LORD of all,

We praise you with our souls; with our inmost beings we praise your holy name. We praise you, never forgetting all your benefits, how you forgive all our sins, heal all our diseases, redeem our lives from the pit, crown us with your love and compassion, and satisfy our desires with good things so that our youth is renewed. Your love for those who fear you is so great that you remove our transgressions, as far as the east is from the west. [Psalm 103: 1-5, 11-12.] We cry out to you with our mouths, lifting up high praises. You listened because we do not cherish iniquity. You truly listen, God, attending to our voices in prayer. Thank you for hearing and not rejecting our prayers or removing your steadfast love from us [Psalm 66: 17-20].

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You have blessed us with an ever-present way to communicate with you. It does not require an internet connection or cell service. You listen when our hearts call and cry out to you. Your eyes, LORD, are on the righteous, and your ears are open to our prayers. But your face is against those who do evil [1 Peter 3:12]. As believers, we have confidence that if we ask anything, according to your will, you hear us. And if we know you hear us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of you [1 John 5: 14-15].

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Jesus, as you prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane [Matthew 26: 39], “…not as I will, but as you will.” Your plans for this world will be accomplished. They cannot be thwarted. You said {Matthew 7: 21] that only those who do the will of your Father in heaven will enter the kingdom of heaven. You are a personal God. You are always present in believers, guiding and directing us to do your will. You are the LORD who answers us from your holy hill [Psalm 3: 4]. You give us relief from our distress, and mercifully hear our prayers [Psalm 4: 1]. May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. In Jesus’ name, we pray. AMEN.