Leading for Significance - 2 Corinthians 10:1-18

 

Our Father in heaven
You have led us in meekness, gentleness and humility.
You have acted with mercy, grace and forgiveness when Christ came.  
Though the gospel seems weak, it is your power to destroy strongholds, bringing all under the Lordship of Christ.
Take this gospel to every tribe and nation.
Give us the desire to long for your commendation and approval.
As we seek gentleness, meekness and humility.
Amen

 

Live Worthy
Philippians 1:27-30  

Father of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Empower us by your Spirit to live worthy of the gospel.
May Christ be our desire
May Christ be our model

May Christ be our striving
Enable us to stand firm, united in one spirit, with one mind;
Striving side by side for the faith of the gospel.
May we not be frightened of our opponents. Remembering that you will destroy all opposition.
Remind us that it has been granted to us to suffer for the sake of Christ.
Encourage and strengthen us.
For your honour and glory
Amen

Father you are a God who works salvation.

There is none like you.

No one that we can count on like you.

You know, and you see and you weigh;

You break the bows of the mighty and bind up the feeble;

You empty the full and feed the empty;

You make the barren fruitful and the mother of many forlorn;

You kill and you bring to life;

You make poor and you make rich;

You bring low and you exalt;

You raise up the needy to fill them with good things;

You will guard the faithful and destroy the wicked;

Might shall not prevail;

You will judge the earth and exalt your king.

Scandalous Suffering (part 1) - 2 Timothy 1:8-14

Father I am often ashamed of you and Jesus my Lord.

I am not willing to suffer much for Christ!

I need the power of God.

You have saved me and called me

By your purposes and grace

In Christ Jesus before the ages began.

Jesus appeared, abolished death

Brought life and immortality.

May we follow the patterns of sound words and guard the good deposit given to us.

Save me from a timid, fearful, ineffective and ashamed life.

Jesus Christ and him Crucified - 1 Corinthians 2:2

Father of Jesus,

We commit to your son,

To his deity, his humanity and his Lordship over us.

We declare he is the anointed, Messiah king,

Promised by the prophets,

Ruler of heaven and earth.

We submit ourselves to him.

We desire to love him.

We embrace his crucifixion.

We declare he died for us,

It was our sin that placed him on the cross.

That cross is our beacon of hope,

   Our lighthouse for direction,

   Our only hope of mercy,

   Our confidence in our brokenness,

   The goal for our hearts,

And the rule for our lives.

May we bear it,

   Live it,

   Love it,

   Proclaim it,

   Be moulded by it,

And trust the one who died on it.

Amen

Romans 2:1-16

Father, 

I am quick to judge everyone else,

And slow to judge myself.

I am quick to presume on your kindness and patience,

And slow to repent.

I am quick to forget that the day of wrath is coming,

And slow to live a life that is worthy.

I am deserving of your wrath and fury,

I do not do good and there is so little repentance in me.

My heart is hard and wayward.

I have heard the law but I have not done it,

And my conscience condemns me.

You know my secrets,

And they are vile.

Have mercy on me.

Do not treat me as I deserve,

And may your kindness bring me to repentance.

For your glory alone

Amen

The God of Eternal Power

Father of Eternal Power,

You are the king of divine nature,

You show your greatness in your creation.

We are without excuse.

We have not honoured you as you deserve.

We have not given thanks to you for what you have made.

Our thinking has become futile and our hearts darkened.

We have become fools though we think we are wise.

We exchange your glory for the stuff of this world;

And your wrath is rightly upon us.

Be merciful to us we pray.

Do not hand us over to depravity and destruction

Forgive us we pray and save us because of Jesus Christ our Lord

Amen

The Righteous God

O God our Father,

You are Righteous,

And you have given your righteousness to us.

Give us faith to look to you alone.

Enable us to live by faith.

As you enable us by faith to live.

May your gospel be to us the power of God for our salvation,

And the salvation of the world,

As we come to know you,

Our righteous Father.

Amen

Romans 1:14-17

The Glorious Gospel

       

Father God,

You promised,

Through the prophets,

In the scriptures,

Your Son.

Descended from David,

Raised from the dead,

Jesus Christ our Lord.

He is,

For all people,

By faith.

And we belong to him.

Thank you. 

Amen

Romans 1:1-7

Christmas Blessing

May the joy of the angels be the song of your heart:

May the reality of Jesus birth, give you confidence in a world of despair:

May the favour of God provide you with security in this fragile life:

May the promises of God assure you of his love and unchanging commitment:

And may the sovereignty of God offer you peace in a world of conflict:

May the death of Jesus bring you forgiveness from your sin: release from your shame and confidence in your fear

May his resurrection give you the hope of life eternal:

And may his triumph over death remind you that there is coming a day when you will see him face to face…

Merry Christmas