Prayer based on Luke 4

Father, there is great danger all around us. The devil would tempt us, for he is seeking people to devour. We will not worship him. We will not put You to the test. We will not believe Satan’s lives. Be with us in power, for we are weak and in need. We can only live by faith in Your great Son. He has had a powerful victory over death. He has proclaimed good news for the weak and the poor. We have been delivered from the clutches of destruction. Though people treated Your Son with disrespect in the days of His earthly service, He lives now, and has demonstrated His great power to us. We were far off from Your promises and from Your people, but we have been brought near through the blood of the Lamb. You have cast out of us the overwhelming weight of wickedness, and we have been made alive by Your grace. Show us the pathway of service. Make us agents of Your new Kingdom. Teach us how to have merciful hearts, words of life, and hands that help and heal.