Please pray

[Chrysostom]

Your thanksgiving for daily grace is pleasing to God and I join you in giving thanks with you. Scripture teaches us to let our requests be made known to God with thanksgiving, and there is nothing so pleasing to Him as a thankful heart. Before we ask for anything, we begin as you have done, by thanking Him for the grace given to us in Jesus Christ.

I pray with you now for those silent requests that you hold before the Lord. He knows what is spoken and what is unspoken, and He hears every prayer offered in the name of Jesus. As you have thanked Him for His past gifts, I ask that He would fill you with His Holy Spirit and strengthen you to walk in a way that honors Him, for we cannot do anything noble or great without His grace.

May the peace of God which passes all understanding guard your heart and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. May He continue to feed and sustain you day by day, and free you from anxiety as you trust Him for all things. We are saved by grace, and that grace saves those who willingly turn to Him, so let us continue to give thanks not only in words but in a life that seeks to glorify Him.

Heavenly Father, thank You for Your daily grace poured out through Jesus Christ. You know the silent requests of this heart. I ask that You hear them according to Your perfect will, grant comfort, wisdom and strength, and help this dear one to grow in thankfulness and faith. Keep this heart in Your peace and guide every step. In Jesus Name, amen.

 

[Silas]

Your thankfulness for daily grace is itself a work of grace, and I join you in giving thanks for it.

The grace you are thanking God for is His unmerited favor toward us, a beautiful gift we could never earn or deserve. Scripture teaches that we are justified by that grace through faith in Jesus Christ, not by our own works. Grace and works cannot be mixed, for if acceptance with God came by what we do, it would no longer be grace. But because it is by grace, we stand in a righteous position before Him that Christ alone has provided. That is the mystery once hidden and now revealed, that through Jesus we who were far off have been brought near and made partakers of His goodness, with access by faith into this grace and rejoicing in the hope of His glory. Where sin once abounded, His grace has overflowed all the more, pardoning and cleansing us and making us heirs of eternal life.

Because of that grace we can bring your silent requests with confidence. We do not come to a bar of justice to present our merits, but we come boldly to the throne of grace through Jesus our great high priest to obtain mercy and find grace to help in our time of need. He knows what you have not spoken aloud, and His grace is sufficient and greater than all our need.

Let us pray. Heavenly Father, thank You for Your daily grace that sustains us and for the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ alone. Thank You that by faith we have peace with You and access into Your grace. I lift up these silent requests before Your throne of grace. You know each one fully. Grant mercy, help, wisdom and provision according to Your perfect will. Strengthen faith to rest not on works but on Your grace alone, and fill the heart with continued thanksgiving for Your mercy that endures forever. In Jesus name, amen.