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For a Faith That Acts

Spirit of Life,
Thank you for the gift of faith, by which we have the sure confidence of our salvation, completed in full for us by Jesus. Faith that is healthy and growing is faith that acts. When faith listens, its natural response is to act. However, since the Old Adam in me is bent on self-service, it opposes any activity of faith that is directed toward others. Therefore, take me back to my baptism, where that part of me needs to be drowned again and again, and raise me up in newness of life, eager to put my faith into practice. Whenever I hear your Word, allow my heart and mind to collaborate with my ears so that I am contemplating how I might put your Word into practice. Compel me to be not just a hearer of your Word, but also a doer of it. Moved by the power of your grace and grounded in the certainty of your gift of eternal life, grant me a hard-working faith.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Hear and Do

Heavenly Father,
Sundays are sacred. My prayer today for worship is that I do not merely hear your Word, but that I also consider how to put it into practice. You provide so much guidance and direction for my life, as well as countless powerful promises. Yet, as powerful as your Word is, when I allow it to merely go in one ear and out the other, without applying it in my life, I am testing more than I am trusting. Build up my trust by spurring me on toward action with your gracious promises this week. Let your Word flourish in and through me as I strive not just to hear, but also to do. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Dream and to Do

Dear Lord,
You created us with a unique capacity to envision what could be and to imagine possibilities. We are indeed fearfully and wonderfully made in these ways and so many others, for which we are extremely grateful. Nevertheless, without any action, dreams never take shape and become reality. Therefore, make me also a man of action, someone with the self-discipline not just to dream, but to do. Guide me with the discernment to balance between being overly cautious in preparation, resulting in unnecessarily long delays, and being too hasty to rush into action without enough preparation. Keep me from being frozen by indecision and give me a willingness to fail forward, confident that corrections and adjustments are always a part of progress. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.