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Prayers for the End of the Year

Featured Joy Bennett

Praise

Dear Lord, our shield, we exalt Your Name.  You are great and beyond measure. We turn to You in worship for Your holiness. In Your perfection, You are set apart from sin and provided salvation for Your people when nothing less would do.  We are humbled by Your eternal love and provision for us.

Prayer

We pray for teachers who You established to accomplish Your work in the lives of others. Students, parents, and administrators often panic toward the end of the year when grades get posted and there is little time left for recovery. They often blame teachers for the problem when the responsibility belongs elsewhere. Lord, You know first-hand how difficult our lives become when others rise against us. And in Your compassion, You have provided for us.  Remind Your servants that You are a shield about them, their glory, the lifter of their head. Keep their minds on the truth that, when they cry to You, You answer from Your holy hill. Let each one rest in You during these times of stress.  Let them sleep and rest well, sustained by You and free from fear of those who oppose them.

Cause Your servants to know that You attend to their prayers, and You set examples in Scripture that we should call on You for salvation because You defend us completely. Salvation belongs to You, LORD. May Your blessings be on Your people. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.

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Faith in God Over Man

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No Faith in Humanity

Dear Lord, as Christian teachers work among lost students, staff, and others, we encounter increasing faithlessness in the world. We are surrounded by those who lie or are two-faced and cannot be trusted. Others are filled with ugly pride, oppressing and excluding others. We turn to You because You alone can save us during these trials. As we sometimes fear the worst, You can save us from our imaginations. Help us, Lord, to honor You with the meditations of our hearts.

The Faithfulness of God

Meanwhile, Lord, in Your faithfulness, You hear the call of the poor and needy and You arise. You provide the safety we long for as we call on You with surrendered hearts. Praise You for the certainty of Your promises. Your words are pure, Lord – glowing embers of hope that we can carry in our minds, currently engaging us in the blessings of eternity amidst our struggles. Let each teacher be encouraged and praise You, for You will keep us. You will guard us from a godless generation. Though the odds seem to be against us, with evil on every side and sin exalted among the people, You are Mighty. Lord, lift our hearts and minds to You as we continue in the mission field of our schools for “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You because he trusts in You” (Is 26:3). In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen. (Psalm 12; Ps 19:14; 2 Chron 7:14; 2 Kings 6: 8-12 esp. v17)

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