Does it feel as if your life is crumbling around you? I’m so sorry, my sister. I’ve been there. I know what it feels like to fall asleep defeated and wake up crushed.
It’s so easy to get bogged down with all the wrong and completely overlook the right. If you are struggling with holding onto your hope, this prayergift is for you. Love, Bird
Lord,
My sister is having one of those days when everything that could go wrong is. On days like this, the agony of the soul cries out, “Why does everything have to be so hard??” Frustrations pile up until everything tumbles into a jumbled up mess. Today, my sister needs you to settle her soul, smooth her pot-holed perspective, and sanctify her with truth.
Settle her soul
This world is a pretty shaky place, Lord. I know you didn’t create it to be that way. You had plans for sweet communion in the cool of the day, not the heartbreak of rejection. You had plans for Your children to walk in confidence, not cower in shame. But sin ruined that. We get hurt, and we hurt others. We get lost, and we lead others astray. In the midst of all of the wrong, settle my sister’s heart on what’s right. Keep her eyes always on You, for with You at her right hand, she will never be shaken. (Psalm 16:8) When the earth and all its people quake, it is You who holds its pillars firm. (Psalm 75:3) Give my sister the wisdom to encourage her own soul by saying, “Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.” (Psalm 62:5)
Smooth her pot-holed perspective
Why is it so much easier be downcast than uplifted? The enemy of our soul loves to magnify every pot-hole to make it seem as if the path You’ve laid for us is nothing short of treacherous. May my sister see the road of Your will for exactly what it is: sure, safe, and so-o-o-o-o worth the journey! Whisper in her ear: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic.” (Isaiah 28:16) When the evil one tries to make mountains our of mole hills with tricks and lies, give my sister the strength to say, “In the name of Jesus, leave me alone. My God has plans for me! Plans for prosperity and not for harm. Plans to give me a future full of hope!” (Jeremiah 29:11)
Sanctify her with truth
Open my sister’s eyes to the lies that mar her vision. Sanctify her with truth; Your word is truth. (John 17:17) I know, without a doubt, it is Your will for us to be sanctified…set apart… by Your truth because those words in John 17 are straight from Your mouth. You desire for every one of us to be so full of truth that there’s no room for lies to sneak in. Flood my sister’s mind and heart with what is ‘true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. [May she] put into practice what [she] learned from [you], what [she] heard and saw and realized. [May she] do that, [so You], who make everything work together, will work [her] into [Your] most excellent harmonies.” (Philippians 4:8 The Message) Lift her downcast eyes to see the beauty that will come from these ashes. (Isaiah 61:3) Open her distracted ears to hear the masterpiece bursting from the dissonance. Overwhelm her with Your beautiful, masterful truth: she is Yours and is always in the palm of Your hand. (Isaiah 43:1; Psalm 18:35)
In the steady, sure name of Jesus I pray, AMEN
