Listener prayers for the New Year

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Today is Friday, December 31st. 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.

Well, it is the last day of 2021. And if you’re like me, you’re praying that 2022 will have a little less turmoil than the last 12 months. But if not, we know that God is sovereign and he works all things for the good of those who are called according to his purpose.

BERG: This is Linda Berg from Woodbury Minnesota reading from Isaiah chapter 30 Verse 18 but the LORD still waits for you to come to him so he can show you his love and compassion for the Lord is a faithful God bless it are those who wait for him to help them

READING: First Corinthians 13 four through eight. Love is patient and kind love is not in the verbose it is not arrogant or rude it has done insists on his own way it is not irritable or resentful. It is not rejoice at wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things endures all things love never ends.

PRAYER: The Valley of vision a collection of Puritan prayers and devotions, prayer for the new year. Oh Lord length of days does not profit me except the days are past in my presence in my service to that glory. Give me a grace that precedes, follows guides sustains sanctifies aides every hour, that I may not be one moment apart from the, but may rely on by spirit to supply every thought. Speak in every word, direct every step, prosper every work, build up every note of faith and give me a desire to show fourth I praise testify thy love, advanced thy kingdom. I launched my bark on the unknown waters of this year with the father is my harbor do son at my Helm, the Oh Holy Spirit filling my sails. Guide me to heaven with my loins skirt, my lamp burning my ear open to thy calls my heart full of love my soul free. Give me Thy grace to sanctify me thy comforts to cheer thy wisdom to teach thy right hand to guide thy counsel to instruct thy laws to judge thy presence to stabilize me that I fear be my all thy triumphs my joy, amen.

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