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Things to Think About in Praying

By Ron Bever

I.  Thanksgiving

  1. Thank God for His Wonderful Attributes

    1. All powerful          f.  All loving
    2. All Knowing         g. All Merciful
    3. All Present            h. All Faithful
    4. All Holy                i. Never Changing
    5. Eternal                   j. Just

  2. Thank God for giving us the Holy Spirit when we became Christians.

    1. His presence is a wonderful reality in our lives. I Cor.3:16-17; Eph. 5:5
    2. His power is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we are able to ask or think. Eph. 3:20-21
    3. His providence causes all things to work together for our spiritual good.  Rom 8:28
    4. His protection enables us to withstand the attacks of Satan.  Eph. 6: 10-17; Thank God for the belt of truth, the shoes of the Gospel peace, the breastplate of righteousness, the helmet of salvation, the shield of faith, and the sword of the Spirit; Gal. 5:19,”Walk by the Spirit and you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.”
    5. His fruit allows us to live a beautiful life glorifying God. Gal. 5:22-23
    6. His intercession in our prayer life allows him to interpret our feelings and thoughts and make them understood.  Romans 8:26-27

  3. Thank God for Christ

    1. Phil. 2: 5-11,  Who was in the form God but counted not being on equality with God a thing to grasp but emptied himself taking the form of a servant and became obedient unto death, yea the death of the cross.
    2. Not only thank Him that he died in our place and took our sins on that cross, but he was raised from the dead to give us hope of being raised dead at the Last Day. (Rom. 8: 11) What joy and hope we have in that empty tomb of Christ!
    3. Thank Christ for taking on human flesh so that he could understand our trials and temptations.  We are glad that he was tempted in all points like we are yet without sin. Heb. 4:15-16

  4. Thank God for the Church (Matt. 16: 16-19, Acts 2:47, Acts 5: 11; I Tim. 3:15)

    1. Thank God that he did not only gave us His Spirit but also gave us Christian people who have obeyed the same form of doctrine (Rom. 6:17) and can encourage us in this fallen world of sin and corruption.
    2. Thank God for the Christians at Britton Road who pray for us and lift us up when we get discouraged.
    3. Thank God that he has appointed a time for us to worship so that we can remember Christ, his sacrifice, and his resurrection every Sunday and praise and glorify God and Christ and the Holy Spirit. Heb. 10: 23-25; Acts 20:7; I Cor. 16:2; Rev. 1: 10; I Cor. 10-16-22; I Cor. 11:18-34

  5. Thank God for the Word of God—the Bible

    1. Thank God that He has given us a written Word that we can know what is right and wrong and what God’s will is for our lives.
    2. Thank God for all the men who sacrificed their lives for this to be preserved and translated into a language that we can easily understand.
    3. Thank God for His word that tells us of Christ who saves our soul. James 1:21
    4. Thank God that this is His eternal word and will last forever. Matt. 24:35

II. Confession

  1. Pray that God may completely forgive us of our sins and thank God for the cleansing blood of Christ. I Jn. 1: 8-10.
  2. Thank God that Jesus bore our sins on the cross so that we “might live unto righteousness.”  I Peter 2: 24
  3. Thank God that Christ who “knew no sin, God made to be sin on our behalf that we might become the righteousness of God in him” II Cor. 5:21
  4. Thank God that through his Grace our faith in the Christ counts for righteousness. Romans 4:4-5.  Thank God that after we became Christians, He counts us perfect all the time, not because we deserve it, or nor because of any works that we do, but solely because of our continued faith in Christ and His righteousness. Rom. 4: 4-5; Eph. 2: 8-9.

III. Supplications for own spiritual maturity and growth in Christ.

  1. Pray that God will provide us the discipline to love Him more and love others with the passionate love that God has for us.  Heb. 12: 7-13; I Thess. 3: 12
  2. Pray that God through His power will make us BE the people He can work through mightily. Eph. 1: 19-20
  3. Pray that God will make us an empty vessel so humble that He can work through us. II Cor. 4: 7
  4. Thank God that we have the continued forgiveness of sins through the cleansing blood of Christ.
  5. Pray that God will control our minds, our words and our actions so that His Will is done in our life today. Rom. 12: 1-2; Col. 1: 9-11
  6. Pray that the Holy Spirit may fill us full to overflowing with His fruits of righteousness.
  7. Pray that every cell in our body may be filled with Christ’s light and love so that we can shine His light in this world of darkness. Matt. 5: 15-16
  8. Pray that our lives will be an open channel of His Power, Presence, and Providence and like a mighty river might overflow its banks and bless every body we come in contact.
  9. Pray that today where there is conflict, we can bring peace; where there is hatred we can bring love; where there is prejudice you can bring tolerance; where there is inferiority we can bring worth; where there is fear we can bring hope.
  10. Make the words of the Beatitudes of Christ into a prayer. (Matt. 5: 3-11)
  11. Make the words of the Christian armor into a prayer (Eph. 6: 11-18)
  12. Pray the words of Paul’s prayers–Eph.3:16-21; Col. 1: 9-16

IV. Intercession

  1. Pray for the President of U. S. and those in Congress that they may make wise decisions so that we may continue to have peace in this land and that we may have the freedom to present your saving grace to others.
  2. Pray for our Oklahoma State officials that they have the wisdom to enact laws that will help the rising divorce rate.
  3. Pray for the leaders in the churches of Christ in this country and abroad that they may be given wisdom and understanding to guide the church in this generation to make it a soul-saving body. Help them to see that the true mission of the church is to pray for doors to be opened, to love people fervently, and then to teach them your good news of salvation.
  4. Pray for the Britton elders, deacons, ministry leaders, teachers, and members that we can work together in unity and that we can together stimulate one another to create a spiritual revival in the church.
  5. Pray for every member of the Britton Road congregation that they can discover the gifts that God has given them and that they can then use those talents to glorify Him.