Reaching Out to God in Prayer
Today’s Bible Verse:
Colossians 4:2 ESV
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
Do you need to get down on your knees in order to pray to God? Should all churches have kneelers in the pews? Or should each of us call out to God in prayer wherever we are, asking for His blessings and love? I know that when I pray at home, I’m usually just sitting on the couch or lying in bed. Sometimes I even remember to say a prayer before starting my car. The important part of praying is that you do it! Give thanks to God that you have the opportunity to pray to Him and for all his blessings He gives to us daily.
PRAYERS
Keep in Your Prayers:
All people battling cancer.
Those who reject Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
A Prayer for Today:
Your house on earth is a house of prayer. Your people come to You asking for Your help and guidance. Through Your Holy Spirit, make me stronger to pray more fervently. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.
Luther’s Morning Prayer:
I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands, I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.
Apostles’ Creed:
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.
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