Imran_arshad's Blog – March 2013 Archive (17)

Happy Easter Day to all of you!

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for Your creation of animals. You made so many magnificent creatures. Your diversity is astounding. Some are such a delight to watch. We can learn from so many of them. Your domesticated animals are such a joy to us, while the wild ones challenge us to observe their ways and learn about them. Thank you that You made them for man's enjoyment and use. Since many of them are directly dependant upon us, help us to be good stewards over them. Lord, protect the…

Dear Heavenly Father, I do appreciate You, and I want my life to glorify you. Fill me today with Your Holy Spirit so that I might bring encouraging words to others. Father, I have been down at times in my life and I am so grateful for my brothers and sisters in the Lord who came to me with faith and encouragement. They lifted me up, and today I want to lift them up. You know each of them and exactly what they are going through at this time. Bless them and encourage them and meet their…

Dear Heavenly Father, I come to you with a thankful heart for all the things you have done for me. I really cannot thank you enough. I do want to continue to be one of you faithful servants. I must rely on you to fill me with your love and strength every day in order to be obedient and serve you. Help me to be able to share your love with all those who you allow me to be a witness to. Lord, help me to overcome the sin and weaknesses that hinder Your work in my life. I do ask for the…

Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for your beautiful creation of the animal world. Lord, I am personally thankful for all the wonderful pets that I have had throughout my lifetime. They have been, and are a great joy in my life. I pray for the safety and health of them. Lord, I pray that men will care for the animals in this world properly. Change men's hearts that are guilty of exploiting the animal kingdom all over the world. Bless the creatures of the sea,…

Dear Heavenly Father, What a wonderful time we live in...the days just before your second coming. Thank you that You have chosen me and all of my brothers and sisters for this great day of the Lord. May we all prepare our hearts before You so that we will not fail to accept the call that is on each of our lives. We are all called to serve You. Some presently have the high honor of raising their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, while others…

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for all the blessings You have given us this day. Even when we face troubles, we know we can face them with Your guidance as to how to solve them. Thank You for the promise that You are with us in everything. I love and appreciate You, Lord. You are very kind and merciful to us. Help me to live a righteous life before those whom You have allowed me to influence. May I never bring reproach upon You, Lord. Help me to…

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for this day. I find that many of my days are challenging in dealing with certain people in my life. Help me to always be kind and gentle, and not respond in the wrong way to people who say things that bother me. Help me to have Your compassion for them and pray for them instead of criticizing them. Also, Lord, I find that many times, I try to justify my position in situations that would be better if I just let You defend me.…

Dear Heavenly Father, I am so thankful that You are my Father. You are so kind and patient with me. Lord, I do want You to work in my life and set me free from all weakness and sin. Cleanse my heart and deliver me from all that offends You. Give me a heart of forgiveness for those who have hurt me. Lord, I do want your nature to be formed in me. I offer my life to You again today to die to my own way and live to Yours. I trust that You have the best plan for me and that You will give me…

Dear Father, Thank you for the love and forgiveness that You show us daily. Lord, help us to overcome any sin that the enemy tempts us to engage in. Lord, forgive us for the times we fail You. We also forgive those who have hurt us and sinned against us. May they come to repentance so that they might know Your forgiving love too. We all need Your love and mercy. Lord Jesus, be merciful to our family and our friends. Watch over our children and our grandchildren and keep them from harm.…

Dear Father, Thank You for the many promises that You have given us in the Bible. Thank You for watching over us and our children and grandchildren and giving us all long life. Lord, give me the grace to live my life in accordance with Your Word. Forgive me of my sins and keep me from temptation. Strengthen me to do things that please You. I want to be a blessing to others, so help me to be sensitive to those around me who might need my help and encouragement. Thank You for guiding me in…

Dear Father, Thank You for giving us such good advice in the Bible. Give us the grace to heed it. Lord, help me to do a good job at each task that is before me. I want the works of my hands to glorify You. Lord, I ask You to keep Your hand of protection on me and my family and my loved ones. I pray for all who read this devotional that You will also protect and guide them. Reveal Yourself to them in a deeper way. Touch and heal them and bless each of them this very day. Give us all the…

Dear Father, I thank you for all Your goodness to us as Your children. We are most grateful for Your patience and understanding towards us. Help us to have the same attitude and grace toward those who bother or trouble us. Lord, help me to speak gracious and kind things about others. I read in Isaiah 6 how when he had a vision of Your holiness, he cried out, "Woe is me! I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have…

Dear Father, You are very gracious to all of Your children, and I thank You for all the many material blessings You have given us in this nation. Lord, help us to be good stewards over these things and not use them unwisely. Help us to be generous in our giving, and follow You, as to the people and the works You would like us to help. Help us not to get so busy enjoying our blessings, that we forget the One who gave us those blessings. Deliver us from the spirit of mammon and any trace…

Dear Heavenly Father, I praise You today for my salvation. Thank you for delivering me from hatred and evil and filling me with Your love. Lord, help me to witness to those around me about Your love for them. Give me the grace to always be loving and kind to all, even when others act differently toward me. Help me not to repeat the sins of others that I know about, but rather cover them with prayer, lest I am also tempted. Forgive our nation for its taste for gossip and its unsavory…

Dear Heavenly Father,I love you today and am grateful for all of Your goodness to me. Please forgive me when I have not spoken kindly of others. Help me to guard my mouth from speaking any kind of evil. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Your site. Lord, I cancel all words that I have spoken that have not agreed with the Word of God. I also cancel all evil words that have been spoken against me, my family or my ministry. Lord, please forgive those…