A Sample Prayer

Oct 3
14:31

2019

Bruce McLaughlin

Bruce McLaughlin

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A sample Christian prayer to Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

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A Prayer to

Father,A Sample Prayer Articles Son and Holy Spirit

 

I come into Your presence offering praise for Your:

  • Being

            Transcendence

            Immanence

            Infinitude

            Eternalness

            Immutability

 

  • Wisdom

            Exhaustively Definite Foreknowledge

            Omniscience               

            Resourcefulness         

            Patience          

            Perseverance

            Persistence                 

            Discipline

            Prudence

            Understanding

            Discernment

            Stewardship

            Courage

 

  • Power

            Omnipotence

            Humility

            Meekness

            Gentleness

            Obedience/yieldedness

            Endurance

            Long-suffering/forbearance

            Respect

            Responsibility

            Dependence

            Devotion

            Surrender

            Commitment

 

  • Holiness

            The state of who You are and the acts that You do

            Holiness in Being and Holiness in Action

            Absolute purity of heart, will, intellect and action

            Perfect love, integrity, righteousness, morality, ethics, character

            Perfect being, wisdom, power, justice, goodness, truth

 

  • Justice

            Punishment for Sinners

            Substitutionary Atonement

            Redemption

            Forgiveness

            Justification

            Adoption

            Regeneration

            Sanctification

            Reconciliation with fellow believers

            Unification of believers in the Church

            Glorification

 

  • Goodness

            Love   

            Mercy

            Grace              

            Compassion    

            Kindness                    

            Benevolence

            Charity

            Faithfulness

            Trustworthiness

            Peace

            Joy

            Fulfillment

            Fruitfulness

            Faith

            Hope

            Reconciliation

            Healing

            Encouragement

            Comfort

            Strength

 

  • Truth

            Logic

            Honesty

 

I come into Your presence offering praise because You have created space, time, matter and energy and inserted Yourselves into Your creation to accomplish:

 

  • The creation of the universe with such precision that the slightest change in any one of its properties would preclude our existence.
  • The design of planet earth as a home for man.
  • The creation of different kinds of life including man in Your image.
  • The Substitutionary Atonement of Jesus Christ which redeemed all creation from the bondage of evil and offered redemption from the bondage of sin to all persons.
  • The ongoing work of maintaining the universe.
  • The ongoing work of acting as man’s advocate in the spiritual courtroom.
  • The repair, reconstruction, restoration and repossession of all creation yet to come.

 

I come into Your presence having a repentant heart.

 

  • I have not loved You, loved my neighbors, been obedient, done Your will or heard the cry of the needy.

 

  • In Your compassion, forgive my sins, known and unknown, things done and left undone and uphold me by Your Spirit that I may serve You in newness of life.

 

  • Restore to wholeness whatever has been broken by my sin.

 

  • I come into Your presence confessing my sin, having remorse in my heart, wanting to repent, asking Your forgiveness, forgiving those who have sinned against me, asking for Your mercy, receiving from You the far greater gift of salvation, praying that my heart will become sufficiently pure, humble, forgiving, penitent and contrite that I might have unbroken communion with God and believing I am saved from eternal damnation by faith, the grace of God and the Substitutionary Atonement of Jesus Christ.

 

  • I can stand before You redeemed from eternal punishment, forgiven my sins, justified as sinless, adopted into the family of God, regenerated from the death of sin to a life of righteousness, guided along the path of sanctification, reconciled with fellow believers, united in the Church of Jesus Christ and looking forward to glorification only because Jesus died on the cross for my salvation.

 

  • I accept the undeserved gifts of reconciliation with You, reconciliation with fellow believers and unification in the church.

 

  • I pray that the Holy Spirit will occupy and purify my heart, help me discern the truth, make known to me the will of God, be Lord of my life and keep me on the path of repentance, faith and obedience continually reaffirmed and renewed.

 

I come into Your presence thanking You for:

 

  • Freely giving Your infinite love and a unique, eternal soul to every person who will ever live.

 

  • Not giving up on me when I was prideful, godless and destined for eternal damnation.

 

  • Health, healing, safety and well being, in the measure received, on behalf of myself, my spouse, my family, my extended family and all those in the world.

 

  • Salvation on behalf of all those who have received it.

 

  • Always responding to my prayers which always make a difference.

 

  • Redeeming Your creation from the bondage of evil and offering redemption from the bondage of sin to all men by the Substitutionary Atonement of Jesus Christ.

 

  • Offering the great gift of salvation to every person who will ever live.

 

I come into Your presence asking for Your mercy.  I ask that You suspend the consequences of my rebellion and corruption and grant my petitions.

 

  • In Your compassion, break the shackles of constraint on the potential power of my prayer by: (1) teaching me how to overcome the various Constraints on Effectiveness for the weapon of prayer and (2) acting as my advocate in the spiritual courtroom to re-negotiate the Rules of Engagement in my favor.

 

  • Help me acquire the attributes of an effective prayer warrior: Confessor of Sin (Ps 32:3-5; 1 John 1:8-10); Remorseful (Ps 66:18; Luke 18:13); Repentant (Acts 20:21; Isa 59:1-2); Faithful (Mat 17:20; 21:21); Obedient (I John 3:22); Humble (Dan 9:3); Forgiving (Mark 11:25); Sincere (Acts 12:5; Heb 5:7); Spirit Filled (Rom 8:26); Persistent (Luke 11:5-13, 18:1-8; I Thes 5:17); Desiring United Corporate Prayer (Mat 18:19); Confident (Jam 1:5-7); Abiding in Christ (John 15:7); Fervently committed to communion with God (Acts 12:5); Thankful (Phil 4:6-7); Peaceful (Phil 4:6-7); Truthful (Psalm 145:18); Unselfish (Jam 4:3); Knowing God’s will (1 John 5:14-15); Seeking wisdom (Jam 1:5); Rejecting idols (Ezek 14:3).

 

  • Let my prayers assist as You restore and repossess Your creation which is presently imprisoned in corruption by the architect of evil who administers decay, violence, disease, suffering and death.  May the vice-grip of evil be broken and may the children of God be restored to health, healing, safety, well being and wholeness.

 

  • JESU ESTO MIHI JESUS - DUX - LUX - REX - LEX

 

  • Almighty God, who inspired Your servant Luke the Physician to set forth in the Gospel the love and healing power of Your Son: Graciously continue in Your Church the love and power to heal, to the praise and glory of Your Name, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

 

  • Bestow health, healing, safety and well being, in greater measure, on behalf of myself, my spouse, my family, my extended family and all those in the world; lift every burden, throw light on every problem, wash away all guilt, forgive every sin, reconcile every strained relationship, heal every disease, restore that which is corrupted and decayed, re-energize the entire being, anoint with joy and fill with peace.

 

  • Mend broken relationships and restore those in emotional distress to soundness of mind and serenity of spirit; grant Your healing grace to all who are sick, injured or disabled that they may be made whole.

 

  • Restore to wholeness whatever is broken by human sin in our lives, in our nation and in the world.

 

  • Grant, to the dying, peace and a holy death and uphold, by the grace and consolation of the Holy Spirit, those who are bereaved.

 

  • Abundantly give Your peace, mercy and grace to all who are bereaved, lonely, neglected, rejected, unloved, afraid, suffering, hopeless, despairing, weary or burdened.

 

  • Grant to all who seek Your guidance and to all who are lonely, anxious or despondent a knowledge of Your will and an awareness of Your presence.

 

  • Exercise Your prevenient grace, in greater measure, to call, awaken, draw near, convict, save and empower those who have yet to exercise their free will to accept the great gift of salvation.

 

  • Use me and my work in a powerful way as You see fit.

 

  • Bring revival to the Church of Jesus Christ and bring repentance to every nation whose people have lost their moral compass, corrupted their ethical values, obscured their historic character, abandoned their role-model integrity and betrayed future generations.

 

  • Empower a Jonah type to warn the world prior to any future judgment.

 

  • Help me become resourceful reaching the unsaved, patient waiting before You, perseverant by Your grace, persistent in the face of failure, disciplined to stay on message, prudent in church affairs, understanding about the hard things of Scripture, discerning in separating truth from lie, stewarding of church affairs and courageous in the face of tribulation.

 

  • Help me become a humble, meek and gentle follower of Jesus, obedient and yielding to God, enduring in the struggle against evil, long-suffering and forbearing in the face of persecution, respectful of the church, responsible for my neighbors, dependent on the Father, devoted to Jesus Christ, surrendered to the Holy Spirit and committed to prayer.

 

  • Help me stay on the path to holiness of heart, will, intellect and action; help me embrace love, integrity, righteousness, morality, ethics and character.

 

  • Help me balance punishment for crimes against God and man with reconciliation and unification.

 

  • Help me to love my neighbor, show mercy to the guilty and let the grace of the Holy Spirit work through me.  Help me show compassion to the downtrodden, kindness to the unkind, benevolence to the needy, charity to the suffering, faithfulness and trustworthiness to the abused and a sense of peace and joy in the midst of  hopelessness; help me experience a sense of fulfillment and fruitfulness in ministry,  faith in God, hope in the ultimate outcome of the great struggle, reconciliation and healing of relationships, encouragement in the face of setbacks, comfort in the hand of God and the strength to carry on.

 

  • Help me to understand that truth is not personal, situational, relative or unknowable; it is absolute.

 

I pray all these things in the name of God the Son.  I pray they will be accomplished by the power of God the Holy Spirit.  I pray they are in accordance with the will of God the Father.  Amen.