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A Prayer Prompted by John 6

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Dear God and Father,

We thank you for sending Jesus, the bread of life and the bread that came down from heaven. We understand that we will live through him or we will not live at all. At this moment we express our total faith and trust in him and him alone.

It is through his death and resurrection – through the giving of his body and the shedding of his blood – that we are saved.

Help us please, by the power of your Holy Spirit to remain faithful unto death to that commitment.

We have no other hope aside from Jesus Christ,

Amen 

A Prayer Prompted by John 4

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Heavenly Father,

You reveal your heart toward those that have been set aside by others in the way you sent Jesus directly to this Samaritan woman. He then reveals his heart in the way he gently but directly made himself known to her.

We pray that you would do the same for us and for others that we know – make yourself known in the most personal way that you can. Show us how we might join with you by making you known to those who are marginalized in this world. Help us also to exercise as great a faith as the official with the dying son.

Help us to put in the same amount of effort to get close to Jesus – the kind that would walk a full day to see him if needed. And help us to be willing to trust you even when we do not see the immediate answers to our prayers. You can be at work whether we see it or not. 

In Christ,

Amen

A Prayer Prompted by John 3

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Dear Father in Heaven,

We thank you for sending Jesus Christ, your Son, so that we might believe in him and receive eternal life.  We do not want to be among those who would hear this message from Jesus and yet reject him all the same.

We grasp the fact that our eternity depends upon our response to Jesus Christ.  We receive him and believe in him so that we might be born again – born from above – and be able enter your kingdom.

We receive this free gift of eternal life, which we cannot earn or strive to achieve.  It can only come from you. This is in fact why you sent your Son, so that we might believe in him.  Cleanse and renew us now by your Holy Spirit’s power.

Let Christ now increase as we each decrease.  Let us be who you make us, nothing more, or less or other than who we now are, in Christ.

Amen

A Prayer Prompted by John 2

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Gracious Father,

Thank you for giving us the perfect Savior in the person of Jesus Christ your Son.  Help us to always be ready to obey him, even when we are not sure where obedience will lead.  And allow us, through this process to develop greater intimacy with you.

Then Father, when we look at the religious leaders, we realize that we may be in that position today in relation to others.  Help us to always be an encouragement to those who need to grow in their faith. Help us further to make it easier for those who don’t know you to come to know you personally.

Help us to be stepping stones rather than stumbling blocks to other people’s faith.

In Christ our Lord,

Amen