1/4/24 Prayer

Father God,
In our lives, we may experience turmoil, fear, heartache, frustration, confusion, and hopelessness. May we always call out to you, reach up to you, and know that you love us and that you are the God of HOPE. Thank you for your Word and for giving us inspiration and hope. Let us be encouraged and strengthened by

Paul’s prayer from Romans 15:13: ‘I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.’

Amen.

John Cafazza

1/3/24/ Prayer

Father God,

Thank you for who you are! Thank you for your Son! Thank you for your Holy Spirit! Thank you for placing us where we are and for the many blessings you have poured out on us! Thank you for the Hope you have placed in our hearts. Thank you for coming for us! Thank you that you will come again and make all things right! Thank you that you fully know us and love us anyway. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Help us to be self-controlled and alert to the potential idols around us for they never satisfy. They just stir up lust for more and more. We long to live in the Light of your Presence, following your lead King Jesus, and trusting in your good plan. Help us serve you with love and faithfulness. Satisfy us, Lord, for your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. Thank you that you have an eternal hold on us and that nothing surprises you. Free us from faulty images of ourselves so that we can see ourselves the way you do in Christ Jesus' love. Illuminate our hearts so that we are more aware of your presence and live fully abandoned lives for your honor and glory in the here and now and forevermore. 

Amen.

Lindy Bettis

1/2/24 Prayer

Today, we pray specifically for a family that knows New Life as a former MOPS family.  

Lord, today we lift up a special family to you. Although their names are not known, we pray for this mother and her four children who have experienced a second divorce and who are in the midst of a broken and difficult family situation where everyone is not together. Father God, we pray for unity for this family, for medications to work as prescribed, and for a broken family to be put together again. 

Father, this is a specific prayer request for one family, but we know there are other family situations amongst our congregation and others that call New Life their church. Father, we pray for a special anointing and healing in these families and for you to do what only you can do.  

In Jesus name!

This prayer was based on a request that was submitted.

1/1/24 Prayer

As we start 2024, may our hearts be filled with anticipation and delight of how we’ll see you, God Almighty, move in our lives and our church this new year. You are a good God and you love us more than we can understand. May our souls soak that in and help us God believe it with all our being. It’s so hard to believe sometimes!  But you are bigger than our unbelief and even expect it. Holy Spirit move us to believe it more and more as each day passes. Please give us the privilege and blessing of seeing your work in our lives, our church, and our community. May we attribute it to you and give you the glory!  And in that, may we grow in our faith, our trust in you, and our relationship with you—our Almighty, Ever Powerful, and Beautiful God!

Patty Covington

12/31/23 Prayer

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank you for meeting us exactly where we are on this New Year’s Eve. As another year draws to a close, we find ourselves in a variety of circumstances. For some of us, 2023 was a great year full of opportunities and only a few bumps in the road. For others of us, 2023 proved to be another challenging year full of obstacles that often left us feeling hopeless. However, for all of us, 2023 was another year of your faithfulness, your goodness, your grace, your mercy, your strength, your provisions, and your unconditional love. Father, forgive us for when our circumstances clouded our view and understanding of you. 

As we await the clock striking midnight, Lord, our eyes are fixed on you. Father, we need you - in the good times and the bad. We want your guidance and your wisdom. We want to walk in the confidence of being your loved child. We want to face our circumstances filled with your joy. We want to trust you with all that we have and all that we are, and we know that we can not do this alone. We need your help. 

Father, would you draw us close? Would you once again meet us where we are and help us to strengthen our relationship with you? God, would you create in us a hunger that is only satisfied by spending time talking with you? Father, would you take away the shame and embarrassment we feel because we think we don’t know how to talk to you? 

God, we know that who we are is simply defined as being created in your image. We want to live in that truth completely. The beginning of a new year often brings hope and excitement of possibility. But God, would you help us remember that we have hope and excitement of possibility every day because of who we are in you? 

For 2024, Father, we are intentionally setting our eyes on you and carving out time to meet with you through prayer. We want to be ‘pray first’ people. God, would you meet us here and lead us?  Father, we worship, praise, adore, and appreciate who you are. Thank you for being our one constant in a world full of ups and downs. Thank you for eagerly awaiting our time together. God, we are giving you permission to do what only you can do in us because our hearts, minds, and ears are open to receive what you have for us. May you receive all honor, all glory, and all praise for all the days of our lives. Lord, we love you. Make us more like you in all ways.

Amen. 

Rebecca Mabe

12/30/23 Welcome

Thank you for joining Pray First!

Beginning December 31 you will receive a prayer each day of January. These are the prayers of your New Life Family, both staff and laity, and some even associated on the fringe of New Life. Join us in praying these prayers daily. Pray individually, as a family, with friends, in Life Groups, or how you see fit. There is no right and wrong way. Some of these prayers are very personal and are prayer requests. Some are more corporate and family-oriented. Some are very grand and verbose and some are very simple and short. That is the beauty of prayer! We are looking forward to taking this journey together!

God, we seek you and invite you into this season of life and church!

Amen