March 3 prayer

Dear Lord,

Good morning! How times have changed. It seems to me that I am confortable talking to You now, while typing my prayer in the computer. Well, why not? I used to write my prayers a lot. But I like typing better. I am better able to express myself and it's faster too.

Father, thank you for allowing me to talk to You this morning. My spirit longs for you. I am like a dry and thirsty land. It is not your fault. It is my fault. I have filled my mind and heart with less important things that appear to be more important. Lord, I am sorry if I have lived my life like that lately. I know that nothing is more important than you and my relationship with You. I love you Lord. I am sorry that I have not been loving You the way I should.

Lord, thank you for saving me though I am unworthy. Thank you that I am saved by grace and not by the good things I do. Thank you that my relationship with You is not determined by how much or how long I pray. ALthough I know that it will be of great benefit to me to spend a lot of time with you. You give me peace in my innermost parts. When I make you my refuge, my heart is content and happy.

Please forgive me for my negligence of things that are more important: You, family, my mission. It seems to me that life is about two things: work and rest. I must work in order to earn. I must rest after work because work is tiring. Lord, that is not how I want to live my life. I feel that it is not a very exciting way of looking at life. Please help me Lord. Please teach me how to live life to the full -- to live life for you, that is.

Father, as Joe and myself live this day, I pray that we will be excited about it, because you are our strength and inspiration. May we carry your love in our hearts all day, and of course your joy. May we view work as not a punishment, but a blessing or an opportunity to bless others. May we bless the people we touch today. May we act out of kindness and love. May we be patient with people who seem to be having bad days and dumping their garbage on us. May I not be scared to ask people to avail of things that may be of benefit to them. But, may I never push anything that is not for the best of others.

Father, I pray for my family. I pray that you look after them as I am sure You are. Thanks Lord. Please help them keep your love in their hearts. I pray that tatay and nanay can repent of criticalness and focus on serving your church. I pray that the disciples in Bulacan can grow spiritually. I pray that the leaders may be inspired by your spirit. I pray that disciples can learn deep, important things about you during their worship. Please build your church in Bulacan. Please grow the fire in their hearts in order that they can reach out to people.

Lord God, please help my sisters: Ever, Teresa, and Lisa. Please help me reach out to them. May they be in touch with the hole in their hearts that only You can fill. May they begin searching for You and may you give me an opportunity to study the Bible with them. Lord, please help my sister Evergreen to study the Bible. Please rescue her from the claws of Satan and use her life as a testimony of your forgiveness and your power to set people free.

Lord, I pray for Alyssa. I pray that we can learn to love each other like mother and daughter. She is my daughter. You gave her to me as a daughter. Please help me to be confident of that fact. Please give me the courage to teach her the things she should know and the love to show things she should not do. Help me to love her biological mother, as one of your "daughters" -- who need to be saved. Lord, help me to forgive her and to be patient with her. To let you deal with her, and not have to suffer because of her.

Lord, please lift Joe and myself from our situation right now. Lord, I know that you willed all things for our best. I know that things happen because you allowed them for our best. Lord, I believe with all my heart that you have spared us from so much more sorrow in our lives. Thank you so much Lord!

Please help us to get pregnant at the right time, to be able to buy and perfectly affordable house if this is where you want us to be, or to be able to rent an apartment/condo in a safe place. Please help me with balancing my cash drawer. I don't want to be fired from my work Lord. Please help me find a better paying job Lord. Please help me.

I need you Lord and thank You for this time to pray in Jesus' name, Amen.