Praying For Sanctification And Turning From Our Wicked Ways In The Church
Day 2 - September 28, 2024
Ken Johnson Author, Speaker, Indianapolis Colts Chaplain View Website
Devotion For Day 2
If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Dr. Graham Scroggie once said, “…there has never been a spiritual revival which did not begin with an acute sense of sin. We are never prepared for a spiritual advance until we see the necessity of getting rid of that which has been hindering it, and that, in the sight of God, is sin.”
James 4:7-8 gives us powerful direction to overcome sin so that we can be set apart for the purposes of God: “So give yourselves humbly to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. And when you draw close to God, God will draw close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and let your hearts be filled with God alone to make them pure and true to him.”
Father, may we, Your Church, search our hearts for what displeases Yours. May we give ourselves humbly to You so that we will clearly recognize when the devil is trying to stop us or divert us from Your mission for us. Help us to draw closer to You so that You, as promised, will draw closer to us. We want our hearts to be filled with You alone. Purify us, Father, and set us apart for Your good purposes. Our nation desperately needs Your holy people, purified and ready to reveal the character of Christ!
Prayer Topics
- Pray with a thankful heart that our Father desires His people to have communion with Him.
- Ask God to give us deeply broken and repentant hearts, recognizing that sin so easily entangles us.
- Ask forgiveness for any time you have not humbled yourself before the Lord and pride has overtaken you.
- Commit yourself to deeper levels of seeking after His heart rather than your own selfish desires.
- Ask God to hear from heaven, forgive our sins, and heal our land! (2 Chronicles 7:14 CSB)
