Prayer for Upcoming Events

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1 Prayer for Upcoming Events August 2: Big Clean Party August 5: City In The Park: Build-A-Backpack (Gatlin Park) August 9-10: Good Neighbor August 25: Sunday on Wednesday at Hendrix September 13-14: Good Neighbor September 16: Play In The Park (Gatlin Park) October 11-12: Good Neighbor October 31: City in the Dark (Gatlin Park) November 18: Cook Out In The Park (Gatlin Park) December 16: Christmas In The Park (Gatlin Park)

2 Scripture Prayer Guide Give Thanks to God Remember that Thanklessness Separates People from God For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Romans 1:21 Remember that Thanksgiving is a Normal Part of Worship I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High. Psalm 7:17 I will praise God s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. Psalm 69:30 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. Psalm 95:2 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. Psalm 100:4 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp. Psalm 147:7 Thank God for...him reaching people with His grace All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. 2 Corinthians 4:15 Thank God for...setting us free from sin But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. Romans 6:17 Thank God for...answering prayers for protection The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song. Psalm 28:7 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that

3 He is Omnipresent 7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? 8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. 9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, 10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. 11 If I say, Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me, 12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. Psalm 139:7 12 He is Righteous and Just 3 I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Oh, praise the greatness of our God! 4 He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. Deuteronomy 32: God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished 26 he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus. Romans 3:25 26 He is Sovereign The LORD does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths. Psalm 135:6 He is Supreme 14 To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it. 17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. Deuteronomy 10:14, 17 He is True Jesus answered, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. John 17:3 He is Unity Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. 1 Corinthians 8:6

4 he will continue to deliver us, 11 as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many. 2 Corinthians 1:10 11 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise. Psalm 106:47 Thank God for...giving us victory over death But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:57 Thank God for...leading us in His triumph But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him. 2 Corinthians 2:14 Thank God for...the spiritual fruit born in the lives of believers 15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. Ephesians 1:15 16 Thank God for...the generosity of Christians (and be generous yourself) 10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. 12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. 13 Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, men will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else. 14 And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. 15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! 2 Corinthians 9:10-15 Thank God for...all the food He provides for us 4 For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, 5 because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer. 1Timothy 4:4 5 Thank God for...his presence with us and for His wonderful deeds We give thanks to you, O God, we give thanks, for your Name is near; men tell of your wonderful deeds. Psalm 75:1

5 I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone 1 Timothy 2:1 Thank God for...his goodness and enduring love Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Psalm 107:1 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men, Psalm 107:8 Thank God for...his righteous laws At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous laws. Psalm 119:62 Thank God for...the elements of the Lord s Table 26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, Take and eat; this is my body. 27 Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, Drink from it, all of you. Matthew 26:26 27 Thank God for...the privilege of making Him known among the nations of the world Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done. Psalm 105:1 Live Out God s Will by being Thankful 16 Be joyful always; 17 pray continually; 18 give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16 18 let thanksgiving be...a normal part of your prayers 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6 7 let thanksgiving be...a normal part of your conversation 3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God s holy people. 4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. Ephesians 5:3 4

6 19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, 20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:19 20 let thanksgiving be...a normal part of your life And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:17 He is Eternal Worship God with a Focus on His Attributes Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. Psalm 90:2 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8 He is Merciful The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him. Daniel 9:9 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Luke 6:36 He is Gracious 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:14, 17 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8 9 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. Titus 3:4 7 He is Holy 1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered

7 their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 3 And they were calling to one another: Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory. Isaiah 6: But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do ; 16 for it is written: Be holy, because I am holy. 1 Peter 1:15 16 He is Immutable God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? Numbers 23:19 I the LORD do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. Malachi 3:6 He is Love The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness. Jeremiah 31:3 7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 1 John 4:7 12 He is Omnipotent 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. 29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; 31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:28 31 The Son is the radiance of God s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. Hebrews 1:3 He is Omniscient 1 LORD, you have searched me and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD. 5 You hem me in behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Psalm 139:1 6