Imran_arshad's Blog – June 2012 Archive (18)

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you that You care for me. Forgive me when I fail to trust You and try to take matters in my own hands. Lord, I know that You have the best plan for my life. Please give me the grace to accept it and to do the things that you are speaking to me about each day. Lord, help me to be patient as You work in other people's lives that affect mine. May I extend to them the same grace and mercy that You have extended to me. Lord, grant me the grace to change the things…

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for allowing me to have children and grandchildren. Lord, help me to be the proper kind of parent who loves her children enough to discipline them. Forgive me when I have failed my children. Help me to be patient, loving, and kind in all disciplinary acts. Lord, I pray for the parents and grandparents of this generation that they may have wisdom, love and guidance in all of their relationships with their children and grandchildren. Lord, give our children…

Dear Father, Thank you for giving us work to do. A good occupation brings satisfaction to our lives when we are faithful to do a good days work. Lord, help this generation to be diligent workers and deliver us all from sloth. Help us teach our children how to be good workers too. Deliver us from the sin of laziness. Also, Lord, keep us from the opposite sin, the sin of being a workaholic. May we be balanced in our work and play. I ask this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.…

Dear Father, Thank you for your love and kindness in giving me a good husband. Lord, help me to be a good wife to my husband in every way. Let our marriage bring glory to you. Lord, I pray for those who are having problems in their marriages. Heal them and give them Your love and patience for each other. Father, as Christians may our families reflect Your love and goodness to all around us. Restore the broken families that are seeking You. Touch the children and heal them also. I ask…

Dear Father, I do appreciate all that You have done for me. Thank you, for the favor and kindness You show me through others. May I show love and kindness to all who know me. Lord, You tell us in Your Word that we are to love one another and when we do that, we bring glory to Your name. You tell us that when we truly love one another, men will see it and know that we are Your disciples. May we demonstrate Your love to all who know us. Forgive us when we have failed to show love and have…

Dear Father, I am most grateful for Your abundant love for me. Lord, when I am going through trials, help me never to blame You for what the devil is trying to do. Give me discernment to not only see what the devil is trying to do, but give me the power and courage to rise up against him and overcome him. Lord, I want to always submit unto You and resist the devil as You tell us in Your Word to do in James 4:7. You said if we would do this, the devil would flee from us.…

Dear Heavenly Father, I thank you for Your love and patience toward me. Lord, help me to trust You, when I do not see an answer to my prayers right away. I do want to take the time to come before You and find out if there is a reason for my delayed answer Perhaps it is a "God delay" instead of the enemy delaying it. Give me Your knowledge and wisdom as to what You want me to do in the matters I face in this life. Lord, help me not to make hasty decisions that would not only wrongly…

Dear Heavenly Father, I am thankful for Your love and friendship. Truly, you are that friend that sticks closer than a brother. You are always there for us. Father, help me to be a good friend to those whom You have joined me with in friendship. I always want to be a loving, kind and faithful friend. I need Your kind of love to do this. Fill me with Your Spirit today so that I will be a blessing to all that I meet. Lord, may I not answer people in a rough manner. Help me to always be…

Dear Heavenly Father, I do thank you for Your goodness to me. Lord, help me to guard my mouth so that those things that are edifying and good will come out and not those things that contribute to a negative lifestyle. May I bless others with my tongue and never be guilty of cursing anyone. Let my words be gracious and may they bring healing to others. Let my words be kind and gentle and loving. May I reflect Your goodness in all that I do. Forgive me when I say the wrong things. Let me…

Dear Heavenly Father, we thank You for the many blessings you have given us. Lord, we never want to become offended with You. Help us to realize that it is the devil who is bringing us the problems in our lives and it is You Who will make a way for us to overcome him. Help us to remain in a joyful attitude even in our trials and tribulations, knowing that You will bring us through victoriously! Lord, we also ask that we will be able to resist all contention with any brother or sister in…

Dear Heavenly Father, we do appreciate your patience and love toward us. May we show this same love to those around us; especially to those with whom we might have a disagreement. Lord, grant us grace to be gracious and not get into contention with others. Lord, remove murmuring and disputing from our hearts and let us be joyful and peace makers. Father, guard our tongues that we do not say things that we will later regret. Forgive us when we fail you and give us Your grace to forgive…

Dear Heavenly Father, we bless you today. Thank you for the wonderful favor you give us when we are serving You and your causes. You have made a way many times for us when there was not a way to take care of something in the natural. I am grateful for the gifts You have given us. May we always use them to bless those that You send us to. Lord, keep us from the temptation to use money as a means of manipulation, but rather let us use our money to bless and help others with. Lord, may we…

Dear Heavenly Father, we love and worship You today. Thank you for giving us the revelation of Your Word so that we may have the knowledge and wisdom we need daily as we walk in this world. Lord, help me to not to be one who thinks that I must speak about every situation that arises. Help me to guard my mouth and speak only when I can bless and edify others. Lord, I do not want to speak just to be heard. Lord, I ask you also to forgive me when I have spoken inadvisably and brought pain…

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for teaching me that true wealth is found in You. Lord, truly, Christ is all that we need. Having a relationship with You will bring the answer to any problem I may face. I can trust You to supply all my needs because You promised to take care of me. There is such freedom in this knowledge. I know that every day my needs shall be met in You. Lord, help all my friends and family to rest in Your promises too. Strengthen us to trust You daily. I know when I…

Dear Heavenly Father, I am so thankful that we can run to You and find safety. Lord, there are so many things we face in this world that are dangerous, it is good to know that you are like a "high tower of safety." Thank you, for watching over me and my family and my friends. I also pray for the whole family of God and ask that You watch over each one of Your own. Guide us, your people, in the right ways. Keep us from harm and temptation. Thank you also for the privilege of using the…

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you that you have given us a job and a task to do. Lord, let us not view work as a drudgery or an evil; rather, let us be grateful that we are able to work. Lord, let us work with joy, and not complain and whine about our lot in life. Let us realize that we are working for You and You shall promote and reward us, even as You did Joseph in the Bible. You use men as instruments of blessing in our lives, and let us also be instruments of blessing to others. In…

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for Your love today. I am grateful that You are no respecter of persons. Help me to be like you and not show partiality to any one. Let me be loving and kind to all. Lord, help me to guard my mouth so that I do not speak unadvisedly. Help me to be a peace maker. Father, I yield to You and ask that You help me not to fall into the trap of gossiping about others. May I bring healing to others and not wounds by any unkind words. Forgive my sins today and fill…

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for Your wonderful gift of the Holy Spirit. When You baptized me in the Holy Ghost, You gave me a gift of boldness to witness and a desire to pray more. I also appreciate the power the Holy Spirit that enables me to resist sin and temptation. Lord, without You and Your Holy Spirit, I would be overcome by the enemy. With Your Spirit though, I am able to resist the devil and cause him to flee. I also appreciate the freedom to worship You by praying in the…