Tag: Friendship

Hello 😘 I am praying for you.

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Hello, It’s been five months since I sat and penned a prayer. Five beautiful months of study and summertime. I’ll tell you a bit about that study soon enough. First let me simply say, I prayed for you today.

This morning, before engaging in a fresh fall that sits before us, I prayed over my email subscriber list. How precious that was! To see names of familiar faces and unknown sisters, childhood friends and next door neighbors, girls I haven’t seen in years and girls I saw yesterday, known and unknown prayer requests – How full is my heart!

I pray God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ will bless you with all spiritual blessings this day. That He will fill you with the fullness of His wisdom and knowledge. That He will walk with you throughout your day in both grace and peace. I pray you will feel the presence of His Holy Spirit in you today. I pray His strength -to overcome whatever you are facing right now- will be the joy on your heart today.

Sweet friend, I pray you will boldly share that prayer on your heart with a friend today. Don’t walk alone in the weight that presses within your soul. There is a promised rest when we allow another person to carry our prayer to God in the name of Jesus Christ.

And that praise that causes your whole face to light up, share that with another today! May the joy upon your heart uplift and strengthen your friend today.

Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him (Peter), saying to him, “O you of little faith, why do you doubt?” And when they (Jesus & Peter) got into the boat, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshipped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.” –Matthew 14:31-33

Prayers and Praises happen in the midst! Be present. Pray. Praise!

Covering you in prayer,

Jaclyn

Rise Above the Fog

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In the midst of today we rise higher than we thought we could. Each day ending in confusion, defeat, frustration. Yet a new day begins, and we get up and we go. We get things accomplished, we assign tasks to others, we communicate, we achieve. Repeat.

Well done.

Truly, in the midst of today you are rising higher simply by your determination and character. You know you can quit. All the things. We always have the choice to leave. Leave home. Leave work. Leave life.

I’m proud of us.

In the midst of today we are here. We are standing with a determination to do another day. We may not express it with our words, but our faithful, redundant, familiar motions are screaming forth our determination.

Stand tall on that accomplishment.

And breathe.

Friend, you are not alone. Do you know this truth? Sure, there are times (days/seasons) that the feeling of being alone overwhelms our soul. But I ask you to rise above. In the smallest way, rise above. There is a person outside your home that needs your smile.

We think, “the people in my home need my smile.” And the overwhelmed loneliness washes over us once again.

This is why I am asking you to rise above. In the midst of your motions will you seek out a person outside your home? Share your smile with a person and when a smile is returned, receive it. There’s medicine there! A smile shared and received is medicine for our minds, for our emotions, and for our bodies.

Smile with a person.

Allow that smile to grow into a conversation. *be careful not to dump all your cards 😉 But lay down one statement and see if you can trust that friend with your truth. If you cannot then congratulations on your discernment and strength. Be proud of that. And smile.

Move forward.

Your end goal: find that person -that in their smile and conversation- will remind you of truths. Truths about that person/those people at home who need your smile. Allow this person to help you stand in the fog. Allow this person to walk with you as the fog lifts slowly, day by day. Allow this person to remind you of who you are and what Today is all about.

Life.

A friend is a powerhouse of strength and laughter. She is medicine for your soul.

There is truth to stand on and a smile waiting for your soul. Are you willing to rise above the fog and seek it out? I pray that you are.

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Truth to stand on: Jesus

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Let’s Pray for Connection

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Dear Father,

I pray you will guide my eyes to the connection that matters. Father, there are so many distractions. So many connections that tug at my heart causing my thoughts to sway from what matters above all else.

Lord, I pray you will guard my ears from hearing, my eyes from seeing, my thoughts from wandering, my heart from desiring, and (quite frankly) my American blood from boiling. How easy it is to seek connection to that which is familiar, safe, expected, “normal”…

Yet, Lord, you have provided connections that set a safe guard around all of me, inside and out. Connection to You above all else. Lord Jesus, thank you for this sweet and powerful connection! Thank you for salvation! Thank you for prayer! How greatly I cling to our conversations day by day, moment by moment.

Father God, build connections within our lives that lead to Truth. How hard this is, for what is truth? Lord, we know YOU are TRUTH, but in the world around us truth is uncertain. I pray you will stir within our hearts when true facts are presented before us. Cause us to walk away from falsehoods. Lead us in the way of right thinking and set our feet on your solid foundation. Discernment, Lord! For this I pray!!

Holy Spirit, weave us within a tapestry of family focused beauty! That our ears, eyes, thoughts and steps will be encompassed by a great cloud of witnesses. That we will be filled with words of encouragement and strength founded upon Jesus Christ! That we will be surety for one another. And that through our connection to you and to one another we may share Truth to the hungry world around us.

Connect us, Sweet Savior, within the safety of Your love.

Amen

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