December 2021

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Wednesday and more time to be flexible with our expectations. As we manage our tasks and utilize our calendars, we often depend on the actions of others in the achievement of our individual milestones. Help us to be less calendar driven and more qualitative in our expectations, always offering grace to others, avoiding unnecessary conflict, and focused on the common good… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Friday-eve and more time to help those trapped in the world’s values. Age knows no boundaries with regard to a lack of wisdom or valuing what’s toxic to our souls. Help us to be great examples and gentle advisors regarding the values that bring true happiness and Joy to our lives, because that access is only available through our Lord Jesus… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Friday and more time to be thankful we can maintain our composure. Jesus is there for us, and he’s given us so many examples of how to handle difficult people in difficult situations. Help us continue to learn from your examples, to avoid losing our tempers, to meditate before articulating frustrations, always bringing you into proposed solutions to our worldly problems… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Saturday and more time to consult you. There are people we deal with in this world who are exhausting to our minds, who do not share our perspective, ethic or truth, and attack as their first response. Help us to resist the urge to simply walk away, but instead to seek council from you, knowing you see all and will intervene… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Sunday and more time to rest well. Rest is extremely important to God, but the devil wants us to be driven into exhaustion and death. Help us to rest well, to avoid people, situations and commitments that do not value the importance of rest, and while resting, to nurture closely our relationships, surrounded by our Lord and Savior, in loving worship… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Monday and more time to trust in God completely. The calculus of our lives is far too complex for us to control without significant help. Help us to help ourselves by learning to rely on you, not anyone else or ourselves, knowing that you are absolutely our heavenly father, and you want to help, we just need to surrender from ourselves… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Tuesday and more time to have amazing experiences with God. The awe of God is accessible; the majesty and miracles of God are available as well, but only if we seek and spend time with God. Help us to seek and nurture a relationship with you, to carve-out time to share our thoughts and prayers, in daily conversation, in loving fellowship… In Jesus’ name… 

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Wednesday and more time to have difficult conversations. When we’re faced with seemingly unsurmountable obstacles, we tend to shy away from difficult conversations with others, sometimes to the point of running away. Help us to seek your guidance in these difficult situations, and to use the wisdom you deliver to shed light, following your Proverbs in the verbal delivery of truth… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Friday-eve and more time to recognize the meaning of our discomfort. There are times when we experience extreme dysfunction, or changes in the familiar that make our lives consistently uncomfortable. Help us to recognize when you are motivating us to move-on, creating heat in our current situations to encourage us to seek something you’ve prepared that’s better, according to our purpose… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Friday and more time to put God first, always. These are some very troubling times in this world, and without God, the truth is getting nearly impossible to find. Help us to put you first, above anything and anyone, seeking truth from you, trusting in our relationship with you, and having confidence that you will, and are, taking care of us… In Jesus’ name… 

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Saturday and more time to display our loyalty to God, not man. People are being forced to make very difficult decisions in these dark times, and many are being threatened with loss of livelihood if they do not submit to man. Help us to have the confidence in our faith to only submit to you, and the strength to say ‘no’… In Jesus’ name…  

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Sunday and more time to participate in the Sabbath. God requires us to rest, and we’re not very good at listening to what he requires. Help us to celebrate the Sabbath, to make the most of it by diving deeply into our fellowships, talking and sharing about our journeys, singing in worship, and joining for prayer in support of each other… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Monday and more time to walk away from evil. We are presented with choices each and every day, and the devil entices us in many ways, attempting to get us to follow him and his agenda. Help us to have the strength, anchored in our faith, to resist the temptations of Satan, even if shrouded as our livelihoods and work… … In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Tuesday and more time to always seek a foundation of truth. Unless sufficient time has been taken to formally seek truth as our foundations, we are merely living in a house of cards, always at risk. Help us to know truth and to seek to plant our roots in the truth, because anything other than the truth is simply a veneer… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Wednesday and more time to communicate the truth gently. ‘Figures lie, and liars figure’, but the truth cannot change, and charging forward, absent truth, leads to destruction. Help us to be gentle when delivering truth, to be aware of those around us, to be sensitive about placing blame, and to mark our paths according to your Proverbs, the ultimate communication tool… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Friday-eve and more time to focus on right vs. wrong. The laws of mankind can serve a purpose, but when mankind’s laws conflict with God’s purpose in our lives, we are to serve God, not man. Help us to increase our faith, giving us strength, realizing that mankind’s laws are sometimes not about good vs. evil, but rather evil vs. good… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Friday and more time to leave possibilities open. As we navigate within the seasons of our lives, we have moments where chapters open, and seemingly close. Help us to leave the connections to our chapters as open as possible, staying in contact and keeping conversations alive, praying for those we’ve met, creating wonder and curiosity about the light that powers us… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Saturday and more time to move ourselves forward by moving others forward. It is so simple to focus just on ourselves, on our problems and on our ambitions, however, selflessness is more powerful than our own muscle. Help us to focus on others, moving them forward, and knowing that serving others ultimately cures our own stagnation, relieving anxiety, available for Joy… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Sunday and more time to be more like Joseph. Integrity and obedience to God was not necessarily valued by the world, yet Joseph, against enormous cultural pressures, stayed true to God. Help us to remember Joseph’s example, and apply it to our lives, because this world is vastly corrupt, and integrity and obedience to God are shamed and mocked, like Joseph… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Monday and more time to use our down-time wisely. There are times in our seasons where we have much available time to do as we wish, without the burdens of work or chores weighing us down. Help us to see these times as the blessings they are, and to use time to streamline so as to be more useful to God… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Tuesday and more time to listen to our pain. We are designed to know when something is wrong or out of place, and our pain is the indicator that we need help. Help us to listen to our pain, and to seek an even deeper relationship with you, helping others to do the same in their pain, pointing to you always… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Wednesday and more time to share the wisdom. In prayer, we should be asking you for wisdom on a daily basis, and when you fill us with clarity, we should be sharing with others, always moving forward. Help us to remember to come to you first, seeking wisdom, regardless of the situation, knowing you will deliver and are there for us… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Friday-eve and more time for honest evaluation. When we are blocked in our lives from doing or accomplishing tasks, it is helpful to provide honest evaluations to others, in hopes of cooperation. Help us to formulate honest evaluations, absorbing responsibility where warranted, but also delivering useful hints, planting seeds for growth to flourish in those we depend upon, always in love… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Friday and more time to take your advice. We are bound by space and time, but we are connected to you, and you transcend what binds us in this world. Help us to stop pushing so hard, to stop trying to control, and to simply relax into prayer, so that we can hear your voice, take your advice, and be happy… In Jesus’ name…

Please sing with me… Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Jesus, Happy Birthday to you! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and just trying to make sure we all remember who’s day today really is, it’s the least we can do because he does so much for us, every minute of every day, and although our lives may seem burdened, he laid down his life for us, ultimately relieving our burdens, enabling us to be born again…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Sunday and more time for faith over pharma. These days are filled with so much fear and anxiety over something that can’t be seen, yet the antidote can’t be seen either. Help us to focus on faith, not pharma, to worship God, not ‘science’, to live in uncensored truth, and to put our trust and hope only in our Lord, Jesus… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Monday and more time to display patience with self-promoters. We all suffer defects within ourselves, and some of the most painful displays of internal strife comes in the form of self-promotion. Help us to have patience with those of narcissistic tendency, to simultaneously keep our distance and share our faith, because even the most stringent self-promoters occasionally let their guard down… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Tuesday and more time to focus on the long victories. Our daily lives offer so many opportunities for us to be offended, insulted, mocked or discounted by others, however, we should focus on the long victories, not the temporary setbacks. Help us to have thick skin, wearing the armor of our faith, and always pursuing truth with those who seem void… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Wednesday and more time to live within your proper ratios. Too much of anything can become a burden, and too little of something can cause excruciating boredom. Help us to seek balance in our lives, accepting tasks and relaxation in appropriate ratios so as to not to burn-out or slumber to excess, trusting that you will supply us abundantly with both… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Thursday and more time to stay in touch, even when they don’t. We meet so many people on our journeys, and staying in touch is a choice, much like love is a choice. Help is to stay in contact with others, even if they don’t align well with our values and beliefs, because exposure to truth takes time to sink in… In Jesus’ name...

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Friday and more time for Grace and Mercy. Nearly every minute of every day, we have opportunity to fail and sin, whether in thought or action, yet God freely dispenses his Grace and Mercy upon us, abundantly. Help us to dispense, abundantly, Grace and Mercy upon those who trespass upon us, never joining in ungodly ways, but always available for truth… In Jesus’ name…