Listener prayers for the New Year

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Today is Tuesday, December 28th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mary Reichard.

NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher. This week, we end each program with you, WORLD listeners reading Scripture and offering prayers for the year ahead. We hope you’ll be encouraged and hopeful for what God has for us in 2022.

MCDERMOTT: My name is George McDermott, I live in Denver, Colorado. My prayer today comes from the Book of Common Prayer 2019. Blessed Lord who caused all holy scriptures, to be written for our learning, grant us so to hear them, read, Mark, learn and inwardly digest them, that by patience and the comfort of Your Holy Word, we may embrace and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which You have given us and our Savior, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the Holy Spirit, everyone God, world without end, amen.

JONES: Hi, my name is Justin Jones from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Psalm 37, one through seven. Fret not yourself because of evildoers. Be not envious of wrongdoers, for they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. Trust in the Lord and do good. Dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act. He will bring forth Your righteousness as the light and your justice as the noon day. Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him. Fret not yourself  for the one who prospers in his way over the man who carries out evil devices.

SHED: This is Brad Shed. In Ephesians 1:17, Paul prays that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. Lord, I pray in reverse order that first of all, you would increase our knowledge of you in this coming year. In that process, you will give us fresh revelation to understand what is going on in the natural and in the spiritual and all that is happening around us. And then lastly, I asked Lord for a spirit of wisdom, that we will know how to respond in a way that honors you and spreads your kingdom this coming year. Thank you, Lord.

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