Prayer from Genesis 4:1-16

Here are some ways to pray using this passage. It’s most helpful to keep your Bible open to the passage and read the verses as you pray through them.

Verses 1-2:

• Thank You for the gift of children
• Increase Your fruit of humility in my heart
• Remind me of my need of You in my life
• Reveal to me areas where I am not dependent on You
• Thank You for creating so many different ways to work and provide
• Thank You for variety of food- plants and animals

Verses 3-5:

• Thank You for letting the ground still yield it’s fruit to us
• Thank You that You accepted Christ’s offering on our behalf
• Thank You for letting us serve and give to You
• Show me where I am not giving You my first and best
• Forgive me for the greed in my heart that wants to keep what’s best for myself
• Give me wisdom to consider my heart and possible sin when my emotions are negative
• Deliver me from my sin and from depression and anger

Verses 6-7:

• Open my eyes and heart to hear Your truth when You speak through Your Word
• Thank You for Your grace and mercy as You deal with my sin
• Protect me from temptation to sin
• Give me wisdom and strength to not submit to sin
• Thank You for accepting me through Christ, so that I don’t have to work for my salvation
• Convince my heart that sin is bad for me and will destroy me

Verses 8-9:

• Convict my heart when I’m planning to sin and enable me to turn from it
• Fill my heart with love toward those around me, not hate
• Quench the spirit of jealousy that can live in my thoughts and emotions
• Protect me from sin’s mastery over me
• Thank You that I can live free from sin because of Jesus
• Thank You that You know my every sin and love me anyway
• Grow my heart in love for You, not anger, when You confront me

Verses 10-12:

• Thank You for Your justice and fairness
• Thank You that You are involved in Your creation
• Praise You for seeing everything that happens
• Thank You that You care about human life
• Show me how to better care for the special nature of human life
• Soften my heart to my own sin

Verses 13-16:

• Thank You for taking on the punishment for my sins that is more than I can bear
• Keep me in close relationship with You
• Soften my heart so that Your discipline and punishment cause repentance
• Thank You for Your undeserved mercy, patience and love when I sin