Heavenly Father, we come before You with grateful hearts, acknowledging Your sovereignty and grace. As we enter this summer season, we ask for Your protection and provision for all those enduring the heat. Your Word reminds us in Psalm 121:5-6, "The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night." May Your presence be a cooling shade to everyone during these hot days.
Lord, we also lift up those who do not yet know You. We pray that You would open their hearts and minds to Your truth. As it is written in Ezekiel 36:26, "And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh." Transform their hearts, Lord, so that they may walk and talk in a way that reflects Your love and righteousness.
Guide us, Father, to be examples of Your grace and truth, so that through our actions and words, others may see the light of Christ. We trust in Your power to change lives and pray that Your will be done in each of us. In Jesus' mighty name, Amen.