Greetings Prayer Warriors,
Thank you, Lord, for the saints! I love them not because of all their perfections but because of all their faults, since I can relate to those! Meditating on their lives should give everyone hope, for we are shown that even the greatest sinner can become a saint! St. Peter, one of the first apostles and a good friend of Jesus, denied even knowing Him, not once, but 3 times, yet Jesus gave him the keys to the kingdom, making him the first pope! Saul (later to be St. Paul), self-righteously took it upon himself to murder Christians, but the Lord later used him as a perfect tool to build Christianity. Beloved David was both an adulterer and a murder, but in the end, the Lord blessed him and his descendants.
The Divine Healer seeks to transform all hearts no matter how hardened or injured they’ve become. And sometimes, like he did with Paul, He jolts us from our wayward, self-destructive path. In that moment of grace, if we respond to it, we too will be given the opportunity to refocus our lives and toward the path of righteousness.
As we pray for marriages, let us ask the Lord to transform each heart according to one's unique need. May old scars heal, allowing the heart to flow with tender love. May stony hearts be pulverized so that they may once again beat with empathy and compassion. May the hearts that are surrounded by impenetrable fortresses be healed of fear and mistrust, becoming instead a castle of love.
And I will give them another heart and a new spirit I will put within them. From their bodies I will remove the hearts of stone, and give them hearts of flesh, so that they walk according to my statutes, taking care to keep my ordinances. Thus they will be my people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 11:19-20
Lord, you know exactly what it takes to command the attention of each one of your children. Hear their prayers, our prayers, so that we may find the path that leads to everlasting life. Help us persevere when we want to quit, help us love when we don’t feel like it, help us forgive, so that we may be assured of your forgiveness. Lord be our strength! Amen!
Thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:57
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Janet
Prayer provides the next rung on the stairway to heaven. Persevere in prayer one day at a time! Pass it on!
