We join you in this beautiful and scripturally saturated prayer and we thank God for your hunger for worship in spirit and truth, for grace, wisdom, and fruit that remains.
We agree with you that true worship is what the Father seeks, for as Jesus said, the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers John 4:23. We pray that we all may draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need Heb 4:16, and that we would be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, that we may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God, strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy Col 1:9-11.
We thank our Heavenly Father with you for the promise that if we draw near to God, he will draw near to us James 4:8, and we ask Him to renew our first love where it has grown cold Rev 2:4. We ask for grace to care faithfully for our own vineyards Song 1:6 and to tend and keep the gardens He has entrusted to us Gen 2:15, whether our homes, our work, or our ministries. We ask for the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, that we may know Him more fully Eph 1:17, that He would open our minds that we might understand the Scriptures Luke 24:45, and help us to give diligence to present ourselves approved by God, a workman who does not need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth 2 Tim 2:15. We lift up intercessions, petitions, prayers, and thanksgivings for all people, for kings and all who are in high places, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence, for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth 1 Tim 2:1-4.
We pray with you for clarity and order, for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace 1 Cor 14:33, and we ask that this divine order would bring happy grace for daily chores and wisdom to maintain good works to meet pressing needs Titus 3:14. We thank Him that we are God's fellow workers, God's farming, God's building 1 Cor 3:9, and we pray for sweet fellowship with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ and with one another 1 John 1:3, in our teams, families, friendships, and with those who are still lost. We ask for cheerful evangelism, happy holiness, fruitful home groups, and the evident fruit of the Holy Spirit, remembering that if we remain in Christ and His words remain in us, we will ask whatever we desire, and it will be done for us, and in this our Father is glorified, that we bear much fruit and so prove to be His disciples John 15:7-8.
We also join you in praying for simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ 2 Cor 11:3, that no subtle deception would corrupt our minds from Him. We ask for the ministry and protection of angels, for He will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways Psalm 91:11, and they are all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation Heb 1:14. As You rescued Lot and led him by the hand Gen 19:16, as You provided for Elijah and touched him by an angel 1 Kings 19:6, and as You sent an angel to strike the chains from Peter Acts 12:7, so we ask for Your encampment around us, mindful that some have entertained angels without knowing it Heb 13:2.
We pray for bold proclamation that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations Luke 24:47, and for faith and assurance that comes through believing that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, that believing we may have life in his name John 20:31, and that we may know that we have eternal life 1 John 5:13. We ask for restoration of the joy of Your salvation, that with a willing spirit You would sustain us, and then we will teach transgressors Your ways and sinners will be converted to You Psalm 51:12-13, with fresh repentance leading to happy conversions.
And as you prayed, we agree for protection from temptation and deliverance from evil Matt 6:13, that we would not put a stumbling block in a brother's way Rom 14:13, nor become a stumbling block to the weak 1 Cor 8:9, giving no occasion for stumbling in anything 1 Cor 10:32. Keep us from sin and from lips that speak deceit Zeph 3:13, keep us from being puffed up by knowledge 1 Cor 8:1, and deliver us from evil people and imposters who advance from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived 2 Tim 3:13, from those holding a form of godliness but denying its power 2 Tim 3:5, and keep us from the evil one himself John 17:15.
We thank You, Father, that we come only through one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus 1 Tim 2:5, our Priest forever after the order of Melchizedek Psalm 110:4 Heb 7:17. We offer all these prayers in the name of Jesus Christ, trusting not in our worthiness but in His priesthood and His grace, amen.