A month of praying for our government leaders:
Saturday, May 30: Help us, Lord, to set our hearts and our souls to seek first You and Your righteousness.
“Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the Lord your God. Begin to build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the Lord” (I Chronicles 22:19).
Sunday, May 31: Pentecost Sunday: We thank You, Lord, for the amazing gift of Your Holy Spirit, given to all who believe in You. We thank You for Your constant presence and power dwelling in us!
“When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them” (Acts 2:1-4).
June 2020: A month of verses about PRAYER
Monday, June 1: “Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always” (1 Chronicles 16:11). Lord, we thank you that you call us to yourself, to be a people of prayer. May we seek your face always.
Tuesday, June 2: “As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right” (1 Samuel 12:23). Take time to specifically remember others in prayer and be reminded of what a privilege it is to do so.
Wednesday, June 3: “If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened“ (Psalm 66:8). Lord, help us to recognize the sin we hold onto that we may confess it and come before you in prayer with a clean heart.
Thursday, June 4: “May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice” (Psalm 141:2). Thank you, Lord, that our prayers bring you delight.
Friday, June 5: “But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:44). Father, it can be hard to pray for those we are at odds with. Help us though to be obedient to your call to pray for them.