6 Prayers
Prayer points for those learning how to pray.
email: doug@commonjourney.com
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Monday
Heb 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Heb 4:16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
2 Tim 1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
2 Th 2:16-17 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
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Father, forgive us for those times that we fail to believe the You care enough to respond to us when we seek You.
Forgive us for not approaching Your throne of grace.
We need Your encouragement and grace; Your power and love; Your mercy and help.
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Tuesday
Eph 1:15-20 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, 20 which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms.
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Lord, Give us the Spirit of wisdom and revelation so that we may know You better. Enlighten the eyes of our hearts so that we may know the hope of Your glorious inheritance and the incomparably great power for us.
Open our eyes Lord, we want to see Jesus more and more in our lives.
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Wednesday
Eph 3:14-21 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
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Lord, all of heaven and earth depend on You. Strengthen us by Your Spirit that Christ will live in us as we open our hearts’ door and let You in. Give us a better understanding of the overwhelming love of Christ. Show us its great heights, its breadth– plunge us in the depths of Your love. Show us Your fullness. You can do far more than we can imagine. Your presence and power is with us. May we Your church bring glory to You through out our generations.
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Thursday
Eph 6:10-19 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. 19 Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel.
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Father, we are reluctant warriors. Keep us strong in You. Keep us alert against the enemy’s schemes. Show us how to stand. Give us the weapons for the battle.
We lift to Your Throne of Grace, our brothers and sisters in Christ. Give boldness to those whom You have called to preach and teach. Give them the right words to say.
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Friday
Phil 1:3-11 I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. 7 It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart; for whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. 8 God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. 9 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ--to the glory and praise of God.
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Lord, we give thanks for those who have touched our lives with Your grace. You began to work in us through those who shared Your truth with us and You seek to complete us by Your grace.
May our love flourish. May we grow in knowledge and insight so that our love is sincere and appropriate. Show us how to be pure and blameless. Fill us with the fruit of the Spirit in Jesus Christ.
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Saturday
Col 1:9-14 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
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Help us Lord. Fill give us wisdom in our minds and spirits. Show us how You work in our lives.
We want to live well for You. We want to bear fruit for You as we learn more and more how You work. We pray for the strength for the long haul. We want to be joyful people, giving thanks to You, for You have rescued us from the dark dungeons of doom and have brought us into the glory of light in Your Son, Jesus. We give thanks for in Him we have redemption, victory and glory.
