Prayers

Prayer About Giving All Our Burdens to the Lord

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Heavenly Father, I come in Your Son’s Name to thank You for being all-powerful, all-knowing, everywhere present, unchanging, and merciful. I am humbled that I can bring all my anxieties and burdens to You to be resolved. Psalm 55:22 “Cast your burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain you; He shall never allow the righteous to be moved.”  

Direct me to understand and practice Your instructions in the Bible about dealing with the problems and difficulties of life. Your Word declares in 1 Peter 5:6-7, “humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.” If I am carrying any burdens from the past which I can do nothing about, or worrying about ones that may arise in the future, show them to me and direct me to do what these verses tell me to do: give them all to Jesus.

Pause for a few moments and ask the Lord to show you anything that is taking away your peace and joy, then pray something like this:

Father, I now give to You this list of internal and external anxieties that I am carrying today: [insert your list here]. Thank you for the promises and encouragement in the following song:

All Your Anxiety by Lieutenant Colonel E.H. Joy

Is there a heart bound by sorrow? 

Is there a life weighted down by care?

Come to the Cross each burden bearing, all your anxiety, leave it there.

All your anxiety all your care, bring to the Mercy Seat, leave it there.

Never a burden He cannot bear, never a friend like Jesus.

I bring this prayer in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

P.S. These prayers will only work if you have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. If you need help understanding God’s plan of salvation for you (the way to Heaven), go to this page on our site: https://timewithourcreator.com/2016/06/02/salvation/

2023 Christmas Prayer and Meditation

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Prayer

Lord, I come in Jesus’ Name with thanksgiving, remembering the great love You gave to me through the birth of Your Son, Jesus Christ. How unimaginably perfect You are in all Your ways. Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.’”

Thank you for giving Your only Son to die for my sins. I praise You for granting me eternal life with You in Heaven because I have accepted Jesus into my heart as Lord, Savior, and Messiah. Direct me not to be distracted from the true meaning of Christmas or enticed by the calling of the world to make Christmas all about myself. Encourage me to have everything I do during this season point back to You and Your Glory. I bring these thoughts in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Christmas Story Meditation

Visualize the Christmas story by slowly and quietly meditating on this traditional Christmas carol, Silent Night:

Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright. Round yon Virgin Mother and Child, Holy Infant so tender and mild, sleep in heavenly peace.

Silent night, holy night, darkness flies, all is light. Shepherds hear the angels sing, “alleluia hail the King! Christ the Savior is born.”

Silent night, holy night, guiding star, lend thy light; see the eastern wise men bring gifts and homage to our King! Christ the Savior is born.

Thank you Lord, for all that this holy night represents. Amen.

Merry Christmas from all of us at Time With Our Creator! We pray you have a blessed holiday.

P.S. These prayers will only work if you have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. If you need help understanding God’s plan of salvation for you (the way to Heaven), go to this page on our site: https://timewithourcreator.com/2016/06/02/salvation/

Prayer About God’s Empowerment

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Author: Elton Streyle, Contributor: Noah, Photography and Editing: Ali

All-powerful Heavenly Father, I come to You in Your Son’s Name to thank You for Your promise that I don’t ever have to live alone in the flesh. Instead, You will give me strength through the Holy Spirit if I solely trust in You. Your Word tells me in Galatians 5:25, “if we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”

Although I live in this world of strife, dissension, and chaos, which works hard to take away my joy and peace, You have provided a pathway to perfect peace in Isaiah 26:3. “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.”

It is encouraging to be able to trust in the truth that You bring out in Jeremiah 32:17. “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.” You are not limited the way we, Your children, are.

Father, I humbly come before You, recognizing that in my own strength I have nothing to offer You, but because of You living within me through the Holy Spirit, You are proud of me and want to make something of my life. I ask You to direct my life in such a way that it will be said of me like it was of King Hezekiah in 2 Chronicles 29:2a “and he did what was right in the sight of the LORD.”

Thank you that I can bring these thoughts to You in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

P.S. These prayers will only work if you have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. If you need help understanding God’s plan of salvation for you (the way to Heaven), go to this page on our site: https://timewithourcreator.com/2016/06/02/salvation/

Prayer About God’s Gift of Fellowship for Believers in Jesus Christ (Based on Hebrews 10:25)

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Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ Name, thank you for the teaching in Your Word, the Bible, about the value of fellowshipping with other believers. Hebrews 10:25 “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.” Forgive me when I think that social media can replace face to face encouragement and correction. Encourage me to realize that I need other believers in my life, especially to grow in my faith. It is only through fellowship that I can reap the benefits of seeing what You are doing in the lives of Your children. 

Direct me to be watchful for myself, loved ones, and others about Peter’s warning that Satan is like as a roaring lion. A lion looking for food searches for the animal in the herd that is weak and isolated. 1 Peter 5:8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”

I ask that You show me how to develop the joy of harmonious relationships with other believers that David expressed in Psalm 133:1 “Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” This kind of fellowship demonstrates a foretaste of heaven and is a positive example to those that still need to develop a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. It is a blessing that if I have inward unity of purpose with a person or group, it will manifest itself in many places and different ways.

Thank you for what Paul tells me in 1 Corinthians 1:9, that as important as my relationship with other believers is, my ultimate fellowship still needs to be with Jesus. “God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.“

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.  

P.S. These prayers will only work if you have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. If you need help understanding God’s plan of salvation for you (the way to Heaven), go to this page on our site: https://timewithourcreator.com/2016/06/02/salvation/

Prayer About Developing Faith in God

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Heavenly Father, I come in Jesus’ Name to thank You for giving me the faith to believe and accept what Your Word says about my salvation. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

I ask that You give me the same kind of faith in Your Word that I had for my initial salvation, to enable me to live the Christian life. Romans 10:17 “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

Show me how to build my faith in You by reading and understanding Your Word. Direct me also to put my faith and trust in the promises throughout Your Scriptures so that I can live my life by faith and not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7 “For we walk by faith, not by sight.”

Empower me to search the Scriptures to see what they say with regard to any and all situations in my life. May I obtain a complete faith that guides me to rest in and act on Your promises. Direct me to live out my faith, knowing that I am secure under Your protective and mighty hand. Ephesians 6:16 “Above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.”

Thank you that through faith in You, I can turn from anything that I have mistakenly trusted in, and put my faith in You and You alone. I bring these requests to You in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

P.S. These prayers will only work if you have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. If you need help understanding God’s plan of salvation for you (the way to Heaven), go to this page on our site: https://timewithourcreator.com/2016/06/02/salvation/

God’s Faithfulness to His Word

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Heavenly Father, I come to You in Jesus’ Name to thank You for being faithful in all the promises that You express to me in Your Word. You never abandon me or break any of Your promises. Psalm 18:30 “As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tested; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.”

Forgive me for the times I have had the tendency to go back to being self-reliant instead of fully trusting in You. Remind me that when I am facing any temptation or crisis in my life, I can rely on Your Word. 1 Corinthians 10:13 “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.”

Enable me to see and understand the big picture You have laid out in Your Scriptures about Your faithfulness. Direct me to have complete confidence and rest in Your Word so that I can trust You with everything in my life and experience Your peace that passes all understanding. “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” Philippians 4:6

Thank you that I can come to You no matter what situation I am in. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

P.S. These prayers will only work if you have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. If you need help understanding God’s plan of salvation for you (the way to Heaven), go to this page on our site: https://timewithourcreator.com/2016/06/02/salvation/

2023 Thanksgiving Prayer

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1 Thessalonians 5:18 “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”

Giving Father, I come to You in Jesus’ Name to thank You for the items in Psalm 103:3-5 that remind me of all You do for me: “[He] who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”

Thank you for the access I have to Your Word, which gives me encouragement, joy, peace, and the power to defeat the work of the flesh and of Satan. What a blessing it is to know from 1 John 4:4b that “He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”

Thank you for the promise of personal guidance that You have laid out for me in Isaiah 48:17b and Isaiah 30:21. You say to me in Isaiah 48:17b, “‘I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way you should go,”‘ and in Isaiah 30:21, “your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left.”

Father, give me the wisdom to know that thankfulness is not just an action, but a lifestyle, and that the peace You put in my heart and mind is much more valuable than all the physical blessings You provide on a daily basis.

I praise You, O Lord, by saying: thank you, thank you, thank you! I bring this prayer in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

P.S. These prayers will only work if you have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. If you need help understanding God’s plan of salvation for you (the way to Heaven), go to this page on our site: https://timewithourcreator.com/2016/06/02/salvation/

God, the Leader Over All Situations

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All-wise Heavenly Father, I come in Jesus’ Name to thank You for the encouragement You give in Your Word for the times when I forget that You are in control of my past, present, and future. You have designed all situations to prosper me even before they happen. “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not evil, to give you a future and a hope” Jeremiah 29:11.

Forgive me for the times I have been foolish by not giving control to You, the life-giver and master of my destiny, and for the times I have not looked to You for sustenance and guidance. You know me and my situation better than I ever could. You told Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1:5, “‘before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.’” I know the same principles hold true in my life: before I existed, You knew me and had a plan for me.

I ask You to take control of my life, and the lives of my family, friends, and other Christians. I pray Paul’s prayer in Colossians 1:9-12 for all of the people just mentioned. “For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.”

Thank you that I can come to You in Jesus’ Name and ask You to take hold of every facet of my life, transforming me to be more like Christ. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

P.S. These prayers will only work if you have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. If you need help understanding God’s plan of salvation for you (the way to Heaven), go to this page on our site: https://timewithourcreator.com/2016/06/02/salvation/

Prayer About Looking Back for Encouragement to Go Forward

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Heavenly Father, I come in Jesus’ Name to thank You for the privilege of being able to look back in my life and see Your faithfulness in both the good and difficult times. Lamentations 3:22-23 “Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.”

Direct me to recall Your goodness and recognize Your hand at work in all seasons of my life. Develop in me the attitude and belief that You would not have brought me this far in life only for You to become suddenly uninterested in my future. Numbers 23:19 “God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind.” (ESV)

Thank you for the assurance about my future found in Psalm 23:6. “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the LORD Forever.” Give me the courage and strength to live from the belief that when the challenges and setbacks of life arise, You will guide and lead me all the way through to the other side.

Since my responsibility is to call upon You and then trust and yield to Your leading, I ask that You direct my life to exemplify Proverbs 3:5-6. “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”

Thank you for allowing me to bring this prayer in Jesus’ precious Name. Amen.

P.S. These prayers will only work if you have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. If you need help understanding God’s plan of salvation for you (the way to Heaven), go to this page on our site: https://timewithourcreator.com/2016/06/02/salvation/

Relying on God’s Wisdom

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All-Wise Heavenly Father, I come to You in Jesus’ Name, thankful that I can call upon You for Your unlimited wisdom and instruction when it comes to the way I should live my life. Your Word has all the answers I need, for every decision I have to make. It shows me how to avoid foolishness and ruin. Proverbs 2:1-3 “My child, listen to what I say, and treasure my commands. Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding. Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding.” (NLT)

I confess and ask for forgiveness for the times when I have acted on my own before inquiring for wisdom from You and Your Word. Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.” I repent of my tendency to blame You when things don’t turn out the way I think they should, especially when I have not followed Your directions for my life.

Direct me to increase my ability to live by Your wisdom and be filled with Your Spirit of Wisdom so that I can discern and follow Your will. Let my mouth speak Your wisdom out of an overflow of the righteousness You have instilled in me. Psalm 141:3 “Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips.” Matthew 12:34c “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.“

Thank you for sending Your Son to demonstrate Your power and wisdom to me, and for sending Your Holy Spirit to live within me so that I will never be in a place where You are unable to help me. Allow me to experience all that You say in Your Word about wisdom so that Proverbs 3:13 is a reality in my life. “Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding.”

I bring these praises and requests to You, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

P.S. These prayers will only work if you have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. If you need help understanding God’s plan of salvation for you (the way to Heaven), go to this page on our site: https://timewithourcreator.com/2016/06/02/salvation/