Lord there are so many social issues to pray for that I’m not sure which one I should bring to your feet this morning. There is the issue of HIV among the porn stars. There is the issue of homosexual’s committing suicide because of personal fears. There are the social issues of gun control in America. Lord as you can see from my small prayer list, that could easily grow, there is a need for you.
Lord as you know I started this prayer last week after coming home from church. Pastor Robert Gelinas spoke on Your mercy. He mainly spoke from the book of Jonas. He talked about how people want your mercy but often hate when you extend the same mercy to those deem unworthy. With great surprise the end of his sermon took a tailspin. He held up a rock and said it represented people who had not forgiven themselves.
Lord as you saw I sat listening in bewilderment. It was then I realized I was Jonas. I had not forgiven myself for becoming a teen-mom. I had not forgiven myself for countless other things I had done with the life you gladly gave me. Lord so long ago, I realized I had wasted and was wasting my life. I’m sorry! Please forgive me for wasting the life you created before you formed it in the belly of my precious mom’s womb. Please stop me from living a life of regret. Please help me to live in the footsteps you ordered for me. Please help me to be a gift given back to the greatest gift giver. Lord, let me be a wonderful gift for you!
Lord this morning someone woke up unsure about life. Lord, I pray that you give this person a dream or a new dream with new hope. Lord, I pray that you help them to learn to put one foot in front of the other. Lord, I pray that you help them to understand “a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” Lord, I pray that they realize the cliché I just used apply to all aspects of life. But more so Lord, I pray they understand “Great is Thy faithfulness.”
Lord help those that have contracted HIV. Give them your peace that surpasses all human understanding. Lord help those that have confesses in their hearts that they are homosexual. Lord help those that own guns and those that don’t own guns to come to mutual agreements. But most of all Lord help the world to know ‘Great is Thy faithfulness.”
- “Great is Thy faithfulness,” O God my Father,
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not
As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be. - “Great is Thy faithfulness!” “Great is Thy faithfulness!“
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided—
“Great is Thy faithfulness,” Lord, unto me! - Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love. - Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
Source: http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/19#1#ixzz2ezjVFEMV
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Black Women Have It Going On 
Yes, this was definitely related with my own devotional for the 25th. Thank you, again, for your Internet presence. Who knows how many countless people upon this globe may have found solace today because of your willingness to share. …Bro. Roy
Good morning! I hope all is going well in your neck of the woods. Thank you for your supportive comment. I don’t know how many have found “solace” because of my willingness to share, but I hope that I continue being brave and expose my personal experience to stop others from making the same mistakes as I. Life is to be lived and not to be regretted. Have a wonderful day!
Actually, I’m going to bed. It’s almost midnight and about the time I turn in. I’m on the opposite side of the world. So, you enjoy YOUR day! I’m sure, those guys who wrote the 66 books will be quite surprised to see how those writings were valid and used today. And men like David, a peeping tom and sex offender in his own right, among others who’s lives were chronicled so we don’t make the same mistakes. So, who knows who will value yours! Mine, too! lol Take care.
Wonderful reminder Annette. I love the tie in to Jonas.
Leslie, I’m sorry for the slow response. Wow! I’m not sure why the system didn’t send notification of your comment. So, again, I’m sorry for not responding sooner. Yeah. I thought my pastor did a wonderful job on reminding his congregation about God’s mercy being for everyone. Have a wonderful fun filled weekend!
No worries, Annette! 🙂