He dies that we might not die - John 8:21-30

 
Father
You have been pleased
to send your Son,
so that he may be lifted up,
that we might not die in our sins.
We believe that he is God Almighty come in the flesh for us.
Thank you for saving us from the eternal punishment of death in our sin.
Amen

Light for my Darkness - John 8:12-20

 
Father
You are our light and our salvation (Ps 27:1)
We need light so that we don’t get lost
We need light so that we don’t stumble
We need light so that we are not afraid
Thank you for guiding our paths
Thank you for shining life into us
Please make us light shiners
For your glory alone
Amen

A belly full of water when you are thirsty - John 7:37-52

Father,
You have made us thirsty for you
We ache for living water
May we come to your Son and drink deeply
And as your Holy Spirit fills us may we overflow with Christ
For all eternity
Amen

 

John 7:14-36 Sent by God? Really Loved

Father,
You have sent your Son.
And so, he speaks with the very authority of God.
He seeks your glory,
He knows you,
You have sent him to us,
Before he returns to you.
Oh what a blessed and loved people we are!
Amen

Hated Jesus - John 7:1-13

Father,
You are so good

So lovely

So kind
So merciful
So gracious.
You are always opposed to evil.
It saddens us that the world hates you.
May we be prepared for its hatred of us
May we not hate you
May we not seek to elicit power when you work in weakness
May we respond to hatred with resolute, committed love
Amen

Is God really in charge? John 6:35-40 & 60-71

Our Loving Heavenly Father
Full of grace
Full of mercy
Full of compassion
You desire that we trust your Son
And receive eternal life.
Your Son has ascended to give us confidence
Your Spirit gives us life
And you grant that we may come to you.
Strengthen our faith.
Enable us to keep on believing
Taking confidence that you have chosen us for your glory.
Amen
 

Inspiration - 2 Peter 1:16-2:3

Our Father
Our trust is not based on the testimony of one person
But on the eye-witness accounts of many:
They heard your voice speak
They saw your Son live
And they heard the testimony of the prophets.
May we trust them!
Hear the Scriptures!
Listen to your voice!
Ever wary of false teachers and heresies!
Amen

John 6:22-35 - Why are we exhausted?

Our Father
We have wasted so much of ourselves on desires that are perishing
We have worked for that which will not endure
And it has exhausted us.
Forgive us.
Grow in us the realisation that you desire to give us life
That you have sent Jesus the author of life that we may have life
May we trust him and find rest in him alone
Amen.

 

Facing Fear - John 6:1-21

 Father,
Give us a sense of the greatness of Jesus,
That we might remember our smallness,
Even as we revel in his greatness.
May we not live afraid,
Instead
Enable us to live trusting your power
Repenting of our fears
Looking to Jesus
Amen
 

Confession - Fear (John 6:1-21)

Our loving heavenly Father
Our many fears display our forgetfulness of your greatness
Forgive us that we treat you as if you are
Small
Inconsequential
Trivial
When you are eternal.
Forgive us that we consider ourselves great.
Our fears show the folly of our thinking
Restore us
Forgive us
Remind us
Give us such a sense of your greatness
May we revel in your love for us.
And so, love you more
Amen 

Extraordinary Jesus - John 5:31-47

Father, you have caused all Scripture to be written that we may know and love Jesus.
Help us to read the Scriptures:
·       to hear them,
·       to scrutinise them,
·       to trust them,
·       to absorb them
·       and to apply them,
So that we may receive and never let go of the eternal life which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen

John 5: 17-29 - God: The Trinity

Our Father,
Thank you, that you and your Son Jesus are in perfect harmony.
Thank you, that you raise the dead to life.
Thank you, that judgement is coming for those who do evil.
Thank you that when we believe we pass from death to life.
Amen

How was the Bible formed and finalised? 2 Timothy 3:14-17

Father of words
You are a God who speaks
Sure words
True words
Words of life.
Give us hearts that hear
Wills that bow
Desires that love
You alone!
Amen

 

Seeing the world as it really is - John 4:27-45

Our Father,
Thank you that you see what we cannot see.
Thank you for reminding us that the fields are ripe to the harvest.
May we see people and then invite them to Jesus.
In order that sower and reaper may rejoice together.
May we not be dull, thinking only of our stomachs.
Instead, may we be willing to labour,
Inviting many to come to Jesus, that they may believe.
Amen

 

Sex is Life: or is it? John 4:1-26

Our loving Heavenly Father
Jesus offers us living water
With the woman we ask, “Give us this water.”
Become in us a spring, welling up to eternal life.
Keep us from deflecting when you challenge our sin
May we grasp the glory that Jesus is the Messiah king

And may we invite our friends to come and see.
Amen

Is your Jesus big enough? John 3:22-36

Father,
May Jesus increase
May I decrease.
May we decrease.
May we trust that he is above all.
May we listen to your words from Jesus.
May we trust that all things are in his hand.
Even as we believe and obey your Son.
Amen

Let's talk about Life (part 2) - John 3:16-22

Our Father,

Love explodes from you at every point.
You have given your most precious Son.
You have done what we need that we might not perish
But may instead live.
We believe. O help us in our unbelief.
Forgive us that we still love darkness.
Expose the darkness within us.
And bring us evermore into the light
Even as you bring others into the light too.

Amen

Let's talk about life (part 1) - John 3:1-15

Father,
Thank you that we can enter the Kingdom of God
Thank you, that when we believe, we are given eternal life
Thank you that we are loved by you
Thank you that we are not condemned by you
But instead saved by you.
Help us to come increasingly into the light
To hate the darkness
To hate the evil and wicked things that dwell in our hearts
To love the light
To do what is true
Amen

A light and a lamp - Psalm 119:105-112 - #YearoftheBible1

Our loving heavenly Father
You have promised to keep us safe and to light our way in a world of dangers
You have promised to give us direction so that our lives might not be wasted
But we are deeply afflicted
The wicked have laid snares for us
And often we feel like we are lost.
We seek your word to us
We seek the safety of your rules
We seek to stay within your precepts
We seek the joy of your testimonies
And we incline our hearts to perform your statues forever
Amen