Weekly prayer #25

Last week I met a homeless person. I had planned to share some information with him, then a Bible verse, and also give him some money after the conversation. But when I started speaking, he thought I was disturbing his begging. He only wanted money and asked me to leave. So I left without giving him anything, even though that was what he wanted. This experience reminded me that it is God who decides how to help us. It’s never up to us to determine the way God should work or the form His help should take.

This is my 25th weekly prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank You for prompting people to come to me to ask for my prayer requests for this ministry. I am grateful for how You always move hearts at exactly the right time. I pray that You will speak to each person who is involved now and who will be involved in the future. Let Your voice be super clear to them so they cannot deny it. Strengthen them by greatly increasing their faith and peace, so they may know with confidence that this is the path You desire them to walk. May Your Spirit move powerfully in them and in me—with a double portion.

Lord, I ask for more. I ask that You grant them great discernment. Let the mind of Christ become their mind, so that they can discern all things through You, not relying on their own understanding. Please give them clear instructions on how to help people in Your way, and to do everything in love. Remind us that our ability to help and give comes entirely from Your grace and mercy—without You, we have nothing.

Father, I pray—and will continue to pray—that these people remain always abiding in You. Guard their hearts and minds with Your deep peace. Please give them a longing to know the width, length, depth, and height of Your love—love that surpasses all knowledge—so that the Light shining through us becomes an undeniable testimony that edifies and blesses all humanity, created in Your image.

Thank You for first loving us. I love You.

In Jesus’ mighty and precious name I pray,

Amen.