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Pray for the Support and Comfort you Need in your Afflictions

Petition 3.35 | NASB

I must pray for the effectual support and comfort under all the crosses and afflictions that I meet with in this world.

We know that we are born for trouble as sparks fly upward; Job 5:7(NASB) but from six troubles be pleased to deliver us, and in seven do not let evil touch us. Job 5:19(NASB)

Let the eternal God be our dwelling place, and underneath be the everlasting arms; Deuteronomy 33:27(NASB) that the spirit You have made may not grow faint before You, Isaiah 57:16(NASB) nor the soul that You have redeemed. Psalm 71:23(NASB)

Let us be strengthened with all power, according to Your glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience. Colossians 1:11(NASB)

Let Your statutes be our songs in the house of our pilgrimage; Psalm 119:54(NASB) and let Your testimonies, which we have inherited forever, be always the joy of our hearts. Psalm 119:111(NASB)

When we are afflicted in every way, let us not be crushed; and when we are perplexed, let us not be despairing; 2 Corinthians 4:8(NASB) but as sorrowful, let us be always rejoicing, as having nothing yet possessing all things. 2 Corinthians 6:10(NASB)

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Pray for Grace to Make you Wiser and Better Every Day

Petition 3.34 | NASB

I must pray for grace to make me wiser and better every day than another.

Lord, give me to grow with a growth which is from God; Colossians 2:19(NASB) to grow in the grace and knowledge of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; 2 Peter 3:18(NASB) to hold to my way; and, having clean hands, to grow stronger and stronger. Job 17:9(NASB)

Let my path be like the light of dawn, that shines brighter and brighter until the full day. Proverbs 4:18(NASB)

I have not yet obtained, nor have I already become perfect; Lord, grant that therefore, forgetting what lies behind, I may reach forward to what lies ahead, for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:12-14(NASB)

Be like the dew to me, that I may blossom like the lily and take root like a cedar of Lebanon; that my shoots may sprout, and my beauty may be like the olive tree. Hosea 14:5-6(NASB) And let the sun of righteousness rise upon me with healing in its wings, that I may go forth and skip about like a calf from the stall. Malachi 4:2(NASB)

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Pray for Grace to Assist you that you may be Universally Conscientious

Petition 3.33 | NASB

That I may be universally conscientious.

O that I may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God. Colossians 4:12(NASB)

Oh that my ways may be established to keep Your commandments! And then I shall not be ashamed when I look upon them all. Psalm 119:5-6(NASB)

Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I shall observe it to the end. Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law and keep it with all my heart. Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, for I delight in them. Incline my heart to Your testimonies and not to dishonest gain. Psalm 119:33-36(NASB)

Grant me, I pray, according to the riches of Your glory, that I may be strengthened with all power through Your Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in my heart through faith; and that I, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and may know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge and be filled with a divine fullness, Ephesians 3:16-20(NASB) and may partake of a divine nature. 2 Peter 1:4(NASB)

And let the love of Christ control me to live not for myself, but for Him who died and rose again on my behalf. 2 Corinthians 5:14-15(NASB)

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Pray for Grace to Assist you that you may do your Duty Always and Everywhere

Petition 3.32 | NASB

That I may do the duty of every condition of life, every event of providence, and every relation wherein I stand.

Lord, enable me in a day of prosperity to be happy, and in a day of adversity to consider, because God has made the one as well as the other; Ecclesiastes 7:14(NASB) to add to my knowledge self-control, and to self-control perseverance. 2 Peter 1:6(NASB)

Give me grace to remain with You in that condition in which I have been called, 1 Corinthians 7:24(NASB) and in all my ways to acknowledge You; Proverbs 3:6(NASB) and be pleased to direct my steps. Proverbs 16:9(NASB)

Let those who have been called, being slaves, be the Lord’s freemen; and those who have been called, being free, be Christ’s slaves. 1 Corinthians 7:22(NASB)

Let all in every relation dwell together in unity; Psalm 133:1(NASB) that it may be like the dew of Hermon, coming down upon the mountains of Zion. Psalm 133:3(NASB) O that I may live together as a fellow heir of the grace of life with Your people, so that my prayers will not be hindered. 1 Peter 3:7(NASB)

Give me grace to honor all people, to love the brotherhood, to fear God, 1 Peter 2:17(NASB) and to be in subjection to the governing authorities, Romans 13:1(NASB) not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake. Romans 13:5(NASB)

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Pray for Grace to Assist you that you may be Cheerful in your Duty

Petition 3.31 | NASB

That I may be pleasant and cheerful in my duty.

Lord, enable me to rejoice always, 1 Thessalonians 5:16(NASB) to rejoice in the Lord always, because He has again said to me, Rejoice! Philippians 4:4(NASB) That I may go on my way rejoicing, may eat my bread in happiness and drink my wine with a cheerful heart, as I shall have reason to do if God has already approved my works. Ecclesiastes 9:7(NASB)

Give me grace to serve You, the LORD my God, with joy and a glad heart in the abundance of all things; Deuteronomy 28:47(NASB) and to sing of the ways of the LORD, for great is the glory of my God. Psalm 138:5(NASB)

Let me have that cheerfulness of heart which is like good medicine, Proverbs 17:22(NASB) and deliver me from that anxiety which weighs down the heart, Proverbs 12:25(NASB) and that sorrow of the world which produces death. 2 Corinthians 7:10(NASB)

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Pray for Grace to Assist you that you may be Courageous in your Duty

Petition 3.30 | NASB

That I may be resolute and courageous in my duty, as one who knows that though I may be a loser for Christ, I shall not be a loser by Him in the end.

Lord, teach me to suffer hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus, 2 Timothy 2:3(NASB) that I may not fear the reproach of man or their revilings, Isaiah 51:7(NASB) nor be ashamed of Christ or of His words, Mark 8:38(NASB) knowing whom I have believed, even One who is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day. 2 Timothy 1:12(NASB)

Though bonds and afflictions should await me, Lord, grant that none of these things may move me, and that I may not consider life itself as dear to me, so that I may finish my course. Acts 20:23-24(NASB)

Enable me in everything to commend myself to God; 2 Corinthians 6:4(NASB) and then to pass by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report, clad with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left, 2 Corinthians 6:7-8(NASB) as one who accounts it a very small thing to be examined by any human court, for the One who examines me is the Lord. 1 Corinthians 4:3-4(NASB)

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Pray for Grace to Assist you that you may be Diligent in your Duty

Petition 3.29 | NASB

That I may be active and diligent in my duty.

Lord, quicken me to work the works of Him who sent me as long as it is day, because night is coming, wherein no one can work; John 9:4(NASB) and what good my hands find to do, enable me to do it with all my might, for there is no activity or knowledge in Sheol where I am going. Ecclesiastes 9:10(NASB)

Lord, grant that I may never be lagging behind in diligence, but fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; Romans 12:11(NASB) steadfast and immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that my toil is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:58(NASB)

Lord, make me zealously affected in every good work; Galatians 4:18(KJV) and in whatever I do, enable me to do my work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men. Colossians 3:23(NASB)

Lord, enable me to do the work of every day in its day, as each day requires, Ezra 3:4(NASB) making the most of my time, because the days are evil; Ephesians 5:16(NASB) that when my Master comes, He may find me so doing. Luke 12:43(NASB)

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Pray for Grace to Assist you that you may be Honest in your Duty

Petition 3.28 | NASB

That I may be honest and sincere in my duty.

demonic; James 3:15(NASB) but wisdom from above, which is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, and without hypocrisy. James 3:17(NASB)

O that I may always conduct myself in the world in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God. 2 Corinthians 1:12(NASB)

Lord, uphold me in my integrity, and set me in Your presence forever; Psalm 41:12(NASB) and let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for You. Psalm 25:21(NASB)

May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, so that I will not be ashamed; Psalm 119:80(NASB) and let my eye be clear, that my whole body may be full of light. Matthew 6:22(NASB)

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Pray for Grace to Direct, Quicken, Strengthen, and Assist you that you may Walk Wisely

Petition 3.27 | ESV

We must pray for grace to direct and quicken us to, and to strengthen and assist us in, our duty, in the whole course of our life.

Let the grace of God, which has appeared, bringing salvation for me and for all people, effectually train me to renounce all ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live a self-controlled, upright, and godly life in this present age, waiting for the blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of my great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for his people to redeem them from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. Titus 2:11-14(ESV)

That we may be prudent and discreet in our duty.

You have said, “If anyone lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.” James 1:5(ESV) Lord, I want wisdom; make me wise as a serpent and innocent as a dove, Matthew 10:16(ESV) that wisdom may make my face shine, Ecclesiastes 8:1(ESV) and may be better to me than weapons of war. Ecclesiastes 9:18(ESV)

Enable me to walk in wisdom towards outsiders, making the best use of the time. Colossians 4:5(ESV)

Give me to order all my affairs with discretion and to behave myself wisely, to ponder the way that is blameless and to walk with integrity of heart. Psalm 101:2(ESV)

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Pray for Grace to Govern your Tongue

Petition 3.26 | NASB

I must pray for grace to enable me both to govern my tongue well and to use it well.

Lord, enable me to guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue, and to guard my mouth, as if with a muzzle, Psalm 39:1(NASB) that it may not be impulsive in thought to bring up a matter. Ecclesiastes 5:2(NASB)

Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips, Psalm 141:3(NASB) that I may not stumble in what I say. James 3:2(NASB)

Let my speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, Colossians 4:6(NASB) and enable me always, out of the good treasure of my heart, to bring forth what is good. Matthew 12:35(KJV) Let my mouth utter wisdom, and my tongue speak justice; Psalm 37:30(NASB) and do not let Your words depart from my mouth, nor from the mouth of any of Your people, nor from the mouth of our offspring, nor our offspring’s offspring, from now and forever. Isaiah 59:21(NASB)

Enable me always to open my mouth in wisdom, and let the teaching of kindness be on my tongue. Proverbs 31:26(NASB) Give me to know what is acceptable, Proverbs 10:32(NASB) that my tongue may be as choice silver, and my lips may feed many. Proverbs 10:20-21(NASB)