Monday - Enter In - Week 2

Monday:

Welcome to daily prayer. This week we are talking about the kind of fasting that God has chosen. Today, we look to Jesus. As we begin our time together, lets quiet our hearts and minds before the LORD. 

Lord, I surrender my self to you. I lay down my desire to control and surrender my cravings to you. I give everyone and everything to you. 

O Lord, open my lips and my mouth will declare your praise. 

A Scripture Reading from Matthew 4:1-4

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.

A Prayer of Adoration: 

Lord, you are the sustainer. Jesus, you are the overcomer. You are the Beloved Son. You are the faithful one. You were perfectly faithful in the midst of temptation. You have bread to eat that we don’t know about. You show us the way and you are the way. Lord, your Word and your will are bread and life to us. You have given us your Word and your Spirit and have supplied everything we need and for that, I adore you. 

A Prayer of Confession:

Lord, my appetite is out of control and often controls me. You have provided me with many things to enjoy but I have made them the center. Instead of being directed by your Word and Spirit, I am directed by my cravings. Forgive me Lord. 

I surrender to you. I need your help. I have such little self-control. Remind me in this season that I am dependent on you and you are what really satisfies. I look to food and other things to provide the comfort, sustenance and satisfaction that I was made to find in you. Cleanse me and uphold me. 

A Prayer of Trust: 

I trust that you love me and I am accepted by grace. I trust that you will provide the manna that I need today and every day. Your Word is my source. Your life is my life. You are what I need. I trust that as I depend on you that you will uphold me. 

A Prayer of Intercession and Request: 

Lord, cultivate in us a hunger for you and your ways. I want to be self-controlled and alert. Help us to look to your Word to know your will. Give us a Spirit of revelation to know you better. Help me to rely on your Word and Spirit and not to obey my appetites. Holy Spirit, would you cultivate self-control in me? I say Yes to you today. Help your church to love what you love and to cling to what is good. 

A Moment of Reflection:

Lord, is there anything that is controlling me that you want to deliver me from this week?

I surrender this to you. 

A Closing Prayer:

Lord Jesus, you have shown us and taught us that we don’t live on bread alone. The Word gives life. It is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. Your ways are different from the world. Jesus, you came from the Father and have provided your own life as my sustenance. You are my portion in this life. I I receive your life today and I look to your Word. Holy Spirit, lead me today. 

In the name of Jesus, 

Amen