The 9th Commandment – You Shall Not Lie – is a universally broken commandment. From both the beginning of time and from the beginning of our lives, lying has been the norm. We can lie with our words, with our silence, with our body language, and with our lives. And while all this is true, lying is primarily a heart issue. As we dive into the study of the 9th Commandment this week, please seek God’s grace in prayer.
Prayer Guide: July 21, 2019 – Exodus 20:16
1. Give praise and honor to the God who is Truth! Thank Him for making His will and His ways known to us so that we might have life.
2. Ask God to give you a greater love for Truth and a greater passion to seek and meditate upon Truth.
3. Confess to God your struggle to walk in Truth and to practice falsehood for selfish reasons. Ask Him to forgive you and to cleanse you from all unrighteousness.
4. Pray for courage to speak the Truth to others. Ask for boldness to humbly and lovingly share the gospel with others.
5. Pray that God would bring many children to our VBS, and that each of them would be encouraged and challenged by the Truth of God’s Word.
6. Ask God to bless our upcoming block party – that many families would be served, that connections in the community would be made, and that He would be glorified.
7. Pray that our Children’s Minister Search Team would continue to seek the Lord and trust Him to provide the right candidate at the right time.