Here are things to pray about from this passage from Sunday’s sermon.
Verse 7:
- Give me wisdom to make my life count
- Thank You for the food You give me to eat
- Increase the joy that results from Your provision and goodness
- Thank You for the approval and righteousness You grant me
- Convict me of the ways I waste my days by worrying, complaining and being afraid
- Give me focus so that I don’t waste a meal
Verses 8-9:
- Purify my motives, thoughts and actions
- Enable me to enjoy the life, spouse, and family You have graciously given me
- Thank You for my spouse and family
- Make me content and thankful for the portion You have assigned me
- Show me how to not waste my leisure and luxury
- Prevent me from wasting my marriage through sin, selfishness and stubbornness
- Show me what sin, selfishness and stubbornness I need to repent of
Verse 10:
- Give me strength and ability to work with all my might on all You give me to do
- Use up my full abilities for Your glory while I am here on earth
- Give me eternal perspective on how I invest my time this week
- Keep me from wasting the opportunities You give me this week to share You with others
