Father God,
We come before You in the name of Jesus, seeking Your guidance and protection. We humbly ask that You keep us from sin and help us to walk in obedience to Your commands. Your Word reminds us that sin can easily entangle us, but with Your grace and mercy, we can overcome it. We surrender our desires to You and ask that You align them with Your perfect will for our lives.
Lord, we acknowledge that it is only by Your grace and mercy that we can live a life pleasing to You. We recognize our need for Your guidance and strength to resist temptation and to follow Your ways. Help us to be obedient to Your voice and to trust in Your leading.
We thank You, Father, for the promise in Your Word that if we ask anything according to Your will, You hear us and grant our requests. We claim this promise today as we seek to live a life that honors and glorifies You. May Your Holy Spirit empower us to overcome the temptations and challenges that come our way.
In Jesus' name, we pray, amen.
Scripture References:
- 1 John 5:14-15: "And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him."
- Hebrews 12:1: "Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us."
- Psalm 119:133: "Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me."