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God, May Future Generations Praise You Because of Me

52 Simple Prayers for 2018

This is the kind of life that all God’s people should desire: That we would be living proof of God’s loving activity in our lives. This is the best use of our lives: that God would reveal his power, express his love, demonstrate his grace, and establish his kingdom, and of as a portrait of how blessed are those who belong to him, who love him wholeheartedly and obey him always. This is the way I want to live; this is the testimony I want to leave. May the generations that come after me recall my life and give praise to God. May they hear of God’s activity in my life and place faith in him.

A Simple Prayer for Enduring Influence:

God, make my life an enduring testimony of your great love and lavish generosity. Make all of me—my thoughts, words, deeds, relationships, and service to you—be an ongoing testimony for generations to come of your awesome greatness. Lord, I ask this not for myself, but for your Name’s sake. I confess that there are parts of me that selfishly want recognition, and there are other parts of me that act in ways that are simply incongruent with this prayer. So Heavenly Father, forgive me, purify my motives, change my heart, and never again let me stray my mission to represent you. Fill me with your enabling Spirit that I might be used for your eternal glory.
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God, I Long For Your Eternal Kingdom

52 Simple Prayers for 2018

The Bible ends with the promise of a new beginning—a timeless place in God’s eternal presence where he will do away with sin once and for all, where evil and evildoers will be banished, where he will be physically with us without interruption, where he will finally and fully satisfy the desires that he has placed deep within our being, and where he will assign us to reign with him as co-rulers over his ever-expanding eternal kingdom. As we read of that time and long for the return of his Son to usher in this eternal kingdom, all we can say is, “even so, come, Lord Jesus!”

A Simple Prayer for Christ’s Return:

God, I long for eternity. I long for that time when you will do away with sin and banish evil, when you will be physically with me—without interruption—and you will finally and fully satisfy the desires that you have placed deep within my being, and when I will reign with you as a co-ruler over your ever-expanding eternal kingdom. I long for your Son’s return to usher in eternity. Yes, with all my heart I cry, “even so, come, Lord Jesus!”
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God, Strengthen Those Who Suffer For Your Name

52 Simple Prayers for 2018

William Barclay wrote, “Jesus promised his disciples three things—they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and constantly in trouble.” Even as you read these words, there are untold numbers of Christians around the world who are in trouble—they are being persecuted simply for their belief in Jesus as Savior and Lord. And yet, incredibly, in the face of unspeakable suffering, they fearlessly follow Christ and endure their persecution joyfully. The world is not worthy of them. What say we pray for them today!

A Simple Prayer for the Persecuted Church:

God, release supernatural strength and unsurpassable peace to those in your flock around the world who are suffering great trial for their steadfast faith in you. May they never feel alone. May they know beyond any shadow of doubt that you stand by their side—and that I do, too. Give them an impartation of courage to live out the word of their testimony. Infuse them with a heavenly vision of what is to come for those who do not throw away their confidence, so much so that they will love not their lives even unto death. And should you privilege them with the gift of martyrdom, may their blood be the seed of the church. I lift the persecuted church to you and ask that you would speak, “well done, good and faithful servant,” in their hour of trial.
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God, Withhold No Good Thing From Me

52 Simple Prayers for 2018

What a great promise: God will withhold no good thing from the one who does what is right. Every blessing, every provision, and every grace will freely flow from the treasury of heaven into the life of the person whose heart is full of integrity, whose ways are upright, and whose actions are pleasing to the Lord. Now that is not just an empty promise from a “prosperity preacher,” that is from God himself. Yes, what a promise!

A Simple Prayer for Every Good Thing:

God, release every divine promise that is mine by your design, held in heaven for fulfillment in my life, and cause them to become my reality. Just as Jabez of old prayed, so do I: bless me indeed! God, let your hand be with me and let your blessings reign down upon me. In every fiber of my being, empower me to do what is right—strengthening me to do your will, enabling me to love as you love, equipping my hands to touch people with your touch, and infusing my countenance with your glory so that people might see you as they look upon me. And yes, as I do what is right, release every good thing from your treasury into my life. Make me a living example of your desire to abundantly bless the life of the righteous.
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God, Give Me A Unquenchable Love For Your Word!

52 Simple Prayers for 2018

The Word of God is not merely inspired writ for spiritual guidance or simply the motivational speech of a pre-fame pep talk—they are the very words of God for his children to lead them to success, significance and satisfaction. In fact, they are our life, both now and forevermore. We should absorb them as we would absorb nutrients to stay alive and to keep healthy. We should mediate on them and memorize them. We should master them, becoming experts in this divine treasure map we call the Bible. But mostly, we should lovingly, faithfully and eagerly obey these words, for they are the Words of Life!

A Simple Prayer for a Deeper Love of God’s Word:

God, I pray that you would create in me an unquenchable love for your Word. Help me that I might truly and fully become a person of the Scriptures. I don’t merely want to study them in order to regurgitate them as spiritual sounding “christianese” — I want to live and breathe them. I want to be a doer of the Word, not just a hearer. I want to consume them morning, noon and night. I want to understand them in my heart and apply them in my actions throughout the day. And as I lay my head on a pillow to end the day, I want to have so lived them that in every way they have been honored as the very words of God. Lord, give me a deeper love for your Word.

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God, Make Me Distinctly Yours

52 Simple Prayers for 2018

Being in the world but not of it is perhaps the Christian’s greatest challenge. But that is our calling, and the Holy Spirit indwells us for the precise reason of giving us the wisdom and power to live as God’s distinct people—redemptively different. And when we resolve to stand out for God, God will stand up for us!

A Simple Prayer for a Distinct Life:

God, make me different from the world. You have called me to come out from the unbelievers and be separate from them. You have also said that while I am in the world, I am not to be of it. That gets fuzzy for me sometimes, and because of the strong pull of this present age, it is always a hard thing. Please give me the boldness and resolve to be distinctly yours, and the wisdom to know when and how I should do that. Through the way I live my life, cause me to attract attention to you.

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God, Make Me Holy!

52 Simple Prayers for 2018

Holiness is a very big deal to God. The essence of his being is holiness. Unfortunately, we don’t come close to comprehending what it means about a God who says, “Among those who approach me, I will show myself holy.” May he teach us to be holy; to destroy any unholy thing in us that could destroy us. And even though through Christ’s substitutionary death we are invited to come boldly into God’s holy presence, let us temper our confidence before God’s throne with humble gratitude that we are standing in a place where we receive grace where instead we should have received fire. We don’t deserve to be there, yet through Jesus, thankfully, we are declared holy and thereby can approach the throne of a holy God as his holy people.

A Simple Prayer for Holiness:

God, you are holy, and your whole purpose in my redemption is make me holy, to restore in me your image, and to enable me to live as your distinct child, set apart for you in holiness. Help me to grasp your holiness so that I am not too casual with who you are and what you demand. Father, teach me to be holy; destroy in me any unholy thing that could destroy me. Purify me and make me holy to the highest degree in my daily, hourly, moment-by-moment walk with you.