Emmanuel - God with us!

Dear Lord God our king, 

We worship You during this Christmas season. You are our wonderful Counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. Teach us to pray and help us to glorify and worship You in our family during this busy time of year. Give us a spirit of wisdom and revelation that we might know You better. We choose to put You at the center of our family life as we celebrate Your birth. Keep us from distractions and help us to invite You into all our family activities. Thank you for being Immanuel, “God with us.” Open our eyes to realize this each day as we interact with others. Show us creative ways to love and care for those outside our home. Fill us to overflowing with Your love for the lost. Teach us to do acts of kindness to those who are in need at this time of year. Help us to be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as You forgave us. May our family be a refreshment and light to others. We ask You to touch with salvation those in our family who do not know You. Open their hearts to Your great love for them. Help us to share Your Truth and be Your light. You are the Savior of the world. Lord, we want to be passionate about the things you are passionate about. We love Your Word and choose to make it central in our family life. We long to align ourselves spiritually with You and Your Word every day. Your Word is alive and active—It’s sharper than any double-edged sword—It judges the thoughts and attitudes of our hearts. We want to pray your Word with Your authority, and with greater faith and obedience in our lives as we approach this New Year. We rejoice in following Your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. We meditate on Your precepts and consider Your ways. We delight in Your decrees. We will not neglect Your Word. Open our eyes that we may see wonderful things in Your law. We run in the path of Your commands, for You have set our hearts free. Thank you Lord for coming down and saving us. You are our real gift. Thank you for being with us always. Bless us to abide in you always too. We love you. I pray all this in Jesus name, Amen. 

Isaiah 9:6 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

May Christ be the reason for the season. God bless. Merry Christmas!