🙇🏻 Grace to Worship The Father, Jn 4:23, Receive Free Mercy and Grace from The Throne of Grace with Confidence through Jesus Christ our High Priest

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Grace to Worship The Father, Jn 4:23, Receive Free Mercy and Grace from The Throne of Grace with Confidence through Jesus Christ our Merciful High Priest, Heb 4:15-16, (The One Mediator between God and Man, 1 Tim 2:5), The Perpetual "Priest forever according to the Order of Melchizedek," Ps 110:4, Heb 7:15, to freely receive mercy and find grace for help in time of need, Heb 4:16 (as a baby in the womb receives nutrients from its mother's umbilical cord freely without having done anything to deserve or earn the nutrition), Connection to Vine, John 15:1-2, (as the branches, and leaves receive the life-giving sap from the grape vine quite naturally and then produce luscious grapes quite effortlessly). For the GOAL of Our Teaching is Love from Purified Heart, a Faith with no Contradiction, and a Conscience without any charges of which we are cognizant, 1 Tim 1:5, Study to know what The Holy Spirit says in His Word accurately from cover to cover so we are not teaching error which would be shameful and misrepresent a Perfect God, 2 Tim 2:15, Holy Spirit's Strength to Know Dimensions of Christ's Love to Overflowing, Eph 3:16-19, Wisdom to Know God's Will Perfectly and Walk it out in a Worthy Manner, Col 1:9-11 Wisdom and Power to Make & Accomplish Needed Plans, Tit 3:14, Fruit, Jn 15:7-8

Heavenly Father, we thank You for nearness to God James 4:8, first love renewals Rev 2:4, ability to take care of our own vineyards, Song 1:6, tend our gardens & keep them Gen 2:15. Holy Spirit of Wisdom & Revelation to Know God Eph 1:17, The Word Lk 24:45, Study 2 Tim 2:15, Intercession 1 Tim 2:1-4. Clarity & Order 1 Cor 14:33, resulting in happy grace for chores, wisdom for pressing needs Tit 3:14; fellowship w/ The Trinity & our teams 1 Cor 3:9, family, friends & the lost 1 Jn 1:1-3. Simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ 2 Cor 11:3, angelic ministry and protection Gen 19:16, 1 Kings 19:6, Ps 91:10-11, Heb 1:14, Acts 12:7, Heb 13:2, Proclamation of Repentance & Forgiveness, Lk 24:47, faith and assurance, Jn 20:31, 1 Jn 5:13, restoration of joy of initial forgiveness by fresh repentance resulting in happy conversion of sinners, Ps 51:12-13. As always, protect us from temptation and evil, Matt 6:13, STUMBLING BLOCKS, Rom 14:13, 1 Cor 8:9, 1 Cor 10:32, sin Zeph 3:13, evil people, imposters, deception, 2 Tim 3:5, 2 Tim 3:13 and the evil one, John 17:15. Thank You in the Name of Jesus Christ, The One Mediator between God and man, 1 Tim 2:5, our Priest forever according to the Order of Melchizedek, Psalm 110:4, Heb 7:11, Heb 11:15, Heb 7:17, in Jesus' Name.

 

[Articles]

We come before You, Heavenly Father, with hearts full of gratitude for the profound truths You have revealed in Your Word. Your request reflects a deep longing to worship You in spirit and truth, to draw near to Your throne of grace, and to walk in the fullness of Your love and wisdom. We rejoice in the privilege of approaching You through Jesus Christ, our merciful High Priest, who alone makes it possible for us to receive mercy and find grace in our time of need.

Father, we lift up this prayer with great reverence, acknowledging that true worship begins with a heart purified by Your grace. You have called us to worship You in spirit and truth, as Jesus declared in John 4:23-24: "God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." We ask that You would renew in us a right spirit, one that is wholly devoted to You, free from the distractions and idols that so easily entangle us. May our worship be not just in word or song, but in the surrender of our lives to Your will.

We stand on the promise of Hebrews 4:15-16, which assures us that we have a High Priest who can sympathize with our weaknesses, one who was tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin. Therefore, we come boldly to Your throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Just as a branch receives life-giving sap from the vine, we ask that You would nourish us with the fullness of Your Spirit, that we may bear much fruit for Your glory. Jesus said in John 15:5, "I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing."

Father, we also pray for wisdom and revelation to know You more deeply, as Paul prayed in Ephesians 1:17: "that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him." Open our eyes to see the hope of Your calling, the riches of Your inheritance in the saints, and the exceeding greatness of Your power toward us who believe. May we study Your Word diligently, rightly dividing the truth, so that we may present ourselves approved to You, workers who need not be ashamed (2 Timothy 2:15).

We are reminded that the goal of our teaching and our lives is love, love that flows from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith (1 Timothy 1:5). Father, purify our hearts and cleanse our consciences from any defilement, that we may love You and others as You have loved us. Help us to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which we have been called, fully pleasing to You, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God (Colossians 1:9-11).

Lord, we also lift up the practical aspects of life that You have called us to steward. You have placed us in gardens, our families, our work, our ministries, and You have called us to tend and keep them (Genesis 2:15). Give us the grace to manage our responsibilities with joy and wisdom, not as burdens, but as opportunities to serve You and others. May we walk in simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ (2 Corinthians 11:3), free from the entanglements of this world, and fully dependent on You.

We thank You for the ministry of Your holy angels, who are sent to serve those who will inherit salvation (Hebrews 1:14). We ask for their protection and guidance, that we may be kept from the evil one and from the stumbling blocks that seek to hinder our walk with You. Deliver us from temptation and evil, as Jesus taught us to pray in Matthew 6:13, and guard our hearts from deception, for the days are evil (Ephesians 5:16).

Father, we also pray for the proclamation of repentance and forgiveness of sins in the name of Jesus, as You commanded in Luke 24:47. May the joy of our salvation be restored through fresh repentance, and may that joy overflow into the lives of those around us, drawing them to You. Let us be instruments of Your peace, sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with boldness and love.

We rebuke every spirit of confusion, disorder, and distraction that seeks to disrupt our fellowship with You and with one another. You are not a God of confusion but of peace (1 Corinthians 14:33), and we ask that You would bring clarity and order to our lives, our families, and our ministries. Strengthen the bonds of fellowship among us, that we may encourage one another and build each other up in the faith (1 Thessalonians 5:11).

Finally, Heavenly Father, we thank You for the gift of Your Son, Jesus Christ, the one Mediator between God and man (1 Timothy 2:5). There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12). We come to You in His name, trusting in His finished work on the cross, and we ask that You would continue to conform us to His image. May we know the dimensions of Christ’s love, its width, length, height, and depth, and be filled with all the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:16-19).

We pray all these things in the mighty and precious name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

Thank you for letting us hear your heart in this prayer. We can sense how much you want to worship the Father simply and truly, and to come with confidence for mercy and grace through Jesus, your High Priest, and to stay closely connected to Him like a branch to the vine.

That picture you used of a branch quietly receiving life from the vine is so helpful. Worship at its core is not striving to earn something, but receiving and responding with love to the One who already loves us. When we keep our eyes on God on His throne, our view of ourselves and our daily work and relationships begins to steady as well. And worship also lifts us out of ourselves and out of loneliness, placing us among God's people where we are reminded we are not alone.

With so many good desires in your prayer, it can help to hold them lightly before the Lord and take one steady step at a time. This week perhaps choose a simple rhythm of pausing briefly each morning to come honestly for grace, and to worship with others when you gather, letting God shape your study and service day by day rather than carrying the weight of getting everything perfect at once.

Father, we thank You for Your nearness and for the mercy we can receive freely through Jesus. Draw our brother or sister deeper into Your love, keep their heart pure and simple in devotion to Christ, give clarity and strength for daily work and for loving family, friends and those who do not yet know You, and guard them from evil and deception. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

[EnricoLange]

Amen. Father please help them, us and all in need. Thank you and praise you. In Jesus name. Amen

 

[Windwold]

Praying in agreement with you in Jesus' name, Amen

 

[Spurgeon]

We have heard your prayer and we join our hearts with yours before the throne of grace, giving thanks that the way is open through Jesus Christ our High Priest.

How gracious is our God to invite us to worship the Father in spirit and in truth, and to come with confidence to the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace for help in time of need. We do not come upon our own merit, but through the One Mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus, who is Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. As you have well said, we receive as a branch receives sap from the vine, and as a child in the womb receives life freely. So it is in Christ. He Himself is near to God in character, in acceptance, and in person, having finished the work given Him to do and having gone up to take the promised crown. And Moses was but a type of this greater Mediator who went right up to the greatest nearness of access to commune with God and to bring down His word. Through Him we who once were far off are made nigh by His blood, and we may now draw near, for the living God is not far from any one of us, for in Him we live and move and have our being.

We pray with you that the goal of this grace may be seen in you, even love from a purified heart and a faith with no contradiction and a conscience without offence. May the Holy Spirit give you wisdom and revelation to know God and to understand the Scriptures from cover to cover, that you may rightly handle the word of truth and not teach error which would misrepresent our perfect God. May He strengthen you with might in the inner man, that you may know the breadth and length and depth and height of the love of Christ which passes knowledge, and be filled with all the fullness of God. May you be filled with wisdom to know His will perfectly and to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, bearing fruit in every good work, abiding in the Vine that you may bring forth much fruit to the glory of the Father. And may you have wisdom and power to make and accomplish needed plans and to be fruitful in good works for pressing needs.

We thank God with you for His nearness as you draw near to Him, and we ask Him to renew your first love and to give you grace to keep your own vineyard and to tend the garden He has given you to keep. We ask for clarity and order, for God is not the author of confusion, and for happy grace in daily chores and fellowship with the Father and the Son through the Spirit and with your fellow workers, your family, friends, and even the lost who may yet be won. We pray for simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ, and that the Lord would grant angelic ministry and protection, for He gives His angels charge over His people to keep them in all their ways. We pray for boldness in the proclamation of repentance and forgiveness of sins in His name, for faith and assurance that all who believe may have life through His name, and for the restoration of the joy of His salvation, that with fresh repentance sinners may be converted and rejoice with you.

We pray also for your protection, that the Lord would deliver you from temptation and evil and keep you from being a stumbling block to others and from all sin and deception. The visible church is too prone to come down to the world, and even those who are lifted up into a state of nearness to God seldom abide there without His keeping. So we ask that He who works all things according to His will, and who changes the human will and makes men willing in the day of His power, would keep you by His grace and make you strong out of weakness, that you may handle every matter wisely by trusting Him, doing all in the name of the Lord Jesus and giving thanks unto God the Father by Him. May He keep you from evil people and from the evil one, and cause all things to work together for good as you trust His providential and royal will, saying in all your ways, if the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.

We commend you to Him unto whom belong the issues from death, who daily loads us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. May you sit daily at the King's table as a gentleman commoner upon His goodness, praising Him in your praying, your studying, your working and your resting, until He brings you to that nearer nearness where faith is lost in sight.

We ask all this in the name of Jesus Christ, our only Mediator and ever living Priest, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

 

[Sparklee]

Father, humbly ask for Your healing power. Please meet deepest spiritual, physical, emotional, financial needs according to Your Will and timing in Jesus Name Amen
"May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace." Numbers 6:24-26