I don’t need saving! Do I?
Acts 16:25-40

Our Father,

You are the God of greatness

And we are far from you.

We don’t think there is anything wrong.

Our city is facing hell.

Our loved ones are facing hell.

O help us to believe in the Lord Jesus!

May we be full on in with Christ,

Not just intellectually connected,

Nor sentimentally religious,

But full on in with Jesus our Lord and our saviour.

Thank you for doing all that was necessary to save us.

Amen

Follow a Leader of Sincere Faith - 2 Timothy 1:1-7

Father,

You have promised and provided life in Christ Jesus.

You give to us undeserved grace, free mercy and sustaining peace.

Give us men of sincere faith to lead us.

Men who fan into flames the gift of God;

Who confront their fears;

And who are full of the spirit of power, love and self-control.

Remove leaders that are proud and self-sufficient; who sow hatred, licentiousness and lawlessness.

Save your people I pray.

Seeing vs Sight: John 9:1-41

Father, your Son is the light of the world

Shine your light into the darkest recesses of our hearts that we may see the Son,

That we may believe in the Son of Man.

Make us who are blind to our blindness, see

Even as you make those who appear to see, blind.

Day by day God is working his plan - Genesis 24

Father as we see your hand at work moving history towards your purposes we confess that

we are working for our own glory

we seek our own desires

we want our own way;

Little realising that the joy we seek is not found there.

As you show us your hand at work

Give us confidence in your plan

Help us to trust your love towards us

May we align our lives in accordance with truth

And in so doing experience your joy and peace.

May our strivings cease, and our confidence and trust in you grow ever stronger.

May our agendas pale and wane as we are increasingly give ourselves to your kingdom and your glory.

We pray for Jesus sake

Amen

In Christ - Ephesians 1:1,2

Father, you willed to raise apostles,

You called them to speak of Christ Jesus.

You created a church of saints,

You gave us faith,

And you brought us in to Christ Jesus.

Thank you for grace,

Thank you for peace,

Thank you for the Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 4:1-25

Father,

You raised Jesus from the dead.

He was delivered up for our trespasses.

He was raised for our justification.

We believe it is true.

Though we do not see it,

We trust that you have credited us with righteousness.

Against all hope, like Abraham, we believe,

Keep us from wavering;

Keep us fully persuaded that you have the power to do what you have promised.

So that soon when we stand before you,

It will be a day of rejoicing and not of judgement.

In Christ’s name alone we pray.

Amen

Romans 3:1-8

Father,

May we know you, trust you and love you as you are.

May we see you in your word,

Hear you in our hearts,

Trust your constant faithfulness,

Rejoice in your justice,

Tremble at your righteousness,

And live truly with your presence.

May you be to us

God the speaking one,

God the faithful one,

God the just one,

And God the righteous one.

Amen

Mark 5:21-43

Father, Jesus went with Jairus.

He turned around in the crowd,

He told her to go in peace.

He told him not to be afraid,

He told him to believe.

He told them to stop crying,

And he told her to get up.

Father may we reach out for Jesus

And not be afraid.

May we trust him when the questions rise

And not be afraid.

Amen

Faithful

Father of time,

The return of your son is certain,

But we live as if he is never coming.

We waste our lives on the trivial.

We expend our energy on the meaningless,

Because our hearts are devoted to ourselves.

Give us hearts fixed on you.

Give us such a vision of the future that its reality shapes our waking hours.

Give us such clarity of faith that we may live faithful and ready for Jesus return.

Amen  

Blind Bartimaeus

Father of power and mercy,

Your Son is the Messiah King,

The promised Son of David,

And the God of life.

Have mercy on us,

Let us recover our sight,         

And truly see Jesus.

As we truly see you.

Amen

A Childlike Faith

Father of the weak,

God of the small,

Lover of the vulnerable and insignificant,

We pray for you to give us childlike and humble hearts;

May we know our need,

May we approach you in it;

May we love you as our all and only;

May we have eyes only for you.

May children be precious in our sight,

And precious in our hearts.

For your glory alone.

Amen            

Faith and Service

Our faithful Father;

forgive our doubts;

forgive our fears;

grow our feeble trust;

and may we achieve great things by trusting you.

Help us to think properly about ourselves;

properly about our service;

properly about praise and reward;

and may we recognise that we are unworthy servants of a great God…

Amen

Based on Luke 17:5-10

A Prayer to be a Disciple Based on Luke 17:1-10

Father, I seek to be a disciple of your son.Serious about sin;Serious about forgiveness;Serious about trusting you;And serious about service.

None of them come naturally to meI love my sin;I hate forgiving;I trust so little;and I serve myself most of all.Forgive me and transform my heart that I might be your disciple.

Amen