Prayer For Purification

The Church is a place where believers assembly to glorify God and to hear the Word preached.  A place where we can receive salvation from the powers of sin.  A place of protection from danger (Jer. 15:20), and for the healing of the sick (Ps. 35:9-10). It is a place where we connect with other believers to grow together, so we can go out to the world spreading the good news we have heard.  But the temple of God’s spirit is our body.  God planted His seed in us before we were born, the Word, prayer, and the Church will water and help God’s seed grow into a harvest of fruit.

Now the problem with most temples they are so cluttered with human interference, we cannot feel God’s presence. (1 Cor. 6:19 Do you not know your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God, and you are not your own.)  So let’s pray for the purification of our bodies and spirit.

Lord, help us understand that our mission is to glorify You as we lead others to Christ.  Father, teach us that we are all God’s children and not one is greater than the other to You.  Lord, help the Church seek to be a congregation of disciples and not worldly Christians.  Father, show us how to stand in the gap for our families, please forgive our sins, and let not our children and our children’s, children suffer the consequences of our sins.  Lord, purify our hearts and minds and take away everything that keeps us from sitting at Your feet.  Thank You, Lord, for Your Son's sacrifice on the cross for us, because without Christ we would be lost.  Lord, help us overcome the addiction to worldly things and give us the will to study Your word daily.  We come humbly in pray in Jesus name Amen