Another Prayer for Focus, Purpose, and Clarity

Lord, I keep trying this, doing that. What do YOU want me to do? Really, truly.

I keep running ahead and I stop listening to You. I leave You in the dust of my excitement for my latest fancy or whim. I’m tired of short-lived stuff. I keep saying I really do want to do Your will alone. Help me to actually live it.

Lord, forgive me for doing the things I mentioned above. I realize I keep getting sidetracked and busy. These are my two thorns I need to battle against so I can focus on a life focused on You and Your Word alone.

Lord, guide me. What DO You want me to do and how do You want me to be? I realize it’s important to do and be—not just one or the other, but both simultaneously. This is the well-balanced life.

What is Your purpose for me in this moment? I keep trying to ask to see the overall purpose. This is wrong. My purposes can change moment by moment, when and if I am open to You. So, help me live moment by moment in Your purpose.

That being said, though, I know there are some long-term purposes. Help give me clarity and let me know what they are in my life, which is really a life for You. It’s Yours.

What do You want me to do? How do You want me to be with You? I ask You both of these questions for this moment and every moment today and tomorrow.

Guide me, Abba. Help me hear You and to respond immediately and accordingly.

To You be all the glory.

I love You so.

(Image credit: Stacy Duplease 2010-2014.)

Focus and Purpose Prayer

Focus and Purpose Prayer

Good morning, Lord. Thank You for the morning and quiet time to spend with You. I so thoroughly need it.

Help me REALLY make today Your day and not give it lip service. Help me mean it all day long, moment by moment, not just right now as I say it (hence, the lip service). After all, today is the Lord's Day. It is not mine, Abba. Help me not to live as though it were.

I pray these verses to You, Lord.

Psalm 19:12-14 / Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

12 Who perceives his unintentional sins?

Cleanse me from my hidden faults.

13 Moreover, keep Your servant from willful sins;

do not let them rule over me.

Then I will be innocent

and cleansed from blatant rebellion.

14 May the words of my mouth

and the meditation of my heart

be acceptable to You,

Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.  

-- HCSB: Scripture quotations marked HCSB are taken from the Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Holman CSB®, and HCSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.

Lord, let everything I think, say, plan, and do be of You and Your Word alone. Holy Spirit, please help me hear Your promptings when I am getting off-track and help me to respond immediately. All I want to do is live for the purpose and glory of God. Help me to do so--today, moment by moment, and every day hereafter.

I also pray these:

Psalm 139:1-4 / New American Standard Bible (NASB)

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

139 O Lord, You have searched me and known me.

2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;

You understand my thought from afar.

3 You scrutinize my path and my lying down,

And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.

4 Even before there is a word on my tongue,

Behold, O Lord, You know it all.

-- NASB: Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright © 1960,1962,1963,1968,1971,1972,1973,1975,1977,1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

Lord, what sweet verses to remind me of Your goodness, love, and care. You are here with me and in me. You are always present and are all-seeing, all-knowing. I am never, ever alone. Oh, Lord, how sweet and wonderful You are.

I also pray these:

From "Believing God" by Beth Moore

Week 1 Memory Verse: Hebrews 11:6 / Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.

Lord, help my unbelief and teach me to believe.

Week 2 Memory Verse: Hebrews 11:3 / Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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By faith we understand that the universe was created by God’s command, so that what is seen has been made from things that are not visible.

Faith. Belief. Help me draw forever nearer to You and your Word. Help me make Your Word part of my life every moment.

Abba, You are so good to me--and have been all the days of my life, and will be.

Thank You for the enormous blessing of You.

(Image credit: Stacy Duplease 2010-2014.)

Hebrews 12:2: Focus

Hebrews 12:2 (NIV) states: 

2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

--- THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®.  NIV®.  Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica.  All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online)

The verse of the day for today at one of my favorite websites, http://www.biblestudytools.com/, is Hebrew 12:2. It got me thinking. 

I think most of the issues we have in life, and regarding keeping a loyal faith, lie in the issue of our focus. 

Where do we put our attention? What do we think about? What is our top goal? Why do we live? Why do we do the things we do? Who are we? Where do we hope to be in 5 years? 10? How do we live? When do we focus on what is most important? How often do we? 

Are the answers to these questions seeped in God, faith, and the Word--or in something else? Are we God and Word focused? Or are we world and action focused? 

Take some time to ponder what your true answers are to all of the questions above. 

Then, take some time to ponder what your answers should really be. 

Pray to God today about this. 

Stacy Duplease

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Hebrews 12:2: Focus

Hebrews 12:2 (NIV) states: 

2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

--- THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®.  NIV®.  Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica.  All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online)

The verse of the day for today at one of my favorite websites, http://www.biblestudytools.com/, is Hebrew 12:2. It got me thinking. 

I think most of the issues we have in life, and regarding keeping a loyal faith, lie in the issue of our focus. 

Where do we put our attention? What do we think about? What is our top goal? Why do we live? Why do we do the things we do? Who are we? Where do we hope to be in 5 years? 10? How do we live? When do we focus on what is most important? How often do we? 

Are the answers to these questions seeped in God, faith, and the Word--or in something else? Are we God and Word focused? Or are we world and action focused? 

Take some time to ponder what your true answers are to all of the questions above. 

Then, take some time to ponder what your answers should really be. 

Pray to God today about this. 

Stacy Duplease