Lord, I repent and confess my carelessness which is tempting the Lord, and I pray that instead of carelessness I will keep your commands and they are not burdensome. I pray for a healthy fear of the Lord, help me to listen to instruction especially from reading your word but also from teachers who teach or preach sound doctrine. Lord forgive me for any scoffing, idolatry, foolishness or any other sin with which I bring much unnecessary problems, in Jesus name I ask amen.
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Lord, we ask for forgiveness for the times we have ignored Your leading in the past, and for the times we have not listened to Your voice, either willingly or out of ignorance. We ask for greater confidence that You forgive our ignorance and bad choices, and confidence to cast the results and cares from the past on You, for you care for us, 1 Pet 5:7.
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We ask for increased confidence in Your mercy and understanding of the eternal redemption You accomplished once for all before entering into the holy place by Your own blood, Heb 9:12. Thank You that no one who is born of God continues in sin, for Your seed abides in us, and we cannot continue in sin,” 1 Jn 3:9, or wickedly depart from our God, Psalm 18:21. Though You discipline The Son of David’s sons (believers) with Your rod and stripes, You do not break lovingkindness completely from them, and remain faithful, Ps 89:32-33, You cannot deny Your own character, 2 Tim 2:13, but chasten us as severely as necessary, Ps 118:18, but do not give us over to death, and no discipline at present seems enjoyable, but You mollify its nature so we may endure and see fruit afterward of increased conformity to Your Son as well as a more humble walk with Your Spirit and an increased sensitivity and inclination for obedience, Heb 12:5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12; c.f. Rom 8:28-29, 30; Eph 1:11-12, 13-14.
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Thank You for the gift of repentance that leads to life, Acts 11:18, for the godly sorrow leading to repentance without regret, 2 Cor 8:10, and the grace that has been increasing since then to wholly endeavor unto new obedience with an even greater zeal, 2 Cor 8:11 for the fear of God and hatred of evil, Prov 8:13.
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We ask that now knowing the fear of God we might now persuade people, 2 Cor 5:11. Work all things together for good for those who love You, who according to Your purpose are called, Rom 8:28. It was good for us to have been afflicted that I might learn the way of Your commandments, Ps 119:71.
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Let the love of Christ compels us, having concluded this: since One died for all, including us individually, that not only all died, but that we died, that not only that those who live, but that we who live, no longer live for ourselves but for Jesus who died and rose again on our behalf, 2 Cor 5:14, that crucified with Christ, Christ would live powerfully in us, and the life we now live in the flesh we would live by faith in the Son of God, who loved us (and still loves us), and as He gave Himself for us, we may now do the same for Him, Gal 2:20.
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Help us strive according to Your Holy Spirit’s power, Col 1:28, to serve righteousness to a greater degree (and longevity) than sin by wholehearted obedience to the sanctifying teachings of Your Word, which is truth, Jn 17:17, submitting our members to God as alive from the dead, willingly becoming servants of righteousness, resulting in sanctification, even resulting in holiness, Rom 6:13-14, 15-16, 17-18. Under submission to good leaders and those who must give an account for our lives, let us have good counsel, covering and protection, that "Kingdom Authority,” from The Chief Shepherd, 1 Peter 5:4, Jesus Christ the Lord, the Good Shepherd, Ps 23:1, John 10:11, 14, may continue to flow from Him who was, and is and is to come, Rev 4:8, and continue to bear fruit and increase, Col 1:6, since there shall be no decrease to the increase of The Messiah's Government or His Peace, Isaiah 9:7. Thank You in Jesus' Name.
