Prayer To Walk
In Love
Father, in Jesus’
name, I thank You that the love of God has been poured forth into my
heart by the Holy Spirit, who has been given to me. I keep and treasure
Your Word. The love of and for You, Father, has been perfected and
completed in me; and perfect love casts out all fear.
Father, I am Your
child, and I commit to walk in the God kind of love. I endure long; I
am patient and kind. I am never envious and never boil over with
jealousy. I am not boastful or vainglorious, and I do not display
myself haughtily. I am not rude and unmannerly, and I do not act
unbecomingly. I do not insist on my own rights or my own way, for I am
not self-seeking, touchy, fretful, or resentful. I take no account of
any evil done to me and pay no attention to a suffered wrong. I do not
rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but I rejoice when right and
truth prevail. I bear up under anything and everything that comes. I
am ever ready to believe the best of others. My hopes are fadeless
under all circumstances. I endure everything without weakening because
the love of God in me never fails.
Father, I bless
and pray for those who persecute me – who are cruel in their attitude
toward me. I bless them and do not curse them. Therefore, my love
abounds yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment. I approve
things that are excellent. I am sincere and without offense till the
day of Christ. I am filled with the fruit of righteousness.
Everywhere I go I
commit to plant seeds of love. I thank You, Father, for preparing
hearts ahead of time to receive this love. I know that these seeds will
produce Your love in the hearts to whom they are given.
Father, I thank
You that as I flow in Your love and wisdom, people are being blessed by
my life and ministry. Father, You made me to find favor, compassion,
and loving kindness with others.
I am rooted deep
in love and founded securely on love, knowing that You are on my side
and nothing is able to separate me from Your love, Father, which is in
Christ Jesus my Lord. Thank You, Father, in Jesus’ precious name.
Amen.
Scripture
References
Romans 5:5
And hope does not
disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by
the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
Romans 8:31,39
What, then, shall
we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
39neither
height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to
separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 12:14
Bless those who
persecute you; bless and do not curse.
1 John 2:5
But if anyone
obeys His word, God's love (Or word, love for God) is truly made
complete in him. This is how we know we are in Him:
1 John 4:18
There is no fear
in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with
punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
1 Corinthians
13:4-8
Love is patient,
love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It
is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps
no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with
the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always
perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they
will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there
is knowledge, it will pass away.
1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted the
seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
Matthew 5:44
But I tell you:
Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Philippians 1:9-11
And this is my
prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth
of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be
pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of
righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of
God.
John 13:34
A new command I
give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one
another.
Daniel 1:9
Now God had caused
the official to show favor and sympathy to Daniel,
Ephesians 3:17
So that Christ may
dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted
and established in love,
Germaine
Copeland, Prayers That Avail Much (Tulsa: Harrison House, 1997).