Prayer for Our Loved Ones...



Have you prayed for someone close to you for a long, long time and seem to have no 'voice' with them when it comes to things of eternal value? That is tough, I know! As I was reading through an old journal recently, I found this prayer that I had copied from a book that really blessed me. (for anyone interested, the book is titled "Divine Intervention" by Mark Shaw. I found it to be a very good read, and not what you would expect from a modern book on addictions)

This prayer is so beautiful and I was blessed to be refreshed by it again (I had it hanging on my fridge for a long, long time til the paper got raggedy and worn):

 

God of heaven and earth,

Who made the seas and the land

and everything in them,

I ask You

in Your mercy

to send Your faithful people

to accurately and passionately

share the good news of

Jesus Christ

and His salvation

freely offered to my loved one

(insert their name here).

 

Cause me to seize any and every

opportunity to share the

Gospel message

with him also.

 

I realize that apart from

real and personal

relationship with You,

through Jesus Christ,

there is no hope for

(loved one's name).

 

Amen

 

I have struggled lately with temptation that

what is the use praying, and believing...

I have faced the temptation of growing

a crust over my heart

and letting it get cynical and cold

as I look at the discouraging things...

 

BUT

I hold fast to His unchanging hand

and will not try to figure out the

stuff of life.

(walking by faith and not by sight...)

 

He sees the end from its beginning.

I do not.

 

I only know Him

who never changes.

 

Let's pray on, dear friends.

He holds the whole world

in His hands.

"I exhort therefore, that, first of all,

 supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks,

be made for all men...

For this is good and acceptable

 in the sight of God our Saviour;

Who will have all men to be saved,

and to come unto the knowledge of the truth".

1 Tim 2:1, 3 & 4
 

Love and blessings,

Marcia