The Pastor’s Corner

Prayer: Father in heaven, we thank you for your mercies and how your faithfulness to us is new every morning. We praise you for the bounty of your Word and the rich meal we enjoyed in your worship on the Lord's Day. We are ashamed at how easily we forget the things we hear from the sermons. Like the church of old, we are also forgetful people and need to be reminded often of your majesty, beauty, character, and commands. Please help us today to mediate and confer with the Word preached and seek to bring forth the fruit of it in our lives. Grant to us a willing and joyful spirit full of zeal to be doers of the Word and not mere hearers of it. We pray this in the name of the Savior, who was zealous to do your will. Amen.

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Prayer: Father, we often feel the weight of this world and life and know something of the trails of the church of old as they journeyed from Egypt to Sinai to worship you. Like our fathers, we often struggle with the allurement of this world and sometimes turn aside to things that do not satisfy us. As a result, our hearts are numb as we come to worship you. We pray, O Lord, that you would make alive our cold hearts and fan into flame a greater affection for you. Please help us turn aside from the deaf and blind idols of this life and long to behold your beauty and majesty. Help us to see the beauty of the Lord's day as a picture of that eternal joy we will see on that great day when the Lord Jesus returns for his church. We pray this in his name. Amen.

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Prayer: Father, we know that the times and seasons are in your hands. You have ordered our days from conception to death, and we do not know the day and hour of our end. What we do know is that you have told us to redeem the time and use each moment to serve you, pursuing your kingdom and righteousness. Yet, we live in a world with great distractions for your people. We are inundated with entertainment choices, social media, recreation of all sorts, and much more. We know that you demand your children to live godly and disciplined lives. Forgive us for wasting our time on senseless and meaningless pursuits. Help us use the time you have given to us to pray, seek your face, advance your kingdom, and bring glory and honor to your name. We pray this because of Christ, our Lord, and Savior. Amen.

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Prayer: Father, you have told us to trust in your with all of our heart, and we know that we can because you are not a God who can lie. You are faithful and true, and all of your judgments are right and good. There is no shadow of turning in you, and, therefore, we know that what you said yesterday is still true today and will be tomorrow. Yet, we are prone to turning toward our own understanding of things and leaning too much on our own fallen wisdom and knowledge. We desire to rest firmly upon your Word, knowing that it will lead us and guide us as light guides our steps on a dark path. Forgive us for trusting in our own feeble and fallen mind and heart. Please grant us a deeper resolve to trust in you with all of our heart. We pray in the name of the Lord Jesus. Amen.

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Prayer: Our God in heaven, you who have revealed yourself as the only true God. We confess that we are idol factories and often give our minds and hearts to things that are passing away. We fashion these idols out of everything that you have provided. We place our relationships above you. We place our schedules and priorities above you. Money, material goods, and all sorts of things are used to supplant your right to rule and reign over us. Thus, we give our affections to them and forget you. Like the church of old, we too often succumb to this grievous sin.

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Prayer: Father, we so often feel like the people of old as we wander through the wilderness of this life and world. We struggle to make sense of much that is going on around us. We know that your Word tells us that you are sovereign, but there are times when the struggle seems too much to bear. Yet, you cared for those people in their times of struggle, and you care for us in ours. We are pilgrims in this world waiting for a better country. Please forgive us for placing our minds and hearts on the fleeting things of this life and for being distracted from that which you have called us to do.

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Prayer: Father, we thank you for a new day that you have granted to us. We long to bring you glory as we go about our business that you have ordered. We thank you that you have ordered our steps and guide our way. We pray that we would glorify you with our behavior, and in all of it, we would exemplify the Lord Jesus Christ. We pray that we would glorify you with our tongues, and in all that we say, we would speak kindness and respect and encouraging words to and about others. We pray that we would glorify you with our thoughts in that we would think your thoughts after you having our minds and hearts immersed in your Word. Forgive us, Lord, for the many ways in which we fall short in these areas. Help us to obey you and do all that you have commanded us. Grant to us a greater zeal to live as useful salt and light in a dark world. We pray this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

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Prayer: Our Father in heaven, we thank you that you are a kind and gracious God who pities his children and has great compassion upon them. We praise you that you have provided numerous promises in your Word that bring comfort and hope to us. Many issues in this life require wisdom from on high, and we ask that you remember your promise to give your children wisdom and guidance when they ask for it. As we learn to trust you, we also know that you will guide our steps and lead us where you want us to go through it.

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Prayer: Our great God in heaven, your name is holy and, therefore, we reverently bow before your throne today to praise you and commune with you. We thank you that we can enter into the Most Holy Place where your glory dwells at any time, day or night. Because of the work of Christ, we no longer need a human priest from the tribe of Levi. Instead, we have the Lion from the tribe of Judah who, after the order of Melchizadek, did all that was necessary to secure our access to you. We thank you that we have a sympathetic High Priest who understands our sufferings and trials of this life. We are grateful that we may come boldly to you to set all of our needs before you.

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Prayer: Our most gracious and kind Father in heaven, we come to this day in our nation when we remember the many things for which we can be thankful. In a nation that has forgotten your benevolence, your people have not. We remember the numerous ways in which you have guided our steps and protected our lives over the course of the last year. You have never failed to keep all of your promises to your children. You have been faithful to us though we are often faithless. You have given us our daily bread, providing for our physical needs. We are grateful that we have homes to live in and many material blessings that make this life more enjoyable.

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Prayer: Our Father in heaven, we give you heartfelt praise and thanksgiving for all the good things you provide us with in this life. Though we know that eye has not seen or ear heard of the things you have prepared for those who love you, we bless your name today because you have been kind to give us what we need in this life and much more. You have provided us with clothing, shelter, modern conveniences. You have given us relationships that are dear to us. You have provided us your church where we can fellowship with your people and worship you. More than any of these good things, you have given us your Son. By so doing, you have demonstrated your eternal love that never wavers of changes.

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Prayer: Our Father in heaven, we thank you for every good and perfect gift that you bring into our lives. We confess that we do not always understand your providence as these gifts sometimes come in the form of dark and difficult times. We confess that we are prone to griping and complaining about our circumstances and forget that we should be content if we have food and clothing. We know your word exhorts us to flee murmuring and complaining because it is a direct attack on your sovereign right to rule and reign over us.

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