Lord, I thank you for the ability to petition you in prayer. I am thankful that you require nothing from us except a broken spirit and a contrite heart.
I am thankful that I don’t need to travel thousands of miles to a temple to be in your presence because you are omnipresent, even dwelling in those of us who have placed our trust in you.
Thank you for mediating between me and your Father. Thank you for offering the sacrifice necessary for my prayers to be received by your father.
Thank you for hearing the prayers of the righteous and the unrighteous, and thank you for the fact that the prayers of those who are found to be righteous in you are effective in your kingdom!
I ask that you would forgive me for the times that I have neglected to pray when I should have and that you’d forgive me for times when I’ve ignored the answers you’ve given for the prayers you received from me.
I ask that you would empower me to be a prayer warrior for those who cannot pray for themselves and that you would give me the boldness and wisdom to pray in your name wherever and whenever I pray.
Provide me with opportunities to pray for others, to pray with others, and to teach others how to pray.
Allow me to continue yielding to your will. In the name of Jesus, I pray!