Ohana Prayer 247 – Matthew 3
1 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.
10 The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.
14 But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”
15 Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented.
16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him.
17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
Our Father in Heaven, Creator of the universe! We thank you for your divine gifting of all the goodness and mercies. For You would not withhold Your willingness to bless us, not just trickle-down but shower upon us abundantly. For Your faithfulness never ever change. In the mornings, we need to pray for forgiveness and cleansing of our sins. Today, let Your power thrust us into this world to live out a life that emulates of Your children so others will bless and praise you.
Lord Jesus, we beseech of Your forgiveness of our former short comings for we have lived under the yoke of sin and became an unclean vessel damaging not only ourselves but those around us. We now live as a new person in Christ. You are the light of this world! Those who follow You will not walk in darkness. Let our light so shine before men and be the lampstand that beacon out the path of living. For the old me has been nailed on the cross along with Christ, now live is not I but Christ! Let us live this new lift out with Christ, dedicate our lives so do and becoming a useful vessel in Your hand.
Holy Spirit, come and blow Your mighty wind even to shake up our dwellings! For we have used incorrect building materials for our building of our lives. We only focused on ‘privileges’ as our foundation but not of our responsibilities, use ‘successes’ as the pillars, use ‘immoral ethics’ as our coverings, use ‘dried up character’ as our windows. Forgive us abusing of Your divine grace and let it became of wilderness land. Have mercy on us that we have turned into vipers instead of the utmost holy. Guide us to escape the coming condemnation and wrath of the Holy One. Help us to trust You instead of fearing of the current pandemic, using prayers to gain of power and peace and also to be channels of blessings. Hear our prayers and that can pluck up the holes and stop of the decaying of this generation. Help us to help those to dwell in the sea of blessings one by one as the star fish is thrown back into the ocean one by one! Unite us to thrust the church going forward with the urgency like saving a beached whale! Clean and bandage of our wounds, Holy Spirit! Yet while there is day, teach us to proclaim of the coming of Christ, to repent of our sins and run toward Jesus.
Pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.