Prayer Guide – Week of October 17th

Joey Tomlinson   -   October 12, 2021

Prayer Guide

Praying for Our Church Family:

  • Bonnie Tilley
  • Joey, Brayden, Henry, & Owen Tomlinson
  • Isaac, Tasi, & Miles Tomlinson
  • Josh, Olivia, Ella, & Micah Tran
  • Bryan, Carly, Tula, & Lochland Tyler

Other Prayer Points:

  • Pray that we would be zealous for righteousness, delighting in the Law of the Lord (Psalm 119).
  • Pray for our weekly gatherings as a church. Pray that Christ would be exalted, His word would be proclaimed clearly, and that we would come before the Lord with humility.
  • Pray for our Small Group Ministry. Pray that we would develop strong Christ-centered relationships with one another.
  • Pray for Pastor Joey as he prepares to preach this upcoming Lord’s Day.

Beyond Deer Park Fellowship:

  • Food Ministry – Partnership with Coastal Church
  • Catalyst Church (Newport News) – Pastor Kenneth D’Auria
  • US Supreme Court – Pray that our justices would rule according to the righteousness of God’s Law.
  • Bolivia – Allie & Gerson Gabriel (BLC Orphanage)

 

A Prayer of Repentance

(The Valley of Vision – Edited)

Heavenly Father,

You have imputed my sin to Christ, my substitute,

and imputed His righteousness to my soul.

You have clothed me with a bridegroom’s robe,

decking me with jewels of holiness.

 

But in my Christian walk, I am still in rags.

My best prayers are stained with sin;

my repentant tears are so much impurity;

my confessions of wrong are wrought with deceit;

my receiving the Spirit is tainted with selfishness.

 

Lord, I need to repent of my repentance;

I need my tears to be washed;

I have no robe to bring to cover my sins,

no loom to weave my own righteousness;

I am always standing clothed in filthy garments.

But by your grace, I am always receiving new ones.

For you justify the ungodly.

I am always going into the far country,

and always returning home as a prodigal,

always saying, Father forgive me,

and you are always bringing forth the best robe.

 

Every morning let me wear it,

every evening return in it,

go out to the day’s work in it,

be married in it,

die in it,

stand before the great white throne in it,

enter heaven in it shining as the sun.

 

Lord, grant that I never lose sight of

the exceeding sinfulness of sin,

the exceeding righteousness of salvation,

the exceeding glory of Christ,

the exceeding beauty of holiness,

the exceeding wonder of grace.

Amen.