And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, and to those who are the called according to His purposes.
Dear Father in heaven I come before You in Jesus name. I confess sometimes I struggle with the seen, challenged by the moments of pain and suffering in my personal life and the lives of those around me. It is arduous somedays to stay fixed on the hope for what we do not see with patience. I believe You hear the prayers of Your children and we know that all things work together for good to those who love You. The good You speak of is not referring to earthy comfort but conformity to Jesus Christ. And sometimes is just so hard to surrender and meld to Your will. To watch as loved ones, make wrong choices, suffer with illness, grieve tragic losses or can't get along. We daily need Your Spirit to help us in our weaknesses. Our human frailty that is constantly challenged like the pressing of waves on the shore. You are always doing good for us, but we groan longing for the completion of Your saving work. Help us to remember the suffering of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. Father, I confess I don't always know what to pray or how best to. I ask this day You would be the lifter of our heads, comforting us. May we abide in You always and especially when the winds of change are blowing, and we know not where it may lead us. In the valley You have place a door of hope and that hope is the person of Jesus Christ. And if You are for us who can be against us? Help us Lord to remain thankful even in adversity. It is the risen Christ who sits at Your right-hand making intercession for us so nothing can separate us from Your love, not tribulations, distress, persecution, famine nakedness, peril or sword. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, not things present not things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of You God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.
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