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Saturday, December 13, 2025

Morning Prayer for Saturday, December 13, 2025

 

Praying the Scriptures

Saturday Morning Prayer

December 13, 2025

“A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. I will put my spirit within you, and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.” — Ezekiel 36:26–27

Lord,

As I enter this quiet Saturday morning of the Second Week of Advent, I come before You with a heart that longs to be renewed. You promise to give me a new heart and put a new spirit within me, and I confess how deeply I need that transformation today. Strip away the hardness that has formed from fear, habit, and self-reliance, and soften me to receive the grace You are already offering. Let this be a morning of surrender, where I yield my will to Yours and open my life to Your restoring work.

As I prepare the way for Your coming, teach me to turn from anything that draws me from Your path. Help me to recognize the places where I resist Your leading, where old patterns cling to me, and where I allow distraction or discouragement to shape my choices. In this Advent season of holy anticipation, I ask You to cleanse my motives, sharpen my discernment, and make room within me for the joy and light that are on their way. Guide me gently into repentance that heals rather than shames, freeing me to walk in renewed obedience.

Holy Spirit, breathe into me today and lead me step by step. Let Your presence settle over my thoughts, my words, and my actions so that everything I do reflects the heart You are forming within me. Teach me to listen more carefully, love more readily, and trust more deeply. Walk with me through this day, shaping my inner life to match the promise of the new heart You have spoken over me, that I may live faithfully and expectantly as one preparing for the Lord’s coming.

Amen.

May the God who renews hearts and guides our steps by the Spirit lead us all into deeper hope, gentler love, and faithful readiness as we journey through this Advent season.

The Bible passages come from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Bible, copyrighted © 1989, 1993 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America and are used by permission. All rights reserved. Praying the Scriptures is penned daily by Kenny Sallee, ThM.

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