Sunday, May 8, 2011

Not Just for Mothers, Part 3

(If you’ve stumbled in on Part 3, please seek out Parts 1 and 2 posted earlier today and read those in order first. Then this will make much more sense to you.)


Last piece. But this one fits pretty much everyone. I have only one scripture to pray for this group but it’s such a good one! Is there disharmony somewhere in your life? Are there believers who should be getting along but aren’t? Perhaps it’s a family group, sisters, or maybe a father and daughter. Maybe it’s a situation of divorce where current spouses and exes are battling. Do you leave a family gathering feeling like you’ve walked through a field of land mines? Does someone (or a bunch of someones) need to forgive one another?

Listen to what James 4:2, 3 has to say: “You want something but don’t get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.”

Sit down with God and the names and pray this one:

(Romans 15:5-7, 13) Father, as You give endurance and encouragement, please give ________, ______ and _______ a spirit of unity among themselves as they follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth they may glorify You, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Let them accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted them, in order to bring praise to You. May You fill them with all joy and peace as they trust in You, so that they may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. In Jesus’ name I pray….

I would love to think you’re as excited about the possibility of tapping into God’s power through prayer as I am. In closing…

Ephesians 3:20, 21
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”

1 comment:

  1. I am excited Penny - have already used them all; and love Eph 3:20-21 - that is the benediction prayed at the end of every Seacoast service - awesome!! See you Tuesday. Love, Claudia

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