GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE!
"FOR I KNOW THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK TOWARD YOU, SAITH THE LORD, THOUGHTS OF PEACE, AND NOT OF EVIL, TO GIVE YOU AN EXPECTED END. THEN SHALL YE CALL UPON ME, AND YE SHALL GO AND PRAY UNTO ME, AND I WILL HEARKEN UNTO YOU. AND YE SHALL SEEK ME, AND FIND ME, WHEN YE SHALL SEARCH FOR ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART. AND I WILL BE FOUND OF YOU SAITH THE LORD..." (JER. 29:11-14)
PRAYER TO PURIFY THE HEART
Dear Heavenly Father, I, ________________________________, confess that I have entertained wrong thoughts and have developed wrong thought patterns. Please forgive me for allowing unworthy thoughts to have a place in my heart and forgive me of all the sins that my wrong thoughts have caused me to commit. Lord, purge me and deliver me from a carnal mind and allow me to be spiritually-minded through your Holy Spirit (Rom. 8:1-14). Jesus said that wrong thought patterns defile us and are an indication of an impure heart (Mt. 15:18-19; Mk. 7:20-23). Cleanse me of my sins and sinful thinking and like David create within me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me (Ps. 51:10). I desire to be cleansed of all filthiness of my flesh and spirit according to 2 Cor. 7:1, which means that anything I do that fosters wrong thoughts in my life must be forsaken. I desire to be transformed by the renewing of my mind to know and follow only what is acceptable to God according to Rom. 12:2. I choose to surrender my thought life to you Lord, and I ask that you pull down all the strongholds that have been erected in my life by the enemy because of my sins. I ask that these strongholds be loosed and dismantled from my life so that all wrong thoughts and wrong thought patterns can be cast down and that every future thought be brought captive to the obedience of Christ according to 2 Cor. 10:4,5. I desire to have the mind of Christ and to only think on those things that are acceptable for a Christian to think on, which according to Phil. 4:8, are only those things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, good, virtuous and praiseworthy. I desire to have a pure heart, mind and conscience so I can be a sanctified vessel ready for the masters use (2 Tim. 1:3; 2:21-22). Guard my mind against unworthy thoughts so I can walk in obedience and holiness. In the precious name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I pray, amen!
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A TRANSFORMING PRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR!
Gracious Heavenly Father, we thank You for all the blessings that You brought to us this year. We look forward to growing in righteousness this coming New Year (Rom. 5:21; 2 Cor. 9:10; Phil. 1:9-11). Continue to transform us as we walk on the path of purity (1 Jn. 3:3). Purify, cleanse, refine, and sanctify our lives until there are no more stains, spots, wrinkles or blemishes so we can be holy and blameless, as Christ desires for us to be (Eph. 5:27). We thank You, Lord God, for all this transforming power that You will allow to flow into our lives (2 Cor. 11:14). Break up all of our fallow ground and rain righteousness down upon us from heaven to fill our souls (Hos. 10:12; Matt. 5:6; Phil. 1:11), that we may bear much fruit unto holiness (Rom. 6:22). Help us to be willing to be perfected in Christ so we can reach our full potential as fruit-bearing branches that abide in Him (Matt. 5:48; Jn. 15:4) Grant us the spiritual strength and determination to fulfill all of our Biblical duties and responsibilities, as we walk in obedience, to love You, Lord God, and one another as Christ has commanded us (Matt. 22:37-40). May we be disciples who bear much fruit and walk in the love of Christ, that You, Father, may be pleased and glorified (Jn. 15:8-17). May all Your purging in our lives transform us into vessels of honor that are sanctified and ready for Your use and prepared for every good work (2 Tim. 2:21). We ask all of these spiritual blessings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, amen!