DIM GLASS GOSPEL GLIMPSES SCRIPTURE PRAYER: ROMANS 12:1-5 BY RACHEL DUBE Our heavenly Father, who loves us more than we can fathom, has good and wonderful things in store for each one of us. He makes us promises in Scripture and He says in 2 Corinthians 1:20 (NIV) that “no matter how many promises God has made, they are ‘Yes’ in Christ.” That means that if we are covered in the perfect righteousness of Christ through faith in His perfect life, death and resurrection, then we are God’s children and all of the Father’s promises are for us. They are for you. Any of these promises that you ask God for in prayer, you can be assured that His answer is always “Yes!” We can say anything to God. There are no special words necessary. But praying God’s Word gives us words when we have none. It helps us ask Him for the things He already desires for us. It solidifies His promises in our hearts. It helps to train our eyes to see ourselves in our true identity, as our Father sees us. His word is alive and active, able to powerfully speak to, pierce and transform our hearts. Praying God’s words allows us to agree with Him in prayer, adding our “Amen” (our agreement) “to the glory of God.” (Corinthians 1:20 NIV) I encourage you to pray Scripture over yourself and others. As you pray, personalize the Scripture. Let your mind engage with it and make it your own, embracing its Truth, finding hope in its promises, and expanding on it where the Holy Spirit leads. The scripture prayer I have shared here is a compilation of several different Bible translations (NIV, ESV, AMP, TPT, MSG) as well as some of my own words, in order to get a more descriptive picture of what God is saying here in His Word and to expand it into a personalized prayer. You can pray, as I do in my personal prayers of Scripture, only the version you are reading at the time or whatever the Holy Spirit brings to mind. The expansion of the Scripture that I have done here is similar to the way I would naturally expand it in my personal prayer conversation with God.
Romans 12:1-5 Heavenly Father, help to view Your mercy toward more and more clearly every day. As does, help to dedicate body as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to You. Help to take every action in everyday, ordinary life, and to place it before You as an offering to You. Allow to see that there is nothing so simple or small in life that You do not see it, care about it and desire for to do it for You as the most genuine worship You created for. Keep from being conformed to this world. Help not to believe the lies of the influences and the culture around , not to imitate the behavior of the world around , or do anything without first questioning it against Your Truth. Instead, Lord, transform into a new person by renewing mind. Reshape it and change the way as seeks Truth in You and grows in knowledge of the gospel and by the power of the Holy Spirit. Show by day, that the more lays down life to You, the more truly himself/herself will become. Thank You that this is more Your will to give 72
than it is even our will to ask!
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