Friday Prayer:
Lord God, wise guide and Sovereign Spirit, I worship you and bow in submission before you. O God, I will to do your will in all things. Work in me by your Spirit today, I pray, that my intentions may be pure and my will may be strong to do your will; to follow in the way of Jesus. Amen.
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You desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. — Psalm 51:6
Thursday Prayer:
O God, I worship you this day and long to know you more deeply. Show me your ways! Though your ways are not the ways of humankind, I ask that by your Spirit you will reveal your ways more fully to my soul, that I may faithfully and fruitfully serve your purposes. I honor and praise you, Lord Jesus, this day. I pray that my ways may become your ways. Amen.
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[Moses prayed to the Lord,] “If I have found favor in your sight, show me your ways, so that I may know you and find favor in your sight. . . .” [The Lord] said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” — Exodus 33:13-14
Wednesday Prayer:
Waking or sleeping, O God, I thank you that I am in your care. Holy Lord, I rest in you today, putting all my trust and hope in you and depending on the work of your Spirit to sustain me and to make Jesus real in my life. Holy Trinity, be in and around, behind and before me this day, I pray, as I worship and serve you. Amen.
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And now, O Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you. — Psalm 39:7
Tuesday Prayer:
O Sovereign Lord, morning, noon, and evening, and when I awake in the nighttime hours, my prayer and my song is: May your kingdom come and your will be done on earth as in heaven. O God, may your kingdom come. Holy Spirit, use me this day for your kingdom purposes, to the praise and glory of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen.
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By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. — Psalm 42:8
