Pray for Families (Forgive, Reconcile, and Put on the Armor of God!)

Greetings Prayer Warriors,

Don’t you wish you were always in a great mood, had the perfect temperament, and effused love and joy?  Maybe this is you, but it certainly isn’t me!  It takes such effort (and copious amounts of grace) for me to spend even a few minutes in such a state!  It doesn’t help that like flying arrows, we are bombarded daily by noise, traffic, images, demands, responsibilities, and criticisms.  This continual onslaught can put one on edge, making them testy, impatient, and caustic, putting their bad side on full display.  Whether we are the giver or recipient of such a state, it negatively impacts us and others, often causing anger, resentment, grudges, and finger pointing.

Beginning today and for the next week, let us choose to forgive and to reconcile; with oneself, with others, with God.  Let us ask to become centers of peace, love, and positivity.  But lest we impede the faucet of grace, let us pray continually for an outpouring on others and ourselves.

For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world rulers of this present darkness, with the evil spirits in the heavens. Therefore, put on the armor of God, that you may be able to resist on the evil day and, having done everything, to hold your ground. So stand fast with your loins girded in truth, clothed with righteousness as a breastplate, and your feet shod in readiness for the gospel of peace. In all circumstances, hold faith as a shield, to quench all [the] flaming arrows of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.  Ephesians 6:12-17

Lord, please send us a torrential rain of grace so that you might reign in us and protect us from life’s storms!  Help us always to effuse your Peace, Joy, and Love.

Prayerfully, Janet

Arm a warrior.   Pass it on!