Prayables | everyday life

Published: Thu, 02/03/22

Thursday February 3, 2022

Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.
Brene Brown

You have been given this mountain to show others it can be moved. May God bless you to be an inspiration to others as you use your strength,
and your faith, to overcome obstacles set before you.

James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from God above.

Dear God, sometimes a commitment to everyday life is so hard. I want momentum. And yet you call me to embrace the ordinary, even when I don’t
want to. Please show me how to find you in the ordinary. Help me to fall in love with the rhythms of everyday life. Teach me to uncover miracles within the mundane. I know you’re already at work-- give me eyes to see you working. Hannah Brenchner

TRUTH AND DARE

I know the truth when I see it, and I see the lie when it comes hurling at me 100 miles an hour. I stand tall, and I take the hit.

Because the liar that used all his power and force is someone I love, he’s someone very close to me, and it breaks my heart. I know the truth when I see it. Those hateful words coming from the lips of my loved one are a cry for help.

He’s shouting at me.

I’m low. I’m not worthy. I don’t have the confidence to be your equal.

He’s begging me.

Come down to my level.

He’s desperate for an equally nasty response.

Just try it. Match my mean spirit with your own.

But I try reason instead though he is unreasonable. I try ignoring the taunts, though they swirl around and around in my brain. His evil accusations pop up like a carnival game. I am armed with a heavy mallet, and I hammer the hate speech back into the hole. Another one jumps up, daring me to place the next blow.

Dear God, Help me through this trial. Remind me to turn the other cheek. Show me the right way, the Godly way to act. How can I help him? Must I give him up, give up, give more? Praise to You, who is with me through trials and tests of character and compassion. I trust in You to see me through.

By Susan Diamond
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GRANDAUGHTERS NEED GOD'S LOVE

Holy Father please cover my 3 sweet young granddaughters who are sisters. Tamiyah and Tiana and Trinity. Keep them safe from satan who is after all the children. I do not see them anymore and do not get to talk to them to tell them about Jesus and His love anymore. Their parents are not saved and do not attend any church. All they know of You is what I taught them when they were so young from 3 to 9 years old. Then they stopped coming over and babysat themselves at their moms house with her working close by. They need no babysitter so that is why I never see them anymore. Their mom or dad never bring them over and I am elderly and can no longer drive and the girls never answer their text or phone. Now they are 17 13 and 11. God please cover them with Your love and keep them safe from all harm. In Your name I pray. Thank you. Amen.

-Lottie