Opening Prayer As this year comes to a close, Father, thank you for your many blessings, for being at work in me and through me. Thank you for the gift of your Word, for...

Opening Prayer As I read your Word today, Lord God, open my mind and heart to its truths and change me through them. I want others to see that I am changed because of...

Opening Prayer Father God, thank you for your faithfulness to me. Thank you that all of your promises are ‘Yes’ and ‘Amen.’ Read PHILIPPIANS 3:12 – 4:1 12 Not that I have already obtained all this,...

Opening Prayer As I come to your Word today, Father, help me to understand the truths in your teachings; use them to change me. Read PHILIPPIANS 3:1-11 No Confidence in the Flesh 3 Further, my brothers...

Opening Prayer Holy Spirit, thank you for the ways you have worked in me to bring me to faith in Jesus and enable me to follow him. I look to you to increase my...

Opening Prayer Gracious God, in Jesus, we have the absolute assurance that we will spend eternity with you. Thank you for your plan, worked out from the beginning, to make me your own. Read PHILIPPIANS...

Opening Prayer Light of the World, today I celebrate your birth and thank you for your presence in my life. Grant that your light would shine through me to bless those around me. Read PHILIPPIANS...

Opening Prayer Father in heaven, as I anticipate celebrating the birth of your Son, give me opportunity to share with others the hope that is mine because of your gift in him. Read PHILIPPIANS 1:27...

Opening Prayer Lord Jesus, fill me with your presence today. I pray that your love will overflow through me to those I love this season. May they see you in me. Read PHILIPPIANS 1:18b-26 18 But...

Opening Prayer In this special season of anticipation, Father, help me to be attentive to what truly matters. Help me to be prepared to give reason for the hope that is mine because of...