Heavenly Father,
I come before Your throne of grace with a heart full of Faith. I humbly confess that sometimes my Faith wavers and I struggle to trust in Your goodness and Your unfailing love. But I know that You are the God of all comfort and You promised to never leave me nor forsake me.
I ask that You would increase my Faith, as You promised in Your word “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17) Help me to meditate on Your word daily, to read it attentively and to obey it without hesitation. Give me a hunger for Your word and open my heart to understand and apply it in my life.
I ask for the power of the Holy Spirit to guide me and empower me to be Your faithful servant. I pray for the wisdom to discern Your will for my life, and the courage to take bold steps of Faith, even when the outcome is uncertain.
I pray for the Grace to forgive as You have forgiven me, and the power to love as You love me. I lift up all the people around me who are in need of Your love and healing, and I ask that You would use me to be a reflection of Your love for them.
I thank You for the sacrifice of Your Son Jesus, and the promise of eternal life that I have through Him.
I ask all these things in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Suggested Bible Readings
Hebrews 11:1 ESV
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Romans 10:17 ESV
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Ephesians 2:8 ESV
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
Hebrews 12:2 ESV
Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
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