Here are some prompts of how to pray through this passage from Mike’s sermon today. I find it most useful to read through the whole Scripture first, then go back and read each verse and the prayer prompts for that verse. I pray these will add freshness and variety to your prayers.
Verse 14:
- Lord, reveal areas in my heart that are discontent with Your provision
- Convict me of times that I grumble and dispute this week
- Turn my grumbling and complaining into praise and thanksgiving
Verse 15:
- Thank You that You died so that I can be Your child
- Thank You that You are sanctifying me to be more like Your Son
- Make me more blameless and innocent in this world
- Draw our crooked and twisted generation to You to be saved
- Thank You for Your hope, even as the world is sinful
- Give me wisdom to discern truth from the deceit and lies of the world
- Let my light shine brightly for You this week
- Let any suffering that comes because of my witness be offered as a joyful sacrifice to You
Verse 16-18:
- Help me to hold fast to Your Word as truth
- Make my humble of my own work and proud of the work You do in and through me
- Reveal to me the things I spend time and energy on that are vain
- Make me generous to invest my life into others for the gospel
- Give me overflowing joy
- Teach me to better rejoice with other believers
- Make me a unifier
