Prayer from March 28, 2020
Jesus,
This spring has been unlike any other.
To confess, I don't want to be prudent and cautious and wise. I want to not always be at home.
But, I do not wish this virus on anyone.
I join my prayer with that of so many others: please bring abut a swift cure to this virus.
Please get the necessary medical supplies and protective gear to our doctors and nurses and techs.
God, I thank you for the way you are already deepening my faith. I have prayed more in the past week than I normally would have. Jesus, forgive me for my lack of faith and lack of prayer. Thank you for your forgiveness purchased for me on the cross. Thank you that my faith is based on your nature and not my consistency.
It scares me to think and realize that I cannot control this situation. I can be prudent and wise, but I cannot even stop myself or my family or my friends from being exposed to the virus. And, I especially cannot control the outcome of that exposure.
Yet, I can pray.
I will be like that bold and persistent widow, indefatigable in my prayer to you.
Today, I am thankful for the rain, for my job, for this time to rest and reflect, for this freedom to worship you and read your Word.
Jesus, I am thankful for the cross because I am forgiven by you, I am loved by you, and I have received grace upon grace from you.
I still have great need of your forgiveness and your renewal through your Spirit.
Two truths I acknowledge this morning:
1. that you are holy and sovereign
2. that you are trustworthy and good
Help me to have courage of spirit and discernment of your voice.
This spring has been unlike any other.
To confess, I don't want to be prudent and cautious and wise. I want to not always be at home.
But, I do not wish this virus on anyone.
I join my prayer with that of so many others: please bring abut a swift cure to this virus.
Please get the necessary medical supplies and protective gear to our doctors and nurses and techs.
God, I thank you for the way you are already deepening my faith. I have prayed more in the past week than I normally would have. Jesus, forgive me for my lack of faith and lack of prayer. Thank you for your forgiveness purchased for me on the cross. Thank you that my faith is based on your nature and not my consistency.
It scares me to think and realize that I cannot control this situation. I can be prudent and wise, but I cannot even stop myself or my family or my friends from being exposed to the virus. And, I especially cannot control the outcome of that exposure.
Yet, I can pray.
I will be like that bold and persistent widow, indefatigable in my prayer to you.
Today, I am thankful for the rain, for my job, for this time to rest and reflect, for this freedom to worship you and read your Word.
Jesus, I am thankful for the cross because I am forgiven by you, I am loved by you, and I have received grace upon grace from you.
I still have great need of your forgiveness and your renewal through your Spirit.
Two truths I acknowledge this morning:
1. that you are holy and sovereign
2. that you are trustworthy and good
Help me to have courage of spirit and discernment of your voice.
"If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory." --Colossians 3:1-4Amen.
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