Tag: Love

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Resting in Christ’s Peace

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How can we have peace in this life which is filled with division, strife and suffering? With Jesus accompanying us in our daily life, we are given our daily bread and our needs are met where we can intercede for others in prayer.

If you need a peaceful heart, take a few minutes each day to grow in the habit of receiving the gift of peace that He wants to share with you. Draw near and ask the question, how peaceful am I?

How frequently am I able to live in the moment, being fully present to others, and entirely content with my circumstances?

Do I tell God my needs? How close do I feel to God?

Do I count on God to provide for all of my needs?

Am I self-reliant or reliant on God? 

Do I expect to be in control of everything or do I allow God to control everything, asking for His help and counting on it?

How often do I compare myself with others and find myself lacking?

Do I trust in God’s mercy by actively seeking it, by going to confession or turning to God with a remorseful heart.

Do I feel peace with whom God has created me to be a beloved child of God?

Lord, You did not leave us alone but with the gift of the Holy Spirit. “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” John 14:27

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Relief for the Suffering

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Intercessory Prayer for Healing

Heavenly Father, I come before You on behalf of those who need physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. I lift their names before Your throne of grace, asking for Your mighty touch to bring restoration and wholeness to their bodies, minds, and souls.

Lord, I pray for doctors, nurses, and medical professionals involved in their care, that You would grant them wisdom, skill, and compassion. May Your healing power flow through them and bring comfort and relief to those who are suffering. Strengthen the faith of those who are sick and their loved ones, reminding them of Your faithfulness and love. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

This prayer is based on James 5:14-16, which instructs us to pray for the sick and to confess our sins to one another, so that we may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

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Joy in Loving

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May we be faithful intercessors; praying without ceasing; praying according to God’s will; praying with faith; praying with love; praying with power.

Mother Teresa offers us pearls of wisdom to live a more humble life and to model them with others in our life so we can behave more virtuously and be kind.

Lord, I intercede for all people to live a life of humility: 

  • To speak as little as possible of one’s self.
  • To mind one’s own business.
  • Not to want to manage other people’s affairs.
  • To avoid curiosity.
  • To pass over the mistakes of others.
  • To accept insults and injuries.
  • To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked.
  • To be kind and gentle even under provocation.
  • Never to stand on one’s dignity.
  • To choose always the hardest.

Lord, create in us all a clean heart. Amen

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Connected Together

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Intercessory Prayer for Unity

Faithful God, I intercede for those who need unity and harmony in their lives. I pray that You would make them one as You are one with Your Son and Your Spirit; that they may be one in You and one with each other; that the world may believe that You have sent Your Son.

Lord, be their unity and their bond of peace, their fellowship, and their communion. May they maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace; being eager to preserve it with all humility and gentleness; with patience; bearing with one another in love; making every effort to keep it through the peace that ties you together. May they love one another with a pure heart fervently; being of one mind; having compassion one of another; being courteous. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

This prayer is based on John 17:21, which records Jesus’ prayer for His disciples: “that they may all be one; just as you, Father are in me; and I am in you; that they also may be one in us; so that the world may believe that you sent me.”

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The Ultimate Surrender

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Intercessory Prayer for Humility

Lord, I intercede for those who need humility and meekness in their lives. I pray that You would teach them to humble themselves before You and before others, acknowledging their dependence on You and their need for Your grace.

Lord, be their humility and their example, their model and their mentor. May they have the same mind as Christ Jesus, who though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men; and being found in human form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. May they clothe themselves with humility toward one another, for You oppose the proud but give grace to the humble. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

This prayer is based on Philippians 2:5-8, which exhorts us to have the same mind as Christ Jesus in His humility.

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Free Indeed

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Intercessory Prayer for Freedom

Father, I intercede for those who are bound by sin, addiction, or fear. I pray that You would set them free by Your power and by Your truth, breaking every chain and every stronghold that holds them captive.

Lord, be their freedom and their deliverance, their liberator and their savior. May they know the truth that sets them free and the Son who makes them free indeed. May they live in freedom and not in bondage, serving You with joy and gratitude. May they use their freedom not as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

This prayer is based on John 8:36, which declares that if the Son sets us free, we will be free indeed.

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Intercessory Prayer for Grace

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Gracious God, I intercede for those who need grace and mercy in their lives. I pray that You would lavish Your grace upon them, forgiving their sins and cleansing them from all unrighteousness.

Lord, be their grace and their salvation, their redeemer and their friend. May they not receive Your grace in vain, but cooperate with it in obedience and holiness. May they grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May they extend Your grace to others, forgiving as You have forgiven them. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

This prayer is based on 2 Corinthians 6:1, which urges us not to receive the grace of God in vain.

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Seeds of Faith

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Intercessory Prayer for Faith

Faithful God, I intercede for those who need faith and trust in their lives. I pray that You would increase their faith and help them to trust in You and Your promises. 

Lord, be their faith and their assurance, their confidence and their conviction. May they believe in You and Your Son Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. May they walk by faith and not by sight, living by the power of Your Spirit and Your Word. May they have faith that can move mountains and please You. May they be faithful to You and to Your calling, until the day of Your appearing. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

This prayer is based on Mark 9:24, which records the cry of a father who brought his son to Jesus for healing: “I believe; help my unbelief!”

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Glory of Love

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Intercessory Prayer for Love

Loving God, I intercede for those who need love and acceptance in their lives. I pray that You would pour out Your love into their hearts by Your Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Lord, be their love and their life, their friend and their father. May they know how wide and long and high and deep is Your love for them that surpasses knowledge. May they love You with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength; and love their neighbors as themselves. May they love one another as You have loved them; by this all people will know that they are Your disciples. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

This prayer is based on Romans 5:5, which affirms that God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

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Let’s Rejoice!

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Intercessory Prayer for Joy

Wonderful Father, I intercede for those who need joy and happiness in their lives. I pray that You would fill them with Your joy that is unspeakable and full of glory, overflowing from Your presence and Your salvation.

Lord, be their joy and their crown, their delight and their reward. May they rejoice always in You, giving thanks in all circumstances. May they sing to You a new song, praising You with gladness and gratitude. May they experience Your joy as their strength and their shield. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

This prayer is based on 1 Peter 1:8-9, which says that though we have not seen Him (Jesus), we love Him; though we do not now see Him, we believe in Him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory; obtaining the outcome of our faith, the salvation of our souls.