Dear God,
We pray for Your Holy Spirit to come and fill us with Your presence. We humbly ask that You would empower us with Your presence and help us to live a life that is pleasing to You.
We pray that the Holy Spirit would give us wisdom and understanding, and that we would be able to discern Your truth. May the gifts of the Holy Spirit be evident in us, and may we use them to serve You and others.
We ask that the Holy Spirit would give us the courage to share the good news of Jesus with those around us, and to be a light in this dark world. Help us to be obedient to Your Word and to follow Your will for our lives.
We pray all of this in the precious name of Jesus, Amen.
Suggested Bible Readings
Luke 11:13 ESV
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!
Ephesians 6:18 ESV
Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
Romans 8:26 ESV
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
John 14:26 ESV
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
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