Power of a Praying Woman 10/17/06 9:02 AM Page 147
Lord, Guide Me…
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make you a good friend to others and give you a pure and loving heart in all your relationships. Pray especially for the people you live with. The Bible says that “every…house divided against itself will not stand” (Matthew 12:25). You can’t have peace if you are living in discord with anyone in your home. Don’t leave your relationships to chance. Pray for godly people to come into your life with whom you can connect. Don’t force relationships to happen, pray for them to happen. Then when they do, nurture them with prayer. This doesn’t mean you have to have large numbers of friends. There is great strength in small numbers when the people involved are strong in the Lord. The quality of your relationships is more important than the quantity. Throughout your whole life relationships will be crucial to your well-being. It is not emotionally or spiritually healthy to be isolated. Right relationships will enrich and balance you and give you a healthy perspective. Godly people will help you walk in the right direction, and the good in them will rub off on you. The quality of your relationships will determine the quality of your life. And this is something worth praying about.
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My Prayer to God
Lord, I lift up every one of my relationships to
You and ask You to bless them. I pray that each one would be glorifying to You. Help me to choose my friends wisely so I won’t be led astray. Give me discernment and strength to separate myself from anyone who is not a good in?uence. I release all my relationships to You and pray that Your will be done in each one of them.
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