π Heavenly Father, as we finish this Gospel of Mark. Let us humbly accept Your will for us as Jesus accepted Your will for Him, in fulfillment of the Scriptures. Let us keep in our hearts the fact that this is Your creation and Your perfect plan to redeem Your beloved children. Let us see the beauty and Your wisdom within the retelling of Jesusβ crucifixion. We ask this in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.
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π Heavenly Father, You have shown us how mankind can find many excuses to deny Your authority or question Your wisdom. Even when Your Son, Our Lord Jesus, walked among us, demonstrating His authority, we were slow to listen. Our pride makes us try to fit Your wisdom into our own molds. Help us humble our wills and expand our minds to embrace the reality that You want to show us in these chapters today. We ask this in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.
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π Heavenly Father, let us humbly submit ourselves to You and listen to Your teachings in these next two chapters of Markβs Gospel. You have shown us already how easy it is for us to lose our perspective of Your holiness as You condescend to draw near to us. Let us remember that the drawing near is always meant to lift us to You and Your Kingdom, never to reduce Your almighty Son, Jesus, to ours. You have told us who HE IS. The great I AM. And we sit now to LISTEN TO HIM. It is in His name that we pray that You soften our hearts to hear You today. Amen.
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π Heavenly Father, we draw near to You as You reveal to us the beauty and majesty of Your Kingdom. We thank You for Your Spirit that Youβve given to us to help understand and interpret Your Word. You speak plainly to us; let us sit at Your feet and wonder anew at what You are showing us in these two chapters of Markβs Gospel. Reveal Yourself, reveal our hearts, and reveal our Savior. Speak now Lord, Jesus, Your servants are listening. Amen.
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π Heavenly Father, we draw near to You to fill us again with Your Spirit and Your Wisdom. It is through our time together with You and Your Word, that we find life. Show us something new today that is preventing us from being closer to You so that we can repent and get back on the narrow path. We long for the peace that surpasses all understanding that we feel only in Your presence, made possible only through Your Son, Our Savior. It is in His name that we pray this and draw near to you today. Amen.
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π Heavenly Father, we return to Your Word to hear You speak to us today. Reveal more to us about Your Kingdom. Show us Your love, show us ourselves, and show us our savior. We are Your children, still learning to trust, obey, and accept the free, abundant life you have to offer us. It is in the mighty name of Jesus that we pray this. Amen.
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π Heavenly Father, we return to Your Word again today to see Your Son and Our Savior, Jesus, revealed through the Markβs Gospel. Open our hearts, our eyes, and our minds to see Him afresh today β for in this way we can grow to be more like Him and less like us. We pray this in His mighty name, Amen.
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