P.R.A.Y
PAUSE
REJOICE & REFLECT
ASK
YIELD
Personal Worship
We end the week in Titus and see that every wife needs mentorship.
Together we will pray (P.R.A.Y.) each day – ‘P’: Pausing to be still as we come into the presence of the Lord. ‘R’: Rejoicing as we remember who our God is and what He has done, and Reflecting on His word. ‘A’: Asking God to help us and others. And ‘Y’: yielding to His will in accordance with His word.
As I come before you to pray, I still my thoughts and quiet my mind. I seek to make you the center of my focus.
Prayer of Approach
Father God, as I come before you now, I quiet my heart and fix my eyes on you. I come not in my own strength, but trusting in your mercy and love. Speak, Lord—your servant is listening. Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things from your Word. As Psalm 119:18 says, “Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.” Let your Spirit guide me. Teach me, correct me, encourage me. I want to know you more and walk in your truth. Thank you for meeting me here.
I choose to rejoice, with all God’s people, in the powerful promise that God gives us in Psalm 32…
Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Psalm 32:1-2
As you read the passages below, ask the Lord to cause a word or phrase to stand out to you.
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
Titus 2:3-5
As I reread the passage, I reflect on the questions, “How is my life touched by this word?” and “How does this passage connect with my life?”
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
Titus 2:3-5
One of the beautiful things about being at Rio is that we are a multi-generational church. We span from infants all the way to our beloved Rio Classics, and because of that, these verses are possible. Paul comes to us and says specifically in these verses that all wives need mentorship. They need older women to pour out truth into their hearts and lives. What beautiful life could come for each of us if the older generation poured into the younger ones!
Lord, show me the power of generational discipleship. Break me of my ego that says I don’t need and let me find both someone to mentor and someone to be mentored by.
Lord God, I confess my need for you. So often my heart grows cold, distracted by the things of this world. But you, O Lord, are the fountain of living water. Revive me again. As Psalm 85:6 says, “Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?” Breathe fresh life into my soul. Stir my affections. Awaken me to your holiness, your mercy, and your calling. Cleanse me, fill me, and send me out with a heart fully alive to you. Do a new thing in me, Lord. Let it begin today.
As I read the passage for the final time, I listen to how the Lord is inviting me to respond to him. Where in my life do I need to yield in obedience to what he has for me?
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
Titus 2:3-5
Yielding Prayer
Lord, in obedience, I don’t want to live this life alone. Give me people who care for me and people to care for. Specifically, I ask for someone to pull me under their wing and disciple me from the truths of your Word. Let me, in obedience, not live this life on an island any longer.
Yielding Promise
And now, as I move into the day ahead, the Lord who loves me reminds me in Revelation 21…
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 21:1-2
Closing Prayer
Lord, enable me, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to love you today with all of my heart, soul, mind, and strength; and to serve you today, by loving and caring for others as I do my own self; and, to exalt you today, by telling the people in my world about the abundant and eternal life found only through faith in Jesus.