For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

Lord God my Father,

I ask you to remove my past and place me in your present free from my past.

Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?”

These people honor me with their lips,but their hearts are far from me.9Their worship is a farce,for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God.’

Lord God my Father,

Give me your understanding, take my desire to understand and allow me to understand. Protect my lips so they may be pleasing to you.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Jumping up, they mobbed him and forced him to the edge of the hill on which the town was built. They intended to push him over the cliff, 30but he passed right through the crowd and went on his way.

“Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!” 20And they left their nets at once and followed him.

Suddenly, a man in the synagogue who was possessed by an evil1:23 Greek unclean; also in 1:26, 27. spirit cried out, 24“Why are you interfering with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”

So Jesus healed many people who were sick with various diseases, and he cast out many demons. But because the demons knew who he was, he did not allow them to speak.

Lord God my Father,

Help me to accept you in all areas, I want to follow you without baggage to confuse me. May your Truth overwhelm any lie I allow to rest on me, Heal me completely to your original design.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Then those who had seen what happened told the others about the demon-possessed man and the pigs. 17And the crowd began pleading with Jesus to go away and leave them alone.

The herdsmen fled to the nearby town, telling everyone what happened to the demon-possessed men. 34Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus, but they begged him to go away and leave them alone.

Then those who had seen what happened told the others how the demon-possessed man had been healed. 37And all the people in the region of the Gerasenes begged Jesus to go away and leave them alone, for a great wave of fear swept over them.

For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.” 

Then the frightened woman, trembling at the realization of what had happened to her, came and fell to her knees in front of him and told him what she had done. 34And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.”

“Don’t be afraid. Just have faith, and she will be healed.”

Lord God my Father,

Remove my desire to find comfort in my defects, Clean me from my dysfunctional ways and restore me to the wholeness you created me to be. Rid me of evil, heal me from my life long struggles.

“You are permitted to understand the secrets of the Kingdom of God. But I use parables to teach the others so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled: ‘When they look, they won’t really see. When they hear, they won’t understand.’

“So pay attention to how you hear. To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what they think they understand will be taken away from them.”

But soon a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water.38Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?”

 But Jesus was sleeping. 25The disciples went and woke him up, shouting, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”26Jesus responded, “Why are you afraid? You have so little faith!” Then he got up and rebuked the wind and waves, and suddenly there was a great calm.

Lord God my Father,

Open my eyes, ears and heart so I may hear your message clearly, give me an obedient heart to act on your desire in me. Protect me from the lies of this world, give me complete trust in your Truth.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

“A kingdom divided by civil war will collapse. 25Similarly, a family splintered by feuding will fall apart.

“Any kingdom divided by civil war is doomed. A town or family splintered by feuding will fall apart. 26And if Satan is casting out Satan, he is divided and fighting against himself. His own kingdom will not survive.

“The people of Nineveh will stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent.

Anyone who does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”

Lord God my Father,

Bring unity to my thoughts, allow me to come completely under your authority, use me as you wish and make me obedient to your desire.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

 “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?”

But if you don’t believe me when I tell you about earthly things, how can you possibly believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 

And anyone who believes in God’s Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment.”

But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. 24For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”

Lord God my Father,

Open my mind to understand without question, your desire. Allow me to carry faith without question and be content with today’s understanding.

Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of these men who heard what John said and then followed Jesus.

“Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.”5But his mother told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

Lord God my Father,

Completely open my eyes to see your Truth and give me boldness to ask you what you want me to ask.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen