LIfe and Peace

SCRIPTURE

 

Romans 8:6

6          For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

(NASB)

 

 

PRAYER

 

Life and peace Lord, is what I ask for ______ at this moment. I ask that she would focus her mind on that which the Holy Spirit within her would bring. Push out those dismal ponderings of dark futures, and move her to dream of beautiful possibilities Lord. Break into her mind with light and paint hopeful, joyful, futures. Make her know that you take even the dark events of her past and weave them into light. Help her to feel your forgiveness and love and confidence and smile. And Lord, as ______ is filled up to overflowing with the ponderings of your future blessings, please fill her with life and peace. Please flood her emotions with your peace as a result of filling her mind with your Spirit. May her purposeful intentions be to digest in her mind only those brilliant and hopeful blessings that you have yet to give. Amen.

 

ENCOURAGEMENT

 

The thoughts you choose to meditate upon will have a profound effect upon your emotions. Choose to dwell on the hope of his lavish blessing. Choose.

 

 

Hope Indeed

SCRIPTURE

1 Peter 1:3
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
(NASB)

Romans 5:3-5
3 And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance;
4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;
5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
(NASB)

Romans 8:24-25
24 For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?
25 But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.
(NASB)


PRAYER

Lord Jesus, thank you that your resurrection gives us great hope for forgiveness from the past, power for the present, and heaven in the future. Thank you that the resurrection speaks of new life, new hope, and new beginnings. I pray that this Easter brings hope to ______’s heart. Lord, she has experienced a storm of tribulation this past year, and that tribulation has built the stamina of perseverance, which as shown the beauty of her character. Now Lord, with this Easter Sunday I ask that you would well up in her heart hope of every sort. Make her feel your complete forgiveness. Make her know your power to persevere in her present. Make her feel beautiful of heart and character. And give her the faith to feel the assurance of those hopes and dreams that linger in her heart. Give her the faith to feel a conviction that those things she has yet to see are indeed coming one day. Flood her whole person with an overwhelming sense of hope that washes away her doubts and fears forever. Amen.


ENCOURAGEMENT

Dear girl, our Lord has seen your pain and your perseverance. As he rests his eyes on your proven character he calls you beautiful of heart indeed. Have faith, rest in hope, and bask in his undying love.

Pour out your Pain

SCRIPTURE

 

Luke 22:41-44

41        And He [Jesus] withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and He knelt down and began to pray,

42        saying, "Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done."

43        Now an angel from heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him.

44        And being in agony He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground.

(NASB)

 

 

PRAYER

 

Lord, as ______’s heart feels the agony of her current lot, I ask that you would move her to pray her heart with great fervor. Turn her agony into pleadings. Give her freedom to bring her requests to you unashamedly, and yet melt her will into yours Lord. May she feel her agony, release her pain, and submit her will. And as she is in the midst of that agony Lord, I ask that you would bring an angel from heaven to her side to strengthen her so that she might walk the road you have set before her with dignity and grace. Amen.

 

 

ENCOURAGEMENT

It’s ok to feel your pain and pour out your agony in prayer. It’s ok.

 

A Friend

SCRIPTURE

 

Proverbs 18:24b

A real friend sticks closer than a brother.

 

1Thessalonians 5:14b

Encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

(NASB)

 

 

PRAYER

 

Lord, ______ knows what it is to be fainthearted and weak. The load of emotions she is under seems unbearable. Her heart faints and the knees of her soul are weak. And yet, there seems to be no one who sticks closer than a brother. No one calls. No one encourages. No one helps. It feels as though no one cares. And rather than the pain being lessened by a brother, the absence of a friend makes the pain greater still. Lord, it ought not be so. I pray that you would rouse the hearts of your people to remember what it is to love one in need. I pray that they would see beyond their busyness and see the shadow of those sitting alone in pain. Cause their excuses to be consumed like wood, hay and straw Lord. Help them to remember what it was like to be loved by you when they were unable to love back. Bring to their heart the times they were the ones in need, helplessly hoping for a Samaritan to come along and bandage their wounds. Move them to initiate actions of care and compassion and love Lord. Move them to love ______ today Lord. Move them now, I pray. Amen.

 

ENCOURAGEMENT

 

Be the friend you long to have. Give of your heart what you can and when you can. And wait for God to give you a friend indeed.

 

The Promised Land

SCRIPTURE

 

Deuteronomy 11:8-12

 

8 "Therefore, be careful to obey every command I am giving you today, so you may have strength to go in and take over the land you are about to enter. 9 If you obey, you will enjoy a long life in the land the Lord swore to give to your ancestors and to you, their descendants—a land flowing with milk and honey! 10 For the land you are about to enter and take over is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you planted your seed and made irrigation ditches with your foot as in a vegetable garden. 11 Rather, the land you will soon take over is a land of hills and valleys with plenty of rain—12 a land that the Lord your God cares for. He watches over it through each season of the year!

 

 

PRAYER

 

Lord, deep in ______'s heart she longs for a promised land in her life. Circumstances and events have brought hardship, and she may be in a season of life that is much more like Egypt, where everything seems to come by labor and toil. I pray that you would give her the hope a promised land on the horizon of her future. I ask that you would cause the sun to rise on a new season of her life soon. Make her aware that you are beginning to take her there, even now. And Lord, in preparation for that day, draw her closer to you, deepen her love for you, and make her obedient to you in every area of her life. I ask that this commitment to you will give her the strength needed to enter this wonderful place in her life. Give her the faith to believe that you will slay every giant that stands between her and that Promised Land. Amen.

 

 

ENCOURAGEMENT

 

Trust him. Obey him. And when the moment arrives, step forward in faith. He will give you the strength you need to enter this land of his gracious provision.