I read this automated message yesterday afternoon and got to thinking about relationships. After all what’s wrong with bonding over common experiences? I felt resistance to agreeing with the message but then the Lord suddenly reminded be of trauma bonds and bonding over trauma.
Basically, the Lord reminded be that shared trauma and co-dependency are not cues for compatibility. Chronic destructive cycles, addictive behaviors and “they understand my pain” is NOT love. We were made for loving relationships and partnerships. It is completely natural to want that intimacy. However, abuse, manipulation, fear, and control are not part of God’s plan for healthy and loving relationships (romantic, friends or otherwise).
God’s heart for us ❤️
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11
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serenity – the quality of being marked by or suggestive of utter calm and unruffled state of rest or quiet.
For all the rocks that try to rock your boat…For all the waves that shattered your calm, today I encourage you to rest and reflect. May your day be filled with God’s grace. May each moment be saturated with his presence. May your heart be glad and your mind untroubled. May the peace of God rule in your heart and surpass all your understanding.
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If you’ve never read the full serenity prayer, it’s definitely worth the time to meditate on these words.
Below are the truths God has spoken to my heart as I have practiced exchanging ungodly beliefs for godly beliefs.
Over a year and a half ago, I learned about the concept of ungodly beliefs as part of becoming an Issue-Focused minister in Restoring the Foundations (RTF). Being a RTF minister means I help individuals experience inner healing and freedom by applying the truth of God’s word to their lives. Part of this ministry is dealing with ungodly beliefs.
RTF defines ungodly beliefs as anything not in agreement with God’s word, nature or character. We accumulate these beliefs from hurtful experiences, family, friends or even culture. However, God wants us to live in and from the truth of his word! Therefore, I am sharing the truths God spoke to my heart from the sessions where I received ministry.
I organized them in chronological order to demonstrate that we receive freedom in Christ little-by-little. Some of our issues will come up again and again but we are not to be discouraged. As we commit to the process of renewing our minds and walking out our freedom, change does come!
Root of Ungodly Belief
Godly Belief
Fear
Fear has no authority in my life.
Unworthiness
I’m worthy of receiving God’s best as His daughter.
Mistrust
I can trust in the Lord.
Fear
I’m free to live free. God isn’t holding my sins against me.
Insecurity
The Lord is my rescue, my Help. I need not be afraid.
Lack of Protection
The Lord is my rampart and shield.
Rejection
God is a safe place, He will never reject me if I express my anger.
Not wanted
He always cares about me.
Anxiety
I am only overwhelmed in the presence of God.
Unworthiness
You’re valuable because you’re mine “declared by God”.
Self-rejection
I love all parts of myself and I am exquiste.
Fear
I am safe in the Lord.
Rejection
I will always be different and that’s ok.
Anxiety
God is my strength no matter what happens.
Legalism
I don’t live by rule, I live by relationship.
Unbelief
Hard isn’t impossible.
Deception
God made every crooked place straight. (notice the wording is PAST TENSE)
Overindulgence
I am only drunk by the Spirit and presence of God.
Mistrust
God is faithful, I will not fear.
Escape/Avoidance
The Lord is my place of comfort.
Performance
I can rest in my identity in Christ
Deception
Real relationship is lived in the light of God’s love.
Abandonment
God will never let me run out on me.
Neglect
God cares about my feelings, even hurt-filled ones.
Fear
With God, I’ll never miss a thing. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Abandonment
I have realistic expectations of men and I will keep my focus on the Lord.
Rejection
God knows me and will send me men who know and appreciate me for who I am.
Unworthiness
I am worthy of a happy, healthy romantic relationship with my future husband.
Rejection
I am set apart but never alone.
Perfectionism
I am thankful that I am a work in progress.
Identity
I outwardly reflect my security as a woman.
When you come across a thought that is not in agreement with God’s word, nature or character ask yourself “what would God want me to believe about myself?” “What is the truth?” and then wait for the Lord to speak. Listen for the truth that comes to mind and start forming it into a sentence you can remember and start to mediate on.
Don’t let this new truth escape you. Keep meditating and speaking your new godly beliefs over yourself. Cultivate godly beliefs in your heart. For as a person thinks in their heart so shall they be (Proverbs 23:7).
I sometimes get discouraged in prayer. I pray and pray and pray and yet do not see the answer to that which I seek. In these times, I am reminded that God is faithful, even when I can’t see my expected end. I bring to my remembrance the many times people in the Bible waited for the Lord to show up and answer their pleas. One of my favorites however is that of Elijah praying for rain.
My favorite part of this passage is when Elijah speaks to Ahab is verse 41.
And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain (emphasis added).”
He spoke of the sound of rain before he even went off to pray in verse 42! He then persisted in prayer even when his servant reported not a cloud in the sky.
So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees. “Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. And he went up and looked. “There is nothing there,” he said. Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
Seven times Elijah directed his servant to go and look, but what would have happened if Elijah got tired of praying or the servant was tired of looking for a sign? The answer to the pray would have surely been abandoned. Yet, I believe the reason Elijah was able to keeping praying with confidence is because he stood on the truth he received in versus 42 “for there is the sound of a heavy rain”. And by verse 44 the servant looked for a 7th time and reported, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.”
Takeaway: Don’t give up on praying into God’s promises. Don’t give up on praying over the truth God speaks to your heart. The horizon may be barren now but trust and believe; there will be rain.
Don’t be weary in prayer; keep at it; watch for God’s answers, and remember to be thankful when they come. (Colossians 4:2 TLB)
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Since we have this confidence, we can also have great boldness before him, for if we present any request agreeable to his will, he will hear us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we also know that we have obtained the requests we ask of him. (1 John 5:14-15 TPT)
I know it has been particularly tough over the last several months. In reality, tough, isn’t even the best word to describe the endless parade of emotional, physical, psychological, financial, mental and spiritual trials you have been experiencing.
I may not know you personally but I wanted to speak a word of edification into your spirit today.
You are breathtaking, unbelievable, astounding and all together wonderful.
These things have nothing to do with your appearance or your accolades. No, I am referring to the incredible you inside of you. That beautiful piece of God’s glory hidden in an earthen vessel. Yes, you are a treasure.
You are valuable, precious, cherished and highly esteemed. Read that again and say this out loud. “I am valuable, precious, cherished and highly esteemed.”
There you go. Speak life over yourself. “I, yes I, am incredible.”
Oh yeah! It’s getting good. Let’s keep it going.
“I, yes, I belong to Jesus Christ. I speak life and truth over myself. This is my identity In Jesus Christ…
I am a child of God (Romans 8:16; John 1:12).
I am a part of the true vine. I am chosen and appointed by Christ to bear His fruit (John 15:1-8).
I am Christ’s friend (John 15:15).
I have been justified and redeemed. I am at peace with God (Romans 3:24; Romans 5:1).
I have been freed from sin’s power over me (Romans 6:1-7).
I am a slave of righteousness (Romans 6:18).
I am forever free from condemnation (Romans 8:1).
I am an heir of God and fellow heir with Christ (Romans 8:17).
I am holy (Romans 11:16).
Christ has accepted me (Romans 15:7).
I have been sanctified (1 Corinthians 1:2).
I have received the Spirit of God into my life that I might know the things freely given to me by God (1 Corinthians 2:12).
I have been given the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16).
I am joined to the Lord and am one spirit with Him (1 Corinthians 6:17).
I am triumphant in Christ (2 Corinthians 2:14).
I am a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17).
I have liberty in Christ Jesus (Galatians 2:4).
I am blessed with every spiritual blessing (Ephesians 1:3).
I was chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blame before Him (Ephesians 1:4).
I am God’s workmanship, created in Christ to do His work that He planned beforehand that I should do (Ephesians 2:10).
I have direct access to God through the Spirit (Ephesians 2:18).
I am a citizen of heaven (Philippians 3:20).
I lack nothing in the Lord. God will supply all my needs. (Philippians 4:19).
I have been delivered from the domain of darkness and transferred to the kingdom of Christ (Colossians 1:13).
I am a child of light and not of darkness (1 Thessalonians 5:5).
I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins. The debt against me has been canceled (Colossians 2:13-14).
I have been firmly rooted in Christ and am now being built up and established in Him (Colossians 2:7).
I have been made complete in Christ (Colossians 2:10). Christ is now my life (Colossians 3:4).
I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved (1 Thessalonians 1:4).
I have been given a spirit of power, love, and discipline (2 Timothy 1:7).
Because I am sanctified and am one with Christ, He is not ashamed to call me His (Hebrews 2:11).
I am a holy partaker of a heavenly calling (Hebrews 3:1).
I may come boldly before the throne of God to receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need (Hebrews 4:16).
I am a part of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of God’s own possession (1 Peter 2:9-10).
I am an enemy of the devil. He is my adversary (1 Peter 5:8).
I have been given God’s precious and magnificent promises by which I am a partaker of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4).
God has bestowed a great love on me and called me His child (1 John 3:1).
A couple years ago the weight of it almost caused me to crack. Rejection. It is a pain that runs deep. Feeling isolated, misunderstood, or “weird” has to be one of the worst feelings in the world.
I remember crying to a friend about it in being hurt and different—doubting I would ever be understood or loved for simply who I was. In that place of brokenness, I stared the ugliness of rejection right in the face. My hurt and discontentment was more than just from other people rejecting me. I had rejected myself. Through the years I had learned and starting believing that something was inherently wrong with me.
Self-rejection. It manifested as a strong inner critic, hopelessness, debilitating shyness and social withdraw, self-sabotage, perfectionism, controlling behaviors, people-pleasing, feelings of unworthiness or lack of motivation. Yea, all of that and more… Once I started connecting the dots, I could see how one behavior fed into another. I began to realize that self-rejection was the root of many of the stumbling blocks in my life.
Symbolically I would describe it as living from a place of chronic ailment. Emotional woundedness. I took the beauty of my uniqueness and smeared over it with mud and accusations. I bent and twisted into a form I was never meant to assume. I believed the lies associated with “no being good-enough” or being “too different”.
What a terrible place to be…
For a time in my life I was just simply going through the motions; life was listless and I only participated from a “safe” distance. I became in a way an orphan unto myself. Outwardly I appeared fine but inwardly all was not well. The truth of my identity was darkened and obscured.
I was stuck there. I named the problem but I was unable to get to the solution. As I pondered on my situation, the roots started to show. The truth started to reveal itself like a plant breaking through the cracks of the concrete. There was life beneath my hardened exterior.
The revelation of this truth came in my reflection time. This is the time I spent to journal and take stock of myself. The revelation was simply this…I had been absorbing and comparing myself to other people’s standards and opinions for years. I stacked up some many masks and misconceptions of my personhood that I lost sight of who I was created to be.
Well, this isn’t a particularly deep revelation but it helped me appreciate the power of 2 Corinthians 10:5 (a scripture I had come across many times before).
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
The solution was this simple. I had to start discipling my mind to the truth of God’s word. I had to consciously and actively uproot the voice of self-rejection and the accompanying behaviors. And so I did.
And as not to be caught off guard by my thoughts, I began keeping notes of how self-rejection showed up in my life. It was not particularly please with this process but I began to work through my past hurts: early childhood abandonment, mistreatment from peers or friends, failed starts at new ideas… a litany of moments in my life.
I share these aspects of myself not as a damper but as a means of freedom. We overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony (Revelation 12:11). You do not have to live your life from hurt or rejection. There is hope. I found mine as I went to the Lord.
Here are some truths he spoke to my heart (some are first person affirmations and others are as if the Lord was speaking directly to me).
This is God speaking 1) “You’re valuable because you’re mine”
Me speaking to myself 2) I can rest in my identity in Christ.
3) I love all parts of myself and I am exquisite.
4) I will always be different and that’s ok.
Now you may wonder how that last statement is positive. Why would I want to be ok with being different? Doesn’t that make me more of an outsider? Well, this is where I learned to seek God even more on my identity–not the roles I fulfill, not my job titles, not my relationship status– but my core identity.
Reflecting on the word God led me to in the 100 word test I remembered that God crafted me uniquely. I remembered I am exceptional. I remembered that I am loved even when I don’t feel loved. I am chosen by Christ. I am accepted. As I began to love myself from that place, I began to see change in my temperament and the relationships around me. I started living again.
In the years since starting to work on my issue of self-rejection, God has given me AMAZING brothers and sisters in Christ that have loved me unconditionally. I began to open up without fear of rejection. God gave me safe spaces to be open and vulnerable. I feel redeemed. God has loved me back to life itself. Where depression, rejection, and fear would have kept me from growing into who I am called to be, delighting myself in God has given me abundant life!
The glorious nature of God is revealed in His sons and daughters as we basque in Him, as we come into the fullness of our image in Christ, as we embrace difference not as a badge of defiance but as an act of love! -Nita
So I’m going to wrap this up.
God could have made carbon copies but He chose to make us unique, one of a kind. I have learned so much about myself in the last few years through the various phases of my life. From graduate study, developing friendships, taking a battery of good (and bad) personality tests, examining my strengths and weaknesses, exploring spiritual gifts and learning how to exercise them… many things have helped me. Butmost importantly I have taken time to reflect on who I am and whose I am…that my friends is how I am walking out my freedom.
I am His.
I am loved.
I am valuable.
I am beautiful.
The world will always have opinions. I choose to remain steadfast in God’s truth.
P.S. The book below helped me tremendously in learning to overcome rejection. John Eckhardt is one of my favorite authors.
Play the video below and take a moment to express out-loud or simply meditate on what God reveals to you. Capture your thoughts by journaling or doodling. Ask yourself: God, who are you?Reveal your presence to me.
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God is...perfect peace.
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God is...Majestic. Worthy. Beautiful.
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God is…Strength. Hope. Assurance.
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There is a lot going in the world and society. I hope God met you in the time you spent with Him in this exercise.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28
God has used poetry to help me work through a lot of past hurt. Here’s something I wrote on shame. I found this photo after writing and it really captures the feeling of shame for me.
Artist: Ayobami Macaulay, Lagos, Nigeria. Artist Description: This piece depicts the artist’s second iteration of the heat map of the human body experiencing shame.
My poem on shame titled “Released”
My soul was made for weeping, the fire in my heart is spent.
The tears flow fresh and freely, down my face, my garments rent.
I cry to the Heavens, to the Lord from which salvation comes.
I long to hear Jesus say, “come, daughter, come.”
I shout in the shadow of darkness’ deep abyss.
I lift my petitions to the Father— I pray they don’t go amiss.
My soul longs for thee in a land where there is no water!
I long to hear Jesus say, “come daughter.”
I feel a fresh wind— coming from the East.
Jesus reassures me that He came for the lost, the least.
I am one of them and my shame has been defeating.
But slowly and surely I feel it shrinking, retreating.
The light of a new day has risen on my heart again.
Jesus said “come daughter, come out of the world of man.”
My feet find their footing safely on solid ground.
He’s made my enemy my footstool—I see them all around.
I was held in shackles from years of hurt and pain.
Even my works of goodness could not dull the shame.
I blamed you, and him, and her, and they.
But most of all I blamed myself for falling and going astray.
My soul has been heavy but now it’s lifted up.
I cast my cares on my Father because His grace is enough.
The tempest is passing, the clouds are parting in the sky.
I’ve called out to Jesus and I know He’s heard my cry.
Chariots from Heaven have come done at my feet.
I’m riding on wings as an eagle, my soul no longer in defeat.
Oh the joy of a new day, the light shining from the East.
When I asked God this question I quickly got this answer.
The cares of life, worry, doubt and unbelief.
The latter three words (worry, doubt, and unbelief) I knew well enough. I’ve had to remind myself on many occasions that being anxious won’t fix things and that if God promises he will fulfill. However, the first phrase puzzled me. I knew it was related to a scripture so I started to google.
The cares of life are things like acquiring possessions, gaining riches or the deceitfulness of riches, enjoying pleasures, having a productive career, a successful family, healthy relationships (martial, work, faith, community, business, friendships or otherwise), working out or even eating and drinking. They are even as mundane as household chores, running errands and checking the mail. Our days are filled to the brim with duties and tasks.
Upon understanding the definition of “cares of life” I was perplexed as to why I shouldn’t be concerned about these things. After all they had to be done. If I didn’t do them who else would?
Back to my google search I came across a few articles on the subject. In the first, the author explained that there is nothing wrong with wanting to be successful in these areas. Yet, “if we put our preoccupation with acquiring and possessing these riches and pleasures, they will choke out the fruit in our lives.”
Well, now that got my attention. Could it be all the work I was doing to live well was actually killing me spiritually?
Answer: Yes.
Take a moment to read part of the Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13:7 and 13:22. When I pondered the meaning of this to my life, I began to see the problem. The worries of life were becoming my preoccupation. Instead of mediating on the word day and night and keeping my focus fixed on Jesus, I was buried in work, household duties, and other aspects of my personal and social life.
Ok, back to my google search, I wanted to read more. I was still a bit resistant to the idea the caring about my cares was a bad thing. I came across another link and the author said this of the cares of life. “We have to put life into its proper perspective and not allow the troublesome things, issues and people in life to get in the way of our eternal destiny and calling.”
Hmm… yeah this was starting to sound more serious. It wasn’t that trying to be a responsible adult was a bad thing but there was more to being prosperous in life. Ok, I got the problem now. Thus, in my googling and talking to God I moved to seeking a solution. How can I not be burdened by the cares of life?
I came across another article that gave 5 tips and I added a sixth because I felt it fit well.
Take every thought captive (2 Corinthians 10:5). Errant thoughts and worries can easily get us off track.
Meditate on the Word of God. The Word of God is Truth so meditating on the Word renews our mind.
Humble yourself before the Lord and cast your cares on him for he cares for you (1 Peter 5:6-7). The author emphasized the humility part of this scripture. It is easy just to skip to the casting your cares part but it takes an action step on our parts.
Stay protected in the whole armor of God. (Ephesians 6:11-18). I won’t list all the pieces here but I will highlight that part of the armor of God is prayer.
Have a faith-based accountability partner. (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12). Having at least 1 person that can lovingly hold you accountable can go a long way to not falling off the spiritual wagon. Sidenote: Check on your friends. ❤️
Be anxious for nothing, but instead pray about everything (Philippians 4:6-7). I imagine a major reason the cares of life get so overwhelming is because we don’t always seek God on how to handle these matters. And don’t forget that God cares about even the little things. On a few occasions, I’ve even prayed for a good parking space at the grocery store and it worked!
Alright, so just in case all this hasn’t hit home for you yet, let me give you a few definitions related to the cares of life.
preoccupation: a state of having one’s attention or interest absorbed by someone or something
distraction: a thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else
entangled: being twisted or caught up in or involved in difficulties or circumstances that are hard to escape
In close, I gave these three definitions because they clearly spell out the issue. If I am totally absorbed in my life and finances and various other things and people, I can’t possibly have my mind on Christ. In which case I am constantly looking for solutions to my own problems which causes me to worry, doubt and slip into unbelief.
And so, I came full circle with the answer to my first question. Feeling a bit deflated, I am glad God directed me to one more passage scripture. Matthew 6:25-34. Simply titled, Do Not Worry.
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Fill in the blanks for yourself or others or just pray it like it is. ❤️
1 John 5:14 “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.”
1) Praying for relationshipswith others
God, I confess that I need your help in the area of relationships. Lord give me the wisdom to know how to love well and to set healthy boundaries in my relationships with others.
God increase my ability to communicate clearly and to be a good listener. Lord if there is any selfishness in me, please remove it in the name of Jesus. Create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me. Give me eyes to see people as you see people. Guard my mouth and fill me with words that edify and build up those around me.
God help me to live authentically and love genuinely. God your word says to guard my heart but please help me not to be isolated. I surrender all my relationships to you. Transform them from the inside out and help me to be a good steward of what you have given me.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
2) Praying for doubt and unbelief
God when ______ is weak in faith please help ______. God give _____ new strength to trust in your word and promises.
Thank you for your wisdom and direction when ______ makes decisions. Help _____ to rely on you, _____ will trust in the lord and not lean unto their own understanding. Thank you Lord that _____ walks my faith and not by sight. ______ will not be discouraged in waiting for your promises to come to pass.
Thank you Lord that ______ will no longer be tormented with doubt or unbelief. _____ will be steadfast and put (my/their) hope in you.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
3) Praying for healing/illnesses
God you are a healer. Lord thank you for being with ______ at this very moment. God, I thank you that your healing is available to _____ through the blood of your Son, Jesus Christ. ______ is your child. You have given ______ all authority to claim victory over physical, mental, and emotional distress.
Lord forgive ______ for any sin that may have opened the door to sickness or infirmity. God thank you for coming in and making all the crooked places straight for ______. God let ______ body align with your will.
Jesus took all our sickness, disease, pain, and infirmity upon himself at the cross. Lord by His stripes _______ is healed and made whole! Thank you for hearing this prayers. May ______ soul prosper in all things and be in good health even as ______ soul prosper.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
4) Praying for finances
Lord, I know that I lack no good thing in you. God, I recognize you are my source and provider of all that I need. God, I open up my finances to you and ask you to have your way, God. Lord give me the wisdom to manage my finances the way you’ve called me to do. Lord heal all areas of loss and encourage my spirit. Lord help me to trust you in this renewal process.
Lord thank you for your grace and unconditional love. No matter the decisions I have made up to this point or the wrongs done to me that have left me in this financial position, I ask for your forgiveness and release forgiveness for those that have wronged me.
God, I yield to the Holy Spirit who lives inside of me and I receive your ultimate peace that surpasses all understanding. I am restored.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
5) Praying for marriages
God, I thank you for the gift of marriage, and I thank you Lord that you saw fit to place _______ in my life. God help us to have a marriage that reflects your heart. Give us hearts to love without jealousy, contempt, selfishness or pride. God helps us to humbly serve one another as husband and wife.
Lord where the busyness of life may have drawn us apart, please draw us back to you. Help us as a couple to be intentional about spending time with you Lord and time cultivating our relationship with each other.
God, we know that we can only love from the love we receive from you. Help us to love as you love. Lord let us be quick to forgive and to be open and honest with each other without fear.
God, you said that what you joined together let no man put asunder. God guide us and be the center of our marriage.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
6) Praying for the grieving and broken hearted
Lord, you draw near to the brokenhearted. God, I pray on behalf of all those who are carrying weariness, hopelessness, despair, and any heaviness such as anxiety or fear. God I intercede on their behalf and lay these burdens at your feet. God, I decree and declare that they would not carry these burdens any longer. In the name of Jesus they are released for the snares of the enemy. Lord God, pour in new life and refreshing to their souls.
Though they may feel crushed, you are their rescuer and hope. Lord, you sent the Holy Spirit as the comforter. Please God comfort them with your peace. God fill them up to overflow! Even though their souls may faint, God you are their sustainer. In their weakness, Lord, you are strong. You Lord are turning dark clouds into the shining light of day.
Thank you, Lord, for your unfailing love for each and each person I am praying for. Bind up their broken hearts and give them a garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Fill them with peace and joy that only you can give.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
7) Praying for fear
_____ is not a victim to fear. Lord you did not give _____ a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind. Lord you love ______ and there is not fear in love. God thank you for your perfect love surrounding _____ right now.
Thank you for allowing _______ to rest in you without worry or anxiety. Peace you have given _____, not as the world gives therefore _______ will not be troubled not dismayed. You strengthen _____ by your Holy Spirit.
Fear will no longer hinder ______ from living life and living life to the full. ______ is open to new experiences and looks forward to the future with hope. Thank you God for never leaving _____ or forsaking ______.
God thank you for healing all emotional, mental, physical and spiritual pain that fear has caused.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
8) Praying for our relationship with God
Lord, I know your desire is for ______ to be in healthy relationship with you. God please help _____ to lean into relationship with you. Lord your ultimate delight is that _______ would know you personally. God forgive _______ for making any false judgments or assumptions about your character or nature. God, remove any lies from the enemy that would try to separate ______ from your love.
Forgive _______ for putting anyone or anything before you. God bring ______ to a place where ______(‘s) heart earnestly desires to be in your presence. Lord quiet ______(‘s) soul and help _______ not to miss when you are speaking.
Lord thank you for making ______ more sensitive to where you are working and moving in ______ (life/lives). Help _____ to be obedient to follow you. Thank you for giving _____ the opportunity to experience more of you day-by-day.
it's Nita. 