Upon Beginning to Seek God’s Purpose In Our Lives

So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. Luke 11:9

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:3

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6

 

Lord, we humble ourselves before you tonight because we know we are nothing without your presence. We know all we can achieve on our own is sin and pain and lowliness. We come seeking You, Lord, and seeking Your guidance upon our lives. We pray that You will intervene in our ways, Lord, and show us the way You would have us go instead. My family and I are wholly looking to fulfill Your will and purpose for our lives, and that can be so daunting. We ache to know the peace of feeling certain we are working for You in the manner You would have us do, Lord, and we pray you guide us strongly until we find it. This is all we have tonight, Lord, our prayer and our plea that You use us to Your purposes here on earth, and we pledge our lives to the cause of it. We are so tired of being weary, of being caught up in dissatisfaction because we keep going through the daily grind without a full and complete direction from You, Lord. We crave the wisdom to see what we can use the gifts You’ve given us to achieve for Your glory! We pray in the name of your holy Son, Lord, that You will show us the way and get our own selves out of the way. In humble supplication, through the loving sacrifice of Your Son, Amen.

A Prayer For Vocation.

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. – Jeremiah 29:11

Dear Lord, I call out for your guidance in my husband’s life. Please show him what you mean for him to do. He longs for a real calling, Lord. He longs to know he has a bigger purpose. We know you are blessing us with the job he has now and it is just what he needs to be doing for now but he’s not sure it is fulfilling your requirements for his life. Please, Lord, in your time, give him purpose and for now, strengthen his faith that you will do so in your own timing. Thank you, Lord, for the blessing that has been our first year of marriage and since today is or anniversary, please bless our second year just as kindly. We are delighted to keep building our faith in you, Lord, In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

 

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A Prayer For Calling, Renewal, and Protection

Dear Lord,

Ephesians 4:14-15 says “that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things, into him, who is the head, even Christ;” (NASB) and Ephesians 4:23-24 says “and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in holiness of truth.”

Lord, These verses as I read them this morning spoke to me of my husband. First, Lord, the beginning of this chapter of Ephesians speaks often and much about gifts from you and our calling. I know my husband seeks his calling from you, Lord. I know he has longed for a vocation and a true and meaningful way of life through your direction. I pray today, Lord, with a full heart and leaving all the worries at your feet, that you will allow him to feel that calling and find his vocation. I pray you will give us the direction strongly so he can see where he will do the most good and most closely follow your will for his career. I lay it all down to you, Lord, and pray you give me the strength when the time comes to follow him as he follows you and to lay down the fears I know I will have and trust that if you would direct him to change careers, we should have faith that it will all be all right. Lord, I fear I let the pressure of money get to him too much, that I don’t shield him from my worries over finances enough, and Lord, I know really you’re the provider in this family and so I need not lean so unduly heavily on my husband. Please, Lord, remind me of that daily and especially while he seeks his purpose in you.

I see my husband growing up so quickly in you. We’ve only been married a year and yet he has begun to so apparently shed his old life and old self and become a Christian man who follows your will as closely as he feels it. I pray, dear Lord, that you continue this work within him and that I get the blessing of continuing to see that light shine from him each day as he grows and matures and changes in his heart. Dear Lord, please, do the same for me. I feel sometimes like my faith is old and worn and needs a polishing. I pray that you create in me a new heart and help me to be renewed in spirit and mind and to follow my husband’s example and trust your guidance to do so. I pray today, Lord, that you allow us to remember not just the few verses that stuck with me strongest but all of the verses of Ephesians 4 so that we can recall that you have gifted each person here on earth, and renewed us, and allowed us the capacity to grow in you and to follow your light, Lord. I Thank you for the fact that you have already done this, Lord, as always.

I pray today as you protect my husband in safe conduct to and from his work that you will allow him to remember who he is now, and as I requested, to feel your calling of him, Dear Lord. I pray that you are a light unto both of our paths and that you would keep us growing not only as individuals in you but as a family. Please keep our Alice safe and growing in her childlike ways as well. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

 

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