Pause to Pray Week 11

Series: Pause to Pray: A Summer Prayer Experience

September 18, 2022
Todd Lynn

Episode Notes

Personal Prayer Guide

1. God, be my God - Psalm 73:24-25; Matt. 6:33

1. Be my ALL-Satisfying treasure and ALL (Everything). Cause me to be jealous for Your exclusive supremacy over all my affections.

2. Lead me to love God with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength.

2. Soften my heart - Hebrews 1:3, Psalm 95

1. Rescue me from cynicism and make me tender to your presence in the non-complicated and most complicated details of life and give me a heart for our neighbors and friends who do not know you.

3. Give me a desire to know and study Your Word - Psalm 119:18,36

1. Help me to long for and increase my desire for Your Word and when you draw me to Your Word, give me eyes to see wonderful things

4. Increase my faith - Romans 8:28-30

1. Give me a rock-solid confidence that your incomparable power is only always wielded for my absolute good in Christ.

2. In times of change, chaos, and confusion, increase my faith to trust that you are in control

5. Intensify my joy – James 1:2, Romans 15:13, Exodus 33:14-15, Hebrews 11:24-27

1. Give me a joy in You that abandons all to the riches of your grace in Jesus and that says firmly, clearly, gladly, “I’ll go anywhere and do anything if you are there.”

2. Give me a joy in You that draws others to Yourself

6. Lead me to cherish your church/body of Christ – John 17, 1 Corinthians 12:12-27, Romans 12:3-8, Ephesians 4:15-16

1. Build relationships into my life that challenge and encourage me to walk in step with the truth of the gospel and cause me to love corporate gatherings and everyday life of the body.

7. Multiply my influence – 1 Peter 1:3-9

1. Use me to make a Gospel impact on those around me. Give me glimpses of it. Pour me out in love for our neighbors and spark creative ways to engage them for Jesus’ sake.

8. Give me wisdom - Colossians 1:9-10, Psalm 143:10, Ephesians 6:10-20

1. Lead me to see realities of life I often overlook and bring with those visions a heart for You and the things of You.

9. Make me hear your voice - 2 Peter 1:3

1. Help me read the Bible and accept it as it really is, Your Word…Your very Word to me where I live, full of grace and power and everything I need pertaining to life and godliness.

10.   Overcome me with Jesus - Romans 6:1-11, 2 Corinthians 5:16-21, Romans 8:12-17

1. Help me to be overcome with the fact that I am united to Him, a new creature in Him, and adopted in Him…no longer dead in sin; now alive in Christ, forever.

11. Give me a passion to live out the Great Commandment and the Great Commission - Matthew 22:34-40, Matthew 28:19-20

1. Help me remember God has called me to love my neighbors and make disciples. Give me wisdom to work through my fears that come with this calling. Give me courage to speak of you with those you place in my path and help me to be sensitive to your Spirit’s guiding.

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