Week 1: God’s Love
Monday
Call to Prayer
God’s desire is for all of humanity to have an intimate relationship with Him. We are able to know God through his Son, Jesus Christ. We engage in a relationship with God through studying the Scriptures and allowing the Holy Spirit to reveal God’s love, truth and compassion, which are found in Christ Jesus.
Spend a few moments in prayer and silence preparing your heart to receive from the Holy Spirit.
Psalm & Scripture
Psalm 6:1-4, 8-9 (NLT)
O LORD, don’t rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your rage.
Have compassion on me, LORD, for I am weak.
Heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony.
I am sick at heart.
How long, O LORD, until you restore me?
Return, O LORD, and rescue me.
Save me because of your unfailing love.
Go away, all you who do evil,
for the LORD has heard my weeping.
The LORD has heard my plea;
the LORD will answer my prayer.
Exodus 34:6-8 (NLT)
The Lord passed in front of Moses, calling out,
“Yahweh! The Lord
The God of compassion and mercy!
I am slow to anger
and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations.
I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin.
But I do not excuse the guilty.
I lay the sins of the parents upon their children and grandchildren;
the entire family is affected—
even children in the third and fourth generations.”
Moses immediately threw himself to the ground and worshiped.
Time of Reflection
- Spend some time in silence worshiping God in response to his steadfast love.
- Pray that God’s love will protect you from the evil of this world.
- Think of some people in your life that need to be delivered from their current trials. Pray that God’s love would deliver them from their struggles in their time of need.
Missional Response
Choose one person you prayed for in your time of reflection that needs help, encouragement or deliverance from their current trials. Give them a call or write them an encouraging email letting them know you’re thinking of them.
Community Prayer
Pray for Hope Hill and our surrounding communities to receive spiritual victory from the schemes and attacks of the evil one.