Joshua 4:23-24New International Version (NIV)
23 For the Lord your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The Lord your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea[a] when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over. 24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the Lord is powerful and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.”
Lord, I need your help in believing that you are real and not a construct. I long to believe. Here I go forward, acting as if...
Lord, there are some small challenges before me. Lily's teacher says she daydreams during testing times. I pray for Lily, I raise my sweet girl up to You, You who created her and loves her more than I do. You who gave her to me to raise. I raise her up to You, and ask You to focus her on her testing today and this week. I pray that she will grow and learn and develop into a bright and kind leader, and that she will come to see her challenges as Your leading her onto greatness.
I pray for the girls after school activities. There's the expense. There's the fact that one or both of them aren't willing. There's the time involved. There's the feat that they are missing out if they don't participate. There are the hard-won rewards that they ought not to miss. I pray that You would guide me in deciding where to place them, and that You would go ahead of them into those swimming pools and ball fields and bless them. Lord, please, please bless my children.
I pray for my co-leader in BSF, Betsy. Please strengthen her and give her peace. Let her know that I am her friend and willing to help. I pray that she will relax in the job, and that I will not feel threatened, but gladdened by her enthusiasm for the children. I pray for each child in our class, that they will feel loved and peaceful in our room. I pray that they--and Betsy and I--will grow in our love for You through our time in that class.
I pray for Dad, and our relationship. I pray for my relationship with You to grow stronger, and that this bond will then strengthen the bond I have with him. I pray that You will come into his life in some way, and change it.
I pray for Mom and Dad's health, that You would watch over them and protect them.
I pray for my book proposal in Katherine's In-box. Remind me, show me that I am waiting on You, and that the result is under Your jurisdiction. I pray that I will be encouraged. I pray for the outcome I want. I pray that You would encourage me if not.
I pray for Lee, for his health, and that You would point out ways that I can help him.
In Your son's name I pray,
Amen
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