Prayerfully Re-Center Around God
Ephesians 1:18a
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you…
~ Apostle Paul
20/20 Spiritual Vision
The Spirit serving as our ultimate optometrist: Eye-healer and hope-revealer. This is your prayer for the week. First, let’s apply it to others. Then we will take a look at ourselves with the help of our Optometrist.
Review
How many different people could you hold up to God in prayer to receive this gift? Make a list and start praying it for them:
My initial list:
Prayer
Lord God, I pray that the eyes of ______’s heart may be enlightened in order that he/she may know the hope to which You have called him/her. Remove all spiritual blinders of the enemy and heal _____.
Repent (if necessary)
Now back to yourself. Have you inadvertently slid into hopelessness in certain areas of life? Have your eyes become weak spiritually, failing to see God in the mix? If so, repent.
Return (as necessary)
Tell yourself – and God – that you trust him fully as the prayer below will assist you and doing.
Psalm 42:5
Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
Prayer
Lord God, I pray that the eyes of my heart may be enlightened in order that I may know the hope to which You have called me. Remove all spiritual blinders of the enemy and heal me. I will praise You my God in the name of my Savior Jesus in whom I pray. Amen.
Mark 1:1-8
The
Great Sending
Word of the Day
Mark 1:1-8
1 The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, 2 as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:
“I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way”—
3 “a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.’”
4 And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. 6 John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”