We praise and thank You, O God of Israel, that we are Your offspring by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. We thank You for Your words to encourage us to persevere as we seek You in prayer:

We praise and thank You, O God of Israel, though You have hidden Yourself today, though we have prayed and we may not have heard Your answer this day, yet You have assured us with Your words:

We praise and thank You, O God of Israel, though we seek day after day, though we labor in prayer day after day, and though we may feel it to be in vain, yet You have assured us with Your words:

We praise and thank You, O God of Israel, though we are weak, You have condescended to us for You have known our frame and You have remembered we are dust, and You have given us Your assuring words:

We praise and thank You, O God of Israel, though there are times we faint and we do not pray as we ought, You persevere with us. Forgive us, O God of Israel, for our unfaithfulness. Thank You, for Your faithfulness. Thank You that You never faint. We praise and thank You for Your words given to us to so we might persevere in prayer:

We praise and thank You, O God of Israel, though there are times we do not pray as we ought and we faint, You persevere with us. Forgive us, O God of Israel, for our unfaithfulness. Thank You for Your faithfulness. Thank You that You continue to pray for us. We praise and thank You for Your words given to us so we might persevere in prayer:

O God of Israel, Come to us, strengthen us in our labor in You – equip us for this work of seeking You, this work of prayer – so we might be steadfast, immovable and always abounding in this work of prayer – for we know that our seeking You, our labor in You, is never in vain. We hold onto and rest in Your sure promise to us:

Amen.

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. 3 Give us day by day our daily bread. 4 And forgive us our sins...

And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
nor be weary when reproved by him.
6 For the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and chastises every son whom he receives.

7 It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness. 11 For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.

Loving Father,

It is your kindness that leads us to repentance. How can we repent of our sins if we do not see our sins? O, how we need Your loving Fatherly discipline and chastening each day, as much as, or if not more than our daily bread. Without regular confession and cleansing our fellowship with You is broken. We may have physical life but our life with You is retarded. How can we confess our sins and receive your cleansing and forgiveness unless we know our sins? Give us grace to welcome Your discipline as we do our daily bread.

May we see Your chastening and rebukes as Your gifts of love to us. You only chasten and rebuke those whom You love. You only chasten and rebuke Your children. Your Fatherly discipline reminds us of Your love for us. For what son or daughter is there whom a father does not discipline? As you chasten and rebuke us, You are dealing with us as Your sons. Your discipline is a reminder we are Your legitimate children, having been led by Your Spirit into Your family as we received the Lord Jesus Christ and believed on His Name.

We need not fear You or Your chastening or Your rebukes because Your perfect love casts out fear. We know we stand before You because of Christ's righteousness alone. Not only can we have boldness in the day of judgment, but we can have confidence today even as You chasten and rebuke us because Jesus Christ is our Surety. He is holding in the veil for us. Even now He is interceding for us at Your right hand. Even now as we confess our sins Your are faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness for Jesus' sake.

Our Father, We know that You are working all things for our good because we are the called according to Your purpose and we love You. We can only love You because You first loved us and sent Your Son to atone for our sin. We know Your chastening is for our good. We know Your rebukes are for our good. O, holy Father, may we welcome Your chastening and rebukes for we know they are for our good, that we might partake of Your holiness.

Our Father, We know that You want to give Your children good gifts, so we know that when You must chasten us and when You must rebuke us, those are Your good gifts to us, they are for our profit and they are for Your glory. O, yes, these things are not always pleasant at the time but are painful and grievous, but we have full confidence that they are part of Your sanctifying work in us to yield the peaceable fruit of righteousness as we have been trained by them.

Our Father, Give us grace to welcome Your discipline.You only chasten and rebuke us so we might be conformed to the image of Your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Holy Spirit, give us ears to hear what You have to say to us. Give us a desire to be holy as our Father in heaven is holy. Give us hearts to embrace our Father's chastening and rebukes. Loving Father, as You chasten and rebuke us, may we be zealous and repent of our sin. Jesus Christ gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works (Titus 2:14). May Your discipline work in us so we might be a people pure and holy and zealous for good works to Your glory.

The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.

When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will say to those on his right, Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me. 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you? 40 And the King will answer them, Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. 41 Then he will say to those on his left, Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me. 44 Then they also will answer, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you? 45 Then he will answer them, saying, Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me. 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

Why do the nations rage
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his anointed, saying,
3 Let us burst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.

Psalm 2:1-3

For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes...16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel.

So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. 18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus you will recognize them by their fruits. 21 Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name? 23 And then will I declare to them, I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness. 24 Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.