GOD Morning! October 9 / Calming Prayers

GOD Morning! October 9

Calming Prayers

Colossians 1: 9- amplified

⁹ For this reason, since the day we heard about it, we have not stopped praying for you…

When my son was astray, the only way I found any peace at all is to pray constantly for him. His dad and I never stopped praying. I work at a church and some days I literally prayed all day. What annoys me is that, during the most heart wrenching time in my life, I was closer to God than I am now. Groan! I hate to write this!

So anyway, when you are filled with worry for someone or a situation, follow the apostle Paul’s example. Don’t stop praying.

… asking [specifically] that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom [with insight into His purposes], and in understanding [of spiritual things], 

Pray specifically!

“Dear God, I pray that my children (for example) will be filled with the knowledge of Your will in ALL spiritual wisdom with insight into Your purposes and in understanding of spiritual things.”

Even when my son was living a lifestyle that was completely opposite of everything that he had been taught, I prayed this prayer of faith! Because I knew that praying God’s word was praying God’s perfect will! As farfetched as it sounded, (almost laughable!) I prayed it anyway.

And now, I continue to pray scripture prayers for my children. Seriously, praying scripture is so empowering and encouraging!

¹⁰ so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord [displaying admirable character, moral courage, and personal integrity], to [fully] please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing in the knowledge of God [with deeper faith, clearer insight and fervent love for His precepts];¹¹ [we pray that you may be] strengthened and invigorated with all power, according to His glorious might, to attain every kind of endurance and patience with joy; ¹² giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints (God’s people) in the Light.

Dear God I pray that my children will walk in a manner worthy of You! Displaying admirable character, moral courage, and personal integrity. God, I pray that they would fully please You in ALL things. Bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing in the knowledge of YOU. With deeper faith, clearer insight and fervent love for Your precepts. I pray that they will be strengthened and invigorated with ALL power. According to YOUR glorious might. And to attain every kind of endurance and patience with JOY. Giving thanks to YOU who has qualified them to share the inheritance of the saints in the Light!”

Wow, I feel the Holy Ghost right now! There is NOTHING like praying the word of God.

Praying the word is an action step of laying my worries at the feet of Jesus. I get up and feel such a peace throughout my day! In the midst of all types of life storms.

 ^“So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11 KJV

Continuing my prayer…

¹³ For He has rescued us and has drawn us to Himself from the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, ¹⁴ in whom we have redemption [because of His sacrifice, resulting in] the forgiveness of our sins [and the cancellation of sins’ penalty].

God, YOU have rescued me and drawn me to YOU from the dominion of darkness! (This is no exaggeration. I was enshrouded with the darkness of depression when Jesus found me.) You transferred me to the kingdom of your beloved Son, in whom I have redemption! Because of His Sacrifice! Resulting in the forgiveness of my sins!

¹⁵ He is the exact living image [the essential manifestation] of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible], the firstborn [the preeminent one, the sovereign, and the originator] of all creation. 

Lord Jesus, You are the exact living image, the manifestation, of the unseen God. You are the visible representation of the invisible! You are the Firstborn! You are the Preeminent One, the Sovereign, and the Originator of ALL creation!

And on and on, inserting the word “You” in place of “Him.”

¹⁶ For by Him all things were created in heaven and on earth, [things] visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [that is, by His activity] and for Him. ¹⁷ And He Himself existed and is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. [His is the controlling, cohesive force of the universe.] ¹⁸ He is also the head [the life-source and leader] of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will occupy the first place [He will stand supreme and be preeminent] in everything. ¹⁹ For it pleased the Father for all the fullness [of deity—the sum total of His essence, all His perfection, powers, and attributes] to dwell [permanently] in Him (the Son), ²⁰ and through [the intervention of] the Son to reconcile all things to Himself, making peace [with believers] through the blood of His cross; through Him, [I say,] whether things on earth or things in heaven.

I can pray the rest of this chapter as well, praying in the first person.

²¹ And although you were at one time estranged and alienated and hostile-minded [toward Him], participating in evil things, ²² yet Christ has now reconciled you [to God] in His physical body through death, in order to present you before the Father holy and blameless and beyond reproach— ²³ [and He will do this] if you continue in the faith, well-grounded and steadfast, and not shifting away from the [confident] hope [that is a result] of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which [gospel] I, Paul, was made a minister.

The next part is not fun to pray. But I must be willing to suffer for the cause of Christ!

²⁴ Now I rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf. And with my own body I supplement whatever is lacking [on our part] of Christ’s afflictions, on behalf of His body, which is the church. ²⁵ In this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship which God entrusted to me for your sake, so that I might make the word of God fully known [among you]— ²⁶ that is, the mystery which was hidden [from angels and mankind] for ages and generations, but has now been revealed to His saints (God’s people). ²⁷ God [in His eternal plan] chose to make known to them how great for the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in and among you, the hope and guarantee of [realizing the] glory. ²⁸ We proclaim Him, warning and instructing everyone in all wisdom [that is, with comprehensive insight into the word and purposes of God], so that we may present every person complete in Christ [mature, fully trained, and perfect in Him—the Anointed]. ²⁹ For this I labor [often to the point of exhaustion], striving with His power and energy, which so greatly works within me.

“Dear Jesus, thank You, once again, for Your powerful word. Thanks for the privilege that I have to pray Your word. How I love Your word. Today You reminded me that when I forget about myself and my failures, and focus on Your word, I am instantly empowered and encouraged! Thank you that my son came back as a result of all of that Scripture praying that was offered up to You. You are amazing. Amazing sounds lame, but words are all I have to offer right now. I love You, precious Jesus, AMEN.”