Heavenly Father I come humbly before Your throne today and ask forgiveness for me, my community, my state, and my country. We have wandered far away from Your principles and salvation. We have allowed ourselves to be deceived that sin is good when it means eternal death. Help us all to turn from our wicked ways and seek righteousness, salvation, and hope. Let our faith grow and not waiver. Let me and those who pray alongside me pray with faith and stand in the gap for our families, communities, and country. Let us faithfully pray for those to turn around and accept salvation.
Holy Spirit continue to work on me and help me not to cause pain. Help me to temper what I say and to be wise in how I think and process. Help me to take time to wisely respond to my family and others so that I can be a beacon of light and not another who causes pain and chaos. Let my words be acceptable to You. Help me live as a living sacrifice, be like Daniel, and constantly lift up my people and bring them before You. Help me to lead people to You. Help me to pray with the faith to lead to Your healing people whether mentally or spiritually.
Therefore, let me not sleep as others do. But let me be alert and sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. But let me, who is of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation. For God has not appointed me to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for me, so that whether I am awake or asleep, I will live together with Him. So, I will comfort myself, and edify my brothers and sisters. I will acknowledge those who labor around me, and/or are appointed over me in the Lord, and instruct me. I will esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among the members of the body of Christ. I have been exhorted, to warn those who are unruly, comfort the faint-hearted, support the weak, and be patient toward everyone. I will not render evil for evil to anyone. But always seek to do good to others. I will rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning me. I will not quench the Spirit. Nor will I despise prophecies. I will examine all things. Firmly hold onto what is good. Abstain from all appearances of evil. May the very God of peace sanctify me completely. And I pray to God that my whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. For I know that faithful is He who calls me, for He also will do it. Amen. 1 Thessalonians 5:6-24