40 Days With the Risen LordSample

# The Risen Lord and the Resurrection Command # A Prayer Dear Lord, As we start this day we are not alone. You have risen, defeated death, and made all things new. Praise you for your acts of power. Praise you for your surpassing greatness. Let everything that has breath praise you this day. Amen. ## Journal Exercise Using the two readings from Luke’s Gospel, write a prayer of praise to God for the resurrection of Jesus. Then go to praise him for assuring us of his love by his resurrection. ## An Old Prayer Heavenly Father, we thy children Gathered round our risen Lord, Lift our hearts in earnest pleading. Oh, revive us by thy word! Send refreshing, send refreshing From thy presence, gracious Lord! Send refreshing, send refreshing And revive us by thy word! – Daniel Whittle, Gospel Hymns (1894) ## A Challenging Prayer Call upon God for such an outpouring of his Spirit that we, his people, will be assured of his love through his Word.