A Scripture and a Prayer: “God Is With Us”

“I will put my dwelling place among you, and I will not abhor you. I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people.” (Leviticus 26:11-12)

Prayer:

Jesus, You said that where two or more are gathered in Your name, You are there in their midst. While this speaks to our need to gather, Your presence is with us always, for when we come to faith in You, You place Your holy temple within us. Therefore, Lord, come close and help us walk in Your ways, no longer according to our own. Make us vessels of honor, vessels in which You dwell and move mightily on our behalf. And let us know and walk in this surety that You are our strong tower and refuge. Therefore, help us not be afraid, for what can any man or woman do to us, seeing that we believe in You? And this I ask in Jesus’s name. AMEN