Day 3 of the 40 Days of Prayer, 1 Day of Celebration
Tuesday, February 20, Day 3 of the 40 Days of Prayer, 1 Day of Celebration: The 2018 prayer focus in preparation of our worship of Christ for His death for our sins and the celebration for His resurrection that gives us eternal life.
Verses of the Day:
Isaiah 53:7-9 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, and like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, so He did not open His mouth. By oppression and judgment He was taken away; And as for His generation, who considered that He was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due? His grave was assigned with wicked men, yet He was with a rich man in His death, because He had done no violence, nor was there any deceit in His mouth.
Prayer for the Day:
Heavenly Father, the world abandoned Your Son. The world despised Him and forsook Him. The whole world viewed Him as rejected by You. Yet we see that it was Your sovereign plan that Christ would willingly die for us. I deserved Your judgment, but Christ took the punishment that was due for me. May we be prayerfully and faithfully aware of this amazing grace as we prepare our hearts for worship and service.