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Home, Car, TV and a Girlfriend - A Prayer for Now
"I give you my thoughts, hands, and ideas. Father I give you my body, mind, emotions and will. In theory but what about in practice? Help me to turn over more. I give you my singleness, my desire for sex and to be with a woman, my desire for connection in bed and to want to latch onto another person."
At this time the issue is the separation between having money and being happy. Deep down I'm thinking that if I had a home and a better car and a couch and a 46 inch TV and a girlfriend and a warm bed to sleep in then I would be happy. Right now I don't have any of those things and I feel numb.
You get to the point to where you live at such a low level of poverty existence that you don't even know how to hope or dream again. The task is to restart the engine of faith. Faith without works is dead. The first thing to do is to write down some goals on a piece of paper. It doesn't matter what the goals or things are however selfish or seemingly unreachable - there very act of writing these down sets in motion a spiritual weight. This becomes an external object also known as a goal - prayer sheet.
Pray through this sheet every day. This is an act of regular verbal declaration with whatever faith you can muster up. God will answer and is faithful to refine and redirect the specific items on your sheet. Sign and date your sheet and pray aloud through it every day. Remain diligent.
Your consistency and faith confront the demonic forces that want to erase your existence. Things may get worse before they get better. God will begin to move in bizarre, specific and unexpected ways.
I labeled my prayer sheet "A Prayer For Now". You can fill in the blanks with your own present moment needs.
Fill in the blanks with items specific to your life:
"Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus Christ. Thank you for your provision and covering for me and my family. I'm in the car and I'm asking for the next steps in wisdom. To know what to do. To get out of denial and face the music. Open doors please. Thank you that you are opening doors. Thank you for your abiding presence and the blue energy fountain in the vast wilderness landscape. Praise the name of Jesus in __________. May your will be done. Father it is hard to pray this because there are things I want. Help me to let go. Father I pray specifically for a place to live, a job, a creative job, more _____ work, provision to support _____________. I'm believing for new beginnings and major business expansion in the month of _______________. For an increase of love and faith and your heart for others. I give you my thoughts, hands, and ideas. Father I give you my body, mind, emotions and will. In theory but what about in practice? Help me to turn over more. I give you my singleness, my desire for sex and to be with a woman, my desire for connection in bed and to want to latch onto another person. Thank you for your daily internal work. I pray to you to make a way for me to pay _________ back. For work. Father thank you for these simple friendships with ________ and _________. Thank you for your daily and nightly grace and protection. In the name of Jesus Christ. Let it be so."
And then we will see what happens over time.
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