Prayer One Month Before Christmas

 TRANSITION OF POWER

2000 years ago Jesus Christ came into human history – we’re going to celebrate his birth a month from today.  His sole purpose was to offer a new administration for our lives and for the world. His birth, death, and resurrection were clearly foretold hundreds of years before they took place and He promises to give new life to any who would believe – a life now that is better than any we could have on our own and life with God forever in eternity.

Here’s how John’s Gospel in the Bible reminds us of the facts:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. John 1:1-4

The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. John 1:9-10

He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.  John 1:11-13

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.  John 1:14

We thank You God, for the new administration for our lives that You provided for us in Jesus Christ.  There’s nothing in our life that is worth anything outside of Him.  True life is in Jesus and we both thank You for that today and celebrate the fact.  We are alive because He is alive.

Today God we want to pray for those who don’t know that this change is available to them – this move from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light – this change from death to life.  We pray that the Good News of salvation through Jesus Christ would go out to every nation, every language group, every person.

We pray for acceptance of the truth of the Gospel and appropriate action to be taken as the Good News reaches hearts.  Lord, too many of us hear facts but never really relinquish administration of our hearts and our activities to the Living God.  We want to stay in charge of our own lives.  Forgive us Lord and help us see the absurdity of our thinking and acting. 

We lay down our own control.  We move out of the power seat and we invite You God to take up Your proper place of authority in us for now and forever.  You are the Lord  You are filled with grace and truth and there’s nothing we want more than to have You live that in us and through us, Lord Jesus.  Help us to do that.  Amen