Almighty God, our sure hope, our great joy and our enduring treasure, you alone are worthy as our great and eternal end, aim and ambition. Thank you for giving us these intense and yearning hearts which are so desperate to be satisfied. We confess with joy this morning that these hearts you have made in each of us can only be satisfied by you, your steadfast love. Would you convince us this morning through your Word and the power of your Spirit that all of creation will leave us hallow, longing ...
Oct 26, 2015
Almighty God of our every delight, as a deer pants for flowing streams, so cause our souls to pant for you this morning, Father. O God, you are our God, cause us to earnestly seek you, cause our souls to thirst for you as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. May our hearts and souls confess, “One thing we ask of the LORD, that will we seek after, that we may dwell in the house of the LORD all our days and gaze upon the beauty of the LORD. Indeed, the LORD is our shepherd and in him w...
Oct 18, 2015
Almighty gracious Father in heaven, slow to anger, merciful and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty because you are just and faithful. You have not forsaken us. Your anger has not lingered but you turned from your anger, you withdrew your wrath, and forgave your people by covering our sin with the shed blood of Jesus Christ our Savior and LORD. You deserve all praise, glory, honor and worship. Thank you, LORD. Thank you for this ...
Oct 12, 2015
Our Father in heaven, thank you for granting at great cost the blood of Jesus Christ, that we might be able to call you Father. I ask the when we pray, Lord, that we would be careful to acknowledge and affirm that just the very ability for us to call upon your Name and to know your character and your nature is an unfathomable blessing. And in the midst of that you tell us that we can call you ‘Father’, and that you, as a good Father, desire to hear from us, long to have us come to you, and to li...
Oct 04, 2015
Holy Father, you have saved us through your trinitarian nature, by the power of your holy Being. You have commanded the faith you give us to result in good works, through which you are glorified. We pray that you glorify yourself in revealing to your people more of your holy character, which includes your saving mercy toward all who believe in Jesus Christ. We thank you, God, for your abundant blessings toward us, who before your grace we at enmity against you. Amen & Amen. Title: The Righte...
Sep 28, 2015
Almighty Father in heaven, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgressions and sins, but who will by no means clear the guilty. We praise you for you are, indeed, worthy. Grant us faith this morning, Lord, to trust in Christ’s blood poured out for many that we might be forgiven of our sins and bow to you in worship. Forgive us our debts, Lord Jesus. Help us see the ...
Sep 20, 2015
Almighty Father in heaven, you are our Provider, Sustainer and Creator. What do we have that we have not received from your hand? Lord, thank you for giving so abundantly and so graciously. Lord, we are too often thankless and grumbling even in our abundance. We are seldom in humble gratitude for all you have supplied and provided for day after day your are so very faithful and gracious. Thank you, Lord. Thank you for opening your hand upon all of us this day, this morning, for only you can sati...
Sep 13, 2015
Sovereign Father in heaven, may your kingdom come and your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. We confess our attempts to be govern our own lives as if we are independent and sufficient in ourselves. We confess our constant attempts to order and maneuver our lives and those around us has proved over and over again that you are sovereign and we are not. Lord, help us. Father grant us your Spirit this morning that we might repent of our attempts to live out “my will be done” and by faith and...
Sep 06, 2015
Father in heaven, let your kingdom come; for yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your right hand are power and might, and by your bidding you move all things great and small. You give strength to all and number every creature’s days. And we this morning desire to speak of the glory of your kingdom, for it is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. Thank you, LORD,...
Aug 30, 2015
Our Father in Heaven, what is our wish? What is our request? What do we want you to do for us? This is our heart’s desire and prayer in the first place: Father in heaven, let your name be hallowed, sanctified. We pray that you may be glorified as a holy God. We desire to exalt the LORD our God, to worship at his footstool, at his holy mountain; to praise his great and awesome name, for it is holy, for the LORD our God is holy. You are holy, enthroned on the praises of your people. We glory in yo...
Aug 23, 2015
O God of grace and peace, you who are Father of all you have chosen, we thank you, God, as we joyfully remember the family of faith you have purchased through the blood of your Son. We thank you for the glory of the gospel of Christ, which binds your children together as children of one heavenly Father, but which also binds us together in a common purpose: to spread the good news to every corner of the world you bring us to. We are certain, O God, of your ability and your will to complete in us ...
Aug 16, 2015
O God of peace, you dwell at all times in perfect peace, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It is because of our sinfulness that your church does not dwell in this peace. I thank you, God, that you have made peace with sinners through the blood of your One and Only Son, and that we can exercise the faith you freely give us in order to echo the peace in which you live in heaven, here on earth. I pray that you will cause us to love each other in your peace, encouraging one another in the gospel of peac...
Aug 10, 2015
