Prayer for August 11-17, 2013
Sermon Text: Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
That we may
exercise a bold, hopeful faith
O God, give us bold faith.
Give us assurance that You will bring your plan for salvation - for the
healing of all creation - to fulfillment. Give us confidence that You, in your creative ability, will
bring about a new reality that we cannot now see or fully envision.
Give us faith like
that of Abraham, who left his home to follow your guidance to an unfamiliar
place, and there receive the gifts that You had in mind for him.
Give us faith to
live in covenant fidelity and to trust You in all things. Give us faith, especially, when your promises
seem long in coming, when the new reality we await seems like a delusion or an
impossibility.
We are not heroic,
God, but we ask that You enable us to live by faith daily, consistently,
boldly, and with great hope. Amen.
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