Last Prayer for April 2009

Dear Heavenly Father

Another day comes and goes in my life and I find myself relaxed in a beautiful home, with some free time to take in the day. I had some time to sit out side and do some reading, watch the computer screen fill my head with what ever. I was grateful for it Father because in you there is time to rest. I thank you for a beautiful day with no storms to weather if only just for today. Father, you know the battle we have been having with the people next door it brings a great deal of stress to our lives but today we didn’t have to deal with it so I am happy about that. Watch over the actions of Bill and Anna because of their age and health I pray that they do not get too stressed out over the storms and the heavy rain in our area. Father, Bill gets himself so worked up thinking things that are not really going to happen. It puts a lot of stress on his health and mentally it is not good for him. Give them peace Father; let him know his house is not going to flood from rain waters. Give him the knowledge that we are not trying to harm him or his property. We don’t know how to comfort him Father or the worry that he has going on in his heart and mind. We are strong and in good health so we can deal with these matters but sometimes when you face ordeals even when they aren’t big to others they can be a big deal to those who conjure them up in their minds. Help Bill and Anna to have peace and let us withstand what they do as our neighbors. Keep us calm minded and relaxed as we deal with this older couple. It is not fair that we have this Father, but maybe prayers are needed and that is why we are involved. Let us know what to do Father as each day it’s something new that we face with dealing with this couple. Some days we have no worries but other days it’s a little over the top. Just give us the ability and knowledge to understand.

Father, be with Debra she is heading off to work again today in that car that looks like it should be condemned! Please Father I beg you put it on her heart to fix it or change the situation before something happens to her in that wreck of a car. I worry that something is going to happen and she goes about her days as if it’s just the most normal of things to drive around with the front end falling off your car! Help me seek some peace as I try to back away and let her take care of this matter. I don’t know what to do here Father, Roland doesn’t want to buy her another car she has gone threw several now and he wants her to take responsibility for what she has. We could have gotten her another car but what good would it do she will not take care of what she is given. Let my mind rest in this matter as I want so badly to just fix it, to stop the worry. I know with adult children this is not the answer and she will never find her way if I keep doing all the major stuff in her life. I ache with the on going process of letting her live her life and just loving her for who she is. I so want to reach out and change things but I know each of us has to make our own way in this life. Let me be calm and trust that I have prayed her into your hands and You will keep her safe. Father, let me provide all that she needs without interruption of Your plan for her life. Everybody faces the burdens of life to make them complete in the will You have for that life. Work with us both Father for it is in Your ways we are seeking for our lives in this life today and everyday. Let me be okay with that and let me know it’s You I am listening to when I say yes or no to anything, or any thoughts that I might have in regard to this matter.

Father, bless our church body. You have given over some of the most talented men to restore the damages done by Hurricane Ike. We thank you for all of them. We as a church are blessed to have these men. Help us all to work together and do the right things by the church to see that it is kept in a manner that is pleasing to you. Things will be happening this week-end and we are going to start working again. It will be a beautiful awesome sight when it’s done. I am so grateful to have has some hand in it I am so pleased to have been able to be a working serving servant for your church. Thank you for using me even in this small way. We still have roof leaks and problems but Father I know you will guide our hands in getting those fixed so we can move forward. With the changes being made there are always those who will make it a little rocky but we have to remember that moving forward is always our goal and nothing should stop that if we are doing what we need to fulfill your will. Give us favor if we are doing what is right. Lead us if we should be doing something differently to put us on the right path. Do not let fear stop anything that would be a mighty work into your church for we pray it to further the love of Christ Jesus that brings us home to you.
Father, this year another group of senior will graduate into the world. May 3rd we honor them and congratulate them with a supper and bibles. They are Michael Dunn, Jessica Holt, Matt Shepard, and Ben Vasquez. Be with them Father because as other doors open to the world we can loose these tender hearts. Guide them and keep them in your safe shelter as long as they keep to your words Father protect them. All the Class of 2009, the teachers that are with them, the people who influence their lives be with all of them as they walk across a stage that is going to take them place they can not even imagine. Father, send your blessing on them and on their families as they walk through these changes.

Father, watch over RV Vasquez, Bubba Rouse, Glen Hemmenway, Peggy, Rodney Porter, Jeff and Jaime Fall and the twins, Aubree and Ayden, Sarah Fall and Summer Neal. Charlotte Smith as she has her scheduled biopsy for breast cancer. Be with Ken and Margie as they had a rough patch with cancer as well and Claudelia Powers as she faces her senior years. Be with Roland as he is a hard working man that supports and cares for his family, honor him with your blessings and put trust in his heart to know your ways are always the best ways. There is much need Father and we know that by placing it in your sanctuary we are doing the best that we can for our friends and our family. Also, Father let us not only pray but take action if there is something within our power to help make life better for all of those in your will who follow the blessing given us in Christ Jesus.

Father, be with the selection of new elder at Lakewood. It makes all the difference in the world in what direction the church will take if it is under good leadership or bad so we ask you examine the heart of these men who will be up for this positions and lead us to know if we should say or not say anything that places or displaces them from these appointed duties. Work with their wives as we need good wives as well to do the Lord’s work here in the church. Guide the minds of every person who will have a say in anything that goes on here. Work with David, Harvey and Mike as they choose paths for the church.

Father sometimes the prayers are long sometimes they are short but it is all prayed in the name of Jesus for the glory we have in Him to be honored to pray these prayers into Your holy will. Guide us Father, keep our minds, protect us from the evil one and until You come or take us home it is all prayed in the strong and holy name of Jesus……….Amen

Dear Heavenly Father

I come to you in humble thanksgiving that the sun is shining the roses are blooming and I have this little old dog we call Cinny that lays right by my feet daily. She is a great comfort to my life. I spent some time today in varied ways looking and listening to the outside world and the prospective views of different things and I thank you Lord for your word which doesn’t change and gives us a black and white way to know what is wrong and what is right. I love the saying that says be still and know that I am God. I also thank you for the mercy your word has that also doesn’t change. When I need to know something it is ever so comforting to know it’s in your word somewhere. I trust in it Father and I believe with all my heart that your ways are the right ways. I thank you for the truth and putting Your word so available in my life. I thank you for making clear the path my life should take. My purpose and my path I pray it unto your will Father, use me and keep me going in the direction you would have for me. I have been reading about why bad things happen to good people and I found in your word it’s not something we could ever understand by human means and it’s not something for us to question. Your plan is for the greater good of mankind and your will allowed Christ to die on the cross for us. Jesus even prayed if this cup could pass from him to please let it but it could not if the plan for salvation was to be possible. All be it unto your will for You are the creator and we are Your people. Use me Father for whatever it takes to continue your work in this earthly realm for I know and believe Father that a time is coming when all will be set right. Let me do what I can on this earth to help in the accomplishments of that work. Let no deception come into my heart that will take me from that work. It is for your glory that I do what I do and I am not a very capable person but Father use all I have for your will. Thank you for the scriptures of Joseph. The reminders of what he went through to accomplish great work for the nations.

Father, you know that in me there is a weakness, I find it difficult to connect to others. I don’t like to go to baby showers, or parties, or social events, or skits. I don’t like small talk. It seems the words I have to say don’t account for much and they are a burden to me. I do not know why I am like that but I wished it were not so. There is much pleasure to be had in having friendships, I try Father but I find it the most difficult of all matters to make lasting connections with others. I know this is not your will because you stated your highest command that we love one another. I find myself rejecting any invitation to involve myself socially with people. I know often it is viewed as rude and it sets me apart. This is something I have not prayed about because I didn’t really want it fixed. I am safe in this void; I come under no ones examination. Father, there is nothing wrong with my lifestyle, I have no hidden secrets, I feel it is the evil ones way of keeping me from doing the good in your kingdom that I could. I feel this disinterest on my part is his way of causing a deception saying they don’t really want you around. That is a lie. I know that is not really true it’s something I feed myself to get out of doing things socially. It’s not them it’s me. I need to get this under control so I can be a better servant in your house. So I can make more connections and I am going to start praying it into your will Father so that I will not turn down the opportunities to do good services for Your name. Guide me to do a better job in this area of my life. I know that the evil one really doesn’t want me to be set free from this lie but I ask it in the name of Jesus take this lie and this burden from my heart and my mind.

Others are in need this day as well Father, RV Vasquez, Geraldine McLean, the fall twins Aubree & Ayden, we have expectant mothers Sarah Fall and Summer Neal protect them in the pains of child birth and let these babies be healthy and whole. A special blessing on Kathryn Elyse Fagala hold her ever close to you Father in her new life. Be with others who work for the church Father, David, Darla, Paul let them always know they are appreciated in their work.
Father, be with workers and laborers who are doing the rebuilding after Ike. It’s been a long haul but we are very close to the end and we thank you that no one was seriously hurt while we worked. Be with Harold Allen and Phil Dutton as they did get hurt doing some of the work and while work was on going and we praise your name that it was nothing that hurt them to badly that they could not continue. Thank you Father for the strong spirit you have in these who do your work. Father be with the Hemmingway’s, the Kay’s, the Fischessers, the Rouse family and more so for Bubba as he suffers with congestions.

Be with Bill and Jane Hanna, Wyatt and Sherry Rushing, Shirley and Bo Cox, Robert and Pam Wagon, Jack and Rebecca Zaun, Denise and Steve Goode, These are the names that are presented to our church for eldership positions. It’s hard to know who would be of best service Father but you know these men and it is your will in seeking their elections to do your work. Guide us Father in the selection because it is to the up most importance that good strong able men take this work. Lakewood is a church that needs strong leadership and people who can produce that leadership are very much in need. Bless the elders that we have and guide them to work with these that are incoming for the development of a sound church body that will give glory to God and promote programs and structure in the body.

Father, in all things we pray it by the sacrifices of Christ Jesus unto your holy name. Amen

Our Work is Never Done........Keep Praying

Dear Father
I come to you in prayer and thanksgiving, humbled by your presents in my life and humbled by the kindness of your words. It’s is by the gifts of the gospel I can know these blessing and can know that in You there is hope. Father, as being one who has been baptized into the death of Christ, one who accepts fully the promises of your word, a seeker of your will I can know that you hear these prayers and I am grateful for the love that is shared by these communications. I can seek a closer walk with my Christian brothers and sisters, I can seek a closer walk with my children, I can seek in you a marriage that is strong. I am blessed in you Father and I come to express that to you in prayer. Father you have taken my hand so many times to take me from the deceptive practices of evil and you have held me strong in the face on anger, frustrations, and distrust. I know that it is you and only you that makes it possible to look for the greater good in all matters of this life. Thank you for it all Father, for the holy spirit that guides me daily and walks with me when I am weak. Thank you for the blood, the water, and the spirit which are in agreement for your holy name. Father, I pray today for strength as I have been ill for some days now and even with medications I still am under the weather with a cough. I ask you Father to take this burden from me and let me get back to your work. I know that there is a time for rest and recuperation and I accept your will in these matters I only asked that I can be better so I can continue to work as you would have it. I am your servant and to be the best at that I can be take this cough and restore me to my health so I can work with the strength that only comes from you. Each day that passes is another day in which your work must be done. I ask that nothing hinder me from taking part in that work.
Father, I coming asking you look after Debra she has wrecked her car and will need to come to terms with that. She’ll need money to fix it and I will need strength to let her do it on her own. I want to rescue her Father but she is so deceived by the evil things that this world puts upon her that she doesn’t see you and the fact we are not without resources. I know that what happened is unfortunate but it could have been much worse. I am grateful Father that she was not hurt and that only a car has been damaged. I know you are working in her life Father and I also know she wants to get into her own apartment and get on with her life. These matters are in your hands but keep her safe and protected in your will Father. Whatever our wishes are let them come second to what your wishes are. We are a family and I will stand beside my daughter while she walks through the problems of this life. Let me always be in tune to what you would have me do in consideration toward her. I need your wisdom and help because her problems are problems I don’t understand. I don’t know the heartaches of depression, I can not surrender to those emotions. I will not be deceived into thinking a pill will make me happy. There is only one solution for me and that is to stay within your words written so long ago but still valid to me today. You are my hope and my song and I trust in you fully to work out this life as you see fit. You are the only trusted source to truth. Do not let me enable others to seek another way because I have the money or the means to let them. Guard me from being a stumbling block just because I want to help. I know that if I had not suffered some of the heartaches of youth I would not be the same person I am today and I have to trust that all of the past was a learning block for what I am now in my life. All discipline should be looked as such and should be respected for what it is because if we do not heed the warnings we will not come to terms with the gradual deceptions of evil that can slip in before we even realize what is happening to us. Help me not get in the way of your work but to also be there to guide the people who you have put into my life. Let me have the right words to guide them to a safe place that is within you.
Father, be with Bubba Rouse and Lucy and Daniel. Only you can know the true depth of what they go through each day and only you can provide the love needed to comfort them when things are not going well. Let them have no fear while they are protected by your hand and give them the power to endure forever in your secure and faithful love for them. Walk hand in hand with Lucy and give her whatever she needs Father to make it from day to day in this life.
Father be with Peggy, Glen and all who are with in touch with their needs. Be with Glen’s doctors as they are only men and they will need you Father to direct their hands into his healing. Give them peace Father as only you can while they walk dark days of not knowing what lies ahead. This is sometimes our weakest moments but in You it does not have to be. Let that be on their hearts as they face many things presented to them in these hours. We pray for healing and we pray for hope in their behalf.
Father, be with Carol Fabian as she is going to have her father come and live with her. Help them to do what is best in his life and help them to bond as a family unit so they can be productive and happy.
Father, be with my Shelby and Marianna, Scott and Marijane. We don’t see them at church as often as we should these days and it’s a shame that they are not coming as regular as they did. These are sweet souls Father and belong in your house so whatever is holding them up in coming just touch their hearts to put it aside and come back to worship as often as they can.
Father be with Darla and our staff at our church they work hard and sometimes it is not easy to do what they must to make the church work well. Be with the selection of our new elders and work men into our church body that will keep things moving in the right directions and in accordance to your will. God Bless and keep those who serve the work of the church.
Father the list is always long when we pray and it is not something you can not address with a blink of the eye so love us Father, protect us from the evil one and guard our hearts so that our lives are always in line with you. Keep us in the gospel for it is in those words that we will find our way to do the right things here on this earth. We can not behave the way we should if we are not aware of your will so keep us in your church and in your word. Each day let prayers be offered to You and Your will searched out daily so evidence of You is around us always. It is not just about eternal life that we pray and seek but life today. Life in the simplest of ways, a card, a phone call, a hug we could all use the benefits of that right now. Let us see your love in little things and realize that we have heaven in our hearts right now and we don’t have to wait to see you or the love that is waiting for us in heaven. If we seek the holiness of Your words we have You today and everyday open our eyes Lord.
It is in the strong and powerful name of Christ Jesus that I pray it all into Your will. Be with us daily Father and hold us tight in your love. Amen…….

A Prayer for Thursday April 16 2009

Dear Heavenly Father

I woke this morning at the appointed time and thanksgiving was on my heart. I still feel weak and tired but the pain is gone. It is a blessing not to hurt. I thank you for this day Father, I walked out with Cinnamon this morning to a crisp clean day, my roses bursting with flowers the grass a beautiful deep green. I indeed thank you for it all Father as I know some didn’t wake up to such a beautiful morning. Many rushed out the door before sunrise for work and school and they never saw the beauty of your hands. Some didn’t even have a door to rush out of or a shower to take. I thank you Lord that I did.

I checked on Satin’s grave this morning remembering the comforting words written on her stone. Ecclesiastes 3…. A time for everything. Satin’s stone has these words 3:18-21… I also thought, “As for men, God test them so that they may see that they are like the animals. 19 Man’s fate is like that of the animals: the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is meaningless. 20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. 21 Who know if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth? Lord I told that goofy dog to wait for me at the gate and I truly hope that she is there when I come because she was a true friend attached to my heart and I still cry for her being gone. Satin was a true treasure even if she was only a dog.

Father, I honor your will, I treasure the fact I have your word right here before me to instill in me hope each morning. If only I take the time to ingest it into my day it can be my stronghold. Don’t let me forget that earthly things can be taken away, every thing to its season even the ones we love. Only your words are going to be eternally meaningful. Father, don’t let the toils of this world become our focus that only wears us down instead let our minds be feed daily in the hope we have by your word. We have it in writing and we have it in the testimony of men, preaching and teaching. I want my heart to endure forever in your will and teachings. It is hard Father for me to retain it all but each day I am going to try. Each day Father I need to take the time to write these prayers. Seal them in my heart and bind me to the wishes I have in these prayers. For when I have faithful in these prayers I also have faith in you. Keep my mind and body whole in dealing with the scriptures you provided long ago for our healing walk today. Father, I am not so worried about getting to heaven but I am worried about living today. Your gift of heaven was promised if we stay in your ways but as we live in this world there are so many distractions, so many lies, so many heartaches that if I am not carefully in line with your words I could fall away. I do not want to fall away. I seek your wisdom so that I do not and I am not deceived by the evil one. I know that God test us so that mankind will revere Him let me be willing to endure the test because I know I will have to show an account for my actions.

Surely your plan will over ride for it is in your purpose that we seek you as a people who belong to you. I count my blessing daily to know that I am Your child.

We are seeking new elders for our church at Lakewood. Father, we put our hearts and faith into prayer for the men who are coming forward to serve. Send them as lambs and servants but prepared to face the battle. Set them above so they can lead us within your will. Give us good counsel; render a decision that is under your control. We as a church body need a refuge and our prayers for these new elders are that they might be strong enough to establish hope for all of the different people who attend at this church. Our church is looking for justice, deliverance from our sins and restoration. Help us to find these Father. Forgive us of our sins that testify against us. Don’t let us stumble through the darkness but send us strong leadership that will help us be the people of your pasture. Let us always praise the work that is given to us to do for your courts. You are our only hope and sanctuary. You are our salvation and redemption… be with us Oh Mighty God because only in Your will can we be the church you want us to be.

Continue to use me Father for your work, give me wisdom and do not let me be afraid to speak out if it is your will. Do not let me be afraid put your words into my mouth. I know that you are watching Father to see that your word is fulfilled and that your work is done. No one wants to do the work Father because it is hard and risky but I know that in your will we must stand up to whatever comes. Do not let it be a terrifying experience but one of victory in Christ Jesus. Father, I beg that I pay attention to your words and do what is right in your sight. I pray that I see your will in my own life and I do what is right and turn from the sins that I have so that I am a worthy servant to your will. Keep me always entrusted to your service. Be with my family and let them be supporting of my efforts. Be with them also as individuals that work for you as well. Be with Robbie my son as his walk is a difficult one Father and evil is present. If it be your will Father take him back because he also is baptized into the name of Jesus for the remission of his sins. Let him see that in You there is hope and forgiveness. Do not let him be forever blinded by the darkness of his past. In Christ Jesus let him know that there is forgiveness. I have forgiven him Father but only you can make it known to his heart. Only you can soften the pain and restore him. I beg it Father not for myself but for him so his life can be full and restored. I have failed to pray as I should for my son but I pray for him now and will continue to do so for both Robbie and Debra until the evil that follows them is released even if it takes my lifetime on this earth. Even if I never live to see it Father I know I have prayed it into your hands and You are faithful to answer the prayers of your servants be it all into your will.

I pray it all in the holy and strong name of Christ Jesus until you come or call us home it is my prayer through Christ Jesus. Please protect us and keep us safe. Amen

Grounded On A Rock of Faith.....For our new Elders

Dear Father

A time has come……. our church falls to the work of installing new elders to lead your body, your church. You are the King of Kings and only you have the answers we seek in this selection. Father, you know my heart is concerned for this church and for the work of its leaders because it affects the lives of many. We are the sheep Father to be lead by these who would become our Shepard’s. Let the evidences of their worth come forth in these coming weeks so we will see their true nature and be able to reason if they are your choice or ours alone. Let us see past the body and into the hearts of these men. Your church is depending on them to support it and guide it through very tough times, the rebuilding, the economics, and the hardships of everyday life. A level head and courage is what these men need and only you can put that into these vastly different personalities. I pray your will into each man as the work they take on will make them become more accountable than ever to you and also to the church. They will face hardships and must be prepared for working with everyone not just those who they like. Father, are they able to do what is asked of them? Are they able to deal with all levels of social economics? The poor, the broken hearted the lost, the ones who fall away, and the ones who need a firmer hand? Are these men the ones who can fulfill these duties to the church? If they are Father bless them and make an open door for them but if you find they are not worthy of you to be a full servant block them out in every way so they do not cause decay and corruption in an already weakened body of Christians. Give each of us the strength to work together and forgive faults and look to the greater good of the church rather than our own wishes. If we say something against one of these men let it be done for the church and in love. Our concern is not for the individual but for the whole body and the good it can do for the Lord’s work. No person should take on the position if they are not strong in heart and brave to know there will be hardships that may ruin even the strongest faith. God be with them all, Father for the task is overwhelming in some of the tenderest moments of life. Father it is our prayer that You save us from ourselves. The rest of this prayer comes from another but it is my prayer as well so I repeat it here because it touched my heart. It says Our Father in Heaven…….We pray that You save us from ourselves. The world that You have made for us, to live in peace we have made into an armed camp. We live in fear of war to come, in battles of the everyday. We are afraid of “the terror that flies by night and the arrow that flies by day, the pestilence that walks in the darkness and the destruction that wastes our hearts at the noon-day”. We have turned from You to go our selfish ways. We have broken Your commandments and denied Your truth. We have left Your altars of hope to serve the false gods of money and pleasure and power. We are forgetting that all goodness is in You. Forgive us and help us. Now, darkness gathers around us and we are confused in all our counsels. Losing faith in You, we lose faith in ourselves to embrace the Holy Spirit you have sent to us. Inspire us with wisdom, all of us, of every color, race and creed, to use our wealth, our strength, our bodies, our wisdom, our faith to help our brother, instead of destroying him. Help us to do Your will as it is done in Heaven and to be worthy of Your promise of peace on earth. Fill us with new faith, new strength, and new courage, that we may win the battle for peace and prosperity. Be swift to save us, dear God, before the darkness falls and it is too late.

In the spirit of humility and with loving advice, this prayer took form so it is prayed in the powerful name of Christ Jesus to our heavenly Father. Bless us and keep us safe…Amen

The one thing I need to do

Dear Heavenly Father

I love you Father, I want your will in my life, I want the time spent with you to lack nothing, I care about the faith, I love the words you give us to live by, I want nothing more than to do your will here on this earth. I care about the pains of others and your will can restore them Father. I love your guidance the blessings of stillness when we are with you in prayer. I love moments when I can just be still and read, pray, listen for the signs you are near. O Lord I do treasure the times I set aside to pray and read your word. It is the one thing necessary for me to function in the best manner possible. I am a seeker Lord for your guidance but I have fallen. I had given you time each day from 7:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. that time was yours to restore me, to make me see your will, to give me peace in your words, to praise your works in this dark world but I have let distractions take those moments Father and I beg your forgiveness. Not doing this has robbed me of the peace I have in your word. Forgive me Father. I have been judgmental of others, questioned the actions of others when I have no right to question. Lord if you have taught me any thing over these years it is to know that we don’t know the whole story when others sometimes annoy us with their actions. There is always a bigger picture something happening we are not aware of that has made them act the way they do. Father, you have always made me see that and I have forgotten it. It is within your will to relax and take focus when others wrong us or we think that they have. It is the work of the evil one when we react instead of act in a correct manner, no person should influence our actions only you’re will and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Father you and only you can correct the heartaches of this world. It has to be your hand that touches the hearts of those who work for you and that includes me Father so I beg you to keep me within the time that I should be setting aside for you so I don’t get so wrapped up in my situation that I forget God is still God and it is Your plan not mine that works. Father, you know that the reason I work like I do is because it’s what I understand because I can see visible results in it. You are not a visible tangible force and I struggle daily to see you that way but I know that if I look in this world at the physical things here I am not seeing you but the world. Forgive me Father because I know that evil is in the world and we should be no part of the world. I forget Father that here there is no 110% on this earth. I am limited and held down by my own selfish desires I can not seem to overcome that sin. I think if things are looking good, in order, clean, that it’s going to make some huge difference in a world that couldn’t care less. Because they don’t care it hurts me and I fall into hands of the evil one because I let the focus be taken off of you and put onto things of this world. Lord, I want your church to be a first fruits church but my vision of what that is and your vision I am sure are quite different so I seek to set it like I think it should be but sometimes in doing that I stop seeing your will to see my own. Forgive me Father. Even in these written prayers I have to make correction. I type “we” and I have to go back and change it to “I”. It is the way I feel, the desire I have, the faults I am working on. There is no “we” in prayer that is prayed in private. I seek your wisdom, your ways, your kindness, and I know I am far removed from them because year by year I am the same, little changes in my attitudes or abilities. I stay in this same space with the same limits I have always had even though I have begged for change and disappointed because it has not come in my way of thinking but I know for your purpose I am the way I am because that’s what your will is for my life. Help me except it Father and help me to be please with your choice for me as your child and servant.

Often, Father I can break away and pray for others but I lack today knowledge of need because of the work I have incased myself in I have not kept up with others who are in need. Forgive me Father for I know it is your will to have your people lifted up to you in prayer and praise for healing and help. So focused on what I am doing I am out of touch with what others are doing. Today I am praying for guidance and help for myself. Get me back on track and out of the rat race I have made for myself. I need to complete the work at hand but I also don’t need to forget it’s physical and it could be taken away in a heart beat. Remind me of that daily Father so I will not be trapped by the designs of Satan himself who uses the physical appearances to distract us from what is really important. Do not let my heart be deceived by the lies of this world.

Father, just take my hand today and let me do the one thing necessary to heal every hurt I have. Give me this one hour of prayer back! Make me supply that time, it’s just one hour in the morning to look into your word to pray to focus on that which you would have me do. There is so many great scriptures that would soften my heart, give me peace, show me direction, and let life be full of you if I only would not let other things take over that one hour. Each day is to be spent with you not just a busy Sunday morning.

Father, I am sick today with fever, chills, and a sore throat, coughing up blood and I am worried about what I am not doing. Calm that in me Father, I need a few days to heal. Worn down by my own doing I need rest, calm and some chicken soup. Ease my tension Father and let me get some much needed sleep today that is not filled with dreams and frustrations. In a few days this will pass and I will feel like my old self again but you know the burden that being sick puts on me. It is very hard for me to be still and take care of self. The very thought of being still with no work at hand makes my chest hurt and causes sharp pains in my back, take those from me Father and please let me relax so I can be back at work full force soon.

I praise you Lord for your ways, O Lord you know my heart is into your desires, be with us all Father in our days upon this earth for it is in the strong and powerful name of Jesus we come to you in every prayers. Be with us Lord each and every day protect your child who loves you. Amen

Keeping it Real

Dear Father
In a moment you can rebuild life, restore hope and bring value to a broken heart. Your arms are always around us and your kingdom stands ready to call us home. I thank you so much for that knowledge. All things to Christ Jesus I surrender. You are my all in all be there for me dear Lord. Be there for my loved ones, for Roland for Debra for Robbie. They are the keepers of my gate and the souls that I share my daily life with. Bless the foundation that you give us as a family and bond us and keep us strong in you. Lord, I come to you each day to remind myself that there is hope, strength and foundation in your will and not in mine. I test my heart daily to make sure I am doing my level best to do your will. Father I had a troubled day today full of worry and stress…my question was did I do the right thing? Was my choice the best one I could have made? Was I to quick to make a call that might have been better thought out. I suffered with the thought that I might just have been a little to rash. Yes, Father I would like things to be moving a little faster and I would like to be coming to a close on the rebuilding effort and each delay makes me frustrated calm my heart Father because I know that all the effort is for your house and your glory. Father, I need you to soften my heart so that I always remember that others may have things on them that causes this situation to be as it is. Let me always look carefully at the details before I open my mouth. Do not let me be the one Father that makes an undue hardship for another. Let me work carefully and care for the difficulties of others who are trying to do their jobs as well. Your work is never to be a burden and I open my soul to except it as nothing more than the work that a servant would do who is giving back in the manner that I have received. Father it could never be enough if it is unto your will. Keep me strong Father and give me the wisdom to know what to do for the building up of Your church. Father I seek your will in every choice that I make let it be none of me and all of you. Instill in me your Holy Spirit to guard against unkind word but also let me be frank and straight forward so things go well for the church.
Father, I ask your blessings for the Hana’s as they will be having a new baby soon. Bill and Jane will be proud grandparents. Life goes on and they still suffer from the heartaches of Brad‘s death. May this new life show them a way to comfort and renewal.
Be with the Hemmingway’s as Glen still needs you and Peggy needs you to stay strong in their lives. Many difficult moments are being faced daily don’t let them forget they are not alone as long as they have you. Be with Lexie she is so small Father she needs you to protect her and keep her in the right hands so she can grow up to be a whole person in your will.
Be with Elaine as she faces choices with her knees. It’s not easy to face surgery options when you are up in years. Every time it is a test of our earthly endurances. Be with Clint as he is her caregiver and her husband they will both need your hand upon them.
Father watch over the workers of the rebuilding effort keep them safe, give them the heart of lions to continue till the end. Let them know Father that the work they do is not in vain but for your glory.
Lastly Father, be with my children. They struggle with life and with options to do right. The choices are many and they need guidance they can’t always except from me. I can’t always know what would be best for them but you do Father. Give me the wisdom to care for them as adult children. It’s different than it was when they were younger. I knew my guidance was helpful but as they are adults I can’t always be sure I am guiding them with correct plans. Be there Father when I am not so sure.
Father, it is in the strong and powerful name of Christ Jesus that I pray unto your will until you come or call us home. Keep us safe in your love and protection……Amen

A Prayer at 3:27 a.m.

Dear Heavenly Father

Lord of Lords. King of Kings it is in all that we do to praise your hand in our lives. You let us live each day with the knowledge that you love us and provide a way home for us. You shave the painful moments away and give us a light of hope. I thank you for that. It’s hard sometimes to sleep with so many things going on I find that there is only peace in prayer and relaxation only in knowing that the work we do will make others be more comfortable in your house. Father, I thank you for another day of health and happiness. I am so grateful for the blessing of strength to do the work needed of me. I want nothing more than completion of these task so honor can be seen in your house and more service can be done that will bring lost souls to you. There is always a chance Father that someone isn’t going to like what’s been done and there are harsh words if things don’t go the way some of us want but in the end Father I know your hand is on us and these matters are going to pass as we eat grand meals in this kitchen we are all working on. You have many servants Father that are strong in the work and give mightily to see the completed gift of your will. It’s good Father to see you work in us and it makes me smile to know that I am not alone in my wish to have this beautiful kitchen to fellowship in and worship in. Meals served to hungry souls will touch their hearts and make them more inclined to seek you. What a blessing that will be for our church and for You. Keep us focused and solid till it’s over and another task comes our way.

Father, I am worried about the flooring issues that are coming up. I don’t know all the implications that might arise from that but I know that you gave us the way and I ask that you keep things going in the right direction for that. I am not sure of all the details that are surrounding us but I feel that maybe we have a dark force around us and I ask you to protect us from that. I feel there are some that would like to bring us a difficult task because choices where taken from them and given to others. Let those choices be the right ones Father. It is to your service that we do all things and so we ask you to bless our efforts and keep us above all reproach.

Father, be with me and Roland and with Debra. I fear for her Father as you know the difficult times that we have and sometimes she doesn’t think things through like she might under normal situations. Keep us on the right path for the work that is with us in her.

I need some sleep Father. Let me rest and put away these thoughts I have and let sleep come and give some comfort to my needs. Rest is only in your hands Father. You are the only calm in the mist of this life. Let me rest in your words and be comforted into sleep.

It is in the strong and powerful name of our Lord Jesus that we pray it all into Your will……..Amen