God's Word on That

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  • Praying for Freedom from Abuse

    Father, You have rescued me from the dominion of darkness and brought me into the kingdom of the Son of Your love (Colossians 1:13).  Once I was darkness, but now I am light in You; I want to walk as a child of light (Ephesians 5:8).  Help me to grow in grace and knowledge and understanding of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ (2 Peter 3:18), so I may experience Your love, and trust You to be a Father to me.

    God has made us to see Light – that we may become light.

    Abuse, as all darkness, is exposed and reproved when the Light shines.  It is made visible and clear; and where everything is visible and clear, there is light (Ephesians 5:13).  The history of my earthy family is filled with abusive behavior, much hatred strife, and rage.  The painful memory of past verbal, emotional, physical, and/or sexual abuse has caused me to be hostile and abusive to others.  I desire to be a doer of Your Word and not a hearer only (James 1:22).  No matter which way I turn, I cannot make myself do right.  I want to, but I cannot.  When I want to do good, I don’t; and when I try not to do wrong, I do it anyway.  It seems that sin still has me in its evil grasp (Romans 7:18-20).  This pain has caused me to hurt myself and others.  I dearly want to be Your willing servant.

    I confess my sin of abuse, resentment, and hostility toward others, and I ask You to forgive me.  I know You are faithful and just to forgive my sin and cleanse me from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9), so I gratefully receive Your mercy, and I ask for Your grace to help me in my times of need (Hebrews 4:16).  I am tired of reliving the past in my present life, perpetuating the curse of anger and abuse.  Jesus was made a curse for me (Galatians 3:13).  Therefore, Lord God, I put on Your whole armor that I may be able to successfully stand against all the strategies and tricks of the devil (Ephesians 6:11). I know my struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the dark powers and spiritual forces of evil (Ephesians 6:12).  I thank You, Lord God, that the evil power of abuse is broken, overthrown, and cast down; that through Your graces I can demolish every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of You and Your Word (2 Corinthians 10:5).  I submit myself to You and resist the devil (James 4:7) so that the need to hurt others will no longer control me.

    Loving Lord Jesus, You are my High Priest, and I ask You to loosen me from this infirmity (Luke 13:12).  I was bound – in an emotional prison – crippled and could in no wise lift myself up.  You have called me to Yourself, and I have gladly come (Matthew 11:28).  The anointing that is upon You is present to bind up and heal the brokenness and emotional wounds of the past.  You are the truth that makes me free (John 8:32). 

    Thank You, Lord God, heavenly Father, for guiding me through the steps to emotional wholeness.  I am confident of this: You have begun a good work in me, and You will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus (Philippians 1:6).  Father, I desire to live according to the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:4).  This Spirit of life, like a strong wind, has magnificently cleared the air, freeing me from a fated lifetime of brutal tyranny at the hands of sin and death (Romans 8:2 Msg).  Since I am now free, it is my desire to forget those things that lie behind and strain forward to what lies ahead.  I press on toward the goal to win the supreme and heavenly prize, to which You in Christ Jesus, are calling me upward (Philippians 3:13-14).  I choose to no longer let the past control my thinking patterns or my behavior. Instead, I will take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5). 

    It is my desire to throw all spoiled virtue and cancerous evil in the garbage.  In simple humility, I let my Gardener, You Father, landscape me with the Word, making a salvation-garden out of my life (James 1:21).  Father, by your grace, I forgive my abuser(s) (Matthew 5:44) and ask You to bring them to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).

    Praises be to You, O God, Heavenly Father.  I am now a new creation in Christ Jesus!  Old things have passed away; and behold, all things have become new (2 Corinthians 5:17).  I declare and decree that henceforth I will walk in newness of life (Romans 6:4).  You sent Jesus that I might have life and have it more abundantly (John 10:10).  Thank You for the blood of Jesus that purifies me and makes me whole. (1 John 1:7)

  • Praying to Overcome Rejection

    Heavenly Father, Your Word says You love the just and will not forsake Your faithful ones (Psalm 37:28). My justification is found in Your Son, my Savior, Christ Jesus (Romans 8:30). He is faithful even when I am not (2 Timothy 2:13). Therefore, I thank You, Father, that I can be absolutely sure You will never reject me nor forsake me because I stand with Jesus (Hebrews 13:5). I thank You for welcoming me into Your family (John 16:27). No matter how I may encounter rejection in the world around me, I am welcomed to abide in the Creator of Heaven and Earth, and in the perfect Son of the Most High God (John 17:21)!

    God sees you as a jewel. Trust in Him. Rely on Him. Thank Him.

    Glorious God, You said, “I have chosen You and have not rejected you” (Isaiah 41:9). O God, though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet Your unfailing love for me will not be shaken nor Your covenant of peace be removed. You are the Lord God who has compassion on me (Isaiah 54:10). According to Your Word, what a man desires or craves deeply is unfailing love (Proverbs 19:22). You are the only one capable of perpetual unfailing love. Help me understand that my deep cravings for someone to love me with that kind of love were meant to be satisfied by You alone.

    Lord, according to Your Word, a hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life (Proverbs 13:12). Lord, You are keenly aware of all hopes that have been deferred in my life. Help me to put my hopes in You, for You will fulfill my longings, Lord God. You fill the hungry soul with good things (Luke 1:53)

    Lord God, You say: “Do not fear disgrace by men and do not be shattered by their taunts.” (Isaiah 51:7). I won’t be afraid of people’s scorn or their slanderous talk.  Slanderous talk is temporal and fades away.  Your word will never pass away.   Father, I choose to look at the things which are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18). 

    Through faith and an act of my will – in obedience to Your Word – I choose to forgive all painful words and actions that have been done against me (Ephesians 4:32).  Through Jesus Christ You heal the broken-hearted (Luke 4:18) and bind up all wounds (Psalm 147:3).  I will seek Your face, Lord God, because You are my help, and You are my salvation.  When others forsake or reject me, I know You will lift me up (Psalm 27:9-10).  You are my refuge and underneath are Your everlasting arms (Deuteronomy 33:27).  My God, You say to me in Your Word, “I, even I am He who comforts you” (Isaiah 51:12). Thank You, Loving Father! Help me to sense and respond to Your comfort, and share it with others that may need it, too.

    You, Lord Jesus, were despised and rejected, a man of sorrows and familiar with suffering (Isaiah 53:3). You were despised — You know exactly how I feel, Lord. You understand and sympathize with weakness and pain of rejection. Therefore, I will put my trust in You. I will remember that I have a great High Priest who has suffered everything just as I suffer and now intercedes for me in the heavenly realm (Hebrews 4:15). So, I cling to You and will never stop trusting You (Hebrews 4:14).

    My Savior Jesus, I did not choose You, but You chose me (John 15:16). Help me to always be aware that You chose me, so I never need to feel left out. O Lord, because You are my help, I sing in the shadow of Your wings. My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me (Psalm 63:7-8).

    Lord God, according to Your Word, Your Spirit Himself testifies with my spirit that I am Your child. Now if I am Your child, then I am an heir — heir of Yours and co-heir with Christ Jesus, if indeed I share in His sufferings that I may also share in His glory (Romans 8:16-18). Help me to sincerely embrace the truth that any present sufferings I encounter are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in me. Father, continue to bring me along the path You have laid for me, so that I can learn to rejoice in my sufferings because sufferings produce perseverance (Romans 5:3).

    Father, I want You to be able to have great confidence in me and take pride in me and my faith in You. In all my troubles, let my joy know no bounds (2 Corinthians 7:4). You, O God, turn my wailing into dancing. You remove my sackcloth and clothe me with joy that my heart may sing to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give You thanks and praise forever (Psalm 30:11-12).

  • Praying to Overcome Abandonment

    Father, I have confessed Jesus as my Lord and believe in my heart that You raised Him from the dead (Romans 10:10).  Your Word says that if I belong to Jesus Christ, I too can be an heir of His promises (Galatians 3:29). So, I come to You and pray these promises.

    In our darkness, He will lead us forward. God will never abandon us.

    Now I am Your child.  I know that even if my father and mother forsake me, You, O Lord receive me with open arms (Psalm 27:10). When other people leave me and I feel unloved, I am thankful that You will never, ever leave me alone nor reject me (Hebrews 13:5).  Jesus gave His life for me and called me His friend (John 15:14).  He lives in my heart and I am on my way to heaven.  That is plenty to be thankful for (Colossians 3:15). 

    O God, help me always to be thankful that I am loved by You, because from the beginning You chose me to be saved, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth and in Your Son (2 Thessalonians 2:13). May Your unfailing love be my comfort, according to Your promise to Your servant (Psalm 119:76).

    Father God, I thank You that I have been given a spirit of power and of love and of a calm and well-balanced mind (2 Timothy 1:7). I ask for the power of the Holy Spirit to overcome the resentment I feel towards those who abandoned me (Ephesians 3:16).

    Lord Jesus, You have come into the world as a Light, so that no one who believes in You should stay in darkness (John 12:46). I believe in You and — with Your guiding hand and Your strength — I am abandoning the darkness that surrounds me. Those who know Your name trust in You because You have not abandoned those who seek You, Lord God (Psalm 9:9-10). Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You, O Lord, preserve my life. Your Love, O Lord, endures forever — You will not abandon the work of Your hands (Psalm 138:7-8).

    Heavenly Father, You have assigned angels who will accompany, defend, and preserve me in all my ways of obedience and service (Psalm 91:1).  I am not alone.  Your Word says there is nothing that can separate me from the love of Christ – not pain nor stress, nor persecution (Romans 8:39).  You are concerned with the smallest detail that concerns me (1 Peter 5:7), and You are my help (Psalm 46:1).  I ask You for friends who will admonish and encourage me.  Teach me how to trust others and be a friend who sticks closer than a brother (Proverbs 18:24).  Teach me to walk in Your love and show myself to be Your disciple.

    The Lord will cover me with His feathers. He will shelter me with His wings. His faithful promises are my armor and protection. His truth and faithfulness are my shield and buckler (Psalm 91:4). Why are you cast down, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? I choose to put my hope in my God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God (Psalm 42:5-6). When my soul is downcast within me, I will remember Your kindnesses, O gracious Lord.

  • Praying to Overcome Hopelessness

    Father, I give You all my worries and cares, for You are always thinking about me and watching everything that concerns me (1 Peter 5:7).  You, O God, are full of kindness through Christ Jesus, and Christ Jesus in me is the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27).

    Let us always renew our hope in the One who has vowed to always be with us.

    I will praise You forever for what You have done; in Your name I will hope, for Your name is good. I will praise You in the presence of Your saints (Psalm 52:9). We wait in hope for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. In Him our hearts rejoice; for we trust in His holy name. May Your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in You (Psalm 33:20-22).

    Remember Your Word to Your servant, for You have given me hope (Psalm 119:49). Because my hope comes from You (Psalm 62:5) and You are always with me, I know I can always have hope (Psalm 71:14). I know I can now answer the evil one who taunts me, for I trust in Your Word (Psalm 119:42). You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in Your Word (Psalm 119:114).

    Let Your mercy be upon me, O Lord.  I know that no one whose hope is in You will ever be put to shame (Psalm 25:3). I will be strong and take heart, like all those who hope in You (Psalm 31:24), knowing that those who hope in You will not be disappointed (Isaiah 49:23). On You I have set my hope that You will continue to deliver me (2 Corinthians 1:10).

    Lord, I thank You for being my Shepherd, champion, counselor, leader…  You are the God of all hope; please fill me with all joy and peace as I trust in You, so that I may overflow to others with hope by the power of Your Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13).  Because I hope in You, I have renewed strength (Isaiah 40:31).  Simply expressing this to You in prayer lifts the hopelessness from my soul.  Thank You, O Lord my God.

    I must be self-controlled and alert, for the enemy prowls around looking for someone to devour.  By Your grace I will stand firm in my faith, trusting You, and remembering that other Christians around the world are going through these kinds of sufferings too (1 Peter 5:8-9).  So, I will be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer (Romans 12:12).

    Thank You for giving me everlasting consolation and good hope through Your graces (2 Thessalonians 2:16).  I put on the hope of my salvation as a helmet (Ephesians 6:17), and I will prepare my mind for action; being self-controlled and setting my hope fully on the grace to be given me when Christ Jesus is revealed (1 Peter 1:13). I now wait for the blessed hope – the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus (Titus 2:13).

    I have fled and abandoned my old habits and now take hold of the hope offered to all, and I am greatly encouraged (Hebrews 6:18). Even now, as I pray, I have this hope as an anchor for my soul, firm and secure (Hebrews 6:19).  From now on, because of Your kindnesses, I will praise You more and more (Psalm 71:14).  Father, thank You for exchanging my sense of hopelessness with Your abiding hope.

  • Prayer When Depressed

    Father, as Your child, I boldly come before Your throne of grace that I may receive mercy and find grace to help in my time of need (Hebrews 4:16).  Father, I know Your ears are open to my prayers (1 John 5:14). I ask that You listen to my prayer now, O God, and hide not Your face from my supplication.  I ask You to attend to me and answer me for I am restless and distraught (Psalm 55:1-2). 

    God’s Word gives life! Trust Him!

    I confess the depression I am experiencing to You, O mighty God.  In doing so I also express my desire to forsake it and to put it behind me forever.  Thank You for lifting me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire my mind had put me into, and setting my feet upon the solid rock of confidence Your Word gives (Psalm 40:2).  Please guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are God my Savior, and my hope is in You all day long (Psalm 25:5). With Your Spirit to guide me, I will not give into depression any longer.  Instead, I will wait for the Lord; my soul waits, and in His Word I put my hope (Psalm 130:5).

    I love You, O Lord, my Strength (Psalm 18:1).  There is never a reason for me to mourn or to be depressed.  Instead, I will go to You because You are my exceeding joy (Psalm 43:4).  My hope is in You (Psalm 39:7), for You have been my hope, O Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth (Psalm 71:5).

    I am calling upon You, my Mighty God, to rescue me (Psalm 55:16).  You ransomed me unharmed from the battle of depression waged against me (Psalm 55:18).  I cast my burden on You, O Lord, releasing the weight of it and You sustain me; for You will never allow the consistently righteous to fall (Psalm 55:22).  Hopelessness lies in wait for me to swallow me up or trample me all day long (Psalm 56:2).  When I am afraid, I will trust in You.  In You, O God, whose Word I praise, in You I confidently put my trust.  I will not fear (Psalm 56:3-4).

    You know my every sleepless night, each tear and heartache is answered with Your promise.  I am thanking You with all my heart!  You pulled me from the brink of death, my feet from the cliff of doom.  Now I stroll at leisure with You in the sunlit fields of life (Psalm 56:5, 8, 13 MSG).  What would have become of me, Lord, had I not believed I would see Your goodness in the land of the living?  I will wait for You; I will be brave and of good courage and let my heart be stout and enduring.  Yes, I wait for You! (Psalm 27:13-14)

  • Praying to Overcome Depression

    Father, You are a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble (Psalm 9:9).  I lean on and confidently put my trust in You, for all those who know Your name trust in You, for You, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek You (Psalm 9:10).  Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put all hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God (Psalm 42:11).

    Why so depressed, O my soul? Trust in God, for I will yet praise Him.

    My soul is weary with sorrow; please strengthen me according to Your Word (Psalm 119:28). I was bowed down in distress (Psalm 57:6). Lord, You uphold all those who fall and lift up all who are bowed down (Psalm 145:14).  I will be of good courage because Your eyes range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to You (2 Chronicles 16:9). 

    “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11). Father, I know from Your Word that You have thoughts and plans for my welfare and peace. I will say to my fearful heart, “Be strong, do not fear; God will come, with divine retribution He will come to save me” (Isaiah 35:4).  You will keep me in perfect peace, as long as my mind is stayed on You (Isaiah 26:3), then I can stop allowing myself to be agitated and disturbed and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled (John 14:27 Amplified).

    Satan, I resist you and every oppressive spirit in the mighty name of the Lord Jesus. I resist fear, discouragement, self-pity, and depression (James 4:7). I speak the Word of truth, and I give you no place, devil; I give no opportunity to you (Ephesians 4:27). I am delivered from oppression and depression (Luke 4:18). I will overcome by the blood of the Lamb, my Savior, and the word of my own testimony (Revelation 12:11).

    You tell me: “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” (Isaiah 41:10). And so, I rejoice! I pray You will strengthen me with power through Your Spirit in my inner being (Ephesians 3:16).

    Father God, I thank You that I have been given a spirit of power and of love and of a calm and well-balanced mind (2 Timothy 1:7). I have a fresh mental and spiritual attitude, for I am being constantly renewed in the spirit of my mind by Your Word, O my God. Because Jesus is in me, I have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16) and I hold the thoughts and purposes of His heart (Philippians 2:5). I arise from the prostration and depression in which circumstances have kept me. I have been raised to new life. Thanks to Jesus, I can shine and be radiant with the glory of the Lord (Isaiah 60:1).

    Thank You, Father, in Jesus’ name, that I am set free from every evil work (Galatians 1:4). I praise You that the joy of the Lord is my strength (Nehemiah 8:10). God, my Father, has given me all things that pertain to life and godliness; and I am a partaker of His divine nature (2 Peter 1:3-4). The peace that surpasses all understanding keeps my heart and mind through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7). And things which are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, if they be of good report or have good virtue or are praiseworthy, I will think on these things (Philippians 4:8).

  • Praying for Freedom from Oppression

    In Him [Christ the Lord] and through faith in Him [Jesus the Messiah], we may approach God [Creator of the Cosmos, our Father] with freedom and confidence (Ephesians 3:12) to ask for His mercy and grace as we need it.

    Let us come out of our darkness, to display His light to others.

    Father, You Yourself have reconciled us by Christ’s physical body through death to present us holy in Your sight, without blemish and free from any accusation from the evil one (Colossians 1:22). Christ Jesus is the mediator of Your new covenant, that we who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance – since Jesus has died as a ransom to set us free from the sins committed under Your laws (Hebrews 9:15). He came to free us who all our lives were held in slavery by our fear of death (Hebrews 2:15). Thanks to the freedom we have in Christ Jesus (Galatians 2:4), I will speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the new law that gives freedom (James 2:12).

    It is for liberty that Christ has set us free. So, I will stand fast in the liberty Christ has given to me. With Your infinite mercies, Lord God, and with the guidance of the Holy Spirit who lives in me, I will never again be entangled with any yoke of bondage (Galatians 5:1). For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him (2 Peter 2:19) and I choose to not be mastered by anything (1 Corinthians 6:12) or anyone except You, Lord God, my Father.

    I run in the path of Your commands for You have set my heart free (Psalm 119:32). I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out Your precepts (Psalm 119:45). Your wonderful Word is the law of liberty in my life, O Lord, and I will look intently into Your Word and in the perfect liberty that it gives me.  With the help of Your graces, I will be a doer of Your Word and not a hearer only (James 1:25). 

    “The troubles of my heart have multiplied; free me from my anguish” (Psalm 25:17). In my anguish I cried to the Lord, and He answered by setting me free (Psalm 118:5). O Lord, truly I am Your servant… You have freed me from my chains (Psalm 116:16).

    I had pleaded: “Free me from the trap that is set for me, for You are my refuge, O Lord” (Psalm 31:4). And You said, “I removed the burden from your shoulders… In your distress you called and I rescued you” (Psalm 81:6-7). You are the God who avenges me… who sets me free from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from violent men You rescued me (2 Sam 22:48-49).

    The Lord is righteous; He has cut me free from the cords of the wicked (Psalm 129:4). The wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will go free (Proverbs 11:21). He has freed us from our enemies – His love endures forever (Psalm 136:24).

    This is what the Lord says: In the time of My favor, I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you (Isaiah 49:8-9). The cowering prisoners will soon be set free; they will not die in their dungeons (Isaiah 51:14). O come all you who sit in darkness, come and see that the Lord sets prisoners free (Psalm 146:7). Lord God, You have set me free from my prison, and I will praise Your name forever (Psalm 142:7).

  • Praying Thanks for Freedom 

    Lord God, thank You for Your truth which sets me free (John 8:32).  Praises to Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood (Revelation 1:5).

    Jesus has set us free! Let us soar to new heights.

    The power of Your Gospel and the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus have set me free from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:2) because everyone who has died has been freed from sin (Romans 6:7).  Hallelujah, I am free indeed (John 8:36). I can say with Job: “I am free and without sin, I am clean and free from guilt” (Job 33:9). My home is safe and free from fear (Job 21:9). I have been set free from sin and have now become a slave to righteousness (Romans 6:18). And since I am free from sin and have become a slave to You, my Lord and God, the benefits You promise will lead me to holiness, and the result is eternal life (Romans 6:22).

    Thank You, Gracious God.  You have given me total spiritual freedom whereas once I was bruised and scarred by sin, I am now free, enjoying Your healing and deliverance in every area of my life. 

    I agree that I must be careful that the exercise of my freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak (1 Corinthians 8:9). I must not use my freedom as a cover up for evil, but as a servant of God (1 Peter 2:16). We were called to be free, not to use our freedom to indulge the sinful nature; but rather to freely serve one another in love (Galatians 5:13).

    Where Your Spirit is, Lord, there is freedom (2 Corinthians 3:17), and because this is true, I aim to habitually walk in the Spirit each step of the way. Lord God, please guide me to live by the Spirit and not gratify my sinful nature (Galatians 5:16).  Help me to yield myself more and more to the power of Your Sprit, Father.  Help me to crucify my flesh, O Lord, with all its affections and lusts, its passions and desires so I can live by and keep in step with Your Spirit at all times (Galatians 5:24-25). 

    Your Word states that the kind of fasting You have chosen is to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke (Isaiah 58:6). Your Spirit, O Lord Jesus, has been put upon me; You have anointed me to proclaim Your Gospel, to heal the brokenhearted, to minister Your deliverance for the captives and give sight for the blind.  Through the power of Your Spirit, Lord, I too will be able to lead others into freedom (Luke 4:18).  Thank You for full spiritual freedom, my Lord and my God.

  • Praying for Discernment

    Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your promise to instruct me and teach me the way in which I should go; that You will counsel me with Your eye upon me (Psalm 32:8).  Teach me Your ways so I may know You and continue to find favor with You (Exodus 33:13).  Give me an understanding heart that openly responds to the wisdom and direction I receive from You (1 Kings 3:9), so I can become responsive and obedient to all Your Will (Proverbs 3:1).

    Let us continually ask for discernment to know the path He wants us to take.

    Your Word tells us that if one rebukes a discerning man, he will gain knowledge (Proverbs 19:25), for knowledge comes easily to the discerning (Proverbs 14:6). I am Your servant; please, give me a discerning heart that I may understand Your statues (Psalm 119:125). For You, through Your Word, give wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning (Daniel 2:21).

    You promised to guide me in the way of wisdom, Lord, so when I walk, my steps will not be hampered; and when I run, I will not stumble.  My path will be clear, and open to me (Proverbs 4:11-12).  In turn, I promise to let my eyes look straight ahead with fixed purpose and to keep my gaze straight before me (Proverbs 4:25), looking to Jesus, the Author of all faith (Hebrews 12:2).  With Your wisdom beside me and Your Spirit leading me, I will consider well the path of my feet, and I will let all my ways be established and ordered aright. I will not swerve to the right or the left; I will keep my foot from evil (Proverbs 4:26-27). My faithful Father, when I should turn to the right or to the left, please cause my ears to hear a voice behind me saying, “this is the way; walk in it” (Isaiah 30:21). Please, guide me to follow Your paths.

    A wise man’s heart discerns both the proper time and the proper procedure; for there is a proper time and procedure for every matter (Ecclesiastes 8:5-6). You inform us that whoever keeps the law is a discerning son (Proverbs 28:7). Your Word promises me, Lord, that You always order the steps of a good person, and You delight in the way of a person who follows You (Psalm 37:23).  With all my heart, Father, I want to follow Your ways; to be the kind of person who brings joy and delight to Your heart (Psalm 149:4).  That I may walk, live and conduct myself in a manner worthy of You, Lord, fully pleasing You and desiring to please You in all things, steadily growing and increasing in Your knowledge (Colossians 1:10).

    Your Word tells me: One is mature who, by constant use, has trained himself to distinguish good from evil (Hebrews 5:14). Please teach me to discern between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves You and the one who does not (Malachi 3:18).

    I humbly ask that You always guide me with Your good judgment and teach me Your ways (Psalm 25:9).  O Lord; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressor [the devil] (Psalm 27:11). Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemy — make straight Your way before me (Psalm 5:8). You are my God forever and ever.  Please be my guide even to the end (Psalm 48:14).  Cause me to know the way in which I should walk for to You I lift up my soul (Psalm 143:8). 

    Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; may Your good Spirit lead me on level ground (Psalm 143:10). You promised to guide me with Your counsel (Psalm 73:24); that everywhere Your hand will guide me, Your right hand will hold me fast (Psalm 139:10); You will guide my feet into the path of peace (Luke 1:79).

    Jesus has been made unto me wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:30), and now I listen to Your Word, so I may add to my learning. This will develop a discerning heart in me that I may be guided by Your wisdom (Proverbs 1:5). Attend to my prayer, dearest Father, as I inclined my ear and my mind to Your Word (Proverbs 4:20).

  • Praying for Guidance

    Lord God, Your Word tells me to trust in You with all my heart and not lean on my own understanding. In all my ways I aim to acknowledge You, then You will make my paths straight (Proverbs 3:5-6). You tell us that the mind of man can plan a course, but You direct his steps (Proverbs 16:9). O loving Lord, please direct my steps and lead me down the paths of righteousness for Your name’s sake (Psalm 23:3)

    God our Father promises to be a light to our path.

    Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path (Psalm 119:105).  You are my lamp, O Lord; You turn my darkness into light (2 Samuel 22:29). Lord, You have brought light to my life. My God, You light up my darkness (Psalm 18:28). Please help me to understand that, because I am Yours, Light is shining in my darkness whether or not I can behold it or understand it.

    Your Word says: I am the Lord, your God, who teaches you for your benefit and profit, who leads you in the way you should go (Isaiah 48:17). For the sake of Your name, O Lord, lead me and guide me (Psalm 31:3). O Lord, please guide me continually, satisfy my soul in this parched land, and make fat my bones (strengthen my frame); and I shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring whose waters never run dry (Isaiah 58:11).

    You stated that in Your unfailing love You will lead the people You have redeemed. In Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling (Exodus 15:13). You have compassion for us, and so will guide us and lead us beside springs of water (Isaiah 49:10).

    You have given me the Holy Spirit to guide me into all truth (John 16:13).  Thank You for His guiding presence in my life. So, send forth Your light and Your truth, O Lord. Let them guide me; let them bring me to Your holy mountain, to the place where You dwell (Psalm 43:3).

    Give Your servant an understanding heart that I may always be able to discern between good and evil (1 Kings 3:9). So that I may be able to discern what is best, that I may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ’s return (Philippians 1:10).

    Lord Jesus, I acknowledge that the Holy Spirit clearly says in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons (1 Timothy 4:1). As the time of Your return approaches, there will be increasing deception and literally twisted doctrines taught by angels of darkness. Please develop a higher level of discernment in me, my Lord. Teach me to know truth so well that I will quickly recognize the most finely crafted lie. Help me never to abandon the faith to follow a lie.