Sorry buddies, it's been a bit!
Lord,
Thank you for the quiet. Thank You for my large and wonderful family. Thank You for a mini adventure practice camping with the girls. Thank You for a few minutes with my friend yesterday. Thank You for Imitrex.
You know Lord, I am struggling right now with a few decisions. You know what they are. I need Your help.
I am worried about things that I should be bringing to You. I try to bring them and leave them, but I'm not sure if I am doing that very effectively, because I seem to still be worried about them. I know that indecision IS a decision, so I am asking You to help make my decision easy. Help me see where You want me to be, how You want me to handle this situation.
I started off this prayer thing hoping to be able to pray freely, but also, I don't want to offend anyone. Sometimes that keeps me from praying freely. I think I'm just going to lay down that fear of offense and pray. I don't want to go through the motions. I don't want this to be some canned prayer about generalized stuff that has no impact on anyone's life at all. I want this to be what it started off to be, earnest prayer shared with others.
Lord, You know that my husband has only been saved a little while and almost from the beginning our spiritual and physical life have been in an upheaval. I know that You knew that from the beginning and You are not surprised. I know that the steps of a righteous man are ordered of You. I am asking You to order some steps. I am asking You to provide him with a pastor. Honestly, and I am sure this is selfish, it isn't as important to me that our church has pastor as it is right now that my husband has a pastor. Someone who will be there, answer his questions, direct him in Bible study, have an understanding of his spiritual place and help him grow, be someone that he respects and trusts and can lead him. I need him to have that leadership, and You know him and what type of leadership he needs. I could throw myself in the floor about how unfair it is, but I know first that is silly and second is does not good. I know that You love him far more than I do. I know that You desire his spiritual growth and the spiritual growth of our family far more than I do. I know that Your time is perfect and mine is impatient and I can't see the whole picture. Lord, I am going to try to leave this with You and not pick it back up and mull it over and over, but You will have to help me.
Help me Lord to know how to be a blessing to Bill in Tennessee. Please help me to pray effectively and be willing to go the extra mile to help my friends family and now my friends. Please help him to get some help, try to eat, desire to eat. Most of all Lord, please reveal Your love to him and draw him close to You. Please help him to speak to his family about his relationship with You so they can have peace if he goes on home. Please Lord, bless his time with Lisa and the rest of his family. Really Lord, I know that You can heal him from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet that You can rid his body of cancer. You know that my main concern is that his soul is ready to see You whether he is here for another 10 minutes or 25 years. Please work miracles for him and his family. Please help him be ready to see You and his family know that he is ready. Please help me know how to effectively pray for them and be supportive. Please wrap Your arms around Lisa and give her Your strength. Please help her know that her strength is coming from You. Please be with Steve and give him strength. Help him to come close to You and trust You. Please give Bill more time here with us, more time with his family, more time to live and thrive. Please allow them somehow to cross paths with Bart and Cindy. I don't know how, but You know how to make them cross paths. Please help them to be able to minister to them in some way. I know how obedient to Your leading they are.
You know that I ask daily for Your wisdom in raising my kids and helping the other kids and teenagers around me. Help me Lord to be available and approachable, but not a push over. You know how hard that balance is for me sometimes. Please help our vacation to bond our family closer together. Please let my husband be able to relax and enjoy the week, enjoy our family, enjoy our friends. Please smooth all the stuff and help us to just gel well together and be able to have a good time. Please let the kids get along well, the trip go safely and be an effective vacation for all of us.
Lord, please help my husband's pain be minimal and his energy be up a bit. Please let his heart stay in rhythm and his breathing be easy. Please give encouragement and an extra dose of Your tangible presence to those who are in chronic pain. Please give them extra strength and rest from the pain sometimes to catch their breath. Please fight satan on their behalf and not allow him to win the battle for their minds. Please help them to remember how much You love them and how much, even in their difficulty, You can still remind them of that love. Please be with Jim, BeBe, Michelle, and many others who are struggling with chronic pain issues.
Lord, please lead clearly on this women's conference. I feel so strongly that You are leading that direction and have no idea how to get that all together. I actually only know that I have a testimony to give and it feels as though You are leading that way. If I am wrong, please put the brakes on. But, if You are leading that way, I am trusting You to show me how, when, who, and all the details. I am trusting You to provide.
Thank You for a good conversation a few weeks ago with a trusted friend. Actually, I am rich in wise, Godly women friends. Thank You! Please give me Your wisdom to share with those who seek counsel from me.
Thank You Lord for allowing me to feel free to pray my heart and trust You with the rest.
In Jesus Name
Amen
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Friday, May 23, 2014
May 23, 2014
Good Morning Lord
Thank You for the beginning of my online Bible study. I am excited to be doing that with a friend. Thank You for LaDonna, for her guidance when I need it, for giving me someone who is deeply seated in Your word to be able to ask questions and expect her answer to sound like Yours. Thank You for a quiet morning to pray and study think and plan. Please help me to be a blessing to my husband today. Thank You for his patience with me this week, I sure haven't gotten the things accomplished that he most likes. Help me to do better today.
Lord, I need to hear Your direction, I need Your wisdom. Please be clear with me about what to do next.
How many things can I be thankful for today.
for my quiet time
for my new comfortable mattress
for my husband's salvation and the change our family has taken on because of it.
for my children all being on speaking terms with me, even when they don't have to
for a smooth praise team practice
for Your provision, for songs when I am out of ideas, for friends when I need an ear
for someone who has kept me grounded in Your word even when I am not too good at daily reading
for my family, the whole noisy bunch
for time with Noah yesterday and with Elijah
for moments to teach my grandchildren who You are
for a vacation to see my other babies in Kansas last month
for healing of relationships
for protection for my husband
for every day after the accident, after the surgery, after the day in the elevator
for some direction toward writing (please Lord help me, I think I'm ready to start)
for pretzels and ginger-ale
for new people who have been added to our family, in laws, out laws, and new children
for my mother's health
for my friends
for Godly women in my life
for grass in my yard
for my photos and my Christmas ornaments
for healing Wesley
for healing Lindsay and Jennifer before I even knew to ask
for not giving up on my husband
for not giving up on my son
for talking to me, showing up in my notebook
for allowing me to see an old friend
for holding me steady through difficult times
for provision and protection
for allowing me to help other people
for being clear when I need it
for never leaving me or forsaking me
for giving up what was rightfully Yours to take on what was absolutely mine so that I could inherit what was rightfully Yours.
Your perfect love
In Jesus Name
Amen
Thank You for the beginning of my online Bible study. I am excited to be doing that with a friend. Thank You for LaDonna, for her guidance when I need it, for giving me someone who is deeply seated in Your word to be able to ask questions and expect her answer to sound like Yours. Thank You for a quiet morning to pray and study think and plan. Please help me to be a blessing to my husband today. Thank You for his patience with me this week, I sure haven't gotten the things accomplished that he most likes. Help me to do better today.
Lord, I need to hear Your direction, I need Your wisdom. Please be clear with me about what to do next.
How many things can I be thankful for today.
for my quiet time
for my new comfortable mattress
for my husband's salvation and the change our family has taken on because of it.
for my children all being on speaking terms with me, even when they don't have to
for a smooth praise team practice
for Your provision, for songs when I am out of ideas, for friends when I need an ear
for someone who has kept me grounded in Your word even when I am not too good at daily reading
for my family, the whole noisy bunch
for time with Noah yesterday and with Elijah
for moments to teach my grandchildren who You are
for a vacation to see my other babies in Kansas last month
for healing of relationships
for protection for my husband
for every day after the accident, after the surgery, after the day in the elevator
for some direction toward writing (please Lord help me, I think I'm ready to start)
for pretzels and ginger-ale
for new people who have been added to our family, in laws, out laws, and new children
for my mother's health
for my friends
for Godly women in my life
for grass in my yard
for my photos and my Christmas ornaments
for healing Wesley
for healing Lindsay and Jennifer before I even knew to ask
for not giving up on my husband
for not giving up on my son
for talking to me, showing up in my notebook
for allowing me to see an old friend
for holding me steady through difficult times
for provision and protection
for allowing me to help other people
for being clear when I need it
for never leaving me or forsaking me
for giving up what was rightfully Yours to take on what was absolutely mine so that I could inherit what was rightfully Yours.
Your perfect love
In Jesus Name
Amen
Thursday, May 22, 2014
May 22, 2014
Good Morning Lord,
At least technically it's still morning. Thank You for a great morning so far. Thank You for a little time with a friend. Thank You for allowing me to sit in on teen class last night. Thank You for helping me get music together for the service. Thank You for my friend and allowing her daughter to come home last night.
Lord, I need Your wisdom. I need You to clearly guide me. I am a bit torn right now and You are the holder of the "what should I do" answer. You know the whole situation. You know all the details, You know the best step. Help me to figure it out, so I can walk in peace about whatever direction I decide to take.
Thank You for the opportunity to do Bible study with my mentor and friend. Help me Lord to make the proper time and be able to efficiently work through the study and come out with a confidence in what You have to teach me. Help me Lord to seek Your face and desire Your wisdom far above my own.
Thank You for being close to me in unsure waters and being tangible to me when I need to hear Your voice. Thank You for naptime and a bit of quiet to spend seeking Your face.
Thank You for a few minutes with old friends the other day. Thank You for working that out and meeting me there.
Lord, please saturate my husband with Your presence. I need him to lead our family effectively for You. I need him to be able to discern Your voice and follow Your path for him and for us. Please help him to lead. Speak wisdom to his heart. I ask that You would be especially clear for him right now and help him. Please send him someone who can mentor him in his walk with You. It has been too long. I am trying to wait on Your timing, I am trying to be patient. Please point him toward the right person for him. Please Lord, You know what has been gained and lost in this endeavor.
Please Lord keep working on behalf of those battling cancer. Please draw them closer to You. Please Lord, let them find something today that Bill desires to eat and is able to eat. Please strengthen his body and bring healing. More important that the physical healing is the spiritual understanding of who You are and how desperately we need You.
You know sometimes there are just those days when it feels like satan is winning the battle, but I know he loses the war. Please help me Lord not to allow myself to be distracted by the circumstances but be totally focused on You.
In Jesus Name
Amen
At least technically it's still morning. Thank You for a great morning so far. Thank You for a little time with a friend. Thank You for allowing me to sit in on teen class last night. Thank You for helping me get music together for the service. Thank You for my friend and allowing her daughter to come home last night.
Lord, I need Your wisdom. I need You to clearly guide me. I am a bit torn right now and You are the holder of the "what should I do" answer. You know the whole situation. You know all the details, You know the best step. Help me to figure it out, so I can walk in peace about whatever direction I decide to take.
Thank You for the opportunity to do Bible study with my mentor and friend. Help me Lord to make the proper time and be able to efficiently work through the study and come out with a confidence in what You have to teach me. Help me Lord to seek Your face and desire Your wisdom far above my own.
Thank You for being close to me in unsure waters and being tangible to me when I need to hear Your voice. Thank You for naptime and a bit of quiet to spend seeking Your face.
Thank You for a few minutes with old friends the other day. Thank You for working that out and meeting me there.
Lord, please saturate my husband with Your presence. I need him to lead our family effectively for You. I need him to be able to discern Your voice and follow Your path for him and for us. Please help him to lead. Speak wisdom to his heart. I ask that You would be especially clear for him right now and help him. Please send him someone who can mentor him in his walk with You. It has been too long. I am trying to wait on Your timing, I am trying to be patient. Please point him toward the right person for him. Please Lord, You know what has been gained and lost in this endeavor.
Please Lord keep working on behalf of those battling cancer. Please draw them closer to You. Please Lord, let them find something today that Bill desires to eat and is able to eat. Please strengthen his body and bring healing. More important that the physical healing is the spiritual understanding of who You are and how desperately we need You.
You know sometimes there are just those days when it feels like satan is winning the battle, but I know he loses the war. Please help me Lord not to allow myself to be distracted by the circumstances but be totally focused on You.
In Jesus Name
Amen
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
May 21, 2014
Dear Lord,
Thank You for a nice evening in church yesterday and for meeting me in my notebook. I love it when You speak to me that way. Thank You for Your guidance and Your presence. Thank You for a nice day out with my friend and for Your wisdom. Please continue to pour out Your wisdom for our church and for those who seek to do Your will above their own.
Thank You for Godly people who have led me, and continue to lead me, walk with me and help to keep me on Your path. Please help me keep my eyes firmly fixed on You and seeking Your face and doing Your will. Help me not to get distracted away from Your purpose for my life.
Lord, You are good and Your mercy endureth forever!
Lord there are friends battling cancer right now who need Your strength. Jennifer (not my daughter), George, Bill, Vicki, Ruby, Wesley. . . There are so many more. I know that You will not leave them if they are Yours. Please be with them and draw them close to You in the midst of their circumstances. I ask that You would bring healing. I ask that Jennifer be restored to health, that her chemo would be effective so that she can raise the granddaughter she is responsible for. I ask that You would bring an assured life changing salvation to those who need it. I ask that You would bring strength to George that he would be strong enough to begin treatment. I ask for strength for Wesley as he goes through round two of chemo. Thank You for the healing You have already brought to him. I ask that Ruby would feel Your presence during her treatment and rest in You. I pray that the treatment would be successful and she would be around for a very long time to see her grandkids grow. I pray that You would draw all closer to You, reveal Your love to them, reveal the meaning of the work done at the cross to those who don't know. That You would send someone to cross their paths to teach them of Your love and combat the lies of the enemy.
I pray for our lost loved ones, there are so many. Please go to the prodigal and work in his heart to give him a desire to come to himself and return home to You father. I pray that You would move in power to knock down the lies of the enemy and replace them with the absolute truth of Your love and Your standard and our need for a savior.
Wisdom Lord, please pour out Your wisdom. In parenting, in leading Your church, in just trying to follow You.
I pray that every revival held in Your name by people who are truly seeking You will show fruit, will help people to draw closer to You, to remind them of who You are, how much You love us. I pray that You would draw people to our church, to every Bible believing church, that You would show us who to witness to and when that we would work on behalf of You. I pray that the strongholds the enemy has in this area, in all areas would be torn down. I pray that You would give us a desire to speak Your name, tell people about You.
Help me Lord to be faithful to what You have called me to do.
In Jesus Name
Amen
Thank You for a nice evening in church yesterday and for meeting me in my notebook. I love it when You speak to me that way. Thank You for Your guidance and Your presence. Thank You for a nice day out with my friend and for Your wisdom. Please continue to pour out Your wisdom for our church and for those who seek to do Your will above their own.
Thank You for Godly people who have led me, and continue to lead me, walk with me and help to keep me on Your path. Please help me keep my eyes firmly fixed on You and seeking Your face and doing Your will. Help me not to get distracted away from Your purpose for my life.
Lord, You are good and Your mercy endureth forever!
Lord there are friends battling cancer right now who need Your strength. Jennifer (not my daughter), George, Bill, Vicki, Ruby, Wesley. . . There are so many more. I know that You will not leave them if they are Yours. Please be with them and draw them close to You in the midst of their circumstances. I ask that You would bring healing. I ask that Jennifer be restored to health, that her chemo would be effective so that she can raise the granddaughter she is responsible for. I ask that You would bring an assured life changing salvation to those who need it. I ask that You would bring strength to George that he would be strong enough to begin treatment. I ask for strength for Wesley as he goes through round two of chemo. Thank You for the healing You have already brought to him. I ask that Ruby would feel Your presence during her treatment and rest in You. I pray that the treatment would be successful and she would be around for a very long time to see her grandkids grow. I pray that You would draw all closer to You, reveal Your love to them, reveal the meaning of the work done at the cross to those who don't know. That You would send someone to cross their paths to teach them of Your love and combat the lies of the enemy.
I pray for our lost loved ones, there are so many. Please go to the prodigal and work in his heart to give him a desire to come to himself and return home to You father. I pray that You would move in power to knock down the lies of the enemy and replace them with the absolute truth of Your love and Your standard and our need for a savior.
Wisdom Lord, please pour out Your wisdom. In parenting, in leading Your church, in just trying to follow You.
I pray that every revival held in Your name by people who are truly seeking You will show fruit, will help people to draw closer to You, to remind them of who You are, how much You love us. I pray that You would draw people to our church, to every Bible believing church, that You would show us who to witness to and when that we would work on behalf of You. I pray that the strongholds the enemy has in this area, in all areas would be torn down. I pray that You would give us a desire to speak Your name, tell people about You.
Help me Lord to be faithful to what You have called me to do.
In Jesus Name
Amen
Monday, May 19, 2014
May 19, 2014
Good Morning Lord,
It is a beautiful day out there! Thank You for cool mornings and days at the farm. Thank You for my own home, for the blessings that You allow me to experience daily. Thank You for good friends and great family. Thank You for giving me a few minutes with the girls yesterday to talk about the reasons for limits and teaching and reasons why it is important to be teachable. Thank You Lord for growing my heart to include two more children. Thank You for this time with You this morning, for the gentleman who preached yesterday, for allowing me to be more comfortable speaking as we go into worship. Please help me to seek out in scripture what worship and praise really mean and how You want for us to do that. I do know that it comes along with a thankful heart.
Thank You for providing for a friend in need as I knew You would. Thank You for being tangible and leading clearly.
Thank You for helping Chelsea with her test and for helping her pass the next level toward getting her degree and working in her field.
Thank You for prayer partners.
Lord, I need Your help. I know You have laid someone on my heart. I need You to go before me and make the way. Help me to find the right words to show someone how much they are loved.
Lord, please be with my list of friends who are fighting cancer today, please bring them hope and strength and be with them through the difficult process. I pray for healing because I know You are able. I pray for a closer walk with You because I would pray that for anyone going through anything. I ask for You to be glorified, because You can be in all things. I ask that You would be very tangible to them all and real and approachable. Please reveal Your love to those who don't really know You and draw them closer. Please help Bill to eat. It is small for You and specific. Please let him desire some food and by answering this prayer allow them know Your love more completely. Please cure his thrush completely and let his food taste good to him. Please let him crave the food his body most needs to fight the cancer. Please give his family wisdom to know what he might want to eat. Please move in power in his home and his whole situation to bring healing and bring them all to a closer walk with You.
Lord, please be strength for those who are struggling with chronic pain today. I want to cry out and beg for healing for these folks. Please knit things together, activate the right cells, calm the overinflamed tissue or nerve, guide them to the right treatment, help them Lord. I pray that You would bring hope and encouragement to them, that something would change, just a little, to help them know that You can move mountains. I pray that You would move in power to decrease the pain. I know that You don't have to, I know that You will use them in any situation they are in. I also know You love us and I believe that while physical healing isn't the most important healing to have, it does bring encouragement and bolster faith. Please move in these lives and bring hope.
Lord, please help me to function fully in my calling. I know there are a few things I am called to do, and a few things I think I am called to do. I have no idea how those things all come together, but You do. I want to be faithful in the callings You have given me. Help me to have good discernment in how to use my time. I am asking for Your wisdom and YOu promise to pour it out liberally to those who ask. I am asking, for wisdom in my calling, in my family, in my parenting, in all of my life. I desire Your wisdom because it far supersedes the wisdom of men.
Lord, please the biggest area where I feel Your wisdom is needed is in choosing a pastor for our church. I pray for Your will to be clear, to be understood clearly, to be followed, and to be clear to all involved in the decision making. Please help us recognize the person You have anointed to be in our place in exactly Your timing. Help us to get out of Your way and allow You to move.
I love You Lord, I know that You are able to care for me. I know I have a testimony, many of them, help me to get to writing consistently and getting them down on "paper". Help me Lord to take the next step.
I love You Lord and thank You for making the way for me and you to have a "walk through the garden in the evening" kind of a relationship. Thank You for the sacrifice that covered all of my sins. Thank You for being very accessible and yet very holy. You are enough, You are more than enough, You are the God of more than enough. Your storehouses are full, full of mercy and grace. Thank You for pouring out both in my life.
In Jesus Name
Amen
It is a beautiful day out there! Thank You for cool mornings and days at the farm. Thank You for my own home, for the blessings that You allow me to experience daily. Thank You for good friends and great family. Thank You for giving me a few minutes with the girls yesterday to talk about the reasons for limits and teaching and reasons why it is important to be teachable. Thank You Lord for growing my heart to include two more children. Thank You for this time with You this morning, for the gentleman who preached yesterday, for allowing me to be more comfortable speaking as we go into worship. Please help me to seek out in scripture what worship and praise really mean and how You want for us to do that. I do know that it comes along with a thankful heart.
Thank You for providing for a friend in need as I knew You would. Thank You for being tangible and leading clearly.
Thank You for helping Chelsea with her test and for helping her pass the next level toward getting her degree and working in her field.
Thank You for prayer partners.
Lord, I need Your help. I know You have laid someone on my heart. I need You to go before me and make the way. Help me to find the right words to show someone how much they are loved.
Lord, please be with my list of friends who are fighting cancer today, please bring them hope and strength and be with them through the difficult process. I pray for healing because I know You are able. I pray for a closer walk with You because I would pray that for anyone going through anything. I ask for You to be glorified, because You can be in all things. I ask that You would be very tangible to them all and real and approachable. Please reveal Your love to those who don't really know You and draw them closer. Please help Bill to eat. It is small for You and specific. Please let him desire some food and by answering this prayer allow them know Your love more completely. Please cure his thrush completely and let his food taste good to him. Please let him crave the food his body most needs to fight the cancer. Please give his family wisdom to know what he might want to eat. Please move in power in his home and his whole situation to bring healing and bring them all to a closer walk with You.
Lord, please be strength for those who are struggling with chronic pain today. I want to cry out and beg for healing for these folks. Please knit things together, activate the right cells, calm the overinflamed tissue or nerve, guide them to the right treatment, help them Lord. I pray that You would bring hope and encouragement to them, that something would change, just a little, to help them know that You can move mountains. I pray that You would move in power to decrease the pain. I know that You don't have to, I know that You will use them in any situation they are in. I also know You love us and I believe that while physical healing isn't the most important healing to have, it does bring encouragement and bolster faith. Please move in these lives and bring hope.
Lord, please help me to function fully in my calling. I know there are a few things I am called to do, and a few things I think I am called to do. I have no idea how those things all come together, but You do. I want to be faithful in the callings You have given me. Help me to have good discernment in how to use my time. I am asking for Your wisdom and YOu promise to pour it out liberally to those who ask. I am asking, for wisdom in my calling, in my family, in my parenting, in all of my life. I desire Your wisdom because it far supersedes the wisdom of men.
Lord, please the biggest area where I feel Your wisdom is needed is in choosing a pastor for our church. I pray for Your will to be clear, to be understood clearly, to be followed, and to be clear to all involved in the decision making. Please help us recognize the person You have anointed to be in our place in exactly Your timing. Help us to get out of Your way and allow You to move.
I love You Lord, I know that You are able to care for me. I know I have a testimony, many of them, help me to get to writing consistently and getting them down on "paper". Help me Lord to take the next step.
I love You Lord and thank You for making the way for me and you to have a "walk through the garden in the evening" kind of a relationship. Thank You for the sacrifice that covered all of my sins. Thank You for being very accessible and yet very holy. You are enough, You are more than enough, You are the God of more than enough. Your storehouses are full, full of mercy and grace. Thank You for pouring out both in my life.
In Jesus Name
Amen
Thursday, May 15, 2014
May 14
Good Morning Lord,
Thank You for a beautiful morning. Thank You for a quiet day with my husband yesterday. Please do not let him get sick with what I had. Thank You for Imitrex and how effective it is for me. Please bless the person who created it and their whole family. Thank You for helping me this morning.
Thank You Lord for meeting my friend at her need and providing for her. Please continue to help her to walk in Your peace and guide every decision. Thank You for the wonderful healing that Wesley is walking in, please continue to walk with him as he goes for treatment again. Thank You for the good news and healing that Vicki is walking in, please help them find the right medicine to treat her RA pain. Thank You for prompting me to pray again for BeBe and Michelle. Please help them Lord to hold on to You in their chronic pain situations. Please help them find the things that help the most and help them to seek Your face and walk in their calling. Please give them strength and hope and wrap Your arms around them and let them feel You tangibly on their difficult days. Help them to see their value in the kingdom.
Thank You for the life and impact of Nancy Sutphin. Thank You for her impact on our lives, for her help finding David's strengths when I was so worried about him in 3rd grade. Thank You for her longtime, well-known, walk with You and her testimony. Please be with her family and hold them close to You as they had to let her go much sooner than anyone would have wanted. Please be with them on the difficult days and in the difficult situations, situations where they will miss her more than ever. Please provide someone to step up to the plate for her when her future grandchildren one day need a praying grandmother. Please be especially close to Ed, James and Richard.
Lord, Thank You that there were not more fatalities in the mine accident in Boone County this week. Please be close to the families of those who lost sons, fathers, and brothers. Please be with the Legg family especially who are struggling with more than just the lost of a son. Help them to turn to You for comfort and strength, and please supply all of their needs according to Your riches in glory. You have more than enough.
Thank You for the days of rest, even if I had to be sick to get them.
Thank You for being the God of more than enough in so many situations. Please help people to see You for who You are, to understand Your love for them, the reason that You desire us to walk a holy life. Please help the people to desire You and reveal to the prodigals Your love.
Please draw the children back to the Father. Aaron, Aaron, Brenton, Judd, Homer, Jared . . . there are so many more, these are just the ones off the top of my head, the ones that come to mind when mine does.
Please be with a friend of Lindsay's whose name is Jennifer who is battling leukemia while trying to raise a grandchild. Please give her strength through the chemo and help and encouragement when she needs it. Please hold her close to You and remind her that You love her. Thank You that my child knows that I will pray for the needs of others. Thank You for giving her such a warm and welcoming heart.
Thank You for all of my children. For their individual traits that make them special that I knew were given to them by You. Please give me Your wisdom to raise them to know You. Please cover my considerable shortcomings and make a way for my kids where I have failed them. Please help me to fail you and them less often.
Please help all of those who are struggling with difficult circumstances, circumstances where they need You far more than they can even say. Please give them strength and comfort and encouragement.
Please be with Pastor Bart and Cindy and their family, please guide them clearly and cover them in Your favor. Please walk with them and hold them close to You.
Please be with those who, as far as it seems to us, are losing their battle with cancer. Please help them to know You before it is too late. Please draw them close to You and cover them with Your peace. Please cover their families and give them peace and do not allow satan to gain a foothold in their lives.
Please bring healing to those whose scars are not visible, but no less painful. Please walk close to them and bring them peace and strength. Please heal their souls and remind them that You will never leave them or forsake them.
I know that I ask a lot Lord, but You are a big God and You are able to supply all of our needs. Your storehouses are full, and money is not my focus, Your storehouses are full of mercy, strength and peace also. You are amazing Lord, Your love is so perfect and so balanced and so all encompassing that if people would just get a taste, the rest would be so easy. It is so much better than what the world tries to sell as love.
I Love You Lord.
In Jesus Name
Amen
Thank You for a beautiful morning. Thank You for a quiet day with my husband yesterday. Please do not let him get sick with what I had. Thank You for Imitrex and how effective it is for me. Please bless the person who created it and their whole family. Thank You for helping me this morning.
Thank You Lord for meeting my friend at her need and providing for her. Please continue to help her to walk in Your peace and guide every decision. Thank You for the wonderful healing that Wesley is walking in, please continue to walk with him as he goes for treatment again. Thank You for the good news and healing that Vicki is walking in, please help them find the right medicine to treat her RA pain. Thank You for prompting me to pray again for BeBe and Michelle. Please help them Lord to hold on to You in their chronic pain situations. Please help them find the things that help the most and help them to seek Your face and walk in their calling. Please give them strength and hope and wrap Your arms around them and let them feel You tangibly on their difficult days. Help them to see their value in the kingdom.
Thank You for the life and impact of Nancy Sutphin. Thank You for her impact on our lives, for her help finding David's strengths when I was so worried about him in 3rd grade. Thank You for her longtime, well-known, walk with You and her testimony. Please be with her family and hold them close to You as they had to let her go much sooner than anyone would have wanted. Please be with them on the difficult days and in the difficult situations, situations where they will miss her more than ever. Please provide someone to step up to the plate for her when her future grandchildren one day need a praying grandmother. Please be especially close to Ed, James and Richard.
Lord, Thank You that there were not more fatalities in the mine accident in Boone County this week. Please be close to the families of those who lost sons, fathers, and brothers. Please be with the Legg family especially who are struggling with more than just the lost of a son. Help them to turn to You for comfort and strength, and please supply all of their needs according to Your riches in glory. You have more than enough.
Thank You for the days of rest, even if I had to be sick to get them.
Thank You for being the God of more than enough in so many situations. Please help people to see You for who You are, to understand Your love for them, the reason that You desire us to walk a holy life. Please help the people to desire You and reveal to the prodigals Your love.
Please draw the children back to the Father. Aaron, Aaron, Brenton, Judd, Homer, Jared . . . there are so many more, these are just the ones off the top of my head, the ones that come to mind when mine does.
Please be with a friend of Lindsay's whose name is Jennifer who is battling leukemia while trying to raise a grandchild. Please give her strength through the chemo and help and encouragement when she needs it. Please hold her close to You and remind her that You love her. Thank You that my child knows that I will pray for the needs of others. Thank You for giving her such a warm and welcoming heart.
Thank You for all of my children. For their individual traits that make them special that I knew were given to them by You. Please give me Your wisdom to raise them to know You. Please cover my considerable shortcomings and make a way for my kids where I have failed them. Please help me to fail you and them less often.
Please help all of those who are struggling with difficult circumstances, circumstances where they need You far more than they can even say. Please give them strength and comfort and encouragement.
Please be with Pastor Bart and Cindy and their family, please guide them clearly and cover them in Your favor. Please walk with them and hold them close to You.
Please be with those who, as far as it seems to us, are losing their battle with cancer. Please help them to know You before it is too late. Please draw them close to You and cover them with Your peace. Please cover their families and give them peace and do not allow satan to gain a foothold in their lives.
Please bring healing to those whose scars are not visible, but no less painful. Please walk close to them and bring them peace and strength. Please heal their souls and remind them that You will never leave them or forsake them.
I know that I ask a lot Lord, but You are a big God and You are able to supply all of our needs. Your storehouses are full, and money is not my focus, Your storehouses are full of mercy, strength and peace also. You are amazing Lord, Your love is so perfect and so balanced and so all encompassing that if people would just get a taste, the rest would be so easy. It is so much better than what the world tries to sell as love.
I Love You Lord.
In Jesus Name
Amen
Monday, May 12, 2014
May 11, 2014
Good Morning Lord,
You know I can't make this one of those well organized, pretty little prayers.
I have a friend who needs you so much. Please wrap Your arms around her and her whole family and give her strength. Please hold her close and sure her up. I know You are more than enough, but sometimes we just need someone with skin on. Please send her encouragers and people full of Your wisdom to give her guidance.
Right now it seems like the enemy is gaining ground, but I know he doesn't win.
There are so many hurting, so many who need a move from You, so many who are afraid, battling cancer, battling demons that they didn't know existed. Please move in power.
We have seen you work miracles, we have seen you move. I know that You will move and that You are not far.
Thank You Lord for good friends and for people who are able to share Your wisdom in times of need.
I don't know what to do to help the ones I love that are in difficult circumstances right now. I know to pray, and really I am not sure what to pray. I just know that You are one with the wisdom we need. Please show me how to be a good friend and guide me to the right actions to be helpful.
Lord, I am asking for healing. A deep healing of wounds that cannot clearly be seen by anyone. Wounds that only You can fully know and only You can fully heal. I pray for healing that is so profound that You will receive all the glory. I know this prayer started out for one particular person, but I know it needs to be breathed over so many. I know at least 15 people who need this deep healing of wounds created in their youth, attacks of the enemy, things that aren't fair. I ask that You would bring healing to those situations. I pray for those who have endured difficult circumstances, painful situations in their youth that still bear the wounds, wounds that aren't even fully scars yet. Please help them Lord as only You can. Please bring healing to their life, freedom, peace and wholeness. Please give them a wonderful testimony and encourage them to share it.
In Jesus Name
Amen
You know I can't make this one of those well organized, pretty little prayers.
I have a friend who needs you so much. Please wrap Your arms around her and her whole family and give her strength. Please hold her close and sure her up. I know You are more than enough, but sometimes we just need someone with skin on. Please send her encouragers and people full of Your wisdom to give her guidance.
Right now it seems like the enemy is gaining ground, but I know he doesn't win.
There are so many hurting, so many who need a move from You, so many who are afraid, battling cancer, battling demons that they didn't know existed. Please move in power.
We have seen you work miracles, we have seen you move. I know that You will move and that You are not far.
Thank You Lord for good friends and for people who are able to share Your wisdom in times of need.
I don't know what to do to help the ones I love that are in difficult circumstances right now. I know to pray, and really I am not sure what to pray. I just know that You are one with the wisdom we need. Please show me how to be a good friend and guide me to the right actions to be helpful.
Lord, I am asking for healing. A deep healing of wounds that cannot clearly be seen by anyone. Wounds that only You can fully know and only You can fully heal. I pray for healing that is so profound that You will receive all the glory. I know this prayer started out for one particular person, but I know it needs to be breathed over so many. I know at least 15 people who need this deep healing of wounds created in their youth, attacks of the enemy, things that aren't fair. I ask that You would bring healing to those situations. I pray for those who have endured difficult circumstances, painful situations in their youth that still bear the wounds, wounds that aren't even fully scars yet. Please help them Lord as only You can. Please bring healing to their life, freedom, peace and wholeness. Please give them a wonderful testimony and encourage them to share it.
In Jesus Name
Amen
Friday, May 9, 2014
May 9, 2014
Good Morning Lord,
Thank You for a beautiful day and a few minutes to spend with You. Thank You for never leaving my side. Thank You for time to reflect on You and what You would have me to do. Thank You that even in adversity, You are there.
Lord, I pray for Your wisdom and Your leading. I pray that You would always lead me step by step to do Your will, speak Your words, and be Your hands and feet. Help me to know how and when to move.
Thank You for the many, many blessings You have placed in my life.
Help those today Lord who are struggling and having a hard time keeping their head above water. Please wrap Your arms around them and hold them close to You. Please give them strength and remind them where their strength comes from.
Please be with those who are struggling with chronic illness and with chronic pain. I pray that You would decrease my husband's pain and help him to be able to lean on You and continue to do the work You would have him do in the kingdom. I pray for Michelle and BeBe and ask that You would bring healing to them, that You would be very tangibly close to them and remind them of how much You love them, even in the midst of chronic illness. I ask that You would decrease their pain in a very measurable way and cause them to be able to be more active and be able to come back to church. I ask that You would help Vicki get through the next few weeks until she is able to start on a different regimen for pain. I ask wisdom for the doctors who care for each of these precious ladies and ask that You would give them Your wisdom to know the best way to treat each one. I know that there are more people who deal with these issues. I ask that You would move mightily in each situation to bring healing, bring decreased pain, bring increased energy and cause people to give You much glory.
I pray Lord a hedge of protection around those who are worried for their own safety. I pray that You would hold back the enemy and not allow him to breech the perimeter of their homes. I pray that You would bring inexplicable and unshakable peace.
Lord, thank You for making a way for us to know You, walk with You as in the days of Adam before the fall, where You and I can talk all day, walk together in the cool of the night and discuss the day. How much You have loved us that You would send Your son to lay down His life, to endure my punishment, to take my place so that You and I could still have a relationship. How much we take that for granted Lord, I am so sorry for the times that I do. I want to tell You all about every day, I want to tell people that they can enjoy this relationship too. I often don't know how. I just ask for Your help.
Please give me wisdom Lord, Your wisdom confounds the wise, it is NOT the worlds wisdom.
Help me to be more like You and less like sin
In Jesus Name
Amen
Thank You for a beautiful day and a few minutes to spend with You. Thank You for never leaving my side. Thank You for time to reflect on You and what You would have me to do. Thank You that even in adversity, You are there.
Lord, I pray for Your wisdom and Your leading. I pray that You would always lead me step by step to do Your will, speak Your words, and be Your hands and feet. Help me to know how and when to move.
Thank You for the many, many blessings You have placed in my life.
Help those today Lord who are struggling and having a hard time keeping their head above water. Please wrap Your arms around them and hold them close to You. Please give them strength and remind them where their strength comes from.
Please be with those who are struggling with chronic illness and with chronic pain. I pray that You would decrease my husband's pain and help him to be able to lean on You and continue to do the work You would have him do in the kingdom. I pray for Michelle and BeBe and ask that You would bring healing to them, that You would be very tangibly close to them and remind them of how much You love them, even in the midst of chronic illness. I ask that You would decrease their pain in a very measurable way and cause them to be able to be more active and be able to come back to church. I ask that You would help Vicki get through the next few weeks until she is able to start on a different regimen for pain. I ask wisdom for the doctors who care for each of these precious ladies and ask that You would give them Your wisdom to know the best way to treat each one. I know that there are more people who deal with these issues. I ask that You would move mightily in each situation to bring healing, bring decreased pain, bring increased energy and cause people to give You much glory.
I pray Lord a hedge of protection around those who are worried for their own safety. I pray that You would hold back the enemy and not allow him to breech the perimeter of their homes. I pray that You would bring inexplicable and unshakable peace.
Lord, thank You for making a way for us to know You, walk with You as in the days of Adam before the fall, where You and I can talk all day, walk together in the cool of the night and discuss the day. How much You have loved us that You would send Your son to lay down His life, to endure my punishment, to take my place so that You and I could still have a relationship. How much we take that for granted Lord, I am so sorry for the times that I do. I want to tell You all about every day, I want to tell people that they can enjoy this relationship too. I often don't know how. I just ask for Your help.
Please give me wisdom Lord, Your wisdom confounds the wise, it is NOT the worlds wisdom.
Help me to be more like You and less like sin
In Jesus Name
Amen
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
May 6, 2014
Good Morning Lord,
Thank You for a quiet morning and a bit of time for prayer. Thank You for a nice evening at the ballgame last night and for time to enjoy the girls. Thank You for a bit of time to rest this morning. Thank You for a few minutes to talk to David.
I could go on with a "normal" prayer, but that isn't what is on my heart. You know my heart and I have no desire to be pharicitical (I do not have the foggiest idea how to spell that word).
Please lead clearly for our church, please bring hearts into agreement and point us in the right direction.
Please work miracles in the hearts of the prodigals that we pray for and work hard not to worry over.
Please bring healing and speak Your truth in difficult situations.
I don't seem to be able to settle into long written out prayer this morning.
Help me Lord to discern and follow Your lead. I desire to be led of the Spirit and speak Your truth in LOVE. Help me to do that effectively. Help me Lord to help guide people into an attitude of thankfulness and an openness to worship You for who You are.
In Jesus Name
Amen
Thank You for a quiet morning and a bit of time for prayer. Thank You for a nice evening at the ballgame last night and for time to enjoy the girls. Thank You for a bit of time to rest this morning. Thank You for a few minutes to talk to David.
I could go on with a "normal" prayer, but that isn't what is on my heart. You know my heart and I have no desire to be pharicitical (I do not have the foggiest idea how to spell that word).
Please lead clearly for our church, please bring hearts into agreement and point us in the right direction.
Please work miracles in the hearts of the prodigals that we pray for and work hard not to worry over.
Please bring healing and speak Your truth in difficult situations.
I don't seem to be able to settle into long written out prayer this morning.
Help me Lord to discern and follow Your lead. I desire to be led of the Spirit and speak Your truth in LOVE. Help me to do that effectively. Help me Lord to help guide people into an attitude of thankfulness and an openness to worship You for who You are.
In Jesus Name
Amen
Monday, May 5, 2014
May 5, 2014
Good Morning Lord,
Thank You for a chance to talk to my son last night. Thank You for a great day in church yesterday. Thank You for allowing me to hear an update on an old friend. Thank You for a "good hair day".
Lord, please bring healing to those who are wounded so deeply by events in their past that it affects their present. I ask that You would show them extra love and speak healing to them. I know that You are enough. Please show up in power and love to heal them and restore them and draw them close to You.
Please continue to speak truth and love to those who are wandering, who are mad at You because they have believed the lies of the enemy. Please speak truth to those who are following the wrong path and send people to cross their path who will show them Your love flawlessly and follow Your leading. Please open their hearts and get past the hardness. You know the thing that will make them look up.
I will trust You to care for those whom I love.
I will trust You to show me each step that You desire me to take. I know that when it is important You lead clearly.
Please lead clearly in the selection of our next pastor. I am asking You to move in such a way that Your choice is clear and there is consensus and unity in the selection. I want to pray for You to move quickly, but I want Your timing and Your will.
Please be with those who are battling cancer. Thank You so much for the great news about Wesley! My faith is increased by being a part of praying for his healing and watching You move. Thank You Lord. I pray for my friend that her healing would be continued and she would be well. I pray for Ruby, Rick, Wesley, Beth's daughter, there are more that I am forgetting but You know them all.
I pray for Debbie. I ask that You would bring health to her family and allow her to be in church next Sunday. Thank You for bringing her to our church and allowing her to be a part of our lives.
Thank You for moving for Tifany. I ask that You would continue to move and bring healing. I ask that You would heal her so completely that her surgery would not even be necessary. I ask that her strength would rebound and she would be better able to enjoy her life and kids. Thank You for them and their involvement in our church, for their children and for helping them to bring them up to know You.
Thank You for a great day of worship yesterday. Thank You for guiding us back to a place where we can spend time in worship and praise and sometimes have the opportunity to feel You move amongst us. I know that You are always where two or three are gathered in Your name. But, I know it is nice to feel Your presence. Thank You for Bill and Shiela and their help last night. Thank You for each part of our praise and worship team. Thank You for each one and their contribution to worship. Thank You for leading us to a deeper understanding of who You are and what praise and worship are. Please help me to teach and lead effectively and lead people to a deeper relationship with You. Please teach me how to worship and praise You the way You desire.
Please give me wisdom to show Your love and teach Your standards and when to do which of those things. Or how to do them both. You know that I need Your wisdom daily and desire to be close to You. Lead me clearly Lord and I will try to follow.
In Jesus Name
Amen
Thank You for a chance to talk to my son last night. Thank You for a great day in church yesterday. Thank You for allowing me to hear an update on an old friend. Thank You for a "good hair day".
Lord, please bring healing to those who are wounded so deeply by events in their past that it affects their present. I ask that You would show them extra love and speak healing to them. I know that You are enough. Please show up in power and love to heal them and restore them and draw them close to You.
Please continue to speak truth and love to those who are wandering, who are mad at You because they have believed the lies of the enemy. Please speak truth to those who are following the wrong path and send people to cross their path who will show them Your love flawlessly and follow Your leading. Please open their hearts and get past the hardness. You know the thing that will make them look up.
I will trust You to care for those whom I love.
I will trust You to show me each step that You desire me to take. I know that when it is important You lead clearly.
Please lead clearly in the selection of our next pastor. I am asking You to move in such a way that Your choice is clear and there is consensus and unity in the selection. I want to pray for You to move quickly, but I want Your timing and Your will.
Please be with those who are battling cancer. Thank You so much for the great news about Wesley! My faith is increased by being a part of praying for his healing and watching You move. Thank You Lord. I pray for my friend that her healing would be continued and she would be well. I pray for Ruby, Rick, Wesley, Beth's daughter, there are more that I am forgetting but You know them all.
I pray for Debbie. I ask that You would bring health to her family and allow her to be in church next Sunday. Thank You for bringing her to our church and allowing her to be a part of our lives.
Thank You for moving for Tifany. I ask that You would continue to move and bring healing. I ask that You would heal her so completely that her surgery would not even be necessary. I ask that her strength would rebound and she would be better able to enjoy her life and kids. Thank You for them and their involvement in our church, for their children and for helping them to bring them up to know You.
Thank You for a great day of worship yesterday. Thank You for guiding us back to a place where we can spend time in worship and praise and sometimes have the opportunity to feel You move amongst us. I know that You are always where two or three are gathered in Your name. But, I know it is nice to feel Your presence. Thank You for Bill and Shiela and their help last night. Thank You for each part of our praise and worship team. Thank You for each one and their contribution to worship. Thank You for leading us to a deeper understanding of who You are and what praise and worship are. Please help me to teach and lead effectively and lead people to a deeper relationship with You. Please teach me how to worship and praise You the way You desire.
Please give me wisdom to show Your love and teach Your standards and when to do which of those things. Or how to do them both. You know that I need Your wisdom daily and desire to be close to You. Lead me clearly Lord and I will try to follow.
In Jesus Name
Amen
Sunday, May 4, 2014
May 4, 2014
Good Morning Lord,
I just need You this morning. I need You to settle me and keep me focused on You. I need You to help me figure out the little things that seem to fight me when I know You have something for me to do.
Please help me Lord to keep You in the center and everything else on the periphery where it belongs. Please help me to follow Your leading and please make them clear.
Please draw people to Your house to learn more about You and to worship You for who You are. Please move in power in our area and the areas of all of our buddies and worldwide to break the bonds that hold us away from You. Please help us to rise up and walk Your way with boldness and a desire to do Your will over our own.
Help me to work together with the praise team to draw people into a desire to worship You for who You are.
In Jesus Name
Amen
I just need You this morning. I need You to settle me and keep me focused on You. I need You to help me figure out the little things that seem to fight me when I know You have something for me to do.
Please help me Lord to keep You in the center and everything else on the periphery where it belongs. Please help me to follow Your leading and please make them clear.
Please draw people to Your house to learn more about You and to worship You for who You are. Please move in power in our area and the areas of all of our buddies and worldwide to break the bonds that hold us away from You. Please help us to rise up and walk Your way with boldness and a desire to do Your will over our own.
Help me to work together with the praise team to draw people into a desire to worship You for who You are.
In Jesus Name
Amen
Friday, May 2, 2014
May 2, 2014
Good Morning Lord,
Thank You for a nice praise team practice. Thank You for helping us to get a better focus on You. Thank You for giving me a little boldness in speaking. Thank You for some great time with some wonderful women of God. Thank You for giving me a desire for a closeness with You.
Thank You for allowing me to spend time with Lindsay last week. Thank You again for keeping us safe on the road and while we were out enjoying the sights of Kansas. Thank You for the giant faith of some of the folks most affected by the tornadoes. I have already heard two great stories of faith from people who should by natural law be overwhelmed and unable to function, but in You are walking devastated - in the peace the passes understanding. Thank You for being the trustworthy God who gives that peace when I have needed it and to those who need it far more than I do. Thank You for never leaving us alone, but always desiring our conversations and our praise.
Thank You Lord for providing my daughter with good friends who allow her to have girl time and support when I am unable to be there. Thank You for A. I know that right now A needs a touch from You. I know that she is afraid. Please Lord, reveal Your love to her. Use this situation to draw her closer to You and allow her to feel Your tangible presence and know what that requires of her. Please bring healing to her and quell her fears, but most importantly, help her know who You are and give her a desire to walk closer to You. Please heal her body, but also heal hurts that have separated her from a close walk with You. Please help her get to a place where she can have an honest conversation with You, so You can show her that her honesty doesn't scare You away. Please work miracles in her life and heal her utterly and completely.
I ask Lord that You would draw the leaders of our homes to a closer walk with You. I pray that our families would start to walk in Your ways and NOT in the ways of the world. I pray that we would have Your wisdom to raise our children to know who You are, how much You love them, and what an impossible standard You set, and how much they will need Jesus to help them meet that standard of holiness. I pray that our faces would be set to You and theirs would also. Please break the chains of bitterness, envy, strife, and anger in our lives and help us to forgive, and live in Your presence.
Please Lord, show me quickly when I am wrong and help me to hear Your correcting in Love.
(I always correct in love, my child)
Thank You Lord.
Please help those battling cancer to draw close to You and draw strength and understand You love for them even in the struggle. Please bring healing, but more importantly, please help those who do not know You to understand Your love, Your sacrifice, and be able to accept You and make You Lord of their lives.
In Jesus Name,
Amen
Thank You for a nice praise team practice. Thank You for helping us to get a better focus on You. Thank You for giving me a little boldness in speaking. Thank You for some great time with some wonderful women of God. Thank You for giving me a desire for a closeness with You.
Thank You for allowing me to spend time with Lindsay last week. Thank You again for keeping us safe on the road and while we were out enjoying the sights of Kansas. Thank You for the giant faith of some of the folks most affected by the tornadoes. I have already heard two great stories of faith from people who should by natural law be overwhelmed and unable to function, but in You are walking devastated - in the peace the passes understanding. Thank You for being the trustworthy God who gives that peace when I have needed it and to those who need it far more than I do. Thank You for never leaving us alone, but always desiring our conversations and our praise.
Thank You Lord for providing my daughter with good friends who allow her to have girl time and support when I am unable to be there. Thank You for A. I know that right now A needs a touch from You. I know that she is afraid. Please Lord, reveal Your love to her. Use this situation to draw her closer to You and allow her to feel Your tangible presence and know what that requires of her. Please bring healing to her and quell her fears, but most importantly, help her know who You are and give her a desire to walk closer to You. Please heal her body, but also heal hurts that have separated her from a close walk with You. Please help her get to a place where she can have an honest conversation with You, so You can show her that her honesty doesn't scare You away. Please work miracles in her life and heal her utterly and completely.
I ask Lord that You would draw the leaders of our homes to a closer walk with You. I pray that our families would start to walk in Your ways and NOT in the ways of the world. I pray that we would have Your wisdom to raise our children to know who You are, how much You love them, and what an impossible standard You set, and how much they will need Jesus to help them meet that standard of holiness. I pray that our faces would be set to You and theirs would also. Please break the chains of bitterness, envy, strife, and anger in our lives and help us to forgive, and live in Your presence.
Please Lord, show me quickly when I am wrong and help me to hear Your correcting in Love.
(I always correct in love, my child)
Thank You Lord.
Please help those battling cancer to draw close to You and draw strength and understand You love for them even in the struggle. Please bring healing, but more importantly, please help those who do not know You to understand Your love, Your sacrifice, and be able to accept You and make You Lord of their lives.
In Jesus Name,
Amen
Thursday, May 1, 2014
May 1, 2014
Dear Lord,
Thank You SOOOOO much for a great church service last night. Thank You for a bit of encouragement. You knew exactly what I needed to know that I was on track, thank You for knowing me so fully and encouraging me so perfectly. Thank You for getting me through the bit of nervousness and helping me get to a place where I was just doing what I knew You wanted me to do.
Thank You for Steve who jumped right in and ran service.
Thank You for a great friend! Thank You for her willingness to listen and provide counsel on short notice. Thank You for the precious friendship we share. Thank You for loving me completely enough to know just who I need. Please help me to be this kind of a blessing to someone else in my life.
Thank You for a nice day out with my husband and for making a way in a difficult situation. Please help him to see You as the solver of the problem and remind him how completely You care for us. Thank You for the days when we walk in the same direction as a team effortlessly. Thank You for the profound difference in our lives since he has come to know and love You. Thank You for the answer to prayer. Thank You for my family, my kids, my grandkids, my friends, and all those You have given me. I am truly blessed.
Thank You for the multitude of Godly counsel, for Godly women who seek You and desire to walk Your way. Thank You for growing my relationship with You to a place where going backward seems silly. Thank You for the women You have provided me through my life to guide me and to walk beside me. You are a complete blesser.
Lord, I don't want to repeat over and over the same things, but the same things may be on my mind. I don't want to be guilty of vain repetition. Please strengthen those who are struggling with cancer. Thank You for the healings we have heard about, thank You for never leaving nor forsaking my friends in their struggle. Please bring healing to their bodies, but more importantly, bring their hearts closer to You and a real understanding of who You are and how much You love them.
Please be with those who have lost loved ones. It may be a part of life, but it is always a difficult part of life to navigate. Please be very close to them and hold them when they are overwhelmed. Please give them a glimpse of their loved on in Glory. Please keep close to them and hold them through the difficult days that I will not remember are important when they come up, like birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, days that were special to them. I know You are enough, please be tangible to them.
Lord, please help me to have a desire to preach Your gospel to the lost. Please help me to not be afraid to speak Your love, or to speak Your truth, even when it is scary. Please forgive me to being chicken too often. Please give me Your wisdom to know when and how to sow the seeds. Please help me to only speak what You give and to speak it boldly.
Please Lord, Your word promises that You will pour out Your wisdom for those who ask. I am always asking because I know Your ways are higher than mine. Please help me to parent and teach Your ways, teach my kids who You are, not some surface knowledge, but a deep understanding of how precious they are to You and what that should mean in their lives.
Please Lord keep working on our prodigals, the ones we pray for over and over, the ones we weep for and worry over. I try not to worry, and I appreciate the word You have given me concerning my prodigal. I ask that You would work miracles in the lives of these prodigal sons and daughters. I pray that You would speak life to them, speak truth to combat the lies of the enemy. How deceived we are when we listen to the wrong voice. Please forgive me for not effectively teaching spiritual truths that were my responsibility. Please help them to see the truth quickly. Please help them to experience Your love on a level deep enough that they just can't get enough and desire to know how to please You and walk Your way.
Please help me Lord, when I want to walk my own way, to lay down my desires and pick up Yours. Please help me to seek Your will and Your face more than anything else. Please help me to draw close to You and rest in Your presence. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Even in struggle Lord, I can have complete freedom in You. Thank You that I am no longer bound, but am free. Thank You for setting me free. Thank You that You set me free just to be free. Thank You for freedom.
In Jesus Name
Amen
Thank You SOOOOO much for a great church service last night. Thank You for a bit of encouragement. You knew exactly what I needed to know that I was on track, thank You for knowing me so fully and encouraging me so perfectly. Thank You for getting me through the bit of nervousness and helping me get to a place where I was just doing what I knew You wanted me to do.
Thank You for Steve who jumped right in and ran service.
Thank You for a great friend! Thank You for her willingness to listen and provide counsel on short notice. Thank You for the precious friendship we share. Thank You for loving me completely enough to know just who I need. Please help me to be this kind of a blessing to someone else in my life.
Thank You for a nice day out with my husband and for making a way in a difficult situation. Please help him to see You as the solver of the problem and remind him how completely You care for us. Thank You for the days when we walk in the same direction as a team effortlessly. Thank You for the profound difference in our lives since he has come to know and love You. Thank You for the answer to prayer. Thank You for my family, my kids, my grandkids, my friends, and all those You have given me. I am truly blessed.
Thank You for the multitude of Godly counsel, for Godly women who seek You and desire to walk Your way. Thank You for growing my relationship with You to a place where going backward seems silly. Thank You for the women You have provided me through my life to guide me and to walk beside me. You are a complete blesser.
Lord, I don't want to repeat over and over the same things, but the same things may be on my mind. I don't want to be guilty of vain repetition. Please strengthen those who are struggling with cancer. Thank You for the healings we have heard about, thank You for never leaving nor forsaking my friends in their struggle. Please bring healing to their bodies, but more importantly, bring their hearts closer to You and a real understanding of who You are and how much You love them.
Please be with those who have lost loved ones. It may be a part of life, but it is always a difficult part of life to navigate. Please be very close to them and hold them when they are overwhelmed. Please give them a glimpse of their loved on in Glory. Please keep close to them and hold them through the difficult days that I will not remember are important when they come up, like birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, days that were special to them. I know You are enough, please be tangible to them.
Lord, please help me to have a desire to preach Your gospel to the lost. Please help me to not be afraid to speak Your love, or to speak Your truth, even when it is scary. Please forgive me to being chicken too often. Please give me Your wisdom to know when and how to sow the seeds. Please help me to only speak what You give and to speak it boldly.
Please Lord, Your word promises that You will pour out Your wisdom for those who ask. I am always asking because I know Your ways are higher than mine. Please help me to parent and teach Your ways, teach my kids who You are, not some surface knowledge, but a deep understanding of how precious they are to You and what that should mean in their lives.
Please Lord keep working on our prodigals, the ones we pray for over and over, the ones we weep for and worry over. I try not to worry, and I appreciate the word You have given me concerning my prodigal. I ask that You would work miracles in the lives of these prodigal sons and daughters. I pray that You would speak life to them, speak truth to combat the lies of the enemy. How deceived we are when we listen to the wrong voice. Please forgive me for not effectively teaching spiritual truths that were my responsibility. Please help them to see the truth quickly. Please help them to experience Your love on a level deep enough that they just can't get enough and desire to know how to please You and walk Your way.
Please help me Lord, when I want to walk my own way, to lay down my desires and pick up Yours. Please help me to seek Your will and Your face more than anything else. Please help me to draw close to You and rest in Your presence. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Even in struggle Lord, I can have complete freedom in You. Thank You that I am no longer bound, but am free. Thank You for setting me free. Thank You that You set me free just to be free. Thank You for freedom.
In Jesus Name
Amen
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