Forgive me for letting my uncertainties about Your purpose for my life divert my focus from You. You are active around, within, and through my life in ways I may not even recognize. Help me to trust You no matter my feelings and despite the deceitful whispers of the enemy.

Father, how can we, as Your children, love brothers and sisters from various ethnicities and cultures when we are reluctant to come together? We make assumptions about how others think and feel without taking the time to get to know them. Help us to honor and glorify You, particularly when it goes against what others believe we should do and say. We desperately need You to work in us so that we live out the unity that is ours in Christ.

I pray that You'd grant Your children great discernment, knowledge of the truth, and a desire and diligence to spend time in the Word. Help Your children to stand in Your grace and truth as we contend for the faith. May we not spend time swimming in the brackish waters of this fallen world but in the salty seas of Your holy presence.

There are so many people in this nation and throughout the world who are broken by sexual sin, abortion, and divorce.

Make me a man who is jealous for Your glory, who knows that there is a great cause, and that the battle is not mine but Yours.

Jesus, I ask that You help us focus on You... and not the evil in this world. For You were manifested to destroy the works of the devil.

Have we allowed social issues and our desire to win culture wars to get in the way of us taking Jesus to those that desperately need Him?

Grant us influence among those who do not know Christ as You are at work in hearts preparing them for an encounter with Jesus through us.

May a legacy of faith be passed down from one generation to the next until the return of Jesus...May the fruit of our families bless nations

Use us to affirm the dignity, honor, and worth of each and every human being as we stand against immorality, injustice, and inhumanity...

Make us a people of prayer. Those whose influence in this world comes because we humble ourselves before Your Majestic Presence in prayer.

Let us use everything that we know to build bridges to lead others to the knowledge of Jesus. For His Words are the Words of eternal life.

You are the only One (God) who knows everything that will happen entrust Your mysteries to Your people in these days that we are living in.

I know so little about the things of this world... Jesus, may it be noted, that I am an unlearned, ordinary man who has been with You.

Jesus, prepare me to stand in the place that You have ordained for me and do not let let arrive there one second before I am ready.