Daily Prayer for November 4th

 

Good Morning Friends! Here is today’s prayer…

Father God,

We thank you for who you are and for what you’re doing in our lives. Lord, your thoughts and ways are so different from ours…we ask for wisdom and for knowledge Father, so we can better serve you and live a life pleasing to you. The world looks up to those who are mighty in strength and power. They look down on those who are weak in body, mind or spirit. But you think just the opposite Lord. You can do nothing with a proud person who thinks they are strong due to their own might and power. You choose the broken and the weak to work through. You want us empty of ourselves. In our humanness, we mourn and grieve and think it’s something to be ashamed of to say, “I am weak, I can’t do this”…but you rejoice when you hear those words from us. Our weakness is the preparation that you need to fill us…our brokenness is the preparation you need to lift us up.

Lord, so many times you have shown us in your word, how you use the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. You chose Moses, a man with a speech impediment to speak for you to your people. You chose a young shepherd boy to slay a giant so you could show age or size does not matter when you are by our side. You gave Joshua’s army the battle plan of walking around the walls of Jericho to bring it down…You are always showing us that you think outside of the box so that your power is manifest in our weakness. Your ways always show it is you, not us, that delivers and rescues us in our time of need. You do not value what the world values…you value a broken and contrite heart.

Lord, as people grieve and mourn and hurt and struggle, may these words fill them with hope….you aren’t done with them yet. Their brokenness is preparing them for what you have next for them. Their brokenness makes them worthy of their calling…you are pouring into them all that they need to move forward and press on. Your strength is being made perfect in their weakness. Their brokenness is beautiful to you…not a sign of weakness or failure…a sign that they are now ready to be made whole and complete in you. It’s really a stage of metamorphosis, but we rarely see it that way… something beautiful comes from the pain and struggles. We see your hand on us and those broken places, are filled with more of you and that puts being broken in a whole new perspective. We are not left empty and broken. Fill us Lord we pray. Fill us to overflowing with your goodness and mercy and strength. It’s not by our might or by our power, but by yours Lord and we rejoice in that. We thank you that what the world sees as scars and defects, you see as beautiful. Thank you Lord, for what we have to look forward to as you build us up after we’ve been broken down. The world is harsh, but you are good. Blessed be your name Lord. We love you and thank you for what you are doing in each of us. In Jesus name, Amen.

I am going to rejoice with you friends to see the beauty for ashes that God brings into your lives!

You are so loved!
Your sister and friend,
Debbie