I received a phone call today and got some tough news about someone close to me. Though I'm not at liberty to discuss it--at least, not yet--it made me think about how challenging situations manifest, seemingly without warning. But God is always there to hold us in the midst of it all.
That's why I love Thoughtful Thursdays. It gives the entire daily cup family the opportunity to go before the Lord together on behalf of a sister or brother we may or may not know.
The only thing we need to know is that God's word is true which tells us in James 5:15b NIV, "The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective."
Please pray with me.
C. Belle wrote:
I got into an altercation with my former best friend about 3 months ago over a lie that was told about me. I thought she knew me well enough to know I would never do what someone told her I did. Fast forward to last week and she finally found out this person was not being truthful and they got caught in some other lies. Now my former best friend is trying to be in my life again but I don't want her here anymore. She hurt me by not trusting me. She told other people I was no good based off of a lie a practical stranger told her. She lost a good thing and I feel like I should not let her back in my life. Please pray for me because I want to make the right choice and not hold grudges, bitterness, or unforgiveness in my heart.
Jazzy wrote:
I have swelling in the right breast and I feel a tightness and slight pain. It is the same side I had an operation on 21/2 years ago for a benign tumor. The doctors seemed sort of worried about my symptoms and I'm thinking it could be breast cancer because that runs in my family bloodline. I am asking God to help me not to have the spirit of fear and to accept whatever he allows to happen.
LaKeisha Rainey-Collins (Via Rebecca Johnson) wrote:
I've been having problems with my blood pressure since being home from giving birth, and have landed in the ER twice within the past five days. I have been feeling pretty bad with horrible headaches and dizziness. Please pray with me about this, as my desire is to be healthy and feeling well so that I can give my all to my family and my God.
Theresa Hall wrote:
I am going through a real rough patch financially since my union is on strike. I hold it down all by myself without the help of a husband, so my income is everything. I need this strike to end soon because my family has to eat. We have been thinking about moving back in with my mother but I don't want to be humiliated or be a burden to her. She is already caring for my grandmother who suffers with dementia.
Tammy wrote:
I'm just asking for strength for my daughter Tiny who just came to the Lord a few weeks ago. I see her getting weak in her faith. She used to be real heavy out there in the streets and she is finding it hard to walk on the straight and narrow path because all of her friends are still out there in the world. She's still got a lot of bad habits she has to break and she needs the help of the almighty Lord to make it through. Please pray for her that she will not go back to where she came from. That life is no good for her.
Father, today we invite you in to our situations and say take complete control of our lives and have Your way. On behalf of every person who submitted a petition, God we touch and agree. We are expecting your supernatural power to work in the lives of those who believe and trust in You. Whatever the circumstance or problem, we know there is nothing too hard for You. So we put it all in Your hands today Father and say, do what You will. Have thine own way. And wherever there is a need, we pray for Your healing virtue to go out and touch those who are ailing mentally, physically, and emotionally. In Jesus' name, Amen.
