All this month on Revive Our Hearts, we're praying earnestly for the Lord to intervene in our world

that is so chaotic and in such distress. And it's good in these times to remember that our God is not

in chaos or in distress. So we're coming before him in desperation, asking him to show up in our homes, our communities,

our churches, and throughout each of our nations and this world.

As we begin today's program, I want to invite you to join us in seeking the Lord

fervently.

Here's Laura Booth to lead us in prayer.

Our dear Heavenly Father, we cry out to you

on behalf of our families. We thank you for being the perfect father to us, your children. Thank you

that you run after us when we're stuck in our sin, and you lavish us with your grace, and you pull us

into your home, and you feed us on your word and fill us with your

spirit. Oh Lord, we repent of leading our families out of a heart of flesh and stone, out of a heart

of sin and law. Instead, O Lord, would you please fill us with your parenting heart?

Teach us how to lead our families with love and grace.

Teach us how to run after the sinner and to pull them back to the table.

Teach us how to speak words of life and truth.

Oh, Lord, would you satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love that we may sing for joy

and be glad all our days.

May our children see your glory through us.

May they see your glory as we grow and repent and love.

May they see your glory in their own lives as you run after them and you pull them into your

family and you teach them from your word and you call them and you show them how mighty you are

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