Heavenly Father,
Thank you for your great patience with me
Thank you for the Grace that you extend to me through the work of Jesus
Thank you for providing forgiveness of my sins and victory over them through the power of the Holy Spirit
Thank you for the opportunities You are giving me to serve You today
Lord I ask that you will shape me and direct me so that I will be the man you created me to be
Please lord use me in the work of Your Kingdom
May my desires be Your desires
Help me to walk in humility as an example of your work in process here on earth
Give me the words and ability to accurately share the Truth of the Gospel to all who will hear them
Above all my prayer is that my life this day will bring honor and glory to You my God
I ask these Lord in the name of Jesus
Amen
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Colossians 1:3-8 Prayer & Thanksgiving
3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints,5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,6 which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and growing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth,7 just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf8 and has made known to us your love in the Spirit. - Col 1:3-8 (ESV)
Today my hope is that we would be reminded to pray with thanksgiving. Not a mere thanking God for the things we have or the sustenance we have received, but being thankful for the Gospel. The work of the Gospel, the power of the Gospel, the results of the Gospel, we should give thanks for what God is doing with His children. Give thanks for your brothers and sister and How God has saved them, how He has helped them, how He has grown them and how He is using them.
Sure be thankful to the Lord for all things, but lets remember the elements that Paul mentions here. Give thanks for the ones whom the Lord is using to help you grow and mature in your faith. We have so much to be thankful for, but lets not allow ourselves to fall into a distraction of thankfulness for every "thing" and neglect being thankful for every spiritual blessing we see and receive.
Let's continue every day in an attitude of thanksgiving ... AMEN!
Preacherman
Today my hope is that we would be reminded to pray with thanksgiving. Not a mere thanking God for the things we have or the sustenance we have received, but being thankful for the Gospel. The work of the Gospel, the power of the Gospel, the results of the Gospel, we should give thanks for what God is doing with His children. Give thanks for your brothers and sister and How God has saved them, how He has helped them, how He has grown them and how He is using them.
Sure be thankful to the Lord for all things, but lets remember the elements that Paul mentions here. Give thanks for the ones whom the Lord is using to help you grow and mature in your faith. We have so much to be thankful for, but lets not allow ourselves to fall into a distraction of thankfulness for every "thing" and neglect being thankful for every spiritual blessing we see and receive.
Let's continue every day in an attitude of thanksgiving ... AMEN!
Preacherman
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