Today, we want to
pray for the laity.
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One definition of
laity is ordinary people
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as distinct from
professionals or clergy,
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just ordinary people.
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Paul wrote in Ephesians 4:11,
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that God gave
some to be apostles,
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some prophets, some evangelists,
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and some pastors and teachers
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for the equipping of the saints,
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for the work of ministry,
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for the edifying of the church,
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the body of Christ.
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You may sit in a
pew and wish that
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you would have been
called to be one of the clergy.
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I've got news for
you. It's good news.
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You are an evangelist.
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We are all evangelists.
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If you don't believe me,
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Matthew
recorded what Jesus said,
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"Go therefore,
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and make
disciples of all nations."
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And evangelist is a person
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who seeks to
convert others to Jesus.
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Have you ever told
anyone that Jesus loves them?
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That's evangelism.
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If people see love
and compassion in you,
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it will draw them to Jesus.
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And if you want others
to have joy like you have,
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share Jesus with them.
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So let's pray now for the laity.
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Pray for one another.
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Dear Father in heaven,
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You have told us
the harvest is great,
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but the laborers are few.
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Lord give us the desire
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to be laborers in Your vineyard.
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You have also said,
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"Go ye into all the
world and preach the gospel."
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Lord, all the world
includes where we live.
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Please give us the
desire to labor in our part
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of Your vineyard.
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Help us to share Your
love with those near us.
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So they too may be embers
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plucked from the fire as we are.
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It's a privilege
to be called laborers
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in Your vineyard.
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And we thank You in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Dear Lord, thank
You for the privilege
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of being called Your children.
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Help us to be like You,
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grant Your guidance that
we may stand in the place
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You have called us to be,
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doing the work that
You have called us to do.
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Let us be Your hands and feet,
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alleviating
some of the suffering
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of the world about us.
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May we all be
touched by Your Spirit,
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filling our hearts
with Your heavenly love.
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May the world be a better
place for us having lived in it.
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We ask in Jesus' name. Amen.
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It may not be on
the mountain's height
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Or over the stormy sea
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It may not be at
the battle's front
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My Lord will have need of me
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But if by a still Small voice
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He calls To paths I do not know
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I'll answer, dear Lord
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With my hand in Thine
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I'll go where You want me to go
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I'll go where You want me to go,
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Dear Lord O'er mountain,
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Or plain, or sea
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I'll say what
You want me to say,
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Dear Lord
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I'll be what You want me to be
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Perhaps today
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There are loving words
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Which Jesus would have me speak
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There may be now,
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In the paths of sin
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Some wanderer whom I should seek
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O Savior, if
Thou wilt be my Guide
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Though dark and rugged the way
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My voice shall echo
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Sweet message sweet
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I'll say what You want me to say
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Our dear heavenly Father,
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we come before You today
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to pray for our
laity in Your church.
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Allow the Holy Spirit
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to work through
them for Your glory.
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Our laypeople in the church
represent Christ in His church.
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Lord, use our laymen
according to their gifts
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for Your witness.
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Help them carry on Christ's work
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to show the love of
the Father's character.
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Allow the laymen to
show the Father's love
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in their lives,
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through their worship
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and through their
guidance in Your church.
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In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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God, I want to
thank You for the people
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that You have put in
various leadership positions
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within the church.
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That help it to function
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and be a
resource sprits community.
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I pray that You
would bless efforts
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that are put forth
by these individuals.
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That their
efforts would be watered
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with the Holy
Spirit and multiply.
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Give them wisdom and guidance
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on how to best handle
the affairs of the church
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when a pastor is not available.
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Shelter them with Your grace
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and protect
them from the attacks
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that they may encounter
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either within or
without the church
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when they are
striving to do Your will, Lord.
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Father, it is my
prayer that the love of Christ
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may be seen in all they do,
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for You have chosen these people
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to lead out in their
churches and communities
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for such a time as this.
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May Your gospel
continue to go forward I pray
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through the resources
available in the laity
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who have accepted the call.
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Amen.
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Father, today I want
to lift up the laity.
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When I think of laity, I
think of those individuals
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that work day in and day out
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putting in
tireless hours for You.
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And oftentimes
the work that they do
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is not recognized by man at all.
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Lord, I just pray that
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You would provide
a special blessing
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for them today.
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Special protection on
them and their families
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that You would
provide their financial needs.
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Lord, whatever their
desires are on their hearts.
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Lord, You know what they are.
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And I just ask that
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You would provide
that for them today.
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Thank you Lord, for
the effort and the work
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that the laity put
forward on a day-to-day basis
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to spread Your
gospel around the world
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and in Jesus' name I pray.
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Amen.
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Father, right now I just think
of all the laypeople out there,
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Lord, that are doing
Your work in the midst
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of all that's going on.
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Father, I pray
for each and every one
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for grace and
strength and protection,
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Lord, from getting sick.
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Lord, I pray that You
would just give wisdom
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where wisdom is needed,
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Lord, and that You would
help each and every one of them
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to continue to do the work
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that You have
for them to do, Lord.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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I'll go
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Where You want me to go,
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Dear Lord O'er mountain,
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Or plain, or sea
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I'll say what
You want me to say,
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Dear Lord I'll be what You want
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Me to be
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Father, I believe
that You have equipped us
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for every good work,
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and yet many are not working.
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Many have itching ears,
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and they need to
hear Your sound doctrine,
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yet we haven't
responded to them.
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Father, forgive us when
we pass up opportunities
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to tell Your truth
or to share Your Word.
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Forgive us when we
have allowed the lost
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to remain that way.
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Lord, forgive us
for our idleness.
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Fill us with
compassion for the lost
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that we would
ourselves turn back to You
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for another
chance to speak Your word
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of love and hope and faith
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as we work to
fulfill Your commission
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and to glorify Your name, Lord.
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Father, You have
called us to holiness
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each of us,
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which means sharing
in Your divine life.
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So Father, I ask that
You will fill us with a sense
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of our true dignity
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as those who are called
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to be Your
children in this world.
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We are Your
ambassadors each of us
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of love and justice and peace.
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I pray for our young people.
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I ask God that You
would give them a hunger
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for the things of God
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and for strength to
resist distractions.
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Lord, I pray that
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You will preserve
their youthful minds
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and renew them and fill
them with Your Holy Spirit.
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I come against the
spirit of rebellion
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and disrespect.
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Lord, I lift up the parents.
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I ask for strength and grace
and love for their children,
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that they would
be holy examples,
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portraying You, Lord.
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Father God, fill
our homes with peace
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and healthy
parent relationships.
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Father, may Your
love conquer all.
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Move in the homes
by Your Holy Spirit.
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Father have Your way.
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Right now, just take a moment
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to pray for someone in need.
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Pray for your own calling.
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Ask the Lord to open a
door, to use you to minister.
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Father God, I lift up those
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who are battling disease.
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They're feeling the
painful chronic disease,
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Lord, that there's no
hope that it will go away.
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Father.
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I pray that You
will give them strength
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to hang tight,
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to not give up on You,
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but to trust in You
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for strength to make it through.
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God, You are a good God.
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And we love You, Lord.
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Help me to say
what You want me to say.
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Help me to be
what You want me to be.
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Help me to be faithful
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when You tell me to go to go.
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Thank You, Lord, for
the wonderful gospel.
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Now go and tell
someone about Jesus.
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