Prayer for 1 John

Praying through 1 John 1:1

Heavenly Father, praise Your name for the Lord Jesus Christ Who is the Word of life. Thank You that in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. How wonderful that John saw the Lord Jesus with his own eyes, lived with Him, and learned from Him. I am looking forward to that glorious day when I too will see Jesus, face to face. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;”
(1 John 1:1)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 1:1

Praying through 1 John 1:2

Heavenly Father, thank You for the witness and testimony of Your holy apostles and prophets who were faithful to the truth that they received and through whom I have come to a saving knowledge that Christ is the Messiah of Israel and Saviour of the world. Thank You that I too may enjoy sweet fellowship with You. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)”
(1 John 1:2)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 1:2

Praying through 1 John 1:3

Heavenly Father, I praise and thank You for Jesus. I glory in His name and praise You for the good news of the glorious gospel of grace, for the forgiveness of sin, for freedom from the bondage of Satan, for fellowship with the Father, and for life everlasting. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN.

“That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.”
(1 John 1:3)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 1:3

Praying through 1 John 1:4

Heavenly Father, thank You that the joy of the Lord is my strength. Thank You for the Gospel and the epistles of John and the amazing truth they contain about the Person and work of Christ. Thank You that the joy of the Lord is mine by faith in Him. Overflow my heart with Your boundless love and joy as I lift up Jesus, the Lord of my life, the Light of my soul, and the joy of my heart. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.”
(1 John 1:4)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 1:4

Praying through 1 John 1:5

Thank You, Father, that the light of Jesus has shone into my heart, for I have trusted Him alone as my Saviour and Lord. May the light of Your love shine through me, until it is not I that shines in my life, but the light of Christ shining through me. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.”
(1 John 1:5)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 1:5

Praying through 1 John 1:6

Loving Father I desire to keep in sweet communion with You and not to flirt with the agents of darkness. There are times that my heart has been divided and I know that darkness and light cannot walk together. Keep me close to You and help me to fly to You and confess my sin the moment I start to stray, so that sweet fellowship with You is quickly restored. Father, I want to learn to practice the truth today, so that I may grow in grace and in fellowship with You, in Jesus' name pray, AMEN.

“If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:”
(1 John 1:6)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 1:6

Praying through 1 John 1:7

Heavenly Father, I praise Your name for the blood of Jesus which has cleansed me of all my sins and identified me with the righteousness of Christ. Your grace gives me the choice to walk in Your marvellous light or live my Christian life in the shadow of the world, the flesh, and the devil. I choose, from this day forward, to walk in the light as Jesus is in the light, for I desire a more intimate fellowship with Him. In His precious name I pray, AMEN.

“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”
(1 John 1:7)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 1:7

Praying through 1 John 1:8

Heavenly Father, thank You that when Christ died, He paid the price for my sins and broke the power of sin in my life. In Him, I have fellowship with You and free access to the throne of grace. I confess that I have not always walked in spirit and truth but have given in to the temptations to follow the desires and cravings of my own heart. I am sorry for doing things that were displeasing to You and omitting to do those things that were pleasing to You but thank You that You are faithful and just to forgive all my sins and to keep on cleansing me from unrighteousness. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”
(1 John 1:8)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 1:8

Bedtime Prayer For Forgiveness

Thank You Lord that You are the almighty God Who forgives all our sins and pardons all our wrongdoings, and I just want to ask Your forgiveness for the times today what I have not truly  loved You as I ought  - with all my heart and soul and mind and strength. Forgive me I pray for the times that I sought to carry out my own will in preference to Yours.

Thank You that I have been washed by the blood of the Lamb and have been made righteous in Your sight by faith in Jesus Christ my Saviour. But Lord, just like the disciples in the upper room, I need my “feet” to be washed by You, my heart to be cleansed in the power of the Holy Spirit and my sins to be forgiven - knowing that You are a faithful God who is ready and willing to forgive us our sins and to cleans us from all unrighteousness.

Forgive me for wanting my own way rather that seeking You first in everything. Help me to look to Jesus every moment of the day and may I sleep soundly as I prepare to go to sleep.  Thank You that Your mercies are new every morning.  and thank You for Your great faithfulness towards me and to all those that have trusted in Christ 

Help me to rest soundly tonight, so that I may wake refreshed in the morning and be ready and equipped to do Your bidding. Open my eyes to see You and my ears to hear Your voice speaking to me and lead me in the way of righteousness – from this day forward, I ask in Jesus name,

Amen

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
(1 John 1:9)
Category: Bedtime Prayers

Praying through 1 John 1:10

Heavenly Father, how I praise and glorify Your holy name that my sins are forgiven by faith in Christ and that I can enjoy sweet fellowship with You. I confess I have no righteousness of my own and do not deserve to receive Your grace and favour. But thank You that my hope rests on Christ. Dear Father, too often I find myself allowing fleshly tendencies to influence my life choices. Forgive me for the times I have left my first love, behaved arrogantly, or failed to listen to Your gentle promptings. Restore to me the joy of my salvation. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN. 

“If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.”
(1 John 1:10)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 1:10

Praying through 1 John 2:1

Heavenly Father, thank You that I can enjoy wonderful fellowship with You, simply because I have trusted Christ as my Saviour. I confess that there are times that sin has excluded me from Your presence. Help me to keep a short rein on such wrong-doing by flying to You to confess my sins. Thank You that the Lord Jesus is my righteous advocate Who ever lives to make intercession for me. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN.

“My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:”
(1 John 2:1)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 2:1

Praying through 1 John 2:2

Heavenly Father, thank You that Christ is the propitiation for my sins and that His sacrificial death has paid the full price for my sins, brought me into eternal union with Himself, and returned me back into sweet fellowship with the Father. Thank You that by His glorious Resurrection, I have received newness of life and that this same offer of salvation is open to whosoever will believe. Thank You for all those who are coming to Christ in these last days. May many more come to a saving faith in Christ before it is too late. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.”
(1 John 2:2)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 2:2

Praying through 1 John 2:3

Heavenly Father, thank You that in Christ, both the penalty for my sin has been paid and the power of sin in my life has been broken, enabling me to live my life as Christ lived His, in spirit and truth. May I submit to Your Holy Spirit’s working within. May I live my life as Christ lived His life, in willing submission and total dependence upon You. May all I say and all I do be to Your praise and glory. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.”
(1 John 2:3)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 2:3

Praying through 1 John 2:5

Loving Father, I want to keep Your Word in my heart and let the love of God flow out from me to others. May I love others as You love them. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN.

“But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.”
(1 John 2:5)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 2:5

Praying through 1 John 2:6

Heavenly Father, how wonderful to know that Christ’s example is one that we can all follow. I long to walk as He walked, in dependence on You, only saying and doing those things that are pleasing in Your sight. I know that to do this, I need to abide in Christ so that His life may empower me to bring forth much fruit. In Jesus' name. AMEN.

“He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.”
(1 John 2:6)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 2:6

Praying through 1 John 2:7

Heavenly Father, thank You for this new commandment which Jesus gave to His disciples, and has become such a well-loved old instruction which has been passed down through generations of believers to me. I desire to love others as Christ loved me, and to live my life as He lived, in ongoing and unbreakable fellowship with You. Thank You for the length, and breadth, and depth, and height, of His supernatural and never-ending, never-failing, love for me. Keep me low at the Cross and broken before You. May I quickly restore any fractured fellowship with You, through the immediate confession of my sin, and give me the grace to love others as Christ loved me, and gave Himself for me. This I pray in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.”
(1 John 2:7)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 2:7

Praying through 1 John 2:8

Heavenly Father, thank You for the beautiful commandment of Christ, to love as He loves, which is ever old, yet ever new. Thank You that the thick, gloomy darkness, that has shrouded the heart of man for so long, was overcome by Jesus Christ, the Light of the world. Thank You that the darkness of sin, Satan, death, and hell is passing away and that the true Light of Life is already shining in our hearts, and in the lives of all who are saved by grace through faith in Him. May I be a true witness to Your goodness and grace, and may I learn to love as Christ loved, and to mirror His supernatural love in my life, for His praise and glory. This I ask in Jesus' name AMEN.

“Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.”
(1 John 2:8)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 2:8

Praying through 1 John 2:11

Heavenly Father, what a sombre warning that we must never become embroiled in hatred toward a brother or sister in Christ. Forgive me for the times when others have irritated me or caused me to sin against them in my heart. Develop in me the love of Christ toward my Christian brethren and help me to keep the eyes of my heart on Jesus. Purify my heart, I pray, and help me to align my thoughts to Your thoughts, every moment of the day. Develop in me a supernatural love for my fellow believers which reflects the unchangeable love that the Lord Jesus has for me. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.”
(1 John 2:11)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 2:11

Praying through 1 John 2:12

Heavenly Father, thank You that I am Your little child. Thank You that my sins are forgiven, today and forever. Help me to grow in grace and in a knowledge of my Lord and Saviour. In His name I pray, AMEN.

“I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.”
(1 John 2:12)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 2:12

Praying through 1 John 2:15

Heavenly Father, thank You that I am a new creation in Christ and have a new nature. Thank You that I am positioned in Him and that this world is no longer my home, but I have a citizenship in heaven. Keep me from all worldly pursuits and may I walk in newness of life, to Your praise and glory. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN.

“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
(1 John 2:15)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 2:15

Praying through 1 John 2:16

Heavenly Father, thank You for the important instructions in the first letter of John and the dangers of being influenced by the things of the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the boastful pride of life. Keep my eyes looking to Jesus and my heart pure before You. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”
(1 John 2:16)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 2:16

Praying through 1 John 2:17

Heavenly Father, I know that the world is transient and at times I hang on to those things which I know are passing away. Help me to keep my eyes on You and help me to seek Your will in both the big and little things of my life. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN.

“And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.”
(1 John 2:17)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 2:17

Praying through 1 John 2:18

Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Word and this beautiful and instructive letter from John. Keep me from the deception and deceit of antichrists, false teachers, doctrines of demons, and the allure of worldly charms. Help me to shine as a child of light in an increasingly darkening world, to Your praise and glory and may Thy will be done, both in my life and in the wider world. Thank You, in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.”
(1 John 2:18)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 2:18

Praying through 1 John 2:19

Heavenly Father, thank You for the many teachings that warn about false teachers. Help me to be discerning when meeting those who pretend to be believers yet live a lie and believe a false gospel. Give me wisdom, I pray, and help me to live in unity of the Body, to walk in spirit and truth, to remain doctrinally sound, and to live a life that honours Your name. Protect those that are deceived by false teachers and give them discernment to know the truth. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.”
(1 John 2:19)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 2:19

Praying through 1 John 2:20

Heavenly Father, how I praise and thank You for the anointing of the Holy Spirit in my life and in the life of all believers. Thank You that I am born-again of the Spirit and washed in the blood of the Lamb. Help me to walk in newness of life and to live according to Your mercy and Word. May I live by the leading of the Holy Spirit and in His Power. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN. 

“But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.”
(1 John 2:20)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 2:20

Praying through 1 John 2:23

Heavenly Father, thank You for the great truths that are contained in the epistles of John. Thank You that the Bible is very clear that Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of the living God and that by faith in Him alone we have forgiveness of sin and life eternal. May I hold fast to this truth all the days of my life and honour You, by confessing Jesus as God of gods and Lord of lords. Keep me, I pray, from being swayed by false teachings or deceived into denying the truth and help me to live and work to Your greater praise and glory. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.”
(1 John 2:23)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 2:23

Praying through 1 John 2:27

Heavenly Father, thank You for my salvation and the indwelling Holy Spirit. Thank You for the written Scriptures and the privilege of being in union with Christ, as part of His Body. I pray that I may be guided into all truth and given the wisdom and discernment to eschew what is evil and grow in understanding of the truth of the gospel, as I abide in Christ and He in me. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”
(1 John 2:27)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 2:27

Praying through 1 John 2:28

Heavenly Father, I am excited for the soon return of Jesus for His Bride. I am looking forward to that day when He comes in the clouds for us to be with Him forever. I pray that when He comes, I will be found abiding in Him. I pray that I will be walking in spirit and truth and living a life that honours His holy name. Then, when I stand before His Bema Judgement Seat, I will not be ashamed but will hear Him say, "Well done, good and faithful servant, receive your reward." In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.”
(1 John 2:28)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 2:28

Praying through 1 John 3:1

Loving Father, I praise Your name for Your great love toward me. Thank You for loving me enough to save me and thank You that in Christ, I am called Your child. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN.

“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.”
(1 John 3:1)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 3:1

Praying through 1 John 3:2

Heavenly Father, thank You for Your incredible grace and inestimable love that I should be called Your child. Thank You that Jesus came to earth and identified with my filthiness and sin so that I might be clothed in His purity and righteousness, positioned in Christ, in-dwelled by the Spirit, and accepted in the Beloved. And thank You that I have the amazing blessing to look forward to in heaven that I will see my precious Saviour as He is. In my glorified body I will be like Him and be fully able to worship Him in spirit and truth. What a glorious day. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.”
(1 John 3:2)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 3:2

Praying through 1 John 3:3

Heavenly Father, thank You for saving me by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus. Thank You that I have the blessed and sure hope of heaven in my future. I pray that in my life I would purify myself as I abide in Christ and become more like Him, day by day. Father, there are many in the world that do not know You and have not trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord. Use me to be a channel of blessing to show Your love to a world that is dead in trespasses and sins. This I pray in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.”
(1 John 3:3)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 3:3

Praying through 1 John 3:4

Heavenly Father, I acknowledge You as the God of the universe and Lord of my life. I thank You that in Your grace, You sent the Lord Jesus to pay the price for my sin and declared me righteous in Your sight - by faith in His sacrificial death and glorious Resurrection. There are many, Lord, who are still walking in rebellion against You and are cloaked in sin and lawlessness. I pray that they would open their eyes to the truth in the precious Word of God and be saved by grace through faith in Christ - for which I give You thanks and praise. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.”
(1 John 3:4)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 3:4

Praying through 1 John 3:5

Heavenly Father, thank You for sending the Lord Jesus at the appointed time to come to earth as the sinless Son of Man in order to take away my sins. You could have left me eternally separated from Yourself and dead in my trespasses and sins but in Your grace, Christ came to earth, dying in my place and giving me His own resurrected life. Your love is beyond my understanding, but I praise and thank You with all the breath that is in me. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.”
(1 John 3:5)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 3:5

Praying through 1 John 3:6

Heavenly Father, I pray that, day by day, I may abide in Christ and He in me so that I can be pleasing in Your sight. May I grow more and more like Jesus in all I do and say so that I live a life that is honouring to You. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN.

“Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.”
(1 John 3:6)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 3:6

Praying through 1 John 3:8

Heavenly Father, thank You that all of Satan’s evil schemes and plans were destroyed at the Cross. Thank You that everything that could cause my ruin has been forever destroyed and the accuser himself will be destroyed in the lake of fire, all because of Jesus’ precious sacrifice on the Cross. I know that many in this world are blinded by the wicked one who seeks to destroy the souls of men. I pray that Your saving grace may flow out to others who are in bondage to sin and Satan and many more would be saved. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.”
(1 John 3:8)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 3:8

Praying through 1 John 3:9

Heavenly Father, thank You for my new life in Christ that the Holy Spirit breathed into me when I trusted Jesus as my Saviour. I confess that too often my old sin nature causes me to sin, but thanks be to God that the power of that sinful nature has been broken in my life. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.”
(1 John 3:9)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 3:9

Praying through 1 John 3:10

Heavenly Father, thank You that I am a child of God and that the life of the risen Lord Jesus is dwelling in me. Help me to live and work to Your praise and glory. May I cast off the works of darkness and be clothed in the armour of light, so that others may see Christ working in and through me, to His praise and glory. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.”
(1 John 3:10)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 3:10

Praying through 1 John 3:13

Heavenly Father, as I walk through this life toward my heavenly home, I pray that I would be a worthy ambassador for Christ, reflecting His love and truth to all I meet. Help me not to be surprised when I receive hatred from the world, knowing that the world hated Christ first, but may I rest in Your love, walk in the truth of Your Word, and finish the work You have for me on the earth before You call me home. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.”
(1 John 3:13)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 3:13

Praying through 1 John 3:14

Heavenly Father, thank You for my brothers and sisters in Christ. Thank You that we all have the common bond of Jesus and the sweet fellowship it brings into our lives. I pray that I may love my Christian family deeply, through good times and bad, to Your praise and glory. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN.

“We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.”
(1 John 3:14)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 3:14

Praying through 1 John 3:16

Heavenly Father, I stand dumbfounded to realise the depth of Your love for me and remain stunned at the amazing love of Christ for me, that Christ laid aside His heavenly glory and was made sin so that by grace through faith in Him I might have life. I pray that His love might flow through me so that I too may be willing to lay down my life for others. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.”
(1 John 3:16)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 3:16

Praying through 1 John 3:17

Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Word of truth and the many things I can learn from questioning my own actions, attitudes, moods, and motives. Thank You for this passage in first John that has caused me to reflect on the way that I treat my brothers and sisters in Christ. Help me to be wise and prudent in the way I use my resources and generous toward others when I see a need. May I always show the love of God to those in need, to Your glory. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?”
(1 John 3:17)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 3:17

Praying through 1 John 3:18

Heavenly Father, thank You that I am Your child and that Christ died to pay the price for my sin. Thank You that He rose again so that I could become a new creation in Christ, receiving my new life in Him. May the love of the Lord Jesus so flood and fill my being, that it not only flows out to others in thought and word, but in spirit, in truth, and in my every action and attitude. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.”
(1 John 3:18)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 3:18

Praying through 1 John 3:19

Heavenly Father, it is most wonderful to know I have all I need to live in love and to love others as Christ loved me. Help me to abide in Him and He in me so I may know I am walking in spirit and in truth. May I draw closer to You every moment of the day and may both my words and deeds be honouring to You. Help me to walk in righteousness all the days of my life, keeping the eyes of my heart on Jesus and maintaining a clear conscience before You. Change me, I pray, from one state of glory to the next for the honour of Your name so that when I stand before You, I may hear You say, "Well done good and faithful servant." This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.”
(1 John 3:19)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 3:19

For Those Who Feel Guilt After An Abortion

Loving Lord, I recently had an abortion because I was pregnant and did not want to have another baby,but since going through the abortion Lord, I find that I am beset about by guilt and my heart feels as if it is torn in two.

Lord, You have promised to be close to those whose hearts are breaking. I know that what I did was wrong, because You are the Lord of life, but Father, You are also the great God of comfort and the Comforter that has promised to be with us always and to comfort us in our distresses.

Lord I have just read the prayer ‘I Had An Abortion,’ and I thank You that You died to pay the price for all my sins, including this abortion. Lord, I know that any deep wound takes much time to heal, but I pray Lord, that You would start to mend my broken heart today and to soothe my smarting soul.

Give me the comfort that only comes from You to face the future, knowing that in Your sight I am pure and forgiven, and thank You for Your great assurance that there is no sin that is so bad that You are unwilling to forgive.

Thank You, in Jesus' name,

Amen.

“For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.”
(1 John 3:20)
Category: Prayer for Abortion

Praying through 1 John 3:22

Heavenly Father, thank You for the privilege of prayer and that through Christ, I have access to the throne of grace. Thank You that You hear and answer the prayers and intercessions that are aligned to Your will and the Word of truth. I pray that the thoughts and the petitions of my heart may remain in accordance with Your perfect purpose and plan. Guide me into all truth so that my life may be pleasing in Your sight. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.”
(1 John 3:22)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 3:22

Praying through 1 John 3:23

Heavenly Father, thank You that even while I was a sinner, Christ died for me and by believing on His name, I have been brought into Your family. I pray that I may learn to abide in Christ and He in me so that I may love as Christ loved and bring forth the fruit of love in my life, for God and for others. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.”
(1 John 3:23)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 3:23

Praying through 1 John 3:24

Heavenly Father, thank You for the Holy Spirit. I pray that in His strength, I may learn to abide in You, day by day. I pray that I may grow in grace and in a knowledge of the Lord Jesus so that the life of Christ may be manifested in me and His love would flow through me and out to others. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.”
(1 John 3:24)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 3:24

Praying through 1 John 4:1

Heavenly Father, I pray that I may take this warning seriously and test all the teachings and doctrines I come across against the plumb-line of Your Word of truth. Give me discernment, I pray, and help me to focus my heart and mind on Christ and abide in Him so that I may not be swayed by lying spirits and false teachings. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.”
(1 John 4:1)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:1

Praying through 1 John 4:2

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You that You sent the lovely Lord Jesus to be born in the flesh so that He could die for my sin. Thank You that He was willing to be born into the human race, and shed His life-blood so that I might live in Him. Give me the wisdom and insight to discern the truth, and not to be led astray by apostate teachers or heretics. May I feed on You in my heart, by faith, with thanksgiving and praise. Protect my mind from all false teachings, and may I grow in grace and in a knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, in Whose name I pray, AMEN.

“Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:”
(1 John 4:2)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:2

Praying through 1 John 4:3

Heavenly Father, thank You for the Word of God and the truth it contains. Thank You that Jesus is my Lord and Saviour. He is the incarnate Word of God Who came from heaven as my sin-substitute and Kinsman-Redeemer. Thank You for the many warnings in Your Word about false teachings that diminish the Person and work of Christ Jesus. Help me to be diligent in my study of Scripture and give me discernment to identify and denounce every spirit of antichrist that seeks to influence my faith in Christ. Give me a teachable spirit, I pray, and guide me into all truth. Guard the hearts and minds of vulnerable believers who have opened their minds to any spirit of antichrist and help them to recognise the folly of their way and return to the Word of truth. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.”
(1 John 4:3)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:3

Praying through 1 John 4:4

Thank You, Father, that I am Your child, and thank You for the wonderful gift of Your Holy Spirit, Who is living within my body to lead and guide and protect me. Thank You that no power in heaven or hell can match His greatness. Thank You that by faith in Christ, I have overcome the enemies that seek my downfall and the downfall of those I love. Help me withstand all forms of evil and to submit to You in all things. Give me the wisdom to resist Satan's wiles, and flood my heart with Your perfect peace that passes understanding. Help me, Father, to listen more earnestly to Your still, small voice, and to remember that greater is HE that is living in me than the defeated enemy that is in the world. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
(1 John 4:4)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:4

Praying through 1 John 4:5

Heavenly Father, help me to understand the truth that I am in the world but not of the world. May I not get discouraged when the world seems to love its own but hates me. Keep me from any form of worldly philosophy or from trying to please those in the world. May I never yearn for affection or adoration from the world, but may I set my mind on Christ Who loves me with an everlasting love. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.”
(1 John 4:5)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:5

Praying through 1 John 4:6

Heavenly Father, thank You that I am born of God and greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. Help me to listen to the gentle promptings and wise correction of the Holy Spirit and give me discernment to recognise any spirit of error. Help me always to have an answer ready for the hope that is in me and give me wisdom to know when to speak and when to remain silent. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.”
(1 John 4:6)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:6

Praying through 1 John 4:7

Loving Father, I can only love others with Your love, for of myself my love is so limited. Pour forth Your love into my heart so that the love of Jesus streams out from me as rivers of His living water. I pray that through me, Your love would bless those around me. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.”
(1 John 4:7)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:7

Praying through 1 John 4:8

Heavenly Father, thank You that You loved the world so much that You gave Your unique and incomparable Son as the substitute for my sin and for the sin of the world. I pray that I may walk in spirit and truth and show forth Your love in my life for the benefit of others. I pray that I may decrease and that You may increase in every area of my life, until I become a transparent conduit through whom Your divine love flows to others, to Your praise and glory. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN.

“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”
(1 John 4:8)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:8

Praying through 1 John 4:9

Heavenly Father, thank You for sending Your dearly-beloved and only-begotten Son into the world, for love of me. Thank you, that He was born to die for my sins, so that I may be born-again and live life more abundantly and eternally in Him. Thank you that in Christ, I am set free from fear of death and the terrors of hell. I pray that Your love may be shown forth in me, not only in my thankful praise but in a life that is lived for You. In Jesus’ name I pray, AMEN.

“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.”
(1 John 4:9)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:9

Praying through 1 John 4:10

Heavenly Father thank You for Your love, Your righteousness, Your holiness, Your goodness, and Your grace toward me in that while I was still a sinner, You sent the sinless Lord Jesus Christ to die on my account. By the sacrifice of His perfect life in my stead, I have been brought near and accepted as Your child. Thank You, Father. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN.

“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”
(1 John 4:10)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:10

Praying through 1 John 4:11

Heavenly Father, Your eternal, incomparable, and unconditional love toward me, staggers me to the core of my being, when I look at Jesus. Father, I choose to love as He loved and ask that in Your strength, You would work in me to will and do Your good purpose in my life. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.”
(1 John 4:11)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:11

Praying through 1 John 4:12

Heavenly Father, make me a channel of Your love and blessing to others. May I rest, remain, and abide in You so that Your love may be perfected in me. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN.

“No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.”
(1 John 4:12)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:12

Praying through 1 John 4:13

Heavenly Father, thank You that You have given me the Holy Spirit as a witness that I live in You and You live in me. May You be glorified through me and may many come to know of Your free gift of salvation, by grace through faith. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.”
(1 John 4:13)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:13

Praying through 1 John 4:14

Heavenly Father, thank You for Your amazing grace and abounding love, by sending the Lord Jesus to be my Saviour. He took onto Himself the sins of the whole world so that all Who believe on His name might not perish but have everlasting life. To Him be all praise and glory, forever and ever, AMEN.

“And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.”
(1 John 4:14)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:14

Praying through 1 John 4:15

Heavenly Father, how I praise and thank You that Christ came to earth to live and die in my place, to identify with my sin, and take the punishment that I deserve. I believe in my heart that Christ is the Son of God and confess Him as my Saviour. Thank You that I have been placed in Christ and have the Holy Spirit of God living within. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.”
(1 John 4:15)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:15

Praying through 1 John 4:16

Loving Father, I praise You for Your heart of love that is open towards me, and for the many ways that You shower Your love into my life. Keep me ever mindful of Your never-failing love and ever-abiding presence in my heart. Use me I pray, to stream Your gracious love through my life and out to the weary and thirsty souls that You place in my path. This I ask in Christ's name and for His greater glory, AMEN.

“And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.”
(1 John 4:16)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:16

Praying through 1 John 4:18

Heavenly Father, I pray that I would let these sweet words of truth settle in my heart. There are times in my life when I am very fearful. I know that when I am fearing things in life, I am not exhibiting trust in You. I pray that You would surround me in Your perfect love, where fear has no place to stay and has to be cast out. As I rest in Your love, I pray that I would experience the peace the passes understanding, whatever situation of life I am in. And as I come to a deeper realisation of the depth of Your superlative love for me, may I be used by You to love as I am loved. In Jesus’ name, AMEN.

“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.”
(1 John 4:18)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:18

Praying through 1 John 4:19

Father, when I think of the depth of Your love for me, I am overwhelmed. I cannot love as You love, unless You pour Your supernatural love through me, so that it may flow through me and out to others. Thank You that I am being conformed into the likeness of Christ. May the seed of love that You have planted within my heart, blossom into a godly love. Take my life as a vessel through whom Your love is shed abroad into a world where real love has been corrupted. I love You, Jesus, and I pray in Your precious name, AMEN.

“We love him, because he first loved us.”
(1 John 4:19)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:19

Praying through 1 John 4:20

Heavenly Father, thank You for the wonderful writings of the apostle John, the glorious truths that they contain, and the many lessons that I can learn. I pray that in the power of Your Holy Spirit, I may walk in spirit and truth, grow in grace and wisdom, and love others with the same supernatural, divine love that Christ loves me. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?”
(1 John 4:20)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:20

Praying through 1 John 4:21

Heavenly Father, I long to walk in spirit and truth and to keep my old sin nature nailed to the Cross. I pray that in the power of Your Spirit, I would die to self and so live for Christ that I am able to say with Paul: "It is not I that live, but Christ that lives in me," so that I may obey Your command to love my brothers and sisters as Christ loved the Church and gave Himself for her. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.”
(1 John 4:21)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 4:21

Praying through 1 John 5:1

Heavenly Father, I believe that Jesus is Your only begotten Son and that through Him, I have everlasting life. Perfect my love, I pray, toward You and toward my brothers and sisters in Christ. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.”
(1 John 5:1)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 5:1

Praying through 1 John 5:2

Heavenly Father, what amazing love You have for Your children. Help me to love You more and more so that I may walk in genuine trust and willing obedience to all You have commanded in Your Word. Help me to love others in the same way that You have loved me and gave Yourself for me. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN.

“By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.”
(1 John 5:2)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 5:2

Praying through 1 John 5:3

Heavenly Father, thank You that by believing in Christ, I am born of God and have received by grace, the privileges, and position of being Your child. Thank You for Your wise commandments which are not meant to be burdensome for me, but which enable me to live a full and fruitful life. May I live my life to honour You. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.”
(1 John 5:3)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 5:3

Praying through 1 John 5:4

Heavenly Father, thank You for Jesus and His sacrificial work on the Cross. Thank You that He has already overcome the world and that by faith in Him, I too am an overcomer. Thank You that I have been born of the Spirit and have been clothed in His righteousness, and thank You that I am accepted in Christ. May I submit my life to You entirely and live each day in spirit and truth, to Your praise and glory. This I ask in Jesus' name. AMEN.

“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.”
(1 John 5:4)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 5:4

Praying through 1 John 5:7

Heavenly Father, thank You for the amazing truth that Jesus Christ died for our sins and rose again the third day so that all who believe in Him might not perish but be forgiven of our sins and receive life everlasting. Thank You that Your truth is settled forever in heaven. I give glory to the Father; I praise and worship the Son, Jesus Christ the righteous, and I lift up my voice in praise and thanksgiving to the Spirit for ever and ever, AMEN.

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.”
(1 John 5:7)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 5:7

Praying through 1 John 5:11

Heavenly Father, thank You for the glorious gospel of grace and the truth that it contains. Thank You that I have life in Christ, by grace, through trusting in His shed blood at Calvary. How I praise Your name that I have received eternal life and that nothing can ever separate me from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus, my Lord and my Life. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.”
(1 John 5:11)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 5:11

Praying through 1 John 5:12

Heavenly Father, how I thank and praise You that I have received eternal life and the forgiveness of sin by trusting in Christ’s finished work at Calvary. Help me to be a true witness to the simple yet profound truth, that He who has the Son has life, and he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.”
(1 John 5:12)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 5:12

Praying through 1 John 5:13

Heavenly Father, what a joy to know that I am in Christ and that because I am identified with Him in His death, I am also identified with Him in newness of life. Thank You for my life, my abundant life, my eternal life in Christ. In His name I pray, AMEN.

“These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.”
(1 John 5:13)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 5:13

Praying through 1 John 5:14

Heavenly Father, I have trusted You for my salvation and desire to walk in spirit and truth, to abide daily in Christ, and to live in unbroken fellowship with You in the days I have left of my life. I know You are a God that hears and answers the prayers of the righteous, and I pray that I would increasingly offer up my prayers and supplications according to Your will, so that You may be honoured in my prayer-life, and glorified through the words that I speak, the meditations of my heart, and the daily activities and actions that I live out, according to Your will. This I pray in Jesus' name, AMEN.

“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:”
(1 John 5:14)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 5:14

Praying through 1 John 5:18

Heavenly Father, what a wonderful truth that because I am in Christ, I have received His sinless nature. I pray that I may keep my old, carnal, sinful self in the place of death, so that the life I now live in this body, may be lived through my new, sinless nature - by faith in the Son of God Who loved me and gave Himself for me. Help me to keep my old sin nature in that place of death so that my new life may be a witness of Your goodness and grace. To You be all the praise and glory. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN.

“We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.”
(1 John 5:18)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 5:18

Praying through 1 John 5:19

Thank You, Heavenly Father, that in Christ we are distinct from the satanically controlled world system that is under the power of Satan, because we are part of the new creation in Christ and have received His perfect resurrected life within us. Keep me from succumbing to the fleshly desires of this fallen world system. Thank You that my eternal salvation and position in this world depends on my relationship with Jesus and that in Him I have been freed from the power of sin and Satan. I pray that many who have not yet trusted Christ for salvation will be saved by grace through coming to faith in Him - and use me I pray, to be a witness to the gospel of truth. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.”
(1 John 5:19)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 5:19

Praying through 1 John 5:20

Heavenly Father, thank You that You sent Your only begotten Son to become my Saviour. Thank You that in Your goodness and grace, I have been given understanding by the Holy Spirit so that I can know Him more fully. He is the only way to God, the only truth from God, and the only life of God. I pray that I would spend the rest of my life walking in the truth, to Your praise and glory. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

“And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.”
(1 John 5:20)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 5:20

Praying through 1 John 5:21

Heavenly Father, I know how easy it is for people and things, activities and customs, to creep into my life and push You from the throne of my life. Help me to stay ever close to You in thought, word, and deed, knowing that only as You are lifted up on the throne of my life, will the things of this world take their proper, subordinate place. In Jesus' name I pray, AMEN.

“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.”
(1 John 5:21)
Source: Verse of the day for 1 John 5:21

A Prayer for Deep Abiding With My Heavenly Vine

Dear Father, Who art in heaven, thank You that You are my heavenly Husbandman and that You tend my life with such care and concern. Cleanse me and prune me, and take away anything that you discover in me that does not glorify Your holy name.

Thank You, Father, that I am a heavenly branch that is united to my heavenly Vine, the lovely Lord Jesus Christ. May His life flow through mine as sap flows through the branch that is engrafted into its parent stem. Fill me with His fullness so that I may live and move and grow and bear fruit as I abide more and more in Him. In Jesus' name,

Amen.

Category: Prayers on Abiding in Christ