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God, Grant Me Grace Under Fire

52 Simple Prayers for 2018

You never know when your worst enemy and most hostile persecutor will become your greatest spiritual ally and closest gospel partner. But how you respond to them when they are your enemy may very well determine if and when they come to know your Savior. Stephen’s gracious spirit as he was being stoned made a lasting impression on Saul, perhaps a haunting impression that was one of the keys to his conversion. The best chance of turning an enemy into a believer is by loving, serving and laying down your life for them, you know, the way Jesus did.

A Simple Prayer for Grace Under Fire:

God, dealing in a Christ-like way with those who are hostile to me is easier said than done. I read about the martyrdom of Stephen and nod approvingly, but it is much more of a challenge to live like that in the real world of my everyday faith. I ask you for a fresh dose of Christ-hearted grace today to respond to people who dislike me, who use me, and who abuse me as Jesus would if he were in my place. Through grace, perhaps they even may be transformed into my spiritual allies! Help me to live like the early believers did, even being willing to die living out the values of the gospel. Enable me to be the living proof of a loving God for those who need to be convinced of this Good News that you have sent me to proclaim.
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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, Drench Me With Your Spirit!

52 Simple Prayers for 2018

If you have received Christ as Savior, you were baptized BY the Holy Spirit into God’s family forever. But since you believed, have you been baptized WITH the Holy Spirit—drenched, saturated, overflowing? Have you received that promise of the Father? If not, in whose power are you trying to live the Christian life? Ask for the gift. Wait for the baptism. And by any means necessary, receive the drenching of the Holy Spirit.

A Simple Prayer for Spirit-Drenching:

God, drench me with the Holy Spirit. Fill me to overflowing with your love. Saturate me with your presence. Cleanse me with your fire. Enable me with your power. Equip me with your gifts. Transform me into what you want me to be. Let my life continually spread the fragrance of you wherever I go. For your glory alone, I ask in faith and with gratitude in advance for the promise of drenching in the Holy Spirit.

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God, I Need You—ASAP!

52 Simple Prayers for 2018

Do you ever feel guilty about the brevity of your praying? Do you feel like you’re short-changing God by shooting up “quickie prayers.” Let me relieve your guilt: Whether they are long or short, God loves heartfelt prayers. A “quickie prayer” is still a prayer, so just pray it, and let God be God.

A Simple Prayer for Immediate Help:

God, at this very moment I am in deep trouble. I am facing challenges that will quickly overcome me without your immediate intervention. So I offer up a quick prayer for your help. I don’t know what to do, but you do. So I call upon you in my distress. And in advance, I thank you for your ASAP help.

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God, Give Me Peace!

52 Simple Prayers for 2018

The key to personal peace in the midst of anxiety producing circumstances is to think rightly. That means to deeply, rationally and habitually think about the things of God. That is not referring simply to positive thinking, mere optimism, self-hypnosis or silly mind-games. It is to set what the Bible declares about God as the gate-keeper of your mind. Do that and you will unleash God’s peace to protect your heart and guard your mind.

A Simple Prayer for Personal Peace:

God, in a world that does nothing but promote chaos, anxiety and human striving, I lift the concerns of my life, my needs and desires, to you. I present them before your throne in trust, with confidence, and with thanksgiving in advance of what you are going to do. Now I accept your peace that surpasses human understanding. Cause it to protect my heart and guard my mind in Christ Jesus.

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God, Heal Our Land!

52 Simple Prayers for 2018

Are you broken over the violence, disgusted by the wickedness, fed up with the corruption and hopeless over the divisiveness in America these days? Are you demoralized by the moral decay in our nation? Does your heart break that “men have forgotten God.” Does the condition of our culture turn your stomach? It should! But it shouldn’t stop there. Let the turning of your stomach turn your heart to God in intercession for a spiritual awakening once again in our land. Never get used to sin. Rather, let it provoke an urgency that leads you to humble yourself before the Lord to acknowledge sin—yours and ours—that we might repent and turn to the Great Healer for the healing of our land.

A Simple Prayer for National Repentance:

God, hear our cry, forgive our sin, and heal our nation! Cause us to lament our sinfulness, not the least of which is turning from you. Forgive our waywardness and our wickedness. Cleanse of from evil and impurity. Put an irresistible passion in our hearts to humble ourselves and fully return to you. Restore us, O Merciful God.

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God, Help!

52 Simple Prayers for 2018

Our capabilities and resources are not the deciding factor in the outcome of that for which we pray. Rather, God is the best solution to our every challenge, even our people problems. Charles Spurgeon wrote, “In all times of danger from men our wisest course is to fly to the Lord our Helper. He has ways and means for delivering us which we know not of. He can either turn our enemies into friends or else so check all their efforts that they shall do us no real injury.” If you are facing a challenge, perhaps even a people problem, the easiest yet most powerful prayer is simply to pray, “God, help!” And why not, for the Bible says, “The Lord is our help and our shield.” (Psalm 33:20)

A Simple Prayer for God’s Help:

God, help! I ask you to fight for me. I’m overwhelmed and powerless in myself, but you have promised to be with me, to be for me, and to make me more than a conqueror. So I boldly ask for a supernatural supply of victorious power to meet the challenges of this day. For your glory alone, I pray this in the strong name of Jesus. Amen.