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I love to take passages of Scripture and turn them into prayers. This prayer is based on 1 Peter 1:13-23.
Dear Heavenly Father,
I want to think clearly about You and exercise self-control in the way I live. Help me to always be looking forward to the gracious salvation that will come when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world, and not looking back on the past.
Help me to live as Your obedient child. I don’t ever want to slip back into my old ways of living only to satisfy my selfish desires. I didn’t know any better before, but I do now. May I be holy in everything I do, just as You, God, who chose me is holy. For You said, “You must be holy because I am holy.”
I know that You have no favorites. You will judge or reward me according to how I live. So I want to live in reverent fear of You throughout my entire life. I know that You paid a costly ransom to save me from the empty life I would’ve had without You. The ransom You paid for me was not mere gold or silver; no, it was the precious blood of Jesus Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. You chose Him as my ransom long before the world began, and now through Christ I have come to trust in You. I have placed my complete faith and hope in You because You raised Christ from the dead and gave Him great glory.
I was cleansed from my hideous sins when I obeyed the truth, so now I want to show my sincere love to You by living holy and loving others as brothers and sisters. Help me to love others deeply with all my heart. For I have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. My new life will last forever because it comes from You, and is confirmed in Your eternal, living Word.
Help me to always live in a way that brings You glory. I pray this in Jesus’ name. Amen!
Friends, I encourage you to use the Bible to enhance your prayer life.
P.S. Here is a video where I explain how I turn the Bible into a prayer. And you may also like this video as well.
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