Praying the Scriptures

A collection biblically-based prayers

for everyday use

 

by Pastor Pete Beck III

 
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Praying that God will be glorified through our works of faith

 

And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith, 12 that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 (NET1)

God ordains the means as well as the ends. In His eternal wisdom, our Lord has chosen to make us co-laborers with Him. One way this happens is when we earnestly pray for what He intends to do. On the one hand, our salvation may be considered a finished work. Believers will never be more judicially righteous than they are the moment they place their faith in Christ. Our right standing with God is based upon Christ's right standing. Our relationship as beloved sons is based on Christ's perfect sonship. However acting in a manner that is worthy of this high calling is something that must be lived out every day. This is where we must engage God is prayer.

 

Jesus warned his Jewish listeners that merely being physically descended from Abraham did not guarantee them entrance into His heavenly kingdom. Read these words:

 

"Then he *said to his slaves, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. 9 'Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.' 10 "Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests. 11 "But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes, 12 and he *said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was speechless. 13 "Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' 14 "For many are called, but few are chosen." Matthew 22:8-14 (NASB)

 

It takes faith and perseverance coupled with agape love and unswerving hope for us to fulfill our high calling in God. We can only do it by relying on the enabling power of God's grace in the person of His Holy Spirit. We should have a godly fear of falling short of that grace and high calling in God.

 

Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it. 2 For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith in those who heard. Hebrews 4:1-2 (NASB)

 

 

Prayer

Lord, make us worthy of your high calling by filling us with your Spirit and power so that we can do works of faith and love in order to glorify your name. We believe you are working in us both to will and to do of your good pleasure, and that you will finish what you started in our lives. Amen.

For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 (NET1)

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