A Gospel Prayer based on Ephesians 5:8-14
O God of hope, In a world filled with distress and despair, darkness and death, You are the blazing center of light and life. Because of who You are, You are able to fill everyone who comes to You with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit we […]
A Gospel Prayer based on Ephesians 5:1-7
God of light and love, You made the stars to worship You. The mountains bow in reverence to You. You caused the oceans to roar Your greatness. Since everything exists to lift You high, so will I. You are worthy. You are not only worthy to be worshipped, You are worthy to be imitated. In […]
A Gospel Prayer based on Ephesians 4:25-32
Dear Lord God almighty, my heavenly Father, You have called us to love – freely, fully, unconditionally. You gave us Your word to teach us what loves does. You have sent Your Son to show us Who love is. Yet I have chosen to live selfishly. No matter how hard I try, I cannot love […]
A Gospel Prayer based on Ephesians 4:17-24
Dear Giver of life, You alone are the Lord. You have made the heavens, the heaven of heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them. And the heavenly host bows down before You (Nehemiah 9:6). […]
A Gospel Prayer based on Ephesians 4:7-16
O great and generous God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, I praise You, Lord, for Your overflowing heart. You richly provide all things for us to enjoy – family, friends, food, stories, sports, sunshine, masterpieces, music, mountains, books, beaches, ballfields, laughter, love, and life itself… all things that I have ever enjoyed are […]
A Gospel Prayer based on Ephesians 4:1-6
I praise You, God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I believe in You, God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, the only Son, our Lord. I believe in the Holy Spirit. You are one Spirit, one Lord, one God and Father of all who is over all […]
A Gospel Prayer based on Ephesians 3:14-21
Father in heaven, who demonstrated Your love by sending Your Son to die for us and Your Spirit to live in us, I praise You for Your great wisdom that in Christ You are bringing together every tribe and language and people and nation. Your extraordinary plan to unite all mankind in Christ is being […]
A Gospel Prayer based on Ephesians 3:1-13
Lord God, Revealer of divine mystery, I give You praise, as the Creator of all things, that You kept Your plan hidden in past ages. I give You thanks that Your shrouded mystery has now been revealed. You had not revealed it to previous generations, but now by Your Spirit You have revealed the mystery […]
A Gospel Prayer based on Ephesians 2:19-23
O God, Father of the Lord Jesus Christ and Sender of the Holy Spirit, I praise You as the Triune God, eternally existing as Father, Son, and Spirit. You have always lived in community. You exemplify interrelationship and interconnectedness. You created mankind to live in fellowship with You and one another. Your communal nature means […]
Not Again!
With disbelief and a heavy heart, we add the name Ravi Zacharias to the list of names of Christian leaders who have fallen morally. How tragic to have a man so well known for his intellect and persuasive handling of God’s truth in the arena of apologetics, to now be stained with sexual scandal. It […]
A Gospel Prayer based on Ephesians 2:11-18
O God of all mankind, You created us to enjoy Your presence. You long to be near to everyone You have made. Your desire has always been for Your people to be at home with You and for You to be at home with them. You are faithful, Lord, inviting us into fellowship with You […]
Preaching the Gospel to yourself and others
As we continue to focus heavily on the Gospel, especially the value of “preaching” it to ourselves, we do not want to mistakenly reduce the gospel to some sort of divine “self-help” material. The Gospel is the power of God for salvation (Rom. 1:16) which means we can walk in the power of the Gospel […]
