David Said to God, “I Have Committed a Terrible Sin in Doing This!” — The purposes of this prayer are: Repentance, Reconciliation and Holiness/Righteousness. Righteous God, you were displeased with David when he ordered that a census of all Israel be conducted against your will. When he recognized this, “David said to God, ‘I have committed a terrible sin in doing this! Please forgive…

Every Child of God Defeats this Evil World, and We Achieve this Victory Through Our Faith — The purposes of this prayer are: Salvation, Confidence/Hope and Increased Faith. Everlasting God, John explained in his first epistle to his flock how we can be sure that the testimony of the gospel of Jesus is true by telling them, “Every child of God defeats this evil world, and we…

God Has Raised this Jesus; We are All Witnesses of This — The purposes of this prayer are: Confidence/Hope, Illumination and Glorify God/Worship. Holy God, forty days after Jesus was resurrected from the dead, on the day of Pentecost, you imparted the Holy Spirit to all believers in Jerusalem. When this happened, the apostle Paul stood up to deliver a sermon to…

The Lord Will Keep You Safe — The purposes of this prayer are: Wisdom, Guidance/Purpose, Protection and Lovingkindness. Loving Lord, there are many proverbs in the book of Proverbs that urge the recipient to gain wisdom and to trust in God, such as this excerpt from the third chapter: “The Lord created the earth by his wisdom…

I Hold Back My Feet from Every Evil Way — The purposes of this prayer are: Resist Temptation and Wisdom. Lord of Hosts, we want to avoid adopting the wisdom of this world. We want to know only the wisdom that we can learn from the Scriptures. We agree with the psalmist who wrote, “Oh how I love your law…

All the Churches Praise Him as a Preacher of the Good News — The purposes of this prayer are: Spreading of the Gospel, Opportunity and Leadership. Benevolent Father, while commending Titus to the believers in Corinth as an enthusiastic preacher of the gospel, Paul briefly mentioned the proper procedures for handling cash donations in his second epistle to them, writing, “But thank God…

You Will Be Baptized with the Holy Spirit Not Many Days from Now — The purposes of this prayer are: Guidance/Purpose and Patience/Persistence. Compassionate Lord, Luke began the book of Acts with a reminder of what Jesus said to his disciples after he arose from the dead and before he ascended into heaven: “The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began…

All the Kings of the Earth Shall Give Thee Thanks, O Lord — The purposes of this prayer are: Glorify God/Worship, Gratitude, Humility and Lovingkindness. Heavenly Father, David wrote an exuberant psalm of praise and thanksgiving, saying, “I will give thee thanks with my whole heart; before the gods will I sing praises unto thee. I will worship toward thy holy temple, and…

Speak to Him as You Would to a Brother Who Needs to be Warned — The purposes of this prayer are: Obedience, Repentance and Friendship/Fellowship. Eternal Father, the apostle Paul ended his second letter to the Thessalonians with a few words of guidance regarding wayward brothers and repentance, saying, “Dear brothers, never be tired of doing right. If anyone refuses to obey what we say…