From the time I brought your ancestors up from Egypt until today, I warned them again and again, saying, “Obey me.” 8But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts. So I brought on them all the curses of the covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.’ ”

And if they learn well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives’—even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among my people.

Lord God my Father,

You have made your way clear, and I have put my own above you. Forgive me and bring your healing over me so I may only know your way. My heart is filled with evil, and it calls to me, help me to ignore my desires and make your desires closer to my heart so I may only follow you.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Discipline me, Lord, but only in due measure— not in your anger, or you will reduce me to nothing.

‘Obey me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God. 

But you, Lord Almighty, who judge righteously and test the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for to you I have committed my cause.

And if they learn well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives’—even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among my people. 17But if any nation does not listen, I will completely uproot and destroy it,” declares the Lord.

These wicked people, who refuse to listen to my words, who follow the stubbornness of their hearts and go after other gods to serve and worship them, will be like this belt—completely useless! 

Lord God my Father,

Thank you for your Grace and fairness. Shape me into your design for me and help me to ignore my sin nature so I may be closer to you. I wish to be obedient to your way above my own. Only your judgment is righteous so keep me from judgmental thinking. Help me to know you and not be stubborn in my ways.

in Jesus name I pray,

Amen

“ ‘The people of Judah have done evil in my eyes, declares the Lord. They have set up their detestable idols in the house that bears my Name and have defiled it. 

You live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,” declares the Lord.

Lord God my Father,

Show me the idols in my life and show me how to destroy them. Make me obedient only to you. Protect me from the deceiver and the traps set for me so I may rest in your design and desire.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts; they have turned aside and gone away. 24They do not say to themselves, ‘Let us fear the Lord our God, who gives autumn and spring rains in season, who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’

I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their schemes, because they have not listened to my words and have rejected my law.

the wicked are not purged out. 30They are called rejected silver, because the Lord has rejected them.”

Lord God my Father,

Keep me near and open my heart to only know you. Protect me from my sinful desires and allow your Peace to overwhelm my ways so I may know you and live by your design. Place your shield between my and the wicked ways around me, call me your own.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the Lord.

“ ‘How gladly would I treat you like my children and give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.’ I thought you would call me ‘Father’ and not turn away from following me. 20But like a woman unfaithful to her husband, so you, Israel, have been unfaithful to me,” declares the Lord.

“Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding.”

Lord God my Father,

You are my strength and protector. Turn away those who wish to destroy me and show me how to overcome the attacks. Show me your way and provide for my needs and my family’s needs. You are my father and everything good in me comes from you. Cure me from my wondering.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

In the fire of his jealousy the whole earth will be consumed, for he will make a sudden end of all who live on the earth.

Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! 2She obeys no one, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord, she does not draw near to her God.

Lord God my Fahter,

You are the great designer and all powerful. Your way is life, any other way is death. Point out the evil surrounding me and make me stronger than the darkness. Help me to represent you well and allow your Love to be louder than the darkness.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Just as he had done at Bethel, Josiah removed all the shrines at the high places that the kings of Israel had built in the towns of Samaria and that had aroused the Lord’s anger.

Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned to the Lord as he did—with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, in accordance with all the Law of Moses.

Nevertheless, the Lord did not turn away from the heat of his fierce anger, which burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to arouse his anger.

 Great is the Lord’s anger that is poured out on us because those who have gone before us have not kept the word of the Lord; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written in this book.”

Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God when you heard what he spoke against this place and its people, and because you humbled yourself before me and tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares the Lord. 

Lord God my Father,

Give me presence to see the idols in my life and remove them. Help me to keep my focus on your desires and lesson my own. Be with me in every struggle before me and make clear my choice and give me confidence to move when uncomfortable. Help me to delight in all things and be humble to all.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. 11So the Lord brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon. 

Lord God my Father,

Draw me near and show me your way. Protect me from the deceiver and secure me in your ways.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Oh, look on us, we pray, for we are all your people.

“These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.

Lord God my Father,

Give me a heart that praises you in all situations and show me how to live in your favor. Make your way more important to me than my way.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

No one calls for justice; no one pleads a case with integrity. They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.

“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you,

Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion.

I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,

Why, Lord, do you make us wander from your ways and harden our hearts so we do not revere you?

Lord God my Father,

Make me despise injustice and use me to share your integrity. Keep me close and warn me when I lose focus. Keep me from anger and help me to love louder than the darkness around me. I want to delight in all that comes my way, only your strength can save me.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen