Solomon is the One Who Will Build My Temple — The purposes of this prayer are: Leadership and Guidance/Purpose. Omnipotent Lord, after David began to gather resources for the temple that his son Solomon would build, he brought together the elders of the tribes of Israel: “David stood before them and addressed them: ‘My countrymen, listen to me. I wanted…

Come, Follow Me — The purposes of this prayer are: Illumination and Glorify God/Worship. Benevolent Lord, John recorded the time when Jesus called his disciples to himself. The call of Nathanael was particularly illuminating: “The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, ‘Come, follow me.’ Philip…

Your Prophets Have Seen for You False and Deceptive Visions — The purposes of this prayer are: Repentance, Mercy, Forgiveness and Healing. Holy God, the author of the book of Lamentations eloquently expressed the overwhelming grief that many Israelites were experiencing at the loss of the city of Jerusalem to the Babylonians in 586 B.C., the punishment that you allowed the…

Let Not God Speak to Us, or We Will Die — The purposes of this prayer are: Glorify God/Worship, Obedience and Guidance/Purpose. Majestic God, when Moses was on Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments from you, the Israelites observed the lightning and heard the thunder and were very afraid: “All the people perceived the thunder and the lightning flashes and the…

I Am Afraid that Your Minds Will Be Corrupted — The purposes of this prayer are: Spreading of the Gospel, Guidance/Purpose and Leadership. Eternal Father, when Paul learned that other evangelists were preaching about a Christ different from the Christ that he taught them, he sent the Corinthians a second epistle to address his concerns about their proper understanding of…

O Foolish One, and Slow of Heart to Believe — The purposes of this prayer are: Increased Faith, Illumination and Glorify God/Worship. God Most High, Jesus arose from the dead on the third day after he was crucified. One of his post-resurrection appearances was to two of his followers walking along the road from Jerusalem to Emmaus. When Jesus approached…

The Lord Works Vindication and Justice for All Who are Oppressed — The purposes of this prayer are: Justice, Forgiveness and Mercy. Righteous Lord, after expressing his boundless gratitude in the first verses of this psalm for all your acts of mercy and healing, the psalmist then greatly praised you for your righteousness and justice, writing, “The Lord works vindication and justice…

I Have Pardoned Them as You Requested — The purposes of this prayer are: Mercy, Forgiveness and Obedience. Merciful Father, when you directed Moses to send a man from each tribe of Israel into the land of Canaan to scout it out before going to conquer it, only two, Caleb and Joshua, had enough courage and faith in…

His Purpose Was to Create in Himself One New Man Out of the Two, Thus Making Peace — The purposes of this praye are: Justification, Conversion/Regeneration and Reconciliation. Compassionate Lord, when Jesus died on the cross, his death reconciled two separate humanities, Jews and Gentiles, into one humanity: “In Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he…