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Pray for God’s Grace to Equip you for Everything Good and to Beget and Sustain New Life

Petition 3.13 | NIV

I must pray for grace to equip me for every good thought, word, and work, that I may not only be kept from sin, but may be in everything as I should be, and do as I should do.

Let Christ become for me not only righteousness from God, but wisdom, holiness, and redemption. 1 Corinthians 1:30(NIV)

Let me be planted together in the likeness of Christ’s death and resurrection, that just as he was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, I too may live a new life. Romans 6:4(NIV)

That the work of grace may be wrought where it has not yet begun.

Lord, teach transgressors your ways and let sinners turn back to you. Psalm 51:13(NIV) Let the disobedient be turned to the wisdom of the righteous and make ready a people prepared for the Lord. Luke 1:17(NIV)

Let those be made alive who are yet dead in transgressions and sins: Ephesians 2:1(NIV) Say to them, “Live!” Yes, say to them, “Live!” Ezekiel 16:6(NIV) And the time shall be a time of love. Ezekiel 16:8(KJV)

Open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified. Acts 26:18(NIV)

By the blood of the covenant, free the prisoners from the waterless pit, so that they may return to your fortress as prisoners of hope. Zechariah 9:11-12(NIV)

Let the word of God prevail to the demolishing of strongholds and the demolishing of arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and let every thought be taken captive to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:4-5(NIV)

That where it has begun it may be carried on and at length perfected, and the foundation that has been well laid may be happily built upon.

By your power, fulfill in me every good purpose and every act prompted by my faith. 2 Thessalonians 1:11(NIV)

Let the God who began a good work in me carry it on to completion until the day of Christ. Philippians 1:6(NIV)

Fulfill, O God, your purposes for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever – do not abandon the work of your hands. Psalm 138:8(NIV)

Lord, let your grace be sufficient for me, and let your power be made perfect in weakness, that where I am weak, there I may be strong, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10(NIV) strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Ephesians 6:10(NIV)

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Pray for God’s Grace to Fortify you Against Satan’s Temptations

Petition 3.12 | NIV

And that the temptations of Satan may not overcome me.

I pray that I may not fall into temptation; Matthew 26:41(NIV) or, however, that no temptation may seize me except what is common to man. And let the faithful God never let me be tempted beyond what I can bear, but when I am tempted, may he also provide a way out so that I can stand up under it. 1 Corinthians 10:13(NIV)

Put on me the full armor of God so that I can take my stand against the devil’s schemes; Ephesians 6:11(NIV) to stand my ground when the day of evil comes, and after I have done everything, to stand. May the belt of truth be buckled around my waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with my feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. Give me the shield of faith, with which I can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one, and the helmet of salvation; and let the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, be always ready for me. Ephesians 6:13-17(NIV)

Enable me to resist the devil, so that he may flee from me; James 4:7(NIV) to resist him, standing firm in the faith. 1 Peter 5:9(NIV) And may you, the God of peace, tread Satan under your people’s feet, and may you do it soon. Romans 16:20(NIV)

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Pray for God’s Grace to Fortify you Against Everything Evil

Petition 3.11 | NIV

I must pray for the grace of God, and all the kind and powerful influences and operations of that grace.

I approach the throne of grace, so that I may receive not only mercy to pardon, but grace to help in every time of need: Hebrews 4:16(NIV) grace for seasonable help.

From the fullness that is in Jesus Christ (in whom it pleased the Father that all his fullness should dwell), Colossians 1:19(NIV) let me receive one blessing after another. John 1:16(NIV)

I must pray for grace to fortify myself against every evil thought, word, and work. Having been earnest for the removing of the guilt of sin, that I may not die for it as a crime, I must be no less earnest for the breaking of the power of sin, that I may not die by it as a disease, but that it may be mortified in me.

O let no sin be my master, because I am not under law but under grace. Romans 6:14(NIV)

Let the sinful nature be crucified in me, with its passions and desires; Galatians 5:24(NIV) that living by the Spirit, I may not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. Galatians 5:16(NIV)

Let my old self be crucified with Christ so that the body of sin may be done away with, that henceforth I may not serve sin. Romans 6:6(NIV) And do not let sin reign in my mortal body (in my immortal soul) so that I should obey its evil desires, Romans 6:12(NIV) but being set free from sin, let me become a slave to righteousness. Romans 6:18(NIV)

Through Christ Jesus, let the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:2(NIV)

Give me grace to put off the old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires, Ephesians 4:22(NIV) that I may put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:24(NIV)

Let the world be crucified to me, and I to the world, through the cross of Christ. Galatians 6:14(NIV)