March Prayers

3/2/2004

Lord my prayer today is for safety for the children I work with. It is for a change in my marriage. It is for help for me to know what is okay and not okay and a deeper relationship with You.

3/3/2004

Dear Heavenly Father I am so burdened and I just feel like I need to quit. Help me Lord know that You are in control and that You can work all things out for Your glory and honor. Lord work in the lives of the foster children. Let them feel Your love; keep them safe. Open the doors that need to be opened. Work my marriage over. Help me to be the person You want for me to be. I love You and I praise You amen.

3/4/2004

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for my mother. Bless her and give her the desires of her heart. Thank You for allowing me to grow up in a home where I was taught about You. Lord, help me to be a better mother and a better wife. Help me Lord to continue in the commitments I have made to You. Lord, open the doors for me to go to Washington, I really want to go. In Jesus name. Amen.

3/8/2004

Heavenly Father, I thank You for today and for helping me to get my court reports taken care of and in helping me relate to families.

Thank You for allowing my daughter’s team to win today. Help her to play her best and learn how to be a team player. And I ask You to put a hedge of protection around her life and her friends. Help her to be open and honest with me about her feelings and her life. Help me to remember what it was like for me at that age, but also help her to make wiser decisions than I did.

Lord be with my son work in his life, draw him closer to You and help him to have a real relationship with You. Lord help him in the area of being truthful in all things.

Be with my youngest daughter and teach her to behave in the social setting and learn to follow rules.

Lord, work in my marriage help bind us in unity and help us to build each other up. Lord help us get on the same path and help each of us to be the person You want us to be. Lord make us willing to be willing to change for Your glory and honor.

I ask that You be with each of my family members surround them and protect them. Pour out financial blessings on each of them. I lift up my Christian mommies, my First Place sisters and my fellow church members help us to do Your will, grow closer to You and Lord meet the needs represented by each. I Love You and I ask each of these things in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

3/9/2004

Dear Heavenly Father thank You for to day. Thank You for helping me to get back on track with my program. Thank You for giving me the motivation to go exercise. Help me Lord to use the next week while I’m off work to draw closer to You and gain a deeper understanding of You. Help me understand Your love for me and Your plan for my life. I love You and praise You. In Jesus name I pray amen.

3/10/2004

Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for to day. I thank You for helping me face the temptations and overcome them. I trust in You to help me overcome my temptations. Thank You for overcoming sin on the cross and paying the price I should pay. Thank You for saving me from my sins and overcoming death that I might have life. I love You in Jesus name amen.

3/16/2004

Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for today and I praise You for the success in my weight loss. I’m sorry for not giving you glory and honor in my weight loss at the facility. I would try to justify it but it would not change the fact. Thank You for allowing me to fellowship with other believers. Send me a Christian sister who can help me keep on track. My exercise partners are great and I really need and appreciate them, but I need someone who is willing to encourage me in my walk with You.

Lord please meet the needs of the people whose needs were mentioned tonight. I especially lift up my secret sister. I ask you that You would keep her and her children and grandchildren and in your hands. Comfort them in their loss of their mother. Allow their dad to reach out to his family and let them know how he is doing. Lord I ask that You would keep a hedge of protection around each of them.

Lord I also pray for my own children. Keep each of them safe in Your hand and close to You. Help Tim and I be a better example to them and to be more consistent with them. Bind us together in unity, love and help us to build our relationship on the foundation of God and the principles we are learning. I give You all the glory and praise and honor. Use me to do Your will and help me to be willing to allow You to be the change agent in my life. I ask these things in humble reverence and in the name of Jesus Christ.

3/17/2004

Lord I’m really frustrated tonight. I already feel like I don’t want to come home anymore and he has been here less than a month. His anger is back and I really feel like he led me to believe he had changed so I would let him come home and help him get out of the mess he got himself in. That, just like everything else was a lie. I feel the same walls coming up, the same patterns of behavior. I had a great day and was on top of the world but instead of getting to share it with him, he makes me feel awful, calls me names, yells and cusses at the kids and then blames it all on me. Lord I know that I’m not perfect but I also know I don’t want to be treated this way. He won’t even see that he’s doing it, let alone talk with me. Lord I placed my marriage in Your hands because right now I am ready to pack his stuff and say “well we tried”. But I know that is not what I should do as a Christian and I know in my heart I still love him so I just need You to take control of my marriage. Help us each to make the change is necessary for our marriage to work and help each of us to be the person and partner that You want us to be. Help us to be bound together in unity as mates and parents. Help us to be consistent with the children in love and not anger. I asked these things in Jesus name amen.

3/22/2004

Dear Heavenly Father I thank You for today, I praise You for the loss in inches that I have seen. I know that it is only through You that I am able to find success. I lift up my secret sister to You right now. I know that You know every need in her life, the desires and the burdens of her heart. Lord lift the burdens and give her the desires of her heart and meet her needs. Lord I pray with my friend who is having surgery be with her during this time. I also pray for my sister in Christ that You would open up doors for her complete healing. I pray that You would be with my foster parent and bring healing to her body. Lord help me tomorrow to do my best on my exam. I give You glory and praise. Lord, keep my children safe. Be with each of them and bring each person in my family closer to you in Jesus name amen.

3/23/2004

Dear Heavenly Father thank You for helping me get through my GRE test today. I am sorry for being so frustrated today. I am not sure why I feel so tense and feel like worrying. Thank You for helping me get my personal statement done and all my references handed out.

Lord I come to You on behalf of my childrens’ friend’s mom. Lord bring healing to her body. I know that the doctors have diagnosed her with the same thing that killed her parent but Lord You are the master physician and You can bring complete healing to her body. Be with her children and the other kids that need their mother and I believe that they all will come to You.

Lord be with my secret sister, comfort her and bring her peace. I love you. Ask these things in Jesus name amen.

3/24/2004

Dear Heavenly Father thank You for helping me to be productive today at work. Help me put into practice positive speech and stand on Your promises. Lord be with the ladies at church in the days ahead and meet their needs. Lord keep a hedge of protection around my family and draw us closer to You. I ask these things in Jesus name amen.

3/25/2004

Dear Heavenly Father I thank You for to day. Thank You for helping me to get so much accomplished. Why do I always fail? My words are supposed to be a testimony to You and I am not doing a good job. Help me to get back on track verbally and not head down a bad path that my words take me too. Please forgive me. Lord bring healing to my mouth. Thank You for bringing my children’s friends’ mom home safely. Keep Your healing hand upon her. I love You and praise You in Jesus name amen

3/29/2004

Dear Heavenly Father I praise You for today. I praise You for positive outlooks. I praise You for new information. I praise You for new beginnings and fresh starts. I praise You for the painting You have begun to show, the new life that only You can bring to this world. Thank You Lord for the 17 inches I have lost. I know that I could not have done it without You.

Lord I am sorry for where I fall short, which so many times seems to be in every area. Lord help me to find control through You and balance in all areas. Lord be with my secret sister and her family. Lord I love You and I praise You. Be with my church sisters, bring healing to their body and peace to their souls. Bring them joy unspeakable. Bless them. Meet any needs they have. I love you. In Jesus name I ask these things amen.

3/30/2004

Lord I failed today, I confess this to You. I know that I could have chose to seek You instead of chocolate cookies, brownies and the extra serving of potatoes. Please forgive me. Help me to make better choices tomorrow. I love You. I lift up my secret sisters to You as well as my Christianmommies, my First Place sisters my Christ Diet sisters and my friends and family, meet their needs and draw each closer to You. I ask these things in Jesus name amen.