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A
privilege we each have is to be able to go to our heavenly Father in prayer
and make our requests known to Him. We have this because Jesus Christ
gave it to us. He said "I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that
the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in
my name, and I will do it." -- John 14:13-14
Special
Prayers
[Devotions, Poems & Lyrics]
[Guidelines For Prayer] [Who
is God?]
Allow God
to be the only person on your mind while you read these prayers. May the
Lord truly bless you as you honor Him through prayer.
"This
is the confidence we have in approaching God, that if we ask anything
according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever
we ask, we know that we have what we asked of Him." -- I John 5:14-15.
We, too, should seek the will of our Father in all situations, and then
pray in agreement with whatever He reveals to us.
Preparing
For Recovery ~ War Prayer
12-Step
Prayers
Heavenly Father, Thank You for the way You have made me. I especially
thank You for those unchangeable features that at times I have resented.
I accept them now as marks of Your ownership to remind me daily that
You made me and that I belong to You. I also welcome them as motivation
to develop Your character within me. I want to receive the gift of Your
grace and acceptance of me as demonstrated through Jesus dying to free
me from my sin and my expectations to be perfect. There is no one ideal
but You. And ideal or not, I am accepted by You -- just as I am. I thank
You for this gift, and I ask You to give me full measure of freedom
for which You created me. Amen.
Dear Lord Jesus Christ,
I petition You, the Creator of the Universe and the Great Physician,
to hear my prayer for personal healing. I believe that You want me to
regain my health and strength, and I request that You touch me with
Your grace and power, forgiving me of any sin, removing all obstacles
from my life which could prevent my healing. I forgive any who I have
held something against. Now, I take authority by Your Name over my sickness
and rebuke it. I speak to my illness and command it's departure in the
Name of Jesus Christ. Lord, I also recommit my life to Your service
and I will glorify Your Name as a part of my testimony. Thank you for
hearing my prayer. Amen.
O Lord, thank You that You do not judge as we
judge.
You do not judge us by mere appearances.
Keep me from judging that way too, Lord.
Even when I know You, when I know the truth,
I often don't see things right.
Forgive me, Father: Give me Your eyes to see as You see.
Open the eyes of my understanding; increase my discernment.
Show me the true beauty of those around me when I an apt to miss it.
Let who I am on the inside always be more important to me than how I
look on the outside.
May my appearance never deceive.
Keep my heart pure before You.
When You look upon me, may my heart be pleasing to You. Amen
Inspired
from Psalms 42 and 43 ~
O Father,
my heart is panting for You just as the deer pants for the water brook.
I am hurting. God, people say You have deserted me. In my trials, they
are asking where You are and why You are allowing me to go through this.
O Lord God, I want to pour out my heart, my soul, to You. Help me in
this despair to stop and remember the joy that I have known with You
in the past. O Father, I am in despair because I am hurting. You know
the pain I have endured because of this eating disorder. You know that
I feel I have failed to be all I could be and am worthless. But, O Lord,
You are greater than all my failure. You can help me. Help me please
dear Father.
God, give me a broken
heart, if that is where Your healing can start. - James Langteaux.
Lord, I am naked before
You, stripped of everything I do to make You love me.
When I'm still not the person I want to be, when I fail again and
again,
thank You that You never leave me.
You know that my deepest need is for You
You still pursue me and draw me near.
When everyone else leaves, You come!
It's almost too much for me to fathom.
Thank You for the gift of brokenness, the privilege of emptiness.
I am beginning to understand Your life in me,
Your beauty for my ashes. Come by Your Spirit now, and heal the broken
places within me. Amen
Lord
Jesus, When I try to control my circumstances or those around me it
always ends in chaos and frustration. I soon become overwhelmed. Help
me to let go and let God -- to have complete faith in You for the
outcomes of life. May I have peace through You, my Lord Jesus Christ.
Lord,
I thank you that I can come to You with my feelings, my anger, my
resentments.
Show me my unforgiveness.
Show me those I am still holding hostage.
Father, help me choose to forgive them.
And forgive me, Lord, for my own sinful judgments...even my judgment
of You.
Thank you for the forgiveness You have given me.
I want a clean heart and body before you Lord.
Help me to forgive as I have been forgiven.
Hemp me to be free. Amen.
Lord God, You know what lies I have believed.
I confess them to You now and ask You to forgive me for believing
them,
including the biggest lie of all: that I don't need a savior.
Thank You that You have broken down the dividing wall and destroyed
the barrier for all of eternity
Thank You for coming to shatter the walls I've built up to protect
myself.
Show me areas in my life where I still have a brick in my hand
Heal those areas, Lord, and keep me from walling myself off from
other and from You
Help me become all that You created me to be
Chisel away all that needs to be removed from my life.
I trust Your gentle hand. Amen
In the deserts
of the heart let the healing foundation start. In the prison
of his days, teach the free man how to praise. --W.H.Auden
Lord, thank You
that my past is past, and that You are doing a new thing in
me
Thank You that You have given me a future... and a rich today
My heart cries out in joy and thanks for the complete freedom
I have in You!
Help me grasp it with no hesitation, no fear, and no delay.
Help me live in wholeness and freedom all the days of my life
so that You can use me to bring healing to others.
And help me always to remember that You have brought me out
of Egypt, out of bondage to everything that has ever held me.
I am free! You have said so! Alleluia and Amen.
Lord,
When my knowledge and understanding fail me, when the sympathy
of others does little to ease my pain, Your Love always triumphs.
You are my Keeper, the shade upon my right hand. You preserve
me from all evil. You preserve my soul. You protect me as I
go out and come in for evermore.
Father, help me to take off my mask.
Help me to slip my hand in Yours and yield the parts of myself
I've protected so carefully.
Thank You that I don't have to be anyone but who You created
me to be.
Help me discover who that is. I give you access, Holy Spirit.
Show me my true identity -- all that I am in You.
Give me the courage to change those things that keep me from
being real.
Thank You that You accept me as I am and that You will never
leave me.
Help me every day, Lord, to become more of the authentic, beautiful
woman You created me to be.
I eagerly look forward to discovering who I really am! Amen.
Lord, Thank
You for setting me free -- from sin, from lies, from the
expectations of others, and from bondage to the culture
that surrounds me.
You planned to use me just as You made me. It is enough
for You -- so it's enough for me.
Thank you Lord that I don't have to pretend or try to be
someone else.
Help me to remember every day who I am in Christ. Help me
to remember that I honor You by being all that You created
me to be. Amen.
Lord
Jesus, I turn my will and my life over to you.
Mold
me and do with me as you will.
I
trust you to guide my steps, and
I
enter the world with hope that I may better do your will.
I
ask for your forgiveness and acceptance.
I
welcome your Holy Spirit's power, love, and guidance in
everything I do. Amen.
Psalm
119:33-40 says, "Teach me O Lord, to follow your decrees;
then I will keep them to the end. Give me understanding,
and I will keep your law and obey it with all my heart.
Direct me in the paths of your commands, for there I find
delight. Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward
selfish gain. Turn my eyes from worthless things; preserve
my life according to your word. Fulfill your promise to
your servant, so that you may be feared. Take away the disgrace
I dread for your laws are good. How I long for your laws!
Preserve my life in your righteousness.
Father God,
Thank You for working deeply and gently within me to draw
me to Yourself.
Enlarge my heart. Expand my capacity to love You...to receive
Your love.
Help me to grasp the life-changing truth that You love me
with everlasting love!
I confess to You all the thoughts, passions, and desires
of my heart that are not from You.
Forgive me for giving myself center stage and making me
the object of my attention.
I want to make You my magnificent obsession. I want to be
enthralled by nothing but You.
Thank You that I am Your beloved...that You are mine. Amen.
Father God, Thank You for working deeply and gently within
me to draw me to Yourself.
Enlarge my heart, expand my capacity to love You...and receive
Your love.
Help me to grasp the life-changing truth that You love me
with an everlasting love!
I confess to You all the thoughts, passions, and desires
of my heart that are not from You.
Forgive me for giving myself center stage and making 'me'
the center and object of my attention.
I want to make You my magnificent obsession. I want to be
enthralled by nothing but You.
Thank You that I am Your beloved...and that You are mine.
Amen.
Father, thank You for my rich inheritance!
Thank You for the unique natural traits I posses
Forgive me for not recognizing them as treasures that You
have given me alone.
Forgive me for the times I've despised my body and put myself
down.
Help me to cherish those traits, to embrace them with joy,
and to honor my family heritage with gratitude. And mostly,
Father, help me every day to remember the rich inheritance
I have in You. And thank You for the wonderful legacy I
will leave behind. Amen.
Jesus,
my Savior and Lord, my heart is overwhelmed, and my spirit
cries out in gratitude for Your amazing sacrifice.
Thank You that You withstood the most painful desert of
all, the desert of the cross, for me.
Thank You for reminding me that there is nothing I go
through that You have not experienced and don't understand.
Thank You that even when I feel alone, I am not.
You walk with me through my painful and desolate times.
Shape me into the woman You have designed me to be, so
that I may fulfill Your purpose and dream for my life.
Amen.
My
Savior, I used to think that seeing was believing. Now
I understand that it is by faith that I really see the
Truth. It is by faith that I can be sure of the things
I hope for and certain of that which I do not see. Thank
You for leading me in paths that I have not known before;
for making the darkness light before me; for making the
crooked things straight. Amen.
Father,
I acknowledge that You are good and that everything You
do is good. Thank You that You don't make mistakes, and
that You can be trusted with every detail of this world,
and my life. By faith, I accept that You have my best
interests at heart, and that You are always going to fulfill
Your perfect plan in my life, and in the lives of those
I love. Please forgive me for the times I have doubted
your wisdom, Your goodness, and Your love. I confess that
I know so little of You and Your ways, and that my view
of You is often flawed and not according to Your truth.
Please teach me to know and love and trust You as you
really are. In Jesus' name. Amen.
O
Lord, Help me to cut through the clutter and confusion
of life
so
I can see things for what they really are.
May
I comprehend that there truly are only two choices in
all things: Fear or Faith.
Lead
me to walk the paths of faith and to put all fear behind
me.
In
Your holy name I pray. Amen
Dear
Lord, I thank You for this day. I thank You for my being
able to see and to hear this morning.
I'm blessed because You are a forgiving God and an understanding
God.
You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing
me, don't let me forget that.
Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said,
or thought that was not pleasing to you... I ask now for
Your forgiveness.
Please keep me safe from all danger and harm.
Help me to start this day with a new attitude and plenty
of gratitude.
Let me make the best of each and every day to clear my
mind so that I can hear from You.
Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things.
Let me not whine and whimper over things over which I
have no control.
Let me continue to see sin through God's eyes and acknowledge
it as evil.
And when I sin, let me repent, and confess with my mouth
my wrongdoing, and receive the forgiveness of God.
And when this world closes in on me, let me remember Jesus'
example -to slip away and find a quiet place to pray.
I know that when I can't pray, You listen to my heart.
Continue to use me to do Your will. Continue to bless
me that I may be a blessing to others.
Keep me strong that I may help the weak. Keep me uplifted
that I may have words of encouragement for others.
I pray for those who are lost and can't find their way.
I pray for those who are misjudged and misunderstood.
I pray for those who don't know You intimately.
I pray for those who don't believe.
But I thank you that I believe. I believe that God
changes people and God changes things.
Prayer
For Others: He saw a great multitude, and felt compassion
for them, and healed their sick. -- Matt. 14:14.
Lord,
I pray for your healing touch to be upon others struggling
with this horrible disorder. I pray you will comfort them,
and that they will grow in character as You walk with
them throughout their healing journey; that You will provide
for their financial needs; for their families and caregivers;
that many will renew their trust in You, and follow You
even amidst affliction. In Jesus' name, Amen.
"Heal
me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be
saved, for Thou art my praise".-- Jeremiah 17:14
I
have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal
you. - 2 Kings 20:5
"O
God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts
for you... in a dry and weary land where there is no water".
-- Psalm 63:1
More
Prayers ~
We
should also remember that God answers prayers offered
in Jesus' name so "that the Father may be glorified in
the Son." The result of each prayer is that God is honored
and glorified. They asked all things according to the
will of God.
These
are my prayers -- In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Lord, I love you and I need you, come into my heart,
please.
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