Prayer from Ecclesiastes 7:13-18

Here are ways to pray through this week’s sermon passage.

Verse 13:

• Reveal to me Your work in the world
• Thank You that You are in control of all that happens

Verse 14:

• Make me joyful when You give me blessings and prosperity
• Satisfy me with what You have blessed me with
• Enable me to consider You and draw near to You in times of adversity
• Help me to trust Your sovereignty during good and bad times

Verse 15:

• Show me how to invest my short life for Your glory
• Thank You for Jesus and that through His death on the cross I gain His righteousness

Verses 16-18:

• Make me humble and meek
• Fill my life with good deeds done by Your grace
• Increase my fear, respect and honor of You
• Protect me from the extremes of rejecting Your law and of living to earn things by following the law