Advent Prayers—Week #4: LOVE
Monday, December 20. “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows” (Matthew 10:29-31).
We praise You for Your love which is all-encompassing and very personal. Your love is our protection.
Tuesday, December 21. “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God with us’)” (Matthew 1:23).
We give You thanks and praise, Jesus, for loving us so much that You took on human flesh and made the earth Your dwelling place.
Wednesday, December 22. “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (John 15:12-13).
Jesus, You showed Your love for us by giving up Your own life to save us.
Thursday, December 23. “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” (1 John 3:1a).
We praise You, God, for Your lavish love, for saving us and making us a part of Your family.
Friday, December 24. “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: ‘For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.’ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:35-39).
We praise You, Lord Jesus, because there is no earthly power that can separate us from Your love.
Saturday, December 25 - Christmas Day. “For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him” (Colossians 1:16).
We praise You, Jesus, Creator of all things, for showing Your love for us by giving us life and surrounding us with Your goodness, beauty, and provision.
Sunday, December 26. “Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care” (Psalm 95:6-7a).
We humble ourselves before You today and acknowledge that You are our God and we belong to You.