Speaker 1 00:00:01 This is Pastor Steve at Westside Church in Bend, Oregon. Throughout these 21 days, we will spend some time every day in prayer together. After today's episode, find more resources for you and your
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Speaker 1 00:00:18 Welcome to day two, Jesus' Lord, ask, seek and knock today as you approach the Lord for the desires of your heart. Philippians chapter two, verses nine through 11 says that therefore, God also has highly exalted him and given him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow of those in heaven and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ, this Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Salvation begins with our confession of His lord's ship. When we surrender to the rightful claim of Jesus on our lives as creator and redeemer, new life begins with joyful willingness to trust that Jesus knows and wants what is ultimately best for us to obey. Jesus is a sign of his lordship in our lives. It's an expression of our love for him and our desire to fully place our trust in him.
Speaker 1 00:01:24 Let's pray together. Father, we come before you in a posture of humility, a willing submission to Jesus as the Lord of our lives and the head of the church. We offer prayers of worship that express your worthiness to be trusted with the whole of our lives, past, present, and future. God, we ask you that the distinctiveness of who Jesus is would be revealed in his church, that we would be the evidence of what it looks like when Jesus is truly leading us as his people. Jesus, you said that when you were lifted up, you would draw all people to yourself. So we lift you up today. Jesus, we pray for the power of the Holy Spirit to draw people to the beauty, the truth, and the life that is found only in you. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
