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Prayer Focuses for 05/10-05/16

This week read, meditate, and pray Mark 12:29-31

Father in heaven, remind me of Your love for me.

  • We love God because He first loved us (1 John 4:19). Remember that you are loved by Him, not because of who you are, or anything you’ve done (or haven’t done), but because of who God is and what Jesus has done.  This week, before you spend time asking God to help you love Him more, be still and rest in this truth. 

Father in heaven, help me love You with all my heart and soul.

  • Pray that you would love God with all of your affections—that you would relate to Him in a way that really affects how you feel about Him. Confess the ways in which you love other things too much, then ask God to do whatever it takes to make Himself your first love. 

Father in heaven, help me love You with all my mind.

  • When we love someone, we think about them. Pray that God would increasingly fill your mind; that He'd be your first thought in the morning, your last thought at night, and a constant reality in the hours in-between.  Thank God for giving you a brain with which to think—pray that everything you learn about God would fuel your love for God

Father in heaven, help me love You with all my strength.

  • When does your love for God tend to feel most feeble? In what areas of your life have you grown weary?  When is your service to Him half-hearted?  Ask God to help you to love Him with all of your strength so that every day you would willingly and joyfully spend whatever energy you have for His glory

Father in heaven, help me love my neighbor as I love myself.

  • We don't truly love God if we don't love those around us. Pray that you would pursue the good of others as though their interests were yours.  Think through those you will interact with this week, and ask God to help you to love each one.