Heavenly Father, I praise You for today and for learning more about You each day. I praise You that the Holy Spirit continues to work on my heart, and I learn how foolish I have been in the past. Though difficult, I serve a forgiving and merciful God who extends grace to my lack of wisdom and understanding.
Holy Spirit, when Job realized he had no right to question God and that his pride had gotten in the way and told him that he could blame God for his condition, Job uttered these words, and I stand in solidarity with Job, for I questioned God when I lost my son. “I know that You can do everything, and that no thought can be withheld from You. Who is he who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore, I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me which I did not know. ‘Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you declare to Me.’ I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eyes see You. Therefore, I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” [Job 42:2-6] I am learning to submit and become a living sacrifice to Your will. I ask for patience, for sometimes I am very thick-headed in my thinking. May I learn to understand You more each day and learn to become righteous and walk with confidence in Who You are in me.
Holy Spirit, I also ask that You would heal my friend Louis, who is in the hospital after a severe car accident. Let her know you are near and love her deeply and that many friends care about her well-being. She has suffered much in the past years with breast cancer, and then betrayal and divorce from her husband. I let Your will be done in her life. In Jesus’ name, Amen.