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  • Praying to Walk in Integrity

    I know, my God, that You test the heart, and that You are pleased with integrity (1 Chronicles 29:17). Your Word informs us that the man of integrity walks securely (Proverbs 10:9), and that righteousness guards the man of integrity (Proverbs 13:6). And You tell us that the righteous man leads a blameless life; blessed are his children after him (Proverbs 20:7).

    Let us display integrity and uprightness to those around us.

    Dear God, I desire to walk in integrity, and to follow its guidance in my life by always choosing to do what is right (Proverbs 11:3). According to my dictionary, Integrity is “the state of being compete or undivided”. To me that suggests righteousness, uprightness, to do without wavering, to be blameless — to have singleness of heart or mind.

    You promised that we could be Your people and You would be our God (Zechariah 13:9); to give us singleness of heart and action, so we will always fear You for our own good and the good of our children (Jeremiah 32:38-39).

    I wish to be like Jesus, who was known as man of integrity that teaches the way of God in accordance with the truth (Matthew 22:16). In everything You give me to do, I wish to set an example by doing what is good (Titus 2:7). I want to be able to stand boldly before You and confidently say: “Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High” (Psalm 7:8). I want to lead a blameless life, to trust in You without wavering (Psalm 26:1). Like David, I want to help shepherd Your people with integrity of heart (Psalm 78:72).

    I can only do this as I rely on You, for You alone are perfect (Psalm 50:2). Thank You for giving us the Lord Jesus, for by His offering He made forever perfect in Your sight all those whom He is now making holy (Hebrews 10:14 TLB). I confess I am not yet perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me (Philippians 3:12). I want to take to heart Jesus’ words: to (act and do) be perfect [growing into complete maturity of godliness in mind and character, having reached the proper height of virtue and integrity] as You, Father, are perfect (Matthew 5:48 AMP).

    Please, dear Father, forgive my sins of disobedience and teach me the right way to live (2 Chronicles 6:27). Teach me Your ways, O Lord, and lead me in a straight path to You (Psalm 27:11). As You teach me to be true to what is right, I will be able to walk in integrity.  Then, as I to walk in integrity, I will let the Word of Christ Jesus dwell in me richly in all wisdom (Colossians 3:16), and whatever I do in word or deed I will do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to You, Father, through Him (Colossians 3:17).  I realize this is a key to personal integrity in my life.

    O God, keep my soul, and deliver me.  Let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in You. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait on You (Psalm 25:20-21).  Show me Your ways, O Lord, and teach me Your paths.  Lead me in Your truth and teach me for You are the God of my salvation, and I wait on You (Psalm 25:4-5).  Dear Father, Your Word is truth (John 17:17), and it guides me.  Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and light unto my path (Ps 119:105), and I want to walk always in the light of Your Word. 

    I thank You that You promise to uphold me in my integrity and set me in Your presence (Psalm 41:12).

  • Praying to Walk in Meekness

    Heavenly Father, I want to walk in the fruit of meekness (gentleness, humility) (Galatians 5:23).  You promise amazing things to the meek, for You tell me the meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace (Psalm 37:11), and that they shall experience deep and abiding joy (Matthew 5:5).  The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord (Psalm 22:26). The meek You will guide in judgment; and will teach them Your ways (Psalm 25:9). You, Lord, lift up the meek (Psalm 147:6) and beautify the meek with salvation (Psalm 149:4). You stand up to defend the meek of the earth (Psalm 76:9). With righteousness You judge the poor and decide with fairness for the meek (Isaiah 11:4).

    Meekness is not being milk-toast. Meekness is controlled strength.

    Your Word warns us: Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth — Beg Him to save you, all you who have tried to obey. Walk in meekness and do what is right; perhaps then the Lord will protect you from His wrath in that day of doom (Zephaniah 2:3 TLB). The meek shall increase their joy in the Lord and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel (Isaiah 29:19).

    And so, as one whom You have chosen, holy and beloved, I desire to put on a heart of compassion, kindness, meekness, and patience (Colossians 3:12). Being one of Yours, O God, I desire to follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and meekness (1 Timothy 6:11); to speak evil of no man but showing meekness unto all men (Titus 3:2); to be beautiful in my heart with the lasting charm of a gentle and meek spirit which is very precious to You (1 Peter 3:4).

    Show me how, Father God, to be clothed with meekness so I will faithfully walk in gentleness (Colossians 3:13).  As I learn this, God Father, I will put on love which is the bond of perfection, and I will let Your peace rule in my heart, and I will be thankful (Colossians 3:14-15).  Your fruit of love is the source and foundation of all gentleness in my life (Galatians 5:22).  Therefore, I will let Your Word dwell richly within me in all wisdom, gentleness, and truth (Colossians 3:16).  With You alongside me, Lord, I will do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to You through Him (Colossians 3:17).

    Father, please let this fruit of Your Holy Spirit grow in me daily as I choose to walk worthy of Your calling (Ephesians 4:1) with meekness of heart.  Through Your mercies, O Father, show me how to walk in an attitude of complete humility, meekness and patience, always bearing with others through love (Ephesians 4:2).  I want to be like Jesus who is meek and lowly in heart.  I willingly take His yoke upon me, to learn from Him (Matthew 11:29).  Father, as Your servant, I will endeavor to walk in this fruit of meekness.  With Your graces I can exhibit the qualities of patience, meekness and kindness while instructing others who are mixed up concerning the truth (2 Timothy 2:25 TLB)

    Thank You, God Father.  With joy in my heart, I now put on the new person, which is being renewed in knowledge after Your image (Colossians 3:10).  I praise You, O God, that I am Your workmanship in Christ Jesus for good works which You have prepared for me to walk in (Ephesians 2:10).  I surrender to Your working, O God, as You cultivate the fruit of meekness in my life.

  • Praying to Overcome Confusion

    Your Word promises that whoever believes on Christ Jesus shall not be confounded (1 Peter 2:6). In you, O Lord, I will put my trust; please let me never be put to confusion (Psalm 71:1). There are times when I feel with Job that “I am full of confusion” (Job 10:15). Confusion is continually before me (Psalm 44:15), because wherever there is jealousy or selfish ambition, there will be disorder/confusion (James 3:16 TLB). All idols are but wind and confusion (Isaiah 41:29), and Your Word tells us to keep ourselves from idols (1 John 5:21).

    Rest in the Lord, and He will make all things clear.

    Teach me to love Your law, O Lord.  As I do so, I know I will not stumble and I will have great peace in my life instead of confusion (Psalm 119:165).  Help me, Father.  With Your help I know I will not be confused any longer; Your help enables me to set my face like a flint, and I know I shall not be ashamed (Isaiah 50:7).  Not only that, but You have invited me to cast my burdens upon You (1 Peter 5:7), loving Lord; therefore, I cast this burden of confusion upon You, realizing You will sustain me and never let me down (Psalm 55:22). 

    Heavenly Father, thank You that You are not the author of confusion but of peace (1 Corinthians 14:33), and because of You and Your Spirit, I never have to be confused.  For the Spirit will teach me and bring to my remembrance all things You have tried to teach me (John 14:26). I praise You for not giving me a spirit of fear; instead, You have given me a spirit of power, of love and of a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7).  Thank You, O my gracious God.

    There are some people who are trying to throw me into confusion (Galatians 1:7); but I will remain trusting in the Lord to bring me back to believing as I was taught (Galatians 5:10). Through Your grace, I will trust in You with all my heart, and I will not lean toward my own understanding.  In all my ways I will acknowledge You, O Lord, and I know You will direct my paths (Proverbs 3:5-6). 

    I thank You, Father, for always sustaining me.  You keep in perfect peace those whose mind is stayed on You as long as we trust in You (Isaiah 26:3).  Thank You for Your peace which surpasses all understanding; it guards my heart and my mind (Philippians 4:7).  It has taken away the confusion I was experiencing, and I know Your peace will keep me safe through Christ Jesus (Romans 5:1).  Your kingdom is a kingdom of righteousness, peace and joy (Romans 14:17). Thank You for setting me free from confusion, gracious Father. Praises to You, O Lord my God!

  • Praying for Mental Healing

    Father God, the righteousness that comes from You comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference in us humans, for all have sinned and fall short of Your glory, God; and yet we are justified freely by Your grace through the redemption that came by Your Son, Jesus (Romans 3:22-23). Please help me to accept that Your gift of grace has never and will never be relegated by my ability to be good and righteous.

    God our Father will lead us to where life is beautiful again.

    Father, forgive me for my attempts to hurt and dominate others.  I realize I am responsible for my own behavior, and I am accountable to You for my thoughts, my idle words, and my selfish actions (Matthew 12:36). I confess this as the sin it is, and ask for Your forgiveness, knowing You are faithful and just to forgive my sin and cleanse me from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9). Please save me in Your unfailing love (Psalm 31:16).

    Jesus, You came into the world to save sinners (1 Timothy 1:15). You did not come to judge but to save (John 12:47) – to save Your people from their sins (Matthew 1:21). Save me from this sin, for I am Yours (Psalm 119:94). For if You teach me how to keep my mind set on what the Spirit desires (Romans 8:6), I will no longer conform to patterns of this world, and I will be transformed by the renewing of my mind (Romans 12:2).

    Father, I realize my helplessness in saving myself, and I glorify You for what Christ Jesus has done for me.  I put aside all past sources of confidence, counting them worth less than nothing so I may experience Christ and become one with Him (Philippians 3:8-9 TLB). 

    O Jesus, how I praise You that everyone who believes in You receives forgiveness of sins through Your name (Acts 10:43). There is no exception. Blessed am I, because my transgressions have been forgiven; my sins are covered (Romans 4:7). Blessed am I because You, Lord God, will never count my sins against me no matter how many times I fall prey to it (Romans 4:8). Even if I sin seven times in a day, and as long as I ask for forgiveness and ask for deliverance from it, You forgive me (Luke 17:4). Amazing grace!

    I am still not all I should be, but I am bringing all my energies to bear on this one thing (Philippians 3:13): I have been crucified with Christ, and I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me.  And the real life I now have within this body is a result of my trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me (Galatians 2:20).  My old sin-loving nature was buried with Him, and His wonderful new life was given to me (Romans 6:4). Now I must give up everything else – I know it to be the only way to really know Christ Jesus and to experience the mighty power that brought Him back to life again, and to find out what it means to suffer and to die with Him. So, whatever it takes, I will be one who lives in the fresh newness of life of those who are now alive from the dead (Philippians 3:10-11). 

    Father, I draw my strength from You (Ephesians 6:10).  Your strength causes me to be steadfast and trustworthy (1 Peter 5:10), for it enables me to be tolerant, and to resist hypersensitivity, irritability, and touchiness.  I desire to be well-balanced – temperate, sober of mind, vigilant, and cautious at all times, for I recognize my enemy – the devil –roams round like a roaring lion, seeking someone to seize upon and devour.  In the mighty name of Jesus, I withstand him; I stand firm in faith against his onset – rooted, established, strong, immovable, and determined (1 Peter 5:8-9).  I purpose to walk in love (1 John 1:6) toward all those around me with the help of the Holy Spirit. 

    Thank You for the Holy Spirit who leads me into reality and truth (John 14:16-17) – the truth that sets me free (John 8:32).  You have sent Your Word and healed me and delivered me from all my destructions (Psalm 107:20). Heavenly Father, in Christ Jesus, You have provided a way for me to be completely made whole (Isaiah 53:5) – this includes freedom from all depression, anxiety, guilt, worry, and every mental disorder.  You have not given me a spirit of fear, but one of power, and of love, and of a sound and healthy mind (2 Timothy 1:7).  Father, I believe You are healing my mind, and binding up my wounds (Psalm 147:3).   Through faith in You and Your Word I will joyously proclaimed that I have the mind of Christ Jesus (1 Corinthians 2:16).

  • Praying to Cast Down Imaginings

    Father, though I live in the world, I must not wage war as the world does.  I will fight the good fight of the faith and take hold of the eternal life to which I was called (1 Timothy 6:12). I will no longer walk in ways not good, pursuing my own imaginations (Isaiah 65:2). Your Word informs us that an upright man gives thought to his ways (Proverbs 21:29), and a prudent man thought to his steps (Proverbs 14:15).

    Let us not allow our imaginations to take us away from following the Lord with a whole heart.

    It is well with my soul for You have redeemed me.  You have called me by my name, and I am Yours (Isaiah 43:1).  I am even now being transformed through the renewing of my mind. You have made me able to test and approve for myself what Your Will is – Your good and acceptable and perfect Will (Romans 12:2).  You have good things reserved for my future (Jeremiah 29:11).  You are love (1 John 4:8), and perfect love casts out all fear (1 John 4:18).

    In the mighty name of Jesus, my Savior, I will take authority over my thought-life.  Even though I walk in the flesh, I am not carrying on my warfare according to the flesh and using mere human weapons. For the weapons of my warfare are not physical – weapons of flesh and blood – but they are mighty before God for the overthrowing and destruction of strongholds.  So, I will refute arguments and theories and reasonings, and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the true knowledge of God.  And I will lead every thought and purpose away captive unto the obedience of Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed One (2 Corinthians 10:3-5).

    When my strength fails and I feel weak, I will be glad and glorify Your name, O Lord God, so the power of Christ Jesus, my Savior, will rest upon me (2 Corinthians 12:9). When I feel unloved, I will remember that You alone will never leave me nor forsake me (Hebrews 13:5). When I feel left behind, I will remember that You chose me (John 15:16). When I don’t feel loved, I will remember that You first loved me (1 John 4:19). When I feel lonely, I will remember that You, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek You (Psalm 9:10). Whenever I feel afraid, I trust in You, O Lord my God; I say, “You are my God.” My times are in Your hands (Psalm 31:13-16). 

    With my soul I will bless the Lord with every thought and purpose in life and spend my times remembering His goodness (Psalm 103:2).  Let not my mind wander out of Your presence, O God (Psalm 119:10).  I truly desire that my life shall glorify the Father – spirit, soul, and body (1 Corinthians 6:20).  I take no account of the evil done to me – I pay no attention to suffered wrongs (1 Corinthians 13:5).  It holds no place in my thought-life.  I am now ready to believe the best of every person (1 Corinthians 13:7). 

    I prepare my mind for action, to be self-controlled, and I set my hope fully on the grace to be given me (1 Peter 1:13). I set my mind and keep it set on what is above – the higher things, not on the things that are of this earth (Colossians 3:2).  My carnal mind no longer rules me, for I have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16), and hold the thoughts and purposes of His heart (Philippians 2:5).  In the name of Jesus and with His Spirit to guide me, I will practice what I have learned and received and heard and seen in Christ and model my way of living on it; and the God of peace – of untroubled, undisturbed well-being – will be with me (Philippians 4:9).

    I will fix my thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom I confess (Hebrews 3:1). I aim to be perfectly united in mind and thought (1 Corinthians 1:10) to Jesus, the author and finisher of my faith (Hebrews 12:2). And whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – I will think on these things (Philippians 4:8).

  • Praying to Know You Are Loved

    Heavenly Father, I believe Your Word which tells me that You love me (Psalm 86:13).  And that nothing can separate me from Your love (Romans 8:39), except my own refusal to believe it and receive it.  You loved me even before I was born (Psalm 139:13), and You fashioned me according to Your grand plan and purpose.  According to Your Word, I am one of Your marvelous works of art, Father, and I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14). 

    God loves us! Tremendously. We are compelled to pass it on.

    Thank You for making me a new creation in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:17).  I can rejoice in the certain knowledge that You have made all things new in my life including the way I see myself.  I have been made complete in Christ Jesus (Colossians 2:10).  Thank You for pouring Your love into my heart through Your Hoy Spirit whom You have given to me (Romans 5:5).  Through Him, I am able to comprehend with all the saints the full extent of Your love (Ephesians 3:18).  Strengthen me by Your Spirit in my innermost being, Father, and keep rooting and grounding me in Your wonderful love, so I will know the love of Christ Jesus which surpasses all knowledge (Ephesians 3:17-19). Thank You for loving me and helping me to love You with all my heart; and perfecting that love so that I can love myself as You love me (1 John 4:16-17). 

    Life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned to me by the Lord Jesus — the work of telling others the Good News about Your mighty kindness and love (Acts 20:24 Phillips). But I must love myself before Your love can shine past me to others. So from this time forward I will walk in love toward You, others, and myself, because I know Chris Jesus loved me and gave Himself for me (Ephesians 5:2).  I will clothe myself with compassion as one of Your chosen people, holy and dearly loved (Colossians 3:12).

    I trust You, Father, to continue Your workmanship in my life, for I know You are working within me, both to will and to do Your good pleasure and purpose (Philippians 2:13).  When I don’t feel I’m loved, I need to remember always that You first loved me (1 John 4:19), and this fact of my faith enables me to love myself and others.  I gladly and gratefully receive Your love, gracious Father.

    I want to follow all Your commandments because of Your great love for me (John 14:15) and to show You that I do indeed love You (1 John 5:3).    By experiencing Your love and sharing it with others, people will know I am a disciple of Christ Jesus (John 13:34-35).  Your perfect love has cast out all fear (1 John 4:18), including the fear of not being loved.  Thank You so much for Your limitless love, O Lord my God.  It really is from everlasting to everlasting (Psalm 136:1). 

  • 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 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).