God's Word on That

  • Praying for Mental Healing

    Father God, the righteousness that comes from You comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference in us humans, for all have sinned and fall short of Your glory, God; and yet we are justified freely by Your grace through the redemption that came by Your Son, Jesus (Romans 3:22-23). Please help me to accept that Your gift of grace has never and will never be relegated by my ability to be good and righteous.

    God our Father will lead us to where life is beautiful again.

    Father, forgive me for my attempts to hurt and dominate others.  I realize I am responsible for my own behavior, and I am accountable to You for my thoughts, my idle words, and my selfish actions (Matthew 12:36). I confess this as the sin it is, and ask for Your forgiveness, knowing You are faithful and just to forgive my sin and cleanse me from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9). Please save me in Your unfailing love (Psalm 31:16).

    Jesus, You came into the world to save sinners (1 Timothy 1:15). You did not come to judge but to save (John 12:47) – to save Your people from their sins (Matthew 1:21). Save me from this sin, for I am Yours (Psalm 119:94). For if You teach me how to keep my mind set on what the Spirit desires (Romans 8:6), I will no longer conform to patterns of this world, and I will be transformed by the renewing of my mind (Romans 12:2).

    Father, I realize my helplessness in saving myself, and I glorify You for what Christ Jesus has done for me.  I put aside all past sources of confidence, counting them worth less than nothing so I may experience Christ and become one with Him (Philippians 3:8-9 TLB). 

    O Jesus, how I praise You that everyone who believes in You receives forgiveness of sins through Your name (Acts 10:43). There is no exception. Blessed am I, because my transgressions have been forgiven; my sins are covered (Romans 4:7). Blessed am I because You, Lord God, will never count my sins against me no matter how many times I fall prey to it (Romans 4:8). Even if I sin seven times in a day, and as long as I ask for forgiveness and ask for deliverance from it, You forgive me (Luke 17:4). Amazing grace!

    I am still not all I should be, but I am bringing all my energies to bear on this one thing (Philippians 3:13): I have been crucified with Christ, and I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me.  And the real life I now have within this body is a result of my trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me (Galatians 2:20).  My old sin-loving nature was buried with Him, and His wonderful new life was given to me (Romans 6:4). Now I must give up everything else – I know it to be the only way to really know Christ Jesus and to experience the mighty power that brought Him back to life again, and to find out what it means to suffer and to die with Him. So, whatever it takes, I will be one who lives in the fresh newness of life of those who are now alive from the dead (Philippians 3:10-11). 

    Father, I draw my strength from You (Ephesians 6:10).  Your strength causes me to be steadfast and trustworthy (1 Peter 5:10), for it enables me to be tolerant, and to resist hypersensitivity, irritability, and touchiness.  I desire to be well-balanced – temperate, sober of mind, vigilant, and cautious at all times, for I recognize my enemy – the devil –roams round like a roaring lion, seeking someone to seize upon and devour.  In the mighty name of Jesus, I withstand him; I stand firm in faith against his onset – rooted, established, strong, immovable, and determined (1 Peter 5:8-9).  I purpose to walk in love (1 John 1:6) toward all those around me with the help of the Holy Spirit. 

    Thank You for the Holy Spirit who leads me into reality and truth (John 14:16-17) – the truth that sets me free (John 8:32).  You have sent Your Word and healed me and delivered me from all my destructions (Psalm 107:20). Heavenly Father, in Christ Jesus, You have provided a way for me to be completely made whole (Isaiah 53:5) – this includes freedom from all depression, anxiety, guilt, worry, and every mental disorder.  You have not given me a spirit of fear, but one of power, and of love, and of a sound and healthy mind (2 Timothy 1:7).  Father, I believe You are healing my mind, and binding up my wounds (Psalm 147:3).   Through faith in You and Your Word I will joyously proclaimed that I have the mind of Christ Jesus (1 Corinthians 2:16).

  • Praying to Cast Down Imaginings

    Father, though I live in the world, I must not wage war as the world does.  I will fight the good fight of the faith and take hold of the eternal life to which I was called (1 Timothy 6:12). I will no longer walk in ways not good, pursuing my own imaginations (Isaiah 65:2). Your Word informs us that an upright man gives thought to his ways (Proverbs 21:29), and a prudent man thought to his steps (Proverbs 14:15).

    Let us not allow our imaginations to take us away from following the Lord with a whole heart.

    It is well with my soul for You have redeemed me.  You have called me by my name, and I am Yours (Isaiah 43:1).  I am even now being transformed through the renewing of my mind. You have made me able to test and approve for myself what Your Will is – Your good and acceptable and perfect Will (Romans 12:2).  You have good things reserved for my future (Jeremiah 29:11).  You are love (1 John 4:8), and perfect love casts out all fear (1 John 4:18).

    In the mighty name of Jesus, my Savior, I will take authority over my thought-life.  Even though I walk in the flesh, I am not carrying on my warfare according to the flesh and using mere human weapons. For the weapons of my warfare are not physical – weapons of flesh and blood – but they are mighty before God for the overthrowing and destruction of strongholds.  So, I will refute arguments and theories and reasonings, and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the true knowledge of God.  And I will lead every thought and purpose away captive unto the obedience of Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed One (2 Corinthians 10:3-5).

    When my strength fails and I feel weak, I will be glad and glorify Your name, O Lord God, so the power of Christ Jesus, my Savior, will rest upon me (2 Corinthians 12:9). When I feel unloved, I will remember that You alone will never leave me nor forsake me (Hebrews 13:5). When I feel left behind, I will remember that You chose me (John 15:16). When I don’t feel loved, I will remember that You first loved me (1 John 4:19). When I feel lonely, I will remember that You, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek You (Psalm 9:10). Whenever I feel afraid, I trust in You, O Lord my God; I say, “You are my God.” My times are in Your hands (Psalm 31:13-16). 

    With my soul I will bless the Lord with every thought and purpose in life and spend my times remembering His goodness (Psalm 103:2).  Let not my mind wander out of Your presence, O God (Psalm 119:10).  I truly desire that my life shall glorify the Father – spirit, soul, and body (1 Corinthians 6:20).  I take no account of the evil done to me – I pay no attention to suffered wrongs (1 Corinthians 13:5).  It holds no place in my thought-life.  I am now ready to believe the best of every person (1 Corinthians 13:7). 

    I prepare my mind for action, to be self-controlled, and I set my hope fully on the grace to be given me (1 Peter 1:13). I set my mind and keep it set on what is above – the higher things, not on the things that are of this earth (Colossians 3:2).  My carnal mind no longer rules me, for I have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16), and hold the thoughts and purposes of His heart (Philippians 2:5).  In the name of Jesus and with His Spirit to guide me, I will practice what I have learned and received and heard and seen in Christ and model my way of living on it; and the God of peace – of untroubled, undisturbed well-being – will be with me (Philippians 4:9).

    I will fix my thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom I confess (Hebrews 3:1). I aim to be perfectly united in mind and thought (1 Corinthians 1:10) to Jesus, the author and finisher of my faith (Hebrews 12:2). And whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – I will think on these things (Philippians 4:8).

  • Praying for Freedom from Anger

    You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love (Nehemiah 9:1). Your anger lasts only a moment (Psalm 30:5). Time after time You restrained Your anger and did not stir up Your full wrath (Psalm 78:38). Who knows the power of Your anger? For Your wrath is as great as the fear that is due You (Psalm 90:11).

    Father, help us to forsake the anger that so easily entices, and to live in the peace You provide.

    Please, do not be angry with me (Judges 6:39). I know the day of the Lord is coming – a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger (Isaiah 13:9). I also know You are a gracious and compassionate God; slow to anger and abounding in love (Jonah 4:2). You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy (Micah 7:18). You, Lord, are slow to anger and great in power (Nahum 1:3); You do not harbor Your anger forever (Psalm 103:9). — How I long to be like You!

    Heavenly Father, the hurts I have received and the frustrations I feel have caused anger to develop in my soul.  I bring my anger to You, and I ask You to replace it with Your healing love.  You are my Healer (Exodus 15:26) and at Your feet I place all of my inner hurts, frustrations, wounds and disappointments. Thank You for inviting me to cast all my cares upon You (1 Peter 5:7). 

    Your Word tells me: a quick-tempered man does foolish things (Proverbs 14:17), and harsh words stir up anger (Proverbs 15:1), which only stirs up more dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel (Proverbs 15:18). It is better to control my temper (Proverbs 16:32), a glory to overlook an offense (Proverbs 19:11). You warn us to not make friends with a hot-tempered man, to not associate with one easily angered (Proverbs 22:24). Lord, keep me from being such a one! Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming (Proverbs 27:4), for an angry man commits many sins (Proverbs 29:22). You warn us not to be quickly provoked in spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools (Ecclesiastes 7:9).

    Please help me to get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Instead lead me to be kind and compassionate to others, forgiving others as You forgive (Ephesians 4:31-32). Please teach me how to keep myself from hot tempers, hatred, cursing, and filthy language (Colossians 3:8).

    Father, help me also to forsake judging and criticizing others, which lead to frustrations and anger (Matthew 7:1-2). I remember Your Word says that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment (Matthew 5:22), and to not take revenge but leave room for Your wrath, for it is written: “It is Mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord (Romans 12:19).

    The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: hatred, fits of rage, dissensions, (Galatians 5:19-20). I know I need to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry, because my anger does not bring about the righteous life that You desire (James 1:19-20). Teach me, my loving Lord, to deal with anger in positive, constructive ways. With Your grace, I will never let the sun go down on my wrath again (Ephesians 4:26). 

    It is my heartfelt desire to always follow Your perfect way and Will in all things, and to pursue the most excellent way of all – the way of love (1 Corinthians 12:31).  Thank You for lifting the burden of anger from me. Through Your guidance and leadership in my life, I know I will learn to refrain from anger and turn from wrath; and to not fret for it leads only to evil (Psalm 37:8).

    Father, I thank You for Jesus who is my High Priest.  He understands my anger (Hebrews 4:15) and I believe He will lead me to freedom from its torment in my life.  Thank You, Lord God, for Your nurturing in my life.  I respond to Your love, dearest Father, and as I do so, the anger I was feeling is fading away (1 John 4:10).  Thank You, O sovereign Lord.

  • Praying to Overcome Bitterness

    Lord God, I confess to You! I am full of bitterness (Acts 8:23); my mouth if full of cursing and bitterness (Romans 3:14). Wretched man that I am! (Romans 7:24) I cannot keep silent, I continually speak out in anguish of my spirit, I complain in the bitterness of my soul (Job 7:11). Because of this, I loathe my very life (Job 10:1), the life You have given me! The life I should be rejoicing in! My old self would have been happy to die in bitterness of soul never having enjoyed anything good (Job 21:25), but as for the new me (2 Corinthians 5:17), I will serve the Lord (Joshua 24:15) and enjoy my salvation!

    Let us not close ourselves off in bitterness but come to enjoy the life God has for us.

    Help me, mighty God and Savior, to keep the attitudes of my heart, the thoughts of my mind, and the words of my mouth free from bitterness.  O Lord, I desire not to grieve Your Holy Spirit with whom I am sealed for the day of redemption. By the great power of Your Spirit, please guide me to get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, brawling, slander, and all kinds of malice. (Ephesians 4:30-31). By Your Spirit teach me to practice hospitality and to be kind to others without grumbling or complaining (1 Peter 4:9). Teach me not to speak in regard to need but help me learn to be content (Philippians 4:11). For Godliness with contentment is great gain (1 Timothy 6:6).

    Father God, I desire to be kind and compassionate to others; forgiving others just as, in Christ Jesus, You forgave me (Ephesians 4:32). Empower me, dearest Father, so I may walk worthy of the calling with which I was called, by being completely humble and gentle; patient; bearing with others in love (Ephesians 4:1-2).

    Please, dear Father, change me so that when circumstances or people’s actions try to vex me, I can be like Hanna who responded with prayer when she was experiencing bitterness of soul (1 Samuel 1:10).  She prayed to You, weeping profusely, and You heard and answered the cry of her heart.  You turned her bitterness into joy (1 Samuel 1:20), and since You are not a respecter of persons (Romans 2:11), please turn my bitterness to joy, gracious God Almighty.

    My heart is heavy with my own bitterness (Proverbs 14:10).  Knowing You know more about me than I do (Psalm 139:1), I choose to obey You by not spending my time in bitterness (Isaiah 38:15).  Restore me and make me live abundantly again (John 10:10).  Grant me Your peace and deliver my soul from the pit of corruption.  Thank You, wonderful God, for casting all my sins behind Your back (Isaiah 38:16-17). 

    I repent of the sin of bitterness in my life, fully realizing it has defiled me and grows to cause trouble (Hebrews 12:15).  Therefore, from this time forward, I vow – with Your tender mercies and the guidance of Your Spirit – to forsake all bitterness, wrath, anger, quarreling, resentment, and evil speaking.  Savior, please teach me to put them behind me and not allow these things to be a part of my life any longer.  In their place I will be kind, tenderhearted, and forgiving toward others.  Even as You, dear Father, have been towards me (Hebrews 8:12).

  • Praying to Know You Are Loved

    Heavenly Father, I believe Your Word which tells me that You love me (Psalm 86:13).  And that nothing can separate me from Your love (Romans 8:39), except my own refusal to believe it and receive it.  You loved me even before I was born (Psalm 139:13), and You fashioned me according to Your grand plan and purpose.  According to Your Word, I am one of Your marvelous works of art, Father, and I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14). 

    God loves us! Tremendously. We are compelled to pass it on.

    Thank You for making me a new creation in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:17).  I can rejoice in the certain knowledge that You have made all things new in my life including the way I see myself.  I have been made complete in Christ Jesus (Colossians 2:10).  Thank You for pouring Your love into my heart through Your Hoy Spirit whom You have given to me (Romans 5:5).  Through Him, I am able to comprehend with all the saints the full extent of Your love (Ephesians 3:18).  Strengthen me by Your Spirit in my innermost being, Father, and keep rooting and grounding me in Your wonderful love, so I will know the love of Christ Jesus which surpasses all knowledge (Ephesians 3:17-19). Thank You for loving me and helping me to love You with all my heart; and perfecting that love so that I can love myself as You love me (1 John 4:16-17). 

    Life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned to me by the Lord Jesus — the work of telling others the Good News about Your mighty kindness and love (Acts 20:24 Phillips). But I must love myself before Your love can shine past me to others. So from this time forward I will walk in love toward You, others, and myself, because I know Chris Jesus loved me and gave Himself for me (Ephesians 5:2).  I will clothe myself with compassion as one of Your chosen people, holy and dearly loved (Colossians 3:12).

    I trust You, Father, to continue Your workmanship in my life, for I know You are working within me, both to will and to do Your good pleasure and purpose (Philippians 2:13).  When I don’t feel I’m loved, I need to remember always that You first loved me (1 John 4:19), and this fact of my faith enables me to love myself and others.  I gladly and gratefully receive Your love, gracious Father.

    I want to follow all Your commandments because of Your great love for me (John 14:15) and to show You that I do indeed love You (1 John 5:3).    By experiencing Your love and sharing it with others, people will know I am a disciple of Christ Jesus (John 13:34-35).  Your perfect love has cast out all fear (1 John 4:18), including the fear of not being loved.  Thank You so much for Your limitless love, O Lord my God.  It really is from everlasting to everlasting (Psalm 136:1). 

  • Praying for Freedom from Abuse

    Father, You have rescued me from the dominion of darkness and brought me into the kingdom of the Son of Your love (Colossians 1:13).  Once I was darkness, but now I am light in You; I want to walk as a child of light (Ephesians 5:8).  Help me to grow in grace and knowledge and understanding of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ (2 Peter 3:18), so I may experience Your love, and trust You to be a Father to me.

    God has made us to see Light – that we may become light.

    Abuse, as all darkness, is exposed and reproved when the Light shines.  It is made visible and clear; and where everything is visible and clear, there is light (Ephesians 5:13).  The history of my earthy family is filled with abusive behavior, much hatred strife, and rage.  The painful memory of past verbal, emotional, physical, and/or sexual abuse has caused me to be hostile and abusive to others.  I desire to be a doer of Your Word and not a hearer only (James 1:22).  No matter which way I turn, I cannot make myself do right.  I want to, but I cannot.  When I want to do good, I don’t; and when I try not to do wrong, I do it anyway.  It seems that sin still has me in its evil grasp (Romans 7:18-20).  This pain has caused me to hurt myself and others.  I dearly want to be Your willing servant.

    I confess my sin of abuse, resentment, and hostility toward others, and I ask You to forgive me.  I know You are faithful and just to forgive my sin and cleanse me from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9), so I gratefully receive Your mercy, and I ask for Your grace to help me in my times of need (Hebrews 4:16).  I am tired of reliving the past in my present life, perpetuating the curse of anger and abuse.  Jesus was made a curse for me (Galatians 3:13).  Therefore, Lord God, I put on Your whole armor that I may be able to successfully stand against all the strategies and tricks of the devil (Ephesians 6:11). I know my struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the dark powers and spiritual forces of evil (Ephesians 6:12).  I thank You, Lord God, that the evil power of abuse is broken, overthrown, and cast down; that through Your graces I can demolish every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of You and Your Word (2 Corinthians 10:5).  I submit myself to You and resist the devil (James 4:7) so that the need to hurt others will no longer control me.

    Loving Lord Jesus, You are my High Priest, and I ask You to loosen me from this infirmity (Luke 13:12).  I was bound – in an emotional prison – crippled and could in no wise lift myself up.  You have called me to Yourself, and I have gladly come (Matthew 11:28).  The anointing that is upon You is present to bind up and heal the brokenness and emotional wounds of the past.  You are the truth that makes me free (John 8:32). 

    Thank You, Lord God, heavenly Father, for guiding me through the steps to emotional wholeness.  I am confident of this: You have begun a good work in me, and You will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus (Philippians 1:6).  Father, I desire to live according to the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:4).  This Spirit of life, like a strong wind, has magnificently cleared the air, freeing me from a fated lifetime of brutal tyranny at the hands of sin and death (Romans 8:2 Msg).  Since I am now free, it is my desire to forget those things that lie behind and strain forward to what lies ahead.  I press on toward the goal to win the supreme and heavenly prize, to which You in Christ Jesus, are calling me upward (Philippians 3:13-14).  I choose to no longer let the past control my thinking patterns or my behavior. Instead, I will take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5). 

    It is my desire to throw all spoiled virtue and cancerous evil in the garbage.  In simple humility, I let my Gardener, You Father, landscape me with the Word, making a salvation-garden out of my life (James 1:21).  Father, by your grace, I forgive my abuser(s) (Matthew 5:44) and ask You to bring them to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).

    Praises be to You, O God, Heavenly Father.  I am now a new creation in Christ Jesus!  Old things have passed away; and behold, all things have become new (2 Corinthians 5:17).  I declare and decree that henceforth I will walk in newness of life (Romans 6:4).  You sent Jesus that I might have life and have it more abundantly (John 10:10).  Thank You for the blood of Jesus that purifies me and makes me whole. (1 John 1:7)

  • Praying to Overcome Rejection

    Heavenly Father, Your Word says You love the just and will not forsake Your faithful ones (Psalm 37:28). My justification is found in Your Son, my Savior, Christ Jesus (Romans 8:30). He is faithful even when I am not (2 Timothy 2:13). Therefore, I thank You, Father, that I can be absolutely sure You will never reject me nor forsake me because I stand with Jesus (Hebrews 13:5). I thank You for welcoming me into Your family (John 16:27). No matter how I may encounter rejection in the world around me, I am welcomed to abide in the Creator of Heaven and Earth, and in the perfect Son of the Most High God (John 17:21)!

    God sees you as a jewel. Trust in Him. Rely on Him. Thank Him.

    Glorious God, You said, “I have chosen You and have not rejected you” (Isaiah 41:9). O God, though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet Your unfailing love for me will not be shaken nor Your covenant of peace be removed. You are the Lord God who has compassion on me (Isaiah 54:10). According to Your Word, what a man desires or craves deeply is unfailing love (Proverbs 19:22). You are the only one capable of perpetual unfailing love. Help me understand that my deep cravings for someone to love me with that kind of love were meant to be satisfied by You alone.

    Lord, according to Your Word, a hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life (Proverbs 13:12). Lord, You are keenly aware of all hopes that have been deferred in my life. Help me to put my hopes in You, for You will fulfill my longings, Lord God. You fill the hungry soul with good things (Luke 1:53)

    Lord God, You say: “Do not fear disgrace by men and do not be shattered by their taunts.” (Isaiah 51:7). I won’t be afraid of people’s scorn or their slanderous talk.  Slanderous talk is temporal and fades away.  Your word will never pass away.   Father, I choose to look at the things which are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18). 

    Through faith and an act of my will – in obedience to Your Word – I choose to forgive all painful words and actions that have been done against me (Ephesians 4:32).  Through Jesus Christ You heal the broken-hearted (Luke 4:18) and bind up all wounds (Psalm 147:3).  I will seek Your face, Lord God, because You are my help, and You are my salvation.  When others forsake or reject me, I know You will lift me up (Psalm 27:9-10).  You are my refuge and underneath are Your everlasting arms (Deuteronomy 33:27).  My God, You say to me in Your Word, “I, even I am He who comforts you” (Isaiah 51:12). Thank You, Loving Father! Help me to sense and respond to Your comfort, and share it with others that may need it, too.

    You, Lord Jesus, were despised and rejected, a man of sorrows and familiar with suffering (Isaiah 53:3). You were despised — You know exactly how I feel, Lord. You understand and sympathize with weakness and pain of rejection. Therefore, I will put my trust in You. I will remember that I have a great High Priest who has suffered everything just as I suffer and now intercedes for me in the heavenly realm (Hebrews 4:15). So, I cling to You and will never stop trusting You (Hebrews 4:14).

    My Savior Jesus, I did not choose You, but You chose me (John 15:16). Help me to always be aware that You chose me, so I never need to feel left out. O Lord, because You are my help, I sing in the shadow of Your wings. My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me (Psalm 63:7-8).

    Lord God, according to Your Word, Your Spirit Himself testifies with my spirit that I am Your child. Now if I am Your child, then I am an heir — heir of Yours and co-heir with Christ Jesus, if indeed I share in His sufferings that I may also share in His glory (Romans 8:16-18). Help me to sincerely embrace the truth that any present sufferings I encounter are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in me. Father, continue to bring me along the path You have laid for me, so that I can learn to rejoice in my sufferings because sufferings produce perseverance (Romans 5:3).

    Father, I want You to be able to have great confidence in me and take pride in me and my faith in You. In all my troubles, let my joy know no bounds (2 Corinthians 7:4). You, O God, turn my wailing into dancing. You remove my sackcloth and clothe me with joy that my heart may sing to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give You thanks and praise forever (Psalm 30:11-12).

  • Praying to Overcome Abandonment

    Father, I have confessed Jesus as my Lord and believe in my heart that You raised Him from the dead (Romans 10:10).  Your Word says that if I belong to Jesus Christ, I too can be an heir of His promises (Galatians 3:29). So, I come to You and pray these promises.

    In our darkness, He will lead us forward. God will never abandon us.

    Now I am Your child.  I know that even if my father and mother forsake me, You, O Lord receive me with open arms (Psalm 27:10). When other people leave me and I feel unloved, I am thankful that You will never, ever leave me alone nor reject me (Hebrews 13:5).  Jesus gave His life for me and called me His friend (John 15:14).  He lives in my heart and I am on my way to heaven.  That is plenty to be thankful for (Colossians 3:15). 

    O God, help me always to be thankful that I am loved by You, because from the beginning You chose me to be saved, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth and in Your Son (2 Thessalonians 2:13). May Your unfailing love be my comfort, according to Your promise to Your servant (Psalm 119:76).

    Father God, I thank You that I have been given a spirit of power and of love and of a calm and well-balanced mind (2 Timothy 1:7). I ask for the power of the Holy Spirit to overcome the resentment I feel towards those who abandoned me (Ephesians 3:16).

    Lord Jesus, You have come into the world as a Light, so that no one who believes in You should stay in darkness (John 12:46). I believe in You and — with Your guiding hand and Your strength — I am abandoning the darkness that surrounds me. Those who know Your name trust in You because You have not abandoned those who seek You, Lord God (Psalm 9:9-10). Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You, O Lord, preserve my life. Your Love, O Lord, endures forever — You will not abandon the work of Your hands (Psalm 138:7-8).

    Heavenly Father, You have assigned angels who will accompany, defend, and preserve me in all my ways of obedience and service (Psalm 91:1).  I am not alone.  Your Word says there is nothing that can separate me from the love of Christ – not pain nor stress, nor persecution (Romans 8:39).  You are concerned with the smallest detail that concerns me (1 Peter 5:7), and You are my help (Psalm 46:1).  I ask You for friends who will admonish and encourage me.  Teach me how to trust others and be a friend who sticks closer than a brother (Proverbs 18:24).  Teach me to walk in Your love and show myself to be Your disciple.

    The Lord will cover me with His feathers. He will shelter me with His wings. His faithful promises are my armor and protection. His truth and faithfulness are my shield and buckler (Psalm 91:4). Why are you cast down, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? I choose to put my hope in my God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God (Psalm 42:5-6). When my soul is downcast within me, I will remember Your kindnesses, O gracious Lord.

  • Praying to Overcome Hopelessness

    Father, I give You all my worries and cares, for You are always thinking about me and watching everything that concerns me (1 Peter 5:7).  You, O God, are full of kindness through Christ Jesus, and Christ Jesus in me is the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27).

    Let us always renew our hope in the One who has vowed to always be with us.

    I will praise You forever for what You have done; in Your name I will hope, for Your name is good. I will praise You in the presence of Your saints (Psalm 52:9). We wait in hope for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. In Him our hearts rejoice; for we trust in His holy name. May Your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in You (Psalm 33:20-22).

    Remember Your Word to Your servant, for You have given me hope (Psalm 119:49). Because my hope comes from You (Psalm 62:5) and You are always with me, I know I can always have hope (Psalm 71:14). I know I can now answer the evil one who taunts me, for I trust in Your Word (Psalm 119:42). You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in Your Word (Psalm 119:114).

    Let Your mercy be upon me, O Lord.  I know that no one whose hope is in You will ever be put to shame (Psalm 25:3). I will be strong and take heart, like all those who hope in You (Psalm 31:24), knowing that those who hope in You will not be disappointed (Isaiah 49:23). On You I have set my hope that You will continue to deliver me (2 Corinthians 1:10).

    Lord, I thank You for being my Shepherd, champion, counselor, leader…  You are the God of all hope; please fill me with all joy and peace as I trust in You, so that I may overflow to others with hope by the power of Your Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13).  Because I hope in You, I have renewed strength (Isaiah 40:31).  Simply expressing this to You in prayer lifts the hopelessness from my soul.  Thank You, O Lord my God.

    I must be self-controlled and alert, for the enemy prowls around looking for someone to devour.  By Your grace I will stand firm in my faith, trusting You, and remembering that other Christians around the world are going through these kinds of sufferings too (1 Peter 5:8-9).  So, I will be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer (Romans 12:12).

    Thank You for giving me everlasting consolation and good hope through Your graces (2 Thessalonians 2:16).  I put on the hope of my salvation as a helmet (Ephesians 6:17), and I will prepare my mind for action; being self-controlled and setting my hope fully on the grace to be given me when Christ Jesus is revealed (1 Peter 1:13). I now wait for the blessed hope – the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus (Titus 2:13).

    I have fled and abandoned my old habits and now take hold of the hope offered to all, and I am greatly encouraged (Hebrews 6:18). Even now, as I pray, I have this hope as an anchor for my soul, firm and secure (Hebrews 6:19).  From now on, because of Your kindnesses, I will praise You more and more (Psalm 71:14).  Father, thank You for exchanging my sense of hopelessness with Your abiding hope.

  • Prayer When Depressed

    Father, as Your child, I boldly come before Your throne of grace that I may receive mercy and find grace to help in my time of need (Hebrews 4:16).  Father, I know Your ears are open to my prayers (1 John 5:14). I ask that You listen to my prayer now, O God, and hide not Your face from my supplication.  I ask You to attend to me and answer me for I am restless and distraught (Psalm 55:1-2). 

    God’s Word gives life! Trust Him!

    I confess the depression I am experiencing to You, O mighty God.  In doing so I also express my desire to forsake it and to put it behind me forever.  Thank You for lifting me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire my mind had put me into, and setting my feet upon the solid rock of confidence Your Word gives (Psalm 40:2).  Please guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are God my Savior, and my hope is in You all day long (Psalm 25:5). With Your Spirit to guide me, I will not give into depression any longer.  Instead, I will wait for the Lord; my soul waits, and in His Word I put my hope (Psalm 130:5).

    I love You, O Lord, my Strength (Psalm 18:1).  There is never a reason for me to mourn or to be depressed.  Instead, I will go to You because You are my exceeding joy (Psalm 43:4).  My hope is in You (Psalm 39:7), for You have been my hope, O Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth (Psalm 71:5).

    I am calling upon You, my Mighty God, to rescue me (Psalm 55:16).  You ransomed me unharmed from the battle of depression waged against me (Psalm 55:18).  I cast my burden on You, O Lord, releasing the weight of it and You sustain me; for You will never allow the consistently righteous to fall (Psalm 55:22).  Hopelessness lies in wait for me to swallow me up or trample me all day long (Psalm 56:2).  When I am afraid, I will trust in You.  In You, O God, whose Word I praise, in You I confidently put my trust.  I will not fear (Psalm 56:3-4).

    You know my every sleepless night, each tear and heartache is answered with Your promise.  I am thanking You with all my heart!  You pulled me from the brink of death, my feet from the cliff of doom.  Now I stroll at leisure with You in the sunlit fields of life (Psalm 56:5, 8, 13 MSG).  What would have become of me, Lord, had I not believed I would see Your goodness in the land of the living?  I will wait for You; I will be brave and of good courage and let my heart be stout and enduring.  Yes, I wait for You! (Psalm 27:13-14)