My Prayer

In my life, be lifted high

In our love, be lifted high

In our world, be lifted high

God, you are the ultimate healer. You have the capability to mend our hearts. You hold us all in your hands.

Right now I lift up to you those who have been mistreated and abused. Lord you know all of these innocent children who never asked for such horrific things to happen to them. God you've given us free will so that we might choose to live our lives for you but there are those who have abused this privilege and have therefore abused your precious children. My heart breaks for them right now. I am begging you to intervene and to send us out and through us, save these broken people. Make me your hands and feet Jesus. I only ever want to be like you.

I pray for those who have been abandoned, for those who feel like they have no one and no hope. Jesus you are the only hope and I pray that you would shine your light in these dark places of the world and reveal yourself to these in desperate need of a Saviour.

Jesus, I pray for those who cannot let go of guilt... myself included. You know our hearts and you know that we are all humans who are bound to sin. Lord, for those of us who are truly sorry and repentant of our sins, we know that you have already forgiven us and forgotten our iniquities. I ask that you would help us to forgive ourselves and cast away the burden of guilt that weighs us down. You already bore the cross and with that you have already taken all of these faults. Thank you Jesus, thank you. I ask that you would continue to wipe away these images that remain in our minds, that the devil puts into our minds so that we would fall away from you and hate ourselves. You are so much bigger, better, and stronger than any of our pasts and any of those images.

I pray for those struggling with pornography. God this is such a deep issue from within and they cannot escape this alone. Only your mighty hand can pull them out from this pit. Help them to realize the damage that they are doing to their minds, to their loved ones, and to your heart. Help them to realize that your way alone is the way out and that we cannot conform to the pattern of this world any longer in order to follow you.

"Do not conform any longer 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."- Romans 12:2

I pray for those who are homeless. God you know each person's story. You know how we get to where we are in life and the decisions we have had to make in order to get here; the circumstances we had to face that we overcame or that overcame us. I pray that no matter what happened in these peoples' lives that have put them on the streets that you would send us out to them. Send us to show them your love, to bless them and show them that they are worth the time of day and that they are worth being prayed for. A person is a person no matter who they are or what they've done... you still died for them. Your demonstration of love did not, and has not, ever discriminated.

Give us compassionate hearts that long to reach out to your sons in daughters who are walking in the darkness.

I thank you for all that you are. I thank you for your compassion and love that you have graciously poured out. I love you God. Thank you for your amazing son Jesus.

Amen