Prayer for Today

This morning, I want to keep it simple. I don't want to answer my own questions and I don't want to send some random question out into cyberspace. Today, I just want to pray. Specifically, for those family and friends in my life who are struggling or facing something they can't handle on their own...

...like the one who is undergoing knee surgery this morning
...and the one who has to lead a Bible study, though she continually doubts herself
...and the one ready to have a baby any day now
...and the one who might be depressed and can't find a job
...and the one needs God to send a tenant for her apartment
...and the one who has to put her dog down this week
...and the one who desperately wants motivation, but doesn't know how to get it
...and the one who is trying to maintain her Christian testimony in college
...and the one who never knew how impatient she was until she had children
...and the one who is struggling to lose weight
...and the one who finds no satisfaction in his current job, but works there anyway
...and the one who is trying to fit into a new job
...and the one who hasn't quite figured out what "being saved" really means
...and the one who can't iron a shirt without her arm hurting
...and all the rest who need to know they are being lifted up to our Savior in prayer this morning.

"Faith is not believing in my own unshakable belief. It is believing an unshakable God when everything in me trembles and quakes."

"Praise be to You, Lord, for You showed Your wonderful love to me when I was in a besieged city (Ps. 31:21).

"But Lord God, according to Your Word, these 'light and momentary' troubles of mine (in relation to eternity) are achieving for me an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

"So I fix my eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal (2 Cor. 4:17-18).

"I am still confident of this: I will see Your goodness, Lord, in the land of the living. I will wait for You, Lord. I will be strong and take heart and wait for You (Ps. 27:13-14)"

(Taken from Praying God's Word Day by Day, Beth Moore)