Pray with thanksgiving.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7).
Pray with assurance of faith.
Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know (Jeremiah 33:3).
Pray with submission to God.
And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed, saying “Father, if it is Your will, remove this cup from Me, nevertheless, not My will, but Yours, be done (Luke 22:41-42).”
Praise God for his mighty deeds;
Praise him according to his excellent greatness (from Psalm 150:2).
Let the high praises of God be in our throats (from Psalm 149:6).
Conceived
and wanted.
Prayed for
Loved.
Mother
with father beside her
delivered
baby girl;
named her Jaema Kaye.
Now we praise.
Through prayer,
sharing God’s joy.
For baby,
our granddaughter,
Who is loved by God.
Conceived
yet unwanted.
A handful of us
who knew prayed.
Mother
abruptly
ended
baby’s
life.
Now we mourn.
Through prayer,
sharing God’s sorrow.
For baby.
For mother.
For grandmother.
Who are loved by God.
In all circumstances take up the shield of faith . . . praying at all times (Ephesians 6:16-18).
Pray with faith. “The strongest and greatest character is grown through hardship.”*
*L.B. Cowman, Streams in the Desert, p.105
