Romans 12:2

New International Version
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.


Renew my mind, Lord. You alone know what is right. 

I pray for Sara, and for the baby in her womb. I pray for health, I pray that she'll bring it to the fullness of life. And I pray that the baby will come to know You.

I pray for Your spirit to enfold Sara and Andy and the baby, and for You to change them.

Oh, oh--I need that for myself. I pray for my marriage. I pray for my selfishness, that You would help me to get past it. I pray for a sense of confidence and purpose in moving forward with my book. Your book.

I pray for Your intervention with my relationship with Dad. I pray that You would soften my heart. I pray for  Dad's salvation.

I pray for Mom, that she would live a long and healthy life, and that I would be a help to her.

I pray for Isabel and Lily, my preciouses.

I pray for Lee's appointment with the psychiatrist, that You would go with him, and that he would feel comfortable. I pray the the psychiatrist might be the means by which You help Lee.

In Your son's precious name I pray,

Amen

Revelation 2:4

Revelation 2:4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.

From Rhetorical Jesus: "I think God wants us to live with an urgent expectancy that He could return at any second."

I have not been keeping up with the "renewing of the mind" that the Bible talks about. Lord Jesus, Lee has closed himself off from me. I pray for You to soften his heart, and mine, too. I love him. Help me to love him more.

I pray that he will go to the psychiatrist and that Dr. Hunter will not be too old and stodgy, but will relate. I pray for their meeting, that he will be the one to help Lee. The one You use to help Lee, I mean.

I've been praying for his healing. I am shooting into the dark, but it's my latest idea, and I'm sinful and helpless. I can only pray and do what I think is the next right thing. Lord Jesus, please take my filthy-rag efforts and heal Lee through them.

I pray that he would believe that I love him, and that he would stop having negative thoughts. I pray that he would have more energy and enthusiasm. I pray for spiritual joy. I pray these things for myself, too.

If You returned today, you will find me as I am, sinful, filthy, selfish. I turn myself over to You, I am at Your mercy. Please change me.

I pray for Dad, whose mood was so volatile in France, it made me not want to be around him. I pray for Mom, who's getting older. Strengthen them both please Lord!

I pray for our day at the water park today with Melanie and her boys. I pray for traveling safety and for edifying, joyful conversation.

Amen

John 15:7

John 15:7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.


I abide in You in the midst of hurt feelings and unbalanced outbursts and longstanding grudges and misunderstandings. I am nothing without you, and it all washes over me, and I'm helpless to stand.

Lord, please, please fill me with Your spirit. Help me to forge ahead with Lee and with all the problems we have to tackle.

I pray for our finances. What should we spend, how can we save...

Lord, I need You desperately, and it's hard to abide in Your word because the girls are around me always.

Help. Help me send Lee the info about the psychiatrist.

Guide my hand.

Lord, please be with me, and make me KNOW that You are with me.

Have mercy on me, a sinner.

Amen

Ephesians 6:17

Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

I'm leaving in a few minutes for the airport for our family vacation to France. God's word for me: To take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.


I pray for traveling mercies, that my family will be safe in Your arms as we move from highway to air to over the ocean and back again. 

I pray for patience and love for my children as we settle in and fly through the night. 

I pray for Lee, that his mood will even and that he'll enjoy the trip.

I pray that you'll show me how to navigate him and my family. Lord, please show me when I can help, when to speak up and when to keep quiet. Show me ways to make Lee feel accepted and part of things.

I pray for Dad, that he'll feel good and healthy and get the most out of his time with Isabel and Lily. I pray for Mom, same thing.

I pray that we will find You in France, right along with us, that we will know this in our bones.

I pray that I would be selfless and giving, and that I would behave as the woman You made me to be.

The sword of the Spirit goes with me. 

In Your son's precious name I pray,

Amen