Gracious Father, Your Son called his disciples together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you.” Lording over others was not Christ’s holy nature and it should not...
Gracious Father, like Nehemiah, as we scan the needs of our family, friends, and beyond, we see many suffering with trouble and disgrace. Despite their best efforts, many agonize with broken lives, unprotected and experiencing parched and burned-out results. Like us,...
Gracious Father, we thank you for the practical and empowering truth your Living Word produces in our lives. Today, we invite you to make our communication with others edifying. We are often apt to enter conversations and only half listen and, even worse, go in...
Gracious Father, thank you that you called us to serve as ministers of the gospel. Thank you that your call is accompanied by your incredible power and wisdom. We, without hesitation, declare our absolute need and utter dependence upon you as sheep sent out among...
Gracious Father, I want to thank you for how you have called and gifted us to carry out your ministry. I pray that we would be faithful stewards of your wonderful grace as we care for and speak into the needs of others. Lord Jesus, I pray, as we trust and serve you,...
Gracious Father, no doubt, we try every ounce of your patience. Yes! You have commanded us to be strong and courageous. However, rather than standing in the shadow of your presence and power, we often trust in self-dependence, self-effort, and self-generated...
Gracious Father, in the best way we know how, we wholeheartedly desire to depend on and trust in you alone. You, The Holy, Almighty, and Omniscient One, are trustworthy. You are sacrificially faithful, intimately available, and sincerely interested in us, all driven...
Gracious Father, we thank you for the clear calling to ministry in our lives. We pray, like Joshua, that we would have ears to hear your clear directives, willing hearts to receive them, and diligence and courage to obey. Father, your assignment to Joshua was clear,...
Gracious Father, when we were led to Christ, were taught in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. We were taught, regarding the former way of life, that we were in a hopeless state—dead—and only through Christ could we experience life. We were taught that we...
Gracious Father, it is the incredible love of Christ that compels us. We are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for us, that we who live should no longer live for ourselves, but for Christ who died for us and was raised again....