It's almost 11:00 PM and I'm wiped out. I Other than serving at church this weekend, I've not done much in the way of reading or listening to the Bible. It's beginning to show- so thank the Lord I'll be back in the swing of things while commuting tomorrow morning.
Without regular, full exposure to God, I feel like I'm starving to death spiritually. When I'm not reading about, or talking to God, my attitude will sour and all hope for anything positive goes out the window. I need Jesus to survive and that's no joke!
Our guest pastor this weekend stressed the importance of praying scripture and journaling our prayers so that when they're answered, we don't write it off as circumstantial. Here goes:
Lord Jesus, you know us inside and out. You understand our ways of thinking and our motives for doing (or not doing) things. The way we feel about our earthly relationships and the feelings we harbor are in plain sight to you. In James, you say that we have not because we ask for things with improper motives. For those times, I deeply apologize.
Lord, you know we have some serious financial obligations upon us, and we're facing reduced work hours and lack of funds to accomplish the things we need and want to do. This lack of funds and abundance of stress is causing a domino affect in other areas, which you well know. Relationships are straining and a general feeling of hopelessness is setting in. Please come through for us financially, so we can have our trim painted before winter harms the bare wood on our home. Please come through to help perform maintenance on our car, before other issues arise that are beyond our ability to resolve. Please come through for us, so that our kids can attend church camp and I can attend the Men's retreat this fall. Please help with the purchase of school clothes and supplies. Please guide me in the shortcomings in my relationships- so that I can step into your will for my life. Amen.
Good Night
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