Day 26 -God, Please Help Me and Make Me a Good Friend
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Day 26 -God, Please Help Me and Make Me a Good Friend

I wonder if part of the appeal of social media is that we’re able to have lots of “friends” without the inconvenience of actually making the friendships work. We’re learning that more and more people struggle with sadness and loneliness because their “real life” friendships are suffering due to the distraction and rush of likes,…

Day 23 – God, Please Help My Loved One Who Suffers from Addiction
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Day 23 – God, Please Help My Loved One Who Suffers from Addiction

Addiction is defined as a persistent, compulsive dependence on a behavior or substance. And almost everyone knows someone who suffers from addiction. Many of you have been praying for years for someone you love to be delivered from addictions painful consequences. So, please pray with me… God, Please Help My Loved OneWho Suffers from Addiction…

Day 21 – God, Please Restore My Health with Your Mercy and Grace
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Day 21 – God, Please Restore My Health with Your Mercy and Grace

I know so many of you live with illness and chronic pain. So today, I’m inviting you to pray this prayer for yourself or for someone you know and love… God, Please Restore My Health with Your Mercy and Grace Father, living in a world that includes so much illness and pain is hard and…

Day 19 – God, Please Strengthen and Bless My Marriage with Love
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Day 19 – God, Please Strengthen and Bless My Marriage with Love

One of the most frequently used sections of Scripture read at weddings is found in Ecclesiastes, where Solomon wrote… Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help … Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm … two…

Day 18 -God, I Need You – Please Heal My Broken Heart
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Day 18 -God, I Need You – Please Heal My Broken Heart

The most frequent prayer request on the Blessing Counters Prayer Page is one asking God to heal and restore a broken relationship. I’m not surprised. We all have at least one broken relationship with … a friend, a fiancé, a spouse, a parent, or a child. And broken relationships leave us with broken hearts. Sometimes…

Day 17 – God, I Want to be Bold and Persistent When I Pray
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Day 17 – God, I Want to be Bold and Persistent When I Pray

When Jesus was teaching His followers about prayer, He said, I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks,…

Day  16 – God, Please Bless Me with Wisdom, Courage, and JOY
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Day 16 – God, Please Bless Me with Wisdom, Courage, and JOY

Webster’s dictionary defines wisdom as having insight, knowledge, and good sense/judgment. Dictionary.com defines wisdom as the knowledge of what is true coupled with good judgment as to action. So wisdom is … knowing the right thing to do and doing it! Sounds simple! Right?! But it’s not always simple, is it..? Today, I’m praying for…

Day 14 – God, Please Help Me Surrender to Your Will
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Day 14 – God, Please Help Me Surrender to Your Will

I want to live completely surrendered to God’s will. I pray about it often… But when life gets rocky or the wait for an answered prayer seems looong … surrendering is the last thing I want to do. What I WANT is to do SOMETHING that will SOLVE the PROBLEM NOW!  Thankfully, by God’s grace, He’s allowed…

Day 12 – God, Please Help Me Love You with All My Heart
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Day 12 – God, Please Help Me Love You with All My Heart

Jesus said:  “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.” Mark 12:29–30 If you’re like me, you want that. Oh, how you want that. But the truth is,…