Let Us Pray - Weekly Prayer Guide - August 9th
Let Us Pray - Pray Guide Week Two - August 9th
A Prayer of Surrender
May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10 NLT
One of the hardest prayers we can pray is, "Your will be done." We naturally want God to bless our plans, fix our problems, and answer our prayers the way we expect. But Jesus teaches us to begin with surrender. Praying for God's Kingdom to come means inviting Him to rule every part of our lives, our relationships, decisions, priorities, and future. It means trusting that His plans are better than our own, even when we don't understand them.
Revival begins when God's people stop holding tightly to their own agendas and begin saying, "Lord, whatever You want, that's what I want." A surrendered heart is a heart God can use. God cannot fill hands that refuse to open. Before He changes our community, He wants to change us. Revival begins when we stop resisting His will and begin embracing it with open hearts.
We naturally want God to bless our plans, protect our comfort, and fulfill our dreams. Yet Jesus taught us something far greater. Instead of inviting God into our agenda, He invites us into His. Jesus modeled this kind of surrender on the night before the cross. Knowing the suffering that lay ahead, He prayed, “Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” Luke 22:42 NLT
That's what surrender looks like. Surrender is not weakness. It is not giving up. It is not losing. Surrender is trusting that God's plans are always better than ours.
May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10 NLT
One of the hardest prayers we can pray is, "Your will be done." We naturally want God to bless our plans, fix our problems, and answer our prayers the way we expect. But Jesus teaches us to begin with surrender. Praying for God's Kingdom to come means inviting Him to rule every part of our lives, our relationships, decisions, priorities, and future. It means trusting that His plans are better than our own, even when we don't understand them.
Revival begins when God's people stop holding tightly to their own agendas and begin saying, "Lord, whatever You want, that's what I want." A surrendered heart is a heart God can use. God cannot fill hands that refuse to open. Before He changes our community, He wants to change us. Revival begins when we stop resisting His will and begin embracing it with open hearts.
We naturally want God to bless our plans, protect our comfort, and fulfill our dreams. Yet Jesus taught us something far greater. Instead of inviting God into our agenda, He invites us into His. Jesus modeled this kind of surrender on the night before the cross. Knowing the suffering that lay ahead, He prayed, “Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” Luke 22:42 NLT
That's what surrender looks like. Surrender is not weakness. It is not giving up. It is not losing. Surrender is trusting that God's plans are always better than ours.
Monday Prayer Focus: Personal
• What area of my life I have been unwilling to surrender to God?
• Am I asking God to bless my plans, or am I seeking His will first?
• Parents Prompt: You don't always like to listen to your parents,
do you? Do you think it is hard to listen to God?
• What area of my life I have been unwilling to surrender to God?
• Am I asking God to bless my plans, or am I seeking His will first?
• Parents Prompt: You don't always like to listen to your parents,
do you? Do you think it is hard to listen to God?
Tuesday Prayer Focus: Family
• Teach us to love one another with patience, forgive quickly, and serve each other with
joy.
• Help us to seek You first in every decision.
• Parents Prompt: You know how we want you to love your
brother or sister and be nice to them? Did you know that is how God wants us to be to
everyone?
• Teach us to love one another with patience, forgive quickly, and serve each other with
joy.
• Help us to seek You first in every decision.
• Parents Prompt: You know how we want you to love your
brother or sister and be nice to them? Did you know that is how God wants us to be to
everyone?
Wednesday Prayer Focus: Church
• Lead us to seek Your Kingdom above our own preferences, traditions, and plans.
• Search our hearts and remove anything that hinders Your work among us.
• Parents Prompt: Do you have a favorite song or snack in class at church? Do you think
that is more important than learning something about Jesus?
• Lead us to seek Your Kingdom above our own preferences, traditions, and plans.
• Search our hearts and remove anything that hinders Your work among us.
• Parents Prompt: Do you have a favorite song or snack in class at church? Do you think
that is more important than learning something about Jesus?
Thursday Prayer Focus: Community
• Pray for those who are sick, hurting, and for the grieving
• Pray for our local and national leaders
• Pray for our schools
• Parents Prompt: Can we pray for a friend that has been sick?
• Pray for those who are sick, hurting, and for the grieving
• Pray for our local and national leaders
• Pray for our schools
• Parents Prompt: Can we pray for a friend that has been sick?
Friday Prayer Focus: Revival
• As we prepare for revival, our greatest prayer is not simply, "Lord, send revival." Our prayer is: "Lord, start with me."
• Parents Prompt: School is starting soon, and we really hope that you find a good friend. Can we pray that you are a good friend to someone this year?
• As we prepare for revival, our greatest prayer is not simply, "Lord, send revival." Our prayer is: "Lord, start with me."
• Parents Prompt: School is starting soon, and we really hope that you find a good friend. Can we pray that you are a good friend to someone this year?