Prayer Journal – August 2003

8/3/2003

Lord help me to be a servant to You. Help me to seek You first and keep my eyes on You. I pray for my husband salvation. Help him to be the leader of this household in You. Help me to give him that place. Help me Lord to look to You to supply the needs that I have so that I might find satisfaction in my marriage, parenting, work, church, and every other area of my life. Help keep my focus on the goals You have set before me. I love you and I praise You. Forgive me of my shortcomings and sins. Create in me a clean heart that is willing to serve amen!

8/4/2003

Heavenly Father I lift up my sisters in You who are struggling. I pray that You would meet their needs. You know the extent of their burdens and You alone can lift them or help those ladies endure through. I thank You for them I pray Your blessings upon them because they are a blessing to me. I thank you for Tim and the relationship that we are trying to rebuild. Help me Lord to change. These things I ask in the name of Jesus amen.

8/11/2003

I know a Lord that my life is not my own; it is not for me to direct my steps. Correct me, Lord but only with justice not in your anger least You reduce me to nothing Jeremiah 10:23-24. Leave me in Your path for my life. Forgive me of my sins. Make me into the person You want me to be. I give my life into Your hands amen.

8/12/2003

Lord forgive me for being ugly to my children and husband. Help each of them to realize I am not You and that I fail. Help me to press on towards the goal You have called me to and leave the past behind. Amen.

8/14/2003

Dear Heavenly Father, I really need you to intervene. I have accepted the fact that Tim cannot meet all of my needs. It is not humanly possible for one person to meet every need of another person. As marriage partners there is only one person who can meet my intimate needs and that is him, I pray that You would help us to connect in a meaningful way.

8/16/2003

God I need your guidance and direction. I feel pulled in so many directions that I don’t give my best to any of them. I love my family and even though my marriage is a struggle six out of the 7 days, I still loved him all of the days. There’s so much to do. I want to provide my children with the life I never lived but I am working too hard to have the time to do it. I am good at what I do for work and I love the reward Of knowing I make a difference in a child’s life. But there are those that take up so much of my time and energy that I don’t have it to give for my own family.

I also want to go back to school and I know that You will open the doors in Your timing for that to occur. I feel like that dream is so far away.I also want to buy a house that too seems so far away. I want to settle down and give my children the stability that they need. I know that this earth is only a temporary dwelling place.

I want to best use my gifts and talents to further your kingdom. Let me get on track, on the track You want me to be on and give me help to get there in a physical being that will encourage me.

8/17/2003

Dear Heavenly Father I thank you for today and for the renewed focus you have given me. Help me to do Your will. Forgive me for being bitter towards Tim and my brother-in-law. Help me to be a better witness. Be with my children as they go to school. Keep them safe. amen

8/21/2003

Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for this wonderful day. Thank You for the opportunity to see You working through me and others to change the lives of some of Your children. Lord help me to follow Your will for my life. Help me to be a blessing to those around me. I ask that Your will be done in my relationship with Tim. Help bring about the changes in me that I need to make. I give you permission to help me change even in those areas where I am resistant. Lord also helped me to be more submissive to you in my food choices.

Lord make me like Abraham who by faith, when called to a place where he later received as an inheritance obeyed and went even though he did not know where he was going. Help me to fully trust in You Lord. I pray for JJ please let him be OK. I also ask that You keep a hedge of protection around my children. Lord keep Your hand upon my children and each of my DFS children. Lord be with the S and J family, those children really need to be with their families. Amen.

8/23/2003

Dear Heavenly Father I lived up my friend’s family who’s lost their loved one. Lord bring them comfort in knowing that he is in Your presence now. Be with those around them to be an encouragement and support. Lord thank You for the blessings You have given me in my life – my husband, my children, my family, my Internet friends, my coworkers, a safe place to live, a job where I can help others, and pay my bills. Thank You for the opportunity to serve You. I ask that You open the doors to me that need to be opened. Help me to know what You would have me to do. I love You and I praise You amen.

8/24/2003

Dear Heavenly Father I thank You for the opportunity to be in Your presence today with fellow believers. Praising You, worshiping You and learning more about You. Lord I ask that You help me to apply what I have learned today. Help me remember that You are bigger than my circumstances and problems. You are wanting to meet my needs if I will only make the request to You in faith. I need to seek You. I want to live my life for You every minute of every hour, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. I want to walk in Your presence serving You and reaching others for Your kingdom. Lord give me wisdom to be able to know the things You want me to know. Wisdom to say the things that You want me to say. And wisdom to do the things You want me to do. Lord I seek Your truth. Free me from the bondages I have allowed to take over my life. I love You and praise You! Here I am Lord use me! amen.

8/25/2003

Dear Heavenly Father, I am physically exhausted and emotionally drained. I need a fresh touch from You. I need rest that is only found in You. Lord, draw me close to You. Help me to make my family a priority. I love You Lord. Make me into the person You want me to be. Forgive me Lord for being cranky to Tim and to your children. Lord I lift up the families I’m working with I ask that Your will be done in their lives. I ask this in Jesus name amen

8/26/2003

Lord Jesus in heaven, I praise You for the breakthrough that I feel was made in my marriage tonight. Thank You Lord for Your wisdom in revealing it to me. I asked Lord that You would help me and Tim to implement this change in our lives. Help me Lord to work with Your families.

8/27/2003

Heavenly Father I praise Your glorious name. You alone are worthy to be praised! Lord I ask that You forgive me for using language that is not pleasing to you and for talking to others so badly. Lord wash the sin from my lips and cleanse me from my unrighteousness create in me a clean heart. Lord forgive me for taking for granted all the blessings You have given me and the freedoms that I have. Thank You Lord! I pray for my family. Create a change in all of our lives, help us to each cultivate a personal relationship with You and draw close to You. Lord I pray for each of my Christian sisters You know the needs in each of their lives, meet their needs. Help each of them to have a closer walk with You. I pray for the families I work with. I stand in the gap, Lord intervene in each of their lives. I ask this in Jesus name amen