Prayers for Knowing GodChikamu

“Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.”

—John 17:17

Adoration

Father, You are truth. In our day, people think the truth has many versions. Yet there is only one truth—and You are this truth. Truth can’t be modified. Truth doesn’t adjust to the current cultural climate or norms. Truth is rooted and founded in You.

Knowing You means knowing the truth. Knowing You means knowing the way I am to go. Knowing You means understanding how to apply wisdom to all of life’s choices. I praise You because You have made truth available to me through Your life and through the character of Your overarching truth. Your Word is truth, and I’m sanctified when I surrender to Your truth and honor You in all I do.

Confession

Heavenly Lord, forgive me when I look for information outside of Your truth and fail to examine Your Word. I confess that I often seek answers to what I’m thinking or feeling from other sources outside of You. You are the truth, and yet I look to other things or people to inform my decisions.

This must hurt Your heart, and I’m sorry for that. Forgive me. I ask Your forgiveness for downplaying Your character, that You embody all truth. I downplay this by seeking other people’s opinions or even by choosing my own opinion over what You know is the best thing for me to do or think. I ask for Your grace and mercy in helping me to see the misinformation I believe to be true. Help me to discern more fully.

Thanksgiving

God, thank You for giving me the Truth through Your own existence and the revelation of Your Word. Thank You for giving me the opportunity to be sanctified by Your truth. Thank You for the patience You show me when I turn from the truth and pursue my own beliefs. You give me great patience as I examine various thoughts. Thank You for the restraint You show when I seek other sources of direction outside of You, all the while gently pulling me back to Your Word and Your truth. As John 1:17 says, “The Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.”

Thank You for the grace and truth You have made available to me through Jesus Christ so that I may live out my destiny in Your kingdom plan.

Supplication

Holy Father, not only are You the Source of all truth, but You have given me access to You through Your Word. You are truth. Your Word is truth. I need look no further than You to know all I need to know to guide, direct, and lead me. Because of You, I can be sanctified.

I pray I will abide more closely with You in Your truth. I pray I will come to know Your truth deep within so I’m not drawn away into double-mindedness. Shine the light of Your truth upon my soul, and chase the darkness of deception from my thoughts, my heart, and my spirit. Show me the power I have when I function according to Your truth. Let me be a light that shows what it means to live and prosper in Your truth so others will want to do the same.

In the name of Jesus, I pray this prayer concerning the reality and assurance of Your truth. Amen.

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