- For a close relationship and fellowship with Jesus (John 15:5)
- For a committed prayer life (Col. 4:2)
- God's vision for our church (Prov. 29:18)
Abba Father, asking You to open the floodgates of our hearts and minds to overflowing to imagine what the Spirit can do in and through us as we love You with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our mind, and with all our strength. Then that we love one another, as You have loved us. For it is written:
5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. [Deuteronomy 6:5 NKJV]
30 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. [Mark 12:30 NKJV]
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. [John 13:34 NKJV]
18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. [1 John 3:18]
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering (patience), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. [Galatians 5:22-23]
Abba Father, help us to imagine what the Spirit can do as our faith perseveres through various trials that we will count it all joy, for through this testing of our faith You will bless us with patience and remind us of the peace we have with You. For it is written:
2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. [James 1:2-3 NKJV Profiting from Trials]
1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; 4 and perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. [Romans 5:1-5 NKJV – Faith Triumphs in Trouble]
Abba Father, bring spiritual awakening and revival to our lives to enable us to imagine what the Spirit can do as we share our hope in Jesus Christ with others. Lord Jesus, you tell us in Your Word that we are the salt of the earth and the light of the world, you don’t say “maybe we are” you say, “we are.” Prepare our hearts and minds to be ready to explain the reason for our hope and let our light shine for You, that others may know You as their Lord & Savior as we share what You have done for us and as we serve others in Your name.
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. [John 3:16-17 NKJV]
13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. 14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. [Matthew 5:13-14 NKJV – Believers are Salt and light]
15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; [1 Peter 3:15 NKJV]
5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. [Romans 5:5 NKJV]
13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. [Romans 15:13]
Abba Father, encourage us to imagine what the Spirit can do as we trust and obey His promptings. Father, in that process of recognizing the Holy Spirit’s promptings and acting on them, may we grow and mature in the giving of our time, our talents, our spiritual gifts, and our resources to advance Your Kingdom work and may all we give of ourselves individually and collectively bring You all the praise, all the honor and all the glory.
6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. [2 Corinthians 9:6-8 NKJV – The Cheerful Giver]
4 There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills. (1 Corinthians 12:4, 11 NKJV]
3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. 4 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; 7 or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; 8 he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. [Romans 12:3-8 NKJV – Serve God with Spiritual Gifts]
Abba Father, give us a thirst for Your Word that will challenge us to imagine what the Spirit can do as He reveals to us just what You want us to know. Then as we listen and talk with You, may our faith increase as we apply these truths to our lives. Yes Lord, let us imagine what the Spirit can do in and through us as You give us the grace to yield or surrender our will to Your will, so we can fulfill Your plan and purpose for our lives.
3 ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’ [Jeremiah 33:3 NKJV]
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” [Matthew 11:28-30 NKJV]
26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. [John 14:26 NKJV]
13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. [John 16:13 NKJV]
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. [Jeremiah 29:11-12]
Praying in the Mighty and Compassionate Name of Jesus, Name above all names, and in the power of the Holy Spirit and to the glory of God the Father. Amen.
Prayerfully – Just “Imagine What The Spirit Can Do!"
~Pat Matthews
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