Prayer for January 13, 2020

Dear God in Heaven,

I thank You for another wonderful day of school.

I thank You for Shaw University Divinity School.

I thank You for all the faculty, staff, and students.

I thank You for providing a way of escape when we have problems.

I ask that You help us be quiet when we need to be quiet and to listen.

I ask that You help us speak the way You would speak.

I ask that You help us as we read the Scriptures.

I ask that You help us understand the Scriptures.

I ask that You help us retain and recall what we read.

I ask that You help us hide the Scriptures in our hearts and minds.

I ask that You help us be transformed and renewed by Your word.

I thank You for giving us power for learning.

I thank You for giving us power for living.

I thank You for giving us power for loving.

I thank You for listening and for answering this prayer.

I ask and receive in the name of Jesus Christ.

Amen.