The large crowd listened to him with great delight.
For you don’t know when the master of the household will return—in the evening, at midnight, before dawn, or at daybreak. 36Don’t let him find you sleeping when he arrives without warning.
Lord God my Father,
Open my ears so I can hear you, bring urgency to my work so I will be better prepared for your coming. Remove the distractions from my focus and bless my actions.
In Jesus name I pray,
Amen
Then Jesus said to the disciples, “Have faith in God. 23I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart. 24I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours. 25But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too.
Lord God my Father,
I fail in wholeheartedly following you every day, I need your help to remove my doubt. I want to follow you completely but I still gaze on this world. I still have offences I haven’t forgiven, help me to put them where they belong.
In Jesus name I pray,
Amen
“This kind can be cast out only by prayer.
They didn’t understand what he was saying, however, and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.
“Whoever wants to be first must take last place and be the servant of everyone else.”
“No one who performs a miracle in my name will soon be able to speak evil of me. 40Anyone who is not against us is for us.
Lord God my Father,
Help me to understand my limits and trust you in all things. Open my heart to hear your truth and act in your love not my own reactions. May I act only in your name and not my own understanding.
In Jesus name I pray,
Amen
But Jesus said, “You feed them.”
“With what?” they asked.
“Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage! I am here!
you are defiled by what comes from your heart.
Lord God my Father,
Give me the faith to believe in your unbridled ability. I want to stop restricting the power you place in me to do your work. Give me the courage to do what I feel is impossible for with you all things are possible. Open my heart and the potential you place in me.
In Jesus name I pray,
Amen
“Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
“Who touched my robe?”
“Don’t be afraid. Just have faith.”
Lord God my Father,
Give me understanding to make my faith whole, Heal me from distraction and doubt.
In Jesus name I pray,
Amen
“You are my dearly loved Son, and you bring me great joy.”
“It has such authority! Even evil spirits obey his orders!”
I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
Lord God my Father,
I know you love me more than I can understand, help me to love myself for who you created me to be and turn my back on the ways I have learned that separate me from you. I am a broken sinner and need your way to find truth.
In Jesus name I pray,
Amen
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
“Love your neighbor as yourself.”
And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires.
Lord God my Father,
Grab me where I am and transform me into the man you desire me to be. Make me aware of my sin and direct me to do what I must to be free from it, from there you transform me to my purpose. Give me a heart that relies only on you and not of this world.
In Jesus name I pray,
Amen
Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit.
For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.
For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.
Lord God my Father,
Again I ask you to protect me from my sinful nature, be with me and focus my desire on what pleases you alone. I am weak on my own and need your grace to overpower my guilt.
I Jesus name I pray,
Amen
The only way to avoid breaking the law is to have no law to break!
He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever he promises. 22And because of Abraham’s faith, God counted him as righteous.
So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus.
So we can see how terrible sin really is. It uses God’s good commands for its own evil purposes.
I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. 22I love God’s law with all my heart. 23But there is another power7:23 Greek law; also in 7:23b. within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. 24Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? 25Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.
Lord God my Father,
Thank you for your law so I know the boundary of good and bad. I know I am a sinner and for that I have regrets. Take the power of sin and block it from my way, replace my way with your way and reinforce my desire to serve only you and not this world. I know you created me for your good but the sin nature I carry messes me up. Thank you for loving me so much even thou I am a sinner and thank you for the freedom you gave me by the sacrifice you made to pay for my sin.
In Jesus name I pray,
Amen
In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead. 10And he did rescue us
for it is by your own faith that you stand firm.
And when I forgive whatever needs to be forgiven, I do so with Christ’s authority for your benefit, 11so that Satan will not outsmart us. For we are familiar with his evil schemes.
If the old way, which brings condemnation, was glorious, how much more glorious is the new way, which makes us right with God!
Lord God my Father,
I rely on you, But I struggle to rely on you completely. I take control when I take my eyes off of your truth and create such a mess. Protect me from Satan’s evil scheme and deliver me to your Glory.
In Jesus name I pray,
Amen