Prayer for Marking

Father God,We unite in prayer as your Church in Miami this week.  We continue to marvel at your grace in our lives and we are humbled by your affection for us.  We pray together in Thanksgiving for your mercies and the fullness your love creates in our lives.  We ask, Lord God, that you would mark us as your own.  Please, Lord, in spite of our waywardness and our near constant self focus we truly desire that our lives would be be decorated by the art of your hand.  We pray that, as your church in Miami, our lives would be a visible reminder to the city that your Kingdom is at work even in this present time.  We pray that our lives would be undeniably marked where your astounding love has impacted us.  We pray that you would continue to transform us in ways that not only change who we are but also authentically change who we appear to be to the watching world.  We pray that we would not seek shelter from your transformational love but that we would submit to it and feel it rain down across our lives leaving us forever molded more in your image.We pray in the name of Jesus Christ.Amen