Friday, February 26, 2010

Visions of Glory that We May Know the Lord

We seek to learn Your Word, let it draw us nearer to You. We trust you to provide for our daily needs, and the strength to be in practice what we already are in Christ. Help us to humble ourselves and to turn from our wicked ways, knowing that all come short of Your glory. We acknowledge it is by Your Grace and Mercy that You have saved us. We also know that You hold our spiritual leaders accountable for their words, give them wisdom and the words we need to grow. Lord Jesus we pray that we never rebel against You, knowing that no rebel ever wins. We ask for wisdom and discernment to recognize the devil’s methods to trick us. We want to be obedient to You, because You have willed it so in us. Humble us and let us turn from hypocrisy and pride to follow You, walking in the Spirit. It is in You that we find regeneration, repentance, hope, holiness, and fellowship. It is our desire to live in You always serving at Your pleasure, thanking You for the forgiveness of ours sins through Your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ.
Holy Father, we come to You asking for Your help because You are God and nothing is too difficult or impossible for You. You know our schedules, the pressures and pulls of our lives. Yet You tell us how essential it is that we know and understand You and Your ways.
Your Word shows us how You deal with people who are not any different than we. Let us learn from their examples. You gave the Israelites a warning of Your judgments to come through Ezekiel’s visions as You warn us today through your Word. Sinful people we are who cause You so much heart ache, yet You show Your great mercy. Please forgive us for grieving You so, we pray as You warn against sin in our lives that we respond with a truly repentant heart that we will not be afraid to face Your judgments. It is by Your desire that we turn from our wicked way and live.
Father as we study Your Word meet with us in a personal and intimate way, a way that will surprise and delight us, in a way that will equip us for service, a way that will warn us when we are going the wrong direction. We need Your wisdom, Your encouragement, Your strength, and Your direction for our lives. Let us never forget that these come only from You as a gift of grace.
Help us to persevere in our study of Your Word. We know that old serpent , Satan, would love to keep us away from Your Word and a deeper understanding of whom You are. Without a true knowledge of You and Your Word we stand defenseless before our adversary , that liar, deceiver and destroyer, Satan.
We pledge to You our faithfulness in studying Your Word so that we may know that You are Lord of all. Through faith we thank You for what You are going to do as we obey Your Word in our walk. Please, we pray,let this be so.