Prayer based on Acts 7:51. Themes: Resistance, Holy Spirit, Ancestral Sin.

Dear Lord, please soften our hearts and open our ears to hear your voice. Help us to not be stiff-necked and resistant to the leading of your Holy Spirit. May we learn from the mistakes of our ancestors and choose to follow you wholeheartedly. We ask for your grace and guidance as we seek to live in obedience to your will. Amen.

Verse: “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
Acts 7:51

This is a Command. The verse commands the reader to not resist the Holy Spirit.

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