Prayer for Godly Zeal

Father, help us to have faith in Your provision for spiritual growth, assured that Your power is sufficient for us as believers.  We strive to be all You Father, want us to be.  “According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue”
(2 Peter 1:3).

Let us give diligence to make our salvation sure by developing Christian character as we wait for Your Son's return.  “Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall” (2 Peter 1:10).

Heavenly Father help us to trust in Your Word, consistently relying on the trustworthiness of  the Bible.  “We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts” (2 Peter 1:19).

Let us know the truth and beware of false teachers, being always on the alert for their appearance among our number.  “But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction”           (2 Peter 2:1).

Let us serve You for the right reasons, for false teachers who arise in the fellowship of believers will be morally degenerate in character and conduct.  “Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness”  (2 Peter 2:15).

Teach us to value genuine faith.  a person's conduct is controlled by who they are by nature.  “But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire” (2 Peter 2:22).

Help us to learn to respond the right way to Your longsuffering by witnessing, knowing those skeptics who deny Christ’s return don’t understand God’s longsuffering.  “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance”                  (2 Peter 3:9).

Father show us how to evaluate our spiritual growth in light of eternity, because we must look forward to the Day of the Lord by living a godly lifestyle.  “Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless” (2 Peter 3:14).

Lord, You have taught us to walk in truth and love measured by the Scriptures, for a believer’s walk in truth includes refusing to accept or support false teachers.  “Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward” (2 John 8).

Teach us to lead with love, not selfishness, for godly leaders are characterized by love and selflessness.  “Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God” (3 John 11).

Help us to learn what it means to contend for the faith, for You have shown us that we must be zealous in contending for and living out the faith.   “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints” (Jude 3).

Father, we as Your children need to know how false teachers think and act as they do, for false teachers are a threat to believers, help us by Your grace to reject false teachers and their ways.  “But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves” (Jude 10).

Have mercy on us that we may live with distinction as believers, for Christians are to live distinctive lives in Christ Jesus.  “But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life” (Jude 20, 21). Amen!