Father, you are good and do good, so please teach us your statutes. We have been made your children and are like you through the work of Christ. Remove our pride so that we grow through your fatherly corrections; soften our hearts so that we are not oblivious to them, but instead delight in your… Read more Ps 119: Teth
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Thankful hearts
Father, we once were futile in our thinking and our hearts were darkened, and still, the remnant of this way of life lingers in our ungrateful hearts. Turn our eyes again to your abundant mercy in Christ and the forgiveness we enjoy day by day. Thank you for our daily bread, for friendship, for your… Read more Thankful hearts
Faithful love
Lord, the earth is full of your steadfast love. Wherever we are we can be confident of your promise of mercy and grace in Christ. Across the earth your people look to your faithful promise. Help us today at Kick Off camp to hear again of your mercies to all people and be drawn into… Read more Faithful love
Calibrate our values
Lord, may our longing be for the inheritance that you have given to us. Cause us to be utterly dissatisfied with the futile securities that we might build for ourselves. Lord, you are our portion, our hope is in your faithful, steadfast love. May we mine deeply the treasures of this committed relationship that you… Read more Calibrate our values
Fill with wisdom
Father, infuse us with your wisdom, for ever the lure of folly calls to us. Folly entices, sugar coating her decayed and poisonous fare as delicious treats. Father thank you that you have made yourself known to us and we have come to fear you. We have tasted the goodness of wisdom as we trust… Read more Fill with wisdom
Joy
Lord, may we be marked by joy. May this not be the kind of joy that flits across the surface of our life, blown along by mere circumstance, but that which is born of a repentant heart. Lord open our eyes to our sins, and may we mourn them, despise them and turn from them… Read more Joy
Pour out your grace
Lord, please pour out your grace on many at JCU. May they know you as their great Father as they cling to the Son. May those who are alienated find reconciliation through your Son who took on flesh and died, making peace by the blood of his cross. Lord help us today, to rejoice that… Read more Pour out your grace
Faithful God
Faithful God, we take comfort in the knowledge that you can be trusted. Though everything about us is changeable, or weakening, or unreliable, we can depend upon your unfailing character. So we tremble with humility at your holiness, we endure all things knowing your justice will triumph, we rejoice at your mercy. May we cling… Read more Faithful God
Spurning the glorious God
In our Bible study group on campus we looked at the second half of Romans 1, and having been brought low with a picture of the darkness of our hearts without God, this is our prayer: Merciful God, we know you are utterly powerful and beyond us in your divinity. You are our great creator… Read more Spurning the glorious God
River of life
Lord of life, your presence with us is what we need, for through this, dead and barren places become lush and abundant. Your presence with us is the stream that flows from your temple, out and through the land, watering and nourishing. Your provision does not trickle away but every metre deepens and strengthens, extending… Read more River of life