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Vision Ascension: 28 Days of Scripture and Prayer
Lord, what would you do through me to accomplish your vision in our church?
The Prayer Team has compiled a selection of scripture and prayer points for us to use as a brief devotion each day during this time of contemplation.
Please click on the appropriate date below to see the prayer and scripture for the day.
March
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Luke 11:1 (NIV)
Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer
1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
Lord, please teach me to pray.
James 5:16 (NIV)
16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
Lord, thank you that we are righteous in your sight through Jesus. Help our faith and prayers to be powerful and effective.
Luke 11: 9 (NIV)
9 “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.
Lord, please help us to seek you and search out your will for our lives. Give us the courage to knock on the doors you provide and go boldly through the ones you open.
1 Samuel 3:10 (NIV)
10 The LORD came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!”
Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”
Lord, please help us to truly listen for your voice that we may know and do your will.
2 Corinthians 8: 1-7 (NIV)
The Collection for the Lord’s People
1 And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 3 For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, 4 they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord’s people. 5 And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us. 6 So we urged Titus, just as he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part. 7 But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
Footnotes:
- 2 Corinthians 8:7 Some manuscripts and in your love for us
Lord, help me to give myself more completely to you, and help me to know what you want to do through me.
Proverbs 3: 7-10 (NIV)
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the LORD and shun evil.
8 This will bring health to your body
and nourishment to your bones.
9 Honor the LORD with your wealth,
with the firstfruits of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing,
and your vats will brim over with new wine.
Lord, please give us the gift of your wisdom that we may honor you in every area of our lives.
Psalm 95: 6-7 (NIV)
6 Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
7 for he is our God
and we are the people of his pasture,
the flock under his care.
Today, if only you would hear his voice,
Lord, help us to worship You not just for everything you do for us, but for who you are. Please give us grateful and generous hearts.
Proverbs 3:5-6
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Psalm 119: 11 (NIV)
1 I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.
Lord, help us to know your word that we may live in a way that brings honor and glory to your holy name.
James 4: 8 (NIV)
8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Lord, please forgive us for trying to “work you into our schedule”. Instead, help us to work our schedule around time with you, and grow much closer in our relationship with you.
Luke 5:5 (NIV)
5 Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”
Lord, please help us to not be afraid to “cast in deeper waters”. Help us to hear and obey without delay.
Matthew 28:19 (NIV)
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Lord, help us to do whatever it takes to obey your commands and accomplish your will.
Matthew 6:21 (NIV)
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Lord, please help us to have hearts that are soft toward you that we may give and live to your glory.
Psalm 46:10 (NIV)
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
Help us to “be still” that we may hear your voice, know you intimately, obey you completely, and exalt you eternally!
Matthew 17:20 (NIV)
20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Lord, please help us to have big faith; because You are a BIG God!
Phil. 4:19 (NIV)
19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
Lord, thank you for providing for all of our needs. Help us to remember how rich we are in Jesus.
Romans 12:1 (NIV)
A Living Sacrifice
1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
Lord, help us to offer sacrificial gifts that are “holy and pleasing” to you.
1 Samuel 3: 10 (NIV)
10 The LORD came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!”
Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”
Lord, please help us to listen for Your voice that we may know and do your will.
Psalm 150:6 (NIV)
6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD.
Lord, help us to use every gift you give us to passionately serve you and show our love for you.
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Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
11 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.
Lord, please help us to seek you with our whole hearts; so we can know and follow your perfect plan for our lives.
Psalm 86: 10-11 (NIV)
10 For you are great and do marvelous deeds;
you alone are God.
11 Teach me your way, LORD,
that I may rely on your faithfulness;
give me an undivided heart,
that I may fear your name.
Lord, “you alone are God”. Teach us your ways so we can walk in your truth and glorify your name in everything we do.
Hebrews 11:1 & 6 (NIV)
Faith in Action
1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Lord, please help us to have faith that can move mountains-the kind of faith that pleases you.
Matthew 19:26
26 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Lord, help us to always remember that with You, all things are possible.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NIV)
18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Lord, please help us to remember to be truly grateful and pray continuously.
Acts 5: 32 (NIV)
32 We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”
Lord, please fill us with the gift of your Holy Spirit that we may be a witness of your great power and love.
1 Timothy 6: 6-7 (NIV)
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.
Lord, please teach us to live Godly lives and be content with knowing you.
Psalm 100: 1-5 (NIV)
A psalm. For giving grateful praise.
1 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
2 Worship the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
3 Know that the LORD is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Footnotes:
Psalm 100:3 Or and not we ourselves
Lord, please help us to remember your faithfulness and serve you joyfully.
Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV)
20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Lord, help us to remember that You are Almighty God, and you can do miraculous things in us and through us.
Matthew 6:10 (NIV)
10 your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Lord, may your good and perfect will be done through us. Help us to honor you with our gifts and with our lives.
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