prayers for holyness

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YOU SHALL BE HOLY FOR I AM HOLY

Lord God, you are kadosh, kadosh, kadosh – holy, holy, holy. You are infinitely pure and separate from sin and altogether different from any created thing. Because you have been born again, and you have given us a new nature and we are your sons and daughters and your Holy Spirit is living in us… help us to be holy as you are holy.

We thank you Lord our God that our old nature be put to death and that your Spirit empowering our new nature can give us victory over our old nature and its corrupt desires when we get close to you and stay close to you. So help us get close to you and stay close to you. Fill us with your Holy Spirit and help us live by your spirit. (Romans 6)

Avinu Malkaynu, our father and our king, thank you for making us dead to sin and alive to you. Help us to resist the lure of sin so that we do not obey its evil desires, enable us to offer every part of ourselves to you who brought your people from death to life so that our lives are instruments of righteousness. Holy Lord, thank your for your grace that teaches us to say NO to ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age while we wait for your blessed hope – the appearing of the glory of our great God and savior Messiah Yeshua. Lord please give us more of your grace that teaches us to say NO. (Titus 2)

God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, we know that those who are friends of the world are your enemies, so help us be your friend and not your enemies, work in us so that we have our friendship with you and not with the world. (James 4)

Heavenly father, since we have been raised up with Messiah and since we have died and our lives are hidden with Messiah in you, help us to keep seeking the things above, where Jesus is seated at your right hand, give us minds that are set on things above and not on things that are on earth. (Colossians 3)

Great creator God you created us and when we joined rebellion of the fallen angels, you redeemed us at a great cost. Help us offer out of gratitude our bodies to you as a living sacrifice. This is holy and pleasing to you and is our true and proper worship. Help us not to be conformed to the pattern of the world but be transformed by the renewing of our minds so we can live the way you want us to live, the way that is right and pleasing to you. (Romans 12)

God who is light, we know that the night is nearly over and the day is almost here. Help us to put aside the deeds that people do in darkness – wild parties, drunkenness, sexual immorality, jealous behavior, and fighting. Help us behave decently as people behave during the day. Help us to be close to Messiah, which will prevent us from thinking about how to gratify the corrupt desires of the old nature. (Romans 13)

Infinitely holy God, help us not to be worldly and materialistic. We know if anyone loves the world, love for you is not in him or her. For everything in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life does not come from you but from a fallen world, the world and its desires will pass away, but whoever does your will will live forever – and since we want to live forever with you, help us do what you want.

(1. John 2)

The greatest love song of the universe was sung in pain, agony and shame. I knew it was for you. I saw your face and I took your place ! Take up your cross and follow me…