Here are some things to pray about from today’s sermon passage.
Verses 1-2:
- Thank You that You are in control of everything and have good plans and perfect timing
- Teach me to patiently submit to Your timing in everything
- Thank You for setting boundaries for the world
- Thank You for my birth and the birth of my kids
- Give me perspective on death and give those dealing with death joy and peace
- Use death to draw souls to Jesus
- Give me joy in planting seeds of the gospel
- Thank you for the metaphors of the gospel that farming gives
Verses 3-6:
- Lord, keep me from anger this week
- Heal those who are sick
- Fill me with healing words and actions so that they overflow onto others
- Thank You for healing me spiritually
- Make me patient when You are humbling me
- Build me up in Your likeness
- Thank You for the release of weeping and mourning and the joy of laughter and dancing
- Give me wisdom in how to glorify You with my possessions- when to keep them and when to get rid of them
Verses 7-8:
- Give me wisdom in how I use my tongue, when and what to speak and when to keep silent
- Increase my love for those around me
- Help me see the fight against sin in my life as war
- Bring me peace and make me a peacemaker
Verses 9-13:
- Thank You for giving the unremarkable things of life
- Praise You for making everything beautiful in its time
- Thank You for putting eternity into our hearts
- Give me confidence as I share the gospel, knowing that You have put eternity in every man’s heart
- Thank You that Your ways and thoughts are higher than I can understand
- Make me joyful and equip me to do good all the days of my life
- Thank You for the gifts of eating and drinking and finding pleasure in my toil
Verses 14-15:
- Praise You that Your works endure forever
- Teach me to fear and honor Your name
- Thank You for seeking me in my salvation when I was driven away
- Thank You that You are outside of time and know the end and the beginning
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