3 Prayers For Christmas

Last updated on: November 11, 2022 at 2:01 pm by Jack Wellman

3 Prayers For Christmas 2022-11-11T14:01:44-06:00 Jack Wellman

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Here are three prayers you can pray for this Christmas or during the Christmas season.

The Greatest Gift

Oh Father, thank You for sending Your one and only Son to earth as a baby so many years ago. Thank you that He paid the punishment for my sins by dying on the cross. And thank you that He rose again to prove that death was truly defeated. Let the lights of the Christmas season remind me of the Light of the World, Jesus Christ and may the light of your Word penetrate my heart as I are reminded of the gift of eternal life by faith in Jesus Christ and just as the glories of the heavenly hosts are echoed in our church, let all the heavenly hosts rejoice with us with Your second coming. I am so very grateful, Lord Jesus Christ, that your story has become my story, and I celebrate your coming to earth and becoming flesh for my sake and in the King of kings and Lord of lords name, Jesus Christ, I thank You, amen.

The Focus of Christ

Dear Father in heaven, I am sorry when I have made my never-ending lists of things to do before the holiday season take the place of You. I know that Jesus Christ is the reason for the season in the first place. It is Immanuel, God with us (Isaiah 7; John 1) in Jesus Christ. Please forgive us when our “to-do” lists make us esteem ourselves better than others and makes us “me-first” oriented because we want to get everything done, every gift bought, and every last preparation completed, even if someone’s feelings get hurt. The commercialism just seems to grow worse every year Lord and the significance of You keeps shrinking. We replace worshiping for shopping. We take temporal things and put our pleasure in them instead of in the eternal things and everlasting joy in You. Things pass…Your joy remains. May we never forget that. With all of the plays, parties, musicals, choir presentations, church services, and family gatherings, no wonder we are exhausted before Christmas even gets here. Restore the joy of Christmas to our hearts Lord and help us take time to relax each day and abide in Your Word. Help us rightly to remember the coming of Jesus Christ as both God and Man, so that we may share in the worship of Jesus, just like the angels, and the gladness of the shepherds, as well as the worship of the wise men, in Jesus’ name I pray, amen.

Darkness to Light

Great God in heaven, I know you saved me out of the darkness into the light to go back into the darkness again to share the light. That light is Jesus Christ. Help me to remember to share the good news with those in my family as well as my friends and co-workers that Jesus Christ came into the world not just to create a holiday weekend but to rescue the perishing out of an evil world and to take upon Himself the wrath of God that we were due so that we might have our sins taken away. It seems that every year the world grows darker and darker and the more the light of the world hurts their eyes. God, looking at myself, I know that you chose the lowly, the outcasts, and the poor to receive the greatest news the world has ever known and it was only by Your grace that I was saved (Eph 2:8-9), so let me worship you in meekness, humility, and gratefulness of heart. Also Lord, may I also remember our brothers and sisters who are serving their country in the military and who are separated from their family. Please comfort them in this time of being separated from their loved ones and keep their eyes on You. Finally, for those who are less fortunate than ourselves, let us remember them, like the single people to invite them for dinner and also for those who are homeless, during this season of giving. In Jesus’ great name I pray, amen.

Conclusion

Whether you observe Christmas or not, I hope this can help you pray to God in a specific way but sometimes we all need the help of our Advocate and He is there when we need Him as Paul writes that “the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God” (Rom 8:26-27).

Article by Jack Wellman

Jack Wellman is Pastor of the Mulvane Brethren Church in Mulvane Kansas. Jack is also the Senior Writer at What Christians Want To Know whose mission is to equip, encourage, and energize Christians and to address questions about the believer’s daily walk with God and the Bible. You can follow Jack on Google Plus or check out his book Teaching Children the Gospel available on Amazon.

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