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The Power of a Praying Woman
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My Prayer to God
Lord, search my heart and try me and see if there is any wickedness in me. Replace all that is wrong in my character with the goodness in Yours. Plant the fruit of Your Spirit in me and cause it to ?ourish. Help me to abide in You, Jesus, so that I will bear fruit in my life. I invite You, Holy Spirit, to ?ll me afresh with Your love today so that it will ?ow out of me and into the lives of others. You said in Your Word to “let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts” (Colossians 3:15). I pray that Your peace would rule my heart and mind to such a degree that people would sense it when they are around me. Help me to “pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another” (Romans 14:19). Give me the joy that knowing You produces. Make me patient with others so that I re?ect Your character to them. Help me to be kind whenever there is opportunity for it, and may Your goodness ?ow through me so that I will do good to everyone. Make me to be a faithful person so that I can be trusted in all things. Help me to have the “meekness and gentleness of Christ” so that I will re?ect Your gentle spirit (2 Corinthians 10:1). Enable me to be self-controlled in my thoughts, words, and habits. Where I need to be pruned in order to bear more fruit, I submit myself to You. I know that without You I can do nothing. You are the vine and I am the branch. I must abide in You in order to bear fruit. Help me to do that. Thank You for Your promise that if I
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