“Let There Be” is a prayer from reflection and meditation on God’s word—things He has spoken, is speaking and will speak—and the power it holds to transform and create.
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Your Goodness, Your Mercy: A Prayer
“Your Goodness, Your Mercy” is prayer inspired by Psalm 23. Through every up-and-down, twist-and-turn, God’s goodness and mercy is right there chasing after us. Through it all, God is with us. And because He is with us, there is rest and joy, peace and life.
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Our God creates and cares and cultivates. He endlessly pours out His love on us. Although sinless, He suffered to save us. He looks at us and says, “Beloved, you are worth it all.” He calls us sons and daughters. He fills us with Light to push back the darkness. This is our God.
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Today’s prayer “Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread” is the fifth in a series of prayers working through the Lord’s prayer found in Matthew 6v9-13 and Luke 11v2-4. The Lord’s prayer is a teaching from Jesus on how to pray and provides us with a framework for living life with the Father. You should begin by reading the prayers “Father,” “In Heaven,” “Hallowed Be Your Name” and “Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done.”
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In “Empty Prayers,” Connor confronts the reality that praying can be difficult. He reminds us though that we have a good and loving Father who knows us and wants to be with us.
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Today’s prayer “In Heaven” is the second in a series of prayers working through what is known as the Lord’s prayer found in Matthew 6v9-13 and Luke 11v2-4. The Lord’s prayer is a teaching from Jesus on how to pray and provides us with a framework for communicating and living life with the Father. You should begin by reading last week’s prayer entitled “Father.”
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Today’s prayer “Father” begins a series of prayers working through what is known as the Lord’s prayer found in Matthew 6v9-13 and Luke 11v2-4. The Lord’s prayer is a teaching from Jesus on how to pray and provides us with a framework for communicating and living life with the Father. We’re going to walk through it in the weeks ahead and see what we can learn from Jesus on praying beginning with the way we address God—as Father.
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Come abide in me. This is the primary invitation of Jesus and should be the deepest desire and cry of His followers. There is nothing better than to know Him and be with Him. A prayer from reflection on Matthew 11v28-30, Luke 11v5-13 and John 15v1-8.
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Entrusting yourself to the Father is the safest, most fulfilling place to put your worth. Only He can satisfy and complete you. Others’ approval and acceptance is fleeting. The Father’s is everlasting. Put your identity in Him.
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You are a saint saved by grace—perfect yet being sanctified. Even if you feel defeated by sin, know that you are not defined by it. Christ has defeated sin and death, and His victory is ours by grace.
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