Hello God
Thank you for granting us another week and being with us in the good and the bad.
From time to time, we all have experienced times of uncertainty, frustration, ‘over our head” situations and just plain feeling weak. We sometimes feel like we are out on our own and we don’t have the physical, mental or emotional strength to handle our current situation. We thank you for the words the Psalmist provides in Psalms 46.
1 God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
I believe that if God could be present in these natural challenges he is more then capable of being there for us in our challenges, whatever they maybe. However, in order to truly experience this we are reminded in the first part of verse 10 that it requires us to “Be still and know that I am God” Yes …be still and give it over to God. We don’t have to do it all on our own but we do have to pause and hand it over. Can we do that ?? God help us to truly understand that you are there in the most trying situations.
God this week we ask that you be with those in the world who are living thru War and never know when things may escalate. We give you thanks for living in a country that has Peace. We offer prayers for our Leaders of this Great country Canada. We are at a crossroads in our Country and we ask that you continue to give guidance to all our leaders whether nationally or provincially. Please continue to give clarity of mind to all our leaders especially in this time of transition.
We thank you for answering prayer when it come to health situations. We ask that you continue to be with those who are healing and for those that may be anticipating medical testing and/or further medical procedures . In particular we keep in mind the following requests made known:
Thank you for the Christmas season we have just come thru and for time we could spend with family and friends. A truly special time. For those who may have experienced family loss in past year may they feel your peace and presence.
We pray for our Households of Faith this week.
God, we thank you for the reminder in Psalms that you will be with us when we are facing challenging situations in our personal or public lives and experiences . Help us to pause “be still” for a moment and know you have things in control.
In all this we ask it
Amen