“Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.” 1 Peter 2:17
Read 1 Peter 2:17
Lord, we pray for the leaders you have appointed in our cities. Allow us to honor everyone, love the brotherhood, fear God, and honor our local leaders. Grant us favor in our cities. May that favor pave the way for the Jesus Festival so that there would be no logistical obstacles that might hinder the proclamation of your word. Lord, we ask that you would save our cities’ leaders. Please convict me to pray for them often.
May we be a church so transformed by the love of Jesus that we would be known for our love for others (John 13:34–35). We know that this love is not the current cultural definition of love, or the Disney version, or the picture of love as seen on TV. This is the love that you love us with, Jesus. As we look into the gospels, we see that your love for your disciples is very different than the love we see around us every day. Even two thousand years ago, it was so different that the watching world was shocked by it and drawn to it.
Lord, make Mars Hill a church that loves the physically and spiritually broken among us and around us. Let us continually seek to know your love for us so we can love others with the same love we receive from you.
Amen.
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