Heavenly Father, please work in and through the students here at Cairns. May you fill them with the knowledge of you, that they may revel in your glory and seek to make you known. May they see Christ all the more clearly, making much of him while they are here. May we rejoice together in… Read more Work among us
Speak through your word
Heavenly Father, please speak through your word as it is read and preached tomorrow. Please speak to me through it, I need it, for it brings life through its gospel message. Make me crave it, seeing my hopeless deficiencies and the fountain of grace that is found in your word. Give strength and humility to… Read more Speak through your word
Turning to you
Heavenly Father, please train my heart to turn to you. You are the almighty God who made all things and gives every good gift. Lean my heart in to you, that I may see the grace that you pour out on me at every moment. Make me quick to cry out to you when I… Read more Turning to you
Desire to pray
Heavenly Father, please reshape the desires of the students and myself in light of the gospel. Move our hearts to cherish the work of Christ in saving us from the disaster of sin, and restoring us to life in abundance with you. Stir in us a heart of longing to see others brought into your… Read more Desire to pray
Isaiah 6
Gracious Lord, you are infinitely above all things, may we know your majesty and consider your glory that fills the whole earth. To you the angels cry, “Holy, holy, holy,” and we cry, “We are ruined.” We so obviously fall far short of your glory but instead are loaded up with sin. Make us humble… Read more Isaiah 6
Prepare me
Heavenly Father, please prepare my heart for the year ahead. May I lean on the strength that you provide and not on my own endeavours. May your Spirit teach me to pray and long for the things that you desire. Refine my heart, that I may find my satisfaction in you, rejoicing in your love,… Read more Prepare me
Shift our gaze
Gracious LORD, please raise our eyes from the limited things around us to that which is wonderful. Shift our gaze to you. Please show us your nature – your goodness and beauty; your power and unparalleled glory. Let those things that trouble us day by day seem fleeting and tiny compared to your infinite majesty… Read more Shift our gaze
Rest
Heavenly Father, thank you for tiredness and rest. Remind me often of the most obvious fact that you are God and I am not. May weariness impress upon me my limitations and cause me to marvel at your infinite power. May I rest gladly, knowing that your work continues through the night. Please refresh me… Read more Rest
Heading back
Gracious Lord, thank you for the rest you have given us over the Christmas holidays. Thank you for the encouragement we have received from many friends and family, and the reminders from your word of your continued grace to us. Please keep nourishing and refreshing us as we head back to work soon. Please give… Read more Heading back
Kids camp: last morning
Heavenly Father, please prepare my own heart to speak your word to these children. May the gospel of Jesus sink in and shape the way I think, act and speak. May the children see the faithfulness of Christ and how worthy he is to be followed. May they rest on him through the storms of… Read more Kids camp: last morning