Who I Am in Jesus
Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! (2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT) I love the notion of starting over – of God wiping the slate clean and...
View ArticleA Prayer for Anger Management
So Jesus came to Jerusalem and went into the Temple. After looking around carefully at everything, he left because it was late in the afternoon. Then he returned to Bethany with the twelve disciples......
View ArticleA Prayer for Our Future
The righteous keep moving forward... ~Job (from Job 17:9) I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead... ~Paul (Phil. 3:13) Look straight ahead, and fix your...
View ArticleA Prayer for Small Beginnings
"Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin...” Zechariah 4:10 If you can't move your mountain today, you can at least move your molehill. What do you have faith...
View ArticleA Prayer for the Embittered
Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many. (Hebrews 12:15) Then I realized that my heart was bitter, and I was all torn up inside. I was so foolish...
View ArticleDon’t Brood Over Your Past – A Prayer to Press Forward
God keeps such people so busy enjoying life that they take no time to brood over the past. (Ecclesiastes 5:20) I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I...
View ArticleAm I a Disciple of Jesus? …Or Not?
Examine yourselves to see if your faith is genuine. Test yourselves. Surely you know that Jesus Christ is among you; if not, you have failed the test of genuine faith. (2 Corinthians 13:5) I, Jill,...
View ArticleA Prayer to Think Lovely Thoughts
The Lord has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. (Isaiah 8:11) Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about...
View ArticleA Prayer for Correction
So correct me, Lord, but please be gentle. Jeremiah 10:24 If you dare pray this prayer, pray, pray this prayer: Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out...
View ArticleA Prayer for A Revived Conscience
But my people…have stumbled off the ancient highways and walk in muddy paths. (Jeremiah 18:15) Cling to your faith in Christ, and keep your conscience clear. For some people have deliberately violated...
View ArticleA Prayer For Self-Awareness
People don’t realize that I am watching them. Their sinful deeds are all around them, and I see them all. (Hosea 7:2) You say, "I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!" And you don’t...
View ArticleA Prayer For a Life That Works
“Even though I gave them all my laws, they act as if those laws don’t apply to them.” Hosea 8:12 “Did God really say….?” Genesis 3:1 The first thing the sneaky serpent Satan said to Eve was to place...
View ArticleOverwhelmed? Pray This Prayer
When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn. Wherever I go, my enemies have set traps for me. (Psalm 142:3) From the ends of the earth, I cry to you for help when my heart is...
View ArticleA Prayer to the God Who Doesn’t Hold Grudges
The Lord your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him. (2 Chronicles 30:9) Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that...
View ArticleA Prayer for Faith and Love
What is important is faith expressing itself in love. (Gal. 5:6) Fight the good fight of faith. (1 Timothy 6:12) Without faith it is impossible to please God. (Hebrews 11:6) If faith expresses itself...
View ArticleA Prayer to Fulfill the One Thing
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. (John 13:34) Father, You have given me one job to do in life – to love You and love...
View ArticleForgiveness: The Key to a Merry Christmas
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!...
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Praying for Your Enemies
When Job prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes. In fact, the Lord gave him twice as much as before! (Job 42:10) But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! (Matthew...
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Have Contempt for Contempt – A Prayer
You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. (Romans 14:10) Contempt is now a fixture in the... Read the...
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