Prayers for Each Day

26: Train Me to Speak Words of Life,
My Husband's Deliverance, and
My Children Living Free of Unforgivness

27: Transform Me into a Woman of Faith,
My Husband's Obedience,
That my children would Walk in Repentance

28: Change Me into the Likeness of Christ,
My Husband's Self Image, and
Breaking Down Ungodly Strongholds in my children

29: Lead Me into the Future You Have for Me,
My Husband's Future,
That my children would Grow in Faith

Update

It's been a while since I posted here. So if anyone is still subscribed to this site, I just wanted to let you know that I'm doing some maintenance to it. I use the prayers on this site, which came from Stormie Omartian's The Power of a Praying... series of books, as a reminder to pray for my family. Usually, I use the current date and pray over the topic in that chapter of the books. I'm going to be updating the links so that I have a clickable table of sorts at the top of the blog. This will make it easier on myself to get to the prayers for each day. So if anyone's still with me, I hope this will bless your prayer efforts as well.

Today is the 28th

And I need to pray for my family.

• Breaking Down Ungodly Strongholds for my children
• My husband's Self Image
• Change Me Into Your Likeness

I praise You, Father, for my family. Bind the enemy as he tries to get into my children's lives. Show me what needs to be removed from their precious world that may be a foothold for him. Rescue them from evil and draw them to Your kingdom. (2 Timothy 4:18)

My husband is such a blessing to me and I thank you so much for him! Help him to see his value to You, to turn to You for all his needs. Free him from self-consciousness and bless his efforts. Remind him daily who he is in You.

I'm sure I should have prayed "change me" first. You heard me cry out those words recently and I continue to bring you the same verse. Give me strength, the all-I-need, to make the necessary changes in my attitude. Teach me to love, to truly love. Soften my heart. Make me faithful, giving, and obedient.

Love is patient, love is kind.

It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,

it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil

but rejoices with the truth.

It always protects, always trusts,

always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails.

- I Corinthians 13:4-8a

Week Two: Jesus the Savior, Day Two: Praying the Name

• Reflect on Luke 15:1-7 and Luke 19:8-10
• Praise God who is the Seeker of the lost.
• Offer thanks because God has pursued you.
• Confess any complacency toward those who are lost.
• Ask God to align your heart with His purposes.

Read the corresponding devotion in the book, Immanuel: Praying the Names of God through the Christmas Season, by Ann Spangler. Ordering information is at the bottom of the page.

Today's prayers for your family:

• Show Me How to Take Control of My Mind
• My Husband's Temptations
• My Children Honoring Parents and Resisting Rebellion

Week Two: Jesus the Savior

The Name this week:
Jesus - Yeshua - means "Yahweh is salvation"
Jesus Christ is God bending toward us, God becoming one of us, God reaching out in mercy, God humbling himself, God nailed to a cross, God rising up from the grave.
Jesus: Name above all names

Key Scriptures this week:

Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,

who daily bears our burdens.

- Psalm 68:19

Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife,

because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,

because he will safe his people from their sins.

- Matthew 1:20-21

Day One: God Reveals His Name

Scripture Reading: Matthew 1:18-25

Understanding the Name:

The name Jesus was common in first-century Palestine, but after Jesus Christ, it nearly disappeared as a given name. Jesus or Iesous in Greek, is equivalent to the Hebrew Yeshu, which is a contraction of the Hebrew name Yehoshua, which translates into English "Joshua." Jesus and Joshua both mean, "Yahweh is help" or "Yahewh is salvation."

Soter is the Greek word translated, "Savior." Hebrew equivalent is Moshia. The Greek "Jesus is Savior" would be Iesous Soter (yay-SOUS so-TAIR). See Acts 4:12.

Questions for reflection:

1. What comes to mind when you hear the name "Jesus"?
2. Though Jesus was a common name in first-century Palestine, God sent an angel to announce the name to Joseph. Comment on the significance of this.
3. Why do you thing Jesus' name is linked to the name of Yahweh, the covenant name of God in the Hebrew scriptures?
4. Describe what salvation means to you.

Week One: LORD, Day Five: Promises Associated with His Name

I completely missed posting yesterday, but the way this book is set up is that there are no readings for the weekend, so I'll do Friday's reading today.

Promises in Scripture

• Proverbs 3:26
• Proverbs 18:10
• 2 Peter 3:8-10
• Romans 14:10-12

Continued Prayer and Praise

• Meditate on God's self-description (Exodus 34:4-7)
• Pray this benediction, which includes the threefold repetition of Yahweh ("LORD") (Numbers 6:24-27)
• Remember that Yahweh is close to the brokenhearted (Psalm 34:18)
• Follow the Lord (Mark 10:42-45)
• Rejoice in the Lord (Luke 2:8-14; Philippians 4:4)
• Believe in the Lord (John 20:24-29)

Read the corresponding devotion in the book, Immanuel: Praying the Names of God through the Christmas Season, by Ann Spangler. Ordering information is at the bottom of the page.

Today's prayers for your family:

• Draw Me into a Closer Walk with You
• My Husband's Wife
• Becoming a Praying Parent

Week One: LORD, Day Four: Praying the Name

• Reflect on Ephesians 5:8-10.
• Praise God who gives us the grace to follow His Son.
• Offer thanks for the ways in which the Lord has already reshaped your life.
• Confess any tendency to resist the Lord.
• Ask God to make you eager to experience Jesus as Lord.

Read the corresponding devotion in the book, Immanuel: Praying the Names of God through the Christmas Season, by Ann Spangler. Ordering information is at the bottom of the page.

Today's prayers for your family:

• Lead Me into the Future You Have for Me
• My Husband's Future
• My Children Growing in Faith