My Prayer Journal

1) Don't overlook what Jesus wants to teach you.  John 6:1-7 2) Don't overlook the needs of others.  Matthew 14:15 3) Don't overlook what you do have.  Mark 8:4; Luke 9:13 He doesn't do the work until WE move first! 4) Don't overlook what you are with Jesus. Matthew 14:17-21 5) don't overlook what happens when you depend on Jesus.  Jeremiah 6:14-15 I will ALWAYS come up short! It may be all you have but in Jesus' hands, it's more than enough!

Lord, So much has happened since I last wrote my prayers down.  you answered my prayers about a man in my life by reconnecting me with someone.  I didn't think I'd be attracted. He'd always been on of those "good guys" from the hometown. But he swept me off my feet. He was everything I prayed for and these last few months have been the happiest in my life.  He seemed to want the same things.  He wanted a relationship and a future.  He wanted our kids to know each other.  He called me the love of his life and his family. Now just last week, things are all of a sudden different and I don't know what happened.  It has to be an attack by the enemy.  Because I'll never believe that you would orchestrate something so wonderful and allow doubts and uncertainty to creep in if it were your plan.  Your word says your plan is to give us a hope and a future, to bless and prosper us. Lord, we're 48 years old.  You know this.  Of course we ...

Lord, I am thankful for so much.  Thank you that Darrell will be okay.  I ask that you, almighty God, continue to protect and bless him.  Get him off the streets, Lord.  Move mountains and get it rolling like only You can. Thank you for timely scriptures and devotionals. Thank you for the freedom of rejection.  I ask that my heart not be bitter with disappointment but full of joy in knowing your plan has yet to be revealed. (sb) Thank you for the opportunity to plant new fields for you.  I will faithfully go where you send me. (wh) Keep my focus on you!

Lord, I am so thankful for everything I have. You, my family and friends, home, health, job.  I thank you for giving me the desire to know You and serve You by serving others.  Lord, I pray for healing and better relationships with my precious children. I'm also praying that you would put a man in my life that loves me for who I am and that needs someone like me. For those currently in my life, regardless of whether they are meant for me as mates or friends, I pray your blessings over them. Forgive me when I stumble and fall short and as always thank you for loving me anyway.

Psalm 90:17 May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us--yes, establish the work of our hands. Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart & lean not on your own understanding. Matthew 7:7 Ask and it will be given to you; see and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. God, I may not understand how everything will work out, but I trust you.  I don't see a way but I know you will make a way.  I have faith that at this very moment you are touching hearts, opening doors and lining up the right breaks and right opportunities.  Things may look dark and bleak now but I have faith that my dawn is coming!

Dear merciful God, I did not expect this.  I hoped for something else.  now I'm left without peace. How did this happen? Why? Let me know that all understanding and wisdom are found in your wounds and your forgiveness.  Give me a heart full of humility, mercy and trust in the Lord.  let me know that every failure and every disappointment are infinitely greater than any victory or glory when your will is done.  Show me what I must learn.  Show me that I must trust in you alone.  You alone are my rest.  you alone are my hope.  You alone are my glory.  In Jesus' name, Amen