April Prayers

4/2/2004

Dear Heavenly Father thank You for today. Thank You for being able to talk to Tim. Thank You for being able to have a peaceful work day and a pretty good day with the kids. Thank You for letting me spend time with my mother. Thank You for giving me the strength to exercise even though I didn’t want to. Thank you for Tim going back to nights so we don’t need a sitter. Thank You for my secret sister. Thank You for Your forgiveness and for Your ultimate sacrifice. I praise You in Jesus name amen.

4/3/2004

Dear Lord, thank You for today and for being able to spend the day with my kids. Thank You that it was for the most part positive. Help me to not hold resentment against my husband for the double standard he has. Help me to realize that I cannot hold him to a standard that I have because I am a Christian, even though he holds me to the standard. I love You and I praise You in Jesus name amen.

4/4/2004

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for today and the reminder that You are in control. Thank You for the reminder that You will meet my needs. I lift up my secret sister to You and her family and ask that You reach down and meet all of their needs. I pray for my secret sister’s daughter, I can see the pain and anger that is in her Father God, restore her and heal her. Open up the doors for healing for those in my church. Lord keep watch over my family and draw us closer to You. In Jesus name. Amen.

4/5/2004

Dear Heavenly Father, I praise Your Holy Name. You alone deserve all glory, honor, and praise. Lord I love You and I want to give my life completely over to You. Lord help me to be willing and obedient to follow Your will in my life. Lord I lift up the needs of my secret sister and her daughter and siblings, I lift up those in my church Father God meet them where they are Lord and meet their needs. Lord work in my marriage. Lord help Tim to get the job that You want him to have. Draw my family closer to You. In Jesus name I pray, amen.

4/6/2004

Dear Heavenly Father I feel like a failure as a mother. All day long I interact with other people’s children with compassion and sensitivity but I cannot show the same respect to my own children. Lord you know I love my children. Why can’t I show them consistent, unconditional love? I am really scared that my children will head down the path I did instead of pulling them closer to me to shield them from the things of this world, I push them away. Lord help me to be a mother that You created me to be and that my children need. Help me to be a living example of You instead of a reflection of my own mother. Help me to show them Your love. In Jesus name Amen.

4/8/2004

Heavenly Father, I thank You for today. Thank You for allowing me to be virtually pain free today. If I need to go to the doctor please give me a sign that I will know that it is what I need to do. I love You and I praise You. Lord I lift up my church family to you, Father God I pray for healing to their bodies and peace for their entire families. Lord, minister to them. I love You and I praise You. In Jesus Name Amen.

4/12/2004

Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You and I praise You for today. I thank You for my family and the bond that I have with them. Thank You that my nephew is doing so well in soccer. Thank You that my niece is seeking You despite what she has been through. Lord help her to draw closer to You and have a real and deep relationship with you. Lord continued to work in my family and draw us to You. Help us to surrender to You.

Help me to not only know Your will, but to stay in Your will and be obedient servant to You. Help me to seek You with all my heart, soul and mind all the days of my life. Teach me to teach my children Your ways, because they are not like my ways and I so often fail. Help me to love my family with the love that You have for me. I pray that You would keep a hedge of protection around me and my family.

Lord bless my secret sister. A hedge of protection around her granddaughter. Be with the family to help her through this time as she struggles with the loss of her mother and trying to find where she belongs.

I love You and I praise You.

Lord continue to be with my church family to comfort them, to bring healing to their body. Lord pour out Your blessings in their lives.

Lord be with Tim. Continue the work that You’ve started in him. Break the binds and the strongholds that have been placed in his life. Lord allow him to see the past and how You alone have carried him through.

Continue the work You are doing in my children’s lives. They are such a blessing to me. Help them to use their talents for Your glory and Your honor. Give them a desire to serve others.

Lord I pray for all of the needs of those I care about. Help me to be a better witness. In Jesus name Amen.

4/13/2004

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for today and the things that I got accomplished. I give You the glory and honor for that. Lord bless my secret sister and the women in my church. Meet every need in these ladies lives. I praise You and I give You all glory and honor. In Jesus name amen.

4/14/2004

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for today. Thank You for opening doors that needed to be open and closing those that needed to close. Give me guidance and direction. Help me to keep silent or speak up in Your timing and will; not mine. Lord help me to think on those things that are noble, true, lovely and admirable. I give You the glory and honor. Amen.

4/18/2004

Dear Heavenly Father thank You for today and Your fellowship with other believers. Lord I praise You for You alone are worthy to be praised. Lord I lift up my church family and pray a hedge of safety and protection around them. Give them peace and comfort. Open up doors of healing in their body. Restore them dear Lord. I pray for those that have so much on their plate, Lord show them how to clear things off, give them strength and encouragement.

Lord I lift up the youth and I ask that You will draw them to You. Lord place a hedge of protection around their lives. I just pray that the Holy Spirit would encompass around each of them. Allow them to fill Your presence and make yourself real to them. Lord I pray for the leaders of the youth that You would give them wisdom and guidance in how to draw the youth to You. I boldly ask take them by storm. Love them without compromise. Show me what I can do to help. Open the doors to help me know what to do and to say. Jesus name amen!

4/19/2004

Dear Heavenly Father thank You for today. Thank You for allowing me to do my part in helping another of your children. I place that situation in Your hands and ask that Your will be done. Lord I lift up my church family I pray that You would meet every need in their lives. Lord I lift up my secret sister and her granddaughter and the other family members. Lord minister Your peace and comfort to them. Lord I pray for the youth and the children in the church place a hedge of protection and safety around their lives. Lord minister to them in a way to make Yourself real to them. Holy Spirit encompass around each of them. Create in them a hunger in their lives for You. Fill them Lord with the Holy Spirit and draw each into a real and personal relationship with You. Lord help me to do what You would want me to do, to walk in Your path. Allow me to be a light of Yours. Forgive me Lord for my sins and my selfishness and pride. Create in me a clean heart renew a steadfast spirit within me. I ask these things in Jesus name amen.

4/23/2004

Dear Heavenly Father forgive me for being jealous of those who are more disciplined and doing a better job of losing weight, while I am struggling with the same weight and undisciplined lifestyle. Help me not to be jealous and also help me to be more disciplined. Lord I lift up my secret sister and her family to You. Meet the needs represented there. I pray for Your encouragement to her Lord. I lift of those who need healing to their bodies and pray for Your healing. I lift up the youth and ask that You draw them closer to You. Lord I lift up Tim and I pray that You save him. I lift up my children and pray that You would draw them to you. I praise You in Jesus name amen!

4/26/2004

Philippians 4:12-13 I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, living in plenty or in want. I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

Dear Heavenly Father thank You for today. Lord I want to be content in my life and in my marriage I have always been pretty content as far as worldly goods. Help me to lean on Your strength to find contentment in other areas. Lord I lift up my sisters in Christ to You, I ask for healing to their bodies. I pray for my secret sister, her family and granddaughter Lord I just pray that You would heal their souls, bring them peace and comfort. Lord help me to stop grumbling and be content. I praise You and I give You all the glory and honor in Jesus name amen.

4/28/2004

Dear Heavenly Father I praise You for the contentment I feel despite my circumstances. I know that victory comes only in You. Lord thank You for allowing me the peace of training. Lord I love You. Lord I lift up my sister in Christ to You and ask that You would bring complete healing to their bodies. I ask You to give the doctor’s wisdom. I pray for the young men in our youth group that you would bring healing to their bodies.

Lord I lift up our youth group and ask that You help them to develop a more personal relationship with You. Draw them closer to You. Allow them to only find pleasure in things that are honoring to You. Lord I lift up the children and ask that You draw them to You. Help them to find freedom in worshiping You.

I love You and ask that You continue to work in my life and in my marriage. Make me into the person You want me to be. I ask these things in Jesus name amen.