Journeying Home Together
Prayer Focus: The Fruits of the Spirit:: SELF-CONTROL Central Scripture: “God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-discipline.” (2 Timothy 1:7) Prayer: Gracious, merciful Father, thank You for Your gifts to us. I am quick to thank You for Your gifts of grace and salvation and for things I observe during my days, but I often forget to thank You for some of
Prayer Focus: The Fruits of the Spirit:: GENTLENESS. Central Scripture: “As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I order you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.” (Ephesians 4:1-3) Prayer: Heavenly Father, I thank You today for Your humility in
Prayer Focus: The Fruits of the Spirit:: FAITHFULNESS. Central Scripture: “It gave me great joy to have some brothers come and tell about your faithfulness to the truth and how you continue to walk in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” (3 John 3-4) Prayer: Gracious, merciful Father, Your truth is my light. Your truth is the foundation
Prayer Focus: The Fruits of the Spirit:: GOODNESS. Central Scripture: “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.” (Ephesians 5:8-11) Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You for
Prayer Focus: The Fruits of the Spirit:: KINDNESS. Central Scripture: “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” (Ephesians 4:32) Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You for Your exceedingly abundant kindness, Your perfect compassion, and Your limitless forgiveness toward us, Your children. When we are hard to love, You remain kind. When we are suffering, Your never run out of compassion. When we
Prayer Focus: The Fruits of the Spirit:: PATIENCE. Central Scripture: “We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance produces character, and character produces hope.” (Romans 5:3-4) Prayer: Heavenly Father, I don’t have to look very far this morning to see suffering and chaos and pain. My own day has plenty of troubles, and I see problems of all kinds affecting people close to me.
Prayer Focus: The Fruits of the Spirit:: PEACE. Central Scripture: “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:1) Prayer: Gracious Father, thank You for the gift of reconciliation with You. In our lowest, most depraved moments, You saw only Your precious children and longed to bring us back to Yourself. Thank You for making a way, and thank
Prayer Focus: The Fruits of the Spirit:: JOY. Central Scripture: “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Hebrews 12:2) Prayer: Wonderful God, today I set before me the example of Your Son, and ask you humbly that my
Prayer Focus: The Fruits of the Spirit:: LOVE. Central Scripture: “Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way.It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices when the truth wins out. Love never gives us, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every
Prayer Focus: Filling of the Holy Spirit Central Scripture: “You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Holy Spirit of God, if the Spirit of God lives in you.” (Romans 8:9) Prayer: Heavenly Father, this morning I come on behalf of my family, confessing how often we allow the ways of the world and our own sinful natures to control us. I confess my selfishness, and
