Because
of who He is, it’s important that we hear and embrace what Jesus has to say.
Unfortunately, all too often, we become distracted and run the risk of missing
what God is trying to communicate to us. Matthew 16:1-12 records two episodes
where two vastly different groups of people failed to track with Jesus.
Let’s join together in prayer, asking God to make clear His will and His ways
to us.
Prayer
Guide: February 23, 2020 – Matthew 16:1-12
1.
Praise the God who graciously makes Himself known to His creation.
2. Ask
God for grace to better discipline yourself to read, meditate on, and memorize
His Word.
3. Confess
to God your propensity to become distracted and preoccupied with the things of
the world.
4. Pray
that God would make you humble so that you would depend on Him more fully.
5. Ask
God to rid you of any self-righteous tendencies making you blind or dull to
spiritual Truth.
6. Pray
for wisdom to both see your current circumstances from God’s perspective and to
respond in a way that shows love for God and others.
7. Pray
that our church family will be faithful to proclaim Christ in the various
contexts we find ourselves in each day.
8. Pray
that God would do His work of salvation and sanctification in and through our
church family.