Pray It Up!
P-Pray Unceasingly R-Renew Our Hearts In God’s Presence E-Encourage One Another S-Seek God First S-Serve God With Undivided Hearts
Psalm 25:1-5
Unto You, O Lord, do I bring my life.2 O my God, I trust, lean on, rely on, and am confident in You. Let me not be put to shame or [my hope in You] be disappointed; let not my enemies triumph over me.3 Yes, let none who trust and wait hopefully and look for You be put to shame or be disappointed; let them be ashamed who forsake the right or deal treacherously without cause.4 Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths.5 Guide me in Your truth and faithfulness and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; for You [You only and altogether] do I wait [expectantly] all the day long.
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P-Pray Unceasingly
R-Renew Our Hearts In God’s Presence
E-Encourage One Another
S-Seek God First
S-Serve God With Undivided Hearts
When I get disappointed, I tend to draw away from God instead of clinging harder. I dig my roots deeply into the soil of disappointment, which eventually causes me to just dry up, because there is no nourishment for my soul in disappointment which is a dry and weary place!
This scripture truly shows the way to deal with disappointment: Unto You, Father God, do I bring my life! It is my perspective that needs to be changed! Disappointment comes on stronger, leaving me with a heavy burden because of the way I am perceiving things! I need to see things out of the lens of God's Truth!
The first thing I should do when disappointment shows up is give God the disolutionment and all the dashed expectations! The second thing I should do is specifically pray, asking Him: Lord God, reveal yourself to Me in this disappointing time and show me Your ways, teach me Your paths, guide me in Your truth and don’t let this disappointment shame me or deal treacherously with me.
Then of course I need to finish what I started! Never forget the final step of this prayer: I need to put my expectations in God’s Hands! Lord, You are the God of my salvation and if I wait and when I wait, it will be on You; I place my expectations in you all day– this day!
P-Pray Unceasingly R-Renew Our Hearts In God’s Presence E-Encourage One Another S-Seek God First S-Serve God With Undivided Hearts
- Unto You do I bring my life! Disappointment comes because of my perspective! Jesus, show me Your ways, teach me Your paths, guide me in your truth and disappointment will never shame me or deal treacherously with me. You are the God of my salvation and when I wait, it will be on You; I place my expectations in you all day, this day!
- Father God it is Your Truth, Your very Words – The Sword of The Spirit You have freely given us, our Bible - where we can find the discernment to walk wisely in the times of heavy enemy fog. Lead us Way–Maker!
- Father God, no matter what our circumstances are, You are with us. Holy Spirit, remind us of this awesome truth when we become tired and discouraged. When we are persevering in situations that don’t seem to change, help us to find our strength, endurance and courage in You.
- Jesus, I pray our faith, the impact of our belief in You, be pure, purposeful and positive! I hope for our lives to be all about You! Help us to be a blessing to all those in our life–path! Help us to be found in You, faithfully found in Your love.
- Jesus, keep us from wallowing in our disappointments! I pray we move past them to You, so our emotions never become a powerful force to negatively drive our discouragement to disharmony, disagreement and hurtful words!
- You, Lord God will give us the courage to make our way and to press on through the fog of discouragement until Your bright Son-Shine burns it completely off our life path!
- Jesus, may our faith, the impact of our faith be pure and positive! May our lives be all about You, be a blessing to all those in our life-path! Help us to be found in You, to be found in Your love.
- Holy Spirit teach us in times of heavy fog, how not to fall prey to the temptation of stopping at the pity party and hanging out with our discouragement, but to take heart and continue the course set before us, and by the Light of Your Holy Spirit, run the race You have given us, with excellence in faithfulness, persistence and perseverance.
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Jesus teach us to P-R-E-S-S through our discouragements by clinging to You and setting our roots deeper in Your Kingdom. I pray we will play out our designed life-courses with You and by Your Wisdom execute excellently a Full Court Kingdom
P-R-E-S-S!
P-Pray Unceasingly R-Renew Our Hearts In God’s Presence E-Encourage One Another S-Seek God First S-Serve God With Undivided Hearts
Hosea 6:3
Oh, that we might know the LORD! Let us press on to know him! Then he will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.
New Living Translation
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Are You Disappointed?
No matter how disappointed you are feeling or how much you are hurting, know that every heartache and loss has within it the seeds of opportunity. Hidden within each disappointment is a peal of great price, that, when found, will totally dwarf your problem. The greatest success stories are written by people who, against seemingly overwhelming and often insurmountable odds, have accepted their trials and turned them into opportunities for personal growth and stepping stones on their pathway to success. With God's help you can do the same. Trust him and choose friends who will empower you to do so.
Quote By: Dick Innes