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A Prayer for SIL, Day 50

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Jesus, You hold us in Your hands. You mold and shape us. You purify us in the fire of You Spirit. I pray that SIL yields to You as You hold, shape, and purify her.

Hold me up, that I may be safe and have regard for your statutes continuously. Ps 119:117

Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” Rom 9:20b

For he is like a refiner’s fire. Malachi 3:2

You have been grieved by various trials so that the tested genuineness of your faith – more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire – may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.  1 Peter 1:6b-7

He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. Matthew 3:11b

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Revelation 3:18

Lord, hold SIL, keep her safe. May she yield herself to You rather than to the world. Reveal to her her needs – and show her how to buy refined gold, how to put on white garments, and how to anoint her eyes. Lord, may she buy the garments and salve from You and not from the world, nor try to do it in her own power. Help her to stay focused on You both in the day when she is awake and at night as she sleeps.

In Your Mighty Name,

Amen.

A Prayer for SIL, Day 49

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Lord, help me to let go and let you work in SIL at the pace and the way You choose. She is not changing the way I think she should, or as fast as I think she should. But she’s not mine to fix. She belongs to You. She answers to You. I release her, again, to You. Heal her. Teach her. Guide her. Convict her. Love her. I pray that she responds to You, cooperates with You, and seeks You above all else.

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, (that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work) 2 Timothy 3:16 (17)

Jesus, I pray that You draw SIL to Your Word, that she craves it and feeds upon it every day. And while she does so, that You use it to teach, correct, and train her in righteousness.

In Your Hands,

Amen.

Life is Like Enlarging a Fish Pond, Part 11 – Growing in Unexpected Places

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It doesn’t make any sense. A dianthus flower should be planted in good soil, not growing in the water. All the books that I have read say that its roots will rot in too much water. However, my dianthus is doing fine.

This goes to show that we can’t believe everything the world tells us.

God sometimes plants us in places that don’t make sense or are contrary to our learned understanding of what we need in order to grow well. It’s okay. We can trust that He has a purpose no matter how unlikely the environment. If we keep our roots in the living water of His Spirit, we will flourish.

Scriptures:

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:19

The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God. They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green, Psalm 92:12-14

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. Revelation 22:1

A Prayer for SIL, Day 48

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Lord, carry SIL in Your arms like a young lamb. You are the Good Shepherd – her shepherd. You know her and You know how to take care of her.

I am the Good Shepherd. I know my own and my own know me… The sheep hear his voice and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out… He goes before them and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. John 10:14, 3b, 4b

He will tend his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom. Isaiah 40:11a

Oh, save your people, and bless your heritage! Be their shepherd and carry them forever! Psalm 28:9

Jesus, I pray that SIL’s ears will be open to Your voice. May she hear You when You call her by name. May she follow You as You lead her. When she cannot walk, I pray that You carry her in Your bosom, and that You will be her shepherd forever.

In Your Gentle Arms,

Amen.

A Prayer for SIL, Day 47

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Lord, I lift up SIL once again. Heal her heart – she is still struggling. Give her understanding – she is still confused. Fill her with Your love – she is still needy. Fill her with Your peace – she is fearful of the future. Cover her with Your protection – for the enemy wants to destroy her.

Be sober-minded, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8

Jesus, show SIL what it means to be sober-minded and watchful. Protect her from the devil who would like to devour her. Raise SIL up so that not only is her life dedicated to You, but that she encourages everyone else to be dedicated to You, too. You have gifted her in the way that people want to listen to her. I pray that what she says is Biblically accurate so that she doesn’t lead anyone away from You.

In Your Holy Name,

Amen.

A Prayer for SIL, Day 46

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Lord, cover SIL with Your wings.

For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. Psalm 91:3-4

Deliver SIL from the snares around her. From the ones created by the enemy, the ones created by her past, the ones created by her sin, and the ones created by her pride and self-centeredness. No matter how strong the snare, You are stronger. No matter how hidden the snare, You see it. May SIL find refuge under Your wings. May she be open to Your will. And may she find Your faithfulness to be shield and buckler. Keep her fully aware of Your presence and Your promises each day.

In Your Protective Name,

Amen.

A Prayer for SIL, Day 45 4-15-26

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Jesus, her attitude lately is exactly what Paul preached against. I pray that You speak to her, convict her when she strays from Your way.

Those of crooked heart are an abomination to the LORD, but those of blameless ways are his delight. Proverbs 2:20

A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity. Proverbs 17:20

Do not be conformed to this world  Romans 12:2a

Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Romans 6:1-2

Working together with him then we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 Corinthians 6:1a

Lord, Your Word explains why she may be experiencing the problems that she is. I pray that You open her eyes to where she stands. She knows the difference between Your way and the world’s way, but somehow she’s not aware that she has strayed away from Your side. I pray that she cooperates with Your Spirit as You call her back to You. Convict her heart each time she lies or cheats or steals, including when she does so to herself. Lying to herself that Your conviction is not what it is or that what she does is not that bad, cheating herself of Your blessings, and stealing Your glory for the things You are doing. Lord, open her eyes and heart to the Truth found only in You.

In Your Grace,

Amen.

A Prayer for SIL, Day 44

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Jesus, may Your Spirit minister to SIL as she sleeps tonight. Bring her hurt parts into good health. Remove her hardened heart and replace it with a soft heart that is focused on You.

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleanness, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statues and be careful to obey my rules. Ezekiel 36:25-27

Lord, as SIL responds to Your Spirit, I pray You clean her, remove her hard heart and give her a heart of flesh so that she will walk in Your way and she will be careful to obey Your rules.

In Your Cleansing Name,

Amen.

A Prayer for SIL, Day 43

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Jesus, fill SIL’s dreams and heart with Your presence. Show her the truth and give her the strength that she needs to act on it.

For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him. Jeremiah 31:11

Jesus, You died to ransom us. I pray that You show SIL the truth of that, and that You are her redeemer no matter how strong she holds on to what binds her.

They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion, and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the LORD, over the grain, the wine, and the oil, and over the young of the flock and the herd; their life shall like a watered garden, and they shall languish no more. Jeremiah 31:12

Lord, I pray that SIL will come to You and sing aloud in Your presence. I pray that she will be radiant over Your goodness and over all that You have given her. May her life be like a watered garden, rich and growing with life, and may she languish no more.

In Your Good Name,

Amen.

A Prayer for SIL, Day 42

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Lord, I lift up SIL to You. Only You know what she needs. I may think I do. She may think she does. But we can only guess. We can’t see things like You can. We trust You. Bring about the things that need to be addressed. Reveal the hidden things. Show her what You want her to see. Open her heart – or knock on it until she opens it to You – that You may heal her completely from the past as You dine together.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him , and he with me. Revelation 3:20

Do not be conformed, but be transformed… Romans 12:2a

Lead her to transform her thoughts. Put people, videos, commercials, etc. in front of her to tell her what You want her to know and what You want her to do. Lead her all the way to perfect health.

In Your Wisdom,

Amen.