A Prayer for Feasting and Fellowshipping with Jesus Levi [Matthew] held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and [...]
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A Prayer for Accepting One Another As Christ Accepts Us
July 2, 2012 – 1:37 am
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. Rom. 15:7 Dear Lord Jesus, it’s both settling and centering to begin this day with the full assurance of your acceptance. You know everything about me, and still I’m fully and eternally accepted by you. Accepted, not [...]
A Prayer for Grace to Accept Change
October 19, 2011 – 4:46 am
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8 Dear Jesus, I really don’t like change. I like newness, excitement and adventure, but when it’s all said and done, I want to come home to the normal and known. Grant me grace to accept change, because there’s so much change going on everywhere I look. [...]
A Prayer of Joy for Being Completely Known by Jesus
October 5, 2011 – 4:18 am
Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” John 4:29 Lord Jesus, I wish I could’ve been present to watch this liberated, grace-saturated Samaritan woman recount the tale of her collision with the gospel—her story of meeting you and coming alive to your great compassion and mercy [...]
A Prayer for a Welcoming and Accepting Heart
June 30, 2011 – 5:05 am
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. Rom. 15:7 Dear Lord Jesus, to begin this day with the assurance of your acceptance brings great peace and joy to my heart. You know everything about me, and yet you gladly and fully accept me. You know my [...]
A Prayer About Loving God More Than His Gifts
November 19, 2010 – 4:58 am
Many are asking, “Who can show us any good?” Let the light of your face shine upon us, O LORD. You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound. I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. [...]
A Prayer About Endurance and Encouragement
October 10, 2010 – 4:49 am
May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise [...]
A Prayer About Being Completely Known
September 11, 2010 – 3:29 am
“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” John 4:29 Jesus, it would’ve been a holy joy to have been present when this Samaritan woman reenacted her collision with the gospel (John 4:1-42). Though she’d been on a mission to get water from Jacob’s well, you [...]
A Prayer About Accepting Others
July 1, 2010 – 5:30 am
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. Romans 15:7 Dear Lord Jesus, it’s both settling and centering to begin this day with the assurance of your acceptance. You know everything about me, and still I’m fully and eternally accepted by God in you. You [...]
A Prayer About Accepting, Not Just Enduring One Another
April 13, 2010 – 4:58 am
Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters. One man’s faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not [...]
