Lord, our souls long for you. Please grow our longing for you, for you provide us with true life, true joy. May we not settle for less than you. May we know you more and more as we see your character, your works, your promises in your word. Lord, we hope in you and praise… Read more Psalm 42
Month: August 2020
Face to face
Heavenly Father, thank you for the opportunity our group has to meet together again face to face. Please help us to make the most of our time at uni together. Keep us encouraging each other with your word and pointing each other to Christ. May we driven by the gospel rather than the approval of… Read more Face to face
Psalm 106
Heavenly Father, from the depth of our failure we cry out to you to keep holding onto us in your steadfast love. Lord, you are a faithful God who pursues your people despite their sinfulness. We know we are prone to worship things that are made rather than you our maker. We acknowledge our sin… Read more Psalm 106
Remembering your promise
Heavenly Father, please help us as a group to keep trusting in your faithful promise. We have seen your salvation throughout the generations according to your own strength and your own faithfulness. Help us to take heart and know that you do not change an you will not give up on your desire to save… Read more Remembering your promise
Rest
Heavenly Father, our hearts long for true rest. We are so familiar with the burdens of care and worry that we so often drag around with us. We so often feel swamped by our sin, or weighed down by the brokenness of the world. Sometimes we think that we could only be far from you,… Read more Rest
Walking in your ways
Heavenly Father, please help us to keep walking in your ways. Lord, you look at the heart and not our outward appearance, so please keep reshaping us from the inside out. Help us to keep watch on our walk and see when our steps go astray from the things that you love. May we not… Read more Walking in your ways
Your word for my heart
Heavenly Father, please fill my mind with your word that I might fill my heart with knowing you. Please help me to seek you as I read, and not just comprehend it academically. May it spur my soul and seep into how I think and speak and act. May I treasure the gospel, please help… Read more Your word for my heart
Keep us trusting
Heavenly Father, please grow our trust in you as our God who saves. Thank you that our salvation is not up to us but by your grace. Thank you that we do not stay in your kingdom by our efforts but by your work through Christ. Lord, help us to take comfort in knowing that… Read more Keep us trusting
Word focus
Heavenly Father, please help our group as we start out this semester to keep putting our confidence in your word. May we be taking every opportunity to listen to it and have it shape us. Keep us looking for ways to point our friends to the beauty of the gospel that we hear in it.… Read more Word focus
Pointing kids to Christ
Heavenly Father, please help us to faithfully keep pointing our children to Jesus. Make us diligent in retelling and unpacking the good news for them. Please help us to make it part of life, to speak of your word when we get up, when we lay down, when we’re talking along, when we’re sitting down.… Read more Pointing kids to Christ