May 2022

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Sunday and more time to read the audience.  For the enthusiastic Christian, the world is our daily audience for our performances in truth.  Help us to read the audience, to understand what they are receptive to, and to feed their appetites for truth, always walking a fragile line of truth vs. their ability to accept the truth, thus avoiding the anti-pattern… In Jesus’ name...

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Monday and more time to show-up and see what happens.  Showing-up to our lives, ready to tackle new challenges and meet new people, is exciting, if we’re soldiers for God.  Help us to boldly enter the day, not knowing who we’ll meet or what situations we have awaiting, and to use your toolbelt to interact, always seeking new friends in fellowship… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Tuesday and more time to connect deeply with others.  We have so many opportunities to connect with others, and often we have the choice to be superficial or engaging.  Help us to be prudent, but to have a tendency to open the doors of engaging relationships with others, always being more interested in them than ourselves, always dropping hints of truth… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Wednesday and more time to be creative in maintaining momentum.  There are times when our efforts result in quickly won friendships that have much potential in forming meaningful fellowships.  Help us to be creative and to maintain the interests of others, always cognizant of their core values, and always seeking to dive a little deeper with each encounter, gaining ground daily… 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 put one foot in front of another.  Sometimes our days get intense, and we have encounters that leave lasting impressions, knowing further discussions await.  Help us seek strength from you, giving us confidence in the continuity of conversations, knowing you will fill us with wisdom just when we need it, one foot in front of another… In Jesus’ name...

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Friday and more time to consolidate our thoughts into loving truth.  Along our journeys, living our days and weeks, we come to points where it’s time to consolidate experiences into themes of truth.  Help us to gather our thoughts, based on recent experiences, and to consolidate into loving action items of truth, yielding glory to You, helping others along the way… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Saturday and more time to let the truth settle-in.  When we encounter individuals who open themselves to hear what we have to say, it is very important to avoid over-burdening them with too much truth or enthusiasm.  Help us to establish trusting relationships, to always listen before gently speaking, and to deliver truth calmly, in short doses, letting it settle-in overtime… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Sunday and more time to represent Jesus in a world that needs him.  We are far from perfect, however, if we strive to represent Jesus daily, we will be on a continuous improvement cycle in life.  Help us to represent Jesus well, to allow our transformations to influence others in a world that desperately needs truth, wisdom, salvation, love and fellowship… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Monday and more time to focus on winning souls vs. winning arguments.  Helping others find truth can be a long and frustrating journey, tempting us at times to argue truth vs. displaying living and loving truth.  Help us to always maintain composure, to seek opportunities to leave tidbits that cause others to think, and to maintain access to those in need… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Tuesday and more time to get the words right.  People are fragile, and people who display the most grit and strength are often the most fragile of us all.  Help us use the right words in dealing with people, always being cognizant of their strengths, sensitive to their weaknesses, and nourishing to their hearts, allowing Your proverbs to govern our tongues… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Wednesday and more time to consolidate our work with others.  Gathering momentum is fun, but maintaining momentum is critical.  Help us to maintain positive momentum in our faith with others, knowing that setting the proper pace is crucial to maintaining momentum, and consolidating good work is necessary to continuing to move forward, with plans of achieving scalability that ultimately glorifies God… 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 come to conclusions.  The landscapes of the problems we face daily require diligence in solutions, but conclusions must first be articulated prior to moving forward.  Help us to articulate the conclusions masterfully, seeking your guidance in moderate pace, layering-in the steps to march toward, creating clarity for everyone involved, and ultimately, glorifying God in the process… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Friday and more time to avoid the moods of others.  There are times when those who are close to us are in moods that seem dark.  Help us to remember that we are not responsible for their moods, and to lovingly endure their temporary negative ways, asking You to work on their hearts, knowing that this too shall likely pass quickly… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Saturday and more time to stop focusing on our own needs.  If our relationship with Jesus is solid, we should have the confidence that our personal needs will be met, as we do his work in the world.  Help us to reinforce our confidence in You, putting our own needs aside, and focusing on the important work we’re doing for you… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Sunday and more time to leverage love over fear.  We accomplish so much more when we work together to solve the problems in this world, of which there is no shortage.  Help us to leverage love to pull people together, instead of fear to drive outcomes, creating momentum that’s scalable, solving problems of this world, and glorifying God by doing so… 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 the warehouse.  We leave impressions on others that we’re not entirely aware of, but if we simply hide away, we may not ever get the opportunity to expand upon those impressions.  Help us to go out of our way to walk the isles, making ourselves available to those in the warehouse who seek more truth… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Tuesday and more time to rise above the disinformation.  As you warned us a couple thousand years ago, deception will abound as a sign of the times as we approach your return.  Help us to rise above the lies, to refrain from associating ourselves with political affiliations, and to only identify as true believers of You, with a biblical world view… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Wednesday and more time to understand that less can be more.  Moving forward with others sometimes requires a little less interaction than more, leaving spaces for people to think and process.  Help us to sense when a little less is better than more, always leaving good impressions, and always causing continuous thought in those we have had the privilege to interact… 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 organize our future deliverables together.  Taking time to organize thoughts and milestones is always a prudent step when we seek alignment with others.  Help us to take the time to think through our common goals, and to plan accordingly, keeping it simple, well documented, and ultimately producing value that helps to form fellowships, always glorifying God… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship. Thank you for this Friday and more time to bring people together in truth.  Having a common goal and serving common needs is central to how we are instructed to move forward, and how we are to glorify God.  Help us to focus on our commonalities, not our differences, and to move forward together, taking time to understand what success is, and achieving it together… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Saturday and more time to relax and let things soak-in.  As we work through our days, encountering people in conversations, dropping seeds of truth, it is important to let time pass for those seeds to sprout.  Help us to thoroughly enjoy our down-time, knowing that our words are still in the minds of those we encountered, soaking-in, future conversations to come… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Sunday and more time to walk in your spirit.  The temptations of our flesh are numerous, constant, and annoying, but thankfully temporary.  Help us to walk in your spirit, seeing each day as a new challenge to ourselves to walk a little more in your spirit as we did the previous day, moving forward toward your promises which are certainly near… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Monday and more time to listen intently while helping others.  We sometimes think we have the answers, but when we’re helping to organize the thoughts of others, it is important for us to listen as much as we steward.  Help us to keep our ears open, hearing nuances that we did not know, and weaving those into the solutions benefiting all… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Tuesday and more time to work together for the sake of others.  When we find ourselves in situations where common friends are flirting with danger, coming together for good council can lead to a blessing of remediation.  Help us to come together for the benefit of others, not in gossip, but in true brotherly love, helping unselfishly for the greater good… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Wednesday and more time to be available to others.  When we make ourselves available to God, we also need to make ourselves available to others, not according to our schedules, but theirs.  Help us to be as available as reasonably possible, to connect with people, to dangle carrots, not sticks, and to truly understand where others are, always focused on fellowship… 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 extend grace and allow Jesus to multiply.  We all get annoyed, but when we’re annoyed, extending grace is paramount, because we are ourselves so annoying.  Help us to freely extend grace to those who surrounded us, and help our works be multiplied by you, because only you have that power, and you want to use it… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Friday and more time to see old friends, break bread and fellowship in You.  What an amazing opportunity it is to get together with old friends, to be physically together, not over a computer, and enjoying our common kinship.  Help us to desire and act upon reunions with friends, and bless these times of fellowship, renewing our bonds, blessing our fellowships… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Saturday and more time to head down a country road and appreciate the simplicity.  The ground is well watered, the crops bolting toward the sky, the sheep and their lambs are fat, laying around and calm.  Help us to venture out beyond our distractions, and to appreciate the simplicity you designed, enabling our minds to calm, and your wisdom to invade… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Sunday and more time to help others feel confident in what really matters.  The world attempts to measure nearly everything, but the world rarely takes the time to inventory what really matters.  Help us to help others focus on the only thing that matters, that being the glorification of God, and help us to measure our performances accordingly, thus guaranteeing success… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Monday and more time to understand the context of all we encounter.  Interpretation and context are crucial, and our ability to discern requires us to keenly understand the context of what we’re presented with daily.  Help us to avoid being intellectually lazy, and to dive deeper into situations, revealing proper context and avoiding purely emotional reactions, reserving perfect judgement for you… In Jesus’ name…

Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name I pray for my friends in fellowship.  Thank you for this Tuesday and more time to be ready for those you send our way.  The permutations of those you oversee exceed the trillions, and we are often the recipients of people you have sent our way.  Help us to be alert and to be receptive to those you have directed toward us, and help us to fill them gently with your truth… In Jesus’ name…