trust In God

Father, in our attempt to get even with our offender, we can do irreparable harm not only to our wrongdoer, but most especially to ourselves. Instead of having a spirit of forgiveness we harbor a vengeful heart. Our hearts harden and take on the character of the enemy instead of the Savior who loved us even while we were dead in our transgressions and sins. Our debt of sin He paid, freeing us to break the chains of sin that had long held us bound. Father, You heal the broken-hearted and console the wounded as they seek You in the midst of their affliction, whether it is a fresh wound or an old injury. Our affliction from others is earthbound, but our affection for You is heavenbound where there will be no more heartaches, pain or wrongdoing of any kind. Keep us steadfast and faithful till that appointed time. Amen.

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Bible Love Quotes

Bible Love Quotes: Philippians 1:9

“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight.”

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A Prayer For Divine Peace

“Father, we thank You for the powerful God that You are.  Even the winds and waves recognize the Creator and obey Your voice.  Your Word is like a lighthouse that directs us safely toward heaven when the furious waves swirl about us and the water rises around us.  Keep us firmly anchored in Your ways so that we endure to the very end.  In Jesus’ name we pray.  Amen.”

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A Prayer Of Thanks For God’s Love

“Father, we thank You for the love letters from John who presents important truths and none so important as Your relentless love for us.  You are love, the very embodiment of that which You teach us to feel and to practice.  It is also seen in our attitudes which then is made visible by our words and our actions. We are amazed by Your love and rely on it for our salvation, our daily existence, our present and eternal future and for our every provision.  We express our love to You by giving You our lives.  How easy and inviting that is because You are a loving God and we fully rely on You! Amen.”

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A Prayer Of Thanks For God’s Promises

Father, there are many promises made by well meaning individuals but circumstances change, people change and many of them fall by the wayside. There are also those who make the pretense of a promise never fully intending to keep it. Their motive is not pure and is self-serving. Help us, as the redeemed, to be people who are trustworthy and not to make a promise that we cannot keep. We are assured that your promises are trustworthy because of that which has already come to pass. We continue to wait for many other promises in the Bible to be fulfilled on the appointed day that You have ordained. Proverbs assures us that “You keep every promise You make. You are like a shield to all who seek Your protection.” What a reassuring truth we, as Your children, can hold onto this day and each day. We give You thanks through Jesus our Lord. Amen.

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A Prayer For Spiritual Freedom

Father, how glorious it is to enjoy freedom from sin, thanks to the sacrifice of Your Son on my behalf.  My life, once enslaved to sin, now enjoys the freedom from that which once held me captive to Satan’s bondage.  I live in victory because You have set me free and I am now free indeed.  Thank You, Father, for delivering me from the dominion of darkness and transferring me into the kingdom of Your beloved Son in whom I have redemption, the forgiveness of sin!  Amen.