Heavenly Father, please help us to keep seeing our desperate need of you as we read your word together. Confront us with the depth of our sin, exposing its roots in our hearts, and cause us to repent of it through your strength. May this be a defining mark of our uni Bible studies. Help… Read more Seeing our need
Month: September 2021
Holding to your word
Heavenly Father, please help us to keep valuing your word. Help us to rejoice in it, knowing that we hear the gospel through it and find salvation. Help us to crave it and feed on it knowing that it grows us up in Christ; and continues to shape us to be like Christ; and strengthens… Read more Holding to your word
Rescue of wandering hearts
Heavenly Father, so often we see the things in this world that you have made and give them the trust that only you deserve. We are sorry for our wandering hearts. Father please keep reminding us of your awesome sovereignty and your loving salvation. Please keep helping us to fill our eyes with your wonderful… Read more Rescue of wandering hearts
Word at work in us tonight
Heavenly Father, please encourage us by your word tonight. Please help me to speak faithfully and point people to Jesus clearly. Please challenge our hearts has we listen to what you have to say to us. Keep transforming us through your Spirit to let go of the things that we once used to treasure and… Read more Word at work in us tonight
Pointing others to Jesus
Heavenly Father, please grow in us a heart to see others come into your kingdom. May you fill our minds with your goodness to us in Christ, and transform our hearts to love. Lord, we acknowledge that we often fall short in our love of you and others, we need you to change us by… Read more Pointing others to Jesus
Encouragement through your word
Heavenly Father, thank you for your word and the encouragement that we have from it as we listen with soft hearts to what you are saying to us. Please keep teaching me and our group at JCU the goodness of the gospel. Help us to keep seeing the hope that lets us stand up under… Read more Encouragement through your word