🙏🏽 Dear Heavenly Father – reveal to us the truth in Your Word. In a world that speaks in an abundant flow of worthless words, we are inundated with lies. We are told to ‘Look here,’ ‘Look there,’ ‘This is the way.’ All these messages promise to fulfill our emptiness, yet they fail to deliver. As we read these chapters, help us understand the truth of who You are and the promises You have for us. Let us recognize the emptiness of the distracting voices around us. Strengthen and mold us to hear Your Truth so that we cheerfully follow You and You alone. We pray this in the name of our Savior, Jesus. Amen.
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🙏🏽 Dear Heavenly Father – We come before You and sit at Your feet. For You are willing to show us how Your Church grew to spread the message of salvation to all, even when surrounded by Your enemies. Strengthen and encourage us; teach us how to walk this life as we watch the early Church following Jesus and honoring You. Amen.
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🙏🏽 Dear Heavenly Father – We humbly bow before Your authority. Let us sit at Your feet and learn from You how You raised up Your Church under the Lordship of Jesus and the faithful obedience of Your apostles. Reveal to us what You have planned for us as members of Your Church. Let us set aside our own expectations as we learn what You are revealing in these chapters. We thank You and praise You, in the name of Jesus. Amen.
[Hold on folks, here we go.]
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🙏🏽 Dear Heavenly Father – We humbly bow before Your authority. Let us sit at Your feet and learn from You how You raised up Your Church body under the Lordship of the head, Jesus. Reveal to us what You have planned for us as members of that body. Let us set aside our own expectations as we learn what You are revealing in these chapters. We thank You and praise You, in the name of Jesus. Amen.
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🙏🏽 Dear Heavenly Father – Let us humble ourselves before Your Word as we learn how You built Your Church. Let us remember that we are the latecomers – benefitting from the work and perseverance of those that went before us. You honor them by telling us their names and sharing their stories. Let us find inspiration to honor You, as well. Amen.
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🙏🏽 Dear Heavenly Father – We sit at Your feet today to hear Your Word. We are traveling back to the point in our history where the Good News of Jesus is being preached and Your Church is born. Let us receive Your truth for the gift that it is – a message of power and comfort – a message we receive with awe and wonder. I message that we humbly admit that we can barely grasp all that it contains, yet it fills the thirst of our souls. We thank You Lord for Your Spirit and we thank You for Your servant Luke who records this time in history. Open our hearts and our minds to graciously receive this gift. In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray this. Amen.
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🙏 Heavenly Father, Thank You for the opportunity to study Mark’s Gospel – another revelation of our Lord and Savior Jesus. Your Word is living and sharper than any two-edge sword. Open our eyes to see our Savior from a new perspective and open our hearts to accept any transformation and growth that You call us to. We ask this is the name of Jesus, Your son and our savior. Amen.
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🙏 Heavenly Father, speak to us as we listen to Jesus speak to His followers. Your wisdom is revealed to Your humble servants – therefore, let us lay down our personal issues and our proud hearts so we can embrace the privilege of being a disciple of Jesus. There is so much being offered in these sections of Luke’s Gospel; prepare our hearts and minds to hear Your Word. Clear our useless thoughts and be with us as read and receive Your truth and Your Wisdom. We pray this in the mighty name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus. Amen.
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🙏 Our Dear Heavenly Father, as we study how Jesus calls His disciples and teaches them about His identity as well as their identity in the Kingdom, open our heads and our hearts to understand and to hold onto Your Word. Remove the distractions and worries of this life to help us embrace true life. We ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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🙏 Heavenly Father, we return to Your Word today and look at the Words spoken by Jesus as well as the people He met. You have told us that it is our words that reveal what is in our hearts. Open our eyes to see ourselves as we study your Word and open our ears to hear your wisdom revealed. We ask for this in the name of our Lord Jesus. Amen.
In these chapters we will see Jesus and John the Baptist begin their ministries.
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