A Prayer of Faith
I’m sharing one reader’s request for another of my free printable prayer guides this week. I call this one A Prayer of Faith.
Faith is essential to the Christian life. Whether you are just now coming to a saving faith in Jesus or you are asking God to increase your faith or you are looking to Him to supply some other pressing need, the steps are the same:
- We approach the Throne of Grace with a reverent FEAR of the One who sits upon it.
- We ACKNOWLEDGE our need before God and ask Him to supply it.
- We IMPLORE His forgiveness for all our sins and shortcomings.
- We TURN away from sin and yield ourselves fully to serving the Lord Jesus Christ.
- We put our full HOPE and trust in Him to save us, sanctify us, and provide for us.
And we live in obedience to Scripture, which tells us plainly:
“Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.” – Hebrews 11:6
A Prayer of FAITH
Fear the LORD
God, Your Word says that a reverent fear of the LORD has the power to lengthen one’s life and is foundational to true wisdom. Don’t let me ever forget that! As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are Your ways higher than my ways and Your thoughts higher than my thoughts. You are holy and do great things I cannot comprehend!
Proverbs 10:27; Psalm 111:10; Isaiah 55:9; Isaiah 6:3; Job 37:5
Acknowledge Your Need
LORD, just as a sheep without a shepherd goes astray, so am I lost without You. I’ve stubbornly chosen to go my own way rather than to follow after Jesus. Apart from Him, I am wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. You know my frame and are mindful that I am but dust, yet You regard me with compassion like a father his child.
Matthew 9:36; Isaiah 53:6; Revelation 3:17; Psalm 103:13-14
Implore His Forgiveness
“Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.” You promised that, if we confess our sins, You are faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Thank you for redeeming me through Christ’s blood according to the riches of Your grace, which You’ve lavished upon me.
Psalm 51:1; 1 John 1:9; Ephesians 1:7
Turn from Your Sin
It is Your lovingkindness, O LORD, that leads us to repentance. You promise mercy to all who confess and renounce their sin, so I confess and renounce mine right now. My spirit is willing, but my flesh is weak, so strengthen my resolve to flee immorality, make the way of escape crystal clear, and guard me against any temptation too heavy for me to endure.
Romans 2:4; Proverbs 28:13; Mark 14:38; 1 Corinthians 6:18; 1 Corinthians 10:13
Hope Only in Christ
Jesus, You are my only hope, not merely for this present life, but also for the life to come! I wait for You, LORD, and in Your Word I put my trust. Let me hold fast to that hope without wavering, knowing that You are faithful and will fulfill every one of Your promises as You make known the glorious riches of this mystery: Christ in me, the hope of glory.
1 Corinthians 15:19-20; Psalm 130:5; Hebrews 10:23; Colossians 1:27
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