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When Prayers Seem to Fail

November 12, 2014

Disillusionment. Have you ever felt it? Have you ever lived it? You carry a significant request to God and beg Him to do something. And He does.

But it wasn’t what you asked Him to do.

Or maybe God seems silent. And you don’t know what to do next.

On the one hand you try to be all positive and sing the Garth Brooks song, “Thank God for Unanswered Prayers.”

But something deep within feels disappointed. And afraid. And a little off.

Maybe a lot off. With God.

What do you do with that?

Sweet friend, I understand. I’ve felt that hurt and confusion. I’ve wondered if my prayers even mattered. But let me speak these truths straight into your heart: God sees. God knows. God cares. Rest assured.

Psalm 34:15 confirms this, “The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry;” (NIV)

Today, let’s not just pray about our situation. Let’s pray through it with confidence that God is working.

And if you need some of God’s girls to come alongside you in prayer, please leave a comment below. My team and I would be honored to pray you through whatever you’re facing today.

{For more encouragement, click here to read my Proverbs 31 Ministries devotion, “3 Ways to Press Through Unanswered Prayer.”}

We’ll also be talking through overcoming disappointment from unanswered prayers on our webcast with Max Lucado next Tuesday, November 18. You don’t want to miss it! Click here to sign up.

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1,261 Comments
  1. Jessica

    Please pray along with me as I go through the most difficult time I’ve ever experienced. I need all of the prayers I can possibly receive.
    Thank you.

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  2. Lee Anne Peoples

    I’d appreciate prayer for my nearly 20 year marriage. My husband and I are currently separated (my husband’s choice–not mine). I would like to reconcile, but he hasn’t been open to that so far. Please pray that the Lord’s will will be accomplished in this . Much appreciated! Your ministry means a great deal to me–I thank God for you and all the Proverbs 31 folks!

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  3. Lisa

    Please pray for my family. My husband of 20+ years recently moved out of our home. He needs Jesus. He says he needs “space”. I love him. I’m not sure what to do, say, not say, not do, how to be without him, or with him. We have a college-aged child & a 10 year old. Pray for my husbands salvation. And for peace and if it’s God’s will that we reconcile, get the help we need & make the changes that will glorify God together.

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    • Jan Endicott

      Praying for you Lisa! Jan

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    • Nico Smith

      I have experienced times Satan has attempted to throw lies in my direction. Nevertheless, I haven’t been listening to Satan’s lies about me, as I know who I’ve been created to be. God has formed me in His incredible image, and there’snothing that can change how the Lord feels about us- even if we don’t feel happy with ourself.
      “Disillusionment. Have you ever felt it? Have you ever lived it? You carry a significant request to God and beg Him to do something. And He does.

      But it wasn’t what you asked Him to do.

      Or maybe God seems silent. And you don’t know what to do next.

      On the one hand you try to be all positive and sing the Garth Brooks song, “Thank God for Unanswered Prayers.”

      But something deep within feels disappointed. And afraid. And a little off.

      Maybe a lot off. With God.

      What do you do with that?

      Sweet friend, I understand. I’ve felt that hurt and confusion. I’ve wondered if my prayers even mattered. But let me speak these truths straight into your heart: God sees. God knows. God cares. Rest assured.

      Psalm 34:15 confirms this, “The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry;” (NIV)

      Today, let’s not just pray about our situation. Let’s pray through it with confidence that God is working.”~Lysa TerKeurst
      Wow! What a wonderful thought to remember on this late Tuesday night! No matter what we may be going through, there are always other people who may also be dealing with similar situations. We can then be a wonderful source of encouragement to one another.

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      • Maria

        THANK YOU!!!! it’s good to know we are not alone in our struggles and moments of disillusionment…. i’m in that very boat at present BUT in the depths of my heart I KNOW God is GOOD and FAITHFULL, I’ve witnessed it first hand and so, despite what the current facts of my circumstances are, I’m going to keep pushing through till I get an answer.

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      • Debra

        I want to hear the words, “Mama, I’ve accepted Jesus into my heart!” from my son. He has made progress in that he is making better decisions, but this is one more decision he needs to make. I’ve been waiting, praying and begging God for 10 years for this. Girls, please add my son to your prayers!
        Thanks!!!

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    • Sylvia

      praying for my prodigal husband. He has lost his way and says ‘we have and there is no finding our way back’ BUT GOD! He is an amazing man and I believe God to return him home. God is able – nothing is too hard for Him. I hold to His promise Mark 11:22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” I have forgiven him and do daily for things that have happened. Standing and believing he will hear The Father’s voice and return home. Any and all prayer covering is appreciated. Praying his heart soften and hear God speaking to him for salvation and restoration. Thank you.

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    • Nancy

      Lisa:

      My heart goes out to you today. I pray that Jesus comforts you and gives you new hope that can only come from Him. I pray that he cradles you in His arms and you feel his everlasting love and compassion.

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  4. Kari Mahe

    I am in an unhappy marriage. My husband can be really nice one minute and explosive the next. I don’t know to do. We have two children and he doesn’t want to do counseling because he’s afraid to what it will bring out. I’m at my ends and don’t know what do to.

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  5. Clare

    I am a military wife & we are in the process of getting ready to move overseas. We are waiting for me to get medical clearance, and this is causing me a lot of anxiety and stress – we are on a time crunch! Also, we are trying to get pregnant, but have come up against some challenges that have lead me to feel discouraged. Please pray for me. Thank you so much. God Bless x

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  6. Christy

    Praying through the custody trials for our precious little
    Foster boy whom we have raised since he was 7 months old and is now 3 1/2. I know God has an amazing plan for this little mans life. I am praying that we can help him thrive in our family for as long as possible and most importantly lead him to know God and love Him. Also praying for peace in the midst of uncertainty.

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  7. Crystal

    I am praying for healthy social life and to be able to get married and have children.

    Reply
  8. Cathy

    I have been trying to sell my house for 2.5 years. I have already moved to another city for my job. I believe that God will bring the right buyer in his time, but I would love your prayers to bolster my confidence as I wait.

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  9. Rachel Reagan

    This really spoke to me! I am praying for God to open a door for me for a job. I’ve been traveling with work for 3 years now and have decided to look for a job closer to home. So many doors closed! I am trusting God, but desperately need a job! Please pray for me!

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  10. Jeannie

    How timely is this message! I had a talk with God yesterday asking Him if my prayers really mattered to Him. I know nothing comes to me that He hasn’t filtered through His hands, but I need grace and mercy to climb this mountain after receiving a diagnosis of breast cancer. I DO need prayer warriors to come together on my behalf to walk through the surgery of a double mastectomy on Dec 3. I want heaven to be bombarded with prayer and a report that I don’t have to have chemo. If God puts me on your heart, please pray for me.

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  11. Brenda

    Pray for my 15 yr of daughter who has mono and is struggling through pain and extreme tiredness to get better. So hard to watch her go through this. Please, please pray for healing.

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    • Jan Endicott

      I will pray for her 🙂 Jan

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    • Leslie M

      Oh Brenda I will be praying -we thought my son had mono in the spring and he was SO very exhausted….

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  12. Sheila

    Thank you for your great post. I’m reading your book “Unglued” & am participating in a Bible study group working through through your DVRs & Participant’s Guide. We’re all getting a lot out of it. I wonder if you could pray for a severe setback in an injury & surgery I’ve had recently? And for my family.
    Blessings,
    Sheila

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  13. Jennie

    Please prayer for my husband and me. We are struggling medical bills and I was left paying for my older brother’s funeral. I am on disability because of my LUPUS and osteoporosis. It is so hard to meet the bills every month. I am getting so discourahed with worry over my husband working so hard.

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  14. Julie

    My husband has been unemployed/underemployed for the last 7 years. Any “cushion” we had from cautious spending/saving is gone. Our retirement, the kids college fund, all gone. The only thing left is our home. We must sell it now, due to his present unemployment. If we can sell it, by week’s end, we may be able to stop foreclosure. Trying sooo hard to not be afraid, to be calm.

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    • Melissa

      Julie, please know that my family will be praying for you. We are walking through a similar situation. Fear is our enemy. Try and look for the sprinkles of hope each day that God sends your way. Pray for the people who will be buying your house. Even though you may not know them, God is behind the scenes preparing them right now!

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  15. Lynn McCracken

    Hello,
    If you would please pray for me I would be very grateful. We just celebrated my daughter 5th birthday in Heaven. She was stillborn. I feel like I push it all away so not to feel the pain but some days it is just to hard to do that. I have been so emotional and mad at God lately and not understanding why or how He could let this happen. I would love some prayer for this please. Thank you!

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  16. Dawn

    Please pray for a very lost man who is caught up in spiritual deception. I have been praying for him for about a year. He has fallen onto a dark path. I am praying for an spiritual awakening to the Truth. For the veil to drop from his eyes. Thank you

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  17. Pam

    Please pray for my mom. She’s been dealing with a lung condition for the past four years but has been able to stay very active, walking two miles daily during the summer months. This past summer the condition worsened and she was put on full-time oxygen. Three weeks ago she was diagnosed with congestive heart failure due to the stress of the lung condition on her heart. Her health is failing very quickly. Four weeks ago she was living on her own, cooking, cleaning, doing her own laundry, etc. Now she needs help with all her daily needs and someone is with her continuously. Her doctor wants to discuss hospice with our family to keep her comfortable. I’ve prayed for healing and for miracles but I feel as though my prayers aren’t being answered. I’ve also prayed for peace for all of us in the midst of this time but I don’t sense any. Why is my faith so weak? I feel like my prayers have gone unanswered. Help me pray through this difficult time knowing God is at work in mom’s life. She’s such a prayer warrior, praying for her family daily. May I now be her prayer warrior. Thank you for your prayers.

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  18. Valeria Moody

    Please if you could pray for my life, haven’t been happy with my life for a while and feel like my marriage is falling apart, like Married the wrong guy (or maybe I am not the right girl for him) feel unwanted and unloved.

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  19. Michelle

    We are in the military and have moved. We are trying to sell our home in a horrible market. Please pray for a buyer for our home outside Ft. Bragg, NC.

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  20. Amy Dewey

    Struggling with secondary infertility has been trying for me. I feel like God is quiet on this, so I go back and forth with, is His will no for another child? Or am I projecting my feeling of want as His will? Sometimes, I feel the no and other times the yes…finding the balance of hope of how God will meet my want and the reality that He may not meet my want is a struggle I can’t quite figure out. I so want to rest in Him and trust Him with this, but Not hearing anything makes it so hard to get beyond it sometimes. Pray for peace and comfort to let go and trust Him even if the answer is no. Thank you so much.

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  21. LeAnn

    My husband of 19 yrs is lost, also. Hasn’t been living with us for 7 months, and still, after a yr and a half, is unable to make a move in either direction. It is heart wrenching for me and for our three children, ages 16,15, and 12. I pray for God’s will to be done, everyday, and for his peace and guidance, whichever way this will go.

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  22. Lauren

    I’m struggling with letting go of an on again off again 6 year relationship that borderlines mental and verbal abuse. Deep down I know this can’t be the man God intends for me but the pain and suffering keeps me hanging on and coming back for more. I also want you to pray for him.. He’s so lost in life and his relationship with God is struggling (as is mine). I just need the courage and determination to cut ties without feeling like life is over and I’ll be alone forever.

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  23. Ginnie

    Praying right now for wisdom in caring for my step dad who is on hospice while trying to get back on my feet financially. I know God will guide me. My prayer is that I clearly hear his instructions.

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  24. Sandy

    Can you pray for my major uni module – Clinical Nutrition and dietetics? I’m from Singapore studying in Australia. I thank God for the opportunity to study overseas. I’ve been struggling with trying to pass and advance onto the next level since April this year. And I am still struggling. I just received the news today I failed my oral exam and the examination is on 19th nov. I can’t study and I feel so tired weary and absolutely no confidence in the exam. The exam is worth 50% and made up of Section A and B and I have to pass both sections in order to pass everything. Without passing I am unable to go onto clinical placements/attachments next Year. Then I’ll have to repeat the whole module next yr August.
    I kept praying for courage but I just broke down and had a major break down again.
    Thank you for praying. I am really touched by your sharing Lysa.

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  25. kathy w

    This article came at a perfect time for me. I have been praying for healing for our family and for direction in my life and I have only had silence. Thanks for the encouragement and the prayers and I will pray for the ones who commented before me. Bless you.

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  26. CJ

    I am praying for the deliverance of my daughter. I pray that she will thirst for the Word of God and to know Jesus Christ. I pray that she will make a lifestyle change.

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  27. Kelly

    You recent articles on prayer really impacted my life. It has come to me attention this week that there is a group of women at my church passing around rumors about me saying I wouldn’t give money to our church because I don’t want to support my pastors large family. I am horrified and beyond hurt. I have never said anything like this. We are dedicated tithers and love our church and pastor. I have been trying to figure out how to combat this…. Prayer plus what? And more often then prayer I have been stressing and planning my way back to innocence. I need to shut up and pray. And lean on God in this. He this was going to happen. He hears my cries. He can bring good out of this. I would appreciate any and all prayers. Thank you.

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  28. Jessica

    My prayer feels so insignificant compared to the others I’m reading here on this board but here it is anyway.

    I’ve been battling great loneliness the past few months. I ended a relationship that I had been in for 5 years – a God-less relationship- and it was in my lowest time that God found me, picked me back up, dusted me off and set me on my feet again. I found salvation through Jesus Christ but these past four months have been some of the hardest. I’m not use to being alone and while I’m only 24 (with plenty of time ahead of me), it is extremely difficult to watch all my friends around me getting married – having babies – starting their life with their new family while I sit here alone. I pray nightly for God to bring me my Husband and I know He will. I know He is a God who answers prayers but I wouldn’t mind some prayers of support to help me through this time of loneliness. I know He is teaching me a lesson – a lesson where I depend fully and solely on Him for my love and support – but it is a hard lesson none-the-less. I just pray that I have the strength to keep my eye sight on the goal and to have the will power to wait for the RIGHT man and not just jump with whoever looks my way because I am lonely. I greatly appreciate your prayers. <3

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  29. Kem

    I’m over it. I’m over life, and I’ve had it with this walk. I’ve walked with God since I was a little girl and I’m just tired. You can do everything by the book, trust God, obey Him, obey your parents—and STILL get jacked. I’m near 30 and I’m just over everything at this point. I feel like self destructing. I just can’t anymore. Nothing is right.

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  30. Rachel Rogers Wood

    I’m believing for Gods healing and deliverance for my family and myself. My husband especially. He has been through so much and unfortunately seems to still be holding on to it. He has been addicted to drugs since he was a teenager and keeps walking back into it. Our marriage has fallen to his mistakes and mine. We now have our wonderful adopted daughter and she is struggling too. I feel like giving up sometimes but I know that’s not what God wants. He has done so many amazing things in our lives. This is addiction is tearing our family apart and I feel so hopeless sometimes. But I feel the Lords peace in me and I know we have to keep fighting. I’m just asking for prayers for all of us. Thank you for reading this and God bless you in everything. Thank you so much for sharing your story it gives me hope.

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  31. Shannon

    I’m 34 and a single mom of a 16 yr old and a 5 year old. I’m battling Stage 3 Breast cancer. Last Thursday I had a bilateral mastectomy. I’m in pain, bruised and scarred. Tomorrow I receive my patho results to see if they removed it all. I’ve already endured 6 months of chemo and have more to go, along with radiation. I’m broken-hearted. I’m tired and I’m scared. I need prayers friends.

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  32. Jennifer Reese

    Thank you. I needed this encouragement tonight. The last week I have had stress anxiety & hurt building & tonight has been overwhelming. I was blindsided w infidelity & divorce three years ago. I went from stay @ home mom to now the intense stress of building a new life. And yet…I am also living beauty from ashes & I see God’s hands all over my life. I am standing on so many scriptures. But this last week has been rough. I am praying for new connections & opportunity & provision but I am still oozing w stress & hurt from an email he sent last week. Your blog is what I needed to read in this moment. And so…I pray…Lord, may your kingdom come & your will be done in his heart & life. May your kingdom come & will be done in my children’s hearts & lives as well as my own. As I pray, I ask for prayer support that God will open doors & bring His opportunities & provision & that I will live Proverbs 3:5-6 & Isaiah 43:18,19. Thank you.

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  33. Leah

    I am a pastors wife with severe depression and social anxiety.It takes all my energy to get up take care of my 3 children…the load of the ministry is more than I can bare. However, there is no plan B for my husband as pastoring is his calling. I feel trapped. I want to follow gods will for our life but it seems to be the source of my deep dark hole. Doctors and physiologists are not an option for us at this moment..I need God to heal me. This is my prayer requests.

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  34. Kristen

    I struggle with prayer everyday. There are a very people in my life who I just want to come to know Jesus like I do. I never know if I’m praying enough. I think about God throughout the day and praise him for small successes but this week has been hard. Satan is trying to fill me with worry and low self esteem. I try to keep praying through, but it’s hard sometimes. I pray for my friends who need to be saved. Two in particular carry so much anger and I understand what that’s like because I used to feel like that a few years ago. I pray for myself and that God can help me be a shining light even when I feel like the weight of the world on my shoulders. Please pray for me to have patience and unwavering faith. I want others to see him in me and not shut me out. Pray for me to have strength and courage to love those that are so hard to love. I know God is getting me where I need to be. Last year was hard and even though this year is better it’s still hard.

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  35. Marie

    Pls pray for me and my family and the ministry God is calling us to. Pray for our current ministry, the leadership there we have been under attack. So much going on but we covet your prayers my sisters of faith. Ty ❤️

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  36. Danielle Riley

    Please pray for my husband’s family. There has been great miscommunication and misunderstandings with his family and they have twisted what we’ve said to make us out to be the bad guys. My husband and I are the only active Christians (active meaning involved in Church/daily walk with God. It’s not my place to say if they’re Christian or not). When we became more involved with Church we were distanced from the family. They posted something saying they are proud that their family is about drinking cursing and telling inappropriate jokes. This both disgusted me and broke my heart. They actually told my husband he had to choose between me and them. I’m so blessed because my husband quoted the scriptures of our wedding vows about the mad leaves his mother and father. I just pray for radical change in the family, change that can only come through them loving God. I pray that after change there can be forgiveness and unconditional love like families are supposed to have.

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  37. Rosella

    I would really appreciate your prayers for my husband. He’s suffering from depression and has absolutely no desire to live anymore. We have 3 beautiful children, but his job situation is so hard on him and he is not able to leave it, and this is partly causing his depression. I also believe that his relationship with God is not in the right place. He has not been going to church with us for a very long time. I live in fear of what he will do. He is hardly talking with us. He seems hopeless.
    Thank you

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  38. rita

    I am Rita from Beirut, Lebanon. I have constantly been praying for years for finding the man whom I can have a family. My heart has been longing for being a wife and a mother. Your prayers are much appreciated. thank you

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  39. Mary DOUGLASS

    I ask for prayers for my son to continue his journey with The Lord and grow. I pray he will find someone to love and love him. I pray he will not get discouraged and love The Lord forever.

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  40. anna marie

    Lysa I need a prayer for my son he doent know GOD an don’t want to he jus beliefe all the lies he sees and is huring everybody around him I just want a prayer that GOD will open his eyes to the lies and full his heart with love,I don’t whant him to be lost forever,thank u GOD blessesings amen

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  41. cindy

    Can you pray for me and my daughter to have financial security and for my health issues be healed so I am able to take care of my daughter for a long time.

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    • Christine

      Cindy, I just want you know that I lived 11 yrs on dialysis and though I was married during my daughter’s younger yrs all that time, I somehow with God’s help of giving me the strength and placing ppl into our lives, managed to raise her as an amazingly young Godly lady of 20 yrs old! I survived almost 2 near death experiences, literally zillions of hospitalizations and horrible health issues until I got my transplanted kidney. And for whatever reason God allows my health to still to remain less than good, God has provided! While I am currently dealing with many of my own struggles, one thing is for certain…… cling onto the Hope and Faith for whatever your asking for God! Prayers and blessings!

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  42. Mandy

    Please pray for restoration of my marriage. Pray for my husband, for God to speak to Him like He has me, that nothing is impossible with God. That God makes all things new.

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  43. Michelle

    Thank you for the sweet words and the encouragement!
    Could you please pray for my husband hes been having a lot of anger and making derogatory remarks, and is addicted to clash of clans games.
    Thanks appreciate your prayers.

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  44. michelle

    I have been asking God to fully heal and restore a relationship with someone who means so much to me. Neither of us have been perfect, and both of our brokenness has been damaging to each other, but I do not believe the ways things now are is God’s heart for this relationship. So I am asking for full healing and a deep and sweet relationship to be made manifest as the fruit of God’s handiwork.

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  45. Chigo Uche

    My family have been praying for my daughter’s admission into the university for months now and nothing has happened. All her brothers got admitted into the University on merit. She has faith that as all her friends/ mates are going to school this year that she can never be left behind. Pray that her absolute trust in God will not be in vain. Let her admission go through.

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  46. Erica

    Please pray that my husband Mark will have a change of heart about our divorce. We have been married since August of 1997 and have been seperated since November of 2011. I Iove my husband and I have decided to stand for my marriage. Which has been extremely difficult at times. I’ve prayed to God asking him to restore my marriage if it is his will. I’m still standing on my Gods promise… My husband is going on a retreat this weekend, so please ladies keep him and the restoration of our marriage in your prayers this weekend. Prayer is so powerful!!! Thank you ladies and God Bless each and everyone of you

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  47. Chi

    Struggling with my faith and heart. My marriage is less than a year old and a wreck. I feel like I made a big mistake marrying him but I want to do what God wants me to do. I was in prayer so much before marrying him so I felt like it was the thing I was supposed to do but since then everything has been a trial and I’m moving further and further from God. I know I should be praying for my husband and for my marriage with fevor but it’s not in my heart. All I want to do is separate to save my self.Pray for wisdom for me to do the best thing as a woman of God and not as a doormat, based on how I feel or as the world would see fit. I will be praying for everyone that stories I have read here in the comments.

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  48. Katrina

    I need prayer…for contentment, for peace, for a deep-down knowledge and trust that God made me exactly the way I am for a reason and that through my weaknesses He is strong. Prayer for the ability to process anger in less than unglued ways, for grace when I fail. Prayers for the strength to follow where He leads, not where I think I should go. Thank you! <3

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    • lc

      Hi Katrina, I relate to your prayer request so much! May our Lord of all grace comfort you this day and show you His love, power and acceptance. In Jesus name, amen.

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  49. anna marie

    Lysa I need another prayer for my husband,he is without a job now for 8monts he is giving his cvs in.he gets promises of jobs but they never come back to finilising it,he had an interview again this morning,with a promise they will come back I just want the devils hold to be break over our lives because GOD promised us blessing in abandence not this live we are liVing thank u

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  50. Shiny

    My husband is in Hyderabad and I have applied for a transfer within my company for the same location. But it’s now 2 months over and my management is not giving any positive reply for the same. Request you to pray so that I can be with my husband soon. Thanks.

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  51. Rachel

    I need prayers for the anxiety I have been feeling. I have a great husband, job that I love, a healthy. Any boy, and financial security. The list goes on and on….I’m so blessed. But instead of being happy im plagued with fear that it’s going to be taken away and have obsessive thoughts and fears about death and leaving my son….I know it’s irrational but I can’t shake it…so frustrated and can’t understand why God won’t take it away…

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  52. Christine

    I am SO Overwhelmed! I have overlapping events that just seem to Not be getting answered. first to say I was an in car accident from june 2010 (other driver’s sited fault) which gave me a permanent neck injury, which Dr’s claimed I needed surgery to rectify, but never had it done due to my (team of) Kidney Dr’s restricting me from surgery Unless cancer related. Long kidney story except to say my 2nd transplant is extremely high risk! Ok so then early Jan 2012 I get diagnosed with plantar fasciitis and I work as p/t as a cashier always on My Feet! I’m allowed a stool but over the past 4-5 wks, the one seemed to really starting to clash with the other (sorry trying to avoid too many details) so it appears it has flared my neck up causing so many painful areas to hurt, espec migraine like headaches, feelings of light headedness and more. After 3 visits to my primary and an MRI, it reveals my neck condition has worsened to the point of my primary really concerned I’m headed in a spiral downward toward paralysis. This (to me) indicates I seriously need to get out of my job for which I’ve even had help with a VR counselor aiding in my search for something else. Meanwhile, i’m really distressed that my accident attny for my case which is only half settled that even though my condition could effect my future, apparently the insurance company won’t pay anything and blaming things from the past (long story related to 11 yrs of being on dialysis plus i’m a single mother with 20 yr old college student) and I may have to permanently quite my job?! Living on SSI disability doesnt’ help earn a living (and still battling my X for alimony). I literally hardly get out to enjoy doing much of anything due to my symptoms. I will seeing a neurosurgeon end of Nov to evaluate and talk with my team of kidney Dr’s about surgery. what I fear and feel are the following options: a) get surgery with risk of losing my transplanted kidney and hoping the surgery corrects things OR b) Not do the surgery to protect the kidney and keep spiraling towards paralysis into a wheel chair in which case i won’t even be able to work whatsoever and able to support my self (and I have NO one to help me, my few family members don’t even believe in helping in any kind of financial way). I Know All those scriptures you mentioned, I keep asking for prayer and praying myself espec for healing from that accident and I’ve gotten NO where. Soon I have to decide what to do about all this?? I just don’t understand how my accident case can be written off as if this is NOT a serious matter?! Even more is I keep wondering why it appears my prayers seem to not being answered, what’s God’s will and plan in ALL of this? If I lose my kidney over getting a surgery I was warned i should not get (or at any time i lose it), i refuse to go back on dialysis! It’s horrendously worse than this matter. I feel as if I don’t even know what to pray for any more so I’m reaching out beyond my church and SS class to you!

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  53. Vicki

    My husband of 16 years left and divorced me for a younger woman. I have been praying and believing for restoration of our marriage but now he tells me he is getting married. I am not giving up on the hope for a miracle until he is actually married. God is a very big God. My fear is what if he does marry? What do I do with that hope I believed was from God. Please pray for a miracle of restoration for our marriage and if that is not God’s plan that He will give me peace and strengthen my trust in Him.

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  54. Melissa

    Please pray. My mother passed away from endometrial cancer Jan 2 2014. Since then I left my job due to harrassment/sexual comments and discrimination from a woman. My boss would not address the situation and said I had to decide if I wanted to work there any more, so I left. My middle child is disruptive at school/home and is failing several classes. We think maybe he has ADHD but not confirmed. Several of my closest friends have deserted me/us due to a falling out and several other things. I am still seeing a therapist after 2yrs for sexual abide etc as a child. I feel alone and rejected, forgettable, insignificant. I have to pray myself through most days. God is good, and I believe he is able to bring good out of this pain. It can’t hurt to add more petitioners. Thank you for what you do

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    • Jill

      You are in our prayers. We have a child with ADHD. Removing wheat from his diet has been a blessing from God. Don’t give up! Trials produce perseverance and you will have a great testimony on the other side! God bless you!

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  55. Margaret

    Please can you pray with me for a job that will fulfill all my criteria. Thank you 🙂

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  56. Debbie

    Please pray for my son to return to God and surrender his life to him, I have been praying for several years for him and I get discouraged at times.

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    • Lowwis

      Dear God, pls turn Debbie’s son to you. Remove him from darkness and into your kingdom of life. Work in him to will and do what pleases you. Draw him to yourself, and cause him to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, that He will be saved. Keep Debbie encouraged in you. May your peace guard her heart and mind in Christ Jesus. You are faithful, and able. Thank you in Jesus name I pray. Amen.

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    • Lowwis

      Please pray with me for the salvation of the man I love, Daniel. Pray for deliverance drom all of Satan’s lies. Pray for his mind to be captured by God and filled with truth, and that his eyes and heart be opened to perceive God’s truth and purposes. Pray that he hears and responds to God’s call over his life. Pray that I will keep trusting God and won’t stop praying. Pray that I will not be discouraged. Pray that I will know and surrender to God’s will regarding Daniel and I. It is well. God bless you for praying. May He meet your needs according to His will and good pleasure. I believe that our prayers avail much. It is well. Praise God! In Jesus name. Amen!

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  57. Annette

    pray for my 16 year old daughter who is battling depression, she attempted suicide 3 months after losing her daddy (she was 14 at the time). Pray also as my aging house is in need of some major plumbing renovations that is going to have a hefty price tag on it. It has been 2 1/2 years since I lost my husband and days like this are so emotionally draining.

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  58. Anayancy

    Please help me pray for my husband to come to know the Lord in a more personal way so that he can turn away from what does not please God. Also, I need financial freedom and need God to get me out of the debt that I am in.

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  59. Lorraine

    Good Morning, please agree with us in our prayers for God’s guidance about our business, it is not doing well and we have been praying about it for a long time now and still do not know what to do. We are already in our sixties and in good health, and would so much like to do something of worth, to add value to others lives but also earn an incoming. This is already in a desperate situation and we acknowledge God as our source, as He has been right through our lives. We really do trust Him to guide us to His purpose for our lives. Thank you for being such a blessing to me.

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  60. Nicole

    Please pray for my healing and for my daughter to see what she is doing and saying is hurtful to other people and for her to see that what we are doing with school is the right decision for us as a family

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  61. Jill

    My husband is a pastor. Our last church could not afford to pay him for the last 3 years he served them, but they assured him that they would deed him the parsonage in lew of his salary. It was worth a little less than what they owe, but he agreed, and survived by the grace of God. Earlier this year, we decided to sell the house to a young couple who approached us asking to buy it. We moved to a new home and waited patiently for the church to fix some tax issues that came up, all the while being reassured that as soon as the tax office was satisfied, they’d sign over the parsonage. We’ve gone by weekly and never moved all our stuff out, just to keep claim to the property. We’ve been in regular contact with the church leaders and then they just stopped answering our calls and texts. We went by the house to check on things and they changed the locks. My husband went to the church and they said there was a burglary and police told them to secure the house. Police confirmed our suspicions that there was no burglary. Still no one was answering our calls and texts. Today, finally, after lying to us for 9 months, the church leaders told us they’re not going to sign over the house, that we cannot have our stuff from inside the house, and to stop calling them. We are crushed. We are in a serious financial bind and desperately need the money from selling the house. Since when does the church act like the world-say one thing and do another? They have abandoned Jesus’ teachings. Where’s the: Integrity? Loyalty? Love? Compassion? Righteousness? Please pray for our family. We’ve been praying for justice in this situation for so long and every time they give us a glimmer of hope, they turn around and crush it. Thank you and God bless

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  62. Aina

    Please pray that I would have the grace to know and be obedient to Gods will at this stage of my life.

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  63. Brianna

    Please pray for my family. I am 20 weeks pregnant and my fiance up and left. I know this is the devils doing and I am struggling to get through each day. I pray for him to find guidance from the Lord, and for peace and strength in order for me to move forward in the right direction. I want my family back.

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  64. Tina

    My husband walked out of my life last year aftee being married for only 10 months. Please pray that the Lord will bring him back into my life & restore our relationship. I pray God will be glorified during the process.

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  65. Marcene Saxman

    The Lord chose not to have the ‘spot’ on my sister’s remaining kidney disappear or at least not grow. Her other kidney was removed last year for a huge renal cancer. She is having an access placed 11/21 for dialysis. We are still praying they will be able to save part of the kidney but they are not optimistic. Dana is the matriarch of our small family so we really need her here and as well as possible. Thanking the Lord for health care, insurance, etc. but it is hard. Praying I can help her in the best way possible…at the point of her greatest need. Blessings to y’all.

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  66. Annette

    Please pray for my relationship with me and my 12 year old daughter. I don’t know how to be with her, I just can’t seem to get it right. I feel very disallusioned. Just need to have some fun moments. Please pray for this. Thanks so much.

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  67. Nikki

    About 14 years ago as I was praying, I know God spoke to my heart about my husband. I was praying for his salvation, and God assured me with HIs peace that he would one day turn to Him. I am still praying and waiting, and my heart is breaking. Please pray that he will accept Christ as his Savior and take over as the spiritual leader of our family.

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  68. kastina

    Please pray for my daughter the she will continue to follow the right path in school and in life.I pray for the Lord’s guidance to help me through a painful situation and help me come to the best decision and gives me the strength to get through it. Also to help me pray the I can find a nice 2 bedroom apartment for my daughter and myself. Thank you

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  69. winifred dike

    I’ve been praying to get a job with Total for practically all my life. I’ve just done some assessments and I’m still waiting to be called. My friend who applied for another role has been called and all of a sudden, it seems i am getting more worried, wondering why i have not been called yet. I’m trying my best to stay in hopeful with all my faith that God answers prayers and will bless me indeed. These are really tough times.

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  70. Julia Hernandez

    First, I want to say to Melissa that I can relate to the job situation and having to leave and will be praying for you. Also, to those praying for their children to return to the Lord, I can also relate and am praying for you and will continue to do so!

    Next, I want to ask for prayer for my job situation. My job will be over by the end of the year and I am praying to then be able to leave the legal field and work in a different capacity. I need guidance from God as to what purpose He has for me, though. It is a big challenge and I know that we believe in a big God, so please join me in praying about this. As a single woman, I can’t not have a job. Thank you!

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  71. Lisa

    Please pray for my husband and oldest son’s salvation. My son is 17 and a senior in high school. We don’t have much time left with our eldest of six children and a lot of healing needs to happen in our family but especially between my hubby and oldest son. I know The Lord is working in a mighty way but I am praying for a miracle this year. Please pray that I can love my family well and daily surrender to allow the Holy Spirit to lead me. Because of the lack of love I receive from my husband, I want Jesus to be enough for me. I also need healing from back surgery and nerve damage.

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  72. Kathy

    Need prayers for my brother, a pastor. There are so many attacks on Him & the ministry, & his family. Part of the issue is mr brother’s unteacheable attitude. He studies the Word but then not evident in his personal life. I do not remember the last time he said he was wrong. It’s like no one else better. As a sister my heart is breaking as not just as he treats me, but his wife & kids. Scares me when one gets to the point of not humbling oneself, confessing, praying & be willing to change. I do Not want another broken pastor, family & church for satan to destroy. He has serious health issues, & some of these are compounding the situation, with depression, feelings of inadequacy of getting older etc. I have been praying yrs for a miracle & it seems things are getting worse. I am so discouraged & I admit to being afraid what God might take him for him to surrender. I have to leave all this is His care because He knows best. Thanks for upholding this man that has faithfully served God but now seems to draw away.

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  73. Kimberly

    I was blessed to have heard a new song by Jeremy Camp called “He Knows” that has helped lift my spirits lately. When I am stressing and feel alone, He not only knows but he cares and is with me.

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  74. Stephanie

    Please pray for my husband in his continued job search and for our family as we move from our home. We have so much uncertainty right now- don’t know where we are going to live, not sure of job…it is becoming overwhelming for us all especially our 8 year old.

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  75. Mary

    Please pray for protection from all negative influences for my grand daughter and for an end to jealousy and anger in my family… Also that all of us may fall deeply in love with Jesus…

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  76. Stacey Smith

    My husband of 21 yrs is wanting a divorce. He’s turned from Lord and says he cannot forgive himself for all bad all nd hurt he’s caused our family and wants to give up. He’s deployed to Iraq and never speak to me or children 4 children. Please pray for us

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  77. jaden

    Please pray for my situation, I’m currently in relationship with the father of my kid living together without marriage. My heart is heavy everyday as I read the bible knowing that my living and relationship is not permit able or not according to God words. I feel the burden inside me, I’ve been thinking a lot to go out with this relationship, and I’ve been asking God in my prayer to give me the sound mind and show me what to do, but every time I decided to end the relationship and go out in this situation, God give me courage to stay and have patience. Now I feel lost because I’m pregnant again with him which I’m living with. I want not to continue this pregnancy because we r not ready for another baby. Please pray for me. As he is not a responsible father, he is not even a devoted Christian he don’t go to church. He don’t provide for my kid and me. Please help me what to do, as prayed but I still did not have the answer.

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  78. Kathleen

    Praying for peace with my heart and relationship. Healing is needed and direction as well. Im waiting to hear God’s voice and im waiting for the man God wants me to be with to appear.My relationship had been up and down for almost 3 years. Hes left again, and I just want to know Gods plan for my heart. Its difficult being a single mom of two boys. I want to show them the right way. I am trying to live Psalm 37:7. I need peace and an answer. And because of the stress lately I also need physical healing. I trust my Father to help me. Amen

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  79. Beth

    Hi my name is Beth and I have 5 children. I have made bad choices in my life and am now paying for them. I am a devoted Christian but also a recovering drug addict and alcoholic. My 6 yr old Jacob has down syndrome and loves the Lord. My 10 yr old Bella was struggling in school and was very disrespectful with her attitude toward me and Dad who has raised her since she was 3. I started to pray and put my foot down with her as I felt the Lord guiding me and things are so much better she is also enrolled in a church meeting for young girls every tuesday called ” women of valor” I am so excited and thankful to God that she is learning about God and His Word. But all this is due to prayers. Am trying to teach her daily about bad choices and consequences that follow. Trying to show her how important she is to me and how much I love her. I also have my 19 yr old who just moved back in with me that is dabbing into drugs and am worried about where she goes and who she is with. I went through so much at her age and was heavily into drugs and put myself in places and possitions where I almost lost my life on several occassions. I do not want the same for her. I walked in the living room the other day and she was on her knees praying. I asked if she wants to go to church with me she said yes. My 21 yr old Zachariah lives in Brooklyn NY and is not talking to me. We had a falling out less than a yr ago and no matter what I say or write he continues to ignore me he is also using drugs and alcohol and is also gay. He says God created him like that but I told him that;s not true we discussed it and that was it. I am so afraid of him getting sick because he wasn’t protecting himself. My 22 yr old lives not to far here upstate from me he live with his girlfriend.He does not serve God and has made poor choices as a teenager that landed him in a group home till the age of 21. it has been very hard to build a relationship with him but am working on it. God has been blessing me showing me that He is working but that does not stop me from being afraid for their lives more importantly their souls. I still carry the guilt of my past and how it has affected my childrens lives and mine since now I struggle with issues when it comes to my mental state. I am currently on meds to help with the symptoms but it has not been easy I struggle daily. If it weren’t for God I would probably be dead by now but His LOVE and Grace holds me up all the time. I feel like I am running out of time and not doing enough to help my kids. Please Pray for Us. Thank You and God Bless

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  80. Bunny

    Please pray for my work situation. I just want to feel God’s direction in my current job and whether I should continue on the path to be come a school counselor. There has been a lot of feelings of disappointment and just isolation.

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  81. Laura

    Tonight I rode around for hours petitioning…no…begging God to move in the heart of my prodigal son. Since he was born I’ve taken him to church and taught him about Jesus. Since he was old enough to walk and talk he was wanted to be like grandpa, a pastor. He loved music and wanted to learn guitar. At 12 our worship leader started him out on the bass guitar. His second lesson was playing with the youth worship team. 3 months later he was playing on Sunday mornings for both services. By the time he was 14 he was attending a bible study for college students and leading a youth prayer group. Later that same year he was asked to teach at youth. His lesson wasn’t long but it was powerful. I found out he had put himself into some sticky situations helping an angry and violent boy who’s dad had left the family. My J knew where the boy was coming from, his dad took off when he was 6 months old but he never used that as an excuse. Right after turning 16 he started drifting away. My family and his mentors prayed and tried to keep him on the right path. His friends changed and so did his attitude and he became a walking time bomb. He graduated a year early with the agreement he would either start college and/or get a job. 4 months after graduation he still didn’t have a job and had no intentions of starting college. Friends went from bad to worse…kids he’s hanging out with have been in trouble with the law for drugs. A little over a week ago I asked him to go to church with me and he said yes. He told his sister he was excited about going but come Sunday morning he exploded. His anger not only caught me off guard but terrified me. I have never been afraid like that. That evening he called me for a ride home…he was high. The next morning he said he was moving out. He moved in with one of those kids and his parents…who are in denial of their son’s addiction even though he’s been caught more than once. Tonight after my car ride I stalked my son’s Facebook page. I wept as I read his posts from several years ago. He had such a strong relationship with Christ now tonight I’m not sure where he is. My heart is shattered and all I have are God’s promises but I’m struggling if God really hears me. A mother of another kid on the worship team and the new worship leader came to me 2 weeks ago at church and said they never start practice without praying for my son. The other boys mom said her son starts and ends his day praying for my boy. I know God has big plans or He wouldn’t have so many people praying in earnest for his return. After reading my son’s fb page I went to the news feed and saw the Proverbs 31 post about praying and your testimony about your daughter. Although no parent should have yo go through this it’s comforting to know others have been there before me and God not only heard but answered prayers. Thank you for sharing and I ask for prayer for my son. Sorry this is so long. I just needed to share. Thank you for reading and praying.

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  82. Glen Jeffers

    Please pray for my daughter and her husband – they have infertility problems. They have had two miscarriages and one failed IVF attempt. They are faithful Christians who love God and long for a baby of their own. Many of their friends are pregnant and it’s very difficult for them emotionally.

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  83. Becky

    I would like prayers for encouragement and hope. God has brought an amazing man who loves the Lord into my life for the last two years, and because of sin (from both of us) and a lack of trust in me (of which I was unaware), we have hit a very rough patch. I am asking that our relationship be lifted up and transformed. And that God will Continue to work through my boyfriend and me. Build the little bit of hope that he has and help me to continue to trust you. We absolutely cannot do this without the Lord – that truth – is more evident than ever. Help my boyfriend not to feel conflicted, but confident in the hope that we have. I am scared. I pray that God will Grow us together so that when we are on the other side of this God can use us to help other couples.

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  84. Lori

    Please pray for my family. My aunt was diagnosed with bladder cancer this summer and it has spread. My sister and her children live with her. My sister does not seem to have control over her boys. The 16 yr old just got his license, is using my aunt’s car and is apparently hanging around other boys who are a bad influence. The 18 yr old sits at home, has no ambition and is on the computer all day. They are both good kids for the most part. But last night the 16 yr old threatened my brother and his anger is getting out of control. He is given an inch and takes a mile. It is not always pleasant, he destroys things and I am afraid he will hurt someone. My aunt is 80 yrs old and does not need that along with everything else. I feel powerless to do anything but pray about it.

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  85. Lucia

    Please pray for my nephew to get bursary and acceptance at university, and also for break through in finance and provision socially , I believe that when two or three are gathered in his name His more than able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think.

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  86. Isabel

    Please pray for me to get a new job that will supply all our financial needs. I was informed a month ago that my position will no longer be needed. I know God is preparing for something greater. Please help me pray for the new job to come soon. Your prayers means a lot to me. God bless us all.

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  87. Karen Zhuo

    I am believing God for family salvation for my mother and younger sister. I thank God for family salvations in the homes of the righteous. I also trust the Lord for their hearts to be transformed and not just behaviors modified.

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  88. Megan

    Your words are very encouraging and were need at the this time for me.
    I would greatly appreciate if you could pray with me that God would restore broken relationships in my life. The struggle has been long, it seems as if everything is continually up and down, and there are times when I want to give up.
    I know the wait may not be easy, but it will be worth it. I pray God hears my cry for new life in these rocky relationships, and gives contentment in the season I am in. Thank you and God bless.

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  89. Angie

    Please pray for my son to fall in love with Jesus.

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  90. matsepo corah moleko

    Please pray for my daughter she’s out of control she drinks and spend most of her time away from home

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  91. Anne

    Please pray for my healing. Nearly 3 years ago i suffered a severe stroke on my 60th birthday.I am thankful that God has kept me alive, but I have been struggling with disability since. God has been healing me slowly and I trust that he will fully heal me. At times i become discouraged because I think that God has forgotten me, although I have been working hard and have made significant improvement.
    I know that God is with me but sometimes He feels so far away. I have been under spiritual attack and feel discouraged and sometimes fearful, fearing that I will never return to “normal”, I want to be able to play with my grandchildren and go out for a walk at a normal pace,as well as have a useful left hand which feels normal.

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  92. Joy

    Well…since waking at 3:30am I’ve been talking to the Lord, saying exactly what you have written here. I haven’t been well since Friday. I thought it was food poisoning, and I suppose it still could be, but with my ovarian cancer history all abdomen issues make me anxious. I’m still feeling rotten and have no desire to eat. Please join me in praying for whatever has kept me home in bed unwell these past 4 days (today is the 5th day). Just the gentle reassurance, at this exact awakened moment, that God sees, knows and cares is speaking a renewed assurance and calm to my heart. Trusting the Lord who formed my inmost being and looking to the One who is able to heal all diseases. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Praise Him. Thank you so much for praying. Such a sweet gift. Love, thanks, and prayers to you all, Joy

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  93. imsoamze@yahoo.com

    me and my husband now here in UAE but my husband has a work here and me morethan a month now i dont have work and im believing God will do something in my life here. Please help me pray that the soonest possible i could look and find a job here that will help me lift my ban and the desire of my heart to work to a company whose bosses are christians too. Please include mg husband too to have patience and more understanding and not to worry for God is with us. I pray that with the peace of God that passes all understanding will reign in our life. In Jesus name. Amen

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  94. Michelle Martin

    Please pray for me & my 3 kids. We are in need of a car and also a financial breakthrough. Also please pray for healing of my 7yo son who is having problems controlling his emotions, especially anger. He is having problems at school.

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  95. Lisa

    Please say a prayer for my husband and I as we will be going for our second infertility treatment. We have been praying and praying and praying for a family and know that it’ll happen in His timing.

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  96. Andile

    Please pray for my Dad. He has done many hurtful things over the years. Things that have hurt & disappointed his children,but mostly my Mom. I pray to God that he finds his way to God-becomes a man of God & start doing things His way so that things,including his finances can come together.

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  97. Cris

    Please pray for my 20 year old son who is battling mental illness or some kind of evil possession that he has been battling for 4 years now. He has been committed into the hospital twice and will not take medication. He thinks he can handle it but can’t. He refuses to get help but is so angry and violent in the home.He did let me pray over him but it just seems to be getting worse. Please pray for us.

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  98. lisa

    Please pray for my children who have transitions coming up inheir lives…. that God will keep their faith strong. That blessings will abound them both. That God is preparing them for the lives that he has created for them. Also pray for met and my husband to become stronger in God in our marriage. Thank you!

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  99. Carol

    My husband has struggled professionally for many years. He has explored opportunities that have never worked out and as a result, has very low self esteem and struggles with depression. This affects our homelife every day and my heart breaks watching him struggle. It has now become a financial burden as well. I do feel God is silent or not there in my cries out to him so it has become hard for me to even pray. I desperately want to find peace in my Lord again. We need others to fill in the gap and pray on our behalf now.

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  100. Raverr

    Please pray for me. I have severe depression and PTSD stemming from childhood sexual abuse. Currently, I am in a very dark & difficult place. I’ve been married 18 years and have 2 beautiful daughters. This is hurting our family in a huge way. Sometimes I wonder if they wouldn’t be better off without me. I’ve prayed and prayed, yet I have no peace. Please pray for strength to get through this time and ultimately healing for myself, my family and my marriage.

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  101. Maria

    My mind and heart in turmoil, last year, I witnessed my partner being freed from an addiction to OTC’s that had been going on for about 13 years or so. I recently discovered that he has turned back to the oct’s and I just don’t understand. I KNOW the Lord was in those months of the slow process of deliverance, there was even a country wide shortage of the specific ingredient that causes addiction. It went on for months to the point were the meds ran out and couldn’t be found on the market anymore. By the time the meds went on the shelves again, he had been off them for a few months. In December last year, I discovered he was taking them again but not in the high dosages as before. Long story short I’m at a point now where I’m so confused about it all.
    These days I feel like I’m holding on by the skin of my teeth, believing for full deliverance once and for all.

    The word says that those who trust in the Lord will not be put to shame. At this stage though I just don’t know anymore. His mother testified in church about his deliverance, and now this. I don’t know what to do other than carry on praying but I’m just so afraid that the breakthrough will NEVER come for this or anything else I’m believing for concerning my partner.

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  102. Anne

    I ask that you please pray for a couple of friends of mine who may be/are facing cancer and recovery from stroke, abuse, and surgery. They are the sweetest souls and I love them dearly. I am a new “old” Christian who has endured some very tough roads through abuse and the healing process is so tough; my faith and trust get shaken at times and I feel lukewarm and alone. Please pray for those who hurt me so deeply, that they may come to Christ and be healed. Praise be to Jesus and His love that never ends 🙂

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  103. Magriet

    I feel discouraged and have decided that praying about my bipolar and the fact that I am totally burnt out is no use. I cannot even really pray because of my ilness. I go through stages where I cannot do a thing and if I do, I make big mistakes and or do things I can later on not believe I did it. I am 63 and this has been going on all my life. I do not even feel free to ask for prayer anymore as I just do not believe that anything can change.

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    • Shannon @ Distracted by Prayer

      Magriet,
      I am praying for you today, lifting you up to the Father for rest, peace and safety. Even your comment here is an act of faith. You are walking such a hard road. God knows and sees you.

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  104. Shirley

    i would also like to have you partner with me for my son and daughter and their families. For their salvation first and foremost. They both married non believers and it has been so hard to see them turn their backs (they both had accepted the Lord as their savior when they were younger) on the Lord. I know God answers prayer!

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  105. Tami

    I am a single parent with a son with special needs. It is getting harder to raise him. Please pray that God will send us a husband/father who loves God and loves my son.

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  106. Shannon

    Please pray for health/stress/anxiety issues. Thank you for your prayers a kindness. God bless.

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  107. Shari

    Please pray for our family…for my daughter to get up this mountain that is so big! She needs a miracle in her body and the deliverance of the lies. Truth spoken to her heart that brings the final healing…the dreams in her heart to be fulfilled. This road has been exhausting and I don’t think any of us can keep going.
    Thankful for praying people and a Mighty God who saves…

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  108. nicole vojtech

    If I may I have a couple of prayers, first of like to ask for prayers for my teenage son who is struggling to connect with God. He is in a weird funk and had moved away from God. I’ve been praying that he reconnects. Second, I haven’t been feeling well either and I’ve been praying that God shows me what’s going on with this. Just some sort of a sign.

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  109. Julie

    I feel very low. Having therapy for PTSD after five years of intense depression and difficulties. I thought was making some progress, getting out the house and making steps forward, but just as I do this something comes along to hit me backwards again. My husband is having tests for prostate cancer, scan next Wed, blood test again Jan to see if tablets have lowered PSA levels, possible biopsy if not. It’s very hard to live with, he is just carrying on like there is nothing going on, wont talk about it with me. I feel very alone. We have joined a new church recently, its hard to make strong relationships quickly, finding it all so disappointing. We want to relocate southern UK to my home town where we have steady church friends and my family, but our finances are low so wont happen til next year sometime, if husband’s health improves. Husband’s family live near us, are against us moving so have withdrawn their support but want us to continue to support them. It’s very hard to relate in love to them. I am struggling with fluey cold and hacking cough, aches and chills this week, been alone for 3 days now.,would just like to feel well again in every way. Thanks your prayers.

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  110. Cassie

    Please pray for my friends. They asked me to leave a Bible study. I think it began with good intentions to help another person, but they have no idea how much it has hurt me. I’ve felt such a spiritual attack surrounding this. Even though the Lord has used this to draw me closer to himself, it has gone on too long and I’ve reached the point of giving up trusting anyone but Him. I do not feel welcome at church. On Sundays, I am ignored and treated like I am outside the body of Christ. I try to keep loving and forgiving so that my heart does not become angry or bitter. But when I reach out in love and no one will speak to me or even look at me with more than an angry stare, I feel so worthless. To feel like I don’t exist is torture.

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  111. Lizzy

    Please pray for my husband’s salvation and for healing for his sensory processing disorder. Makes life really hard for myself and our nine year old son.

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  112. Susan Lorenz

    Please pray for my two adult sons to know Christ and be free from any strongholds of the enemy which is mainly unbelief..Praise God because This is His will for all and I pray according to His will in Jesus name.

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  113. Laura

    please pray for my three children and their relationship with God. They all accepted Christ when they were younger, but are not following Him at this time.

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  114. Donna Robertson

    My job is getting ready to change. Please that there will be a place for me in these changes. Please ask God to give me clarity as we go through these change and I can understand what I will be doing.

    Thank you.

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  115. Kimberly

    Please pray for my marriage. I am overwhelmed with feelings that I don’t to be married anymore. To him or to anyone. I look at my husband and feel no love or joy. I dread coming home b/c he’s (still) there. I’ve been asking God to intercede. To change my heart. To hekp me:/us find counseling support, to give me hope. I know intellectually God hears and cares but I don’t feel that in my bones. And I’m getting weary Pray with and for me, please.

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  116. Glenys

    I’m praying to God and believing that he will bring my prodigal son home who hasn’t talked to me in 3 years! I love him more than he will ever know and want a relationship with him like we used to have – and more. As mentioned in todays devotion, I will now pray for heart transformation rather than behaviour modification 🙂
    Also praying for healing for a teenage son who has recently developed epilepsy.
    Thank you so much for being willing to pray with me in these matters.

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  117. Lys

    Please pray for my husband I as we continue to face secondary infertility. It is a hard road to travel and one that is not often talked about. Pray that we can remain faithful and for renewed peace as we wait on God’s timing and answer to our prayers. Thank you!

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  118. Michele

    My daughter, Madison, is extremely jealous of a young man that God has brought into our life. He doesn’t live with us, but we have helped him apply to college, we moved him in and move him out, go see his football games, encourage him and have come along side of him. We have invited him for holiday meals (his single mother works so he is home alone) and my daughter is filled with jealousy. We haven’t taken anything away from her, in fact, a friend of hers used to live with us on weekends for a year. She can’t stand this boy. Please pray that God can transform her heart and help her to see he isn’t taking anything away from her. She thinks it is nice when other people open their hearts and lives to help people, just not us. Thank you for your prayers. Thanksgiving is approaching and I am stressed to the max. How can I uninvite this boy?

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  119. Trudy

    Lysa and team, please pray for the wife and children of my son, an addict. Although Satan has my son firmly in his grips, please pray for his salvation. Please pray for his traumatized and agonized children (12 and 6) and for my daughter-in-law who has had to come to the hard decision to make her husband leave. Finally, please pray for directionally dyslexic me as I make a 2,000 mile road trip to support and love my son’s family for as long as it takes. Please pray for traveling mercies for me and the trust in God to abide in Him as I stumble my way to where He wants me to be. Much love and many thanks.

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  120. Christy Fried

    Please pray for my husband Jon. He does not know Jesus. He suffers from chronic severe depression and feels fearful and hopeless much of the time. He’s been unemployed for almost 8 years which is very stressful for our family. I’m asking for the Holy Spirit to open his closed mind and heart so that he comes to know and feel Jesus’s love for him. Please also pray for our children (17 &14). They are rebelling against going to church, praying with me before meals, and I worry the situation with their dad pulls them away from Jesus. I’m asking that they return to what they have learned and know about the Lord. Please pray for me to have compassion for my husband. So often I’m a very poor example of what a Christian is. I also need wisdom of what to do and how to lead my children back to Christ. Leading teenagers often feels like herding cats. Thanks for support!

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  121. Sharon

    Pray for Restoration and healing of my entire family: spiritually, physically, emotionally and financially and socially — To the Glory of God and what the devil meant for evil – God will turn to good. Be still and know that HE is GOD !

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  122. Amy

    Thank you for today’s writing – it is one that has spoken to me most directly out of all of your recent devotionals. I have two teenagers and a pre-teen and I am definitely in the middle of the praying season without seeing the end results yet, but I have faith. God has answered my prayers for my parents when they were going through extremely hard times with depression and I know He can do completely wonderful and miraculous things. To anyone reading this who is struggling, and is thinking “I can’t imagine how this will all ever turn out okay!” I have seen God do it. It can turn out better than okay. It will be better than it has ever been before. Only God can do it. We just have to pray and live and wait. Please pray that my children will cling to Jesus and that He will sharpen their minds to see the dangers of stepping away from Him.

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  123. Dawnn

    I am believing God through Jesus Christ to save, deliver and transform all members of my immediate family. That they would know God as the lover of their souls. Also for my nephew Jamelin, “not just behavior modification but heart transformation” in JESUS. Amen!

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  124. Jamie

    Dear Lord,
    I lift up each individual who has left a comment here. Lord I pray you touch each situation and give them peace and let them know your hand is upon the situation. Lord I came here to ask for prayer for my mom and her 6 year battle against cancer, but I felt your sweet touch as I read through each post and it gave me a peace I’ve been missing as I’ve prayed for mom. Lord i don’t know your plan but you do and i pray that everyone who posted will feel your love and assurance that you are in control of each situation. Thank you Lord Jesus for helping me see you in my own anger and frustration. Amen.

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  125. Ochi

    Please pray along with me. I am trusting God for a change in jobs. I did apply for a job and was interviewed., It is more than three weeks and after they have conducted reference checks I am yet to hear from them. The thing is I do really want this job but I have previously applied to work with the same organisation and this is my 4th time. the previous three times I prayed and trusted God. the first time I was not even selected for interview and the last 2 times I was not selected after interviewing. So I pray and cast my cares upon Him but sometimes my heart fears. I know God knows I desire this job but I also know that His will is best for me

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  126. Yolanda

    I have been praying for years for God to Bless me with a Godly Husband. I get so discouraged at times. I have had many broken hearts. I desire with my whole heart for my Godly Husband that God set aside just for me….

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  127. Becky

    Please pray for my 21-year-old daughter to truly follow hard after God in every area of her life. She has struggled with drugs and alcohol in the past and I’m afraid it has started again. She is overwhelmed with her job and feels hopeless, I think. Also, please pray for the salvation of my husband. Nothing is too hard for God.

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  128. Sharon

    Please pray for my daughter Kristen as she went thru a divorce over a year and half ago. She is struggling with and from all the scars of verbal abuse from a divorce he asked for. She has dared several guys and she has seen signs of the same character traits as her ex so she walks away from them which I’m thankful for. However she is getting depressed and at times I feel that is is getting very bitter because she feels that she will be alone forever and that she is being punished for her choices in life and that God has forgotten her. I know this is not true but I too with her feel like our entire family has seen nothing but troubles it seems but I know that thru it all God has never left us to face it alone. And by your devotion this morning all thinking and talking about it in the world will not change anything we are going thru only prayer will and I’ve fallen so short in my faithfulness to God and in believing that He hears and cares if I’d only ask. Please pray for my family that God will reveal His plan to us all for kristen her sister and her sisters husband who is deployed and my husband and our grandchild that we all will put God first in everything!!! Thank you for sharing from your heart and that you are like us all we all have struggles but one thing we all can rely in is the sovereignty of our Lord.

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  129. gold

    Hello good people, please join me to beg God to hear me and help me out . I need a change of job .av prayed , fasted and believed for over 2 years but it seems like he as not heard me and so am weary. Please raise ur voice to him on my behalf. Thank u

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  130. Susan

    Seeking prayer for my son Luke, number three of four. Mostly prayer for me to be a better example of God’s unconditional love for him.

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  131. Sue

    I am a woman who has very high expectations for herself and I am never satisfied with who I am. I try to not carry that into my expectations of my family but I know it has gone there. I am trying hard to give up my critical mind I have for my kids. I know they are a special gift from God…they each have an amazing story of miracles from God. I struggle though with the sin of comparison and see how different/immature they are compared to other children. I desire to have freedom from this sin that consistently shows up. I desire to have Satan gone from my thought process. I struggle with “how to give it up” …feeling like I need to do something about it and then there is the vicious cycle of guilt which causes me to give up because I am not good enough.

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  132. Winnie Sela

    My hubby and I are praying and trusting God to answer our prayer for a breakthrough for employment.

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  133. Sandi

    Please pray for my son. He has a drug addiction. If anybody else has gone through this, then no explanation is needed. It’s heartbreaking. I’ve been praying for 10 years. Thank you.

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  134. Valerie Sanders

    I’ve been struck by a recent article that all these many years of my mariage I’ve been treating my husband with contempt and not being kind or good-hearted to him…..and have asked God for forgiveness and all these years I’ve been praying for salvation for him…..but the witness i’ve given him with this attitude i’ve displayed….well, it hasn’t helped him or my chidlren who are also all not interested in God. Please pray for God’s wisdom on this journey of redemption and salvation for my husband and children.

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  135. Annette

    For God’s grace to get me through this situation that I am going through on my job. That He would direct me in the path He would like me to go, open the doors of opportunity for me. Remove the obstacles, and that He, and only He would get the glory out of all this.

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  136. Sarah

    Please pray for my son, He had cancer and that left him feeling punished by God. He now is a recluse in his room without confidence,

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  137. Glynnis

    Please come alongside me in prayer for my marriage. My husband and I live in different states and have been estranged for the past 2 years. I had divorce papers notarized and ready to go and then God told me to begin to pray for my marriage again. My husband is saved and knows the Lord, but his Spirit man is getting beat up by the natural man. I am praying for both our hearts to be changed. I need grace to become the wife that God has called me to be. Thank you for the encouragement you give.

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  138. Jenny

    Thank you for offering your prayers. I have lifted up all of the people whose comments were above me. The issue of praying more than talking or worrying about something happens to be something that God has placed on my heart recently and I love how when these things are stirred in me, my devotions are often about the same topic, just so I can’t possibly miss the message. My husband and I have a special needs boy diagnosed with Fragile X Syndrome and autism, and for the first time in his life he is starting to say words. He is 8 years old and we praise God for His work in our son’s life. We are hoping to adopt a brother for our son through foster care, and we would appreciate many prayers about that. Finding the right child that God would have in our lives and who would be able to stay with us, without being taken back. In addition, I have been very concerned about my husband’s health and I have decided that I should be praying about it more than I talk to him about it, because trying to help him overcome bad habits must come off as negative to him, not matter how gently I try to approach it. His grandfather and father both passed away from pancreatic cancer, and now that my husband is in his late 30s and getting closer to the age where his father’s health began to fail in so many ways, I am so concerned that if I wake up in the middle of the night, all I can think about is how to help my husband avoid this. I want us to have this second child in our family and have many good years together. It scares me to think of having to sit at his hospital bedside as we did so often for his father until the day he passed. I must stop talking about it and start praying about it instead. Thank you so much for joining me in prayer about these matters. Your ministry is a huge blessing in my life.

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  139. Debbie

    Your post about praying over your child really lifted me up I have 4 children and recently I have felt god is not hearing my prayers, my one son and I aren’t even speaking due to how uncruel he treats me, my other son had drug problems and the last two years had turned his life around but recently had a hardship and has dabbled in them again my youngest daughter has a baby and another on the way and is a single parent and recently lost her job, my oldest daughter also has emotional problems and has also been dabbling w drugs I have been so discouraged with all this and I am praying the way you suggested in your post but I would like others to agree in prayer as well

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  140. Lynn

    Lysa,

    Today you spoke directly to me and I thank you for the reminder and the encouragement. Please pray for my son who is suffering the consequences and they are very severe of some very poor choices. I have begged God for help for so long although this was certainly n not “my plan” . I have begged Him that I would hear from my son this past week and the answer has been no. That is hard for an aching mamma’s heart. Please pray that I can pray faithfully and trust fearlessly through this.

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  141. Denise

    Please, pray for med and my family. My husband left me after 23 years for a 27 years old girl. He’s 52. He is lost and needs Jesus. I’m am the only believer in my home. I got saved after we were married.
    My heart is broken and my children are devastated. I’m praying for God’s Will to be done and for healing.

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  142. Susan

    Please pray a hedge of safety around my children my family and Myself. My husband is getting out of prison in 2 days. He’s not physically abusive but controlling manipulative and demanding. He and I are going through a divorce right now and he’s very angry. We are all just very anxious. I have held onto Psalm91 for the 3.5 years he has been gone. Thank you for your prayers.

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  143. Thelma

    Please pray for my 19 year old daughter to find God in a deeper way. Pray for Godly friends to come into her life. She is in college and needs good friends.

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  144. adedotun afolayan

    dear beloved in Christ, i have several reasons to thank God for special blessings He has accorded me in the past. thanks be to God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit for all this.
    i have this requests:
    1. rounding up my Ph.D. study have been a struggle because my abstract was constantly been returned for correction. in the just completed week, i was heartbroken when after i thought that it will be finally accepted, it was rejected again. my prayer is that God should intervene with his unmerited favor and help.
    2. i need God to bless me with another baby (i have a girl already, so i don’t mind having a boy now).
    3. i need God to save my parents.

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  145. Maria Smith

    I am encouraged through your devotions to KNOW that my prayers are heard by my Father for my daughter, who has been away from Him. I am challanged to pray through every day for her, and never to give up!!!!!

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  146. Mother in need

    This message is so timely for me. In a couple of weeks my precious 14 year old will undergo spinal fusion surgery. A child who’s always been healthy and loves God, I have to confess it’s been hard to understand why we are facing this trying time. But we do trust God and know that his ways are not our ways; his thoughts not our thoughts. So I ask you all to lift up my baby girl in prayer and ask God to bless the hands and minds of all who will be caring for her. That no works of the enemy shall prosper and we’ll have a glorious testimony to share of God’s love and mercy. Thank you.

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  147. Jacinta

    I need prayers for healing…of my liver, & general health. Just went through IVF & it was hard to receive the news that it wasn’t successful. 1 week ago, had 3 surgical procedures done, so am resting & praying for supernatural healing & protection!

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  148. Doris

    Please pray for my grand daughter who is homosexual

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  149. Jenny

    I’ve never been one to post on a blog of someone I’ve never met expressing deep needs, but I feel my prayers aren’t having any effect and I’ve aske my family and friends to pray so many times I’m afraid of the lessons they’ll try to teach me if I express my struggles still. I lost my job last December (2 weeks before Christmas) completely unexpected and without cause. After the shock and trying to get through the holiday without being able to celebrate, I was confident God would redeem the situation with a great job. It’s almost been a year and no job. I lost my house to foreclosure, but before that it was broken into and $8000.00 of property was stolen. The hardest part about that was the toolset that was my dad and framed picture ofy dad. He died in 2001 unexpectedly, I was 24. Insurance denied my claim and so I don’t have money to buy a washer/dryer that were stolen, kitchen table, tools, pictures, etc. I’ve had several interviews that I thought “Oh this must be it!” Only to be rejected again. I had no savings and have gone deep into debt. The money runs out for food/gas at the end of December and as we get closer to re holidays the hiring process slows down. I got a part-time job at a Christian Bookstore where I see Lysa’s books all the time, but the professional boundaries with the manager and the fact they won’t give more that 18 hrs a weekakes it difficult. I’ve grown up in the church (family members pastors), so I know and trust scripture, but these days I am so lost on what jobs to apply for as I cast the net wide and nothing is working out. I set out last year to want to bring glory to God but that is so hard to do in the midst of unanswered prayers and such great loss in so many ways. I believe God is Sovereign and so I can’t stop praying but maybe if complete strangers help in praying it might give me the strength to continue trusting. Thanks Jenny!

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  150. Sue

    Please pray for an end to my money problems and worries. I need help in paying bills and peace that God will answer prayers. I’m a teacher and also a business owner. I want my business to be successful that it can end my financial worries. Thank you.

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  151. Jen

    I would like agreement for my son to come back to God. He is living a homosexual lifestyle. He accepted Jesus when he was young and was raised in a Christian home. I go years without seeing him because he moved to a different country. I know he will be free one day , I could just use some more prayer support. Thank-you

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  152. Emily

    Dear Lysa,
    I just read your P31 devotion and wanted to give you encouragement. My mom prayed me through. I was like your daughter. I am now a mom with my own children. My mom has told me there were nights, days, weeks, months and even years she just didn’t know what to do, so she would just pray and pray and pray and trust God that He had a plan for me and that He held me in His precious hands. He was holding me. Through all of the poor choices and mistakes, He was there the whole time. My parents never gave up on trusting God and God never gave up on me. And Jesus, well he met me on my dining room floor as I was sobbing in prayer and I’ve been in love with him eversince. So, I am a testimony to praying someone through and all thanks be to God forever and ever.

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  153. Crystal Peebles

    Prayer is needed for fear that I seem to be having.lately about “what if”. What if I were to lose my job, what if I cannot pay my bills, what if I end up alone, etc. My daughter is graduating high school in May and I am feeling a little sad about her growing up and leaving home. I have also been divorced for over a 1 and a half, but begin seeing my ex again. He isn’t walking with the Lord and I took a step back in my relationship with Jesus to make things work
    with my ex. I am seeing that although my husband has changed in some ways he hasn’t in others. I also see how I
    have let my relationship suffer with Jesus. Please just pray
    that God will release my fear of the unknown future and Hod will be done in my relationship with my ex. Fear of being alone plays another role in my life and I want that fear to be released. Thank you for your prayers.

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  154. Apryl

    Please pray for my family. After years of abuse growing up my siblings struggle to succeed in life on an everyday basis. All of them have turned away from God – their thinking is that if God was real, he would not allow children to be mistreated in such ways we experienced. Beyond the abuse – because of our childhood there are broken relationships within our family. I have tired for years to be the conduit to bridge the gaps, create healing, and build trust. To no avail, the family is more broken now than ever before. I have nieces and nephews I have seen only a handful of times and they are adults, AND we all live within 35 minutes of each other, parents included.

    I decided to take the younger children to church, they need to hear Jesus, Satan attacked. The brokenness, has now extended into my home and I had to make a hard decision and stop my unending acceptance of ungodly behavior for the sake of relationships. Now I am heartbroken, my Sister-in-Law, my best friend and I now have struggles being together and the once loving moments are now strained and hard.

    I am not sure what my prayer request would be in ALL this but, here goes.
    1. Pray for the children – they need Jesus
    2. Pray for restoration of the family – Restored as God would have it
    3. Pray for my broken and hurt heart- I miss them, stepping back has taken an emotional toll
    4. Pray that my family will come back together stronger, believing in Jesus, healed from within by the spirit that resides in all of them
    5. Pray– That we all love Jesus so much, that our only desire is to please him, which in turn would fix all earthly issues.

    Thank you, Apryl

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  155. Andrea

    Please pray for my boyfriend Brian, he is an injured Navy Seal and needs supernatural healing from God. Please also pray for a breakthrough in our relationship and that God will tear down walls that are keeping us from going forward into the next chapter in our lives.

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  156. Kellie

    Please pray for the restoration of my marriage. My husband, like those above, has just decided to quit on our marriage. He is still living at home, but in our guest room. We are going to counseling, but he doesn’t want to try. A praise however, is that God has been working on my heart and is radically changing me from the inside out. I pray my husband will finally look to the Lord and His will.

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  157. Dana

    I have been praying Ephesians 1:17-19 over my daughter and her family. They are not Christian and are raising three beautiful children without God’s guidance. They are wonderful parents but it breaks my heart that they are missing on the peace and hope that they could find with Jesus. Your post today was very encouraging. I do have the peace of God as I wait expectantly for Him to answer this prayer and His glorious way! Thank you for joining me in my prayer for them.

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  158. beth

    We relocated with my husband’s job and now he is laid off. It was our main income source and health insurance. We have one daughter still dependent on our health insurance – she has chronic asthma. He needs a job. Very simple yet so important to us. Your prayers are so appreciated.

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  159. Crystal Peebles

    Prayer is needed for fear that I seem to be having.lately about “what if”. What if I were to lose my job, what if I cannot pay my bills, what if I end up alone, etc. My daughter is graduating high school in May and I am feeling a little sad about her growing
    up and leaving home. I have also been divorced for over a 1 and a half, but begin seeing my ex again. He isn’t walking with the Lord and I took a step back in my relationship with Jesus to make things work
    with my ex. I am seeing that although my husband has changed in some ways he hasn’t in others. I also see how I
    have let my relationship suffer with Jesus. Please just pray
    that God will release my fear of the unknown future and God’s will be done in my relationship with my ex. Fear of being alone
    plays another role in my life and I want that fear to be released. Thank you for your prayers.

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  160. christy

    Please pray for my son.

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  161. Pam

    I am an enabler. Have been since early child hood but my biggest task is learning to let my daughter go. She is a single mom of 3 and I have been taking care of her all of her life. Paying for everything. Including rent, car insurance all utilities kids clothes etc… To the point that I have sold everything and now stay with friends to be able to afford to live. I know I have stood in the way of God and what he can do but the fear of them being homeless and her never learning how to survive has me feeling stuck. She does not work. She has a hard time finding a job during school hours or that will pay enough to pay the bills and after school daycare. of course this stems from her being molested by her dad as a young girl and me feeling like I needed to “fix” it and protect her. I know God loves them all more than I do but the thoughts of what will happen once I take my hands off to give to God is very frightening. I am trying. I am now in a negative budget and can not pay anything right now. God probably has put me here also to stop me in my tracks. Either way, I am trying to trust God. Please pray with me for her salvation first and my situation that I will learn to fully trust God. Thank you in advance.

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  162. Mindy

    I am currently employed. In sept l had two job interviews for two different positions with the same state agency. I was told that it would be 4-6 weeks before l would hear something. The time has passed and no response.

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  163. Erika

    Please pray for my son who was recently diagnosed with ASD. We are struggling with the diagnosis, but have been lifting him in praying. He is doing great in his therapy but still has a long way to go. We are trusting that God will bring us through this and reveal his glory through it all.

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  164. Kathy

    Unspoken concerning family

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  165. Erin

    Please pray The Lord will bring my husband to me quickly. After much heartache, still I believe The Lord has given me a desire to be married and have children. I am 38. Please pray The Lord brings my husband to me soon.

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  166. Staporna

    Pray for my daughter and her husband. My daughter needs to be much softer and sensitive to her spouse’ s request. Also, my other daughter of her difficult job that is interfering with her health. My son for Jesus’ protection over his job and travelling. For myself to continue trusting Jesus Christ regardless of the situation. Also everyone who are attach to me. Meaning of my circle. Amen

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  167. Michelle

    Please pray for my daughter, a believer but not strong, who is married to a man who is mad at God. They have a baby, and she so wants to bring her baby up knowing the Lord. Please pray her husband’s heart would become rooted in the One who can take his pain, and that together the two of them will build their home and family on Him.

    Please pray for my son who has grown up loving and knowing the Lord; he lives in a very liberal community filled with agnostics, atheists, and others who believe in just about everything but the Truth. Please pray he will keep his faith and grow his relationship with the Lord, and that the Lord will cross his path with fellow believers in an area that seems barren. Thank you so much!

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  168. Jana

    My husband’s health. Sean has been having seizures. He’s lost a job, had a car accident- car totaled. He was ok. We struggle financially bc of medical expenses, and catching up from him being unemployed. Christmas is approaching and we have no money to buy our kids anything for a Christmas. How do I explain that to a 12, 10 and 8 year old. One minute I’m anxious and overwhelmed, the next alone and defeated. I’m praying and praying. I’m going to repeat those vs in 1 John, Phil. And Isaiah over and over. God will take care of us.

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  169. Debbie M.

    Please pray for my son. We adopted him 9 years ago from Ukraine when he was 8 years old. While he is a great kid with a good work ethic about his school work and responsibilities (grumbling here and there), the wounds on his soul from being abandoned by birth mother, etc., make him live in a fantasy world with bravado, grandiose bragging. My husband and I worry about his emotional state and future. He is afraid to get a job and “grow up.” Thank you very much.

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  170. Leigh

    Small town. Public adultery. Two daughters. One wife. Trusting God. Believing God. Waiting for our miracle. It finally came, a year later.

    My husband–their father–broke things off with the other woman and moved home, after being gone for over a year. He gave a public confession in church, asked God’s forgiveness, our forgiveness, and asked to be held accountable, going forth once again as the head of our family, working toward healing and restoration. There was much rejoicing! (And listening to Pastor Steven’s series, “Meant To Be,” and “Death to Selfie.”)

    He left five days later. Without a word. Without a good-bye. Without warning. Without a second thought, he returned to the other woman. Five. Days. Later.

    We are hurting. My daughters are hurting. My in-laws are hurting. Our church family is hurting. I’m certain my husband is hurting, because God will not be mocked, and I fear what it will take for God to truly get his attention this time.

    Thank you for praying for all of us, especially my teenager and grade schooler. Especially my husband. We still trust God. Still believe God. Still wait for our miracle.

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  171. Sheela Paulson

    Thank you for sharing the thought about prayer! persistent prayer. It really encouraged my heart today as I am praying for the people who is going through different sorts of struggles, Pray Continually I Thess. 5:17

    Please pray for us as a family, we are involving in ministry in India.

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  172. Gena

    Prayer for my son who needs to get his life on track.

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  173. Katheryn

    Thank you for an Awesome devotion. please pray for my 19 year old daughter Judy, she suffers from Anxiety and depression, she is trying to hold down a job and is struggling. as single parent I need her to keep this job because I need help but she is struggling. please keep her lifted in pray. I have 3 other children as well and they all suffer from Anxiety and depression, Satan is really attacking our children in this way. Please lift them all up in pray. I appreciate you and your ministry.

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  174. Kay

    Prayer for peace, deliverance, vindication, and sustainment.

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  175. Michele

    Please pray for a new and exciting career for me by the end of the year. I am talking to two companies now and desperately want to leave my current employer. It is a struggle to go to work each day to a place filled with confusion.

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  176. betty

    I am not comfortable explaining my situation here, but please pray for my son to choose to follow Jesus. Thank you.

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  177. Laura

    it’s been over a year now that my husband left me. he was very upset in our marriage as was I but rather can talk about it he escaped through a relationship with another woman. this past summer he moved to another state for a job. Initially he told me moving did not mean divorce- for a period of time they broke it off- but since then, he has told me he wants a divorce and does not want to put the effort forth to reconcile. He won’t discuss anything with me, he’s recently blocked me from seeing Facebook, and won’t do anything to move all of the belongings he left. we are even still connected in such ways business wise like our insurance, own a house, finances. I realize this is not by accident that I am in this holding pattern. God has asked me to wait but I have not done that very well. He has used this time in my life over the past year to convict me, do surgery on me and challenge me in ways I never let him before. I take responsibility for the ungodly ways I have contributed to our marriage. The devotion today reminded me again about being patient and trusting that God is who he says he is and his word we’ll do what it says is going to do. this is something I struggle with.please pray for me that I will continue to obey and trust God even when it doesn’t look good. And pray for my husband and for reconciliation of our marriage.

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  178. Alina Lopez

    I would love agreement in prayer for my husband. Praying for a complete sold out heart for Jesus. Praying through lots of bullets that were meant for harm and believing they will turn into blessings as God, only he can turn my husbands heart around. Prayer for me to continue to be faithful in prayer and in hearing Gods heart as to what to say and not say in order not to be a hinderance in my husbands salvation.

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  179. Shannon @ Distracted by Prayer

    I was originally going to add a comment, but after reading those before me, I would rather just add a prayer.

    “Oh Father, encourage your people. In You is all peace, healing, and wisdom. Please be the hero of each of these stories, God. Thank you for Lysa, not just for her ministry, but for all the ways she lives to please You that others will never see or know.
    We have nowhere else to go but to You, God. Supply every need today. Amen.”

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  180. Sondra

    Please pray for my son at college, that his heart would be transformed and he would learn to love Jesus with all his heart, soul, mind, and strength. Pray for me that I would rest in God’s peace and not allow fear for him to tear at me as I pray him through this messy time.

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  181. Maureen

    I don’t want to continue to be an on and off Christian. I find it hard to pray that days. I’ve had so much disappointment and heartache in life. Sometimes I hold fast to God, other times I slip, and I feel terrible about it. I would like to please God with my life. Sometimes it seems difficult. Please pray for me.

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  182. Tina Green

    (1)For a long time I have been praying for a Godly man to seek me out as a help mate.I met a man in my church these 2 years but he does not want to be in a committed relationship with me. I am feeling so unfulfilled and lonely, I just cant seem to come to a place of rest . I have tried over and over giving it over to God, I pray & I pray but it just wont leave me. I feel desperate to the point of giving up.
    (2) Please pray for my daughter and her family to return to the place of worship, for the children sake if not for themselves.

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  183. Maureen

    I don’t want to continue to be an on and off Christian. I find it hard to pray these days. I’ve had so much disappointment and heartache in life. Sometimes I hold fast to God, other times I slip, and I feel terrible about it. I would like to please God with my life. Sometimes it seems difficult. Please pray for me.

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  184. Susan

    Please pray for my 3 children to fall in in love with Jesus and follow him, especially my 17 yr old daughter who is struggling with school, friends, and self-image. Also for a financial miracle for my family, as we are on the brink of bankruptcy. God bless you.

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  185. Kelly

    Please pray for God to heal me from my depression! I have spiraled into a deep, dark depression and I can’t seem to climb out of the hole I am in. I am having panic attacks mostly at night which is affecting my sleep which affects everything else. I am just tired all the time and feel helpless. I am on medication but they say they take a month or better to start working which is frustrating. I want to feel better now: for my husband, for my 2 young kids, for me. I just want to be myself again. I feel hopeless that things are not going to get better. I am living my life in despair. I appreciate any and all prayers.

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    • Leslie M

      Kelly, I know what you are going through…I was there myself 2 years ago. I am SO much better now after seeing (still) a Christian counselor AND being on an antidepressant. Please don’t be afraid to get help from outside Christian sources – it can be a lifesaver in SO many ways. Praying for you….

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  186. sierra

    This message was extremely encouraging. I was reminded of the importance of prayer. My mom has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. I do not accept it. I do not believe it is God’s will to take my mother at only 47. She’s not a grandmother, she hasn’t attended my wedding or had the chance to see my 15 year old brother graduate. This cannot be the end of Her journey. So i am asking each of you to join in agreement with me and pray for her healing. In Jesus name Amen!

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  187. Lauren

    Please pray for my sister. She has struggled with depression all her life and sometimes is so severe she cannot get out of bed for days/weeks at a time. She hasn’t been able to work in several weeks now and is a single mom who is supporting her two daughters and a grand baby. Our family is at a complete loss of how to help her as we have tried so many things over the years. It is only God that can do a miracle in her and would you pray for that with me today.

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  188. MamaB

    Please pray about my job situation, if I’m not to be here, I pray that God would bring forth a new opportunity and I would be at peace. Please also pray for healing on my body and emotions from a hysterectomy. I’m on a hormone roller coaster.

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  189. andrea

    We need help with prayer.
    My 23-year-old son, a professed christian, is totally mixed up and now has suicidal ideations. He says he cannot concentrate at college and is about to fail. He has also expressed direct contact/ discussions with the devil. I have been praying that God will rescue him from the devil’s devices and that he can be all God wants him to be. He needs deliverance and the rest of the family to remain faithful in praying and not giving up on him.

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  190. Wendy

    My prayer (like yours was) is that my oldest daughter will fall in love with Jesus!

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  191. Fran

    I pray that my family will surrender their lives to Jesus. My oldest son has walked away from church and it breaks my heart. I pray he finds a church he enjoys. I pray that my sons find Godly wives and that my husband lets go of the pain from his past.

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  192. Kristi

    I think about, talk about, worry about, and inconsistently pray about my lost husband. Thank you for the encouragement and conviction to pray through this situation. My husband and father of my children is so lost. I am praying for his salvation. I pray that every single stronghold he has will be broken and that he will purposefully follow after God’s heart. In the meantime, I pray for strength, peace and wisdom for myself, my son and my daughter to get thru each day with confidence e that we are part of His greater plan. I also am praying for a strong healthy male role model for my 11 year old son. I am simply unable to do it all and I know he needs this influence in his life.

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  193. Vicki

    Please be in prayer for my 27 year old son who is struggling with addiction, a newlywed and expecting their first child next summer. Pray for him to totally submit to God for healing and healing for his marriage. Thank you

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  194. Kalessia Cooperwood

    I’m praying that the purpose that God has given me is lived out fully. I know what I’ve been told to do, but I need Godto speak to me on when I move I’m listening Lord! May he keep me on the right path and I continuously live for him as he lives through and within me. Unmerited favor and peace and I speak! Amen

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  195. Kamahla

    I enjoy your blog…Thank you

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  196. Carol

    Please pray for our family: Our daughter says she does not believe in God. Life is too hard without God. We want Him to be her Rock, her Fortress. We are searching for ways to help her see Him and His work in our lives.

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    • Laura

      Praying for your daughter. I feel your hurt. My son is in the same place after living the first 16 years of his life on fire for Christ. I believe these lives can and will be changed. I pray against that lie that is being whispered in to her heart.

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  197. Lynn

    I needs this reminder today! Please pray that my sons math teachers & I gain wisdom on how to help him pass algebra. I need perspective on a rocky friendship with a non-believer. I’ve already read “Before Amen” but it’s so good I signed up for the study!

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  198. Marie Anderson

    Please pray that my husband and I will conceive our second child soon. God has blessed us with one beautiful, smart, loving little boy. He is four years old now. We really want to expand our family with one more child. We have been trying for a year and a half for the second one. We both have been tested to see if we have infertility problems. We are both healthy and there seems to be no problems. The timing is just not happening. I pray every day and cry unto the Lord. We are going through our fourth round of artificial insemination. I’m hoping that it will take this time around. My heart breaks everytime I’m reminded that I’m not pregnant. I long to be a mom one more time and I want my son to have a sibling. Thank you.

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  199. Joanne

    Pray for the “daughter” God has asked me to mentor. She has lived with me for 6 months and I have seen small changes, but I am impatient and want to see the big changes. Pray that God will give her a hunger and desire to put Jesus first in her life and live a life that is pleasing to him. Pray that she will fall in love with Jesus.

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  200. Jennifer

    3 days! In 3 days I’ve had more heartbreak than I’ve had in 30 years of life. I find out my husband is cheating and expecting a baby with his mistress. Then my primary means of transportation requires repair work that costs more than the car. Lastly, my backup car that I was so grateful for having in this storm cuts off on me with no notice. These 3 days have been emotional and financial pain. I’m trusting God for a Boaz and praying through where I am. But most importantly I’m praying for more of Him. I need to feel Him near even when heartache after heartache comes. I need answers in this valley and a heart that will not let what is around me determine what is within me. Thank you for partnering in this prayer request. The prayers of the righteous do indeed avail much.

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  201. Anna

    My 9 yr old son is angry. He seems to hate me, himself, and the rest of the family. Please pray for him and us.

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  202. Ann

    Please pray form my teenage daughter. She is smart and works hard, yet she seems to be losing the joy in her life and she doesn’t want guidance. I pray that she falls in love with Jesus and that her heart will be softened.

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  203. Shannon

    Please pray for my son Adam who is a drug addict and has been unreachable for 4 months. That he would be completely healed and turn to Jesus.

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  204. Ann Oliver

    Please pray for my 16 year old daughter who is struggling with friendships, worldly ways, and moody personality. Please pray God help her to find a godly friend and that God transform her with His Holy Spirit. Pray I know what to say and do and that my discouragement of unanswered prayer fade. Thank you!

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  205. Candy

    Please pray for employment for my husband.. Along with 120 other employees he was let go with 2 months severance (18 years with the company)- we need another 5 years to be able to retire…my husband is beside himself with grief & worry … Thank you for your prayers !

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  206. Angelia

    I have been praying for my husband for some time. He has been overcome by gambling addiction. It has totally consumed every part of his life. He has gambled more that $10,000 just this month and it is only the 12th day of the month. He lies about his whereabouts, saying he is going to work. And lies about where money is going. It has totally destroyed any trust I have ever had in him. I have been praying against the spirit of addiction and the spirit of bondage. I am praying against a spirit of greed and the lying spirit. I know God hears me. I am just so discouraged and weary. It seems the more I bind and pray, The more he gambles and lies. I feel breakthrough is coming soon. But I have become like Moses. I just need someone to help me hold my hands up till that breakthrough comes. I just need some prayer warriors to stand in agreement with me.

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  207. geo

    THank you for this opportunity for prayer I am desperate today I have been wanting to go in a new direction in my life – work wise – for a long time My real estate business was booming last year this year it is not I just am so tired of it – I am 61 years old, single and have met a man who says he loves and wants to marry me – he is a Christian – but I am so afraid I am divorced and I think it left a huge whole in my heart when my ex husband was so unfaithful to me

    I feel so confused and tired and I need God’s help so badly and His guidance and to feel that He is answering my prayers even though I know I am so unworthy

    Thanks

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  208. Janet

    Hi, Please pray for me for deliverance from fear. I have had crippling fear since i was a child and i know this is not God’s plan for me. Please pray that my children and husband will also be delivered because they too seem to have the same challenge. Please also pray for the salvation of my husband and that he would love God, draw close to Him and become the spiritual leader in our home. Please also pray for us to get a new home. We are facing so many challenges in our current neighbourhood and are really trusting God for a change. We have prayed about this for a long time and we know God will come through for us. Pray for God’s glory to be revealed through my life and my family’s lives …that He may perfect His work in us for the benefit of His kingdom and for His Glory.

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  209. Traci

    Please pray for my family. My daughter is 16 and is struggling with her faith. My husband is a non-believer. I feel alone in our family and in my faith. I struggle daily with our brokenness as a family and pray for Jesus to be in our lives, so that we can begin to live a life of peace with his love as the center and glue that holds our family together. I have prayed and prayed and I know my Jesus hears me, but the waiting is hard. Thank you

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  210. Janetta

    Please pray for my daughter, Jessica. She is a Christian but she has lost her way. She was hurt deeply in the past and is mad at God and has turned away from Him. Please pray she will forgive and turn back to the Lord. She is so unhappy and has turned to drugs. She isn’t doing well in college. She needs the Lord back in her life.

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  211. Heather

    I prayed at the beginning of the Summer for God to search me and see if there was any anxious way in me. HE found some. Please pray for me as I go through the process of sorting different things out. It is hard and painful at times. Also for relationships to be restored.

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  212. Jennifer

    Please pray for my daughter , she has been a heroin addict for the last 5 years and is trying to recover . She is not a believer . She has been through a lot and is having trouble putting it behind her . Pray for her recovery and for to come to Jesus and fall in love . Her boyfriend as well . Also please pray for my sisters and brother . One sister has brain and lung cancer . She also is struggling with belief in God . She is a single Mom and can no longer work and so is struggling with money . My other sister is recovering from a stroke and is having significant health and mobility issues . My brother , again , not a believer , has hepatitis c and cirrhosis of the liver . And finally , for my husband who is suffering from major depression and anxiety . He is a believer but struggle with his faith . Help me to pray through all of these issues and that all of my family would come to Jesus !

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  213. Stacy Dotson

    Please pray for my marriage and family. My husband of 21 years told me December of 2013 that he’s not in love with me anymore and that too much has happened to us and that’s it’s too late for our marriage to be happy. He is a Christian but is so far from God and is believing Satans lies and deception.
    He is still living in our home and has not asked for a divorce. In August of this year, he started sleeping in the guest room and we have not been physical since then. He’s not having an affair as we’ve already been there. He’s got so much unresolved pain and bitterness from the past and I truly don’t think he’s forgiven me for the way I treated him for the first 10-15 yrs of our marriage. We need a miracle and I pray constantly that God changes me and turns Rays eyes back on him. My spiritual walk has never been better and I’ve made a commitment to stand for my marriage and family no matter what! I just need prayers and encouragement! I love your emails and posts… They have been so very helpful to me and I’m do thankful for you and proverbs 31!
    We have 3 children 18, 16, and 13, who don’t know a thing believe it or not. They worship their dad and would be beyond devastated if he moved out.
    Ray is very “messed up in the head” as he says. Please pray for him and for us. I know Gods working and I know he has us in his hands- it’s just still so hard living like this. But it has taught me what true faith is and what leaning on God means!
    God bless you and all you do!

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  214. Karla

    My husband is in ministry and looking for a new job. God has not revealed yet where we are going. He’s received several “no’s” to his résumé. It’s becoming frustratin for him and feeling hopeless. Praying for God to speak up soon. Praying for direction.

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  215. Amy Jo

    I am asking for prayer for our daughter Samantha. She has had such a horrible act committed on her that I can not even type it down. I pray fro her to know that God has never left her even through that horrible act. I pray for our family and that God may hold it together. I will never understand why horrible things to happen to children or how family could be the cause of such horrible things. I am struggling in so many ways to deal with this and can not even imagine how our little girl is dealing with this. God help us!

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  216. Amanda

    Please pray for my spouse and I. He’s decided to move out of our home. Emotions are raging. I feel lost and broken. We have a blended family and its been extremely difficult to manage. His defense is walking out. Please pray that he has a change of heart and will get some help with me to fix it all. Thank you.

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  217. Arline

    Please join me in prayer for my grandson who is living the lifestyle of a homosexual. I have been praying for him since September 2010 that Jesus will be revealed in his heart. God asked me to focus on Jesus and not on the problem so I keep my eyes on Jesus knowing that He hears us. Thank you- for the prayers of the righteous avails much.

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    • pam

      I prayed for you and your grandson!

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  218. Andrea

    I’ve been praying for my son, who is 27, to be set free from alcoholism and addiction for many years. Though he is not yet free, I have seen God do Amazing things in him and in his life, including placing a GODLY wife in his life. He faces lots of opposition since is dad and many family members are alcoholic giving him that constant place to hang out and fit in. I do not feel defeated. I am trusting God to bring him to the other side of this. God is bigger than addiction and the generational curse of alcoholism. Please pray for CC (my son.) I love Lysa’s prayer for a total heart transformation for her daughter! That is my prayer for my son.

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  219. Tammy

    Please pray for my daughter, who grew up in the faith, but has decided to venture out into the world. In May 2013, she married her high school sweetheart, and moved to NC but 7mos later he was deployed which brought her back home to us. It was then she decided to start clubbing and from there things have spin out of control. Her husband has since return and they will be filing for a separation.
    She has shared with me that she doesn’t pray anymore and feels numb. Thank you for your willingness to pray.

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    • pam

      I prayed for you and your daughter/son-in-law.

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  220. Melinda

    Please pray God will soften the hearts of my ex and I. I left our home because I wasn’t listening to God, family and friends. A year later I turned to Him and realized the mistake I made and have been changing my life for the better. I became the stander instead of the prodigal. I pray daily that marriage reconciliation is God’s will. There are many obstacles in the way and I ask for prayer in removing them from our path.

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  221. Angelica

    Please pray for my husband and I. We have been separated for two and half years and we are now headed for divorce. Also can you pray for his salvation and for strength and healing during this difficult time.

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  222. Jennifer

    Prayers for my husband and other family members spiritual health. Also that God would give my daughter confidence, strength and Godly companionship.

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  223. Cindy Bradberry

    Prayer for my 20 year old son who has lived for Christ and now in college is making choices that to me seem wordly. I pray that he sees God as his ultimate decision maker and His ways. Thy he listens to Godly wisdom and not fall to peer pressure.

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  224. dee

    Please pray for my daughter, who at one time loved the Lord. She married a man who is muslim and that’s the road she’s now traveling. Pray that the Holy Spirit would bring back to mind every thing learned, that planted seeds would germinate, that Abba would bring her home back to Himself and her
    husband. Thanks

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  225. Janelle

    Please pray for my husband who is not a believer and for me to have the patience to wait for god to transform him.

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  226. Jennifer

    I’ve prayed continuously for a job to allow me to work from home so I can help get our family out of debt. I’m a full time college student. A job through my home will still allow me to go to school. Please pray for me.

    I don’t want hand outs. I created the debt, so I want to earn the money to pay off my debt.

    Thank you for your prayers! God Bless!

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  227. Leigh

    Please pray for my marriage. My husband seems to be in denial that we all grow older and the things he says are so shallow minded and not of a Godly man or a man who believes in our vows. We are a blended family of 13 yrs and we have gone through alot of stuff (we had both been divorced for a long time before we even met) and it has taken it’s toll, and these past 2 years have been completely empty. I’m at the end of my rope because I don’t know what to say or do. I try to continue as God would want me to as far as caring for our home, etc, but end up being more frustrated and angry. Tired of being a housemate. Tired.

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  228. judie

    My husband has many health problems, he is very angry at everyone, everything. He resents his health problems and feels life is cheating him. He does not know Jesus. Says things like “If there is a God, why does bad things happen”. He is verbally abusive to my and his mother. He is 65 years old. I don’t know what to say when he verbally attracts me or his Mom. He is retired and has very few outlets. He watch’s tv all day and will cuss the people on tv and make races comments. He seems to feel children are worthless and resents anyone that wants them. He never had children. He has become more resentful with age. It is very hard dealing with him.

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  229. shannon

    I divorced my husband less than a year ago and have moved on with someone else. So I thought…. My husband wants to reconcile and put our family and two young boys back together. I am sick w indecision, anxiety, depression is setting in. I have no peace even though I pray whole heartedly for the Lords peace. What is God’s will? Do I end my relationship and reconcile to my former spouse? Its not where my heart is, but I feel like God is wanting something from us. Please pray, the lack of commitment on my part either way is destroying me and the wonderful man in my life.

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  230. Phyllis Lallathin

    Hoping you will come along side me in prayer for my son Phillip. He is my youngest. He is 27 and married a little over a year but has been struggling with drug use. I have been praying about this situation for 8 years. It just keeps getting worse as to what drugs he takes. He is a functioning addict because he holds a job. I pray for Godly wise people to come into his life. This battle is long and hard and the past 3 years he has moved away which makes it easier in some ways and way harder in others. I know God has got this but it’s hard when nothing seems to be changing. I don’t want to live obcessed that seems so faithless and futile. But I would appreciate the prayers they can only help and strengthen. I believe the battle we are in is a spiritual battle and we are in war over my son’s soul. Please pray. Thank you

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  231. Sally

    My 21 year old son is going through a hard time. He has been arrested, and is in jail, and it has to do with drugs. God has gotten his attention though, I ask for prayer that his eyes will be open to God’s truth, and call out to him to help him through this mess. God has answered many prayers in our family’s life in the past, and I know he will now, but my son, Kyle, really needs to get it deep in his heart that God is all he ever needs and will see him through, and to never return to this lifestyle.

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  232. Amy

    Pray for my son Luke. He has pulled away from allowing God to be the center of his life. He is tempted by the influences of this world and feels he has his day to day life under control. He is young with a great job and a wonderful girlfriend however he will never gain his peace and joy from things of this world. Please pray that he would desire to surrender his life to christ daily, that he would understand his need for Jesus in all his decisions and that he would not worry about the approval of man but seek the kingdom of God above all else. On the outside all appears wonderful but as his mother I see his hearts hurts, fears and struggles and know without a doubt when he turns back to christ those will no longer hold him back from being the man God desires him to be. He has very special God given gifts that are waiting in the wings to be used to build the kingdom. Please Lord free him from the things of this world and bring him back to you. ThNk you for lifting him in prayer. God Bless

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  233. Gayle Kelly

    Please pray for my daughter, Jackie, to love The Lord with all her hear, soul, mind, and strength. She is slipping away from her faith and being lured by the lies of the world. She is intrigued by the occult and she is fragile. She was adopted as a 6 month old, diagnosed with depression and anxiety as a 16 year old, and she is loved deeply by her parents and brothers – she is beautiful but in a messy dark spot. The “bully” of fear is present in our home. May we love her through this and pray her through this! Thank you for praying!

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  234. Mia

    This year I have been dealing with thyroid autoimmune issues, anxiety, panic attacks, heart palpitations and other strange health issues. They are starting to affect my quality of life and the relationships that I have. I cry all of the time and I cry out to God and I just feel alone. I’m tired of feeling like this, I need a healing, I need a miracle. I can’t go on like this

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  235. JK

    Please pray for my husband of nearly 39 years. I am not really sure what is going on with him but things are just not right. He is very distant and although I don’t think he is seeing anyone else at this point I believe that is the direction he may chose. My heart is so broken and I have prayed and prayed. Like you said sometimes it seems like God isn’t even hearing me. I don’t know what I will do if we actually split up. I have no means to support myself and would have no insurance etc.and the thought of those things terrifies me. I feel like we are a ticking time bomb just waiting on the day he walks out, the day he files papers, or the day I have had enough of no love and hateful words. If I were younger it might be an easier decision to make but we have 3 grown children and grandchildren too. This is all so heart breaking for us. My children don’t know all the details but they know something is up. There is very little communication from him toward us and especially me. He is just harboring so much anger in his heart. You can see it on his face and hear it in his voice. At times he may ask me to go eat dinner or other things but most times he says really hateful and harsh things and seems disgusted to even look at me. I have never been anything like that to him and have ALWAYS been a submissive and loving wife. I have honored my marriage vows to the fullest extent and can’t understand what lead him to act this way. My husband needs the Lord more than anyone I know. I have always taken my children to church but he has always chose to stay home while we went to church. Please pray for him and for our family and that our home will be peaceful, happy, place filled with love for God and for one another. More than anything I want a husband who loves the Lord and is a spiritual leader in our home.

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  236. Chrissy

    I am praying for those above. I see so many prayers that echo my need as well. My husband of twenty years has also moved from our home about six months ago. It has been over two years since he has been commited to our marriage. For that long he has been pushing toward divorce. I continue to pray for him. I have prayed for me and mostly I have prayed for my three children. He says he wants to work things out and that he no longer wants a divorce. However, he seems unable to take the steps necessay to repair our marriage. He has lost his way. He has lost his balance and is changing the best things about himself. Please join me in prayer. I need healing. My hearts wish is to be with my husband in a loving marriage. I am praying constantly – some days I don’t know what gods plan is for me. I am trying to have faith that he is walking me down this road.

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  237. Erica

    My dad needs prayer. I’ve been praying for him for 3 years now. He needs Jesus. He is an alcoholic developing health problems from his alcohol abuse. I believe Jesus is faithful. So I will have peace while I continue to pray.

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  238. SC

    This request seems silly when compared with the life challenges of others, but God created all the creatures, and as the winter’ s cold descends, my heart breaks for the abused dogs near me who are chained up with leashes almost chocking them, frozen ” water” dishes and little if any food. I go to visit one daily and despite her treatment, she is SWEET, LOViNG, FRiENDLY…I give her food, water, a blanket,,,,but can’t legally take her away from her owner. I pray that God will change the heart of her owner, or do what He and only HE knows is best for his beautiful creature, and others like her.

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  239. Melena

    Please pray for my sisters. The younger one to overcome anxiety and become more loving. The youngest to fall in love with Jesus and be her comforter and friend. Pray for my husband to find a career that supports our family. Pray for me to overcome my hang ups and be intimate with my husband.

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  240. Holly miller

    Please pray for my 3 children who are adopted! They have been through so much in their lives already and the two oldest are really struggling. We are doing counciling and neurofeedback right now and I am so over whelmed by their past and if they will TRUELY ever be happy and know the love of Jesus. It is so hard to rely on God when I know he gave us choice. It is amazing how all the love in the world has not shown my kids what it means to TRUELY love. If you can’t feel love and love yourself what is there in life? Today’s blog really talked to me and I will continue praying even when I feel it isn’t helping. Thank you so much!!!! GOD is GOOD!!!

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  241. Katie

    Please pray for my husband. He never knew Jesus until we met. He has since. Gotten saved and baptized. But his addictions get the best of him quite often and then the sneaking and lying comes in. Please pray for his integrity while he is alone or at work. Please pray for his strength to overcome this disease. Also, a cousin of mine has started dating a boy 20+ years younger while she was married. She has two children that are seeing her poor choices as ok and not wrong. Please help them to feel the Holy Spirit and let Him in to take over. And finally, I have been ill for 15 months and just cannot get it under control. Please pray for healing so I can enjoy life and my family. Thank you!

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  242. Elise

    Prayer is what got me through the difficult years with our older son from 18-25. He completely turned his back on the way he had been raised, but I never lost hope that he would return, just as it says in Proverbs. He had some difficult lessons to learn, but today he is a deeply committed Christian husband and father. God is faithful and He does answer prayer!

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  243. staci.young@live.com

    Please pray for my husband and his salvationi. The last year and a half has been brutal on out marriage. His retirement hasn’t been goo for him. I am his 4th marriage and there seems to been a wordy mentality the marriages and wives are disposable. There is a generational curse and strongholds that are binding him. I pray that he sees God…feels…and get to know the awesome God I do. Please pray for reconciliation for our marriage. Pray for the total transformation of his heart and mind. I do pray without ceasing…pray God continues to stregthen me while he is at work…..thank you so much in advance. MAY GOD’S HAND BE UPON YOU. AMEN

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  244. Diane Adams

    Hi,

    I need someone to pray for me.
    2 days ago my boyfriend of almost 4 year broke up with me because he wants to move out to Alberta for his job and he is afraid to take me with him right away because he is afraid we’ll break up and he doesn’t know where he’s going to live. We both still love each other and want to be together, it is just the circumstances that are in the way.
    Please pray that God will show me the way with what to do and please also pray that he moves out there ASAP and can find what he needs to find and still wants me there with him. He says he would love us to be together out there and I am holding to that. I just need people to pray that he will find what he is looking for and give me the strength to wait till he is ready.
    I love him, please pray! Thank you!

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  245. Fancy Robinson

    Please pray for my daughters, Kelsey and Maddie. Satin is attacking them physically and emotionally. I truly believe that the attack is taking place because my husband and I recently decided to be baptized. I have hit my knees and begged for healing but deep down I feel as if my prayer will not be answered as I hope and pray. I am scared of the outcome and the tension it will put on my new relationship with God.
    Thanks for offering to pray with me.
    God is good!

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  246. Donovan

    Hi, Please pray for my wife of 5 months who has decided she wants a divorce and has not been happy for over 3 years so I am told yet we get engaged, buy a home and get married, we have been together through think and thin with our broken homes for more than 10 years and she is ready to get a divorce without even trying to reconcile, no one can understand her actions, I did not see this coming and I am heartbroken. I have turned back towards the Lord and recommited my life to Jesus on the 9th of November and my wife has turned towards partying and going out with her new friends from work which I do not know. I pray that she finds Jesus in her life and that we ultimatly draw closer to God individually so that our marriage can flourish (we have always waited for the day to get married and move out) I pray that this may be Gods will. I do not do well with explaining the situation or know exactly how to pray correctly but I am trying more and more each day. The above post and 3 Ways to Press Through Unanswered Prayer has helped thank you.

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  247. Jenny

    After reading a lot of these comments, my heart is so heavy. I have two teen girls who are are medication for anxiety and depression. My older daughter is doing better mentally but has turned her heart away from Jesus. My younger daughter needs prayer. We have so many things in place for her (therapy, counseling, etc) I need wisdom from The Lord in what else I should or need to do. Every single day is a struggle and I weary.

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  248. Leanne

    Could I ask you to please pray for my husband and I. We are having fertility issues and are desperate for a baby. We have had 3 cycles of ivf/Icsi in the last year and a half the last attempt successful but resulted in miscarriage at 11+ weeks. We are due another cycle next month. I continue to put my hope and trust in God and believe he has a baby for us. Thank you for your prayers.

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  249. Angie

    Please pray for my marriage. It seems like the harder I pray, the harder it gets. I love my husband so much but do not feel love from him. We have a beautiful 10 year old daughter he shows affection to but he does not show affection to me and when I try to show affection, he is not very responsive. I pray daily!

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  250. Patti

    Lisa, Thank you for sharing about how you prayed for your daughter. I, too, have a daughter with struggles for whom I am constantly praying. I have seen some positive changes, yet struggles are ever present. In addition, I have a husband who is a recovering alcoholic; today marks Day 33 of sobriety. I give God all praise for this; it is a daily prayer effort. At first I questioned, “Why, God?”, but now can see how this has been used for good in our hearts & marriage. 2014 has been a tough year. My oldest daughter got married, & 10 days later my youngest daughter graduated. This was accompanied by a job change that was completely stressing me out & followed by my mom’s death 2 months later. The most recent blow was my husband’s confession that he had been an alcoholic for the last 5 years, but most significantly for the last year or so. Proverbs 31 devotions every morning have been such a blessing throughout our struggles. God is faithful & good. Thank you for your wonderful ministry. It is truly a blessing!

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  251. Debra

    My college aged daughter has a problem with cutting. She’s a beautiful, intelligent, and very talented girl so it’s difficult to understand why she’s struggling with this issue. I’ve researched and read everything I can about it but I still don’t completely understand it. Allyson and I have a great relationship and she’s a Christian but for some reason she doesn’t seem to be taking this problem to the One who can fix it. She’s several hrs away at college so I don’t see her very often but we skype and talk on the phone. This week she told me that this struggle has been especially hard recently. I’ve been praying about this for 2yrs now but I haven’t seen any healing or improvement yet. I know it all takes time but I feel impatient about the situation. I can’t seem to help her get on track and seek God in this trouble. Please pray for her spiritual and physical healing. I feel like a Christian counselor could be very beneficial but those are almost non-existent on most college campuses. I know the most effective thing I can do to help her is pray fervently which I think I’ve been failing at and to just keep on loving her which is the easy part. Thank you for this devotion today, it was a bullet to MY heart!

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  252. Chasity Hunt

    Please pray that I will continue to follow the path that The Lord! Has laid out for my son and I. I’m a single mother Who is searching for a Job, i don’t want to work Wednesday night or Sunday’s! I want to be in church with my son! Whenever the doors are open! I walked away from The Lord and the church a couple of years ago, and I have now realize that I need The Lord and the church in my life! Like I need the air to breathe!! And I want my son! To want The Lord! Just as much!

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  253. Ann Starkweather

    I am asking for prayers of strength and healing for myself. I suffer from an eating disorder, severe OCD/Depression and anxiety. I pray and do trust that God has a plan for me and that my healing is in His time and place. Some added love and prayers would be a blessing for me as some days are better than others and I wish those days were more abundant but, God has taught me humbleness and humility as I have not had an income since October and my husband has been the sol supporter. I have gone to food banks and they graciously provide (God has provided) staples for him as I don’t eat much…treatment is no longer an option due to financial issues…so, I know that it is up to God and myself…thank you for your blessings, your love and mostly for the prayers you are willing to give…Blessings and love Ann

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  254. Kris

    Hi! I am asking for prayer for my family.I left my abusive ex-husband after 23 years of marriage. Now my college age daughter (still controlled by her Dad) is treating me horribly. I really do not know what to pray for. I am setting boundaries with my daughter that she will not be verbally abusive to me and, well that is not going over well at all. I am getting great push-back. I pray for wisdom in how to deal with the situation and handle it in love (not anger….def trying not to be unglued) and pray for her heart to not be so cold and hate-filled towards me. I am also praying for her to open her heart to Gods love and my love. I have a son, but he has shown a wisdom and discernment of a much older young man. I thank God for his love and support. . I pray he continues to follow God and God continues to give him wisdom and strength so he can deal with our family issues. Thank you so much for praying alongside me.

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  255. Marcia

    Please pray with us for our daughter. She is away at college and was deeply hurt and cruelly manipulated by a student she “dated” last year. She won’t talk to us about it, but has talked to a counselor and a member of the faculty, which we are thankful for. After a year of counseling, she has been referred to a psychiatrist to be put on medication. This makes her feel even worse about herself. Our once bubbly, joyful and optimistic daughter seems dark, sad and all alone. Our hearts are just crying for her, but she is unreachable. Please help us pray that the Lord will intervene…that medication (if necessary) will only be used to make a bright path shine clearly enough for her to find her way out. She is a Christian, reads and studies her Bible, prays, attends a Christian college, loves Jesus….I think this makes it even harder for her to understand why she feels like she does. Thank you for praying with us. God bless you!

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  256. sha

    Please pray for me I have been going through some praying withdrawals. I need Jesus now more than ever in my life.I am lonely inside and I long for the relationship we shared. My financial burdens are clouding my spiritual judgement. Help me pray for a break through so that the enemy does not win this battle.

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  257. Terri

    Please pray for my daughter (22 years old) who has suffered debilitating panic attacks over the last three years. She has been diagnosed with PTSD resulting from trauma she received as a small child. No medication has helped her. Her fears, anxiety and unworthiness has kept her from living her life. I along with others have prayed so hard. We have seen some improvement but it is still very real in her life. She has prayed heartfelt prayers, but because she still struggles she feels God doesn’t really care and that she’s too unworthy to receive His grace. Please pray that God makes himself very real to her. He is her only hope.

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  258. michelle

    I have daily reflux that started a year ago after a stressful situation @ our church. Medication only made it worse. I’m asking th Lord for his healing of this health issue and for spiritual healing. Praying that this will not harm me, but that good will come out of this struggle.

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    • pam

      prayed for you!

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  259. Judy

    For my husband and 2 adult sons to know and love Hesus beyond measure. Thank you for your encouragement tiday

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    • pam

      prayed for you!

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  260. Susan Douglas

    RESTORATION of relationships in our family , heart’s healed.

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  261. Elizabeth

    I am a homebound agoraphobic who suffers severe panic attacks, depression and even thoughts of suicide at my lowest moments. I’ve lost my job because of my panic disorder. My finances have suffered because of this. My living arrangements are awful and I’m so lonely. Despite all of these things that I struggle with, I wake up everyday with hope that today will be the day that my breakthrough comes and I am free to live a normal thriving life again. I know this is not the plans that God has for me but I do get discouraged because I’ve been in this season so long. I pray all day on most days. As an agoraphobic I have nothing but time on my hands. I try to see it as a blessing in disguise. I get to read the word, I read books and blogs such as this about God and all his goodness and listen to praise music. Still, I can’t seem to turn the corner on this. In addition to praying, I began exposure therapy for my agoraphobia and panic disorder. The therapy is the hardest thing that I’ve ever done and even though sometimes I let fear get the best of me I know that fear is not from God so I try to push through. I will admit that I’ve questioned God about all that I go through. Sometimes I don’t understand how I haven’t been delivered yet. I ask that you pray for my physical and mental healing. I’m exhausted and I really need a boost of confidence because I just don’t know what to do anymore and I don’t know how much longer I can continue to live in this state. Thank you for any prayers that are sent my way. I humbled.

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  262. Deborah

    Please pray for my daughter, her husband and two children will slow their busy life down and return to church and living for You….

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  263. Kim Ellis

    Prayers requested for my 18 year old daughter, She was raised as a Christian, went to Christian elementary and middle school, and loved God so much. Something happened, nothing that can be explained – and now she not only does not believe, but thinks Christians are stupid and weak, and close-minded. Please pray for her to find the way back.

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  264. Elizabeth

    Michelle, I too suffer from severe acid reflux so I know your pain. I pray that God blesses us both with physical healing and deliver us from this condition. Blessings.

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  265. marta

    Please pray for Barbara. She is facing divorce and is struggling with some depression. She has two twin 7 year olds. Her husband was unfaithful and does not want to reconcile the marriage. Thank you,

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    • pam

      I prayed for Barbara!

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  266. Tanya

    Please pray for my husband,who struggles with alcoholism and past hurts. Please keep me lifted as I raise our daughters. I need the strength to keep it together because so much as been placed on my plate this year. Both parents sick,broken relationship with my oldest daughter and my marriage falling apart. So please pray with me and for me and I thank you.

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  267. Kate

    So many cries from the heart. I need prayer for my son who is a heroin addict living on the street. He has hep c and numerous felonies. He needs Jesus. Also a very scary issue at work. Thank you.

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  268. Martha

    I am praying with renewed passion that my son, like Lysa’s daughter will “completely fall in love with Jesus”. He has lost his passion and belief through some hard times over the last couple of years and seeing him struggle has been so difficult. After reading Lysa’s devotion today, I know that through my prayers (and yours) and faith in the Lord, my son can return to the way, the truth and the light.

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  269. Becca

    Thank you for your care-through-prayer. Sometimes you just need a whole team. Again, thank you. I am in need of an army of prayer for my husband, for my heart to change toward him, and for our marriage to heal. Together, without a Christ-centered relationship, we built a needy marriage filled with the terrible baggage of our pasts. Since Christ plucked me up from my mess, my life is changed, but my marriage strains like a garment that doesn’t fit. In fact, it has torn and I have stepped emotionally away from what I now realize was/is a really destructive relationship riddled through with lie after lie after lie. My husband is now a roommate, absolutely refuses to acknowledge or take responsibility for the destructive things he does, projects blame on me for the lot of it, and is chasing ‘the big career’ for all he’s worth. My heart has been broken in so many places I can’t count anymore–so I keep it guarded from him. My three absolutely precious boys (all young men now) are terribly hurt and learning so many wrong things. The family openly makes fun of Christianity–or the truths therein. They are eager to ‘take me down’ –as if that could take God down! I am truly powerless to do anything but sing God’s praises and to reflect from my fractured place, God’s light. For 15 years now, (3 of them in Christ), I have struggled with anger, bitterness, sadness, hurt, and a desire to cast blame inwardly over this broken situation. Your prayers for the healing of all hearts in my family would be appreciated…and that I may have the emotional strength to walk the road God sets before me.
    I thank you all so much for Prov. 31 Ministries–for sharing your love of wielding words for God’s glory. Your team is a great blessing and a wonderful example of hope and possibility in dark places!

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    • pam

      prayed for you!

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  270. Randi Romero

    Please pray for me to have strength. My faith is faltering, I’m feeling down and I just don’t know. Pray for financial anointing for my daughter and I. I’m asking for god to mend the heart of my daughter father so he can realize that him not being in his little girl life is affecting her mentally and physically. God I’m begging you to heal my broken heart, give me peace please, I surrender, I let go lord.

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  271. Christine

    My husband of 21 years has been in an emotional affair for 2 1/2 yrs. I have been praying and believing during this time for complete restoration in our marriage. I am growing weary, yet not willing to give up. All outward appearances show he has strayed from God. I have begun praying for his salvation to be restored and for him to completely fall in love with Jesus, again. When that happens, I believe our marriage will be restored. Our three children, 19, 18, and 16, are definitely being affected by the strain between us. It is affecting their decisions as young adults.

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  272. Lynda

    Please pray for my son, Zach. He is a senior in high school and just tore his acl for the second time. Basketball has been his whole world since he was very young. He is blessed by God with great talent and humility. His dream is to play basketball in college and we are all having trouble understanding this latest setback. Please pray that God would give us direction and help us move forward. Thank you.

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  273. Beth Andrews

    Please pray for my 22-year old son who is “in love’ with a girl who is a self-avowed bi-sexual pagan witch. He has been raised all his life in a Christian home, has made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ and faithfully attends church, but does not see that this is an ungodly relationship. Please pray that God will shine light into the darkness that surrounds this girl and my son can see the truth. Please pray that he will see Jesus Christ as the true love of his life.

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  274. Kim

    I have been a Christian most of life since I was 11. As I approach turning 51 this Sunday I struggle with doubt, fear of rejection and selfish thoughts. My prayer life & time with God gets smaller & smaller each year. I want to change direction & seek God with a new thirst. I so want to seek the Lord with my whole heart, soul and mind. I need a spiritual surgery of my heart to make change to limit stress, get balance (work as a special Ed teacher) back in my life, I need to learn to live in the now and not allow circumstances dictate my mood or emotions. When we have a physical heart issue our vision & focus can be altered or damaged. In the same way when our spiritual heart is lacking or broken our focus on Jesus is unclear, out of focus. I need my flame for Jesus to be ignited on fire again so I once again can pray without stopping.

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  275. Kristi

    Please pray for my family. My husband lost his job 4 weeks ago just after we uprooted our children and moved from the only home we have ever known. It took our savings to move and we don’t know how we are going to pay rent for December. Please pray for a new opportunity for him and that his heart would be guarded from discouragement. This is the 3rd company he has worked for in the last three years that has closed.

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  276. nicoll

    Requesting prayer warriors to pray over my marriage. I recently learned my husband has kissed another woman and continued to have an emotional relationship with her. He says he loves me and I’ve decided to stay and work on our marriage, but now two months later he feels cold towards me. We have no more passoin or affection in our marriage. I’m in my early thirties yet feel so much older and hopeless. I desire to have the emotional and physical connection with my husband.

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  277. Maryann

    Please pray for healing for my husband. Also, for our two daughters that their relationship with Jesus be strengthened. And, in the years ahead for a godly man of respect to enter their lives. I am praying for you all. Thank you for sharing your stories and lives.

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  278. Kari

    Please pray for my 16 year old daughter who is suffering from severe depression and struggles everyday to just get out of bed let alone do school and function like a normal young woman. She has prayed so hard to be healed, searches so hard for God and feels like He has abandoned her because He has not taken this from her. My heart is so heavy, knowing that God is carrrying her through this but heartbroken that she does not feel His mighty presence and weary from asking Him to take this from her.

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  279. Pat Westermann

    Please pray for my daughter Devonn to desire Jesus and was a relationship with Him. and that i will be faithful in my prayer for her/

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  280. Gwyn

    Please pray for my 22 year old son who has been lured away from The Lord by the momentary pleasures of this world. Pray for his total heart transformation! Thank you!

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  281. Hope

    I am requesting prayer for my physical health. I’m in my late 20’s struggling with 2 autoimmune disorders and I believe my doctor suspects possible MS. I’m working very hard at my job but struggling to stay positive and trying to keep the faith that God will take care of me no matter the outcome. Please pray with me for peace.

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  282. Kalimah

    I’m praying for a godly husband and healthy offspring. I’ve been praying for these for over 5 yrs now and it’gets hard as I wait desperately for God to show me answers. His word says marriage is honorable and children are a reward so I’m holding him to his word not to withhold any good thing from those who walk upright. Please pray for and with me.

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  283. Michele

    I am very discouraged thru unanswered prayer. 18 months ago my husband’s business went south and it has never recovered. He has been diligent to find work and/or get a job and nothing! I’ve prayed, and prayed and prayed. In the mean time- my son, who is a senior this year, has mono! And again, I’ve prayed and prayed and prayed for restored health- and nothing! I know God is the same yesterday, today and forever… He is the God that heals the sick, that parted seas and rivers, made a donkey talk, brought down a wall with a shout, fed thousands in the dessert for 40 years!! But where is He now???

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  284. Rhonda

    I recently found out that my “Christian ” husband of 21 years has been having a long term affair. I feel like he has been blinded by the devil. I’ve been praying for Gos to deliver him, but as of yet it hasn’t happened. It looks like I’m headed for divorce, which is so difficult because I know God hates divorce. This hurts so bad. I’m a praying woman and believe God can work miracles. I’m so hurt & disappointed that it doesn’t seem like this prayer is going to be answered for me & my family.

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    • Turner

      Rhonda, I am praying for you. My situation is very similar, but my husband of 21 years is not having an affair. He’s decided he’s gay. We have four children together- 19,16,13, and 11. I, too, feel like the devil is pulling at my husband, but he’s not even sure whether he believes the devil is real. He’s trying to decide whether to embrace this new life or keep our family intact. He’s searching desperately for a way to justify homosexuality and his faith, forgetting that God hates divorce just as much as homosexuality. It does hurt. I know your pain. I, too, am praying for deliverance for my husband and I will pray for yours. God can do anything. He changed Paul’s heart and he can change our husbands’ hearts. Trust in God, and no matter which way things go, you WILL be ok. He will be your best friend when all others desert you.

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  285. Amy

    Please pray for my 5 and 3 year old sons. Their dad is very emotionally abusive and is also physically violent. We are FINALLY involved with social services but when i took the next step in ensuring their safety by turning to the justice system his family bought a lawyer and i had, the Lord. I was SURE the Lord and I had this for He holds the judges heart and directs it like a watercourse wherever He pleases correct? They beat my butt. But now we are involved even deeper in the system (which is great… right? Counselors coming in my home, his home etc but all i want is for my 2 beautiful sons to live whole healed lives and break the cycle of yuck. I beat myself down for being so nieve. Im married to a great man who loves us all to pieces and i cant find work… So he works to keep us all warm and fed. Please pray for us. My boys. My marriage. And a job for me. Thank you. Im committing to prayer again, its so easy to let it slip away in discouragement.

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  286. Nikki

    5 yrs. that’s how long I’ve been praying for my children’s father, my ex husband , to become a believer in Christ and for Christ to reconcile our family. I will continue to stand in prayer.

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  287. Judi

    So much to pray for as I was reading so many of these prayer requests. So much hurting going on in this world it is GOOD to know that God will help us through our pain and suffering. We are also going through our times with our son who has decided to follow his way and not the Lord’s. I have been praying, but I need to do more trusting. I would just ask for God’s will to be done in our son’s life and that one day soon we will all be able to enjoy the blessing of just even being around each other – it has been hard to even want to hang out together. Thanks for the opportunity to share and for prayers….

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  288. Donna

    My husband and i planted a brand new church in 2006. We had been youth pastors for years, and this is our first lead pastorate. My husband has had a second job to sustain us as the church has grown (and it has been a slow process). He has been physically worn down and had many illnesses over the past years. Please pray for God’s provision and strength. Please pray for God’s will in allowing him to go full time at our church. His heart is to be a Pastor. I know God is in control. Thank you for your ministry!

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  289. Trish

    Husband been unemployed and underemployed for 3 years. Been Praying for doors to open that long too. Trusting God has a plan. Time has run out

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  290. Tammy Pallant

    Please pray for my son James that God will open the eyes of his heart to really see God, he has walked away from his family, and moved to live in Seattle within girlfriend. I believe that Jesus can turn him around, change, restore, redeem and forgive him and bring him home to us his family. I long for James to experience what your daughter did. It is reassuring that good things can happen at College, for James that wasn’t the case but your encouraging message gives me hope especially as my daughter will go to college next year. Please pray for James and our family, thank you.

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  291. Lesa

    Please pray that my adult son will find his way in life to where God wants him to be. Pray that he has the faith to trust God.

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  292. Themba Tshabalala

    Good afternoon Lysa, I’ve been married for 9 years 11 months. On the 04/12/2014 we will be 10 years been married. My marriage is falling apart, please pray for me I still love my wife. We belong together, God blessed us with two kids and they both need us.

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  293. Wendy

    Please pray for my marriage and also for my eldest son and sister to return to The Lord. Thanks!

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  294. CK

    Needed this encouragement today!! Prayers for decisions that a judge will be making today in regards to my children!!

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  295. Pam

    Please pray for me and my husband we are struggling with addictions. It seems like we will do good for a couple of weeks then satan rears his ugly head. We want to live right and do God’s will. But we fail. So do pray for us. Also his work is slow which doesn’t help matters none.

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  296. Katie K

    Please pray for my marriage. My husband and I are working through some tough issues right now and are trying to find God’s purpose in all of this. Thank you very much!

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  297. Hazel

    Please pray for my wayward daughter, that she would want God’s will in her life. She is involved with a guy that is manupulating her and leading her down a path away from the Lord and her family. She will not listen to us as parents. Thank you.

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  298. Sarah

    Thank you so much for praying! I’m asking for a complete emotional and physical healing for myself and my children with a MANIFESTATION of that healing. Please pray for a BREAKTHROUGH in every area of our lives, especially finances and MOVING ON…and for a BREAKTHROUGH for a friend named David whom I’ve been praying for with no signs that God is hearing me for 18 months: Lord, give David a godly sorrow that brings upon repentance and leads to his Salvation. Instill a fear of the Lord so David can have wisdom. I know with man this is impossible, but with God ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. In Jesus’ MIGHTY Name, Amen

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  299. Tiffany

    Hi. I am now a mom of 5 going on 6. I met my ex fiancé and we clicked. We were so good for each other, now all of a sudden I am back at my parents house with my 5 kids and pregnant with his baby. I love him and miss him so much. I pray that God will work in his heart in a way that I never thought he could. It seems that all my prayers are standing unanswered… But I know God is working. Please hold us up in prayer as the kids and I face this. And please pray for his return to us. We need daddy in our lives. I know God is really working on teaching me to trust Him and pray and wait for His answers.

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  300. Tracy

    First I want to tell everyone who commented I am lifting you all up in prayer–my heart goes out to you all-Please pray for my family-my husband has also been underemployed-like another woman who commented–for 10 years–then a year and a half ago was laid off, reemployed and took a large paycut . We have a condo we rent and have been without a renter for 6 weeks–I’m nervous we won’t have much for our kids for Christmas if God doesn’t answer prayers soon and/or that moving into Jan we too will have exhausted our emergency fund and not be able to pay bills without that rent money, with no hope to replenish in the near future. I know God has a plan and I just want prayer for HIS plan, whatever that is, for the situation to be put in place. He is so Good–just not as quick as I’d like Him to be 🙂

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  301. Suzanne

    I had a miscarriage in August and don’t know if God is closing the door on expanding our family. We have two beautiful, healthy children, but I would love to give my boys a little brother or sister. Have not felt a clear answer or direction from God if another child is in His plan.

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  302. Linda

    I am waiting for a promotion and I fear being fired before then. The promotion is with another company. God has told me to “wait.” He has told me “termination,” “Deborah,” “promotion” and wait. I am becoming discouraged in waiting. I’ve also gained weight in the mean time.

    Yes, I have “Made to Crave” and loved the book. I should bring it out again and read it. Wold Max Lucado’s book apply to my situation and fears?

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  303. cheryl

    my 25 year old son died this summer his father died five years before. my other son Ethan is currently in jail I’m praying that he will be delivered from his addictions and he would be sold out wholeheartedly to God and that he would live a life worthy of the gospel. I pray that God would send you spiritually mature man into his life to be a mentor. And I pray for the strength to endure this testing for the glory of God with a good attitude

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  304. Jamie Brown

    Please pray for my dear friend Philip and his wife Lorie as they are currently facing his cancer coming back. It has entered his bloodstream and he is facing some rigorous treatments of the removal of his blood, cleansing it, and yhen replacing it. He is one of the best people I’ve met, and his wife one of the strongest. They are just 31 years old, high school sweethearts. I (and they) would greatly appreciate any and all prayers. Thank you.

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  305. Fran

    Please pray for my sister in law who is sick she needs to be diagnoised correctly and then to get treated with the right treatments which is is not as of now. I also ask for prayers for a healthy pregnancy and delivery of our grandbaby ..their first. Thank-you!

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  306. Julie

    Please pray for me and my husband. We have suffered 5 miscarriages in the last 5 years. I have become deeply depressed at the thought of us not being able to have children. I’m trying to come to terms that this is Gods plan but having an extremely hard time. My heart hurts…. We have prayed and prayed over the years and I am realizing this may not be His plan for us and I’m having major problems along with deep depression accepting this. It has been a long road and I feel like we have reached the end of it. Please pray for peace for us to accept that we may never have children and this is Gods plan.

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  307. Diane

    Last week my son contacted me to tell me he and the rest of the family do not want me to be apart of them any longer. They are sick of hearing about my Jesus and want me to leave them alone. I know these hurtful remarks are aimed at Jesus, because only the power of Jesus can convict someone that powerfully. You either embrace Him or you turn the other way. Please pray the light of truth will open their eyes and that their hearts will come to know Him. My heart was shattered but through prayer He mended it. I have been praying over my children for over 8 years, but I know God has this and He is faithful unto completion. I look forward daily to the inspirations God has placed on your hearts. It’s quite remarkable in that 99% of the time it is exactly what I need to hear. Thank you Jesus for faithful and diligent women who carry your word forth.

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  308. christina

    Please pray with me for my husband and his search for a new career. He is currently working one full-time plus constant overtime that is a blessing but is physically destroying his body and he is only 30 years old. He also took on the purchase of a business in January in hopes of it taking off to the point of him being able to quit his full time job. But we are realizing now it could be five years or more before this happens. We have five children -13,8,7,3 and 2 and not only do they miss him terribly but he is missing everything in their lives and so many milestones. Our children keep me busy but I miss my best friend so much. After much inner turmoil he has decided to send out resumes in hopes of finding a new job that pays as well as his own without the physical toll on his body, and if he can find it then he will sell out of the new business. Please help me pray for him. It hurts me to see him in constant physical pain. And the emotional pain and guilt he feels being away from us and not being able to really enjoy his role as father figure and head of the household is almost too much to bear. Thank you so much for your ministry. I read your blog every morning to start my day. I have recently told quite a few new believers that started coming to church with me how much reading your stories and books have helped me through this journey and that I feel they would benefit from it also. I have recently seen and experienced the power of prayer. It is so amazing! This past summer my faith was restored and I was saved. Since that day so many wonderfully overwhelming events have taken place in my family’s life! I believe with my whole heart God will place my husband’s resume into the right hands. Thank you so much for praying for this wonderful man. He is an amazing father to our five children, the oldest three not his own until last year when he adopted them. He has the heart of a warrier and does not know what it means to give up. I pray for him each day in his battle with pain and being away from us. I thank you so much for praying for him as well!

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  309. Sue

    My husband has been out of work for 11months. He is working like crazy to find a job and has had countless interviews. Today he has a face to face interview with a company that would be a great fit. I pray that his interview goes well and for him to be encouraged that God has the exact position for him and our family. We trust in His goodness, although it is hard to wait, to not know, and think about making hard decisions if our finances don’t hold out.

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  310. Amber

    Please pray for my 14 year old son, he has started high school and has been faced with the peer pressure of high school. He has had some situations that his actions have not been the best. I also ask that you give me patience to stop and listen and wait for Gods plan in my current relationship.

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  311. annee

    Lysa, Thank you so much for your encouraging words through biblegateway.com. The scriptures & thoughts attached to November 12th’s “Encouragement for the Day” were exactly what I needed to read. I am praying for my new step son, a grown man who is a Norwegian citizen. He is struggling with depression, anxiety & understanding the meaning of life. Being new to the family & not completely certain of the social dynamics in Norway, I wasn’t sure how to approach the subject with him. But today I was able to send an email that I hope will open doors for him. Thanks for your encouragement about prayer. And please also pray with me not only for this young man, but also the rest of the family as I hope to see God open doors for all of them. Thanks again, annee

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  312. Jenny

    My heart is broken. My 19 year old daughter has been extremely disrespectful and moved out. I’ve pal ways prayed for my children and taken them to church every time the doors were open. I’m at a lose for words by the disrespect that she has shown to me and I pray that this trial is for Gods glory and she draws nearer to him. Please pray for her that God keeps his hand on her and keeps her safe and that my heart will stop hurting.

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  313. Tawnya

    Please pray for my ex-husband. He abandoned me and our 2 children a year ago and has completely disappeared. Please pray for God to soften his heart and salvation for him. I pray everyday for God to work in his life and restore our family. Thank you.

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  314. Madeleine

    Please pray for my husband. He was laid off from a big company after 17 years of dedicated employment. He has been unemployed for a year and a half and is having a hard time finding employment. I ask that God hears my prayers. I pray that my husband does not become discouraged by the closing of doors. I know that God has a plan for him, for our family. I am feeling that my continued prayers are not being heard. I know that God has a plan. I just wish His plan would materialize sooner than later.

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  315. christy

    Please pray for my amazing 18 year old son. We fostered and adopted him. Best thing we’ve ever done! However, the rejection of his birth parents has deeply affected him. He struggles to love himself fully and to let others love him fully. I’m praying for truth to trump every lie and deception the enemy puts in his mind and heart. I am believing for his identify to be rooted in Christ and for the freedom to become all that God has intended him to become! Thank you so much for partnering in prayer with me!

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  316. Dinva

    As I read each comment posted I added every name in one long prayer. Sometimes I feel that my problems do not deserve God’s attention when so many others have more serious issues than me. So first I am grateful that I woke up this morning. I am grateful for my loving husband and family. I am grateful for a roof over our heads. But my prayers are for my family to know and follow Jesus; for calm in the midst of extreme financial difficulties; faith to just let go and let God. Thank you.

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  317. Heather

    Please pray that we receive the grant to fund finalization of our adoption. We couldn’t afford it when we were approached to receive the blessing of this previous child but The Lord has been providing all along the way and though I know that, fighting the fear that we won’t receive the final $3500 is becoming a losing battle. We are strapped financially in all areas and need to trust and follow Christ more. I believe with all my heart that this child is ours placed here by God. Please pray for peace to rest in His promise and that the financial piece will work out. Thank you.

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  318. Amanda

    Nikki, may The Lord bless you and keep you as you continue to faithfully carry this burden for your husband to know Christ. I am familiar with the pain you describe. I also am praying for the love of my life to receive Jesus, and I believe it will happen in God’s time. He has reassured my heart that it will happen, and yet it is difficult to hold on to that peace and reassurance some times. Blessings to you and your family.

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  319. Sherry

    After 25 yrs of marriage, my husband who was once a elder in the church has stopped attending. It is the hardest thing I’ve ever been through. Pray for God to soften his heart!

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  320. Kim

    Your message cut straight to my heart this morning…
    I Would like to ask for prayers for my son Cam, he is 22 and has been walking a slippery path for about 5 years now. He suffers from anxiety and often shuts down and self medicates with marijuana to calm himself. Needless to say that I pray incessantly for him but I feel so tired and beaten down. Unfortunately, his bio father has beaten him down with unkind words and he views himself as unworthy of any good.
    In fact, my son tends to self sabatoge himself often 🙁
    While I have seen change over the years in a positive manner, I am soooo ready for “the big event” to occur.
    It often feels like I am just praying the same thing over and over and I fear that my prayer isn’t good enough to convey what I am feeling. I to need prayer to keep pressing on!
    Thank you all so much, God Bless

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  321. Tanja

    I have been a Christian my whole life. I have prayed for my husband since before I could date. I am a worrier and have prayed to be delivered from that too. I feel like a failure in every part of my life and feel like I’ve even let God down. I feel like my prayers are bouncing off the floors of Heaven. Like the Lord has other more important people to answer before me. “Tanja will be ok. I’ll get to her later.” Will I even get answers? How can I change my prayers? Are they really working? I feel forgotten, alone and sad. I miss being joyful. I’m tired of being quiet and just taking it. I’m tired of yelling and getting no where and my kids being sad. Am I even needed? Please pray for me.

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    • Dee

      Tanji, you are so needed!! Those thoughts you are having of not being needed are not from God they are lies from Satan. You are fearfully and wonderfully made! God does not make mistakes He created you for a reason! I said a prayer for you and will continue to pray for you throughout the day.

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  322. Gena

    Please pray for my beautiful granddaughter Kyra. She is 23 and was raised in church. She used to sing for Jesus. Now she has chosen to go the way of the world, clubbing,living with various guys, working in the clubs as a dancer. She has had problems with eating disorder, cutting, depression, bi-polar. We have prayed and prayed for her. Waiting for the day she falls in love with Jesus. Praying that God protects her from harm. God has given me peace over it.

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  323. Jennifer

    Please pray for my marriage. My husband has already filed for divorce. People tell me it’s for th best. My husband is a former pastor. He has been verbally and physically abusing me. Please pray for reconciliation.

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  324. Kristin

    I’m believing God for a heart transformation for my children. They are young and they need a faith in God of their own. I’m also believing God for healing of relationships with extended family.

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  325. Kim

    Please pray for my son who is a freshman in college, nine hours away from home. He is 17 months drug free. We are so thankful for that. He needs Christian friends in his life. Please pray that he will make the right decisions and that he will get involved in a Christian college group at school. I know that will make a huge difference in his life. He has come so far already. He is in a great program in college, and I know that God has a great plan for his life!

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  326. Sarah

    I am praying that God will overcome the impossible & give my husband & I a child of our own. We would appreciate more prayers! 🙂

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  327. Karen

    Pray for my husband. We have been married for 29 years. He says he has never loved me. He wants our life to continue the way it is. Him in one room and me in the other. He doesn’t want others to know. Pray that God will touch his heart. That he will return his heart back to God and to his family. I am believing is restoration as God is the restorer

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  328. Lois

    I am asking for The Lords will to be done in my son 52yrs. He has been out if work 2 yrs and used up his savings he doesn’t go to church but claims he does so on TV with a church in the area. He has a social anxiety not wanting to be in crowds.he lacked on looking for a job.now he is scrambling for one .he got one and worked for a week and quit because it was a temp.he went to work for a good company with a union and great benefits.he was let go after a week.he wanted to exert his rights to take a break and lunch when he saw fit because everyone worked through the shift.he knows he made mistakes and is now 2 months behind in his mortgage.he called a realtor (said he hast returned his call) any I ask god is he going to end up homeless .i try to keep my focus on who god is (all knowing faithful and a desire non should perish. A loving god) please pray for me to look to Jesus
    Also for my 2 grandsons raised in church ages21 and 25 who are not serving god

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  329. Jeannine

    Please pray for my son Bradley. He has been missing since June this year. Bradley knows Jesus and that is reinsurancing but moms heart is breaking. Pray for Gods truth to reign in him, safety, and that he would call.

    Thank you so much!

    Enjoy your devotions – May God continue to bless your ministry.

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  330. Tammy Markell, Milton, pa

    Prayer for my son that he might come back to Jesus. Pray for salvation for my daughter, son-in-law, ex-husband and my nephew’s ex-wife. Pray that I might stay sober and not use food as a crutch. Thank you for all the encouraging words.

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  331. Gorgeous

    Please pray for my family, to be debt free and have a home of our own. For the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, my children and my husband to give us strength and lead us in a way that he wants us to be.

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  332. Maria

    Please help pray for my son, he’s 14, got his heart broken by a girl and has gone into a state of depression. I don’t know what to do anymore. My health isn’t very good and the stress is making me worse. His name is Rafael. Thank you!

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  333. Donita

    Please pray for my adult son. He is living homeless, he’s depressed and may other situations. He needs to made choices and I can only do so much. It seems sometimes that I’m the only light in his life. He needs God! I fear for his life

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  334. Jude

    Please pray for my oldest son. He is going through a difficult time (loss of a job he loved, suffered a concussion and still recovering) and is struggling with unanswered prayers. The relationship between my husband (his father) and this son needs LOTS of prayer. Please pray alongside me for both of these men and their walk with the Lord. My son wants nothing more than to get his job back but if that is not God’s will, he desperately needs another job! Thank you for your faithfulness in your ministry!!

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  335. Donita

    Please pray for safety, salvation and for a sound mind for my son who is homeless and broken

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  336. Vicki

    Thank you for your words this morning, it was exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you for the reminder that prayer can bring real change. My situation is very similar to yours. I am praying for my son in college to not just have a behavioral change, but a heart change. I have been praying for months for God to send him some Christian friends who will touch his heart & help him see things differently. I’m trying to keep hope.

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  337. jenn britt

    My husband and I left ministry a year and a half ago after 17 years of church work. We left wounded. We have been praying for God to reveal the path of His purpose for our lives. My husband is working 2 part-time non-profit jobs but it’s just not enough. We are struggling finically, spiritually, emotionally and need to hear from God. It has been a very lonely time. We need hope. We don’t have to know His whole plan but we need to know which path to take that will lead us to it.

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  338. kam

    Please pray for our family. We have our own business and have been feeling stuck in it for the past year or so. It is very time consuming and is taking its toll on our family as a whole. We want God’s will to be done but need a way out soon or a boost in enthusiasm and energy to get through it.

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  339. Anne

    Please pray for me and my family. I am going through a divorce and also have a son struggling through a defiant behavior issue. Yesterday, his therapist referred him to a residential treatment center. Please pray that God gives me strength and direction as to where to go from here.

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  340. Angela

    I have recently reconciled with my husband. The fears and disappointment of his affair plague me everyday. I wake up thinking today is a new day I will fight the evil that is throwing these reminders in my head and as I make it more through the day I find that I let one thought get through that barrier and I’m back at square one. I’ve found my way back to church and I pray on this a lot of my time, I’ve even thanked God for his work in bringing my husband back. But sometimes my heart doesn’t feel it. Please pray for me to get past the struggle I am facing right now.

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  341. Kimberlee

    Like so many others, my “Christian ” husband of 18 years has left me and our 2 children. He has another woman – who is also married. I am believing that God is bringing him hone and is restoring our marriage and family. Please pray in agreement with me that he will be home very, very soon. Amen! Kim

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  342. Kristen

    Would you pls pray for healing for myself from chronic pain for almost 3 years. It has been life changing. I need healing and direction. May God pls make it known what I should do next. I am overwhelmed . Thank you.

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  343. Day

    Praying that my custody battle with me ex ends smoothly, that he will talk to the girls and make them happy, instead of thinking only of himself. Allow us to move to where we belong with my husband, our family. And that he and I can become friends again and co-parent respectfully. I pray he understands that I would NEVER keep the girls away from him. I ask all of you for prayers. Amen

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  344. Kay

    Please pay for a test I really need to pass, in order to keep my teaching position. I feel I am being tested by so many, it’s hard to keep the faith, but I am really trying. also this really hit home with my daughter, she is 20 and just is lost right now. Not really sure what her purpose is. and pray for my 17 year old son, that he makes the right decisions also in such a hard temptation world.

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  345. Joan

    Please pray for my sons. They study hard and work,yet seem to have lost a spiritual connection and the desire for one. I pray that they fall in love with Jesus and see Him working in their lives.

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  346. S.N.J Israel

    Please pray for me. I am a student sel-funding my Ph.D studies. In August I was offered a loan by a friend and business partner to use in paying off my school fee debt so I could partner with her to produce a movie. I accepted the goodwill because it took care of my debt and gave me an opportunity to do what I love – filmmaking. The agreement was that I would refund this loan from the profit on the movie which is set to premiere in January next year. We have finished shooting the movie which I screenwrote and directed and it is currently in edit. My friend has now suddenly sent me emails requesting for the refund of this loan. I do not have it right now, she is being quarrelsome about it. Please pray for me that God gives me wisdom to make this money and refund it to her. God sees my heart that I worked with her in good faith. Thank you.

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  347. Anonymous

    Hi Lisa & team,
    My name is Genesis and I am a recent college graduate-only by the grace of God. I also got MY dream job or so I thought. I have been granted to opportunity to work at one of the top companies in the world. I thought it was immediately a miracle and considered it God’s grace and favor over my life from direct obedience. However, lately I found out they are going to exterminate position and I have only been here three months in. That has left me pretty shocked and feeling a bit unworthy about my work. I have no doubt that God can open up another door for me at the right time in the right place but, I feel as if I wasn’t good enough in this situation. Today, I am having a talk with my boss about what my last day is and would appreciate your prayers as I am open and transparent about things they could have done better in order for me to succeed in my job.

    Thanks for always leaving a place for us to be open and transparent, Lisa.

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  348. Amy

    Please pray for our exchange student, Miguel. May he have the desire to know Jesus and fully surrender his life to Christ. May the Holy Spirit transform him from the inside out.

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  349. Lily

    I am joining in prayer for each and every intention listed above. May you find comfort in God’s loving embrace. I pray in thanksgiving for my wonderful husband who is an awesome father, that God may continue to pour blessings on him and help him through disillusionment and disappointment. I also pray for direction in my own life with upcoming career challenges.

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  350. Sarah

    I ask for your prayers for my husband and I as we try to have children. We’ve gone through 3 miscarriages in the past year and a half, and after several tests we have no real answers as to why. It’s been hard, to say the least, even more so because so many people close to us have had children in the past couple years. And although we celebrate with and are truly happy for all our friends and family blessed with babies, it leaves us with feelings of “why us” and “are we meant to have kids at all”, etc….Please pray for hope and faith for us and that we will be blessed with children.

    Also, please pray for my brother who is a non-believer. Although we were raised in the church and in a Christian household, he has chosen to walk away and put his faith in other things. Please join me in praying for his salvation.

    Thank you so much, ladies. I’m praying for all of you!

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  351. Beth

    I am feeling overwhelmed to the point of being crushed under the weight of our current circumstances. I KNOW only God can provide what I/we need and I KNOW He is trustworthy, yet I still find myself panicking at times because it seems that everything just continues to snowball. I appreciate your prayers.

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  352. Brenda Nettles

    Proverbs Ministries devotions is something I look forward to reading daily, and yes, I do have a big request for prayer for which I would really love to have all of you include in your prayers. My sincere thank you in advance and my total appreciation are without exception.
    My daughter, Randi, has chronic Lyme disease, including so many co-infections that I cannot even begin to name them all. Since Lyme disease affects every organ of the body, including the brain, she is pretty much bedridden. She is only 36 years old and has always been a very active, involved young lady, especially when it comes to her boys, ages 10 and 8. Insurance will not cover most of the expenses for most of her doctors and most of her medications as they do not see Lyme as a REAL disease — go figure! My son-in-law has lost his job, and although he has been putting in one resume’ after another, nothing has come up. They are facing loosing everything they own, which they have worked so very hard to get, and believe me when I say these THINGS are nothing extravagant. This chronic Lyme disease is so very debilitating in so very many ways, and of course my daughter is blaming herself for the position they are in. I and so many others have prayed and prayed for answers for them, yet those “unanswered prayers” just seem to keep seeping in. I know that our God answers prayers in his timing and that we cannot expect immediate answers. But, Lord, now I am at the point of praying for miracles, not only for my sweet, loving, caring, faith-filled daughter to go into remission with this horrible disease, but also for a miracle to come in order for this family not to loose everything they have worked so hard to obtain, and for this total devastation to their family not to happen. Lord, in Your Mercy, please, please hear my prayers!!

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  353. Stephanie Klutz

    Please pray for the salvation and/or close walk with Jesus for my two grown daughters. One is on the fence & the other I don’t really know because we can’t talk about it but we have a great relationship. Thank you. By the way I had a similar experience with the letter thing when my oldest was a teenager. I,feel so encouraged to pray without ceasing. Love Stephanie

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  354. Kimberlee

    Lisa, my husband of 18 years left 14 months ago, says he is in love with another. I believe God is bringing him home soon, and is restoring our marriage. Will be praying for you. Stand strong and believe. It is not God’s will that you be divorced. Stand on his promises and look to Him for strength and healing. Just believe.

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  355. Mrs. Johnson

    Please pray for my stepdaughter and family. She wants to go back and live with her mother who has been diagnosed with several mental disorders. Her mother has spread lies and done things to hurt our family in attempt to get us in trouble. My desire is for my family to live in peace and my stepdaughter to have a good life.

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    • Mrs. Johnson

      Thank you for your prayers!

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  356. Pam

    Please pray for me for wisdom and discernment for me as my business is not thriving and i need supplemental income. I have two other jobs i could work as well I am asking for his wisdom as to which job i should take..Also, please pray for business. I am feeling overwhelmed with bills and i know God will provide but am struggling with fear and stress Thank you for praying.

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  357. Kris

    Pray my children will Honor God, Honor themselves and Honor their family. That they will abandon the prompts of the world to change, defy and consume! That their relationship with Christ will break from our coat tails and will become the most endearing relationship they have; One with Him! I contend for protection of their purity, their health, relationships and wisdom and strength for us, as parents, to guide them straight to Christ’s Word!

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  358. kim.bradfield50@gmail.com

    I would like to thank you and your team for ‘keeping it real’. You are always so upfront and honest about your struggles and it is so encouraging to realize that you’re not the only one and that others have the same struggles as you. Sometimes I can get bogged down in guilty and lonely feelings that I think that I am the only one guilty of. It’s nice to know that those feelings are not mine alone. So again, thank you so very much!

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  359. Melba

    Prayers appreciated for work issues. Last few months very stressful. Praying for some kind of change to alleviate stress.

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  360. Jeannie

    I am married to a Christian man with anger and rage issues. Lots of counseling has not helped. I have health issues and do not work. I have gone from a strong, independent woman, to a sick, dependent woman. I don’t know what to do or what to pray anymore.
    Thank you.

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  361. Brielle

    I would like to say thank you to everyone that shared their prayer request. It really gives me a longing for transparency and a sense of courage to open up, in which I never do. Please pray for my fiancé. He is struggling with finding another job. I am also praying that he deepens his relationship with God and not allow difficult circumstances to cause so much frustration that it results in him distancing himself. I pray for God to open doors for job opportunities for the both of us. Lastly, I pray that God creates in me the ability to model Him more especially in areas of having faith and completely trusting in Him to act appropriately in His timing not mine. Thank you all.

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  362. Kathy

    Please help me pray about my husband. He suffers from PTSD, anxiety, and major depression, along with degenerative disc disease. Along with his depression issues, he has a lot of pain – which will make his depression worse – vicious cycle. The ANP had finally found a combination of medications that were helping. He still had his issues, but we were finally living some semblance of a normal life. At his October appointment, she told him she could no longer write his pain medication and that he would have to ween himself off it. I have been praying for God to see us through, and have felt a peace that God is working and will take care of things. But I keep wondering if I should call the ANP and let her know what’s going on – he says he’s giving up all his meds, including his meds for depression and Vitamin D deficiency. He just sits in pain and so exhausted (oh yeah, he’s not sleeping now either). Just please help me pray that I will do – or not do – whatever God wants. I know he’s in control and can handle the situation without my interference. But at the same time I don’t want to sit on my hands if He’s wanting me to do something. Please help me pray.

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  363. Julie

    Thank you for all you do, your books and website have been a blessing to me.
    I am asking for prayer and supplication for me and my husband’s families.
    Thank you.

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  364. Talia Wood

    My dad is in the hospital with a stroke and also has pneumonia. My mom died in June of this year. They were married for 41 years. He’s a Baptist preacher in zwolle, LA. Please pray for a miraculous full recovery! And to overcome the grief and depression her death has caused him. Thank you so much.

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  365. Jenny

    I lost my father to cancer Sunday night & am deeply saddened. He just found out he had stage 4 kidney cancer that had spread to his lungs & brain a little over 2 months ago. I can’t believe he is gone. His goal in life was to see my children graduate from high school; they are only 6 now. My mom is angry & sad that she is now alone. I prayed intently that he would be healed & honestly felt he would. I’m numb to the fact he’s now gone & can’t believe this is honestly happening. In my eyes, my dad was the strongest man I knew & never thought in a million years something like this could happen. In his final days, he rededicated his life to Christ & had accepted him as his Lord & Savior when he was a child. I know he’s in a better place & isn’t sick anymore but it just hurts.

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  366. Linda

    Please pray alongside me. My daughter recently had a baby with her boyfriend. The relationship has been rocky throughout the pregnancy, but they have come to realize they are not good for each other. Unfortunately, they cannot agree on custody of the 5 week old baby, and things are getting nasty. The poor baby is caught right in the middle. I pray for each side to put aside their selfish thoughts and think only of the health and happiness of this sweet, sweet child. Also, my son is suffering from severe, debilitating tinnitus. No one has been able to help him. We both have been crying out to God for the last 8 months for healing, for strength, but still he suffers. He has an appointment at Duke University on Friday. Please pray along with us that someone will be able to help him, and that God will strengthen him, so that he can get through this. Thank you.

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  367. Lindy

    please pray for my family. My husband has been unemployed and underemployed for over 6 years. The struggle of living under this stress has affected our family so greatly. I hardly recognize the people we are now, short tempered, worried, sharp-tongued, angry, resentful. I have trying to pray through this trial. I am not seeing any answers. I am extremely discouraged and fearful,

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  368. Judy

    My heart breaks at all the requests and please know I am praying for each of you. I would also ask that you please pray for my family. My husband is a Christian but has struggled with porn addiction for many years. We also have a lot of financial stress right now, as he needs a full-time job. I would appreciate your prayers in these dark days!

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  369. Ashlee

    I am dealing with serious temptation. Every day, all day. It’s difficult. I have succumbed before, but I do not want to again and I just need God’s strength and power to fill me and help me war against this. Thank you for your prayers!!!

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  370. R.

    Please pray for my children. Their father recently pled guilty to abusing me while I was pregnant and the state dropped the charges of child abuse, rape, and stalking in exchange for that plea. I’m afraid for their safety – physically, emotionally, and spiritually. I am asking you to pray with me that he will be removed from their lives and they will not have to live through anymore abuse.

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  371. Karen

    Please pray for my children (Victoriya, Taylor, Jacob, Jon, Kaitlynn, Morgan, Donnie, Joseph and Beau) to resist evil influences and destructive behaviors, to understand God’s purpose in their lives, develop a heart for God and his word, to surround them with godly friends and role models, and deliver them selfishness, rebellion, impurity or sexual temptations and help restore broken relationships and give them hearts that forgive. Let them grow in confidence of Your love and guide me in teaching and correcting them. Lord, I release them to you so they can be all that you have planned for them.

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  372. Kris

    A prayer or two would be so welcome as my daughter and I are going through a very rough season right now. Our relationship has been tumultuous for many years, and her moods have become very volatile over the course of the last few years. It all came to a head last week when I told her no more…no more treating me with disrespect, no more walking all over me! I haven’t talked to her since. I have sent her a few texts to let her know I still love her and hope she’s doing well, and have only received one very insincere response. My heart is breaking for her, but through the time away from her, I am gaining a lot of clarity and realizing that God is working magic in our relationship right now. As hard as it is not having daily contact with her, it it is helping me step back from our situation and see that it was becoming toxic and I was buying into it more often than not. Please pray us through this rough season and pray that the outcome will help us grow together in our faith. Thank you all.

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  373. Joan Wussow

    Please pray for our daughter who is self employed to have more companies to work with. She loves the Lord and we are very thankful for that. Please also pray for our Son who isn’t walking with the Lord. Pray for Christian friends as a good influence for him Our daughter lives in San Francisco, and our son lives in New Orleans. Both great cities where the Lord is working!

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  374. Emily

    My 3 yr old son has End Stage Renal Disease (kidney failure) and will need a kidney transplant when he is big enough. With kidney failure comes poor growth and we have struggled “growing him” to a good size for qualification for transplant despite the daily shot of growth hormones. Please pray for growth. He is currently on peritoneal dialysis therapy every night for 11 hours and it is very disruptive so he doesn’t sleep well. Please pray for rest for my sweet boy. And most of all please pray for healing. I know that this is part of God’s plan for him and I have struggled with the why since he was diagnosed. But it doesn’t matter why. What matters is how happy he is and that I am providing the best care I can give and being the best mommy I can be. As you can imagine this has been a difficult road for my husband and I. Please also keep us in your prayers.

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  375. Teena

    Please pray for my extended family and my husbands family. There is so much hurt!

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  376. Mending

    Several years ago I met a man and “fell in lust” and I left my husband and he left his wife and we both divorced our spouses and we moved in together. We stayed together for several months, the relationship ended and he went back to his wife. I’ve since totally rededicated my life to Christ and met and married a wonderful Christian man. But my heart still hurts for the pain that I caused to other people. Will you please join me in prayer for continued healing of the people whose trust and hearts were broken and for the complete healing of the children who were involved. Thank you.

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  377. Elizabeth

    Please pray for me for a couple of things, one for my kids, and for me. Ive been trying to get pregnant for almost 3 years now, I keep praying and hoping, but there are days I wonder if its ever going to happen. Thanks so much and for being there for us.

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  378. Rosy

    Please pray for me and my sister. Her son took his life a tear ago on thanksgiving. She tried to take her own life a week later but survived because my daughter in law found her. My sister is a hoarder…..bi polar…..paranoid….difficult…..my hubby and I have done everything we can to help her. I feel angry and helpless and I don’t want to see her or be around her because of how she lives and treats us. I am sad.

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  379. Janet

    These devotions bless me in so many ways. Thank you for your continued dedication to women in need of encouragement. My vehicle died last week, probably for good. I’ve not heard from the mechanic yet (which is worrisome) but finances are not in a situation where I can afford to purchase another vehicle right now. I have to work and get back and forth to my job that is 25 miles one way. Please lift my request for God to intervene in the situation and direct me to make the right decisions that will affect my entire family. Thank you.

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  380. Misty

    I’m believing that through prayer and the power of our God, my marriage will be restored before the holidays. I have been separated for almost 2 years and my husband has an OP but nothing is to bug for God’s miracles. Please help me pray for my husband’s salvation, the removal of the OP, and for him to return home. Thank you and God bless you all!

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  381. patricia

    Please pray for my daughter, she is going through a hard and lonely time. Pray for Gods Grace to heal her, for His Peace to fill her and for His Will to guide her. She is 18 and alone in another city going to college. I cannot reach out and physically hug her during this difficult time in her young life, but I know that through prayer, she can feel the loving arms of Jesus carrying her through this rough time. Thanks for the prayers and God Bless

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  382. teresa Blakely

    Please pray for salvation and a solid marriage and for additions to be healed fire my son and daughter in law

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  383. courtney

    I ask for prayers for my children, that they find great friends to help them along life’s journey. We are fixing to move and I ask that we find the church that God has for us so my kids can grow in him and my family will grow together in His word. Thank you so much.

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  384. Sonja

    We have been having a very challenging, faith testing year. Every time I think things can’t get worse, they do. It seems like for all of God’s goodness and blessings, a bunch of other things rock the boat and cause my mind to wander from God to the dark places. Please pray for me to hold on to God, to push away the negative thoughts. Please pray that God will intercede in our messy finances and get us back on track. Thank you Lysa for your blog and your Proverbs 31 devotion today. They were both exactly what I needed today!

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  385. Julie

    My brother has struggled with depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and attention-deficit disorder for years. He is extremely bright and well-educated. Unfortunately, the debt from his education is now being repaid by me and my parent because we co-signed loans, which we should not have, believing he would be able to repay them. He has not worked in over 6 years, is withdrawn, unpredictable, and unreliable. We have prayed for him for decades and see very little change. He is a Christian and for that I am thankful. There is just so pain, frustration, and disappointment over his situation and how it impacts our entire family. It is so difficult to continue to pray, trust God, and hold onto hope.

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  386. Maria

    I’ve endured so much physical and emotional pain this past year that it has left me full of fear. God has moved for me but I continue to struggle. I feel like the enemy is not leaving me alone at all. My joy has been stolen am currently struggling with headaches that scare me so much. I keep thinking something bad is happening it’s this huge fear like am not going to make it. I just had a baby he is 4 months old. I also have a 9 year old and I believe my fear is rooted in leaving them. I have seeing the merci of god I had a pancreatic tumor that was not cancer praise god. I was also pregnant with my 4 month old baby boy. Just one thing after another and am scared. Am drained and fear fills my heart. Please pray for me.

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  387. Sandy

    For my marriage, my husband Kyle, left me 6 months ago. He has walked away from The Lord and has been with another women this whole time. He is now living with her and is not even thinking of our son at this point. He use to be such a strong Christian who loved The Lord more then anything. He is completely blinded by all this and thinks he’s okay with God. For my son who is only 6 and shouldn’t have to deal with this and he doesn’t think his father cares about him.

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  388. Debbie

    I am asking for prayer and supplication for The Lord to send me a husband thank you in advance for. Answered prayer.

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  389. Lisa

    Please pray for my 20 yr old daughter. She is a good person who seems to be drawn in by the wrong kind of friends. (Pray for them as well, that would come to know Jesus) My daughter is a christian, we brought her up teaching her to not make poor choices, but she seems to take the wrong path many times. I have 3 other children who are nothing like this. I know she is her own person and I love that about her. It could take her far in life being so head strong. I just pray for her to turn her life around and turn to Jesus before its too late.
    Thank you for your prayers.

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  390. Lisa

    My mom has end stage alzheimers. The court granted my brother guardianship because he lived on her property. He and I no longer have a relationship, mainly because of his wife. I have not seem my mom since August. An appeal is before the court. Please pray God would take care of mom, grant favor to me in court, and deal in my brother and his wife’s lives.

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  391. Kathy

    Your testimony encouraged me so much, My 19 yr. old daughter is addicted to drugs , wrecked her car driving under the influence. Got fired from her job, is living in a house with friends who are doing the same . I believe God has a great plan for her life . She has been brought up in the church. She knows the Word, please pray for her deliverance, and a new heart that Love’s God more than anything else.

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  392. Beth

    This devotion today is great! Please pray for my ex boyfriend. After dating for over a year and headed towards marriage, fears from his terrible divorce have crept back in. He has walked away and in counseling. Please pray that God will heal his heart and that if its Gods will we will come back together. Please pray that I can heal. Its so hard to watch someone you love hurt, to see them broken. Pray for our children as we had become such a wonderful little family.

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  393. Dee

    I need prayer for every aspect of my life. Spiritually, Mentally and Emotionally, I am very weary in all areas. I am 53 years old and everything seems to be headed in the wrong direction. Don’t know what to do. Praying has become difficult. I’m very unsure of myself and my faith.

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  394. Melissa

    Please pray for my husband to find a job. He lost his job recently and is very discouraged. Although things may be scary at times, we are using this time to focus on what God wants for us. We will be trying to sell our dream house and find another place to live. We have 3 boys and two dogs and we want to be able to stay together. Thank you so much for offering to pray for us! Prayer changes things!

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  395. Dianne

    Please pray for custody and divorce court dates coming up. My daughter was in an abusive relationship and she finally left with her 2yr old daughter and came home to stay with me. Now we are in court over custody etc… The judge seemed to listen at first and gave supervised visitation to the dad with counseling to complete, he has showed no sign of any changes and now the judge seems to be ready to allow him whatever he wants. Supervision has been lifted and he has been granted more time. We don’t want to keep a child away for her dad, just concerned for the child’s safety! The dad is not following the new custody schedule and that leaves us covering for him, saying daddy must be at work, when he doesn’t show up to pick her up on appointed times. We are very happy to keep her home, but she gets upset when he does not show. We just pray for “dad” to find The Lord and cherish the children he has and we pray for strength and guidance for us to get through this and to be the example to our precious 2yr old that God wants us to be. We are not perfect by any means so we seek guidance through this as well!
    Thank you!

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  396. Hilda

    I am feeling better today as God has ministered to me and I trust that He will continue to do so. But I am not naive, I know I need prayer continually. I ask you and your staff to join me as I battle against satans lies that my/our Christian parenting is futile. That in the end it really doesn’t matter how we parent because kids will walk away from everything we have done to guide them, love them, and protect them. Leaving behind all they know to be God’s truths/Love and follow their flesh.

    Our 22 yr old daughter (strong Christian, with a passion for Missions, passion to lead others in praise and worship – sings and plays anything she wants to) has decided she wants to pursue a same sex relationship. She told us about a month ago and we don’t really know how long she has been practicing this lifestyle. She lives 5 hrs away and on her own. This was a complete shock to us and to all that know her.

    I pray, I send her scripture, we make sure she knows how much we love her and we vowed not to treat her differently because of her choice. But I am overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted and doubting my effectiveness as a parent and much less as a servant leader to our church youth. I don’t know what to pray for anymore and i don’t know what to say to her anymore. so then I stopped trying to send her scripture and talking to her about it and instead pretend like nothing has changed when I talk to her or see her. but I feel like I’m suffocating and it feels wrong to keep silent. I feel myself becoming more and more angry and feeling resentment towards her.

    Did I mention I am a complete mess as a person AND I still have a 15 yr old daughter that needs me and my attention! I feel so drained that I have nothing left for her not to mention my husband.

    My prayers:

    that God show Emily, in the deepest most tangible way how very much He loves her and that she would remember how very much she loves Him and desires to be in His will.

    That God continually remind me He is still in control and that He has NOT left Emily to herself. That God give me strength, focus and desire to complete/accomplish daily necessary tasks as a mom and wife. That He NOT allow me to continue to be consumed by this pain, fear and worry for Emily. That He make me the mom He needs me to be to Sarah and the wife he created me to be for Steve.

    Thank you for your devotional today – it was exactly what I needed to hear. God used you today to minister to me.

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  397. Courtney

    Please pray for our house to sell. My husband is in the Air Force and has already had to move to his new base. The kids and I are staying at our house waiting for it to sell. It’s a very nice house in a good and neighborhood across from the elementary school. It’s been on the market since early August. We’ve had an offer then the couple decided to divorce. We are praying that God will send the family that He wants here. In the mean time I had to quit my job in preparation for moving and my husband is living in our camper. It is cheaper than a hotel, but it is an additional expense. I keep praying everyday multiple times a day. It’s a difficult situation. Thank you.

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  398. Terry

    Please help me pray for this request and thanks in advance for praying.
    Our house needs to sell asap

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  399. Tammy Ma

    Please Pray for me. I know God hears prayers. I pray daily. I pray for God to lift this girl from feeling so alone and unloved. I know in my head he loves me, I know in my heart he loves me. I know it’s Satan that makes me feel so unworthy and unloved and I pray for God to take this feeling away and let his love feel me. I have felt this way so long but it has gotten so bad since my husband left 2 years ago. He wasn’t a Christian and I struggled through a divorce I didn’t believe in, but I was yoked wrong and knew it. But after almost 20 years it was hard. I’ve tried to be involved more in the church, but I’m hurting so inside, so please pray for me.

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  400. Tonya

    Please pray for my brother’s salvation.

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  401. Nancy

    I recently quit my job due to harassment and bullying by management. This is the first time I’ve been home during the day in 25 years. The loss of career saddens me, however, I know God has a plan for my life. I need to work and am looking for work and trusting that God will provide for us. Proverbs 31 website and devotions is such a blessing to me.

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  402. JJ

    Please pray for my husband to accept that God is the snswer to his problem. Also pray that he gives up his sinful actions that are destroying our marriage. Also pray for me to continue seekung God for help.

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  403. Linda

    Thank you so much for this encouraging devotion.Please pray for my 24 year old granddaughter to give her life completely over to God.

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  404. Tess Mangahas

    Dear Lysa,
    Your message today truly encouraged me, touched my heart and gave me hope about my daughter. Please pray for my daughter Dominique for her love for Jesus to come back to her. She was a good Christian girl until she went to college. After graduation, all her Christian ideologies were changed and became a big liberal supporter. I pray for her that her heart will start burning with desire to serve our Lord Jesus Christ once again. Your message spoke to me that I should keep on praying and believing that God will answer my prayer in his perfect time and will. I pray that God will transform her heart and bring her back to his fold. I pray for a spiritual mentor and Godly friends for her. May God do the same to my daughter as what he did to yours. May she experience the joy of having Jesus Christ in her heart once again. Thank you for your blog. Thank you for continuing to expand God’s kingdom through your ministries. God bless you.

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  405. Joyce

    Please pray for my family, I have 3 children all in their 20’s, 2 are in college the oldest is working now but doesn’t seem to be able to keep a job. He has stolen things from our house and sold them, most of which is his youngest brother’s things who is away at college. He doesn’t seem to show any regret for this and the relationship between them just doesn’t exist right now. My pray is that he finds Jesus again and tries to make amends towards his brother. My daughter is going to graduate in December from college and is not sure about a job I pray God gives her a clear vision on what she is to do next. Also pray for our family finances because it is a consent struggle between my husband and me and I am praying God show me so answers. Thank you.

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  406. Leslie M

    I would covet prayers for healing for my son A who has been struggling with digestive issues and stomach inflammation for almost 6 months now. Friday he is to have one last test before having to have surgery to correct the issue. Even his doctor said “sometimes these things just go away for no reason”. We are PRAYING that God will heal him now. (We’ve been praying this for the entire 6 months….). I would LOVE to be able to say GOD DID THIS to my unbelieving parents and the doctors and everyone else.
    Please pray too for A as he is so frustrated and yet still trying to live for God and keep up with his college classes.

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  407. JJ

    Please pray for my husband to accept that God is the answer to his problem. Also pray that he gives up his sinful actions that are destroying our marriage. Also pray for me to continue seekung God for help.

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  408. Kimberly

    Lysa, With all of these prayer request I almost don’t want to leave mine. But I feel as I should. I will try and keep it short. Married almost 29 years, 5 children, oldest girl 28 youngest girl 16 with 3 in the middle. Husband was raised RLDS his father indoctrinated him with their religion and belief in Joseph Smith, I was saved when I was 27 8 years after we were married. My prayer is that God changes Jeffs heart , he is not sure if he is saved. My children are all over the board when it comes to Christ. The two oldest are in total rebellion ( Jaimie and JJ) the middle one (Katy) she is living in sin with her boyfriend and is longing for direction in her life she has no problem coming to church with me from time to time and was saved at a summer camp when she was a teen. Jason and Stephanie the two youngest are also saved and are really good kids, Jason gave into peer pressure and started using chewing tobacco, and is getting ready to start welding school and Stephanie is a Junior in High School who really likes our preachers son and he likes her too. I have 3 grandchildren whom their mom ( Jaimie) moved them to Lousiana . I am a faithful servant in my church and community. Marriage is sooooo hard sometimes! I love your posts! Thank you.

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  409. Katrina

    I have been battling this exact thought process. I am praying for The Lord to direct us to the right home. We have been living here and there with loved ones the past year and a half. I have 4 children 7 and under. I am desperate to finally settle and diligently praying, calling/emailing/crsigslisting around and all to no avail. I told my children the Lord will provide the right place at the fitting time. We have to wait on him. And I’m trying to pound that into my brain as well! Some days seem hopeful but some have this hopeles mama dragging myself through. Thank you so much! This ministry is most days the only contact with Christian women. And it is always there to greet me in my inbox first thing in the morning 🙂

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  410. Kate

    Everything is falling down around us. My husband has been unemployed for four years. He does temp warehouse work where possible. and the strain on our marriage is unbearable.
    I work at a very stressful and demanding job that is well over my skill level, hoping every day that my boss doesn’t find out and I lose my job. I’m trying my best to learn as much as I can every day but the strain of trying to hold everything together is wearing me down. I feel as though I am at my breaking point.
    We have four children ranging from 3-15. My teenage daughter struggles with depression and I fear she is suicidal.
    Our house water heater broke down on Saturday. The furnace isn’t coming on and the house is so cold. Our van is about to die, and my car isn’t far behind. So many expenses. We had to sell our home and now we rent a much smaller house, but I don’t know how much longer I will be able to afford to put food on our table or keep a roof over our heads.
    I feel forgotten by God. I am in constant fear. I am desperate for some relief.

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  411. Johanna

    Please pray for my family as we struggle to come up with the finances to complete our international adoption. We feel called to grow our family through adoption, but fear it may never happen.

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  412. Kim Dukes

    Please pray with me and for me. My son, who is in his first year of college went to an event that we asked him not to go to and had a drink (alcohol). This event was only 5 miles from our house and was supported by members of our church. We knew there where going to be drinking and we told him not to go. He said he wouldn’t. We asked him to be home by 12 because he had church the next day. By 2:30 a.m he had not called or come home. When we tried calling his phone was “dead.” I had to call the parent of the other young man that my son was suppose to be with to get in touch with him. Within our short conversation this mother was not as concerned as I was. A message finally got to him and he called. I could tell by the way he was talking to me that he was drunk. He was told he had 5 minutes to get home or his dad would come get him. Me being so upset and not thinking he drove himself home. I cried the rest of the morning and his dad and I had a “Coming to Jesus” meeting with him. I left to go back to college the next day. I was unaware but he and his dad had another heart to heart talk. Before he left he came and held on to me as I cried and told him that I love him and pray that he will always make the right decisions and to read his bible. As he drove out of the yard, tears in my eyes and tears in his I prayed the Lord would protect him and hold him since I could not physically be there to do it. Please pray that I will b a better mother and pray for my children more than I have and help me pray for my sons that they will know that sometimes doing the right thing means standing alone.

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  413. Cheri Perkins

    Please pray for my 20 year old son. Within a month he has lost his job, his girlfriend and 1 week ago his best friend was tragically killed. He is so depressed and my husband and myself just cannot seem to find the wisdom to know what to say or do other than pray. I have been asking God to reveal himself to Daniel through all of this and to cover him with His love and peace. Thank you for coming alongside us with this petition.

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  414. Kathy

    Please pray for my son and me as we will be traveling to an unfamiliar area. I am very anxious about all the various travel arrangements that must come together. Please pray for our safety as we travel, for good health for both of us, and for God’s peace to be in my heart. Thank you for your prayers.

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  415. Brandie

    Please pray that I will be able to continue my education at Biola. I have just returned after a year and a half off, I know that God amazed me by bringing in the funds last semester but , like the Israelites, sometimes my unbelief comes right after the miracle. I love attending school here , I love the community and I love my major. I have all A’s this semester ( can you tell I’m excited to be back?!) please pray for me in this. I know my identity is not in my accomplishments, but in Jesus alone. But my heart yearns to finish.

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  416. Beth

    A year ago, my husband of 18 yrs told me he no longer loved me. He moved out six months ago, and he still cannot decide whether to try to work things out or to end the marriage. He is not a Christian, and he needs Jesus. I have been praying for God’s will to be done regarding our marriage, and that regardless of what happens, my husband will become a Christian. I have been standing for a year, with hopes of reconciliation. Until recently, God has given me the strength to love my husband and hope for reconciliation even through unthinkable rejection. But now this situation is consuming me. After much prayer and fasting, I have decided to put out a fleece like Gideon did, and I have asked God for something specific to happen before November 23. If it does not occur, I am going to continue to pray for my husband’s salvation, but will no longer let the reconciliation of this marriage be the most important thing in my life. And I will concentrate my efforts on serving the Lord and finding His purpose for my life. I thank God that this situation has brought me closer to him. Thank you for your prayers, and for your ministry.

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  417. Julie Newell

    Please pray for a co-worker of ours. His name is Tim Caudill and he just found out he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He is a Christian but is very upset and needs peace.

    Thank you,

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  418. Beverly

    I’ve got three major decisions to make quickly. Please pray that God will give me wisdom and guide me on the path He’s chosen for me.

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  419. valdez hay

    please pray for with my drinking problem ..

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  420. Joy

    I love reading your devotionals because you’re so honest and vulnerable. I think that’s why people feel safe shsring prayer requests with you and your ministry. My ongoing prayer is for healing of my carpal tunnel, wisdom and direction as I build my travel company which helps women find travel partners, funding from the right investors who will provide mentoring and guidance, a new place to live that I can have peace living in and flourish in by this weekend that I can afford, and that I will trust God for my love life and husband to be.:) I’m going to be praying for the women who have posted before me because reading your stories helped put my life in perspective. God bless and keep the faith. God is a God of compassion who loves us beyond measure and will take care of us if we turn to him.

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  421. Allison

    I ask that you lift me and my husband up in prayer. It has almost been 3 months since he kicked me out of the house (we were living in a garage appartment behind his parents home) and was caught going to the beach with a girl from our gym a week after…he is not trying to work out our marriage whatsoever. I’m confused, I’m broken, I’m devestated. My life has been completely turned upside down with no warning at all and so many things have been taken out from underneath me (relationships) and i have no control over any of it. I am realizing through this that God is sovereign and He already knows where my life is headed and I have to trust in Him at all. I ask that God’s will be done in my life but i of course am always praying for my husband to come back to the Lord and to choose what is right. Asking for peace and comfort especially through these first holidays not being with my husband and his family…thank you so much in advance.

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  422. Sasha

    Please pray for my marriage to be restored. I see the Lord doing things in the far country and its such a blessing. Lord wrap your love around my children and myself and let me keep walking the narrow road to honor you. Lord please I am asking for Luke to be lead to your cross and come to know you as his savior. Lord please open Luke’s eyes to your truths. Replace Luke’s heart of stone with a heart of flesh. Lord please restore my marriage in your way and your timing. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen

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  423. Christal Opry

    Please pray for my daughter Nikki who is having some struggles in college.She tells me that she knows she has a calling to be a doctor. She needs 2 B’s ti be able to transfer to a different college. Please pray that she passes her finals and gets the grades she needs. Also that she will truly listen to Gods will. Also my 14 yo son Cody who has entered a difficult age. Please pray that he will continue to love the Lord and not get lost. My sweet friends child Bailey who is 11 needs a miracle to beat the cancer she has. Her mama is desperately praying for a miracle. Thank you ans God bless

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  424. Shannon

    For months, I have wrestled with a specific unanswered prayer. I have a friend who had trouble conceiving for years. After much prayer (and I am certain I was not the only one praying with and for my friend and her family), finally, she conceived last year and was due last month. Our faith manifested a baby girl, born four months early, but she only lived one day. Somehow, I felt responsible … “Did I not hear God on this one? Did I not pray enough or pray the right prayer?”

    This situation rocked my confidence a bit because I was certain all the encouraging scriptures and prayers I felt the Holy Spirit leading me to minister to her were exactly that – His inspiration – and I questioned, “Why would you tell me to say that if it was not going to manifest?” What I realized was He did answer … This baby birthed intercessors and became the faith catalyst for her parents to develop their relationship with God and each other in a new and unusual way.

    I have only seen and spoke with my friend twice since the passing of her baby girl. I want badly to express to her what I am feeling, but I do not want to open up any wounds. I see through her Facebook posts that she is moving forward and healing, and I am satisfied knowing this. After all, our relationship was established through prayer, and I accept that my assignment to her may be over. In my heart, I wanted the end result of our faith applied

    My prayer to God is that I continue to trust His heart and His voice … trust Him enough to continue to encourage others; to do what He says even when the conditions don’t seem favorable, and to trust Him with the outcome.

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  425. Debbie

    Please pray for God to reveal what is next. For me to have the patience to wait. To heal the hurt and not act upon that. To feel his love and carry me to the next steps.

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  426. Joyce

    Please pray for my daughter Christie she live’s a life style of sin, it is even hard to write of what that sin it is. Please pray that she would see the truth and the lie of it! And also my other daughter’s Mary and Melinda for salvation! Thank you so much for praying i have been praying for years for Christie!! Joyce

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  427. Lorie

    Bless you for this corporate forum to pray & be prayed for… My husband & I have driven our son, Dustin, 8 hours to another city for corrective surgery on his eyes. Dustin was born with a condition that even the top specialists cannot quite put their finger on. The surgery this morning will be fairly quick, compared to the 8+ hour surgery he had last year to put rods/pins/screws in his back to help correct sever scoliosis.
    We are all believers & trust in Christ…but of course the enemy is trying to bring fear and doubt, especially to our son. We will continue to pray for him for peace, calm and that the surgeon’s hands would be Divinely guided…and of course for healing.
    We appreciate your prayers with us that Dustin will feel the Lord’s presence & come through this beautifully, with no complications. Thank you…

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  428. Kay

    My marrige is falling a part for a long time. I’m so tired to pray about and didn’t see any change. My 21 anniversary is this month (November 20) and I don’t have nothing to celebrate. I can remember the last time my husband told that he loves me, because it was years and years ago. I have two teenager kids and they suffer with me. My daughter have very serious anxiety problems and my son is so aggressive sometimes. I’ had done health problems and I lost my job in February and with financial struggles our relationship get worst.

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  429. debbie

    Please pray with me for my son, Micheal to be saved, to completely fall in love with Jesus. He is so unhappy, and I dont like to see him this way, I believe God for his salvation and transformation!

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  430. Patty L

    I am going to an eye apt today for some vision problems that have recently occurred. Please be in agreement with me for God’s healing and the clearing of my eyesight and also for the anxiety that I have about this appt. Thank you and God Bless!

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  431. Vicki McNett

    Thank You, first to God, & then to you for writing what I needed to hear today. He is SO faithful, & does hear the cries of a Mother’s heart. I am anxious & mad at some of the choices & decisions our daughter is making right now & I know all I have us prayer, as she is an Adult. But my emotions, fear, & anxiety has been coming out in my heart & to my husband. Because I think if He would just do & say what I expect Him too, with her, she would get it. It has been hard to pray, but your devotion today has spoke volumes to my heart. God is good, ALL the time! God Bless our “Sisters” in Christ”, even if we haven’t met, but we will someday! In Heaven, around the Throne!!

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  432. Gillian

    I pray, believed, and trusted God for the fruit of the Womb…..for 3 years! He answered me, and i fall pregnant in July! You could imagine my Joy! But my joy was cut short as i Miscarry at 17 weeks +!!!. I’m sooo confused, and surprised,… I didn’t see it coming. I thought he has remembered and answered me! I haven’t been able to talk to God as i should…. I don’t knw what to do.
    Please pray for me!

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  433. Adrian

    Please pray for my husband and I. We have been trying to start a family now for 3 years. We started the adoption process earlier this year, this past weekend we were matched with a new born, we had him for 20 hours, and the birth mother took him back. I’m beyond hurt and devestated and depressed. We want a baby so badly it physically hurts me every second of every day 🙁

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  434. jodi

    Please pray for a total heart transformation for my 10 year old daughter Gabrielle. I also need help guiding her and praying more. Thank you so much.

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  435. Rhonda Thomas

    Please help me pray for my daughter, a Single mother of 3. She lives Jesus so much, and is really struggling right now. She has a sin with Autism and had to quit her job to homeschool her son, cause he was doing so badly in p school. Well, and has no source of income and has been living by faith. She has no good, grounded, true Christian friends that won’t to live a radical Christian life as she does, and she gets discouraged. Her son recently had to be put on meds, which she has always been against. She has no money, no friends, and is home with her children, always. It’s hard to go to functions, Bible studies, anything because of her son with Autism. I know God is going to see her through this. It’s just serms really dark for her, and overwhelming right now. She doesn’t even know how to pay Novembersrent of $750 a month. I just don’t have it to help her either, as I am currently unemployed myself. I just want prayer for her faith to be so stregthened, that she is resting peacefully embassy God will provide her every need! She has adked for help and prayer from the church where she is a member, no response. I also emailed them as they have a benevolent ministry. No response not even, we will pray with you. That hurts when you are already down, that seemingly your own church family doesn’t care what you’re going through. So, these ate my requests. I love your devotional and ministry! I want to purchase the Bullets to Blessings nevklace for her, when I can afford it. Good bless you in your ministry! I so appreciate you! In Christ’s amazing love, Rhonda Thomas

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  436. Patrick Pope

    Please pray for my son, Arthur, who has decided he no longer believes in God. Thank you and may God bless.

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  437. Sabrina

    I have been struggling with spiritual warfare for a couple years now… After following the Lord for years, doubt crept in and I unfortunately gave into it for a time. But my heart wants Jesus fully and that intimacy with Him again. Every day it is a struggle between the thought Satan puts in my head and telling God My heart is for him regardless, even when I given to the thoughts. I choose to trust that God forgives and that he grants second chances over and over, and he works things out in his timing, but I am praying for a miracle that he takes away this warfare.

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  438. K

    Our daughter moved out of our home a few months back. It was not a good situation and involved another family who thought it would be in her best interest to offer her a place to live without speaking to us and hearing “our side” of the story. She left without saying goodbye. We go to church where we see this family along with her. We’ve gone through a lot with our daughter and through it all she came to know Jesus which I am thankful for. I wish I could say that I handled every situation with dignity and composure but I didn’t and now I carry this huge guilt with me that if I would of handled it differently maybe she would still be here. Our home is more peaceful and our other children have welcomed that peace as well as my husband and I have in our marriage. I have been blessed with wonderful godly women that have come alongside of me and guided and encouraged me through this. Many have said that God brought us peace and I should be thankful. I am thankful and I am also thankful that even though this hurt so deeply that she does has that other family and is safe. We randomly hear from her and as far as our relationship with her, there really isn’t one. I am not sure how the holidays are going to go. I’ve signed up for the next online bible study about prayer and am hoping that through this I can release the guilt I feel about this situation and rest in the fact that I am a good mom. One that will make mistakes but that my answered prayers and outcomes in life are not based on my performance. That I can really know that God is “ok” with me.

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  439. pam

    Please pray for problems with my neighbors to be resolved and for positive results from job applications. Thanks!

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  440. leigh

    Please pray for my adult sons to follow Jesus. Also for good Christian wives for the younger two.

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  441. Jackie Green

    Please pray for my son he has strayed so far from God and has become so bitter because of things that happen he’s only 22 and used to be a church every Sunday going to events praying in front of others he is compassionate and loving our house caught on fire and burned down he was caught in the house but he got out unharmed he’s become so bitter and hateful he doesn’t care how he looks he got a job two months ago that he really liked and I start to see improvement he scared to talk to me again and then last week something happen at work through lies of someone else and he’s going back to the same negative angry person he wants I had prayed that if you get this job that God would let him succeed not fail and go back to how he was before the fire but now everything is on backwards and I feel like I was abandoning me in my prayers after I saw the post that we put on a realized I’m not alone I had to come to the point I just didn’t care and I was going to exit this email and not read it anyhow expect to hear thank you

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  442. Jessica

    Please pray for my mother who is battling liver cancer , she has done chemo, chemo pill, radiation, and studies. The Dr gave offered her chemo again with a 20 percent chance of it working she didn’t take it. Dr only gave her 6 months . But I believe and have faith in God. It’s not what the Dr’s say I know it isn’t. Please pray for her she is not only my mother she is my best friend. We have a very close bond .

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  443. June Martin

    I read the devotional and can identify with it. I have been having challenges with my daughter since she was 11 years old because of a broken marriage. Eleven years later she is still struggling as an adult. I have been praying for her salvation and it’s like nothing happening, cant even get her to go to church. This encourages me not to give up. Thank God.

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  444. Mary

    My youngest daughter Rachel has chosen Buddhism over Jesus and has for over 6 years. She had salvation experience when young and believer’s baptism at age 8. She is going on a Buddhist retreat over Thanksgiving weekend in Houston. Please pray as led for her. Also believing daughter Lydia is married to an uneliever Michael, please pray as led for him too. thank you, I can’t express what joy and peace sharing this with others gives me.

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  445. Shannon

    Please pray for swift vindication for my husband, restoration of our family and my kids hearts come back to Jesus. Thank you!

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  446. Bronnie

    I have cried and cried reading your beautiful article. I know God led me to your story to minister to me. I was just grieving over my daughter’s 1 year anniversary pics of her and her bf posted on Facebook. He is not a man who has a heart for God and his mother is into witchcraft. My daughter has become more aggressive with me when I have tried to speak with her about matters of faith. She became involved with him while I was living interstate and I felt God called me back, to minister to her and be a covering. She lives with her father, who gave up on her when she was 15. No discipline, love or protection. I had no idea what was going on. She is now in a sexual relationship and I’m heartbroken that she has settled for this guy. So much potential and so beautiful, but she has sold herself short. Please pray for my Amy – one of God’s precious handmaidens gone astray. Bless you and thank you. xox

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  447. Marie

    For 7 years I have prayed for the freedom of one person innocent yet in prison for a crime they did not commit. Through all the courts and yet the 9th circuit, the last court, refused to even hear the case. They up held the lower courts latches (time bars) which were attached because the federal district court took more than the allotted year to make their decision. There is no money for an attorney. Now what. YES, keep praying. At the moment I am sick to my stomach.

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  448. May Van De Wark

    I am praying for five of my Grandchildren to fall in love with Jesus, and live their lives to glorify Him.

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  449. Lowwis

    Thank you God that you are faithful to do what You have promised. Thank you for the salvation of Nicki’s husband. Thank you for her renewed hoe in You. You are good. In Jesus name. Amen

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  450. Candice Fleming

    Prayers for restoration of my marriage. We are both believers and love the Lord. Work for Teen Challenge and forgot about us. Please just help me lift this marriage up. Thank you

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  451. Marcia Drake

    Please help me in praying for my wayward daughter. I want God to be real for her and for her to have His peace and joy in her life. Thank you!

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  452. Nita

    Please help me pray for my dear friend. He needs to turn his eyes on Jesus and to open his heart to Jesus.

    Thank you Lisa for reminding me of the many years of praying on my knees and crying out prayers in my car for my son. He is now an amazing follower of Jesus. He has traveled outside of the U.S. twice as a missionary and is now a part time missionary in the community where he graduated college. Please join me in praying for my dear, dear friend who needs to turn his life over to the Lord.
    Thank you in Jesus’s name,
    Nita
    Amen

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  453. Renee

    I’m a stay at home mother of 2 wonderful blessings. However, right now I’m questioning myself in my parenting. I have an energetic 4 and a half year old boy who seems to know every button to push and I’m feeling a little defeated. My almost 1 and a half little girl is as sweet as can be but very clingy right now, which I know will pass, but it’s just mentally daunting. Prayers would be appreciated as I journey through the stages with young children!!

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  454. suzanne

    Please pray for my husband who has chronic headache’s a wonderful man and I try to support him. It is very difficult when he is in pain so much and I can’t seem to do anything to help. I am a physical therapist and I work with people that have headaches but I just don’t always have the energy to do the same for my husband. Things that I suggested or do give only short-term relief.

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  455. Cindy

    Thank you for your ministry. It lifts me up daily.
    I need prayers– We are currently paying two mortgages on one salary. Please pray for our second house to sell soon. We have depleted our savings and are now adding debt just to keep paying that second mortgage. I could use prayers for our daughter who is struggling with bullying and peer pressure. She is a sweet gentle child and takes each and every slight personally. Please pray that she knows God’s opinion of her and his love for her is all that matters. Please pray for me. I am struggling with a few matters. God has protected me in so many ways over the years; He hasn’t failed me yet. Thank you!

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  456. Tabatha

    prayer for my insecurities as my heart grows bigger for God, pray that I don’t lose my footing in my faith this time around. prayer for my boyfriend a gift from God, that he becomes the man he is capable of being for himself and myself. He is still struggling with understanding life and why things work the way they do and his past addictions. I pray that he sees life for more than what it is and finds strength in his roots and seeks God out in his times of weakness and that I am able to help him. I pray that even though the daily battles may grow harder to fight, we still find our faith in the Lord in every way possible. I want to want him, need him in every way, and I want to see my boyfriend do the same.

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  457. Cameron

    I could really use prayers for my marriage. I am married to a wonderful husband, who is beyond patient with many things. We are really struggling in one area, which appears to come very easily to most people. It is hard for us to deal with this, especially when conversations come up among friends. It seems like it is in our face everywhere we turn, but we are just not able to get there ourselves. We have been struggling with this for over two years, and to no avail. It seems like God is very silent in this area for us, and we are not sure what to do next. It is becoming very draining and we have sometimes struggled with God’s response to us in this matter (or seemingly lack-there-of). I know God has a plan, and ultimately I do trust in him, but we are having a very hard time right now feeling like he is silent.

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  458. Jacqueline Sanson

    Please pray for my youngest son, he is in jail, I don’t know what else to say…I don’t even know how to pray about this..I sob..he was arrested the morning of his wedding, 4 hours before he was to marry his high school sweetheart..on possession of heroin charges..he has been using heroin since May…we didn’t know..we (his family) all live in another state..we didn’t know. I have thanked God for saving his life, because I am sure if the wedding had gone through, my son would have died by now, so, I thank God every day that my son is kept alive, but praying for what comes next, his addiction, I don’t know how to pray because I don’t know what does come next. I want my baby home with me, but I also know that I can’t make him well, only God can do that. I just want my baby home. Please keep him in your prayers..please. His name is Kevin.

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  459. GSN

    Please join me in prayer to find my purpose and new career. I sold a business a year ago and have been unable to find a new career/purpose. I don’t know what is in my heart other than confusion. In addition I just lost my beloved pet of 15 years and 7 months. I feel like taking care of him over the last year was my purpose and now I feel lost. Thank you for your prayers.

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  460. Vee

    Hello Mrs Lysa, I’ve been reading your books for awhile now but this post has struck me at a time where I need it. Ive been on a walker for seven years and I have one daughter, I’m a single mom and I’ve been asking GOD for help with my daughter being bullied almost all seven years she is 15teen now an it’s like the school officials want help with the bullying. .I ask that you pray my daughter can find that comfort from JESUS I don’t want her to lose all hope in JESUS it breaks my heart to see the pain in my child bless in JESUS name

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  461. debbie

    Prayers please for daughter Karyna who has been in and out of abusive relationship for almost 2 yrs. When she became pregnant in Feb., God told me very clearly that He gave her this baby to save her and I have held on to His promises. 3 weeks ago she gave birth to Zion Jeremai after an emergency C-section followed by complications. I was hoping that she would turn her life back around, but is already making poor choices again. I feel so disappointed, but know I need to carry on like never before in my prayers on her and Zion’s behalf. It is hard with an unbelieving husband and more unbelievers than Christ followers in my life. Thank you!

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  462. cheryl

    I have two long tern issues I have been praying about. The first one is the same situation Lisa was in with her daughter. I have prayed for my son who is now a freshman in college to pursue a close walk with Jesus and not just “say” he is a Christian. Instead of seeing him move closer to this I see him moving further away. I pray for this every day but it is disheartening. My other prayer has been 10 long years. It is for my younger son with Autism. Ten years ago God spoke clearly to me and told me he would heal him if I did what He told me to do. I have tried to do that and have prayed over him and prayed before new things we have tried. Though my son is much better, he hasn’t lost his diagnosis. I know I heard God correctly and I have never stopped praying for my son but it too is disheartening. I covet prayers for us. Thank you

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  463. Kim Duvall

    I am praying for my marriage, my children and our finances. I could sure use some Sisters in Christ to come alongside of me and pray with me thru these things.

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  464. Nicki

    Please pray for my church and our future pastor. 2 1/2 years ago one of our two pastors and his wife were tragically killed in a car accident. I am now on the search committee looking for his replacement. We formed our committee 1 1/2 years ago and thought we had the perfect person lined up last winter/spring, but it fell through and he decided to not come to our church after we had gone through a lengthy process and introduced him to our church and had a very affirmative vote. We are in the process of looking again and are praying for:
    guidance
    God’s timing – which has been a lesson for us all on the committee 🙂
    The perfect pastor to be placed in our church, and for that person to realize it too 🙂

    I read your devotion today and thought – why not have more people praying for us too? Thanks!!!!

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  465. Glenda

    I am praying for my daughter. She is young and a single mother of 2 beautiful, health children. Her heart is not on the things it should be. I have been praying for her to finish college and be able to support her children on her own, but her thoughts are on a good time and having a man (not always a good one) with her. It’s like she doesn’t want to be by herself, when she truly only needs the Lord. If she would seek him I know he would send the right man for her, but she is too busy trying to find one on her own. My family and I have bent over backwards for her and it’s becoming a strain on us all. Please pray that she turns her life around and lives for God instead of chasing the things of this world.

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  466. Mona

    I am so grateful to have gotten this! It couldn’t have come at a better time. My request seems a bit ridiculous compared to the rest of these, but I’m really struggling with frustration, doubt, worrying if my prayers are heard or matter, blah blah blah…
    Onward>>God has given me the most wonderful, loving, godly, and drop-dead gorgeous man I could ever dream of, and I am forever grateful. Perhaps they’ve both spoiled me in the past year, but things seem to be cooling off lately and I can’t figure out why or fix it. I want to marry him more than anything in the world and we try so hard to do it right – the waiting is Sooo difficult…I often remind God that HE says that it’s better to marry than to burn with passion…and I certainly can’t marry myself.
    Neither of us doubt that He brought us together – could not be anyone’s doing but His. But I’m not sure what he’s trying to teach me. And I don’t want to screw anything up. If anyone is willing I’d appreciate some prayer very, very much. Again, this post of Lysa’s was exactly what I needed today and I think an answer that I asked God for – to hear from Him so I’d know it.
    Thank you, Lysa! And God!

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  467. Holly Graff

    Lysa,

    I am struggling with so much, I don’t know where to start. My ex-husband, who moved back to Georgia from Florida to help me when I got diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, has now developed Lung Cancer with Metastasis basically everywhere, and I am preparing to bring hospice in. My prayer to God our Father, is that He doesn’t let Larry suffer any more than necessary, and that it goes quickly for him. Being a Nurse, I am aware of what we face. Evidently (though I might rail against it), I am beginning to understand that God has deemed this as my “job” in this life, to care for those who are passing into Christ’s arms. I have been doing this since I was 16 years old.

    I also have my 31 year old daughter and her 2 year old son living with me, who is in counseling, psychiatry, and is co-dependent and has low self-esteem, coupled with depression and suicidal thoughts. She had been on drugs and alcohol when she got pregnant, so I brought her home for her and the baby’s sake. She is clean, but has severe emotional and depressive/suicidal issues. God blessed her with a beautiful healthy boy 2 1/2 years ago, and I had hoped that would have given her more of a reason to try for a better life. She does not know Christ Jesus (though I try, without getting in God’s way), and sees her son as a burden, rather than a blessing.

    Most days I am at a loss of what to pray for. Mercy always for my ex, strength, and the knowledge for my daughter that she is a child of God and therefore beautiful and forgiven. I didn’t come to Christ until late in life, so I never gave my children a knowledge of God. This is something I struggle with daily. It is because of one of my daughters and her childrens prayers, that I got saved. Something I am grateful for everyday. Please pray for us, and mostly for my ex and my other 3 children who don’t know God.
    Thank you.

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  468. Vicky

    Please pray for our son in college who has lost his way and is using illegal substances. I feel as though my prayers do not matter so it is hard to come to God over and over with this. My extended family is also having a rough patch and I would ask for prayers to heal hearts. Thanks for praying.

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  469. Ginny Brown

    I have a 14 year old daughter that is extremely overweight. No matter what I do I can not seem to find a way to help her. I stop buying snacks but she finds a way to get them. I limit her intake, she waits until i go to bed and hides food in her room. I cook healthy food she refuses to eat and again waits until i go to bed to eat. She now uses the weight issue to make fun of herself. I am struggling to help her and at my wits end about what to do. I really need advice, direction and prayers of Godly women. Her father’s family is obese and have numerous health problems due to the obesity. I do not want to see her continue down that path but I dont know how to help.

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  470. Carolyn R

    Thank you, Lysa and team, for praying for all of us. There’s always so much to pray for, but the one prayer which remains unanswered is that Jesus’s light will shine on my muslim father and he would accept Jesus as Lord and love Him for all eternity.

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    • Cheryl

      I am also praying for a precious friend who is a muslim. I pray for the holy spirit to touch him and reveal himself. For healing for his mind and heart. That he will come to know Jesus and his Lord and Savior. To be blessed by the love, hope and forgiveness of Jesus.

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  471. Rosanne

    Please pray for our family. My son went away to college and presently away from Jesus as a result. He is struggling with addiction issues, and severe depression. He was 6 weeks from graduating college and never finished. Pray for he to overcome his addiction, depression, and more importantly, finding his way back to Jesus. And pray for my daughter who struggles with an emotional disability. She is a follower of Jesus but she struggles with life in general and finds it difficult being here. She is distraught knowing that as she gets older her emotional illness progresses. We, as a family, are constantly struggling.

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  472. Janice

    Please help me pray for my adult son who went through a divorce and depression and will not go back to church now. I pray that he will fall in love with Jesus!!

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  473. Kiera Tobin

    I’ve been praying for peace within myself. To be able to set a good example to those around me (whether they are family, friends, staff or strangers). I’m just learning who I am as a godly woman and could use all the support I can get. I pray for wisdom to know what to do when tough times arise (like being a support system for a dear friend who lost her mom yesterday), I pray to have the words that can heal a broken heart or to know when silence is needed (for self or others), I pray to place my trust in the Lord, for I know his way is the fruitful way.
    Today my heart is heavy, for my friend and her mother passing, for another friend and his mentor passing as well. My heart has been weighted down with hurt from my past and I want to forgive, and move forward, but I find myself unable to forgive myself. I pray that the Lord be with me in every step today and everyday, that I may feel his presence and feel lifted up by him.

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  474. Nad Ladue

    For my 24 yr. old son who stopped going to church. He is not bad at all, just usual work, school and hanging out with friends. From the tiime he was born I brought him to church but he hasn’t been in church for a long time except on Mother’s Day when I asked him. Thank you & I know the Lord will finish the work he has started in him. I just need more grace in my waiting. God bless you all.

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  475. Anonymous

    Please pray for me to have perseverance through trials. Facing many from all sides. Some days I just want to give up and run from God but I know in my heart He wants me to run to Him. Still it’s hard not to feel alone and like He can’t possibly hear my cry for help. I feel crushed. Please pray for me.

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  476. Liz

    I am praying for courage to pray my boyfriend through a tough time in his life right now. I pray that God will me the words to pray over his life. I have been praying that God will draw him closer to Him, and I do believe this God’s avenue to do just that. I pray he will open his eyes, to see God, his ears, to hear God, his mind to understand God, and his heart to receive God and all He has for him. Please pray with me and for our developments in Christ.

    Thank you

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  477. Mary Evelyn

    Prayers that our suffering will be redeemed!
    My husband is going through an aggressive outpatient rehab for alcohol addiction/dependence. I pray for a complete healing and my husband to fall more in love with Jesus and depend on Him, that there will be a spiritual awakening in his heart. Praying for our boys that they will grow strong in the grace of Christ Jesus.

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  478. Birdie

    I am praying for the salvation of a dearly loved one, and I am unsure if I need to let go of the relationship or fight for it.

    My heart is heavy, my eyes overflow with tears, and my mind is a constant battlefield that I am trying to capture in the name of our Saviour.

    Above all, I want to honor Him, but I am also desperate for answers and relief.

    Thank you for this ministry of prayer.

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  479. TeNiqka Hairston

    I am in need of prayer for my father who is battling depression for the loss of my brother 6 years ago. He loves Christ, but he battles the fact that he could have and should have done more as a father. Also, my ex-boyfriend, who turned out to be someone I don’t know. I prayed with him often and discussed God’s love for us and believed we would get married but he was leading a double life. It is my prayer that he drawer near to God and turn from his wicked ways. Lastly, although I don’t want to ask it, because it is something that I find embarrassing, it is a very strong desire to be married and have a least one more child. I have raised my daughter on my own but with the help of my family, as a single/teenage parent it’s been hard to provide for her and myself, but God has been so good to us, I graduated from OSU with my bachelors and she will be graduating from OSU’s Business School in December. The Lord has provided in so many ways a great job at the University, food and shelter, but my life has been a struggle. I’ve not dated alot due to my circumstances and when I decided to give it a go, well I explained it earlier. My parents have been married for 42 years and what a blessing, i know there are ups and downs and its not all roses, but for 20 years I’ve been mostly by myself and at this point I sometimes get weary. I ask God for peace and contentment to not focus on these things but then the enemy crouches at the door and says to me, ‘if those are your desires, and you are His princess, why are you alone?” I know it’s his way to make me lose fellowship with our Father but i’m not certain what i’m missing or what i need to do to get past it. I continue to make an altar for God wherever I am to hear His voice but this is my truth.
    I thank you for your prayers and a place for expression!
    Peace Be With You!

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  480. Kristen

    Please pray for my marriage and that my husband David, will grow a love for Jesus that he hasn’t ever experienced before! And also for my 13 yo Dion, that his heart would fall in love Jesus, and that he would glorify God! Both of them know God but they don’t KNOW The God!

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  481. Arlene

    I went through an experience this past weekend that so made Lysa’s experience more real to me. There was a neighbor conformation that for me did not end well. I was compromised, my testimony was affected, all because someone meant to do harm to my son. The 3 ways will become a mantra for me.
    It’s been hard but I know God has been with me – my son is a grown man, shaky in his faith. For many years I did not know what would happen, my walk was weak, my challenges were real and I ran as far as I could from religion and God. I’ve been walking as a true believer, Christ follower for the past 15 years and optimistically working to be an example to my grown son, when that was not the case while he was growing up. He’s been living with me the past 4 years after many falls, and failures of his own and now trying to restore his life. So I think I have another chance to be the mom I should have been when he was growing up and young. Maybe this is a do over. God has been so faithful to me and I have experienced his protection, his grace and most of all his forgiveness. However my son is caught up in both the world and his newly found faith. He is still very bitter and locked up about his past. Please help me pray for him, that Godly men would come into his life and the lies of the world become apparent, that Joel may find it in his heart to forgive and find the courage to believe the God does love him so dearly.
    And to all the other lovely sisters that are blogging, let us stand or shall I say kneel together for each other, like Lysa reminded me, God is listening, what is intended to harm us He will use them for good to accomplish His purposes. I felt defeated for a while and gave up, forgive me, I won’t anymore.. God keep us all in His sights.

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  482. Jennifer

    I am feeling defeated today. Please pray that I will not give up and keep going on. I have started a new job adventure and I am starting to have some doubts. Please pray that I will reap good rewards in the end. Thank you.

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  483. Kpb

    So encouraging to read of your great example of standing in the gap and praying for your daughter. What a joy it would be to hear that your children are surrounded with Christian friends and have completely fallen in love with Jesus! I continue to pray daily for this-please join me.

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  484. Barb Williams

    Please pray for my daughter, Misty. She has been living with her boyfriend (now fiancé) for four years. Jason is not saved but seems open at times. Last year Jason was told he had bipolar disorder and was put on medication. He had a bad reaction and literally fell off a balcony from their apartment – 3 stories. He almost died and the doctors call him a true miracle. Although Jason believes God spared his life, he has not yet taken that step of faith. Misty is trying to handle things on her own and is far from God right now. She too has suffered a great deal. We are praying that God’s goodness and mercy will reach both of their hearts. We received a text message last night. Jason is sick and Misty is asking for prayer. We have no other details. Please pray for a mighty working of God in their lives. They live 16 hours away from us in Atlanta. Misty has a thriving career in journalism but is discovering that is not enough to fill her heart. Thank you for praying.

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  485. Brandy

    Please pray for my daughter to have the desire for Jesus wholeheartedly. This is her 1st year in college and struggling to find her place

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  486. Simone S.

    I’m praying for the deliverance of my husband… I know he knows GOD but I want him to fall in love with GOD, and to stop living this life according to his will and not HIS will. We have four girls and I want them to be encouraged by the strength that I am believing God for in showing Himself through me. I’m asking that you will be in agreement with me on this issue, it does sometime get me down, and sometime I’ve felt like HE doesn’t hear me… but GOD… your devotionals & online bible studies have helped me tremendously, they’ve encouraged me in so many ways…continue to allow God to use you the way that HE has. Be Blessed

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  487. Laura

    Pray for my 15 year old daughter. She had an MRI last Friday to check for a tumor on her pituitary gland at the base of her brain. The one the doctors suspect she has is almost always benign, but waiting for the follow up appointment tomorrow is hard.

    I pray for each person who has posted on here today. So much sorrow, but Hebrews 12:2 says “because of the joy awaiting him, he (Jesus) endured the cross set before him”….Jesus knows what it is to have pain in front of you, but if we know Jesus, then we have joy awaiting us too! I hope that gives someone comfort the way it gave me comfort.

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  488. Paige

    I have been praying for my Husband to accept Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior and it is working. His heart is softening and he is making more and more positive statements about religion and his church experience. I know through continued prayer, God will change his heart.

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  489. Jennifer F.

    I need prayer as I struggle through some major financial problems that are of my own doing. I’m trying to right my wrongs but I keep hitting major hurdles and this morning Satan is trying really hard to make me believe that God has abandoned me in this. I know in my heart that God is Truth and Light and He hears every cry of my heart and soul. He’s got an amazing plan for me and I just need to keep believing. I need prayer for strength and focus as I continue to work through this. Thank you so much.

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  490. Dee

    I am asking for prayers for a favorable outcome with the bank who holds the mortgage to our home. We are in the process of trying to get our monthly payments reduced which would take some of the financial strain off of us. My prayer is that I will be patient and let God work it out and remember that He doesn’t need my help! That I remember that God does not work on my time line and that He has a plan for me and my family and my job is to trust Him. Pray that I would not listen to the lies of Satan as he tries to convince me that my situation is not important to God. I am important, my situation is important and EVERY one of you lovely ladies are important to God and your situation is important to God. Let’s all pray together for each other. Be Blessed

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  491. donna fusiara

    Dear Lysa and prayer team,
    Please pray with me for God to perform a miracle, if it is His will, and bring my son, Nick (17) back to Him again. He struggles with teen pressures of alcohol and drugs, and is a follower, but not of Christ. He was raised in a Christian-Catholic home, and now we are focusing on the Christian side (not so much the Catholic), long, sad story of that ending. We are a loving and albeit, sometimes dysfunctional family but we have prayed and received counsel and made it through very trying times, battling Satan who was knocking on our door. We are the victors as Christ was and is and always will be the head of this house. But things keep coming up. My son is very confused and scared as a Senior in high school. His grades have fallen and he was a Honors student with straight A’s three years ago. His friends are not Godly people and his attitude is faltering away from Jesus. I pray all the time for him to come back to us and to God. I pray for him to start making good choices and not to follow his friends. I pray for him to start caring again about his grades, his future, his family, his life. I pray all the time for God to give him the heart of Jesus and to save this good child. He was a Boy Scout and an Ambassador for People to People when he was 12 years old. He has been a gifted pianist and artist and so bright in so many areas. I want my son back again. I know he is a good person and he loves us, but he is lost right now. I cry myself to sleep praying and am so desperate. We tried counseling for him and even that doesn’t help. He is angry and feels we are mean parents because we try to discipline him. I pray you will have the right words and the means to allow Jesus to hear you. I know He hears me, but I am deaf to the answers right now. Thank you and God bless you and all you do.
    donna

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  492. WK

    I am praying my husband would surrender his life to the Lord. He desires a better job so am praying that God will bless him and put him in a position surrounded with strong Christian men and women.

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  493. Kristie

    I covet any prayers from anyone this morning! My husband and I have had an EXTREMELY difficult year. Our 13 year old daughter has been battling depression, anxiety, cutting and an extremely defiant attitude at times. This has created a TREMENDOUS amount of stress, tension & financial struggles in our home. We have spent thousands on hospital stays, counseling, medications and now private school tuition for her to be in a better, smaller & Christian school. God has done so many miraculous things in our daughter’s life and ours over the past year. However, we recently had a “setback” with our daughter at her school. My husband has been under a tremendous amount of stress with his work as a result of having to be out so often because of issues with our daughter. He is now trying his best not to lose his largest client, which would have a devastating effect on our already strained finances. This recent setback has caused a tidal wave of new stress in our home and in our marriage. My daughter was running a few minutes late for school this morning and my husband got on to her about it, when she had finally gotten ready. When he got on to her, she snapped back at him, which caused him to just totally lose his cool with her. Things escalated into a huge argument between the 2 of them. My daughter ran out if the house, hysterical and went and sta sobbing in the back yard. I was trying to be the “peace maker” and calm him down. He began arguing with me for trying to defend our daughter who was not being responsible and getting up on time. I went outside and was finally able to calm our daughter down. I took her to school and she made it on time, however, she is now completely and totally frazzled! I’m just feeling left empty, worried sick and afraid what the rest of my day may look like with my husband and for my daughter as well. Please just pray for our family. We NEED God’s peace more than ever! I feel like I just don’t know how much of this I can take and I fear that my husband is on the verge of just packing his things and leaving. I know God is faithful and will give me the strength to face whatever lies ahead, but in my human weakness, I am very fearful.
    Thank you for your prayers.

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  494. Lynn Cox

    My son is U.S. Marine and is nor living his life in a way that his father and I raised him to which was to serve the Lord in all Toh do. I am praying daily that God will send a Godly Marine into his life who he respects and who will lead him back to his Saviour. I needed this devotion because sometimes I feel that I beg and beg and God isn’t listening. Thank tog for this today and I will continue praying and believing that God will answer!!!!

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  495. melanie

    Please pray for my sons – that they may have total heart transformations and have a passionate desire to seek and know God, His word and His will for their lives.
    I am grateful.

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  496. Twila

    My daughter Shelby is beautiful, smart, talented and has always had a spirit of excellence but she has no real friends. Most of the kids don’t like her because they get mad when she makes the highest grade or they feel her project is better than theirs. She gets bullied and lies spread about her. She comes home crying because all she wants is to have friends that love her and support her. I’ve been praying about this for years and I will continue. We need God’s guidance. She loves the Lord and works at our church as an intern and she is on the elementary praise and worship team. Please join us in prayer. It would be nice to see her cry happy tears for a change.

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  497. Sharon Chandler

    Two very special girls to me my daughter and my niece. My niece was recently committed and I pray God will heal her and release the demons that she’s struggling with. My beautiful daughter always seem to be attracted to the wrong crowd, I pray God will remove anyone in her life that does not have her best interest and that she will trust and put her faith in God for him to guide her. Thanks

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  498. Diedre Morrison

    Please pray with me for my children that they desire to have a closer walk with God. That going to church and praying and reading the Bible isn’t something that they have to do but that they want to do. I am praying that, like your daughter fell in love with Jesus, they will have that same desire to let him in their hearts and live for Him. They are seniors in college now, but I always blamed myself for not having them more in church when they were small like my parents did me. I have asked God to forgive me of that and I believe He has. I ask Him now to draw them closer to him.

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  499. Shoneka

    Please pray for my family and for my boyfriend. We are just in need of Restoration with the Lord. Things have been pretty broken and strained lately in many directions and I believe with everything in me that this is a Faith-stretch. I know that God is about to do something amazing and realize that this is a time of preparation. Thank you for the prayers.

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  500. Sarah

    I would appreciate prayers as my husband and I struggle with infertility. We’ve been trying to conceive for over five years and are at a crossroad right now. We aren’t sure if we should continue to wait on the Lord, or move forward with an iui procedure. I know the Lord can do all things and nothing is impossible for him, but I also know he provides doctors and medical treatments/medicine for us to use as well. I would just like a peace and understanding about which one to do. I think of the story of the Israelites who wanted a king so bad God finally gave them one and it didn’t turn out so well for them. They should have just let God continue to lead them. I definitely don’t want his permissive will, but his perfect will. Thank you to all who see this and will help me in praying.

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  501. Sharon

    Please pray for my husband and the guilt he carried which causes him to make bad decisions…and become weak….I pray he learns to seek God more and put his faith in him to get through his issues….we, as a family need him as our leader and he is not doing so well. Hangups and past mistakes will do that if you don’t put your trust in God. Also I pray that our financial situation improves and our debts decrease. Pray for healing and live and peace in our family. Also for my kids and grandbabies. Thank you and God Bless You.

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  502. Shawn

    I am in need of prayer concerning legal difficulties. Your prayers are appreciated

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  503. Nancy

    Lysa, thank you so much for the candid glimpses into your life. I read this post and felt like I was sitting right there with you on your bed as you read that letter. I was convicted that I’ve done exactly what you said when it came to my daughter and her issues, thought about it, talked about it, and worried about it. Thank you for making me realize that I need to DILIGENTLY pray about it! Not just an occasional working into my prayers, but daily asking God for his mercy for my daughter. Your prayer is exactly what I would pray for me daughter and I’m going to place it around me and prayer it over her daily. Thank you, thank you!!

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  504. Deemarie

    Please pray for my marriage, that I would walk in forgiveness, that I would let go and let God knowing He has my best interest at heart.

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  505. Alyssa

    Been praying through 3 consecutive miscarriages. The first one was easy to pray through and understand it was Gods plan for us, but after the second and third, it’s gets harder to understand. Number 4 is currently in the early making and maybe this is the one.. I honestly have no hope left. We have a healthy 2 year old we carried with absolutely no issues, so we never thought we would have this problem just two short years later. Please pray for us.

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  506. Prayer Requests

    I have a difficult time asking for prayer but I am so close to rock bottom I don’t know what else to do. I have been in a season of life where I am so painfully “stuck” that I can’t be relational…with anyone. I talk with God and I am so grateful for having such a blessed life yet I can not move forward. I can’t be the wife I am called to be, the mother my kids need, and I certainly can’t draw people to Christ when I am “funky”. Please pray. Pray for anything that God may have for my life to use for His glory and for my eyes to be opened. I just don’t understand and I don’t know where to turn.

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  507. Paige

    I’m believing God is working and I continue to pray for my 9 year old son and his decisions for friends at school. I absolutely CAN NOT hear anymore advise about us needing to homeschool him or put him in Christian school. We cannot afford it and it is not an option. I am hanging on to the belief that God has a journey for him and I pray he will give him a heart of flesh and not stone. Give him wisdom to make good decisions and to respect his teachers. To know he is created to honor God and that his actions would reflect it.
    I am also choosing to believe and pray today that my brother and his family will be saved. That I can be a light and let go my frustrations with them. To accept I may not be the way God chooses to bring them to His Kingdom.
    I will NOT give up.

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    • Alana

      Dear Paige,
      I was about to type my very own similar prayer request for my 12 year old son, when I read your post. We too are having difficulty with our boy and friends and poor decisions at school. And moving to a different school is not an option, either. I too believe God has a journey for these boys, but am feeling frustrated and anxious when I feel my prayers are not being heard as things seem to be getting worse. We have to continue to believe they are–God is hearing us, right?! It;s also reassuring to know you are not the only one experiencing these hardships, as I read your message I didn’t feel so alone.
      Thank you for sharing. God bless our boys!
      Alana

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  508. Jane J.

    Thank you for this opportunity to share a prayer request. I have been praying and standing in faith for God’s restoration of my marriage. I was reminded this week as well as today, how vital prayer is and that looking to the God of the beginning, the One who has seen me through every prayer I’ve ever uttered is the God who will see me through once again. I will remain in prayer for my marriage knowing God sees me and hears every word.

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  509. Sherry

    Thank you for the reminder in today’s devotion: Praying that my children fall in complete love with Jesus and place him as top priority in their lives.
    Prayers for my oldest graduating college next month that God opens the “right” career door for him.
    Financial relief for family – specifically sale of property.

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  510. Jenah

    Hi Lisa, I humbly thank-you for the gift that God has given you as a mentor for other women facing a great deal of the same struggles. This year has been extremely hard for my family. We are a God fearing family but tradgedy seems to find us one month after the next and I know it’s because God always pulls us through as an example to those that do not know Jesus. We lost my grandfather in March 75 years old and a picture of health married to my grandmother for 56 years. He has 2 sons that have been involved with church and Jesus as some point but struggle with alcohol addiction and some of my cousins that also has faced tradgedy at a very young age have really not allowed God to heal. My grandmother “a God fearing child of God” fears for their salvation. Due to the fact that she recently lost my grandfather it’s hard for her to pray and I felt your message today was for her so I am going to share it with her. Also, please pray for my mom and dad that are caring for both of my grandmothers who are in their late 70’s with health problems. My mom retired after 30 years of work due to the stress of her job but my husband/dad and I know mentally my mom isn’t well nor is she well physically at the age of 51 she struggles. I lost a brother at 17 that was terminally ill and my mom (a nurse) lived in New Orleans at childrens for 2 years caring for my brother due to his rare sickness which elvolved within 2 years. He was a healthy, straight “A” student in gifted until God revealed his plans. There are 3 of us children and I’m the oldest of the 3. My brother passed at the age of 13 and I was 17 years old. The youngest of us was in the 5th grade and has struggled with having to grow up with two parents that were grieving and trying to heal from the tradgedy of loosing a child but not understanding why all while fulfilling to committment to keep our family as one unit “which has successfully been accomplished.” I now understand when I couldn’t pray at times why God allowed my family to take the journey we did and how we have continued been able to assist other families as well as share God’s love. It hasn’t been easy and I struggling with praying some days b/c I do feel so alone but I know God is there. My youngest brother has been through some really hard days being at home while I was off at college. He is emotionally still broken and has made a profession of faith but has turned to alcohol as well to cope with pain due to his past and his newest situation which is live changing. I myself have recently sent my high school sweet heart back to college after being in the workforce for 5 years and married for 7, together for 14 years. He will graduate in May and we are so very excited but it has also come with various struggles and many hard days of me raising our son which is now 3 1/2 years old. I apologize for the long message but I just have so much on my heart and your message today spoke directly to me without going into any more details I will ask that you pray for these families and the various struggles they each face. James, Strickland, Dickens, Courtney, Davis Brown – In Christ Name, Jenah

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  511. Angela Goins

    Thank you for your devotion today – I thought I was the only one who had ever received an anonymous letter! Mine addressed my choice of apparel that I wore to church. If you could see how un-endowed I am, you would laugh, but I didn’t. I was devastated. And angry. And filled with unbelief. I, too, realized that this was not a letter of love but of judgment. Once I found out who had sent it, I unfortunately used my position as Sunday School teacher to call out “anonymous” people who paid too much attention to what people were wearing to church instead of seeking Christ while they were there. Oddly enough, I gained no satisfaction in that, and looking back all those years ago, if I had been the Christian I should have been, I would have approached her in love and talked it out. Thanks for calling me out, even though unintentional.

    By the way, I passed along your devotion to a friend whose son was just admitted into a mental hospital and is struggling. I thank you for your words of encouragement that I was able to pass along.

    In Christ,
    Angela

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  512. Darci Jacobson

    My step-mom and my dad have been together on and off since I was two (23 years). Since I can remember my step-mom has had severe social phobia issues along with an inability to see things from a selfless perspective. She was abused as a child and I believe this has contributed to many issues in her adult life. In the past couple years, these issues have gotten severely worse. She is hardly functional, extremely depressed and refuses to believe there is any good in the world. She has rejected her friends and family. I love her very much and I want her to have joy in her life again. I have tried to reach out to her many times only to feel that I make her issues worse. I’ve prayed for her and tried to introduce her to Jesus, but she lashes out and tries to blame all of us for her problems. I pray that God works in her heart to melt the sadness, confusion and hatred away and to replace it with happiness, love and understanding. I want her to know God more than anything, as I know He is the one who can help her through this. I pray for her healing and to keep the hearts of those around her strong. Please pray for my step-mom, Sheila.

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  513. Lee

    Please pray for our son and daughter that the Lord will lead, guide and protect them as they pursue His will for their lives. Both are at a crucial time in their lives and one has really been through a very difficult season! Thank you and may the Lord bless you!

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  514. Annette

    Please pray for my brother, JR, after numerous treatment & 2 yrs free of Hep C complications; his disease has come back. He has a dr appt today. Pray for God to give him strength, comfort & peace for what’s to come. If it’s God’s will for healing. Thank you

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  515. Erica

    Today’s devotion could not have come at a better time. I know that is God speaking to me at just the right moment. I recently had my first baby and have returned to work. I am praying that I will be able to stay home with my baby and raise him to be godly. We are able to live on one income but my husband is reluctant. Please pray for God to speak to his heart, that he will be the leader for our family that God wants him to be, and for God’s will for our lives to be shown and followed by us. Thank you!

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  516. Janice Small

    Please pray for my 11 year old daughter, that she will not succumb to negative peer pressure especially when she gets to her teenage years. That she will accept Christ and serve him diligently. For my brothers, sister, nieces and nephews to accept Christ as well. Pray that I’ll continue to serve him in spirit and truth throughout the rest of my days, for me to find the means to pay off my loans, for my health and guidance especially where work is concerned. Last but not least, for me to find a christian, God-fearing husband who will be a father to my daughter.

    Thank you and may God bless you all and help you all of you in your struggles and answer our prayers.

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  517. Erin

    My prayer request is that my daughter will find Jesus and accept him as her Lord and Savior.

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  518. Marsha

    Please pray for my daughter and her family that they will turn from sin and find salvation and joy through Christ. They are in great need of friends who love Christ and know his word. I have prayed for quite a few years and see progression of kinder hearts bm ut no moves toward Christ. I strongly believe God has a plan and a purpose and I truly know it is important for them to have their own testimony. Praising God he is always in control.
    Thank you for caring and praying.

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  519. MONICA SALINAS

    I need prayer for my job relocation. I’ve bern praying and wanting this for 6 months. The opportunity presented itself 10/15, I interviewed Minday. Decision to be made end of this week or next week. Praying for a positive answer to provide this change for my daughter. Please joing me in diligent prayer!!

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  520. AV

    My husband left me after being blinded by sin and adultery. I have prayed and prayed and nothing has changed; things have only gotten worse. God has provided for me during this time, and I’m so grateful. Please pray that God will open my husband’s eyes, and that God will continue to see me through this time. I’m scared of what the future holds. I am standing on the promise that all things work to the good of those that love Him.

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  521. gail sjostrom

    Thank you for that post! My husband needs a job. It’s been 4 years of financial instability and God has seen us through and taught us a lot about Himself and His grace. Now we’re praying Steve finds a full-time job with benefits. He’s a good man who loves God and his family and desperately wants to provide for us.

    Thank you!

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  522. Anne Peterson

    We were anticipating the birth of our son and daughter-in-law’s 4th child. But for the last number of weeks we found out that little Olivia who was to be born January 5th, has Trisomy 18. She is expected to die soon after birth, if she makes that. We are heavy-hearted as you could imagine. I would like prayer that God will give us the grace we need for the coming weeks till we hold her and let her go.

    Here is a video our son and daughter-in-law made regarding little Olivia. Thank you. Your ministry means a lot to me.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tFE9HV7GXk&list=PLYjR952OzvubgXtuJs6EtmnJBNCaLkMyo&index=2

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  523. Carol Mahler

    Please pray with me that God will improve my finances just enough so that I can pay debts that I owe and have enough for necessities each month without this constant anxiety. At 71, I am trying to get a part time job & praying for one, but nothing has happened, though I’ve applied.
    Thank you and the prayer team!

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  524. Ruth Najera

    God has placed in my heart to start a ministry for abused women.So many of us who have been abused hold that pain in
    and are held in bondage by it, its time to be set free.
    On 11/7/14 I was finally set free from my pain and it was the most exhilarating experience I have ever experienced and a feeling I want all my sisters who have experienced pain to experience aswell. God indeed intended all my bad experiences for good because through my pain many will be set free. I am not a public speaker but this is the path that God wants me to take and its pretty amazing to me. Please pray for my ministry.

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  525. Sarah

    One of my very best friends is deeply involved with the Mormon Church. I have prayed for her for several years and haven’t seen anything happen at all. In reading this devotion this morning, I realized that I basically had stopped praying for her freedom and salvation over the last few months without even realizing it. I love the threefold reminder especially #2. 1. Know with confidence God hears your prayers. 2. Trust that prayer makes a difference, even when you don’t see the difference. 3. Tell fear it has no place in this conversation. I will once again fervently pray for my sweet friend and trust God that He hears my prayers and loves my friend.

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  526. Sheila Crowder

    Please pray with me that God will bring my 3 children back to obeying Him and they will have a real relationship with Him. They were all raised in church and know the Lord, but don’t live their lives for Him. I pray this for them more than anything else in their lives! I know God is the only one that gives true peace and cultivates true love. I also pray for future spouse to be the people that God has picked out for them. Thank you for praying with me and your encouraging words!

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  527. Joan

    Praying for my daughter Naomi to have the Joy of the Lord in her heart and mind.

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  528. Lisa

    Please pray along side me for God’s will to transform my husband, son and daughter’s hearts. My husband walked away ten years ago when my son turn to addiction. My daughter’s heart harden for the same reason. I can’t type this w/out crying, I believe in my heart God wants them to follow Him, it’s been so long praying for this that lately I have more discouraging days then encouraging ones, please pray me through this.

    Thank you

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  529. Janet Brown

    My son in law (29) will receive medical results this afternoon. The doctors are fairly certain he has MS. Praying for healing and a different diagnosis. My nephew has addiction problems and is basically living on the streets. It became very cold this week in Oklahoma. Praying for his safety and that he will turn to The Lord. So thankful for this study and emphasis on prayer. God always provides what we need and I needed this.

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  530. Valinshia Walker

    Good morning Lysa,
    My oldest daughter forwarded me your message on unanswered prayers. As I read your testimony about your daughter I couldn’t stop crying. I felt as if God was answering my prayer through you. I too have a seventeen year old daughter who is a teen mom . I have been praying for my daughter to surrend her heart and life to Jesus Christ. It seems as if things gets worse she is so angry and she is hurting so badly from not having her dad in her life. Please pray for my daughters and grandson and myself . I too need healing and deliverance. But I also would love for me and my entire family to be saved and have a heart relationship with Jesus Christ. please pray with me. God bless

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  531. Pam

    Needing prayers and help to get me through the hard times and just the connection and trust from God that he is here for me. Honestly I am new to all this and just having a really hard time with trust that God is going to get me through everything going on. The past three months I have prayed and asked for forgiveness for things, I still feel like I am not getting any where. The past week I have fallen back into my depression state and just isolating myself. I need the courage and help from God to get me through this and I am trying but seems nothing is changing. I have several daily devotions I receive every day and some days I feel they are talking straight to me. I pray daily for him to take the pain, fear and hurt away to guide me in the right direction To help me financial and to help me find a job with christian people to help me get and stay focus to the right in Gods eyes. To be able to open up and talk to not be afraid anymore There are great women out there to help me if I will just open up and talk and quite keeping it to myself like I have for so long. Just give me the courage to talk and trust these ladies at church to help me get through all this.

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  532. Janey

    My son was married for five years and has a son from that marriage. He’s been divorced for two years now and has been in a relationship with another man for a little over a year now. He tells me he’s had these feelings since childhood and growing up in a Christian home, he would pray at night that he would wake up straight, but it didn’t happen. As an adult he tried to overcome those feelings by doing what he believed at the time to be the right thing; getting married and having a family. That didn’t turn out to be the case. It has caused a lot of heart ache to say the least. My son and my grandson are two of the greatest gifts God has blessed me with. Please pray with me for their protection and for God’s perfect will to be done in their lives. Thank you.

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  533. Lori

    Thank you for all the wonderful work you do…it is giving hope & blessing many people! I’m praying for my brother Kirk to fall head over heels with Jesus. That God will send him Christian friends & for me to know what to say/do to get through the divide that is between my brother& me. Thanks & God bless

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  534. Mary

    Please pray with me that my daughter will find better employment that will provide for her and our grandson. He ex-husband does not pay child support and it really makes it hard for her to live. But first and foremost, please pray that her relationship with Christ will continue to grow and she will fall totally in love with Jesus. Pray that I will know what to say, when to say it, and when NOT to say anything, leaving it totally in Jesus’ hands to take care of, protect and impress her heart and life. Thank you. BE BLESSED!

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  535. Ashley

    My children as they try to find who they are in Christ during these elementary school years. Acceptance as we put a broken home back together with new pieces. Blended families take patience, love, understanding and young ages are delicate to changes this big. A marriage.

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  536. Bernny

    Please pray for financial breakthrough for my family and for God’s favor and grace upon my husband’s job. It’s been a trying period for him but I am praying for the peace of God to keep his heart and for His presence to overwhelm him and that God will turn what others meant to harm my husband as an opportunity to glorify His name and distinguish my husband for honor in Jesus’ name.

    Thanks you.

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  537. Han

    Thank you for this devotional about pr

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  538. Valerie

    Please pray for my daughter who is in addiction recovery and is having a baby next week. For continued recovery and success after program. To seek and trust God for his provision. Thank you for all the encouragement and transparency of proverbs 31. It had touched my life. Bless you all!

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  539. Melissa

    I’m praying for my two teenage girls (14 and 17). Praying that they both fall in love with Jesus and let him guide and direct their paths and choices. My 17 year old is struggling with some things.

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  540. Shelia

    I feel this message was meant for me to read, God sends us messages if we pay attention. He sent me this one through you! Please keep my Daughter in your prayers. She is going through a time in her life that even she cannot explain. Even though I pray that God helps her through it, I find myself worrying about it. So please pray for her and for me to stop the worrying and just know that God’s Will, will be done. Thank you!

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  541. Lisa Leech

    Please pray for my husband’s salvation. I grew up in church and somehow got away from God. About four and a half years ago, I came back to God. I love God and I bring my children to church with me. My husband very rarely goes. I am in an unequally yoked marriage and it is very difficult. Please pray also for my husband to find a job, we are struggling to pay the bills. Please pray also that when he finds a job, that he is surrounded by good influences, people who have high morals and Christian values. Thank you for the prayers!

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  542. Gail

    I am requesting prayer for my husband and my troubled marriage. I pray that my husband will seek the Lord with all his heart so that the Lord will make his paths straight.

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  543. Elsa

    Please pray for unity with a situation within our church…hurt feelings from over a year ago is still digging at hearts. Just when we think we have moved on; it resurfaces. Sometimes ministry is so overwhelming…it’s always someone else’s fault and nobody is taking responsibility for themselves. It’s so sad how God’s people can so quickly be taken off track…when we don’t soak ourselves in His presence each day, the little things become Big things and it causes so many unnecessary hurdles…some days my heart just breaks for how we, “God’s People” treat each other…if we could only step outside of ourselves and see things from a different view…

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  544. Kelli Strobel

    Could you please lift my family & I in prayer? I have filed 2 claims with the EEOC, due to laws being broken at work, then I lost my job for doing so. All goes back to to what caused this, being hurt by a student, which caused a TBI while I was at work. During this time my son has had some medical problems as well. Now we are loosing our home & we had to file bankruptcy to give us time to pack up our house. This is a very stressful time for our entire family! Although The Lord has given me me peace, Prasie God! My husband & children are not feeling the same way. Thank you, in advance for your prayers!

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  545. Kim Jackson

    the prayer request for today and beyond. Total surrender for my son Philip, his family. Two daughters have a real, renewed relationship with the Lord. The public character assassination that was launched by used for my good, Gods glory. My husband finds the Christ like support, resources he needs for his ministries.

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  546. Shanna

    My daughter has been experiencing some seizure type acitivity due to a brain cyst and possibly from scar tissue form a previous surgery. I have restricted her driving – even though her doctor feels she is fine to drive. I had prayed endlessly for God to give me direction on this decision and when it was made I felt it was the directed by God. We, as a family, are making adjustments to get her to college and to work and wherever else she needs to go. However, she is now very angry with me and can’t understand my decision to restrict her driving for a period of time. Please pray for me to have the strength to be silent and listen to her needs, and for God’s guidance in this decision as well as any other decisions that need to be made and that I am really listening to what God has to say – not what I want to hear. I also would like prayers for her overall wellbeing and healing. I am not exactly sure what exact prayers are needed – but God does. She is a Jesus girl so I know that she trust the Lord.

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  547. Evalyn Elliott

    Please pray for full time employment for me. My divorce was just finalized. I have a retail part time job and limited support from former husband for now.

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  548. Jennifer

    Thank you for your encouragement to continue praying and trusting in the Lord during my difficult times (and the good times and the in between).

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  549. Nicole

    Lysa and Prayer Team,

    Thank you so much for sharing from your heart this morning! I cannot tell you how MUCH God used your sweet testimony to minister to me in this exact moment. On January 29th my 34-year old husband had quadruple bypass open heart surgery (2 weeks before our first child was born). By God’s grace we celebrated our 1 year anniversary a few months later! It has been a full year of marriage to say the least. While we feel like we’ve been going through our own Job season, God has done some absolutely incredible things.

    There are several HUGE things that I’ve been praying for and we’re waiting patiently for the Lord to answer. The first, is complete whole body healing for his body (Todd has muscular dystrophy) but I’m confident that the Lord has big plans to heal him and bring HUGE glory to Himself for the salvation of many. I would love your team to pray in faith alongside us in this! Second, due to his surgery he’s been off work (on disability) yet has started seminary. We’ve been praying that the Lord will provide an opportunity for us to switch roles – that I might be home with our daughter and Todd will be able to work while going to school.

    We have so many reasons to praise the Lord for His faithfulness this year but we are equally ready to turn the page to a new, healthy chapter. I wholeheartedly believe that the Lord is going to bring us into the land overflowing with milk and honey but it feels like right now we’re just kind of hanging on while in the wilderness. Thanks so much for offering to pray for our family. What a gift to me this morning (trying not to cry as I write this). There is something so incredibly encouraging knowing that other women of faith are praying alongside you in agreement with the Spirit.

    Much love to you sisters in Christ and thanks for your incredible ministry of truth and encouragement!
    Nicole

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  550. Jo

    My boys ( 6 & 8) are struggling. I am divorced and there are the obvious issues that go along with that. My mom recently passed away and so they are dealing with that loss as well. Both of them have anger issues and right now are exploding at the drop of a hat. My youngest is also making some poor choices in school. He seems to be believing Satan’s lies for his life and continues to escalate in his behavior.

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  551. Amy

    I’m 45 years old and never been married. I don’t date much and have never had a long term relationship. For years I was fine with that but for the last 5 years or so I have struggled with the desire to have a relationship. I also struggle with the fact that I have never been loved by another in a intimate relationship. Please pray that God will take away my desires and I will find happiness in my singleness.
    Thank you!

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  552. Cierra

    Oh, Lysa, your Proverbs 31 “3 Ways to Press Through Unanswered Prayer” was exactly what I needed to read today! I’ve been praying for a dear friend’s salvation for quite some time now and would appreciate any prayers offered up for her. And, for that matter, for me to continue to have the strength to be a light to her.

    Thank you so much for that post! God bless.

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  553. Jessi

    Prayer for God’s wisdom and peace to persevere through trials. And that He would rescue me from fear and doubt.

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  554. Deborah

    Please pray for my daughter, who loves the Lord, but almost every aspect of her life seems to be falling apart. Please pray for her as she is battling rejection in her marriage, with her in-laws, in her job, in her education, and in her heart for ministry. Thank you for today’s post – Nov. 12th.!

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  555. Ashley

    Hi. I have been praying for 10mths that the guy I am dating and myself will work out. We have been through many ups and downs. Problems with ex’s and drama that you wouldn’t want to imagine. But, I have faith in God, I believe and trust that God has the power and the ability to change any situation. I pray for there to be no more unfaithfulmess, no more lies, no more Internet dating websites, no other women but me from here on out. Everyone says he will never change you need to leave him, he’s only going to keep hurting you. But more heart says not to leave, not to give up… Because God will change this situation, God will change him. Luke 18:1 Jeseus told his Disciples that should always pray and never give up. So I’m praying for God to change him, for God to spontaneously commit him to me and marry me, and me and God working through me will lead him to salvation. Pleae pray with me.

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  556. tysheenajones

    I am praying that God will continue yo show his love to all my kids and they realize God’s love. I pray over my kids life and oftentimes I am not seeing the fruits, but I realize that I have to pray God’s will over their lives. God’s plan is much greater and better than any plan I could ever think of. Please keep my family in prayer. From Jones family.

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  557. Claudia Allen

    What a wonderful message about prayer. Please pray for our daughter , Cindy, 15 yrs in Hindu cult in Hawaii, away from her beliefs in Jesus. Says she is a monk. Pray that she falls back in love with Jesus. Amen. Thank you.

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  558. Amy

    I am praying for both of my daughters to be followers of Christ. To be wise in their decision making. That God will soften their hearts and they will desire to follow and please him.
    For the Senior to really see what path God has for her and to be accepted into the correct college. That her heart and mind will be open to Gods leading and not just what she wants. That God will shut the doors of things and ways that are wrong and not God honoring. That she will find a way to use her talents and desires for Him.
    For the Sophmore to find the answers she is seeking. That she will find a Godly mentor who can help to answer those questions Biblically. That she will know truth when she hears it and decerne what it true vs what is ungodly and wrong. That she too will find ways to use her talents for Him.

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  559. Sharon

    Please pray for our family as we navigate the teen years. The sense of entitlement, ungratefulness and discontentment has brought a lot of tension and frustration into our home. I want to quit playing the guilt game; be tossed by every wave. I want to be strong, firm and loving. My prayer is for God to help us be the kind of parents they need most at this time. They’re our gifts, our treasures, our loves. It’s very hard to go from having your love be desired to having your love be pushed away and threatened. I’m sure this is how I come across at times to my sweet Lord. It’s convicting and humbling.

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  560. Becky

    I have been on my knees praying for my son for at least 15 years. He is now 30. I believe the Lord has answered my prayers by keeping him alive and persevering and searching for Him. But, when I look back over the years at my prayers and the struggles he has encountered, I wonder if anything will ever change. My son has been battling alcohol and drug abuse since he was 15. He is 30 now and expecting a child. He’s homeless in Oregon and searching for work (he left Texas 2 weeks ago to be with his pregnant girlfriend to raise their child). I pray that he is not using or drinking. I really just want him fully devoted to Jesus. I know that will change his heart and focus. But I keep praying and waiting. 15 long years. He has battled. I have cried out Lord, please change his heart.

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  561. Jackie

    Please pray for my daughter. She has been unemployed for quite some time now. She has just about exhausted all of her savings to pay her rent and other bills. She has started to become a little disillusioned now. I don’t want her to sink back into a deep depression again.

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  562. Ellie

    Thank you Lysa for a wonderful devotion of how God intervenes and in many ways. It all started by allowing Him to work in your heart and through that, He worked in your daughter’s heart. How I love hearing about God’s sovereign manifestations in the lives of His children who dare to believe and trust Him.
    Praying for you!

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  563. Denise

    We are facing some challenging times right now in our family. Our oldest child has anger management issues and poor self control and impulsivity. Our entire family is stressed. We argue constantly and right now everyone has a wall up trying to maintain some form of defense against the pain of arguments, painful words. I know the devil is a liar. I know God loves my child, my family. I know there can be a positive turn around for my child and for my family. But right now, I don’t feel the change is coming. I don’t feel my prayers are being answered. Positive Change has to come soon before this family completely falls apart. Am I the one who needs to change so that my child will see change and in turn want to change? Lord Please Help Me!

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  564. Donna

    Thank you for sharing your story about your daughter. I too can relate to a daughter who was walking far from God but has recently given her life to Christ. My daughter has a new love for Jesus and is involved in bible study and is passionate about growing in her faith. I want to encourage all you mom’s to faithfully pray for your children. God loves our children far more than we do and wants to hear our prayers. I would appreciate prayer for my son and husband who are not walking with the Lord.

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  565. Peta

    Please pray for my son as he battles depression, a back injury and bullying at work. He is a single father of 3 young children and desperately needs Jesus to give him direction as to what is best for his children, and what job he can do whilst caring for his children and keeping a roof over their heads

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  566. Tracy Hale

    I am asking for prayers on behalf of my awesome sister and brother in-law. They have been in the adoption process for 4 years, trying to adopt from India. Two years ago they were appointed a sweet little girl that they have named Haley. It has been a roller coaster of ups and downs with all the paperwork processes, lost paperwork having to be redone and resent, and times of just feeling like nothing is going to happen. They have finally made it to what seems like the end of the process, where her case has gone before the judge ( just yesterday). They do not know the results yet. We are praying for a miracle as this judge has so far rejected the last 3 cases that has come before him. We don’t know why. But we know that our God is in control. Please pray that this judge has accepted my sister and brother-in- law’s paperwork and will allow this child to come home. My brother-in- law is the Pastor of our church and they have allowed our church family to walk through this whole process with them. It has been amazing to see the steadfast trust they place in the Lord, even during times when their doubts seem overwhelming. Their faith has shown us all that HE is sovereign and will work all things for good. Please lift Stacey, Robbie, and sweet little Haley up to the Lord that they may unite as a family–even by this Christmas. Thank you so very much.

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  567. Michele Ewing

    I have been praying for my children and husband to fall in love with Jesus would you and your team please join with me in praying this prayer? My children range in ages 14,18,20. My husband and I together have five, his three and my two, but now are as one big family. I love all of them and pray they will fall in love with Jesus and stop following others that are continually leading them down the wrong roads. My husband has had multiple back surgeries and now is on medication that he thinks he can’t live without. Please pray God remove this need and desire to have to have this medication or any of these meds that alter him in any way. I want him to fall in love with Jesus and for healing to take place in his body. Please join me in praying for my family. Thank you so very much!!

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    • Becky

      Hi Michelle,
      I am in agreement with you in your prayers for your family. I pray that they experience the love of the Lord and His perfect peace. I pray that they realize that the excitement and wonderful things the world offers are fleeting BUT Jesus’ excitement and wondrous works are never ending. Perfect love comes from Him. The enemy leads them down a path of destruction that looks wonderful, but they will be deserted there. Jesus never leaves nor forsakes us. I pray that they experience His love and joy. I also pray for healing for your husband and that he rely on the healing and strength from the Lord.

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  568. B

    Please pray for me today, the enemy is attacking me through every way he possibly can.

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  569. Marsha

    Hello sisters in Christ! I have been praying for family members to recieve Christ for some time now. My spouse also. It is difficult trying to partner with a non believer. I am some days growing so weary of asking for deliverence. Please join with me for these loved ones to know the peace and joy of salvation they could recieve through Christ. I thank you for your prayers and hope God answers soon.

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  570. Mandi

    We have been waiting to find answers regarding my husband’s work injury. He’s only had jobs of manual labor his whole life. His job doesn’t have anything for him less demanding and we found out yesterday he will not have a job. We know the Lord has a plan although we don’t know what it is. We have so many questions and just feel like we’ve been knocked down. We will get up and I try to tell my husband it will work out and i try to be encouraging but with a lot of unknowns it is hard.

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  571. Sandy

    When our daughters were growing up my husband was often verbally abusive to me and occasionally physically. A couple of times he physically abused the oldest; yet, I didn’t leave him. He had me convinced he would get custody of the girls if we divorced and I couldn’t have that. They’re both grown now, but the youngest, who was always the apple of his eye, refuses to have anything to do with him. He realizes he made mistakes when they were growing up and things are much better, but she refuses to believe it. It’s been over 2 years since she has seen him. I am caught in the middle and it’s killing me.

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  572. Jasmine

    I am praying that one of my closest friends and my niece surrender their lives completely to Christ. I know that they both know the right path, but it sometimes seems like they just feel stuck. I try to stay in tune with God so that I can do whatever He would have me to do concerning them, but I know that when He’s not leading me to get directly involved (something I had a really hard time not doing… but that seems to usually be the case when you want something that’s so good so badly for someone you love) I must still keep them lifted in prayer, trust and believe that He is working even when I don’t see it, and rejoice in the “small victories.”

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  573. suzanne

    Please pray for me and my children, my two oldest (girls) have been going through some tough times….my oldest daughter is a freshman in college and will be reporting a student today for sexual assault/harrassment. it has shaken her to her core and unfortunately her faith was weak to begin with…I ask for prayers for her as she meets with school officials and that she will be met with great understanding and compassion, concern and support. I pray that her path will be filled with kind people who will support her (she has asked me to not come) and I pray for support for her as she deals with a wide range of emotions and insecurities. My second daughter has just come out of a month of treatment for depression anxiety and eating issues….it has been a trying time for us all..and I am exhausted emotionally and physically….but I have to go on for my kids…and I have to find work to get us through the month….it just seems we are being attacked from all sides…and I know my faith is being tested and I am wearing thin….please pray for hope, encouragement, financial blessings, emotional well being and healing for my family….I fear we have a long road ahead and will need lots of prayer to make it.

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  574. Faith

    Please pray for me as I am about to take a very important test. I am soooo scared. I believe in the power of prayer and need it right now.
    Thank you and God Bless!

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  575. Becky

    My husband, age 50, has been in and out of work for nearly 4 years. It has taken a financial toll on us, not to mention, has caused a great deal of stress on our marriage. When he is not working, I take the weight of managing finances and the house. We have only been married 4 years, so this weight has been a heavy burden our entire marriage. He lacks ambition and drive when he’s not working causing another burden of caring for our home, family and encouragement. The Lord has blessed me over the years with an abundance of faith and positive outlook. But the load is heavy and I do give it to Jesus. But the debt collectors and others are still pounding at my door. Please pray with me for my husband to experience the love of Christ and the wonderous power of the Lord. Please pray that his closed mind will be open to the amazing grace, forgiveness, mercy and strength the Lord has ready to give to him if he would believe. Thank you.

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  576. Rutha Miller

    Please Pray for me that I can reach my goal of losing 85 pounds my health depends on it I been struggling for years I’m hoping before this year is out that I would have loss 30 pounds I’m having medical problems with my right liver I’m very concern I’m not a smoker or do I drink alcohol and this have been added on my plate I need to find the strength to deal with all of this the man that I have been seeing Claude Ruan for over the last past decade he have decided to walk away from me again each times he have done this I have taken him back but this time I need the strength to say NO and mean NO I’m really hurting over this but I know I can’t keep letting him hurt me with his games

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  577. April vickers

    Please pray for my marriage. We have been under attack. Spiritual warfare in our marriage of 17 years. Pray for forgiveness and healing. Pray for me to be a more encouraging and positive wife and pray for my husband to know how to be our spiritual leader in our home. Pray for out 2 daughters who have witnessed lots of negative emotions that have been on display in our life. I also ask for salvation of my 70 year old momma with whom I work with daily. She needs Jesus in her life. Thank you Lysa. Your blog has helped me to see the importance of saving my marriage because I was reminded that Satan not only wants my marriage but he wants my girls. I am battling him daily for victory in Jesus sweet name.❤️ Thank you.

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  578. Terra

    My husband asked for a divorce a year ago and moved out January 19, 2014. I was a stay at home, homeschooling mom of three boys, 11, 8 and now 6. I need prayers in two areas. First that God would help me to make an income to provide for my boys and I. Second, he and his parents are trying to take away the house that we live in. His parents own the mortgage on it and can call the note due at any time, which they intend to do once the divorce is final. I have a pre-approval letter to refinance, but I need 6 months of alimony and child support to qualify. It is my prayer that I would either get someone to co-sign for a year or that somehow God would step in an allow us that 6 months. My children lost their parents together, have had to go to public school and I want them to have something that is normal and stable for them. They have great Christian friends in the neighborhood and we have a great church across the street and they have gotten involved and bonded with the young adults there. Thank you for praying for us during this difficult season.

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  579. Susan

    Please pray for my son Josh-that his eyes will be opened to God’ Truth.

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  580. Linda

    Please pray that my husband’s addiction to chewing tobacco would be healed.

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  581. glenda stewart oakland

    please pray for my son, Holcomb…he denies there is a God…says it’s just a fairytale…is belligerent…. difficult to get along with….hateful to his wife and daughter….

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  582. Buffy

    Thank you so much for your reminders of “TRUTH”! Please pray that my husband would be set free from the clutches of the evil one and the addiction of a cult. He loves the Lord but is caught up with legalism and twisted Scriptural beliefs from an online so called prophet of the Lord. His beliefs have changed and he no longer celebrates any Holidays, which is really hard for our two boys, ages 8 and 10. This has been going on for 7 years now so sometimes my boys and I get discouraged and my oldest son just asked me last week if I believe that God hears our prayers. I absolutely know that the Lord hears our prayers and I am going to share your devotion with my son. I pray that the Lord breaks the binds that tie us all and heal all that has been destroyed by addiction…. Please pray that the Lord would restore my family! I Corinthians 10:30

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  583. Pam Dempsey

    I need prayers today because I am going to see an attorney about my rights in a divorce that is ending my marriage of 35 years. I just got temporary custody of my granddaughter, 9 and 16, because their mother is addicted to meth and after 35 years he decided he doesn’t want to be with me. Your devotion today hit me right where I needed it to. 3 Ways to Press Through Unanswered Prayer. Please pray for provision for me and my granddaughters. Healing for my daughter and salvation for my husband. Thank you

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  584. Nadelle

    I pray that you could pray for me. Lots of things seem to be going against me. I almost lost my job recently due to the “crab theory”. Someone just wants to see me fail. I am a single mom of 4 kids and have a lot of medical bills ready to go into collections, the hot water heater broke last night, and I have no gas money for the week because my account got overdrawn by hackers…Two of my kids are teens, one about to go to college next year, and she is very stressed out, worrying about everything when I keep telling her to “let go and let God”. It is really draining me. It just seems one thing after another. I read blogs and my bible, and I am a praying woman. I am a church goer, and getting pastoral counseling. I need prayers that God hears my cries, and that soon I will be blessed…God does have something beautiful happening soon. I’m sure of it. I need prayer for patience to wait. God will fight for you, you just have to be silent has been my mantra. (Ex. 14:14)

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  585. Esther Akinola

    Please pray for financial provision, i have been struggling to pay my bills and feed myself
    Also, my friend’s mum needs healing from the pain in her body
    Thank you very much

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  586. Lori

    Please pray for Josh and Jonathan to choose to live for Christ and to want God’s ways more than they want the ways of the world. Please ask God to do a mighty work of healing in their hearts and that they would LIVE FOR HIM all the days of their lives. Thank you so much.

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  587. Lou

    Please pray for my daughter and her husband who are expecting their first child, which should be the happiest time of their lives. But my daughter lost her job and they are both worried sick. I’m praying not only for a job but for them to grow closer to God and feel the peace that only he can give.

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  588. Lynda

    Pray for marriage restoration. My husband of 23 years left me for another woman.

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  589. holly

    Please pray for me as I am dealing with a lot of issues lately and as struggling to find my joy. I am having trouble not turning into the green eyed girl. A lot of my friends are getting married and having babies and here i am about to turn 40 and single. Im praying for a Godly husband and to not be overcome by the green monster

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  590. Marlene

    I am praying for God’s strength, peace and direction as I pray continually for the healing and restoration of my marriage and my family. I also pray for the salvation of my husband (Jim), our children, and all of our family members for a thousand generations.

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  591. Kristen

    I have been divorced for two years, and since that time, I’ve been on a path of discovering God’s love and grace. It’s hasn’t been easy, and it has taken a while to soften my heart toward my former husband and forgive. While I’m trying very hard to be kind, accommodating and respectful (even when I don’t want to be!) he’s continually hurtful and disrespectful, in his words, actions and decisions he makes. Each interaction leaves me feeling anxious, sad and defeated, and I want so much for us to be able to move forward in a healthy way. I’m trying to respond with energies of prayer and to focus on God’s truth so I can stay positive and uplifted, both for myself and my two children. Help me pray that his heart would be softened towards me, and that this words, actions and decisions would align with God’s.

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  592. Gary

    Please pray for my 34 year marriage and for new employment. My wife moved out 4 years ago but is unable to make a move to either return or end the marriage. I just returned from a weekend with her where we dated and talked. Please pray for our hearts to be transformed and for our passion to be ignited for God to lead our marriage.
    Last December after 33+ years with the same company I was let go. I know God has a plan for me but I need strength and courage in continuing to seek what He has for me.
    God is good!

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  593. Heather

    Please pray God will answer my and my loved ones prayers for my dad. He has liver cancer and it doesn’t look good right now. Modern medicine has given up on him, but he is trying alternative treatments. He’s not ready to give up yet. I’m trying not to lose hope but it’s getting difficult. I just want him to be healed so bad!

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  594. Anne

    I want to go for the temporal prayer; I am homeless & sleeping in my car… I am waiting for a callback today on something inside & safe; but that is really just a selfish prayer. What is really on my heart is my oldest has strayed so far from what he knows God to be & he feels that he has gone too far & God will never allow him back into His life. (Although, if he thinks about what he was taught he knows better that God ALWAYS welcomes the truly repentant back.) He lives with people that live to do drugs & drinks every day. My youngest is on the fence… he keeps reading the bible, & has had it tattooed on his chest, but the friends he lives with ‘think’ they are Christians, but only cry out to God when they get arrested, otherwise they party, drink, sleep w/ multiple people in the same day, & steal. They both have learning issues & tend to be misunderstood by people which is why I keep ending up homeless (they always have a place to go/I am not willing to compromise my values). Please pray that God will get their attention & they will choose to go back to following Jesus as their Lord & Savior.

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  595. Brittany

    Please pray for my marriage and that God would change the heart of my husband to be the husband and father that he would have him to be.

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  596. Jessie

    Please pray God will answer mine and my husbands prayers of having another healthy baby. We have a four year old son who we adore!! We have been trying for a little over 2 years to conceive and have had no luck. We have been going to a fertility clinic for almost a year and have decided to take a break for a little while due to the emotional and financial rollercoaster. The break has helped! Through this journey I have grown closer to the Lord, My Faith has grown alot!! I know that is what he wants. Please pray for our fertility issue and if its God’s will let our family grow. Thank you!

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  597. Jill

    I have been praying for the restoration for my marriage and my family…immediate family and extended family…I’m going through a divorce that is not my choice and STILL not what I want. My husband (ex-husband?) was a pastor at the time that he decided he didn’t want to be married to me anymore, and the devastation surrounding our family and our church is too great to describe. We have two gorgeous children (7 and 4) that I weep for constantly, and the man that I once trusted completely is now someone I don’t even recognize. I know he’s better than this, and I pray every day for God to heal this situation that seems far too damaged. I know that God can do anything, but I struggle in the waiting. Thank you for joining me in prayer.

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  598. Liz C

    I love that you pray for us! Just gives me the warm fuzzies/ hugs!!! I have been praying for a new job however God has shown me that in about 4-5 years from now I will be doing something special for women that have been Human Traffick. My thoughts and God’s vision for this future regards my job. I believe the business that I am starting now will get to the point where I will be able to leave my current job. Please pray for comfirmation in this and also that my mom receives the same vision God has given me but in a way in which she will accept so she will be able to pray more specifically.

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  599. Shawn Inghram

    I would so appreciate prayers for my son. 5 weeks ago my son’s girlfriend of 3 years broke up with him. He is still devastated. He is in college and his grades have fallen, he cries all the time, he is anxious beyond anxious. He will not go see a dr or a counselor. I have prayed and prayed for him to have some peace and none has come. Thank you.

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  600. Linda

    Please pray for my friend who is pregnant and was recently told that her unborn daughter has severe genetic abnormalities (Trisomy 13) and, without God’s intervention and a miracle, her daughter may not survive the full pregnancy let alone any time outside the womb. My friend has been struggling over the last several years in her walk with God, but this situation has changed her and brought her to complete repentance and dependence on God. She’s asking that we pray the blood of Jesus over her little girl and is believing that God can heal her for His glory. Thank you.

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  601. Verna

    Please pray that our daughter is safe & even though she has Boderline Personality Disorder & has cut herself off from all of her family, parents, brothers, grandparents, etc she is still loved & welcomed into our lives & homes. We are not the enemy. Thank you. God Bless!

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  602. Erin

    I’m 32, single, all my friends and sister are married with children. I have a deep desire to be a wife and mother. I have no prospects and things feel hopeless. Your devotional spoke to me today, thank you for encouraging me to pray boldly.

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  603. Janelle

    I have been praying for years that God would provide a way for my husband and I to move our kids closer to where our parents live. As we see our parents aging the desire to be closer and serve them is growing stronger. We have recently seen glimpses of possibilities and instead of excitement I have been battling discouragement. God has taught me so much through this journey and even in this time of struggle, He is teaching me to praise Him and seek Him alone. Please pray that my husband and I would not lose faith, but that our walk with Christ would be strengthened and we would seek His truth on a deeper level. And that opportunities would be presented that are beyond all we could ask or imagine. Thank you for praying!!

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  604. Sherry

    Am praying that my 20 year old will give his heart to God. He recently finished a five month drug rehab and is currently living in a half way house. He tattooed an upside down cross over his heart and denies Christ. We raised him in God’s Truth, I’m praying this will all be part of his story someday. Holy Spirit pierce his heart.

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  605. Paige

    After reading your Proverbs 31 devotion, I was so struck by the similarity to my own situation. A close friend of my boyfriend’s sent me a letter like the one sent to your daughter – full of assumptions and what she believed to be my shortcomings and failures as a person. It has been such a struggle to believe in myself and in my worth, and not have her hurtful words damage me. But I cannot do that alone, and I need prayer that God help me lean on Him during this and know that I am wonderfully made in His eyes.

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  606. Beverly

    Please pray for my husband to find his salvation. I am persecuted in my own home and in front of my children by a man who thinks I take Jesus to seriously. And for the record, I didn’t find my salvation til after we were married. It makes for a very tense and unhappy home a lot of the time. He doesn’t understand why I’m not like I used to be and why I don’t share his sense of humor. He doesn’t understand why I don’t want to be intimate when I have just been called a lunatic and crazy for being a Christian. It can be very discouraging. Also, please pray for my son, Blake, to also find his salvation. He has learned a lot of this behavior from my husband and has chosen a very wrong path to walk. I pray that Jesus changes his heart before it is too late. Thank you for agreeing with me in prayer.

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  607. Beverly Dunn

    A little over 7 years ago I married my 5th husband, not because I loved him, but for financial support. Please pray that I can show my husband love. And please pray that I learn how to completely surrender to Jesus.
    Thank You

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  608. Erika Diaz

    Dear Lysa and Prayer Team
    Please pray that God will transform my husband and daughter (18 years old) That my husband will have a close relationship with God and not religion. My daughter is gay and she is struggling with her identity. Pray that God will give me the love I need to give them and to have words of wisdom. I pray this in Jesus Name-Amen

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  609. Ellen Schmitz

    Thank you so much for your daily reminders. Sometimes we as parents feel like we are all alone in the battle for our children. Please have your staff pray for my daughter Megan and granddaughter Kaylee who are living in an abusive, drug related situation with a husband who does not know the Lord. Pray this along with me…”For I know the plans I have for you say’s the Lord, plans to prosper you and give you a future and a hope, if you will come to me and search for me with all of your heart. I’m believing a heart transformation for my daughter! Please stand with me. I’m a firm believer in corporate prayer. Thanks you so much!
    Ellen

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  610. Angela

    Please stand with me in prayer for my personal life and my financial situation. Please pray God reveal Himself to me that I may have peace and hope and strength and that both situations will be abundantly blessed by His hand. Thank you Sisters in Christ…

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  611. Heather

    I am 42 years old and the man I intend to marry one day has Parkinson’s disease and diabetes. If it weren’t for his conditions we would have never met so we praise the Lord for that. Now we are standing together and believing that God will heal Ellis of these two conditions and help us both to achieve a healthy weight. We will be happy whether he is healed or not but we feel it is important to be a healthy weight regardless. Thank you so much for your prayers!

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  612. Janet

    Praying for all those who asked for support in the comments – thank you Lysa for encouraging prayer in this way!

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  613. Diane

    Please pray for my sons who are both going through extreme trials in their marriages. I know God is in the middle of all they are facing but I despair as to how much more they can bear. The youngest son’s wife thinks she may be a lesbian and it has broken my son’s heart beyond belief. There are four children involved and I really need prayer fior all of them. My oldest son has little in this his second marriage as his wife is barely kind to him and his children and her children watch this play out in their lives. Please pray for them.

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  614. Lisa Dunn

    Lysa- Good morning! I feel I want to write more to you later, but I need to prepare for a meeting with a bankruptcy lawyer at 12:45pm. I am scared. Through my addictions over the years, I have failed God many times over. Today, I meet with an addictions Dr once a month, and am staying clear of drugs and alcohol. I can’t binge and purge right now, because I fractured two ribs a week ago, searching for car keys I lost in the dumpster. I even saw that as a blessing. I pray all through out the day. I am 52, no children and divorced. I live w/Mom (or she lives with me?) I have a Christian therapist who is helping me “pro bono”. I have a job, by a thread. I have approved, unpaid FMLA that has saved me, along with working for an amazing company and boss.
    I will share more later. I told you this much for now, so you can see that I love God, and try to see good in everything. This BK will be a fresh start, I got in over my head by spending when drunk, and supporting a “habit” that I am now fre of. I have procrastinated over a year, out of fear and denial. Yesterday, a credit card served me papers. It terrified me, but the good is it made me jump into action. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have done anything about it, nor would I be writing to you.
    I am asking for help with prayers of peace, strength, willingness, courage and knowledge to provide this lawyer with all she needs to give me the fresh start I desperately need. I don’t like that I owe, and can’t pay. I am not organized or prepared. I’m going now, to both pray and ready myself. I know I have God, guardian angels, family and friend support. It will give me great comfort to know that your team will be praying, too. I have so much to do. My life is a mess. Boxes still unpacked from a move last year and so much more. But, I’m sober and a completely different person today, one day at a time. I did not intend to write so much, but it gave me comfort to do so. I request this not be posted, if at all possible, or please don’t use my name. P.S. I love how you spell your name! 🙂

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  615. Heather

    Hello… if you could pray for my Baby Brielle and I. I have been praying for healing for my baby now since we found out at 20 weeks that she has fluid on both of her lungs and in her abdomen. The doctor gave us 3 choices to abort her, to do nothing and she’ll die or to try these procedures. My husband and I decided to do the procedures. The first one was to try and drain the fluid off with a needle and the fluid came back shortly after. Then the second they did surgery to put a shunt in her lung to clear up the fluid. Praise God a week later the fluid was gone off her lungs, but then they had to put me on bed rest because they are afraid shes not getting enough oxygen from me…. so I’m at a childrens hospital until she comes. Then Saturday the shunt moved farther into her chest cavity and caused the heart to become irregular. On Monday we went for an ultrasound and some of the fluid came back…. but PRAISE GOD today her heart was beating regular. 🙂 There has been a lot of answers through out the pregnancy, but she has a long journey ahead before she’s born and after she’s born. Thankfully we are in a great hospital, but I know the ultimate Doctor can heal her and help her through this. I appreciate the prayers and sorry for the long story.

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  616. Stephanie

    My husband and I have been trying and praying for over two years for the lord to bless us with a child, we have gone through every test imaginable and nothing is wrong with either of us 🙁 we both want a child so badly and pray everyday about it.

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  617. Linda

    Love this post. This has been a tough year. Two very close friends have graduated into Heaven as a result of a form of cancer. The memorial service last Saturday left me basically irritated at life. What’s the point if we just suffer and die too young anyway? I know that this is a temporary emotional response to loss and the Joy of the LORD will return with amazing strength to move forward in Him. But for now, I’d like to scream at the top of my lungs until I can’t scream any more.
    Just read your “Best Yes”!! Loved it! Thanks for sharing your journey. You bring so much encouragement to so many.
    Many blessings to you and yours!!!!

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  618. Tina

    Please pray that I will crave God and the love of my family more than food and drink. I’m so tired of the struggle everyday. I just want to get up and be a normal eater.

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  619. Tabitha

    I am asking prayer for my husband.
    I have been happily married for 7 years and we have a beautiful 3 year old daughter. My husband recently returned from his 6th overseas military deployment and his heart has been hardened. He is callous toward anything “God related” and cannot believe that anything good or just could come from “that region of the world”, period. He goes to church but it is to keep me happy. He “reads” his devotions, but does not quite absorb. I am left with a heavy heart and tear filled, tired eyes. I want only to spend eternity with him and our daughter and I struggle every day to be be Christ’s example, for him and for our daughter. She is the absolute joy of our life and I want nothing more than for her to grow up as I did, loving and praising God. I try, I do. Miserably I fail. In addition, financial hardship due to a double mortgage/rent from living in seperate locations because of our military assignments and our home not selling/renting has only made it worse. He is negative all the time and when I mention prayer, he scoffs. It breaks my heart.

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  620. lisa p

    Please pray for my family. We are going through an incredibly tough time with our teenage son. It is affecting the entire family in a very negative way. Please pray for changed hearts, fit him and for all of us. Pray that we can come together as a family. Pray for him to choose a positive path. Thank you.

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    • Rose

      Praying for Gods wisdom in dealing with this matter. Praying that God places His peace in your hearts and that even in this trial, you praise Him daily. Praying that you are all like-minded and that family prayer becomes a habit and strengthens each member. Praying for the boy to see the destruction in his own life and those of his family that his actions are causing and that he he cries out to Jesus for help and for a changed heart and changed life.

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  621. Kathy

    My friend for many years is not talking to me. She said i have betrayed her. I don’t understand how i betrayed her, but i have ask God to forgive me and i have ask her to forgive me. She was like a sister to me. Please pray for us. Thank You,

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  622. Marty

    Our 19 year old daughter is dating a Jehovah’s Witness and is now studying with them and going to meetings. She grew up in a Christian home, but is embracing their beliefs. We are praying and trusting Jesus will reveal Himself to her in an incredible way! PLEASE join us in praying. As you know words can’t explain the heartache our family is going thru. Nor can it explain the power of Jesus’ name and the purpose He has thru all this! Thank you

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  623. Jodi

    Hey Lysa and Team. Thanks for that word of encouragement today. It is EXACTLY what I needed to hear this morning. God has been using you, Lysa, (your printed words more specifically) to speak into my life since this past June. Your spoken words, and those of your team, at the Women of Faith Conference in MPLS/St PAUL were again EXACTLY what I needed to hear. If I could meet you in person I would simply give you a big hug and thank you. Thank you, Lysa. Thank you for being obedient. To start writing. To make time to start writing. Even when it didn’t make sense. There is an anointing on your words. And as God has kindly put those anointed words in front of my eyes, they have begun to take root inside my spirit. I am challenged by His Word. I am changed by His presence. He is speaking into my situation and bringing freedom and hope.

    I would love for you to join me today in praying for God’s healing in my life. Simple put: I need to hear. I began losing my hearing when I had my first son 4 years ago. I lost more of my hearing when I gave birth to my second son this past March. I have asked God to heal me. He answered that He is willing. So I have been praying and believing and waiting these last 4 years. But I also know His ways are not our ways…so whether it results in healing by miracle or healing by finding the right hearing aids, my prayer request is that God would lead me into His ways through this. I know this is not just about me. It is about eternity and every person I encounter. I want God to get all the glory no matter what the journey looks like or produces. Thank you for coming alongside me today. You are such a blessing! I pray God’s continued presence to permeate your life. Thanks, again. Psalm 40:1-3

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  624. Nedra

    Please stand with me in prayer for complete healing of my husband’s body. He has been battling Cancer for over a year and a half and some days it seems as if my prayers are going unanswered. It’s a constant struggle for me to watch the endless pills; chemo treatments and radiation tear down his body. I am praying that God gives us and his doctor’s insight and wisdom to know what to do. We are constantly questioning what the best treatments for him are and I pray for his strength and the strength of my family during this trial. Please pray for his healing and total restoration of health. I know that the only chance he has is through his faith in God and I pray each and every day that he does not give up. It hurts my heart to see him in pain and crying because he has always been so strong and the rock of my family.

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  625. Janet

    Please pray that God’s peace surrounds me, reassures me, and carries me through this period of waiting. At this time in my life between parents and family members failing health, a very large family with several facing life altering challenges, friends who are struggling with serious health and relational issues, and an immediate core family that does not want to have God in their lives, I simply cannot list all the areas that need prayer. But I trust God knows what they are, and I trust He will use me or others as He has – and I trust that if any of you pray that I – or any other person – be given strength, endurance, wisdom, and discernment to help these people, He will respond. Thank you!

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  626. Marguerite

    My husband has filed for divorce after 21 yrs of marriage. He has decided that his desire is to be single and find himself. In the mean time he has pulled the rug out from underneath myself as well as our 2 daughters. This was a shock to all of us. I ask for prayer that he will see that his family is where he finds himself. Please pray that my girls and I can keep our focus on Jesus and His plans for our future.

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  627. Laura Shellooe

    I pray for the help of letting go of things or situations that I think are best for me. I pray for the understanding that God wants to give me something better. As Bob Goff says in Love Does, “God sometimes allows us to find ourselves in a place where we want something so bad that we can’t see past it. Sometimes we can’t even see God because of it. When we want something that bad, it’s easy to mistake what we truly need for the thing we really want.”

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  628. Amy

    I have been in a difficult, verbally abusive marriage for 19 years. My husband is a Christian, but was raised by a very angry father, and he inherited that temper. Most of the time he is caring and thoughtful and a good father and provider. But many times he’s angry and sullen and takes out his frustrations with his world on his family. I often feel that God is not giving me a clear answer, but I stay because I took a vow and I want my children to grow up in a home with both parents. Please pray that God’s non answer, which is keeping me here, is the right one.

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  629. Donna Waldrop

    Thank you for this devotion/Bible study. My heart is heavy and the tears flow daily. But the scriptures and your words comforted me today and helped to refocus on Jesus, if for just a little while. My husband and I were ask to leave our church in February by four men who thought they knew the will of the church. They did not. No one else felt the way they did. My husband was made to believe that all were in agreement and he resigned in a closed door meeting. The damage was done by the time we realized it was only these very powerful, wealthy men. So now it has been nine months. We are still in the town. My husband drives a school bus so we can have insurance. We sold our house and now live in a house of a friend. God has blessed us so much in our time here. We have seen his hand in so many ways. My husband preaches as supply almost every Sunday. But I long for a church family, friendship, someone to listen, spend time with, understand. Our families live away, my children live out of state and at college. Past friends have moved on to other churches, lives have gone on. We feel stuck. It seems friends are running out of things to say to us. I have a small crafting business so I work at home and alone. God has blessed it and I am busier than ever but I am alone. I long for friendship with skin on, not just online. Please pray that God will align our hearts with His, that He will open a door soon to a church ministry. Thank you for all you do. I am encouraged by your ministry. Please forgive the grammar errors I am typing through tears and I can’t type as fast as I think! LOL
    Blessings to you,

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    • Angie

      Donna, I am lifting you and your husband up in prayer and asking God to hold you both in his mighty Right hand. I am asking Him to make provisions for you both and for him to soften the hearts of those who men who have been decieved. I stand with you and declare Gods promises to you in Isaiah 54:17 – No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD
      Keep your faith. In Jesus name. Amen!

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    • Gayna

      I am going to pray for comfort and friendship for you Donna. I’m sending you a “Be Happy, Chin Up” hug in hopes it will make you feel a little better. I completely understand the part about wanting a “live” person to talk to, and share your ups and downs in life. : ) I’ve moved quite a bit, and I can’t remember the last time I had a friend to spend time with. I am having faith that God has put me in a place now where I can build some relationships. Have a great day! Wish you were here so you could show me some of your crafting skills. : )

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  630. Trezlen

    Please pray for my next steps. I have a possible job prospect that presented itself after I thought I knew what my calling was. I’m a little confused about what to do.

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  631. Angie

    I am praying desperately for my husbands relationship with God to be healed and restored. I am also standing for my marriage and praying for God to heal, strengthen, and reconcile my husband and I, spiritually, emotionally and physically. I am praying that every UnGodly influence, person, place or thing, be removed from our lives and that God restores love to our hearts for Him above all things and then love for one another. Please stand in agreement with me and pray for marriage as well.

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  632. leslie

    Please pray for my daughter, Jessica to fall in love with Jesus too. She has recently moved to Charlotte and it is my prayer that she will quickly find a church. She is enjoying the “big city” life right now. She is a Christian, however, I am praying for much, much more. I know my God can do immeasurably more than I can ever think or imagine. Thank you Lord!!

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  633. Denise

    Please pray that Sidney and Chris Campbell will be release from prison anyday now. Pray that I will become debt free by Jan. 2015. Praying both of my grand daughters attitudes will change to being kind. Praying for God so send a financially miracle my way and that my card business will come to pass and my hair business will become new again. Praying for wisdom and direction for me to hear Gods voice and be a blessing to others. Praying for all of my family members to have a closer walk with God. In the name of Jesus the sweetest name I know.

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  634. Joan Marie

    Thank You Jesus — for speaking thru others, that my heart and mind can see and hear today. I have been dodging raging bullets from my only sister who is also hurting and held captive by addiction. I have endured for 5 tormenting years, wrestling inside myself to take the dreaded step for legal action with restraining order. my culture has taught me lies: you don’t turn in your family etc. my sister has thrown me under the bus and trampled over me repeatedly and I allowed it, paralyzed with fear, growing weary and beyond depressed. I can’t run anymore. Prayers please for a God made back bone to stand up for myself, do the right thing by His Word, tell fear there is no place here for you and Trust my God, Christ Jesus who has it all under control and step out of His way…..God is bigger than any of my problems and has a plan for both of us….

    I cannot take the abuse anymore and worry about the circumstances I have no control over….This next step is a big one………..Pray, the mind of Christ is in me, and all the lies from the enemy playing in my head are not from God…..pray that He would give me His Peace and clarity to make sound decisions based on God’s Word and the strength and courage to follow it through, if it be His Will. Pray for me, for God Loving and God fearing sisters be with me and help me on this rocky road….and that both my sister and I would grow in ways that are glorifying to the Lord. Praise You Jesus, for never leaving me and directing my life on the narrow road..I surrender this painful challenge to you fully, taking my hands off it – help me be obedient to You and do your will, not mine. Bless all those who are reading and struggling or hurting, may I be granted the opportunity to help another today in some way that would bring Glory and Honour to You, Father.
    I ask too, that my sister would have a burning desire to want a personal relationship with Jesus who can and will change any life, He can break any chains, unlock every yoke and set us free when we come to him willingly and open to be transformed and renewed…….God, Thank You for Loving me and never leaving me. Thank You for putting Christ centered sisters into my circle. You did not give me a spirit of fear, I am a loved and wanted Child of the Most High God.
    May the Holy Spirit comfort you all. encourage you when you feel weak, uplift you when you feel down, make sure your footing when the road is shaky, surround you with true friends who will share your walk and be there when you feel alone, pray with you when you need a loving hand.

    Praise The Lord, He is Good and always keeps his Promises………….He is Wise, He is Just and He is Faithful – may we grow to be just like Him. ~ Amen+

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  635. Lynn

    After reading thru the struggles of these other women and praying for them, my problems seem so small… We lost our oldest child in 2009, my husband began a emotional affair that became a physical affair in 2010 and lasted 14 months. In the midst of my grief for my son, by the grace of God and with the help of an incredible, godly, christian counselor, I stood firmly and believed God for the healing and restoration of my marriage. My husband came home and ended the affair in April of 2012. Praise God! But our healing process has been much harder than I could have ever imagined. My husband came home but he has not come back to Jesus. Please pray first that God will change me, mold me, make me into the wife, mother and mimi that I was created by Him to be. And pray that he will remove my husbands heart of stone and replace it with a heart of flesh so that he may hear the calling of the Holy Spirit and fall in love with Jesus! My daughters are believers but please pray they will also fall in love with Him so we can all seek Him and grow together in our love for Him and for each other. Thank you Lord Jesus for giving us Your peace to guard our hearts while we wait…

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  636. Janeen Murray

    Please pray for my son Ryan who is 21 and a senior in college at Cal Maritime Academy he is struggling big time I can’t even talk to him because he blows up please pray that God will see him through this most difficult situation and that he will bring him friends that love Jesus thank you
    That God will write his testimony thank you for this blog today Lysa

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  637. colleen glover

    Our son is 22. He was a honor student all the way through school. Graduated with two honors, German and music. His scholarship came in music. He was accepted into an university before he graduated from high school. He went directly into college upon graduation, his choice. Great days during his freshman and sophomore years. A decline came during his junior year. I was the last one to see the big picture. Being a retired teacher, Elder’s wife, so busy with service within our church. A call came in 2:30 in the morning. Our son had been arrested for drug charges. Not only for pot but for intend to sale. These past two years have been a struggle. We’ve since moved to our hometown for our parents. Our son also moved here. He has his own apartment, involved in college ministry at our church. He is still struggling with school, had to withdraw from two classes,making friends and the entire transition. He is a gift from God. I had him six weeks before my 40th birthday. His self esteem is low because he stutters. He dearly wants a lady with God’s heart. Less pray together for his struggles, praises to God for all charges being dropped, and his life being devoted to our Lord.

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  638. angi

    Please lift up my daughter in prayer … she works so hard and is discouraged that her efforts are not paying off. I am at the point I don’t even know if prayer works anymore…
    Thank you

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  639. SAM

    I am struggling with the tie between my confidence and my vanity. I want to learn to root my confidence in my character, my mind, and my heart, but when things go wrong physically, I have the worst of days. I know that’s not OK.

    Thanks for your prayers, team…

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  640. Gayna

    Thank you God for today’s devotional. I do spend more time (Thinking, Talking, & Worrying) instead of Praying. I do see improvement though. I was feeling overwhelmed by things going on around me. Now, I find comfort in knowing that “He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.” (Psalm 147:3).

    I would like to add a prayer request for my daughter Ashley. She is in her first year of High School. Trying to find their way can be a difficult journey at times. There’s pressure from so many angles. I pray for a hedge of protection around both my children (Ashley & Dylan). The influences start early, and just compound with age. Wanting to fit in plays a huge part in their decision making. I have faith God will lead them in the right direction. They have both accepted Jesus as their Savior within the past 6 months. The devil wants to rear his ugly head at times, but God will be the VICTOR!

    I also pray for continued peace, joy, and comfort to come our way. “I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.” (Psalm 34:4). I’m always telling my kids to have faith; God is going to provide and take care of our needs. Thank you Lord for all you do in our lives.

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  641. Ronda Shelman

    Please pray for my daughter in law and son and the rest of our family: My twin grandchildren were born Sept 18, 2014 @26 weeks, weighing 1 pd and 2 pds. Owen passed away 2 weeks later , while Lexi is still growing and showing Gods miracles everyday. Lexi is still hospitalized and will be until ?? My daughter in law is struggling with grieve and trying to continue for Lexi. The nursery was complete with two of everything as was planned, she can’t bear to take it down…. she still dreams of bringing two babies home !! Every joy that Lexi brings us also brings sorrow and tears from missing our Owen. We have prayed so many ways …..

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  642. Caroline

    for affordable housing for my daughter and I to live

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  643. Denise

    Please pray for Sidney and Chris Campbell to be release from prison any day. Pray for both of my grand daughters attitudes will become kind and not mean. That they will respect authority. Praying for a financial miracle for my businesses cards and hair business. For wisdom and direction from God. Praying every one in my family will have a closer walk with God. Praying for my church family Bible Way Christian Center in San Jose. Praying that I can be a blessing to others.

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  644. Shasta

    My marriage needs healing and redemption. My year and a half journey through the rockiest time in my life has been hard. We need trust in God and each other. Please pray me me, for him and for us. Thank you.

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  645. Linda

    Thank you, Lysa. Your posts are encouraging and always point me to focus on my relationship with Jesus and his truths. This is a season of struggle and heartache. My son (19) is in the midst of making selfish and poor decisions. Our relationship is fractured. It’s so hard to sit back and watch your child do this sort of thing. His girlfriend has not been a good influence and encourages him to defy and dishonor us. I have not seen him in 5 months. Praying for restoration , for Peace to trust that God has this, and that ultimately he would return to the Lord, his girlfriend would come to know the Lord and her family, as well.

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  646. Rose

    yes, I am needing prayer for my 15 year old grandson. He says he has accepted Jesus but I don’t see the fruit yet in his life. He looks at unhealthy material, doesn’t do what is expected of him at home and school and lies about everything! I actually have a peace in my heart and feel that Gods’ hand is upon his life which is so reassuring. I pray that God brings him out of this and brings him to the place where he can live for Christ and not his fleshly desires. And prayer for strength and wisdom for his parents as well. The family has been in this hamster cage, going around and around, for years now.

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  647. Ronda Shelman

    This is my daughter in laws blog …. Thanks for your prayers
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    This week has been a tough one both for Lexi and for mommy and daddy.

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    Lexi had her first bottle on Monday and did great. So, they tried another on Tuesday and it did not go as well. It could have been because mom gave her the bottle this time and on top of being a nervous wreck, had no idea what she was doing. Lexi only drank about half of the bottle and then became tired. That night we noticed she was snoring quite a bit and sounded congested. They tried suctioning her out, but her airway was nearly blocked off. Needless to say, it ended up being a little more traumatic than normal. They also decided that night to try taking her off the cannula completely. At first, she did really well and seemed to enjoy having her nose free of tubes. Soon however she started to grow tired and her stats began to fall. She had to be placed back on the cannula.

    Although the goal right now is not to have her drink the entire bottle, its more to get her used to the feel of feeding, her doctor decided that with everything going on it was best to hold off on bottle feeds for a bit. Wednesday Lexi had an eye exam. The good news is that her eyes looked normal, the not so great news is that the experience is always unpleasant for her. With all the changes and excitement, Lexi began to have an invrease in the number and severity of her heart rate and pulse ox drops. She also seemed very fussy Thursday which is out of character for her. Mom was beginning to worry.

    Today she seems to be doing a bit better and they decided to try the bottle feeds again. She tolerated it very well today and drank nearly the entire bottle. She is still having some drops in her stats but not nearly as often as a few days ago.

    Tuesday marked one month since Owen’s passing. Some days it feels like just yesterday. The past month and a half have been the absolute hardest moments of my life. At a time when we should have been the happiest, our world was torn apart. I never ever expected that I would go into labor so early. I never thought I would lose a child. I never thought I would lose my baby. Never.

    It seems unreal that a month has already passed since we lost Owen. Many of you don’t know, but we already had our nursery nearly complete. Two of everything – two cribs, double stroller, two high chairs, two car seats. When we walk into our home it still feels like none of it has happened. We come home empty handed – no babies with us. I walk into their room and it’s just as I left it. It’s there waiting for two babies, and for a moment, before it all sets in again, I feel like I’m still waiting too. It kills me to take the nursery apart.

    While the world around me seems to have moved on, I often feel I don’t know how. On the rare occasion I let myself laugh or smile, I catch the eye of a stranger and immediately feel judged. I feel they know my story and wonder how I can smile. I feel guilty. I try to do errands around town and I feel guilty for not being at the hospital. I hold Lexi and smile because she makes me happy, and then I feel guilty. I feel guilty for not being sad over Owen. Then again, when I do feel sad people people want to know what’s wrong with me. I feel torn. I try to put on a happy face to relieve everyone, but most days I’m screaming inside. We lost our son and it was awful. I relive that moment every single day. A day might start off ok, but then out of no where reality hits me and immediately it feels like my breath has been taken away and that I am literally being torn apart.

    I don’t say these things because I need help or because I want pity. Believe me, I am capable of conjuring up plenty of that on my own. I say it to ask for your patience. I’m not ok right now, I may not be for a while, and that’s ok.

    Through it all I have found God. Or, maybe he finds me. He gives me comfort when I need it most through family, through friends, through an encouraging story on KLove, a scripture on Facebook, through encouraging words and kindness from Lexi’s nurses, and most of all through the love of my husband who has been so strong through all of this and has never left my side.

    I have hope in Lexi. Hope for a happy future. Hope for healing. But just like she needs time to grow, we need time in order to heal.

    “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33

    “Tonight, no matter what you’re going through…backtrack and remember all the places where God has been so faithful before in your life. And know. Know with assurance. And boldness. And confidence. He is the same faithful God.” Lysa TerKeurst, Proverbs 31 Ministries

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  648. Judy Gray

    Please stand with me in prayer: I lost my job 2 years ago; my spouse took a job in Florida a year ago. I’m still here in California, we have a son who is in the 11th grade & I didn’t want to uproot him at such a vital age. My home is in jeopardy; my finances are limited. I now have my 29 yr. old son & his 2 minor children in my home (he has 50/50 custody). My spouse is very bitter & angry right now. When he comes to visit it is not pleasant. I know that our lord & savior is in the midst of my storm right now, I know that he is behind the scenes on my behalf. I praise him & thank him daily for all that he has done for me in the past and all that he is going to do in the present & future. I meditate on his word daily. I know that he will bring me through. Amen

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  649. Molly

    I ask for prayer for my 2 sons that they too will have a heart transformation and fall
    in love with Jesus. Thank you for that devotion today, i feel it was sent just for me today.

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  650. Rebekah

    Please pray for my daughter who lives way off in another state. She has turned away from God. I have not seen her in going on 6 years. We do keep in contact but she seems to get further and further from God. She needs to come back to God. Come home. My heart is heavy for her. She life a few weeks after my husband her dad passed away

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  651. Janet

    Sure could use prayers…
    I have a 30yr old daughter & 10yr old grandson. It is difficult to sit back & allow each of them to walk the journey God has planned for them (especially when you feel partially responsible for the way my daughter parents. See, I wasn’t walking with Jesus then – although I now know He was with me as I traversed the path of drugs & alcohol). Her life is difficult, she is in school (nursing program – good but hard work & long hours) & a man who lives with her that is a binge drinker without a job so her time with my grandson is limited. She has allowed my grandson to play some video games which i believe to be inappropriate (call of duty type games). I really don’t know why I’m writing this… I’m not even sure what to pray for so I don’t know what to ask you to pray for. I guess I really just want a better life for her & my grandson – a life that includes a hope in God & a relationship with Jesus.
    Thanks for listening!
    Janet

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  652. Angie

    Your 3 ways to pray through post is just what I needed to hear today! Thank you for being faithful in your ministry. My prayer is for my son as he faces struggles in his young life also for him to give his heart to Christ.

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  653. Jewel

    Prayers are appreciated for my dearest friend T. She is going through a very difficult time with her health due to silent reflux for many years, and from a post-op appendicitis recently. Her immune system has declined and is suffering from chest pain due to allergies, unable to swallow as well. Expecting God’s intervention and healing, as God speaks to her at this difficult time. Her two young daughters need her, as well as her husband, I don’t want to lose my best friend. Praying that she will fall in love with the God I serve, and that His presence will lift her up each day, strengthen, and speak to her in a personal way. Thank you Jesus for the answered prayers, and I’m committing everything to you Lord!

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  654. Rosalyn

    Thank you Lysa and your team for your prayers! I am asking for prayer to receive guidance from God with my job as I am feeling very insecure, I encounter multiple situations that I cannot resolve due to my lack of complete understanding of the industry I work in… Because of this, I dread going into work every single day. I live in days of anxiety and depression but I am trying my best to grow my faith and continuing to pray for contentment and peace… Whether it’s to grow my knowledge base and succeed in my job or if there’s another job opportunity for me that would bring me more peace and gradual growth, I just seek God’s guidance on what I should do and for doors to open up.
    I also pray that God open doors for my husband, we ask for clear guidance on what job opportunity he should take and whether it should be in another state from our family. May our marriage be strong and always trusting wholly and completely on God. We want to grow our faith by continuing to pray and lean not on ourselves and take control… Relinquishing this control to God as He is the ultimate provider. Thank you and God bless you all! Your devotional was perfect and just what I needed this morning!

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  655. nancy

    I would deeply appreciate prayer for my marriage. My husband has significant anger issues and it is tearing us apart. The enemy has had us under attack for such a long time. We need deliverance and restoration.

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  656. Donna

    I needed to read this! I too have been disappointed in a request made to God that seems as if He is not working on it. I have big faith! But boy has my faith been tested this year. I don’t understand why He hasn’t moved on this. But I just keep trusting – surely He has a good reason for this.

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  657. LINDA MILES

    I am going through a 41 year old daughter who called me (while I hope was on some kind of mind altering drug) that she hoped that me and her stepfather would rot in hell.
    All because we would not allow her to stay with us.
    After spending a year in Prison we were sure she was a changed woman, it lasted about 4 months.
    So yes, I have cried many a tears for the changing of my daughter’s heart!

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  658. Krystal

    If I may, please pray that I will get to fulfill my dream of having one more child. I would love to give my son a close in age, live at home sibling (he has an older half-brother that lives with his mom). My husband and I are not on the same page with this, and my heart aches with the possibility that I may only have one child. Thank you.

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  659. Amanda

    I am believing that my husband will become my best friend! That I will be a parent with God’s leading and guiding! And that I will turn to God all ways and ask for His guidance on my decisions!

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  660. Katharine

    Thank y’all so much for this! Is it me or has The Lord just kept bringing up the need to persevere in prayer and belief? It’s so tempting to give Into discouragement, bitterness, doubt, and unbelief. The guilt I feel for not being excited and expectant about prayer, even when He has shown me the power of it, is overwelming. Anyone else? That must mean God is up to something HUGE if satan is coming after us so hard. I really appreciate this team for praying. I know all of these request can tempt us to be overwhelmed, but I’m going to choose to believe when two or more agree under heaven it will be done.. So Lord Be big and help all of us believe, persevere, and expect!

    I would love for your team to pray that I would pray my loved ones through all of the mess. That i would love and leave the fixing up to him. I’m having a hard time fully entrusting those God has given me to pray for back into his grace and care. pray specifically for my friend zak and stepdad Fred to be granted true hearts of repentance, and to fall madly in love with Jesus. Praying that those who are in their lives would chose love and forgiveness over anger and cynicism. Praying that Jesus would break ALL chains of addiction and bring complete healing and restoration to their lives and relationships. Praying for them to fall in love with Jesus and His word.
    Praying that The Lord would blow everyone away with His redemptive power and that sin be bitter and Jesus be sweet.
    Thank y’all again!

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  661. Katharine

    Amen sister!
    A year of testing like never before. praying we both get infused by His spirit to have even bigger faith than before!

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  662. Maribel

    I have been praying for the conversion of an adulterous husband for about 20 years. He temporarily stops and starts church then poof, comes the drinking, the stops and cycle restarts. I am praying for healing and salvation of my son currently in jail, was running with gangbangers drinking, doing weed. Broke into a home is in jail. Now I see my daughter losing her faith, lost many friends, interest in school, goes to church, she is trying to recapture that relationship, I pray God touches her profoundly, she is in an unequal relationship, he is nice but not faith in God. I pray for her to be liberated from what is binding her. I pray for myself to know Gods will more and more.

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  663. Michelle

    I so needed this devotional today, and all of the verses you shared. I have been so discouraged, disillusioned and losing hope for my marriage. Thank you for the encouragement and the reminder that God truly hears our prayers, that I do not need to fear because He IS with me and He will strengthen me and hold me through this time!

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  664. LESLIE

    PLEASE PRAY THAT GOD WILL BLESS US WITH A BABY. WE’VE HAD 2 MISCARRIAGES AND AN ECTOPIC PREGNANCY IN 9 MONTHS TIME. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH EITHER OF US, THE DOCTORS JUST KEEP SAYING MY EGGS ARE OLD AND ARE CHROMOSOMALLY DEFECTIVE–I’M 39. WE ALSO NEED STRENGTH & COURAGE TO CONTINUE ON THIS JOPURNEY. WE’VE EXPERIENED SO MUCH HEARTACHE IN THE LAST YEAR. WE’RE READY FOR OUR BUNDLE OF JOY!
    THANK YOU!
    GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND PROVERBS 31 MINISTRIES!!
    THANK YOU!

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  665. Kristy Geron

    Lisa, I need prayers of restoration over my broken marriage. My husband told me he doesn’t love me anymore and is moving out on Saturday. We have had almost 20 years of infidelity, deceit, anger, bitterness and selfishness. I need God to transform his heart and give him a heart that chases after God. I want him to fall in love with God and desire the things of God. I want him to quit chasing the things that are destroying our marriage. Thank you for your prayers.

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  666. Sue

    Please pray for my 27 yr old daughter. Heart broken and seeking love in the wrong places. Quit going to church, doesn’t read her bible anymore, and is now listening to worldly music more than praise and worship music. Spending time in the clubs and drinking alcohol. God has given her a vision of her heart that she has given up on and showed her He is going to heal it. I pray she will be able to know and receive His love and pursue Him with all her heart.

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  667. Alyssa Hosbach

    Thank you for your encouraging devotional. My Aunt shared it with me & God spoke through it so loudly. Before this season began I prayed for God to refine my faith and draw me closer to Him. Four months later I have been in the biggest spiritual battle of my life facing fear and anxiety that has brought me to my knees before God. I know God is growing my faith since before this time I had grown complacent & comfortable doing life in my own strength. Right now I have really been fighting the fear of hopelessness…lies from the enemy that sound so true sometimes. With these lies come doubt & discouragement. I know I am on the narrow path God has for me, I hear from God so loudly through Scripture, devotionals, others, and the Spirit. I have never been this close to God in years, yet I have not been so tormented by fear & lies. Please pray that I would have a faith that moves mountains and trusts God with every detail–even the spiritual oppression that overwhelms me sometimes.

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  668. Jo

    Praise God for the timely message. Thank you and God bless you!

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  669. Connie

    My grown son and his wife live near us and don’t make us welcome in their home. Our visits cannot be a drop-in visit. They don’t answer the phone when we call, unless they are expecting the call. They only approach us when they want us to keep their three children or want something from us. He is our youngest child and his sisters are quite loving and attentive. Although they live hours away they still call several times weekly and keep us posted on the events of their families. My husband is disabled and I am his caregiver. I have some health issues, too, that will affect our future. My heart aches because our son doesn’t seem to care about us and looks at us as an intrusion in their lives. Only his plans and projects matter to him. Pray that I won’t continue to let his lack of love and interest dominate and hurt my heart and soul. By the way, he is a Christian and acts like one to everyone else–just not us!

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  670. Tameka

    I ask that you would pray with my family through this time of financial hardship that is threatening to leave us homeless and without any life necessities. My husband suffers from ptsd and we have been working through treatment and caring for our children and at one power were stable enough to keep everything going but some how chaos stepped in and now we areel at a crossroads trying to see how did this happen. We know that God tests us to increase our faith and witness and we are grateful for the test but in the meantime we need food clothing continued shelter continued transportation. ..we have been praying diligently and yes I have asked a million questions from what did I do wrong to does God really answer my prayers and I feel horrible about it because I know He is a just God..a loving God! Please pray that we will come out victorious in this and that we will be better and stringer and overflowing in blessings so we can always bless others

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  671. Verna

    Please pray for my husband, my two adult kids, and myself as I battle ovarian cancer. Thank you for your great blog and your books. I enjoy them all. 🙂

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  672. marilyn

    I prayed so long that I would work as a nursing educator again-and then it happened-however, the job wasn’t what I thought it would be like-I was used/scheduled without anyone first asking me if I could/would work evening shifts-I was assigned to do the things the other full time nursing faculty didn’t want to do-I was not even viewed as being a part-time employee-just “adjunct professor” (less than 18 hours a week)-big title, no respect from the full time faculty-so,I quit.

    I have always heard that you don’t want to be “part-time” anything because the employer will expect you to do the work of a full-time employee-I found this to be true. Looking back now, weeks later I wish I had been more careful with my emotions and behavior and slow with my response to what I didn’t think was a good situation for me.

    Now, I feel so ashamed because God did answer my prayer but because it “didn’t meet my needs and expectations at the time” I threw HIs answer aside. I am asking God to please forgive me for how I have acted. Please pray for me to be able to better control my emotions and responses. I am sick of me.

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  673. Sandra

    Thank you for today’s devotion. I believe that God used you to talk me. It’s exactly what I’m going through right now. I’m in a situation where two weeks from today, I have to move out from my place. I don’t kow where I’ll be with my children. Have been prayed to God about it but it seems nothing is happening for me. I cry day and night before God u.til I’m out of words. I’m desperated to find a place and money wise. Please’ I would like you and your team lift me up in your prayers. Thank you.

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  674. Sara

    I’ve always longed to be a wife and mother, I believe it’s a God given desire, but I’m 48 and have never even come close to a relationship that could lead to marriage. Sometimes it’s so hard to understand God’s plan and timing and to remain hopeful. Thank you so much for praying.

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  675. Teresa

    Please pray for my son and his wife and soon to be 4 children. My son has a volitile temper and the household is definitely not a serene environment to raise 4 little ones. Neither parent is following God and the children suffer because of the conflict going on. I have prayed for my son for many many years. He never finds any real direction in life and everything is a struggle and a fight. It is heartbreaking to watch. My prayer is for them to fall in love with Jesus just as your daughter did.
    Thank you for your prayers

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  676. Grace

    Dear Lysa, thank you for your encouragement posts. Today’s touched the subject I have been struggling with. I thank God your daughter turned around. We have lived here legally for 18 years. Initially we were all on visas through my husband’s work. Through the years 4 of our kids became citizens. Unfortunately our older daughter did not qualify because she was older than the cut off age. Now my husband is retiring and we are all going to be permanent residents, except her. She has never lived in our home country, because my husband has been working outside since she was born. It breaks my heart to see what she is going through. I have been praying for her and assuring her that God will come through for her soon, for the last 9 years. With my husband’s retirement next month, she will have to go home ASAP. All talks about immigration has to do with those who are here illegally, she would not qualify for any solution they come up with. We have talked to immigration lawyers and they all say it is impossible. But I believe there is nothing impossible with God and I have been telling her that. I am praying for a miracle and request your prayer team to join me. God bless you all. Thank you.

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  677. Kelly

    Read your story about your daughter with big tears rolling down my face…my daughter is currently homeless. She has decided that life would be better without our rules. She has turned her back on God and is involved with friends who rely on drugs to make them feel happy and fulfilled and my heart is broken. Please pray. Thank you.

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  678. Shelley

    Thank you Lysa for this Devotional. It’s definitely what I needed! If I could please request prayers for my two sons, one who has been clean from heroin for almost a year (Praise God!), and now for direction in his life, such as a job, back to college, etc., and for him to come in contact with other Christians who will invite him to their church. When he was in rehab, he had amazing counselors who would take the boys to an awesome church, where he rededicated his life to Christ, but now he is in a different area, and is having a harder time with finding people who attend. Also, please pray for our oldest son, who has just recently overcome addiction from heroin, for he and his wife to be reunited, so they can be a family. In addition, please pray for both he and his wife to accept Christ. I do know they both believe and they attend church with us every once in a while. My husband and I take our two precious granddaughters with us every week and they absolutely love it, so I pray that through these two beautiful little girls, they will see that God is an awesome and amazing God! I’ve been brought up in a Christian family my entire life and have been married to an amazing Christian man for 30 years, and have the hardest time understanding how or why this happened with our sons, and to be honest, at times, I have been angry with God. I have had to learn the hard way that I had to surrender 100% of my life to Him and let Him take control. Now that I have done this, I am finally starting to have some peace in my life. Thank you for your prayers and have a Blessed Day!

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  679. Olivia

    Thank you for your encouragement and willingness to pray along with me. I have had serious skin outbreak and scarring on my chin for the past 4 years. Each time I think that it’s getting better, another painful spot will surface. Today is one of those red and painful days. I sometimes feel that my skin problem is preventing me from meeting my life partner although I know it’s just a deception from the evil one. Please pray for my skin to heal completely. Please pray that I’ll meet my life partner and start a family within the next two years. Thank you for praying for me.

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  680. Jeannine

    Lysa, I so needed to read your message today!! I’m praying that my 12-year-old daughter hears God’s message of truth and love above the cutting words of classmates who tell her no one likes her, and worse. I’m praying that Amanda really hears God’s promise of using what was intended for harm as good, and that through prayer she can overcome the current battle. Thank you for your ministry!!

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  681. Debbie

    Thank you for this devo. My 19 yr old daughter and I went to another doctor appointment for her yesterday. she has an illness that we have been working on for nearly 4 years. 3 specialists plus 3 other doctors. We are thankful for progress from feeling 3 on scale of 1 to 10, to 5 or 6 and for 3 medications but continue to pray for complete healing. her attitude was good in that she was able to thank God for no tumor or rare disease. However, I was downhearted and trying to thank Him, IN the situation, but not FOR it. We believe she has a calling in healthcare so this Scripture and devo remind me that God can use it all for good. Thank you for your offer to pray: for her complete healing and my attitude.

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  682. MrsMac

    I could use a prayer warrior on my side – I feel so ill equipped for what I am going through in my marriage. My husband and I are still newlyweds but have been together for going on 13 years – and I fee as if we are falling apart. I’m at a loss as of what to do, I’m hurt and broken and want my happy loving husband back, I want to believe that God is working in our lives and in our marriage, but there is so much darkness, it’s hard to see the hope.

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  683. Thandi

    Help me pray for my son..i need all the prayers because sometimes I feel weak and it hurts not to be able to help him..he is autistic,epileptic and mentally retarted…..I know God is there though sometimes I don’t know why he lets my son suffer like that….I know there are people in far worse situations than mine…bt sometimes I could wake up and realise it was just a bad dream.

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  684. Patty

    Thank you for your offer to pray alongside me. My child is hooked on meth and cursing God and family. It is a desperate. time. Just like the father in Mark whose child was dying and needed Christ’s healing, I ask that my unbelief or weak faith be changed to absolute trust. God is in control and loves my children more than I can comprehend. I am so grateful for God’s Word and your internet ministry.

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  685. Cheryl

    Please pray for me. I am struggling in a time of deep hurt and depression from a relationship. I pray for God’s healing and comfort. That he will draw me close to him. That I will seek a relationship with him above any other. That I will look to him for all the love and acceptance I need.

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  686. Grandma Kate

    Please join me in prayer for our grandchildren to “fall in love with Jesus”…I love what you said “not behavioral modification but total heart transformation…” This is my prayer for each one…

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  687. Robin

    This really struck my heart today. I have been praying for my daughter for over 3 years now. She’s 25, raised in church, leader in youth group, Bible study group leader & for some reason decided to walk away from it all and most importantly God. I really cannot say what happened to make her run off the tracks. She left home & was gone for 2 months & we had no idea where she was. She finally came back home but we have continued to struggle with her & her lifestyle. She has a “boyfriend” of another race, which isn’t a problem to my husband & I but the paternal side of the family has more or less disowned her. That is another level of stress & turmoil. I am continually praying for us to model Jesus before her and the bf because they both need Him. I question if she’s ever really been saved and of course the enemy wants me & my husband to blame ourselves for how she is living. Our hearts desire is that she will come to realize who she is in Christ and how wonderful life is serving Him. And to not settle for any man just to have a man but to want a godly man that will treat her with respect and honor her. Thank you for your ministry to women. You are so real and i appreciate that.

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  688. Mary

    Lysa,
    Thank you so very much for offering prayer support. This topic is so incredibly timely for my teenage daughter. Just last night she told me, after she has lived with a wonderful faith in God for her entire childhood, “Mom, I have prayed and prayed that God would help me overcome (this issue). And He hasn’t. I know this isn’t His will, but He just never showed up. I believe there is a God. But what is the use in praying?” She has been struggling with feeling betrayed by both her dearest friends during childhood, and I see great strong walls that she has learned to build, to protect her from being further hurt by people. She has been sad and lonely a very long time, and now feeling like God has rejected her too. I know these are feelings and not truth, but she has not been able to hear the truth through those loud feelings. Thanks.

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  689. Sandi Collins

    I have been trying to find a way to get my youngest daughter back to believing in prayer as I know that she was as a teenager. She was on fire for Jesus. In the past 7 years so much has happened to her and she has not filled her life with the friends that she used to have and she has married and it has she has gotten too busy or too “hard” to accept that Jesus does love her and that He will answer her prayers if she just gives in and asks for them. I know that she knows how to pray and that somewhere back in her mind there is a love for God and a respect that needs to resurface.

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  690. Debbie

    Please pray for guidance and patience in parenting two young children. My oldest has Aspergers and certain days are quite a challenge to say the least. Prayers for my husband who travels and works hard to provide for us so I can be at home with the kids.

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  691. Michelle

    Please pray for my husband (her step-father) and my daughter (she is 21) to work out their differences. Both are very stubborn, and don’t want to give an inch. I pray that both of them come to know Jesus. Please pray that God opens their hearts to Him. I pray that my daughter makes the right choices for college. And I pray the God brings a godly man into her life when she is ready. Thank you for all you do.

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  692. GiGi

    I have been out of work for many months. It is as if a dark cloud is just lingering over my head. Please help me to pray for open doors of opportunity, for his peace and favor during the interview process, and for faith during this difficult time.

    The holidays are approaching and companies do not hire. Then January and February arrive and most companies do not hire. It is difficult to see all of God’s beauty and blessings as I struggle each day without having a job. My limited state unemployment will run out at the end of November.

    I know God does not break his promises, he answers prayers, he is always with me, he wants me to trust him, he is where my help comes from, and he is calling me to be bold and courageous (in him). Please pray that God will see me through this difficult time, that I will get a great full time job with benefits, and that his pruning process (me) will be over soon and I can bear fruit for the kingdom of God and for what he has planned for me.

    Thank you so very much and I ask that our Lord blesses you for lifting me up in prayer.

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  693. Megan V

    Hi Lysa, Please help me pray for my teenage daughter Maddie who has been struggling with depression, anxiety and an eating disorder for a few years. She grew up loving God, but has withdrawn from him during this time because she thinks he left her alone to deal with life. I would love for her to fall back in love with Jesus again as she works to conquer these health issues. Thank you, Megan

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  694. Terri

    Please pray for my niece and her husband they are stuggling in their marriage. It’s to a point that it may end in divorce. He is a non-beliver and has no remorse for what he has done to his family. Pray for their 4 children, they feel the stress in this situation. Thank you and may God bless you all.

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  695. Lisa

    This was forwarded to me by my sis-in-law as she knows I have been in that desert for a couple years now. I see God answer other prayers in our lives, but the one concerning my marriage goes unanswered and has gotten worse. It is affecting our children, especially my 15-year old son. My husband is a functioning alcoholic, admittedly, it is destroying our marriage, our finances, and our home. He will not get help. He is a Christian man, so I do not understand his need to self-medicate. Our son has confronted him, they have gotten physical, and my son has asked me/us to leave. I know we are going through this for a reason – I do not pretend to know God’s plans, but I do not feel “released”, even though I see the pain this is causing the children. I’m completely at a loss and need desperate prayer. Thank you!

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  696. Sharon

    I would really appreciate prayer for my sister who has made some bad choices and is not following the Lord. I pray that she will one day fall in love with Jesus. She suffers from mental illness and depression and needs Him so much. Thank you.

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  697. Shanika Robinson

    Please pray for healing for my UTI and complete healing for my son Tre’ who has Leukemia. Please pray that the Lord make a way for us financially so my husband won’t have to keep working 14 hr shifts and we still see no lead way. Pray that above all else the Robinson family trust in the Lord!

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  698. Lindsey,

    I don’t normally post on these but I really felt like I needed to. Because I’m hurting. We have a four year old precious little boy. And we are longing for another child. We had a miscarriage back in May. We were desperately praying for a child, our heavenly child’s name is Samuel. Sometimes we refer to him as Sam because we don’t know if baby was going to be a boy or girl. Samuel means “God has heard”. He heard our prayers then. And I’m struggling because we are desperately wanting another child and praying for one. And it seems that it just may not be the right time? But I definitely feel sometimes that my prayers are just being responded empty handed. I know that’s not the truth, but that’s what it feels like because we still haven’t seen that positive pregnancy test.

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  699. Jennifer Heeren

    I feel like this was for me and my daughter today. My daughter is 12 years old, and recently was baptized. Praise God! But then a week later she was cutting her arm with a butter knife. We are going through counseling right now, taking one day at a time. And I am praying so hard. This was a huge encouragement for me. Thank you.

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  700. Stephanie

    This devotional today was very timely on many levels. We have been through a lot of financial issues over the years and the struggle has continued. Please pray for our home mortgage modification to be approved to an affordable amount. God bless you for caring and praying.

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  701. Alice McDowell

    I am praying that God will open financial doors. I have been forced to move in my oldest daughter who is in college, have no car,have money owed to me not being paid from a car accident. My oldest daughter asked me to come live with her but treats me and my daughter like she is the parent,negative in her speech,constantly throwing up in our face that we are staying with her. I need a car to work constantly, have to fit around her schedule which is not helping job wise.
    Please stand with me in pray for a financial breakthrough to get a car and my own place. The money owed me be released in Jesus Christ Name…

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  702. Rachael Walton

    Thank you for being obedient to the spirit and writing this devotional. This very story happened to me when I was 14 years old. A woman from the church reported to the pastor that I was being wild and copied all these letters. She gave them to the pastor and he then put the bullet in my mom’s heart. She did not believe that I was a virgin and it broke my heart. Because of this I development serve low self esteem, but I also learned how to trust God and not people. It has been hard but because of my experiences I have strived to help young women and youth. God Bless you.

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  703. Charlene

    Please pray for our daughter-in-law. She got mad at us 3-1/2 years ago and we don’t really know why. As a result she will not let us see our grandchildren or communicate with them unless our son brings them to our home or we call his phone. We went from keeping them every weekend and taking them to church and sometimes through the week, to not being able to see them or barely talk to them. They moved to another state this summer which makes it even harder. Our hearts are broken for our grandchildren and our son. Our son doesn’t agree with what she is doing and my husband is angry with him because he feels our son should stand up to her. I believe he is doing what he feels he has to to keep his family together.

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  704. Kim

    I am praying that my husband’s heart would soften and he would become less angry. He has recently verbally lashed out, with no regard to how his words could affect his family. Unfortunately his words have created conflict with our children’s school. As a result neither one of us can go on the school campus, as the staff is now uncomfortable with us and yet I still have to send my children there every day, praying that their teacher’s will not take out their anger or dislike for my husband on our children. I desire to know God’s will for us in this situation. Is this the catalyst to remove our kids from public school and have me start homeschooling or do I need to get a job outside of the home to pay for private education? Or is this an experience to humble my husband and I and have our children stay where they are? Please pray for God’s will to be clear and my children’s heart to be protected through this. Thank you!

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  705. Wendy

    I’ve been praying for my son (26) and my mother (82) for many many years now. My mother is aging and in a nursing home, and really needs to come into a saving faith with our Lord before she passes away. And even though he was raised in a pastor’s home, my son is now a self-proclaimed atheist. He lives with his atheist fiance, and has atheist friends. It will take a miracle for the Lord to break through to him, and that is exactly what I am asking for! How I long to be able to share my faith with my son, and to know he is saved…

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  706. Treva

    In February & June of this yr I had miscarriages. We have 2 beautiful girls (ages 14 & 9) but we’ve always wanted a boy. After reading & praying I now know that God has other priorities for our family…we’re supposed to adopt. We are going through the process right now and the little boy we are adopting, his name is Eric & he turns 10 this Saturday. Please pray for this process to go smoothly, pray for our family to have favor w/his DHS worker, adoption worker & w/the Judge that presides over his case. He has several siblings. We want to keep him in touch w/him but his therapist feels if he would be adopted w/his other siblings it would be detrimental to him. We are praying that the Judge will separate the siblings & allow us to keep in contact w/all of them.

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  707. April

    Thank God for using you. You know prayer is a powerful weapon and instrumental to having a relationship with, God, the Father, Son, & Holy Spirit!

    I am requesting deliverance from old habits, backsliding, depression, and sinful nature! I would try to do right, think right, or speak right…BUT evil was always present. I know and trust Christ, but the struggle is familiarity. I’m soo thankful for all my test & trials as Iook back. I made them as victor with Jesus Christ, who strengthens me!
    So, that’s personal dealing with my heart, mind, & behavior. I want the same mind that’s in Christ to be in me! I want the same will, discipline, & obedience of Jesus Christ to be in Me! Not to waste and be ineffective! But, to be an agent of the Holy Kingdom of God, working for His glory!

    Now, I have natural request. I am wanting to become a homeowner before the year is ended. I do have a contract, I was first. Now, there are multiple offers behind me. I pray that I am moving in the right place, with the right price, right resources, right community, & that any distractions or detriments are defeated! I ask for the move of God to do exceedingly, abundantly, above anything I can ever imagine or think! Prayer for my health, my entire human anatomy and systems within work and function properly without disease, ailments, or injuries! I pray for my Dad to overcome all His demons and addictions. I pray Dad’s relationship with Christ begin, NOW to flourish beautiful and in synchrony with the Holy Spirit! I pray for my Mom to be healed and delivered! I pray that any fear or stronghold in her life is broken! And love of God flows through Mom’s every being! I pray for protection and direction for my brother, that love of God carries His every encounter with mankind! I pray all my family is about to Live and seek out Heavenly work, while here on earth! Blessings and Joy for my grandmothers!
    I want a best friend. I want Godly friends. A male companion that is compatible for a husband. Maybe my husband. Single. Loving. Forgiving. Understanding. Patient. Has a career. Has business vision. Kingdom vision. Praying man.

    I am going back to school in 2015. I pray for resources and instructions from God to come to me about which program, school, career to apply for. I can do all things through Christ!

    I ask for more of God’s grace! Peace! Faith! Patience!

    I petition and make known through request these concerns and desires! I pray these are Godly desires!

    I ask importantly for my Spiritual gifts be revealed to me and that when they are, I’m able to rely on the Holy Spirit to use them in healthy manner, with meekness and humbleness towards others & with other believers. I want a team player spirit with other believers that’s genuine and sincere! I want to LOVE, like it’s required of me to do by Christ!
    I want to be a cheerful giver! I want to have wisdom and knowledge as I grow daily!

    I pray for the WORLD to submit to God and believers to be mighty agents throughout this world seeking lost souls, healing, & delivering sick and captives of evil Free! I pray for Christian believers unity and magnification to rise up as REAL pastors, leaders, physicians, lawyers, surgeons, scientists, researchers, politicians, mothers, fathers, teachers, farmers, neighbors, singers, musicians, artists, film producers, athletes, priests, managers, investors, publicists, actor, actresses, directors, lawmakers, technologist, and function as effective Saved brother and sisters in Jesus Christ! Pray for our and relationship with Christ to BE Real! Our hearts to be pure! Our Faith to be strong! We need a revolution in our Faith as Christians! I pray that every believer of Christ, has a servant’s heart! And that their service has a rippling 100,000 fold effect on Earth, making a move for God’s kingdom building!
    I pray student loans and debts are cancelled and cleared at zero balance! Homes are paid for prematurely of their original loan dates! People are kind to share with less fortunate do so!
    Believers leave a legacy and heritage for their families! WE as believers have the same VALUES as God! Believers have a Vision, as Habakkuk. Believers are faithful in prayer and study of God’s word! Believers of the gospel of Jesus Christ share their Good News and testimonies with non believers and other believers!
    EVERY NEW AND OLD DISEASE MUST BE ARRESTED BY THE BLOOD, and loose ALL POWER AND EFFECT Of GOD’s people! In Jesus Christ name!

    I pray these prayers in the mighty name of Jesus Christ! Believing that those things we ask for in His name shall come to pass, because Jesus said to ask Him! I apply Mark 11:22-26.

    I ask for your prayer intercessory warriors to lift and pray miracles happen, deliverance happen, transformed lives happen, healing happens, breakthroughs happen, NOW! Right NOW! Amen! Thank you!

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  708. Dori

    Lysa – I am praying fervently (but need to pray more!) about a co-worker situation. To much drama, and loud voices and getting angry when there is no reason for that to happen. Please pray for my work situation. Love you ladies!! God Bless!

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  709. Carmen

    Please pray for my anxiety to go away on a trip to Central America (Nicaragua) to visit family during thanksgiving holiday. Mixture of flying-fear, third-world fear, and earthquake fear for myself but mostly for my two sweet young sons who are traveling with my husband and I. This is on top of a stressful work situation where leaving my job for a week maybe detrimental to keeping my job. And lastly but seemingly less important (although constant struggle for years!) is a hormonal-imbalance that prevents me from successfully losing any weight which I so want to lose (just 10-15lbs!!! Please!!) All in all challenges most of us face on a daily basis but thought it was time to reach out for prayers. Thank you all~~ In Jesus’ name. Amen

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  710. Ann

    Please pray for my daughters Melanie and Tishy. They need salvation. Melanie is in an abusive relationship and I am afraid he is going to kill her. Tishy has fallen away from Lord and is living a very dangerous life style. God Bless you.

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  711. Teresa

    Thank you so much for this article. It was very eye opening. I have 3 adult children and 2 small grandchildren. I would ask if you all would help me pray on their behalf. My oldest daughter has just lost custody of her 6 year old daughter due to the fact that the father is a millionaire and could “better care for her financially”, direct quote from the judge. My daughter is struggling so hard, mentally and emotionally. She had a nervous breakdown.. My granddaughter is also having a really hard time being at her dad’s. She hasn’t lived with him since she was a year old. She is trying to be brave and strong. My heart breaks for them both. My daughter is a good mother, and they love each other so much. She has a job, just bought her own home, a car and was providing for my granddaughter very well. She doesn’t do drugs, drink alcohol or anything of that nature. This all strictly had to do with money. She gets to see her every other weekend and it is bitter sweet. My granddaughter doesn’t want to go back to her dad’s and cries and fights him. . She runs away in the parking lot and they have to chase her down. It is difficult to watch. We have tried to explain to her that it’s only temporary and she’ll be coming back home soon. It is a hard situation for her at her dad’s because he and his wife smoke pot, they won’t let her talk to her mother like they are supposed to, and when she asks to go home, or says she wants her mommy, she gets a spanking. My daughter doesn’t have the money for an attorney. .. Every one she has talked to wants $5000 just as a retainer. No one will help her!! It is a devastating situation and we just don’t know what to do. I would so appreciate your prayers, for them both emotionally, an attorney to help her and my sweet granddaughter who is struggling so, and that we get her back soon!!!

    My son who lives in Florida. .. He is a foreman on a cell phone tower crew. He suffers with anxiety. This is a very dangerous job. When he has to climb, it is 800 feet in the air. I ask for prayers for his safety and his anxiety attacks. Most importantly, his walk with the Lord. He has strayed away and I pray he will allow the Lord to speak to him and heed his voice and come back to him. He is truly a good guy, with a huge loving heart, but just has pushed God aside. It’s like he is in his own little world. He has such a magnetism about him that draws people to him. He used to be very active in church, give his testimony and be a witness for God. With all his anxiety issues, the devil has creeped in… please pray for his return to God as he is struggling daily.

    My youngest daughter who is married with a 2 year old, is having some emotional issues. She won’t let anyone get close to her. She and her husband are struggling financially as well. She too has fallen away from God. She also was a great witness for Him. A youth leader at church camp, a street missionary to children and has just wandered away. I ask you to pray for her return as well to God. She is a beautiful person inside and out, but has become so distant and even very angry at times with screaming outbursts. She is most herself when playing and interacting with my grandson. Please pray for her return to God and her emotional and mental state. It is really taking a toll on her marriage. Please also pray for her husband. .. He loves them both so much and is in such a struggle himself trying to hang on!!

    And as for myself as I try to deal with it all.

    Thank you again and I appreciate your time and prayers.

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  712. Nikki B

    My husband and I want to be parents. We have been trying to have a baby for over 2 years a had a miscarriage this past June. We don’t have money for any treatments and we do not desire to go that route. We are trusting and praying that God will heal our bodies and praying boldly for a biological child of our own.

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  713. Katherine

    Needed to read this today! I need some of “God’s girls” to come along side me in prayer. I am weary and longing to see God working in the lives of my family. Thank you!

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  714. Ant

    I was raised in church and have raised my children in church. I found out my son choose to leave Jesus path and get involved in a same sex relationship. My heart was crushed please pray my son (Daniel b) for deliverance from this bondage. And to heal his past present and future! Pray for me (Antoinette ) for strength to keep pressing forward!

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  715. Susan Cousin

    Two long years ago my husband moved my then 12 year old son,myself and him from my hometown of Wiggins, Ms. to Sevierville, Tn. We had only moved to Ms. 2 years early, we had lived in Louisiana since 1990. My husband is hooked on pot and porn. I am so home sick and pray daily for God to move me back to Ms. to my children, grandchildren and family.

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  716. Vicki

    i was so blessed by your post about your daughter. Thank you! My daughter Lindsey was a leader in her teen ministry. She always shared her faith and brought visitors to church. Very evangelistic girl who loved God. She totally was pulled away from God while in college, and was even asked not to attend our church because of her sin. She now feels that no one would ever want her, and she has been away from church for 4 years. Please pray for her to turn back to God, as your daughter did. My son was also influenced by the world and is attending a state University which is very worldly. He has not committed his life to God and has been in trouble with drugs and alcohol. My husband and I did our best to raise our children in a Christian home. This has been devastating for us. I developed a chronic illness and am in bed most of the time. Please pray for our family to be united in Christ, for our daughter to fall in love with God, and our son to turn to God . Please pray for my healing also. Thank you!

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  717. Steffi

    Pray for healing for my family and that I can be made whole again.

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  718. Sheri Stevens+

    I need prayer for my son who has gone down the wrong path with drugs. I want his total heart transformation, seeking God for his life. I have prayed for over 7 years and am getting weary. Thank you.

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  719. Judy

    I thank God for your message today and the reminder that I need to pray through and believe. I am struggling with an issue at work (one person who is so devisive and disruptive that no one respects or trusts her) and ask for your faithful pray-ers to help me pray through this uncomfortable and scary situation. I fear for my job and I desperately need it.

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  720. Catherine Hall

    Please pray for my son and my brothers that God Will Take A way the drugs and alcohol and bring them to Christ..Pray for me to come closer to Jesus.

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  721. Bridget

    Please pray that I trust God more and experience His peace in social situations. Also, for guidance about His will regarding something. For salvation and provision for family members & friends. In Jesus’ Name. Thank you!

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  722. Mary

    Please pray for my family, especially my son Patrick mental/ emotional/spiritual well being and he stays focused on things above while in the midst of the most difficult time this family has ever been in and that he is resto/released back to his children/ wife/family/ friends soon. Thank you so much in Jesus name i pray

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  723. Nathalie

    Good afternoon,

    Fist and foremost , I thank you for this submission. These past few months have been extremely tough in every aspect of my life, but God has been in my life throughout everything. I need prayer and support for my ex. We both currently need prayer and guidance during these times of changes .

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  724. Pat Rowell

    Your message today reminding me of God’s promises was much needed. My three grown children, their spouses, and my four grandchildren need to come to know Jesus as the Savior. I pray for this daily and have for many years. I ask for those who feel led to storm the gates of heaven with me for them!

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  725. genny

    Hi Lysa,
    Please pray for me and all my worries I have which are endless.
    Genny B.

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  726. Michelle

    Thank you for this opportunity! Please pray for the constant struggle I’m having with depression and anxiety. I’ve recently had to quit my job and am having a tough year. I keep praying and reading scripture, but prayers will definitely help.

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  727. Sandy

    Please pray for a full time job for me. I just recently lost my job and I’m searching for employment. Also pray that my relationship that ended with my ex boyfriend can be saved. He is going through some difficult times right now as well as I am. I pray for him everyday. He said he needed time alone and ended all communication with me.

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  728. Nikki

    marriage is dead…begging God to change both of us and breathe His life into our marriage. so weary/tired ..we have 3 boys and I don’t want to be a single mom.
    have no idea what to pray for anymore.

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  729. sahwn

    I was tempted to not leave a reply after reading some of the prayer requests. My problems are not my child dying, being in prison wrongfully or anything like adoption. I’m just losing my healthcare benefits and food benefits. I need my kids to have health insurance and the pt job my husband just got doesn’t offer health. To think that I was once the wife of a pastor and served faithfully to people who were hateful and some days faithless kills me because I kept doing it because God said to. We had nothing and I still served. We kept going until we couldn’t anymore and people left the church. And now, I’m here with more nothing and no healthcare and today what feels like no hope.

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  730. Christy

    I have a prodigal daughter who left home unexpectedly and I have not spoken with her since she left four months ago. My heart is broken. Please pray for us.

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  731. Tangela

    Hello My Jesus Girlfriends, I humbly come to each of you asking you to lift my husband and I up in prayer that God will bless us with a child/children. We’ve undergone almost 7 years of infertility treatments, If it is not the will of God that we become parents, I ask for prayers of understanding and faithfulness.

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  732. Deanna

    Hi Lysa,
    First of all thank you so much for your devotion today. I so badly needed this encouragement today. Please be in prayer for my daughter, Macy. She is living a homosexual lifestyle. I’m so heartbroken and devastated about the choices she is making. She moved in with her ‘partner’ this past December and I don’t see her very often. She is now at college 4 days a week and I’m praying that she will make friends that love Jesus, and that she too will fall in love with Jesus. I would appreciate you and your team praying for Macy and our family as we all continue to struggle with her decisions.
    Thank you,
    Deanna

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  733. Cindy Hasko

    The 3 Ways To Press Through Unanswered Prayer is so awesome. Thank you for that. It was perfect timing!! Funny, because last week, I had to spend 4 days with a lady that I’m not close to on a camping trip and she continued to make hurtful remarks at little things, as to throw darts at me, on purpose, for no reason. I see it now as the devil trying to ruin all that I am working for in Christ. He used her to put a dark cloud over my heart and thoughts. I quickly remembered to put my breastplate of Christ on and wrap Him around my thoughts and goals for Him. The devil will use whomever and whatever he can to make you falter in your walk with Jesus. Press forward in Christ. Focus back on Him and His Word!!! xo, Cindy from http://www.inspirememama.com

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  734. Laura Coleman

    Please pray with me for my prodigal husband. He decided 18 months ago that he no longer wants the responsibility of a relationship. There was no warning — he proclaimed, “I know what I am doing is wrong. I know I am not living the way I should. I know God is not happy about it. I know He does not want us to divorce. But I am okay with that because I believe Jesus died for my sins and I will be forgiven and still get into heaven.” With that statement I realized he was not only walking out on me — he was walking out on God. I continue to pray that his hardened heart is broken for the truth of the Gospel and that I see the day he surrenders his life fully and truthfully to Jesus Christ. I pray knowing and believing that God hears every word and collects every tear. Our divorce is scheduled for April. I am contesting but in the eyes of the courts he will get his divorce. I know this is no accident and God has a plan in it. I also pray for wisdom and discernment to know God’s will along the way and show the love of Jesus throughout this process. Thank you for the prayers!

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  735. Jessi

    Dear Lisa and Proverbs31 Women,

    Thank you for the offer to pray for us. I am 30 and have followed the Lord and lived in relationship with him for as far back as I can remember, making a decision when I was quite young and praying acceptance with my mom. I have experienced doubt and speculation at times which I believe are so healthy and great growing opportunities. However, I have been going through a pretty rough patch of doubt and skepticism the last few months. It seems my brain is going against everything my heart has believed to be true. I’ve been living in a city and been going to a graduate school that are known for being extremely spiritually diverse and liberal in all ways. They are also both known for being tough places to reach for Christ AND challenging places to live for Christians. I have a great church family and a few Christian friends. But my heart is so discouraged and frustrated to be in such a dichotomous position. I feel like two people in major conflict. My mind seems like its an unbeliever, seeing the parts of Christianity from a persecutor’s perspective. I guess you could call this a crisis of faith, a crossroads I never thought I would come to. I not worried I will turn away from the Lord, its more a matter of how to be at peace with where I am at, wanting to learn and grow from this, but also to not brush away these serious frustrations I seem to be having with the Bible. I crave authenticity, peace and hope. Feels like it would be so much easier not to be a Christian sometimes, yet I know in my heart, this is not ultimately true and there is joy like that of knowing Christ. That said, I would love some prayer! I am continuing to pray as well in vulnerability and exhaustion. Thank you so much for hearing me! Jessi

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  736. Nicole

    Hi there, this post was Great! And I read the 3 ways to pray on Proverbs 31 post… Very Awesome for those who Believe in the Power of Prayer, but forget to sit down and set time out to Pray us through it!! Thank you for the reminder!!! … Today I will start heavy on my Prayers, exceptionally… And I ask for your help, because I DO Believe in the Power of Prayer, to Please Pray for my husband and I as our marriage is under the attack of the enemy… after a long crazy two year struggle with my oldest child (not my husbands biological), my daughter who is eight years old. (We have a 3yr old & 2yr old boys together) Her biological father is a man full of hate and who’s heart the enemy has a hold of… I turned the man down for marriage 8 years ago and he has never let me live in peace and fully enjoy my daughter for the true gift she is! She is a Straight A student, who has a Beautifully kind, Godly heart! She is Beautiful on the inside and out… Two years ago he made my husband and I spend $60,000. by defending ourselves by taking us to court for very foolish junk and crap! The hearing officer said he never saw such petty junk in his 18 years of his job. No issue he has is ever founded or justified but because he has money and a hate filled heart he can keep taking us back as often as he wants… He has now served us papers Again!!! Our hearts are reeling!! We are Just recovering from us tearing apart our marriage because we took everything out on each other. (My husband and I) Recovering from the stress we allowed in our lives, from not giving it to Him Completely! Or trusting in Him Completely!! It even caused us to separate for three months.
    We have learned our lesson and we are stronger this time, but we are still paying on the the last court incident. We have truly turned our lives to God, Praying whole-heartedly as a family, teaching our kids to Pray, believing that the family that Prays together stays together!! …but still struggle with so much!! The enemy is coming at us hard!! With the Peace between our families. We have family members with grief over us because we took care of another family member. My husbands side of the family giving grief because we don’t cut our children’s hair right. It’s a small town and we have my mother in law who is supposedly a devout Christian/Catholic going behind our backs and complaing about us, but mostly me, because I guess she is just not happy with me? We are affected in Every area we turn it seems?!?
    But the main thing is here we are again midst the enemy’s mess being served papers Once Again!!
    … I am a good momma!! My child is a Straight A student and has been from the time she started school. She participates in All school activities. She is top salesman at all and any school functions. She participates in anything and everything in church. She just made her First Communion this past Spring and is Honored to receive the Body of Christ and Blood of Christ… She is an Amazing child!! I am lucky to be her Mom!!! – I on the other hand, have Never- Ever endangered her. I have Never done drugs a Day in my life!!! I rarely Ever drink, because my life is Full of alcoholics. I have Never been in harms way with her. My children are my everything!!! … I Beg and implore you for your help in Praying my family through this time. Pray for each one of our Courage at this time time. For God to help us each with Peace through this all. Help Him to guide us through this reaching for Him and always looking for His love and guidance. Help us Pray for the love and Peace for those coming under attack of us, any and all in my little girls fathers family. That we can find love in our hearts and pray them out of this. For any and all in my family and Kurt’s family, that each of them can be filled with love and compassion at this time in our lives. We Pray that for us as well. Please Pray for my children at this time, because it will be a struggle for all now… And Pray for my husband and my marriage for God to Strengthen it through our Courage to keep reaching for Him and His Word!!! Please help us in and through Prayer… Pray us through this journey… Please I Pray!!
    I also ask for your Prayers for my father who has been in ICU since Sept.29th with a failing liver.. Please Pray for His recovery and his heart to be delivered to God when he pulls through this. I Pray for the Holy Spirit to be coursing through his veins!! … I also ask for not only my entire family, but especially for my only and little brother to be led to God. For the Holy Spirit to fill him and be led to God’s path and Will!!
    In Jesus’s Name!! Thank you!!
    Nicole

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  737. Ali C.

    My husband had a lot of gastro. issues and is currently suffering a severe bought. He is naturally on the depressed side so this causes his spirits to drop even further. He’s not yet a full believer (open tho!). Please pray for an internal healing and that he may come to know Jesus as I know him! Thank you so much Lysa for your encouragement! I needed this today of all days!

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  738. Sarah Renn

    Hi Lysa – your message brought tears to my eyes! I too have a daughter who I want to have a relationship with Jesus, two daughters in fact but one is really struggling right now and my heart breaks for her. She just started high school this year and the majority of her friend group is excluding her. They are the only friends she has right now and she is shy so it is hard for her to meet new friends. I have been praying to Jesus that he will help her meet new friends who are as kind to her as she is to them. I appreciate your prayers as well.

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  739. Kathie C.

    Hi Lysa,
    Thank you for praying for me & my family. First off I pray our son will fall in love with Jesus. And second I would like to ask for prayer for my husband. We recently (1 yr) relocated to the Midwest from NC due to my husband’s promotion. The company let him go a couple of weeks ago. We’ve purchased a home here & haven’t even sold the NC home. I thank The Lord for putting us in a church that is beyond wonderful!!!! And pray He blesses my husband beyond just a job. Thank you Lysa & team.

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  740. Evelyn Hernandez

    I have been struggling with passing a test in order to continue on in my teaching credential program. I feel so defeated and like everyone is judging me because I stay home with my kids and my husband is working 2 jobs in order for me be able to complete my program. I have prayed and prayed and have been prayed over as well and I still keep failing this test I have another test date for November 19th. Please pray for me through this, it has taken my joy and my peace and I am frankly ready to give up although I know that me becoming a teacher is the path the lord has instructed to me follow.

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  741. Jennifer Smith

    My husband launched a small company a year and a half ago. The Lord blessed it from conception to now in miraculous ways again and again. But unexpectedly two months ago the work dried up and now we are wondering what His plan for us is. We are going to run out of money soon and so we are currently praying in faith that God will show us tangibly what His will is. In a similar fashion to Gideon and his prayer for wet/dry fleece, we have prayed for a new contract to come through by November 17th. Fear tries to creep in and tell me the problem is too big. But I’m determining to keep my eyes focused only on Jesus, lest I sink in the storm. Would appreciate you praying along side us. Praying for a clear answer with no room for confusion or doubt. Thank you!

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  742. Beth

    I would appreciate prayer for my marriage. We are currently going through a divorce. I’m the one who messed up. I had the affair. I moved out and wanted to seperate. My husband and his family wanted papers filed. So they were. About a month later I realized I still love my husband and wanted to make things work but he no longer does. Says he had to let go. I would and am willing to do anything to make it work, and I know God will bless us. But like I said, he wants no part in that. I want to reconcile, but all I can do is pray for God’s will to be done. I’m literally facing a mountain. And it’s going to take a miracle to get past it, but I know He can do it. I just don’t know if it’s His will anymore.
    Anyways, prayers for my reconciliation of my marriage would be much appreciated, or just prayers that God’s perfect will be done and I have the strength to accept whatever it is. Thank you.

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    • Reese

      There is a ton of information on this website about marriage restoration. Praying for your family.

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    • N Jean Bird

      With God nothing is impossible, praying for you and your spouse!

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    • Demetrice

      Praying your strength. I am dealing with a situation like your but my spouse is cheating on me and I do understand. But pray that God will heal both of your hearts. He can and will. I am praying for you both

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  743. Joye

    In Jesus’ Name, please pray that God immediately moves Brandon’s heart to make Kaitlyn his #1 priority above everyone and everything in his life. Thank you.

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  744. Joye

    In Jesus’ Name, please pray that Brandon will get hired for a job this week. Thank you.

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  745. Gina

    Your devotion hit straight to my heart today. My husband and I own a small business that we are currently experiencing difficulty in finding enough decent help to get all the work done and our fence was cut into over night and a car broken into. My husband is trying to take up the slack and it’s just too much. We would covet your prayers with us through this struggle. Thank you.

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  746. Joye

    Please pray for Kaitlyn’s immediate happiness and blessings and for things to just go extremely well for her starting right now. Thank you.

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  747. Missy Blackshear

    Lysa, first I would like to say you are such a blessing. I have read almost all of your books and they always touch close to home. This blog is something i have been struggling with for some time. GOD has place desires in my heart and I have been prayering for years now and no change. I have a heart to become a nurse and I have applied and I keep getting the same rejection. It hurts to see other that were in school with me finished and have been working for some time now. Please pray for me on this area. I have also been praying on a relationship to turn around. I want give in because I know GOD has it.

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  748. Kathy

    Thank you for the devotion today. It is a good reminder to continue to be specific in my prayers for my 24 year old daughter. She has been a protitute and in adult films for the past six years. I’ve been raising her almost 3 year old daughter on and off since she’s born. I’m trying to get fulltime guardianship but now satan has swooped and has her fighting on this. My granddaughter has lived with us for the past 4 months straight. She wants to take my grand daughter and never let us see her again. She is homeless (sleeps on various couches), does not have a car or a real job. She lost her son to foster care years ago and was adopted. I pray everyday for God to do a miracle in my daughter and take her out of that industry. My prayer request is to soften my daughter’s heart to sign over guardianship in order to give her daughter a safe, loving and stable environment and to restore our relationship. Thank you.

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  749. Lillie Hays

    I just read your post that you put up about your daughter and the terrible letter that you got in I just wanted to tell you that I am so happy that your daughter found Jesus and I want you to pray for my son who is in a terrible place he’s in jail because his girlfriend lied about him and at this point everybody knows that it was a lie except for the prosecutor who wants to prosecute him but we have been believing jesus said he will release him and get him out of there and he believes that Jesus will also do the same thing but it was such an inspiration to read about your daughter and what you said about that from being a bullet to your heart I truly believe that people sometimes let the enemy use them instead of uplifting the Christian person they say things that are terrible I’m glad that you don’t know who this person is because at this point it could possibly make you feel like you want to say something to them you wouldn’t just by reading that article I could tell that you love Jesus and I love the Lord to and I just want I want to pray for my son and I also want to pray for the for the girlfriend who is doing this because she needs to Lori and that’s basically it and thank you

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  750. Karina

    I am praying for my daughters paths to be made straight, that her finances will be put in His hands and debt will be erased. I pray that she will find a decent place for herself to live and that she will be acccepted into the LPN program in the spring. I pray for her future spouse to be put in her path. I pray for love of herself.

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  751. michelle

    I pray for direction in an important relationship and direction in managing finances properly.

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  752. Laura

    How do you see all the comments? I see the last 20 or so and when I click on older I see the first 6. it’s like this from laptop and my phone.
    Thanks!

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  753. Tricia

    This a timely message for us, thank you so much! My husband and I need prayers to sell our house in Arizona. We are hanging on trying to make 2 mortgages and related ecpenses.

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  754. Kelly

    Please pray for my 19 yr old son and his current relationship that God would either give me peace about it or lead him to the girl God truly intends for him to be with.

    I would also appreciate prayer for my husband’s job…he’s a high school coach and athletic director (which isn’t much different than a pastor) and the situation is difficult. Believing Psalms 138:8 for him.

    I love your ministry and am so thankful for your servant hood.

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  755. Beverly

    Please pray for Salvation for Sean, Josh, Julia, and Izzy, and my family and friends.

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  756. Tonya Burgess

    Please help me pray for my friend Carol Martin. She’s a 2nd mom to me and a very dear friend who has just been diagnosed with incurable cancer- but we serve a Gid who can do all things including heal! She still has children at home and her family are missionaries to American Indians. Needing to see a miracle!

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  757. Terri Larson

    Please pray for my granddaughter. She’s twelve and is being pressured by her friends to act in a way she knows does not line up with her morals and values. Plus she likes a guy that is also putting pressure on her that she’s not ready for at this young age. She knows the Lord and I’m praying that she stand strong in her faith. Thank you.

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  758. Pat Campbell

    Your article on pressing through in prayer ministered & blessed me today. The verse 1 John 5:14-15 spoke immensely to me and I am going to hang on to these verses as I want and trust in the Lord. My husband and I have our own business and at the moment we find ourselves in financial crisis…….we are praying through this crisis and expectantly waiting on the Lord for a break through. Please stand with us in prayer……Ross & Pat

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  759. Nellie

    I am divorced. I’m happy about that. My children are happy about it. I refuse to say my kids are product of divorce because I believe they are more than their circumstances. However, my oldest who is 10, seems to be miserable about life. She’s so angry. She’s mad all day, every day. It is rare that she has a good day.

    When I ask her about it, she never can tell me why she’s angry. Or why she acts out. Or why she yells at her younger siblings. I have done all I know to do to help her. She has been diagnosed as having Oppositional Defiant Disorder and ADHD. We work with counselors and doctors and closely with her teachers. And, of course, I’ve been praying for her.

    I know I don’t have to know the specifics in order to pray. I know that God knows what’s on her heart and mind and why she is the way she is. She’s been miserable since she was about 3 or 4. It’s been years. I want desperately to see her testimony come from this one day. But, I also want more than anything, for her to be happy and enjoy her childhood.

    They see their father under supervised access. It is not, nor has it ever been, a good situation. We have all been victims of verbal, emotional, mental and even physical abuse by their father. I hoped and prayed that getting us out of that situation would help her. It just hasn’t. All I want is for her to be happy. She’s a beautiful little girl with a beautiful personality when she’s not being ugly. Her smile can light up a room. It makes me sad that we don’t see it more often.

    Please help me pray for her. For whatever needs to be done in her heart. She is saved. She asked Jesus into her heart when she was 7. We go to church, listen to worship music, etc. We try to show the love of Christ in our interactions with her. It’s not always easy. Please help me in praying her through this. Whatever “this” may be.

    Thank you.

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  760. Christi

    Please pray for my daughter and her husband. They are separated by his choice, and I want God to bring him back to his marriage and vows he made. Such sadness reigns in our hearts right now. I want to trust God that He will work this for their good, but struggling!

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  761. Carol Smith

    Please pray for Michael. He is facing a probation officer that thinks He’s dishonest. He legimately has pain medicine for ruptures disc in his back . Yet they continue to suspect him of drug dealing even though no other charges have ever been brought against him. He was in wrong place at wrong time. He needs God favor to show that he is truthful and honest. For the law officers & all involved to know the truth when it is given to them. for God to redeem the injustice that was done to him. His meeting is on Nov 20th. Blessings Carol

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  762. roxie brubaker

    Would you please pray for my marriage and my husband, we are currently separated, however, next month we are getting an apt together, so we can raise our daughter together, there is no hate between, in fact we a good friends, I love him and want to be his wife, he cares about me, but wants to be roommates, so we can both be there for out little girl. Please pray God would continue to soften my husband’s heart, and would continue to fully heal and restore our marriages. Thank you so much, and God bless you and the work you do

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  763. Shelley

    Dear Lysa,
    I am in the depths of a depression that I cant seem to get out of. I was recently lied to ,deceived and betrayed by someone that claimed to love me and I loved him. My deepest desire my whole lfe was to be loved and belong. I have abandonment issues from living with an alcoholic father. To feel abandon & rejectied just rocks me to my core. I am working on it and praying and reading. But it seems like having a love of a lifetime is hard to believe in.

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  764. Kendall

    Thank you so much for the encouraging Word today! It was a true blessing!
    My prayer request today is…complicated! 🙂 For the past several years my solid, unwavering prayer has been for a husband. I am ready to get married and settle down….or at least that’s what I believed. Since about the beginning of the year, I have felt a huge shift in my attitude and in my desires for my life. Although I still cling to the hope and I wholeheartedly believe that I am meant to be married and have children, I have felt a change in my perspective of what I can do with my life in-the-moment. I suddenly have a desire to uproot my life and just go! Take my dog, my car, and what I can pack and just go see God’s beautiful creation! I can’t explain to you where this is coming from or why, but the seed has been planted in my heart and I even have a spiritual guy-feeling about when I need to leave. But I need discernment to know, is this the real deal? Or am I being lead away from what is waiting here, the place I have put down roots?? So today I am asking for guidance and wisdom. Do I make this decision to just leave it all behind and literally “Go forth!” or do I stay and wait for God to bring me the husband I have so diligently prayed, hoped, and longed for?? Thank you for being this extra voice for me as I reach out to my Savior!
    ~K

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  765. Kathleen

    I’d be most appreciative if you could pray for (if you can follow this!) Becky – the daughter of my brother’s girlfriend. Becky is a mom of two who is battling a vicious cancer but fighting it every step of the way, like the warrior that she is. She has one son with cystic fibrosis and a toddler son with her new husband. Sincere thanks…

    Kathleen, Waxhaw, NC

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  766. Phyllis Sandoval

    I have prayed for my sister and my daughter for 28 years. Daughter is a total non believer. Sister believes and will not surrender. Thank you so much for praying.

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  767. Leslie McCarthy

    Please join me in prayer for my son’s salvation. He is incarcerated, due out in about a year. I want him out and to lead a decent life, but more, I want his salvation. He is a rebel through and through. Thank you so very much for praying for my boy, he is 32. Blessings to you.

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  768. Rhonda

    Please pray for my husband who is an alcoholic and our oldest daughter and family who are going through difficult times in their lives, they are drifting apart from one another and from our Lord. Also, prayers for myself, I am such a worrier and try to fix everything and
    everyone.
    Thank You and God Bless You Lysa.

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  769. N Jean Bird

    Two of our adult children are in some critical financial need. One needing a job and the other to sell a property. Prayers going up, both realizing they need more of God in their lives recently and my husband and I seeking God’s mercy and grace to provide a job and a buyer. I understand His way and time may not be ours but I only see their crises increasing and their faith at risk of failing. Trying to remember they are weak but He is strong. Is it wrong for us to stand in the gap for them and pray for help for them?
    Jean

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  770. AAM

    Please pray for my husband’s complete healing from bladder cancer.
    Thank you.

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  771. Sarah

    My prayer need has had me stressed, anxious and weary for the last 5 months. I have struggled with all the thoughts and feelings you mentioned in your post.
    In May I moved from the East Coast to Hawaii as a newly wed with my husband. We were rushed to get things in order before he deployed in June. We bought a car a week before he left, and 3 weeks later the transmission went up. I felt lonely, abandoned and unsure what to do. I live 20 min off base and everyone I know lives ON base. I called the dealership and they said they would do an even trade. They didn’t find a car for me until 4 months later, I’m October. Within 24 hours of driving it off the lot, it left me stranded and unable to safely put gas in the car. I sent it back and they had their mechanic “fix” it. A couple days later, same problem occurred so I’ve been trying to give them the car back and get my money back but they won’t and insist on “fixing” it. As of yesterday I have determined that maybe God won’t be answering my prayer to her my money back, so I just ask that the car be fixed, is reliable and I feel at peace with the outcome, whatever that is. My husband will be returning home soon and I would like this to be taken care of before his return. I am weary and exhausted as this has been drug on for most of the time he has deployed.

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  772. Pam

    Please pray for my son and daughter-in-law and the identical twins that they just found out they are expecting. The babies share the same sac so they and my daughter-in-law are considered a high-risk pregnancy.

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  773. Anne Marie

    After the recent death of my Dad, 71, being killed by a negligent driver and my mom sustaining a traumatic brain injury…. My marriage needs to be restored after a year of grieving and helping my mom with her home and in her grieving. Prayers for honesty, affection & commitment as well as God’s provision for all our needs. Thank you.

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  774. Paula

    Please help me pray for my daughter who is struggling with peer pressure and making bad decisions in her life. we have her going to church with us again and my prayer is that she will find her way to walk with Jesus and know that he will lead her in the right direction if she will only listen to what he is saying to her.

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  775. Emiley gaskill

    Please pray with me, my job is being discontinued and I need a new job and finances to pay our bills.
    Thanks for praying with me

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  776. missy

    Needing prayers for anxiety and panic attacks

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  777. May

    I truly loved this message. It touched me deeply. We have been trying to conceive for 4 years now unsuccesful. Had a miscarriage last year and we are faithfully praying for a miracle. Thank you!

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  778. tiiara

    thank you for this post! I needed this today! this has been an incredibly rough year for my family and my husband’s family. we left a great life and my husband resigned a great youth pastor position to travel back to his family to help resolve a lot of family issues here. We didnt have a job, we didnt have a house…we had nothing. We have been living with his grandparents since. Our 1 and 5 year old are having a hard time dealing with all these changes as they live opposite to what we lived. We just need a breakthrough. So many close appointments and we will get to the very end of the application process and get rejected. this has really had a horrible effect on my husband as he feels he threw our lives away…we don’t know where to turn? we pray and pray and pray. Our faith is all but crumbling. we just need to know God’s will for our lives so we can move out and get our life back on track and so my husband can finish his last year of seminary. Thank you!

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  779. Lindalee

    Pray with me that both my children “fall in love with Jesus” and experience the joy of knowing Him deep within their hearts and follow life with JOY in our Lord.

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  780. Andrea

    Lysa, Thank you for your inspiring messages day in and day out. I am a newlywed to a man I adore but sometimes feel like he just settles. He has a 12 year old son and from what I can tell, a VERY overwhelming ex-wife. We have had our spats with each other through our 3 years of knowing each other. She made very poor decisions when her son was young and it feels like she is trying to make up for it now. She puts so much pressure on my husband BUT thinks they are best friends. She calls whenever she wants, she does whatever she wants and he never said anything to her. With me in the picture, we argue constantly about her. It is always a battle because I feel like another woman is in my place. I understand they are “co-parenting” but they do not need to communicate that much, or talk every day. We get the same emails and texts as she does from his school and coaches for his team but she still finds some way to call. I have expressed this to my husband so many times that we can’t even discuss it any longer. I feel as if she wants to control her son’s life and interferes with our time when it is our days. She is married and has 2 other children and expecting one. I have tried to help but I always seem to come off as “trying to be his mom” but that’s not my intentions. I accuse my husband for her behavior because he never said anything to her. Her actions today are because of his reactions yesterday. I am having a VERY hard time with it all. And to top it off, his parents talk about her constantly. They have been divorced for almost 10 years and I feel like I can’t do anything with her son without her being involved or I have to consider my decisions secondly because I have to figure out how she will react. I pray that God will lead me down a path that will show me that everything he is doing now and the pain I am feeling is for a reason. I have never been so LOST in my Christianity as I am today and I feel so further from God then EVER before. I can’t grasp on to anything because I feel like my voice is nothing when it comes to this. I am very involved in my stepsons life..I take him to school, I make his breakfast, I pack his lunch I do everything a mom would do and more and I feel like I am left to just say goodbye when the door closes for him to walk into school. My husband and I can’t discuss his mother because we are on two separate pages. He thinks I am crazy for thinking things the way I do and I think that he is “comfortable” at where he is in life and still works for her family. I just don’t know what to do and feel helpless now.

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  781. Demetrice

    Pray for my husbands salvation. He’s started an affair a little over a year ago and seems to have lost all of his sense of family. Help me to make wise decisions and still follow God’s will for my life. I don’t know where God is going to lead me, but I do pray daily twice a say and I know HE sees my tears and will answer my prayers. I just want what’s going to be best for me and our children. I pray God will restore and heal us.

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  782. Caitlynn

    Thank you so much for giving us all this opportunity to get some extra prayer. I recently went through a brief period of feeling closer to God than I ever have before. I saw what real joy was for the first time in my life, but lately I’ve been feeling kind of cut off like I can’t hear Him. I know feelings aren’t everything, I do trust that He is still here working it all out. I’ve just been so rushed (even though I’m not busy at all) and unfocused. I can think to pray for people in my life (my dad to know Jesus is one and one that I would especially love prayer for by the way) and specific tangible circumstances, but I don’t know what I need. Actually I think the problem is I think I need to know what I need. I need to absolutely let go of control. I know God’s working on that, but right now I just want peace and joy knowing He’s still with me and has plans not only for what I’ll do for Him but also for knowing completely that He’s always there and for me being able to hear and relate to Him the way He made me to. I need reassurance that I won’t miss out because I don’t know what to ask for too. I’m sorry if this makes no sense but if you could just pray that God tells me what I need to hear to fix whatever’s off in my heart, I know He can take it from there. Thank you!

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  783. Diane

    Lysa, as I read this devotional, my heart ached for what you described about the letter. Last year, I received an ugly, hateful letter from my mother, who wrote to chastise me for speaking to my misguided niece about her unhealthy parenting toward her 6 year old daughter. First, I was told I wan not a great example for parenting…after all, I am the one whose firstborn son took his own life at age ten, and that he died believing no one loved him. She wrote that she had always blamed me for his death and demanded to know where I was and what I was doing while he dying. I was devastated!

    I thought that whatever problems we had when I was younger were over, and that we had developed a mature relationship. I didn’t know what to do, but I started praying, and reading! Among some of the books I read were Susie Eller’s book on forgiveness, as well as your “Unglued.” I read scripture that helped me to remember WHO I AM IN CHRIST, and I clung to the truth. I decided I needed to actually “do” something that would help me. So, I went into my creative room and got on my knees before God. I prayed over the letter, asking my Heavenly Father to take the burden from me, to help me forgive the unforgivable. I then sealed the letter with hot, red candle wax, pressing a cross into it until cool, effectively sealing it as a covenant with my LORD. I then placed the letter into an envelope and wrote scriptures all over it and placed it in my Bible. I immediately had a peace. Forgiveness is very hard, especially when we have been wounded so deeply. Not only had I lost my beautiful and gifted son, I was being blamed by someone I love!

    On this day, Wednesday, November 12, 1980, my son Jeffrey was born. I celebrate his life today, knowing he was a true gift from God, and nothing anyone says to me will ever make me feel differently. I am at peace and continue to pray for my mother, because she is the one who is feeling guilty and struggling now, even though I told her I have forgiven her.

    Blessings to you and all the people at Proverbs 31 Ministries, for sharing your hearts and encouragement with all of us.

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  784. Jennifer Harper

    Please pray for me. I got clean of drugs for almost ten years with gods help. Somehow after many heart wrenching situations I felt like the devil was trying so hard to take me out but I resisted and prayed more and more. Yet before my ten yr sobriety birthday I relapsed and within a year caught so many criminal charges, I have a hard time saying me because without the drugs I could never do such things. I have been clean 6 months now and I am 7 months pregnant and the devil still consumes my thoughts with fear. Im scared of going to jail and having a baby there or leaving any of my kids. I built a house in 2011 which I would lose also. I don’t know what to do but fear and worrying about the outcome of my cases is keeping me in my own prison. Please pray for me.

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  785. Linda

    Please pray for my daughter. She grew up going to church, loving the Lord, memorizing scriptures, serving at church. She is now 21 years old and she is not that enthusiastic about God and church. She has a boyfriend who says he is a believer but I don’t think he is a strong Christian. He goes to church with us when he is not working. But lately, my daughter has been missing church. She stops volunteering at the Kids Ministry as well. When I confronted her and told her about her priorities, she responded that she loves going to church but she doesn’t want to be pressured into going. She said the more I remind her of going, the less likely she wants to go. So I decided to stop prompting. I didn’t say anything last Sunday when I was getting ready for church. I attended church but she didn’t. She and her boyfriend went out to breakfast instead. :(. Please pray that her love for the Lord sparks again and that she can be an influence to her boyfriend rather than the other way around. Please pray that I can continue to be a good example to her. Pray that the Lord will use me in a different way to encourage her back to church and to God’s word. Pray for salvation for the boyfriend in case he is not a Christian. Pray that he grows strong in the Lord as well. Please pray that there relationship be founded in the Lord. Pray that they will continue to stay pure (as they have said) and not fall into temptation. Thank you so much.

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  786. Tricia

    I need a few prayers.
    I am a stepmother to five children. My Husband has placement 50% of the time. He recently was out of town for bussiness. He would be gone during his placement time.(3 days) As there stepmother we worked it out that I would care for the children while he was gone. The first night I had them, their mother took them out of the home stating, “according to their custody agreement if either parent is gone for more than two hours she has the right to them”. I had to let her take them. I felt helpless and angry that she would do something like this out of munipulation and feer that they might actually spend some time with me. This is confusing for the children and my husband was hundreds of miles away. This type of behavior is ongoing for her.
    I need a few prayers. That I am able to stay strong and positive for the kids sake. How do my Husband and I handle this when he gets home? What is the right path to take?

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  787. Corrie

    I am belaire in God that He will answer my prayers that my husband will consistently follow God and perseverance and lead my family and I to Him and that my friends son, Andy will be free from his demonic prisons and praise God’s Name and then the righteous will gather about him bc of Gods goodness to him. Thank you for joining me! Amen!
    Blessings!! 🙂

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  788. Sharon

    Six years ago, I was praising God that our son was literally about to walk across the stage at graduation, as it had been a rough year filled with rebellion and difficulty. In the midst of my praise, the Lord clearly spoke the words “He will return to me” into my spirit. I was rattled, in a good way, and grateful, but I had no idea what we would be facing in the coming years. HE knew that I would need a promise to make it through. Please pray for God to break the remaining chains that bind our son. He needs a new heart and godly friends to come alongside him to point him back to the One who heals, guides and loves. Bless you

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  789. Erin

    Thank you for all you ladies do! What an amazing blessing from God you all are : ) my family and I are trying to sell our home so we can downsize and be able to bless others financially and get out of debt. Please pray with us that our home sells!! Thank you so much and God bless each and everyone of you!

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  790. candace

    Please agree in prayer with me for spiritual blessings for myself to help build and advance the kingdom of God.Thank you.

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  791. Olivia

    Thank you for today’s devotion.
    My name is Olivia and I am married to my husband for 19 years, we have had a very long road this past year. We have two daughters, Precious and Tyler, my husband Shaineand I need your prayers. Please pray with my daughters and I believing for a miracle in our marriage. Total restoration with our Lord Jesus and Our Chief cornerstone to build our marriage stronger than ever.

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  792. Dianne

    Praying and believing for 7 years for my 23-yr. old to return to the Lord. His father died of cancer when he was 9 and he has had a lot of anger and confusion toward God. He once loved Jesus, was part of our Church worship band and now he is in the world. But….I know my God is faithful to complete that which I have committed to Him! I have committed my son to Him and He will write his testimony. Thank you for your words of encouragement today!

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  793. Amanda

    Please pray for us to have the kind of faith that you describe — faith that believes that His work is already complete.
    We are in the throws of a HUGE move, and we need to sell our house. We have three very young children and the move itself is causing me great concern.
    We have already dropped the price of our house by $51,000 and we can’t afford to drop it any further. We need it to sell by the 28th of November to enable us to put an offer in on a house where we’re moving.
    Please join us in believing that God is the God of the impossible and He will have our house sold in the next two weeks.

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  794. Brittany

    Please pray for me as I just had a D&C procedure this morning after my first pregnancy which resulted in a miscarriage. My wish is for speedy full healing and recovery and that I will be able to get pregnant soon with a healthy baby, and full term pregnancy. Thank you for your prayers!

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  795. Karen

    I am taking you up on asking for a whole lot of God’s girls to help pray me thru some big bumps in my life! My husband and I have been praying for years for my daughter’s life to turn around, for her to stop doing the things that are damaging her and her 2 young daughter’s lives, and that she also find Jesus. And for my son who is going thru a divorce, he still loves his wife of 6 years but she wants to move on. I need to learn how to let go and let God, and to hear His voice again. Sometimes I feel that prayer is all I have… It seems so long since I have heard from Him. Please pray for our family.

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  796. Brenda

    Good day to all. I’m needing prayers because at present I am unemployed. I have been looking for work going on interviews but nothing so far. I pray that I find a job that will be free from office drama and fake co-workers and boss.
    I pray all goes well with my son he goes to court on February 12, 2015. I pray they give him probation and restution.
    I pray God bless all of you abundantly. I truly enjoy reading your blogs.

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  797. Eileen Andrews

    I have been praying and believing for my son Danny. He’s always been a deep thinker and feels things strongly and deeply. We have brought both our boys up in the faith, taught them God’s ways, and served in the church. All throughout his childhood and teenage years, he would come to a place of wrestling with his faith. He would fight and resist God then find a resolution and walk with God. Now that he has hit his 20’s, he’s hit a major wall and the Christian faith is just not resonating with him. He’s trying. He’s going to church. He’s serving. But in private, he’s struggling to believe. His father left me for another woman about a year ago after we were married for 25 years. He was struggling before that, but it didn’t help. God has allowed me to go through the trial of separation and a major trial before that. I don’t know if those things affected him or not. I have the test of time with my God to keep me grounded in Him through trial, my son does not. Could you pray that like your daughter he would find his way to God and want to live passionately and wholeheartedly for Him and His Kingdom? And anything else you want to add? 🙂

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  798. Demetria

    Your messages are such an inspiration. They always see to be on point for that particular day. Thank you for your ministry.

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  799. marcia flores

    I would like prayer for my health I was addicted to pain medicine and now I am dealing with insomnia and then cietyI know God to deliver me from this he has a purpose in my life I would love for you to pray for me and my fam thank you

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  800. Renee

    Thank you so much for your words of encouragement. I am new to your site (as of last night) when I read your devotional. Please pray for both my teenage daughters. I pray that they will truly find a relationship with Jesus Christ. They go to church and for the most part seem to be walking with the Lord, but it seems time is short and the rapture could happen at any moment, and I just don’t know if they are truly right with God. My husband is not a Christian and so he contradicts me on the rapture, and tells them that everyone is going to heaven. They know this is not true, but my oldest daughter seems to be buying in to some of what he is saying. Please pray for him as well. Thanks very much and I read through some of these and will be praying for these other sisters in Christ as well.

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  801. Jennifer

    Praying for my husband and young daughter to fall in love with Jesus. Praying for COMPLETE healing in my mother and I. In Jesus’ Precious Name! Amen
    Thank you and God Bless You!

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  802. Anastasia

    Please pray for my family, as we have experienced many hardships recently, including the loss of my husband’s job, and our son’s health issues. Many thanks and blessings to all of you.

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  803. Marty

    Happy Wednesday:). I always wonder I did wrong when something I fervently prayed & fasted about is not answered. I think did I doubt it would happen, not believe enough, not enough faith? I want to know so that I can do it differently. I fasted & prayed for something specifically for 4 years & the outcome was far worse than what I asked for Lol. Now I’ve been praying & fasting for my marriage healing & restoration for 2-1/2 years now after 5 years of separation & instead, my estranged spouse has filed for divorce. Regardless though, I’m not giving up on God. He is good & He is in control. He says that He hates divorce& that nothing is too hard or impossible for Him to do & He cannot lie. So please help me pray that His good & perfect & pleasing will be done concerning resurrection, repair & restoration of my 22 year marriage. For softening of my husband’s heart & for him to return to his 1st love Jesus. We have 2 college age sons who desperately need a Godly role model. Thank-a-bunch. God bless.

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    • Lynn Cowell

      Jesus, we stand in agreement with our friend, for the healing of her marriage. Soften her husband’s heart first toward you and then toward his family. Help him to know your perfect love so he can love others. Help Marty and her children to keep their eyes on You and trust that You are at work even when they cannot see it. Amen

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  804. Sue Hartenbower

    Hi Lysa,

    I love your devotions on Proverbs 31 and also on the radio!
    I am asking for prayer for my son, Nathan. He has just recently started a new job, which is an answer to prayer. I know that God has a plan for Nathan’s life. I just don’t want him to go through life and be lonesome. I am asking for prayers that God will bring a Godly woman into Nathan’s life, to share his life with him, God willing.

    Thank you so much for all that you do and for praying, with me, for my son.

    God bless you Lysa!

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    • Lynn Cowell

      Jesus, thank you so much for Nathan and his new job. Give him Your favor there, Lord. We ask that you will direct his path when it comes to relationships, knowing You want his very best. Give him the desires of his heart. Amen

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  805. Nancy

    Please pray for favor on my husband at his job. Things are not going well and he may lose it. Also I have severe medical problems that cause alot of pain and hinder my ability to walk. I need healing. My oldest son needs salvation and to live his life for Jesus.

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    • Lynn Cowell

      Lord, You see each and every need Nancy has: her husband’s job security, healing for her body and salvation for her son. We know You provide, You heal and You save. We praise you, in advance, for doing that in their lives. Amen

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  806. Amanda

    Please pray for a man very close to me who does not know the love of Jesus. He’s had many struggles in life and has walked away from God, but I have hope that he can return to the Lord’s loving arms.

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    • Lynn Cowell

      Jesus, thank you for giving Amanda a soft heart to pray for this man. Open his eyes to see he is walking away from the One who loves him most. Draw him to You, Jesus. Amen

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  807. June

    I would really appreciate help in praying for my middle daughter. Her heart is hard and cold towards me and my husband and his kids. It’s not her dad but we’ve been together 10 years now. She goes back and forth but can’t seem to get over her hate and anger. We haven’t spoke in several months and her treatment breaks my mother’s heart! Thank you so much for listening.

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    • Lynn Cowell

      Lord, You are the God of restoration. You say in Ezekiel You will take out a stony heart and replace it with a heart of flesh. Take out her daughter’s stony heart Jesus. Give her a heart that loves and desires first You and then reconciliation with her family. Amen

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  808. Marilyn

    Please pray for God’s direction for me regarding a plan to serve Him and be blessed to work again. And for healing. I also praise Him for all that He’s been doing. Amen.

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    • Lynn Cowell

      Thank you, Jesus, for all You are doing in Marilyn’s life. Thank you that you go before her, opening doors for her to work again. Thank you in advance for healing her, Jesus. We love you, Lord! Amen

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  809. Sherry Taylor

    Please pray for my adult son who lost his business,went through a divorce, has been into gambling,drinking and now drugs. I pray he can overcome his depression and the things he needs to deal with so he can see how wonderfull he is and how much God Loves him. I know God can help him!!

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    • Lynn Cowell

      Lord, open the blinded eyes of Sherry’s son. Give him the desire to want to walk in the fullest you have for him. May he be tired of life as he is living it and break down the barriers keeping him from you. Heal him, Jesus! Amen

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  810. Katie

    Please pray for me. I have gotten myself in a financial crisis. I need to pay several bills or I will lose my electricity, my internet, car insurance and verizon coverage. Worst is my mortgage payments have been late the last several months & I’m afraid of foreclosure! I’ve prayed to the Lorda lot but don’t feel that He is going to help me. I’ve told him I will not shop unless He allows me to. I seem to have a shopping addiction that I’ve never admitted to. I never really thought about it. I thank you for your prayers.

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    • Lynn Cowell

      Jesus, thank you for helping Katie admit her addiction. I pray that you will help her to seek help so she can conquer this once and for all and live in the freedom you created her to live in. Open her eyes to see what path to take and give her the wisdom to know which is her first step. Amen

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  811. Leisa

    Lysa, your devotion today, “3 Ways to Press Through Unanswered Prayer” was a gift from God to a hurting heart. I have been struggling with my teenage daughter and your prayer for your daughter matched my own (including the tears)! Thank you for the encouragement today and the reminder that talking and thinking is not the same as moving to my knees and truly seeking God in this circumstance. So happy to hear that your daughter has fallen in love with Jesus!

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    • Lynn Cowell

      Jesus, draw Leisa’s daughter to also fall in love with You. We know this is what you want. Show her it is what she wants too. Amen

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  812. Jennifer

    Lysa – Thank you for today’s devotion. After reading, & crying, through everyone else’s comments, my worries & problems seem less significant. A prayer has been said for all.

    As to my own problems, we found out 1 year ago that our then-13 yr old son has chronic kidney disease & has been living by God’s grace alone. Unknowing to us, he has been living his entire (short) life on half of a kidney. Now, 2 surgeries & 1 yr later, he is as physically good as he will ever be, barring a kidney transplant, which he will eventually need sometime in his life. He has told us that his goal in life is to live until he is 40. Please pray for his health.

    Our 10yr old son desperately needs Jesus in his life. He is very hard to live with. Pray that he falls in love with Jesus.

    I have been praying for God to change my attitude about several things. When he tries, I screw it up & make little or no progress. Pray that I would allow God to work in my life.

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    • Lynn Cowell

      Lord, thank you for Jennifer’s vulnerability. Thank you for revealing her son’s physical problems. We ask you to pave a way for his transplant. In her 10 year old son’s life, bring the hidden thing in darkness that is causing his troubles into the light. There, in Your light, you can do your work. In Your Name, Amen

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  813. Holly

    For almost 6 years, I have struggled with wanting another child and my husband is 100% completely opposed. It has caused some pretty major disagreements and tears and even though I have seen God’s hand at work to give me more peace it’s still a major stronghold in my life. I have even prayed for God to completely take the desire away from me so I didn’t feel the heartbreak anymore. Please pray that there is some revelation on both my husband’s and my part and that there can be unity in this area of our life. Thank you!

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  814. Vonnie Sowers

    Please pray for my granddaughter Mikayla. Lysa’s devotional could have described the path she has been following. She has decided to rededicate her life to Jesus but I pray she falls completely in love with our Lord.

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  815. Krystin

    Your story touched my heart today as I have a son who has fallen away from God.

    Pray for him, as he is in a downward spiral with no job and no future.

    Thank you, blessings to all of you.

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  816. Debbie

    Please pray that the bitter divorce I am going through ends soon; to have the strength to endure it and Gods protection. God has answered our initial prayers by taking my daughter and myself out of a very abusive situation and provided for us every step of the way! Please pray that my husbands heart will be turned to God and we can work together to amicable resolve the final details of the divorce. Also, that my daughter can reconcile her relationship with her father as they have not seen each other for 7 months since we left.

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  817. Alana

    Please pray for my children, my son especially who struggles to make wise decisions among his friends and with teachers at school. I pray they will grow stronger in their relationship with Jesus and for my entire family to live more for Him.

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  818. Samantha

    My kids and I are praying for restoration in are family/marriage. My husband and I have been separated since July of this year b u t started having problems since February. The devil is a liar what he as stolen my heavenly father will bring back, even better stronger. Thank you for praying for us

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  819. Tonya Innis

    Dear Lysa and prayer team,
    Today’s devotion ministered to me greatly and gave me such hope.
    I need prayer for my 21 year old son, who refuses to acknowledge me as his mother. I kicked him out of my house last year for having and using drugs in my home, denouncing his faith in God, and impressing his new found beliefs on my 11 year old. His excuses for rebelling were due to my husband and I divorcing after 23 years of marriage. The heartaches have been great, but the biggest one of all is “losing” my son. I am praying first and foremost that he will return to Christ, and also that our relationship will be restored far beyond what it ever was before.

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  820. Annely

    Pray for my husband who has turned away from God. He has always been so bold in his faith. He has not been to church since I was baptized last year in June. That was his very last day. I gave my life to Christ he walked away. Our family needs him our children need the strong man of faith we had.

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    • Wendy Blight

      Annely, we are praying for the LIGHT OF THE WORLD to re-ignite the fire that has gone out in your husband’s heart. May He remind your husband of God’s great love for him and of the tender, trusting relationship they once had. Praying for God’s angels to station themselves around around your hearts and your home and keep the evil one and his lies and deceptions away. Praying for the Holy Spirit to rend your husband’s heart in a mighty way and turn it back to God, His Savior, you and his family!!

      Blessings,

      Wendy

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  821. Bonnie

    Prayers needed for my family but mainly for my oldest granddaughter that she turn back to GOD. Your testimony went right to my heart and I know that GOD is the GOD of second chances for all of us!

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    • Wendy Blight

      Bonnie, praying for the Lord to tender your granddaughter’s heart to God’s Love and the indwelling presence of God’s Holy Spirit in her. May He fan the flame of faith that has wanted and draw her back to His Word and His heart. Remember and never forget…with God ALL things are possible!! He is ABLE. Keep praying and trusting God to draw her back to His heart.

      Blessings,

      Wendy

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      • Bonnie

        Thank you!!

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  822. Mindi

    Please pray for my marriage, and the fact that myself and my five year old son and three year old daughter would love to have another child added to our family, but my husband is against it. I can not seem to focus on anything else accept this. I am 34 and in perimenopause therefore, my time to conceive may be up or near up. I pray for God to open my womb and soften my husbands heart!

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    • Wendy Blight

      Mindi, my prayer is that you and your husband will have a unity in heart on this issue through the power of the Holy Spirit. I pray that you would fully and completely surrender this desire of your heart for a child to God and TRUST that He will bring it to fruition if that is His perfect plan for your family. And I pray that if it is not, that He would tenderly bring you to a place of acceptance and trust.

      Blessings,

      Wendy

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  823. Tonya

    Dear Lysa and prayer team,
    Today’s devotion ministered to me greatly and gave me such hope.
    I need prayer for my 21 year old son, who refuses to acknowledge me as his mother. I kicked him out of my house last year for having and using drugs in my home, denouncing his faith in God, and impressing his new found beliefs on my 11 year old. His excuses for rebelling were due to my husband and I divorcing after 23 years of marriage. The heartaches have been great, but the biggest one of all is “losing” my son. I am praying first and foremost that he will return to Christ, and also that our relationship will be restored far beyond what it ever was before.

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  824. Jackie

    Please pray for my son who struggles with depression. I pray that he will trust that God loves him and not be afraid to live a fuller life. I pray for him to have a clearer understanding of Gods word and not a view that includes ridged restrictions. I pray for him to successfully find employment.

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  825. Raina Smothers

    I am requesting prayers,because I have been unemployed for 3 months and my unemployment is going to expire in December. I have been on several job interviews, a few of them I did not get picked for, but there are 2 that I am waiting for a response between next week and the first week in December. My current bills are lacking the financial resources to take care of them monthly and on time.Also, I am in graduate school for professional counseling and my grades has been impacted by my currebt situation.I have a final on Friday for my Lifespan class, and a final on Tuesday for group counseling class. I REALLY need to do well on these finals. With the holidays approaching I just need to be encouraged. Thanks for your prayers in advance.

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  826. Maria

    Please pray for my family to fall in love with jesus. And also for my husband.

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  827. Debbie

    Please be in prayer for my 23 year old son. He was raised in church, involved in the praise team. When he was a junior in high school my parents passed away and he lost his paternal grandmother as well. It’s like a switch flipped in him. He lost all interest in church, in God. He ha questions that I can’t seem to answer to clear his mind. He has been drinking since his 21st birthday, almost daily. Please join me in prayer that he can find his way back to God.

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  828. Ingrid

    Please pray for my husband so that God will enlighten him to work hard to save our marriage and keep our family together. Also, pray for me so that God will give me strength during this very difficult time.

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  829. Zella

    Dear Lord, Your word says when two or more agree in the midst… we proclaim victory healing prosperity resolve and peace for all fo your children. We know your words says that we have to endure much with patience and faith. As we call upon Jehovah Jireh, our provider as we call upon Jehovah Rapha, our healer, Jehovah Shalom, our peace, Jehovah Tsaba our warrior. We thank you for resolve we thank you for the Blood, we thank you for the Love. In JEsus name, Amen

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  830. Angela

    Too much to explain but my husband is trying to break free from a severe, even by addiction specialists terms, addiction to prescription pain meds. He has gone to detox and treatment, started going to church regulary (he wouldn’t go before b/c he had been hurt several times by people at other churches) and attending our weekly church Life Group. He has been addicted to some type of drug or alcohol his whole life, trying to run from a terribly abusive childhood and teenage years. He has been to Christian counseling, rededicated his life to Christ and still cannot seem to break free from this bondage. It is wearing us and our children out. We feel like our prayers are hitting a glass wall. A lot of the type of treament centers he needs do not take insurance and b/c of his addction he hasn’t worked in a year. I work for a non profit so I don’t make much at all, we can’t even pay our minumun, electric, gas, water and rent each month without having to ask someone for help. It is really frustrating. We need prayer for patience and discernment as to what may be keeping us/him in this bondage. Even as the women’s ministry leader at my church and having been a growing Christian since age 11, this is testing my faith immensly. We are tired.

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  831. karen

    Please pray for my daughter who struggles with self harm and depression. She is 16 and struggling so much. I know its a spiritual battle as she has walked away from the Lord and says she is a lesbian. It is so hard waiting for God to answer which is why your NOVEMBER 12, 2014 3 Ways to Press Through Unanswered Prayer devotion was so perfect! Thank you for sharing your hearts story!

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    • Christie

      Please pray truth is revealed and my tears stop. That friendship is restored with my best friend ever. I miss him

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  832. Shelley

    Lysa and prayer team,
    Praying for the gift of a happy healthy child after years of trying and suffering through the loss of three pregnancies. Praying for a brother that has lost his way in alcohol…that he may find the strength to find his way back to the family that loves him and the wonderful person trapped inside the sadness and destructive nature of addiction.
    thank you…thoughts and prayers for you all

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  833. Jackie

    even tho I know this is not true, I feel so alone. Even tho I know there are people out there in much worse situations that need your prayers, I am asking for your prayers.

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  834. amanda

    Please pray that we can keep our family together. We have struggled so hard through my cancer and treatments and the “other” parents of our children hurting them and trying to take them. I’m asking god to bless us and turn all the bad that everyone has directed our way into good so we can finally breathe and smile and laugh together again. We’re on the brink of being homeless, and I ask that you pray we stay together. Please pray that this doesn’t harden the hearts of my small family.

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  835. Joyce Starnes

    Lysa,
    Today’s devotion really hit home with me. My daughter went to college 6 years ago and has since graduated with a full time job. While we are very proud of her, each of her choices has taken her further and further away from her walk with Christ. She met a wonderful man, but unfortunately he has never been exposed to Christ. They are engaged with plans to get married in March of next year. This is a great opporunity for us to witness to his family. But more importantly, my daughter is not making his salvation a priority or is she concerned about the way she is living. I am burdened by her choices and her lack of concern for his salvation. I would really appreciate your prayers

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  836. Laura

    Thank you for this encouraging devotion. It really spoke to my heart and made me do some re-evaluating of my heart. I’ve always told myself that I am commiting the sin of mistrust if all I do is worry. Worry does get the best of me somedays and it has a snowball effect and that is when I believe I am most tempted by the devil. I continually seek God’s obediance and especially obediance to prayer. Most all of my prayers include a prayer for my sister-in-law. She battles so many evils and after years of addiction to both alcohol and drugs, she still hasn’t surrendered her life to Jesus and laid her troubles at her Father’s feet. She has many health problems that cause her to view herself under a very skewed lense. She has left it to her own devices and she fails every time. She feels she is inadequate as a mother, that she isn’t beautiful, that she has to “fix” up her life before attending church. She alleviates her emotional and physical pain by not reading His word or listening to that soft whisper, but rather, watching Dr. Phil and self medicating. My prayer is always that the veil be lifted and for her heart to be transformed and renewed by the Holy Spirit and that she will begin that personal journey with Christ. Through which, I know, she will learn of how Great her Father is and how He cares for his sheep. John Piper said it so well, sorrowful yet always rejoicing. I hope to live up to that slogan every day that I witness the pain and suffering of my dear sister. Prayers please….

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  837. Liz Weyler

    We are not wealthy people but we have a condo that we purchased 10 years ago in hopes that it could be our retirement nest egg. With the downturn of the economy, the condo is not worth what we paid for it and it is not feasible to sell now or we will lose our large down payment. In July, we did a major renovation to the Unit in hopes of getting more rent; I spent all of my retirement lump sum vacation money on it and it came out beautifully. We have not been able to rent it and there is little to no interest in it even though it is beautiful and in a perfect location. We are now struggling to pay the mortgage out of our own household income. I am trying to pray and trust GOD for a renter but somehow I feel that I am being punished by God since I used some of my tithe money (3 months worth) to complete the renovation. Please pray for me.

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  838. Bobbi Kalous

    Please join with me in prayer for my husband of 46 yrs to desire to engage in his Christian walk. I believe with all my heart that he is saved but he has great difficulty being around other Christians who either present hypocrisy or intimidate him. He has been battling lung cancer all year and has several chronic orthopedic problems that require strong medications that leave him groggy and slow in cognitive reasoning so we are also having communication problems due to this and his denial that he is very hard of hearing. Thank you so much for your offer to pray with me and others.

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  839. Michelle

    FearLess, thank you for today’s devotional. I so needed that reminder.
    I have been praying for a few years now for my son. He’s 8 and has issues with food. He’s beyond picky, he is also fearful and reacts in extreme ways (crying, throwing up, running out of the room) when presented with something new or even if others are having something he doesn’t like.. It has meant missing out on parties, church functions and going without food if we are out for an extended amount of time. I truly believe God will bring him t though this, but I have been feeling more discouraged lately. I want victory for him over this because he seems to believe he is just stuck with being this way and that it will never change.
    Thank you so much for praying. I so want to get back in touch with my praise report!
    God bless you all x

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  840. Rosary

    Thank you! I habe been feeling like this lately. But for my situation is was my BIRTH mother who has damaged my reputation with ALL people from chutch and relatives nand immediate famikly. She jas even conquered my marriage. She is ober bearing and a busy body. Gossips about every one she dislikes me because i diaagree with her slander about people. I caught om to her ways about a year ago. Thanks to God i already know that it was her slander that got me kivked out of the praise and worship team. She is tje reason why a lot of people ignored me. I just camt believe it…Lord gave me a dream about what exactly went through her mind about me.: there was a long line of my aunts and i was the last one she was nect to me. I remember we were all praying and suddenly my voive got louder then it was the loudest of all. No body seemed.to care …excepy my mother…i see that she turns atound takes her hands own and glates at me angry and despised me in her jeart bevause i was louder than her. I sensed thst she was wickedly eyeing me so I tirn to my left and i begin.gt o pray for a girl and s demom leaves her all the time she is very unhapoy with me… Then i w

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  841. Melinda Laird

    Prayer Team,
    I ask for prayers during this time of wait. I know that God has blessed me with the patience of Job even though I did not specifically ask for patience. I feel that I have answered His call in writing my testimony in a book and starting my husbands blog as well as mine. Now that those are complete I continue to wait for a return to my career I knew He called me to many years ago. I have been a nurse leader for a number of years and have the testimony of the many blessings that God provided. Short version,,,,,I’m waiting for the next “assignment” and in His messages to me, He gives me strength and courage and confidence that He is not through with me. In fact, I have said to many not to repeat Jeremiah 29:11, I’ve got that message, loud and clear.
    I ask for peace during this period of time and the door be opened for me to walk through.

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  842. Sonia Wilhite

    Please pray that God will continue to strengthen my marriage and my husband’s walk with Christ. Please pray that God will give him a hunger and thirst after his word and a willingness to walk in obedience. Also my hubby and I have been struggling financially for a while now, it’s been a heavy burden. We’ve both been praying that God will remove this burden and give us a fresh start, and I trust that God will in his time. Also, I’ve been struggling with my two-year old baby girl’s behavior. She’s so agressive, too smart for her own good, and is like an energizer bunny. Sometimes I can’t keep up with her. Please pray that God will grant me patience to deal with her behavior. I have a twelve year old daughter and I pray daily that God will strengthen her relationship with him. I pray over my family, with my family, and for my family daily. I just want God to do a great work in our lives daily. I know how awesome, great, wonderful, and majestic God is. I’m just waiting too see these things come to past. Thanks in advance for your prayers.

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  843. Rosie

    I appreciated your message today! I have been praying for my son for many years and it seems like his life just keeps getting worse. Now he and his father have become estranged and my son has cut me off as well. My prayer is that both my son and his father (my husband) would forgive each other and that they would each fine inner peace with God, healing from past wounds, and a restored relationship.
    Thanks so much for your prayers!

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  844. Adrienne

    I really appreciate the Proverbs Ministry! and I really need some folks to come alongside me and pray for me and my family. My husband just lost his job recently. The millionth time since we’ve been married and each time is harder than the last it seems. This time I’ve become angry with God. In the last two years we’ve lost our jobs, our house and our car. We were downsized to a townhome which is much smaller and now we’re going through job loss again. I just don’t even know what to say anymore. I cried out to God and said Lord, take it all if that’s what you want but please help me be ok with it! Help me not fall into the hold of depression. Help me be content. What I want is to have my relationship with the Lord restored and for me to feel like I’m living my life as he would want me to; but more than that I want my husband to be on board; on the same page as me. He’s believes in God but he’s turned away. He doesn’t have a relationship with him anymore. I feel punished. It’s just really hard right now.

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  845. angie simmons

    please pray for our adult son Luke and our Adult daughter Brandy our son for turning back to Jesus and our Daughter with Drugs and coming back to Jesus. thank you!

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  846. Mindy Seidler

    I was just writing to ask for prayer for my family. My son who is 21 now has just gotten medically retired from the military. He has been diagnosed with TB (which led to adrenal failure, leaving him with addisons disease, glaucoma, and hyper-thyroid disease) This is alot for a 21 year old, He is not sure what he is facing for his future, but he loses energy very quickly. This leads to a lot of stress and he doesn’t know how to handle it. He becomes angry very quick. I have also found out that he has done some duties while serving in Japan and I am not sure what he has witnessed as far as war and things (not allowed to talk about it with me) I would just like you to cover him in prayer, and my family as we help him to adjust to life here and helping him to cope with what he has to overcome. Thank you very much for you encouragement that you provide to so many women. God Bless you

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  847. Dezirae

    Please pray for a friend of mine, his name is BJ and he has fallen away from the Lord and he is hurting a lot of people and his own children because of his destructive life, behaviors and choices. I know that I may never see him change but I trust God and know that even though he may not change that nothing will go in vein. Can you please pray for his heart and eyes to turn to the Lord.

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  848. Misty Pocius

    You have no idea how much I needed this devotion today. For months, my husband has been struggling at work with a not so nice supervisor who has lied about certain things concerning him. Just today, I had a similar experience at work in which someone I work with went to my boss and stretched the truth of a conversation we had yesterday. It had me so upset that I had to leave work for the rest of the day to pull myself together. You see, I’m an eighth grade teacher and my principal thought it would be a great idea to confront me about what he was told first thing this morning when I walked into work. It made me feel attacked, like I had done what I was accused of without even being given the benefit of the doubt or the opportunity to explain my view of the conversation. I felt that I had been treated very unfairly and just fell apart. I sat in a class full of sweet eighth graders bawling. They were terrified and, these kids are fiercely protective of me. All 160 of them. I feel horrible for having them see me that way since it took so long for the office to get someone in my room so that I could leave. It was traumatic for me and I know my kiddos were feeling stressed and worried for their teacher. I’m feeling so down about this whole situation. I’m mad. I’m hurt. And I just don’t understand why there has to be so much evil doing in this world. I realize that the two people who have attacked my husband and me with less than the truth are probably miserable people with problems of their own they are probably trying to cover up or deal with by making someone else look bad. I know I’m supposed to pray for them, but first I need this hate and resentment removed from my heart. I know God is the only one that can do that for me in His time. I know the devil is working on my family because we are growing closer to God. Please pray that my husband and I let God completely take this situation and do His will. Pray that I don’t feel hate and resentment towards these people. Pray that God show me the path I should take. Most of all, pray that I put this aside and am able to be there physically and mentally for my students and my kids at home. Thank you so much.

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  849. Roselyn Burger

    Please people of God pray for me &help my unbelief believe. I’m going through a tough time which almost over but very difficult. God has been with me but I’m blind to see & deaf to hear not physically but spiritually. I thank the man of God who are with praying for me especially brother Mike who is guiding and showing me that The Almighty is alive. Recently he sent me other people who don’t know my case but are helping me so hard May God bless them all more abundantly the devil us a liar. Thank you children of God may God be with you all. Above all God bless my husband and children

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  850. Rachel

    I am praying my son will return to God and God will deliver him from drugs. My son is a herion addict, was picked up by the police and and sat in jail for 6 days. He did 60 days in a treatment center, went to sober living and was sentenced. He got 3 months in jail but had returned to doing herion. Please pray that God will deliver him from this drug and all the other drugs and that he would have a relationship with God.
    Thank you!

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  851. Des Jamieson

    My name is Des from Melbourne, Australia. I lost the full use of my legs in Jan 2011 due to a very rare viral attack on my spinal cord and currently still confined to a wheelchair. I have been a Christian since the age of 16 and GOD has brought me through so much my life’s experience, but think this is the toughest circumstance yet. I was working in construction at the time with mobile cranes etc. GOD has been so good to me through all this. I have spent the last 2 1/2 years in full time study formalising my life work experiences and today I am trusting and praying for GOD’s leading and will for me to find an office position / work so as to be able to survive financially next year. Waiting on GOD and surrendering our own desires and wills to GOD is so very important for us to grow in Christ and HIS timing is always best. Today’s reading on “When prayers seem to fail” was so inspiring” as yet once again I know I must not try and open the doors to whatever GOD wants of and has for me before GOD’s perfect time in my life. God promises never to leave us or forsake us and to trust and rest in HIM……totally.

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  852. Yimey Bickford

    Please pray for the Lord to open my womb so I may conceive and my husband and I can have a healthy baby. We have been trying for a long time and even tried fertility procedure and that didn’t work. I know God hears my prayers and I believe in the power of prayer. Thank you!

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  853. Andrea

    Hi Lysa,
    I’d like prayer for my sister. She is a single mother of one son and a survivor of a severe domestic violence attack that left her with only one arm. Since her incident 5 years ago she has completely turned her back on God and her life is completely falling apart. She has resorted to drugs and people in her life that bring her down. I feel God telling me that he is going to work his power in her heart and that I just need to have faith and keep praying. I would appreciate it if your team would pray along with me and my mother for her. Thank you in advance.

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  854. Susan

    Thank you for your wonderful words in today’s devotional! I humbly ask
    that you pray my daughter would have confidence in who she is in Christ
    and for her to have godly friends that love The Lord. Thank you!

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  855. Crystal

    I graduated from university 2 years ago, almost going on 3 now and i have not yet been blessed with a job. I have however, done internships and volunteer work. I have been applying for jobs, but it has now reached a point where i feel so discouraged and i no longer apply for jobs, because i feel God is not blessing me with a job anyway so why should even struggle. This has in turn affected my spiritual life, i’m on a constant roller coaster; one minute i’m hot for God the next i’m cold. I feel paralyzed in the areas that matter most to me in life (my spiritual life and career) and i feel like God has neglected me and is just watching me suffer, because everyone around me seems to be getting blessed and their prayers are getting answered.
    Friends have told me to keep holding onto faith and i’m not even sure what that means anymore. I am at a point where i’m about to give up on faith and just let life happen as it wills. if God wants to bless me then fine, if He doesn’t that’s fine too because He will do what He wants anyway. To be honest i feel like He is punishing me.
    I avoid situations where i have to interact with people socially because of this question; ‘What do you do or what are you upto these days?’ I’m at a point where i now want to rely on my own strength. I’m truly defeated.
    Please pray that i gain confidence in God once again and for my faith not to be shaky. I really don’t want to give up on Christ.
    Thank you.

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  856. Bonnie

    My husband is losing his job after the first of the year, my daughter was in an abusive 2-year relationship and has come home to live, I have recently went through a terribly difficult time at work with a very critical boss and took a demotion to move away from her. We are all feeling very broken with some other difficult situations also in our life. Please pray that we realize that God is there always for us and there is no need for us to worry.

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  857. Terri

    Please pray for a very difficult situation that I am in at work that I cannot fix nor can I get out of. Also, for my adult son who needs the Lord to establish the work of his hands into a steady career and to fall in love with Jesus and become a more consistent follower of Christ. Thank you.

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  858. Rene'

    My prayer request is for our two children, ages 13 and 10, that they will fall in love with Jesus and be sold out to Him! Thank you so much.

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  859. Stacy

    Hi Lysa- I’m believing and asking God for focus, motivation and wisdom for my 13 year old son. Thank you for all your motivation and teachings! God bless

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  860. Patty

    For my daughters and husband to have heart transormations for God. I pray for my girls regularly about this but often leave out my husband because he is so analytical I just can’t see it happening. I pray for godly friends for my girls to be a light in their lives and for their hearts to be open and receptive. God bless you and thanks for praying with me

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  861. Marcia Whaley

    Lysa – this was just perfect and what I needed to ready today. My prayer is for my cousin who is battling stage 4 skin cancer and the last scan he had the doctor said ” I’ve done all I can do”. Now they are talking Hospice care in the very near future. This breaks my heart. He lost both of his parents to cancer (not skin cancer). He is such a good hearted person. I pray that my cousin will find some kind of peace and I pray that God will help him through this process. I know that God’s plan does not always go according to ours but, it doesn’t lessen the hurt deep inside. Over the summer I mailed him some of my favorite scriptures written on note cards and made copies of some of my favorite Christian music to try and lift his spirits. I hope he can find some peace, love and even some joy with these now, even during what seems to be the darkest hours to come.

    Thank you.

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  862. Joanne Wachal

    Please pray for my daughter’s marriage. Her husband has been unfaithful over the past number of years several times. Her has been arrested and their lives are falling apart. He is seeing counsellors and working on getting healed. He needs God’s strength and protection so he doesn’t fall back into temptation. She is devasted but committed to walking with him through this.. We are praying that the charges are dropped and truth and honesty reighn. We as parents are heartbroken for both of them and our grandchildren. We are not sharing with many people because we do not want to damage his reputation as he works on getting out from satan’s clutches.

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  863. Folashade Edidi

    please pray for my family,we have been facing financial issues for years now.i want God to give us a breakthrough in our finances.
    i also want God to bless me with a Godfearing man,who wants a serious relationship that will lead to marriage and also i am in my final year in the uni.i want God to strenghten me,give me wisdom,knowledge and understanding to complete successfully.thank you and God bless you all.

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  864. Sharon

    Please pray for a financial breakthrough. I am believing and holding on to his promises. The Evil One is whispering in my hear all the negative things. Thank you.

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  865. Nancy

    Wow, what an amazing devotional. Lysa, you make us all feel like we are not alone with our situations or difficulties. What an open and honest revealing of your own life. I am also humbled and prayerful for the other people’s comments as we all need prayer and hope in our lives. Prayer can have its own healing in and of itself, just the act of prayer brings peacefulness.

    Thank you.

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  866. Angelia

    I’m asking for prayer for my daughter who has years of drug abuse. She is closer to staying clean now than ever before. She’s working, has a family and is back in school working on her masters degree in counseling. I know we have to take things one day at the time, and none of us is promised tomorrow, but please join me in praying that she stays on this path so that God can use her and be glorified. Thank you!

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  867. Sharon C.

    I don’t know what to say but I saw where you said you read everything that has been written to you. I’ve wrote to you before. I have your whole Made To Crave book, DVD and Participation book so you’d think I would be over my food issues. I’ve been through your book in book studies several times and belong to a great accountability group but I’m still failing. I’ve gained 50 lbs. more since I’ve started. Almost 111 years ago I had a gastric bypass that went wrong. I wound up on life support in a coma. Since then I’ve had over 20 complication surgeries because of the first one and I’m still having other complications. I so want to lose this weight but the harder I try the worse I seem to get. I feel like I’m letting my groups down. I can see them maturing. I thought maybe you might have some good ideas to help me. This extra weight is depressing and makes you not want to go anywhere or be with anybody. I had a surgery in May, June and then spent 2 weeks in the hospital in July. I’ve also had 9 nose surgeries and now my nose is breaking down and deforming my face. All this has brought separation in my family. Thanks for letting me get it out. I know God didn’t take me when all this happened because he’s got a purpose for me. I’m gonna start again going up the mountain praying I’ll make it this time. Sharon

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  868. Beverly Stabler

    I was so encouraged by the devotion about your daughter. My son is in the same situation and he is 27. I would love prayers for him. Thank you and God bless.
    Beverly

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  869. Anonymous

    Please pray for my husband. He is an alcoholic and has been struggling with this addiction to alcohol that has taken over so much of his life. It has put a strain on his relationship with God, with me, and with our family. I know that he is struggling with some life things, physical ailments, and the addiction. Please pray for healing for him- physically, emotionally, spiritually. I pray that he finds his way back to the Lord and his relationship with Him is renewed and stronger than ever. Once that happens, I know that the other relationships will be restored as well. Thank you

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  870. Nora

    My prayer request for my three boys who are over 18 yrs. One is going to college and the other is working. I pray that they will find and fall head over heel in love with Jesus. I know that they know who he is but I know for a fact that they stray from him. They both end up on the wrong side and one of them got involve with the wrong girlfriend who is a strip dancer and some bar. I’m praying that God will guide that son to a girl who believes in the mighty king of king. I’m also requesting a prayer that both of them will find a good paying job so they can learn to be on their own in paying their share of bills. One of my son has a family but he does know who God is but has never really accepted him as his personal savior. He grew up and went to church to where my father in-law was a preacher. I’m also requesting that you pray with me that he and his family will get to know and make Jesus as their personal savior. Have Jesus change his family and family situation. His wife doesn’t believe in Jesus for sure and she believe in her own native religion believes. I know God sees and knows what is going with my life but I need some christian to stand with me and pray with me for my boys and my family members. I would really appreciate it. Thank you very much.

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  871. rae

    Ive been praying for a long time to find the right house to move to and now our contract is up and we need to move ASAP

    thank you

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  872. Catherine

    Please pray with me that my 21 year old son will acknowledge that he has some issues and may need to seek some professional help and work be receptive to getting the necessary help. He is addicted to marijuana and it’s causing issues between he and I, so also pray that he will allow God’s will for his life to become his will.

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  873. Sue

    Please pray for my husbands health and 23 year old son to follow Christ. Blessings!

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  874. Amy

    My prayer is for my 12 yr old daughter. She is consumed with fear & obsessive-compulsive like behavior. I know she loves The Lord & wants to do what’s right, but she obsesses about bad things she sees in the world. It’s like she wants to remove herself from anything remotely bad & live in a bubble. She even says she doesn’t want to grow up- she’s not excited about turning 13 & it depresses her. I really don’t know how to deal with this. I’m grateful she’s not rebelling or doing wrong things, but she’s swung too far & needs balance. I want her to understand Gods grace & mercy & love, and for her to be able to see the world that way & be able to be an effective witness for Christ to those around her & to know His joy. I really think the fear & negativity she has is a generational stronghold that needs to be broken. She is too young to be so sad. Please pray for her & pray God will give me His patience & wisdom to know what to say to her. Thank you so much.

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  875. stefanie

    I need help and prayer. I am going through a very challenging time. For the last three weeks I have had a medication change for depression (one that I have been on for 20 yrs), sick kids (stomach virus twice, flu once), car accident in which I was ticketed for someone hitting me! I don’t know what God is trying to tell me but I feel punished, upset and frustrated constantly. I hate feeling this way, hate how I feel no joy..I know He will use this all for His good, but I am so sad and upset.

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  876. Lise Fuller

    Please pray for my son Patrick 18, and daughter Lauren 22. They have both fallen away from their faith and Jesus. My daughter is struggling with self esteem issues and my son seems angry and indifferent often. We have moved to a new town and are searching for a new church home, but their work schedules make that difficult. Thank you so much for all that you do and for your faithfulness!!

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  877. Lisa

    I have been believing for a breakthrough for a very long time. I am believing for a relationship to lead to marriage. My family needs the stability and I believe it is my purpose in life to walk so that His Glory is showing without me saying a word. My heart aches because of my breakthrough has taken so long and my divorce affected my children and I so severely, our recovery was years in the making. Stability is needed with many areas relationships, reputation, finances, and new marriages but it’s been so long in coming I’m drained and weary. I know God wants my family victorious and not defeated. Please pray for me. Thank you for your support.

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  878. Amy

    I read one comment and knew I had to post. I have been praying and fasting for over 5 years for the restoration of my marriage, for my one-flesh to find healing and return to his love-Jesus. Although there have been many blessings, my prayers have not been answered as I hoped or expected. I want to pray through this and see God’s mighty hand at work. God has been changing my heart all along and is working all things for our good. My God can save us but if He does not I still choose to bow to Him

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  879. Concerned mother

    Pray for my son to be healed of his kidney disease in Jesus name

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  880. wendy

    Amen

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  881. Brittany

    Please pray for my husband and me. We have been walking the journey of infertility for over 10 years. We long to be parents with everything we are! Please pray for financial blessings so that we can continue to pursue treatment. I sincerely feel that God would not have put this incredibly deep longing and desire to be a mom in my soul if He did not intend to fulfill it somehow, someway. Thank you and may God continue to bless you.

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  882. wendy

    Praying for less fear , less worry and more trust as God continues the healing He has begun in my 14 y.o. dauggter who has bipolar disorder. May His peace systsin us

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  883. Cindy

    Please pray for my dad, my mom died of cancer in March and he is seeing a lady he doesn’t know anything about and I think he is getting serious. He is not in any state to make life decisions. I am very hurt that he would take up with the first willing woman who comes along. They were married 56 years and had a good relationship.

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  884. Jacqueline Greasham

    Lord Jesus I need help for my sons to grow closer to you and want to worship and to be able to do better with money and have better friends I need to be come closer to you Jesus and stay away from my old ways I need a monetary blessing and a relationship that is good trusting loyal and true a man after your on heart amen

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  885. Anne Marie

    Please pray that my husband Jonathan will be healed of drug and alcohol addiction and adultery. THANK YOU

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  886. Becca

    My heart’s desire is to have a Christian partner in life. I’ve never been married and the older I get the harder it is. It’s so hard not to feel like God’s ignoring me (though I know He’s not). Then I get a little angry at God, which puts everything in my life off kilter. Your prayers would be so appreciated. I also request prayer that a family member will forgive an inadvertant wrong. The estrangement hurts so much.
    I have a job, a home, good health, so maybe this isn’t as important as what others need, but I still would love to have your prayers.

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  887. Kat Tarape

    Pray for my family that we all seek and persevere to know God deeper and for that knowledge to transcend into actions towards each other and to our community. Pray for my brother who is 18 years old and is undergoing the usual “teen phase”. My prayer is that he’ll willingly seek God. I pray for that time that he will approach me and ask me things about God. I pray that we will do this together as a family.

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  888. Susan Fields

    This past February, our 22-year-old son committed suicide. He had been struggling with substance abuse and bipolar disorder since he was about 15. We prayed for years for his healing and at the time of his passing he seemed to be doing well. I feel abandoned by God. I can’t feel His presence and I just don’t get it. Our son knew the Lord and would tell anyone in the world about Him. I know we’ll see him again but my heart is broken and my Lord doesn’t seem to be listening. If you could – when you think about it – pray that I eventually get on the other side of this grief and feel his presence again

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  889. yDawn

    You could be describing my daughter! At 16 she was cutting and taking medication for depression, and then said she was gay. She is 20 now, and has been in several failed relationships with other females. It breaks my heart, and all I can do is pray for her heart to be softened and for God’s will to be done in her life. I pray along with you for our girls to joyfully submit to following the path God has planned for them, and for them to serve faithfully and with love.

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  890. K

    Many Thanks! Thankful for these encouraging devotions and thoughts! !! My prayer request is for my daughters to establish a meaningful, full hearted and positive relationship with Christ – to know and to seek his will. Please ask for our Youth to be courageous and confident in themselves and in their life’s with Christ. My oldest has been lured into unhealthy relationships and activities and then made some negative decisions along with this. She is very inward – saves quotes/poems of being so unhappy, thoughts of cutting, or ending life.
    Lifting all requests to God our Father !! So many sad/hard situations – Satin works for us to doubt/give up. The blood of the cross covers it all – and brings to us peace and resolutions in his timing. Hang in there and keep trusting and keeping him center.

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  891. Sharon

    Please pray that my daughter turns back to Our Lord and Savior Jesus

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  892. Holly Massie

    Please pray for all my children:
    1) eldest dd who needs direction and clarity on what God would have her do
    2) 2nd dd who is feeling adrift after graduating from college last May, needing clarity and direction as well. Peace that God has a perfect plan for her and that she will hear back from the internships she’s applied for.
    3) eldest son — has made some bad choices in the past that we think are finished but I would ask that they would be! For him to truly turn to God and seek him in all his ways. He is a gifted actress and singer but he is just adrift. Needs a job … for direction and peace. Motivation. The enemy would not win the battle for him! That God would just set him on fire for him!
    4) 14yo – Life Rank board of review for Boy Scouts tomorrow night. That he would pass and move on.

    Health concerns — I see a doctor 1st of December, for peace for me.

    Marriage issues.

    Financial Issues.

    Moving in March.

    Have been feeling far from God, I want to know that he hears ME.

    Breaking generational curses.

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  893. Patti

    I need a roommate in our home so my din and I can have money to buy some groceries. Payday isn’t until next week and we were supposed to have a roommate November 1st. Thank you kindly.

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  894. Lara

    Dear Lysa, I am a minister of the gospel who is facing some challenges with my marriage. I know our God is a prayer answering God. I have helped my husband build a career which did not come easy. I have suffered physically mentally throughout the years with being on my knees in prayers. God open doors and suddenly my husband has changed and now saying he wants to leave. I have asked him to forgive me of any wrong I have ever done in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, but he’s become cold and cruel towards me. My heart cries out to the Lord to have mercy for the sake of my children and I still love my husband dearly. I almost lost my sanity and life throughout our struggle to get where we are, working double jobs to put him through school for change of career as he kept loosing his job. I am trusting the Almighty, and I trust you’ll be praying for us. Thank you and God bless you!

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  895. Loni Shaffer

    Please pray for me, my, husband, and our family. Our marriage is falling apart. I can feel it unravelling. I can sense him slipping away further and further from us. He’s become cold, hurtful with his words, distant, unaffectionate, and I could keep going on. He’s beciming a different person before my very eyes. We used to go to church as a family on Sunday’s and Wednesday’s but as his job became more demanding that dwindled to nothing. We haven’t been to church in six months and I can tell. its taking its toll on everyone in our family. I honestly don’t know if we’re going to make it. I don’t like the person my husband is becoming. We need help desperately if our marriage is to survive. Please pray for us! I’m desperate.

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  896. Norma

    Please join me in prayer for restoration and healing in my marriage. My husband, William and I need clear direction from the Lord concerning a move. Pray that God will speak to our hearts, and we’ll be receptive to what we hear and obey without hesitation. We need to be on one accord and of the same mind concerning this. Pray that our love for one another will abound more and more, and every root of bitterness will be taken out.

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  897. Glenda

    Please pray with me for my son and daughter-in-law who are newly married. She is having great difficulty living in the US, and arrived here in August from Germany.
    She is having panic attacks and planning to leave next week. I pray for wisdom in this situation, how to pray and what to say to comfort them and encourage them. Please pray with me for them.

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  898. Miranda

    Please pray that our house sells before the end of the month. We’ve recently moved which we believed was God’s will, but we can not afford two mortgages and are falling behind. Also please pray for peace that God will take care of this situation. Thanks!!

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  899. ChristiSN

    Please pray that I will find a job. Please pray for my 22 year old son who is drifting away from God. Thank you!

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  900. Michelle

    Dear Lysa. I would like prayer for my 8 yr old son who struggles with food. His anxiety around it has caused many problems and is quite stressful, especially in social situations. I want him healed from stress ,fear and discomfort. I need wisdom in how to handle this daily problem. Thank you for praying along side me. God bless you all xx

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  901. Susan

    I have run out of will to keep praying for my husband. We have been married for almost 40 year and he finds my Christian beliefs a reason for hatred and ridicule. He has a jealous and controlling spirit and trust very few people. He has a poor relationship with our sons and grandsons. I frequently end up in tears and beg God to heal his heart. How do I keep going??

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  902. CG

    Please pray for me to be completely free of anxiety and fear. I’ve allowed stress to affect me a lot more than it should. Been a challenging year for me emotionally. I know a lot of it is hormonal too – I’m in my mid-40’s. But God is faithful and I continue to cling to His precious promises! 🙂

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    • Donna

      I also had a problem with anxiety until I realized the anxiety, fear, and worry were all of the devil. The Bible tells us the devil prowls around like a lion looking for people to destroy. I also realized that when Jesus was harassed by Satan, He quoted scripture to make Satan leave. So, I began memorizing scripture (1 or 2 verses a week), and I am now up to 32 scriptures. I recite the verses all day long ( verses on hope, peace, strength, joy, etc), and the moment I feel anxiety coming on – I begin to recite my scriptures. You can’t imagine how much this has transformed my worry-filled life. I hope you will try it. God bless.

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  903. Bev

    The enemy wants me to believe the restoration of my marriage is hopeless. But my Heavenly Father has given me solid confirmation my husband will come home and our marriage will be brand new. My request is for strength to walk this very unpopular journey and not waver. To stand firm for my marriage. To be a testimony to those that are “watching” and that God’s glory will be seen in the miracle God is performing.

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  904. Donna

    I would like prayer for my 13 year old daughter. That her heart is softened and that she would know how much she is loved by her family and by Jesus. That she would be respectful to us and to herself. I pray that she reaches out and finds friends that love the Lord and will influence her toward Him. I pray that my husband and I will be the parents she needs and give her the love and grace that Jesus gives us – even when WE are unlovable.

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  905. Cindy

    I will be praying for many here as I read their prayer requests.

    Please pray for my three sons. Help them connect with God. Help my oldest son through this difficult time where he’s strayed from family and friends and possibly from God. Pray my middle son decides what he wants for his future and make some moves in the right direction. Pray for my youngest that he have a deeper connection with God and that he be able to bring up his grades in school and not struggle so much. Thank you!

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  906. Barbara

    Please pray for my daughter, Natalie, and I. She has cut me out of her life and my granddaughters since April of this year. Even though we are miles apart (4 hrs.) we were always close and I shared the happy and sad moments. Before this silence Natalie did tell me she was seeing a counselor but did not want to tell me why so I respected her decision. Not sure if her husband is seeing a counselor too. Natalie asked me not to contact her for awhile so I respected this odd request until lately I began to leave a message once a week on her phone telling her that I love and miss her and I am here for her. I felt the Lord guiding me to write Natalie a letter which I did but I allowed a Christian friend to read it before sending.
    I do know God is in control and that He is hearing my prayers, but a mother’s heart and soul grows weary from silence.
    Thank you for your prayers.

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  907. Ana Marie

    Please help me pray that I would pass my NP board exam. Thank you and I appreciate your help and prayers.

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  908. Camille

    Please pray for me, I’ve been though so much in my life these past few years and GOD has been with me though it all! I love GOD wholeheartedly and was to give HIM my all but at times I can feel myself drift away from wanting to grow closer by not studying HIS word even though I know that’s what I should do! I spend time in prayer just to realize my mind is preoccupied with everything else around me! I spend so much of my time and have dedicated my life to trying to help others I feel so drained spirituality, and I have nothing left to give! I feel GOD is disappointed in me for failing almost every test thrown my way, and I’m too stubborn, hardhead, lazy, and selfish that I keep falling short! I know this is enemy clouding my mind but I just get so overwhelmed on trying to be everything to everyone I lose sight of my primary goals of JESUS! Please keep me lifted in prayer to regain forcus and however else the LORD leads you though HIS SPIRIT!

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  909. Judy

    Due to circumstances in my life, I was not as close to God as I should have been but always believed he was there. I was a single parent for a long time and didn’t always make the best decisions but I tried to instill God into my children’s lives.
    I have recently come back to God not only by practice but have finally and completely entered into a relationship with him. I recently found out that one child is questioning her beliefs, her brother had turned away completely and the third is just struggling with making some bad decisions. I have been praying for God to guide them back to him then I recently changed that prayer to “God help me guide them back to you”. I feel like I’m failing them yet again. It breaks my heart.
    My boys are both in the military and always just a breath away from being called into harms way.
    Dear God please help me to hear your voice when it comes to what you would have me say or do to show and or tell my children what it means to have you in their lives. The love, grace and peace you bring when we enter into a relationship with you, that we are all worthy of redemption and and by your son’s blood we can be free of sin. I pray this in Jesus name Amen

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  910. Anna

    I feel as if I am in a desert with my faith. I sit to pray in the mornings and cannot even do that. I also feel that I am starting to “lose” my once strong in her faith, Jesus following 13 year old to the world. At a time when I should be praying earnestly for her I cannot even sit still long enough or concentrate long enough to pray for her. My husband no longer attends church with us on a regular basis, so there is not any strong leadership from him. We are facing some tough decisions on where to send my daughter to high school. She will be graduating this spring from a small Christian day school (class of 11) to the public high school that is a freshman class of 500. My heart is heavy to send her there as she is a people pleaser and I fear she will follow others just so she can fit in. We do have an option of private high school with a freshman class around 80 but the cost is more than we can afford. Thank you for being faithful prayer warriors!

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  911. Brandye

    Good Evening Sisters,

    I am so blessed to be alive and in good health. The Lord has done more than I could ever ask for in transforming and renewing my mind. There has bern inner healing from years of rejection, and abandonment issues. My heart is so grateful to having a loving Father in Heaven who truly never changes but stays the same! His love has no end. I love to serve and bless others being in a position where I am unable to do this hurts. I am asking for prayer for my daughter to have truly have an encounter Supernaturally with Jesus. I am a single mother and I am trying my best to teach her about a relationship with our King. My heart is soles out completely to the Father. He is truly my.husband and provider, protector, Papa, everything! I just need prayer that her life will be a testimony of what it looks.like to live for the Kingdom.of Heaven. Praying for a job, a home of our own, and a family. Wisdom to make choices by the leading of Holy Spirit. Thank you and I pray blessings and peace upon you.

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  912. marylou

    For my boys: rico and rio to fall in love with Jesus and to truly follow Jesus with no strings attached. And for myself: to change me-to transform me-to truly fall in love with Jesus and for God to change our financial situation and for my family to accept me andnot look at me in a negative way(me and my family) thanks to all and God Blezs.

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  913. Latrese

    Dear Lysa, please pray for my family, especially for my 3 sons. I pray God will take a hold of their heart and allow his will to be done through them. We have been through alot, but with God mercy and grace we have overcome some obstacles. I pray for a discerning heart and for God to order our steps and save my family souls. In Jesus’s Name, Amen.

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  914. Anne Fleming

    Please pray along side me and all my loved ones for me to find a full time job thst offers benefits and for my current mortgage company that doesn’t have a good reputation of helping people, to approve my home modification I applied for. I was married 38 years and went thru a divorce because of husband decided to leave me for another. We had a non profit ministry, helping the homeless and indigent who were addicted.

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  915. Tiffany

    Please pray for my husband to come to Jesus and to come whole-heartedly. Pray that truth will transform him into the fullness that God intends. Pray that he won’t be intimidated but will seek Christ for himself without reservation. Pray that my girls (3 teen daughters) will also fall passionately in love with Christ. They are good church girls but I pray that the fire of the Holy Spirit ignites passion within them and puts them on an unending pursuit and thirst for God.

    Thank you and God bless you and you team!

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  916. Pam

    I am praying for reconciliation with my husband. I pray that his heart is softened toward his family to the glory of God. For my children to be gifted by seeing their father repent and to see how God can change a heart – a very broken heart. I pray for confidence that Jesus is interceding for my family to be saved by His sacrifice. I pray for trust even when I see things get worse. Change me, Lord. I need Your help. Let them see You in me.

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  917. Andrea

    Thank you for this encouraging devotional. Please pray that God will bless me with a husband / family of my own soon. I’ve been waiting so long, and I long to share my life with someone special. I’ve just turned 50, and I’ve almost done with the grieving for the children I’ll now never have. But I have an expectant hope and belief that God has a husband for me who loves Christ more than he loves himself, and who will love God more than he loves me. A husband who will be a leader in our home, an encourager, and a godly, prayer warrior. I’m waiting and expecting and believing that he is on his way into my life. I just ask that you will please pray that God will direct his footsteps and my footsteps to each other, very, very soon. I know that God will not withhold this good thing from my life. Thank you.

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  918. Mary

    Please pray for my son Benjamin. He is 29. Still lives at home with his dad and I. Please ask for healing for him emotionally and mentally and also for a job that he can keep and succeed at. And that his mind will be healthy.

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  919. Mimi

    Please pray for my son Gabriel. He is not walking with the Lord. He made a profession of faith as a child but has turned his back in his teenage years. Now he is seperated from his girlfriend and his two sons age 5 months and 4 years old. His heart is hard and cold. He is very angry and no words will reach him in this condition. He has shut out anyone that would offer council to him. Please join me in praying for him to be brought into right relationship with God. God has spared his life on numerous ocassions and I know God has a plan and purpose for this man!!!

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  920. Sarah

    I came across Proverbs 31 ministries website and blog and although I have never posted before, I feel the need to post a prayer request. Prayers for my family (husband, son, myself). We have been struggling greatly in our marriage. Please pray that we can keep our family together. Everyone has faults and sins, I will accept mine. Bring me closer to God and the person He wants me to be. I would love for my husband to know God too. I love my husband and believe we are meant to be together, but I must also accept that maybe it’s not up to me. Show me/us the light and way for everyone’s hearts to accept God and what He has in store.

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  921. Stephanie

    Please join me in praying for my son – that he will have a heart transformation and will make wise choices for his life. He is 16 and struggling with typical teenage things, but I’m praying that he will not make typical choices. I pray that he will rise above the typical and make God honoring choices. That can only come if God transforms his heart and gives him a heart for Him.

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  922. Jenn Gallegos

    Please pray for my husband and our marriage. We have been separated for three years and recently decided to try one more time. We had a few problems in our marriage to say the least. But I began looking at our marriage and noting the major things we need to work on. I corrected one huge problem by telling my mother I did not want my brothers who are wrapped up in some bad addiction to know where I live. I also told her she can not undermine my husband at all. I stood up for him, defended him, and protected him from backlash from my mother. Something I never did before. Well another one of our huge problems is my step daughter manipulates my husband to get what she wants even to the point of taking from the children me and my husband have together. There were mistakes made by myself and my husband during this marriage and my step daughter dredges everything up over and over again. She lies about me to other family members I am close to, to the point of those relationships almost falling apart. I asked my husband if he could talk with her and let her know we are working things out. That we forgave each snd we are rebuilding our lives, family, and marriage. That she needs to respect me in my home. That she needs to know i am not going anywhere. He told me last night to stop always accusing his dsughter. He said i either need to deal with it or ignore it. He will defend me or protect me. Another huge problem is my husband’s lack of postivie emotion. My kids and I know when he is mad and that’s about it. He doesn’t know how to praise any of us. He doesn’t do Lil things to let us know he is thinking of me or the kids. I always wanted that one person who I could laugh with, pray for me and with me, share our lives with. But instead I am in a marriage that my husband purposely frustrates me, makes me feel unwanted and unloved, uncared for, and unwanted. I’ve tried to get s divorce twice but it never would go through. I feel God has a plan and i need to trust Him to do work in my husband. I am pushing through praising, praying, and speaking life but I really need others praying so I feel embraced by the Lord and my sisters in Christ. Thank you in advance and sorry for the long request and explanation.

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  923. Lynette

    I need agreement in prayer for my children. I’m asking God to take people out of their life that pulls them away from Him, to give them wisdom and direction. And that they will seriously fall in love with Jesus and not just go through the motions, serving Him half heartedly. And last but not least, healing in their hearts and the void in their hearts would be filled with Jesus.
    Thank you!

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  924. Larsu

    So timely. I’m so grateful Father led you to share this now. I have an unspoken prayer request. Thank you.

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  925. Doris

    My prayer is for my husband who suffers bipolar disorder and depression. Well our marriage is at this moment broken very broken. He is currently living with his mother who enables him but I’m glad he’s there I. Believe that God formed him and that he didn’t call him into this darkness. I’m praying for deliverance and for a supernatural peace and joy over him. I’m feeling so worn lately I’m hurting not only for me but our small son who misses his daddy. I just don’t know what to pray for anymore and I just need ny family to be healed and together. I trust God has a perfect plan I guess I need strength to keep going

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  926. Sarah

    Please pray for my husband. He walked away from God 8 years ago, after being diagnosed with cancer for the second time(he is cancer free now, thank God). I have not stopped praying, but I am worn out and discouraged. My husband has become very antagonistic towards all things Christian, which also affects how he sometimes treats me. We have an infant daughter, and I would deeply love for her father to be able teach her the ways of God instead of mocking them. Please pray for us. Thank you

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  927. sarah

    Well once again the Lord is speaking directly to me through your blogs its amazing. I have been looking for reassurances if nothing else that He is at least hearing me. I understand the crosses He is asking me to carry my take a long time to lift…I’ve been waiting 25 years for 2 of them. I am praying harder than ever this month…really storming the gates of heaven for transformation. Yesterday I simply asked God to tell me He’s working on it…you post seems like validation. My husband has a serious pornography addiction as well as financial problems that continue to haunt us. The both seem connected but I don’t know how or why other than both are a lifestyle of secrets. Both are destroying our marriage and I have been praying for 25 years for answers and they seem illusive. As a said I am storming the gates of heaven with prayers, maybe if I enlist your help as well it may help. I was once told if you pray for a situation to not necessarily to be resolved as much as pray for God to be more deeply known through it works better than praying in any other way it opens up doors that were never opened before. Praying God into the situation, Praying a relationship with Jesus into the situation releases grace, mercy and miracles unlike any other prayer. If you then invite others to pray that way with you….well you know what Jesus says about praying with 2 or 3 people and gathering in His name….here’s to a whole new level of hoping! Here we go ladies! I am counting on you!

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  928. Bridget

    Could you pray for me to receive healing and restoration from a relationship that God called me to end? I had believed that this man was who I was meant to marry but my eyes were blinded to the abusive mind games he played. I long to have someone in my life that honours God wholeheartedly that I can serve our God with. I pray that my faith will also be restored. Thank u so much for praying.

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  929. Jeanne

    I appreciate this devotion and it’s timeliness in my life. After reading some of the other entries, I feel that my problem doesn’t quite merit an entry. Nonetheless, nothing is too insignificant to our Mighty God…We have been trying to rent our house so we can move to a new house and we can’t seem to find a renter in time. I am struggling to see God’s hand in it all as it seems nothing is going smoothly. Please pray that the Lord would provide, and that we would be able to close on the new house at the agreed upon time. More importantly, please pray that I would trust Him to work things out for His glory and our good. thank you so much

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  930. Beth

    After a year of dating my boyfriend unexpectedly broke up with me the closer we got to marriage. I not only had fallen in love with him, but also his children. My daughter and I miss them terribly. Please pray for his heart to heal from all the damages of his divorce. Pray that God will heal and lead us back together. Thank you

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  931. Stacey

    Thank you so much for this post; iI needed it desperately today. Please pray for my 15 year old daughter who suffers from anxiety and depression. She does not have friends (she is quite shy and tends to be bullied). In additon, please pray that she draws close to God and does not continue to be drawn to false teachings or beliefs. I also have 24 year old daughter; please pray she leans on God’s grace and discovers the freedom and joy that comes from being His precious daughter.

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  932. Liz

    What can hinder prayers being answered? I have been disappointed in God – maybe I still am. Have you ever just wanted out of a situation so bad that all you do each day is cry and scream out to God? All to no avail? I hear what you say in your three ways to pray through a situation. I agree, by faith. My emotions, though, don’t seem to be following along. My situation is too hard for me and I don’t think I can survive it, sometimes. I do lean on Him. I do choose to trust Him through another day. But I REALLY need to see some victory instead of defeat. Thanks for your blog. Blessings!

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    • Debbie

      Liz, I pray that God gives you the wisdom to see His plans for you in the midst of your trials. I have found that during my worst trials, when I turn my will over to God, He is usually developing my Christian character and/or will use the experience to help someone else to serve His purposes. I pray that you hold strong to your faith and hope to endure the difficult times. Deuteronomy 31:16, “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” May God Bless You!!

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  933. Lynnette

    Please pray for my sons. They are struggling in ways that break this mama’s heart…I don’t really know what to pray for just that God becomes very real and their commitment is true and heartfelt..that they desire to live for him. Thanks so much.

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  934. Teresa

    Please pray for my son who battles depression, worse in the fall, with Aspergers. God has brought him so far through tight emotional scrapes. Praying he is able to stay in college this fall without having to withdraw due to the depression & live the abundant life God has for him. Thanking God for all He has done and believing this is just the beginning of all He will do. Most of all want my son’s life to glorify God. Thank you for praying with me.

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  935. JoAnn

    Thank you for the devotionals. There has been so many devotionals coming out from Proverbs 31 on prayers that I wonder if God is trying to tell me something and I just don’t want to hear it. It is a tough lesson to learn that God does answer our prayers and that when He says “no” or “wait”, we must accept His answer.

    My heart has been heavy for about 1.5 years now. It has been a struggle healing from a brokenheart. I seriously don’t know whether God hears me after praying every day and sometimes even a couple times a day that God heals my heart so I won’t think and miss the guy who I thought might be my potential life partner.

    Before I met this guy, I was totally fine with being single. It was because of a potential hope of having a life partner and family that destroyed my happiness of being single and what I thought was God’s plan for me to be single. Now, I am saddened that God might never heal my broken heart and that God will never answer my desire for a life partner and a family. As I see my godmother battling cancer and how she hopes and prays that she will see me get marry and as I see my aging parents, I do wonder…does God hear my and others’ prayers for me? Will God really heal my broken heart? Is my desire for marriage and a family from God or from my flesh? If it’s from God, why is it so hard to wait patiently when I’ve cried and begged God to give me strength, peace, comfort and guidance to let go of my desires and transform them into His desires for me. I just want to be a daughter of God who pleases God because He is so amazing, such a wonderful Heavenly Father but still….I struggle.

    Thank you for your prayers. Thank you for the devotionals. It is reading the devotionals and reading how other ladies also struggle remind me that I am not alone but if others can hold onto God’s Truth and be OK. I will too, maybe not today, but I will too…just one day in the future.

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  936. Anne Fleming

    Please pray I find a full time job that offers benefits AND approval for a mortgage modification to lower my payments. I’m single after 38 years, had a very successful non profit ministry for 12 years counseling addicted homeless and indigent men and women, because of State budget cuts we were forced to shut down. Lost most of everything including home. My oldest son got a different job and I took over his home. Since I lost most of my income I had to file for the hardest hit fund to avoid foreclosure which I received praise God. I’ve just began trying to get approval for a modification. I recently was healed from a cancer scare, and after much prayers, herbs and building up my immunity I am free and clear. I know God us working in my life but even with a modification I won’t be able to make it on my own without a full time job. I have life experience, was a pastors wife, and spike at ladies retreats. I went for making a good salary to under 9000.00 a year. I’ve been praying for 2 years and I don’t want to have to depend on anyone else to provide for me. If rather have someone else share in my joy. I feel I am a confident energetic woman with many talents and much compassion, but feel as though I’m experiencing age discrimination. My life had turned completely upside down as well as my family. I can’t imagine after getting this far that God would want me to lose this home, nor would he want me to bring a man in my home that I’m not in love with , just to survive. I want to honor God. His word says, if we don’t work we don’t eat.. Well, I’m trying very hard to find full time employment and can’t seem to get a chance to prove myself again. I feel Satan is working hard to discourage me. I’ve had several really good leads but it was really strange how they didn’t turn out . I also had 7 things break in my house in a 3 month period, among some family illnesses. But I’m still in my home, I have found in my frig, I’m working part time and I know it’s because of God that I’m blessed. When Iost my job so did my Ex, and both sons ( we all worked together and we all lost our jobs at the same time) after much prayer all 3 got a good job except for me. Waking up each day has become a huge effort to face the day. I have strong faith and believe that God hears my prayers.. But I’m getting weary and the stress us wearing me down. Please pray that Gods glory will be revealed and that He will quickly lead me to that perfect job and the home modification. It’s time the focus is off of me and my hard times and I can move forward helping others who are going through some of same things. I use to counsel others and tell them they need to walk by faith and not by sight. I never thought I would be challenged to in such a way as to be literally doing it. Many are watching me and I’m guessing some if them are judging and believing I’m not going to make it.. But there are also many others who believe in me and have been praying daily for a good job to come my way. I need for my Children Grandchildren and friends to see God at work and see His mighty works and How He will give us the desires of our heart if we try and do His will the best we can. I want God to use me to lead the way for others so their faith will grow and they will have hope that God will walk beside them and help them through their daily struggles and one day they will experience joy and laughter again just as I know I will one day get to do. All if us have our own battles to face and I don’t feel my battles are anything significant compared to others. But I believe there is power on prayer and I’m asking you to pray that I quickly burst through this stronghold in order to receive the blessings that God promised We can have and I can once again wake up with enthusiasm and purpose , not having to worry if I am going to be homeless, instead my only concern is for the souls that cross my path, the ones who are lost and forgotten. I want to make a difference in others lives. Please pray along with me. Thank You

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  937. Erin

    I am growing weary in prayer waiting for God to bring us our first child. It seems that all of my friends and co-workers are now pregnant, which only makes it harder. In fact, my dear friend is now nearly 7 months pregnant, and after hearing the news that they were not trying (actually they were trying not) to conceive, my heart aches. I’m trying to be happy for my friend and wait patiently on the Lord for our family to grow, but it wears on me each day I see her and her growing belly. Please pray that I will have patience and peace as I wait on the Lord, and joy for my dear friend as her little one will soon be joining us!

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  938. Bev

    Lysa and Team,

    First, thank you for offering to pray for each person that has posted here. I too will keep them in my prayers as well. I feel as though I have met the person I am supposed to be with; however, there is over 3 hours distance between us. I have been praying in faith that everything will fall into place in Gods timing… However, my impatience always seems to throw a wrench in that plan. I am praying in faith that God will bring TF and I together and that we can develope a strong relationship and one day marriage focused on God and doing his will. At this point, because I have tried to control the situation God is the only one who can turn it around. All it takes is one touch of his favor. Thank you for your prayers!

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  939. Stacy

    In short…I just had my 4th and 5th child within one year and in the last 6 months I lost my job, my husband then lost his job 3 weeks later, I also lost my house all in the midst of finding out my 2nd marriage of 10 yrs has been addicted to porn and lusting after women the WHOLE ENTIRE relationship! The emotional journey I just took over this last year trigger a mental breakdown on the side on a road beside a cornfield a week ago! This breakdown I had was severe enough that it brought to light 2 days ago that I have been struggling with pi-polar disorder for all these frustrating years! God is sooo silent through this Job like experience and I feel I’m failing the test of faith! My whole world is flipped upside down and I’m trying to hold on to a marriage with so much distrust, hurt, and anger! I am numb and terrified cause every minute now depends on God and there is silence! There are no words to express how alone and lost I feel already, but when the enemy or some mental disorder or whatever suggests Gods absence in the midst of it all, your whole world goes dark and you fill with despair! All I can muster these days is pray JESUS and I TRUST YOU over and over! Please pray for Jesus to fully enter into my life and allow me to grab hold of Him to get through this ride! I also ask that someway somehow God transform this mess of a marriage and bring forth a testimony that changes lives! And please pray for provision for my family to not end up loosing all we have! Thank you and God Bless EVERYONE!

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  940. Brinda Hutchins

    I am believing God for a few things, first that both my sons will turn to God & take him as their personal savior – they are both good men, no troubles with either one, I just want them to believe! Secondly, I am very unhappy where I live, I want to move but don’t have the funds to purchase a mobile home in the senior park I want to move to, so I am believing God will make a way when I don’t see a way, its a big task as I need $400,000 to purchase not only a mobile, but the land it comes on. This mobile home park is a co-op & its so very nice and quiet, and by purchasing it, I won’t have the outrageous space rent that I am paying now. So if you all could get in agreement that both my sons will be saved & God will provide a way for me to purchase a mobile home in the park I want, it would be so very much appreciated. Thank you and my God bless you too!

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  941. April Wolcott

    Thank you for being the “slide” for wisdom from the Lord … His words came down, from you & to me today.
    I read your “3 ways to press through…” and on your prayer for your daughter, I put in my 19 year old son’s name, Quinton, & it brought tears to my eyes (& does every time I read it).
    I ask for prayers for my son, Quinton, who is choosing his own path right now, that the Lord will show luv to Quinton as only He can.
    Pray that Quinton will be surrounded by people who luv the Lord & will be an encouragement to Quinton…. leaving no doubt in Quinton’s mind that the Lord is for him!
    I live in Ohio & Quinton moved to Colorado recently so geographically there’s even more distance between us.
    I luv Quinton with an unfailing luv.
    All I know is that Jesus luvs Quinton more than I ever can.
    I’m glad Quinton is mine & I anticipate the day that he chooses to walk hand in hand with Jesus!
    Thank you for sharing my heart, for my boy, with your prayers!
    ~~ April

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  942. Kathy Swindell

    I have a granddaughter that is very ill with pneumonia and ask for prayers for her to be healed.

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  943. Daisy Gallisdorfer

    ive been praying for my son, who is a Christian, but fell into drinking to mask his pain of RA. He was drunk one night got into a verbal fight with his wife and she called the police and he was shot. He served two years in prison and is now out. During his two yrs. in prison. His walk with God deepened. Now he can’t even talk to his four beautiful children he loves very much. I’ve been praying for Gods mercy to restore him to be able to see his kids. Please pray with me for him. There’s lot of things to this story. Most of he suffers a broken heart! He misses his kids and they need him. His wife is having an affair with another man whom left his wife and two babies, to be with my son’s wife. Dear Lord protect all these, little ones.

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  944. Marian

    Thank you for todays devotional. I have been praying for my son because he is gay. It hasnt been easy for me. My heart is in pain. I know the only person that can help me with this situatoon is the Lord. Also my marriage is terrible and I feel I dont love my husband anymore. I ttust the Lord and I know he will answer my prayer. Thank you for everything.

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  945. Rachel Kozella

    So today this was a devotion intended for me, my son is 16 and going through some stuff. I am heartbroken for him and my burden with this situation seems heavy. I just really needed this encouragement to pray him through this. It has been rough and I know I can’t fix the problem. I daily have to remind myself that I have to love him unconditionally like my Heavenly Father loves me. I daily have to remind myself that God will answer this prayer according to his will and in His time. Please pray for my son Xavier that he won’t turn to his peers and that he will believe his worth.

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  946. Lori

    Lysa, Your posts mean so much to me daily. I know your posts are often the Lords way of speaking to me. I know he speaks to me often, I listen but don’t really take in what I need, I don’t know how. I too have been struggling with my teenage son. He has recently turned 20, I have been watching his destructive rebellious behavior for about 3 years now. I pray for him daily. I pray for him to love the Lord. I pray for God to place Godly people in his path. He seems to be getting further and further away from his family and the christian foundation he was raised with. I want to believe the Lord has a plan for him through all of this and one day I will reap the reward of my diligent prayers. But what do I do while I wait? I’m tired of stressing about it and crying about it almost everyday. I want Gods peace so badly but I’m struggling inside myself to find it. Please pray for my lost son and for Gods peace to overcome me during this season of struggle. Thank you so much for your daily support. God Bless you.

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  947. Kim

    Please pray for my first born and me. He will be 18 in February, but he already feels that he is grown. I pray for him to have a heart modification like you spoke of…not just a behavior modification. I pray that he will know God’s love and know God!!! Please pray for me; I need strength and assurance that God will answer our prayers for him. He is my gift from God; God knows best!!

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  948. Terri

    Thank you so much for this. Your posts are quickly becoming a lifeline as they all seem to hit straight at the heart of the things I am dealing with in my life right now. My 30 year old son is now sitting in jail on charges too severe for any family member to post a bond to get him released and he doesn’t even have a court appearance scheduled til January. The domino effect of bad choices has led him here, and my mother’s heart is broken. Your story has encouraged me to keep praying and believing and not give up even though it looks so hopeless in the natural realm. Thank you for sharing your story.

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  949. Marti

    Lysa, I read your daily message and often forward it to my sister and daughters. I live in Charlotte, NC and I have been praying for my daughter Jamie who has been in a terrible struggle with drug addiction and her nursing career which was very new as of 2 years ago came to a screaching halt this time last year. Please pray along with me that she will completely surrender her heart and life to Jesus and that her walk of recovery be a successful one. I have much faith and love the Lord but I so struggle with fear that she will relapse again…I don’t know if my heart can take that again. I need to trust God more and leave my daughter in His precious hands. Thanks for this amazing reminder today!

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  950. Bet Nelson

    Praying for Grandaughters to fall in love with Jesus

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  951. Sandy

    I have been begging God to get my son’s attention by whatever means necessary. I’m certain that if he continues on his current path, he’ll be in jail or dead. Drugs are destroying him. Only God can save him. I long to see his life transformed, to see him become a godly man; loving and serving the Lord; to hear those words, “Mom, I’ve just fallen in love with Jesus.”

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    • Alicia Bruxvoort

      Dear Jesus, I know you love Sandy’s son even more than we can imagine. I pray that you will soften his heart and make him sensitive to your spirit. Set him free from the grip of drugs. Loose the chains that bind him and transform his life with your might and power. Open his ears to hear you. Open his eyes to see you. And give him an irresistible desire to follow you. Jesus, I thank you in advance for the day Sandy will hear those words that she longs to hear, “Mom, I’ve just fallen in love with Jesus.” Give Sandy fresh strength, fresh hope, and a steadfast spirit as she continues to pray for and love her son.

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  952. Audra

    We are waiting for an answer to prayer in just the right job for our college graduate with a broadcasting communications degree.

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    • Alicia Bruxvoort

      Jesus, please lead Audra’s college graduate to the job that you’ve planned and prepared especially for this special child of yours!

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  953. Trenna

    am requesting prayer I too have a daughter is going through things but is trying to have better life..She Jesus I really believe that she wants a life change..She chose a worldly life and is tryna come out..she done the drugs and suffered alot of heartache and pain and thinking the her doesn’t care..she has even tried to commit suicide before. .so im asking for your prayer team to help pray her through. Her is Destinee she is 22 yrs old and doesn’t live with because i rent a room just maintain stability to go to work and i need to find a affordable place to call my own. I live with family that I rent a room from but dont feel free there and please pray for me.The wife she like shes always picking on me and stealing my joy..I want to get along with her but I it seems as though she likes to take her misery out on me please pray for me..its as though she stopping the flow of my Blessings… Well I believe God and Jesus and I do have faith but need some prayer help…Thank you.

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    • Alicia Bruxvoort

      Oh, Jesus, you can speak one word and change a life. I pray that you will speak life over Trenna and her daughter and that you will create transformation and change in each of their circumstances. Woo Destinee’s heart to yours and exchange her heartache for joy, her discouragement for hope. And pour your favor and blessing upon Trenna, meeting each of her needs in your perfect way. Thank you in advance for your faithfulness.

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  954. Tyra Jones

    I am a 37 year old successful career woman praying that God will bless me with a spouse. It is my prayer that I grow strong in God through prayer life as I wait while the Lord does his work in my life.

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  955. Elaine

    Please pray for an unsaved family member who doesn’t believe God is real. Also, please pray for two of my grandchildren who are in their early 20s and who have not been active Christians since they were young children. Please pray, too, that these grandchildren will have more Christian friends and eventually Christian spouses when God decides that they should marry.
    Please pray that my sister and her son would be led to a new church and become active Christians again. Thanks so much!

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  956. Anne

    Dear precious Susan Fields

    I can’t imagine the pain of loosing a child esp to suicide. But I can understand a gut wrenching emotional pain of losing someone to another , someone you would die for, the kind if pain that causes you to roll up in a fetal position and begging God to take your own life, the kind if pain that causes you to question and blame God for your loss, esp after living for God and working in His kingdom and trying to live a Christ filled life. After 56 years of teaching , encouraging and trying to convince others that God is the answer, , my faith was challenged. I believe the pain of feeling abandoned and unheard by God was just as great as the loss of my loved one and my life didn’t seem to get better , it just seemed to get worse. Satan knew just the right time to intervene.. He was trying to get me to blame God for my Loss’s . And he seemed to be going a good job.. I became so depressed, and became physically I’ll, one thing after another started to happen that would continue to make me blame God. Why God??? Why is this happening to me? Wasn’t I the one who shared your word , encouraged the lost, sacrificed for you? Why are they prospering and happy and yet are not walking with you? Them someone shared something with me. She said… Remember how satan took Jesus up the mountain and tried to get him to blame God for everything happening to him? Why would he not do the same to me? Jesus didn’t back down, he kept his faith and said get behind me satan .. We can do the same. God was right there with you and your son when he left this earth, just like he was when his own Son died and left this earth. Even Jesus said, why have you forsaken me? I think we may never understand the whys in life, and I think sometimes God allows the hardest battles in the lives if his strongest soldiers. I believe when Josephs brothers betrayed him and shoved in that it to die and when Potiphers wife accused him if seducing her resulting in him thrown into prison that God didn’t make it happen, but He looked at the situation, contemplated it and allowed it for a greater good. ( God works all things out for the good for those who love Him and do His will) . Later Joseph interpreted Potiphers dream of him dieing and predicting there would be 7 years of famine and 7 years of plenty , later Jisrpg became king. He knew about the 7 years of famine so he prepared and stored up plenty for His people and guess who needed his assistance and help? You guessed it. His very own family that left him to die. He could have had them killed , yet He did what Jesus would have done, he embraced his brothers and forgave them and saved their lives. God had a plan for Him. God turned a bad thing into something good and because Josrph didn’t blame God just like Job didn’t blame God when his whole family was killed, God remembered their faithfulness and Hw blessed them with more than they had. All I can think of is we all gave choices to make. God loves us enough to make our own choices and If we walk by faith and not by sight and chose to believe in Gods promises, that He will turn what Satan meant for harm into something very good. I know you must be thinking, how could he possibly turn my sons death into something good? Well.. I guess all I can say is .. If we really want to know what love is and if God really does care about us, then just take a look at the cross. He understands the pain because He lost his child too… But the good news is.. His death wasn’t the end if the story.. It was only the beginning.. You too can allow God to use you to help others that are going through the same kind of pain. I believe your son is resting in the arms of a Jesus and He is the lucky one. No more emotional pain and I believe if your son could look you in your eyes right now he would tell you not to cry anymore tears..and he would tell you to get up everyday with a purpose and a joy in your heart because you will see him again in just a little while.. He would not want to see you with such sadness in your heart. You , my friend have a purpose.. I hope you find your joy again because it’s ok to be happy again and it’s ok to laugh again. Your son gives you permission. In fact, I bet when your laughing, he’s laughing right beside you. God bless you …from one struggling servant to another.. Annie

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  957. Linda Diana Kovacs

    PLEASE KEEP PRAYING:
    I just wish I could find a job and live a normal life: get married and hopefully have my own family before it’s too late (i’m 48)!
    I greatly appreciate your prayers, Linda Diana Kovacs
    1 THESS 5:17
    MARK 10:27

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  958. CarolAnne

    I have prayed over you and hope you will pray for healing for my daughter Kelly. Her hubby is taking her to a specialist tomorrow, and though I keep asking for God’s peace, fear keeps trying to clutch at my heart ;( I just want all to be well with Kelly! Thank you all so much. These devos help me get through tough spots. xo

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  959. Samara

    Thank you for sharing this timely message. I know God is working behind the scenes on by behalf, but some days it’s hard not to feel like one of God’s benched players. My daughter is hurting and I would love to pull her out of public school, I work in the kitchen at a Christian academy k-12 and would love for her to attend. Theres are few road blocks, that I know aren’t too big for God, but it’s hard to be patient as I wipe my 14 yr old daughter’s tears. Thank you for the prayers and I will continue to thank God for you and your ministry!

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  960. Dulce M. Alcazar

    I have been praying for almost 2 years now that my family be reunited. My husband and I decided to file for his citizenship and he had to go to Mexico and wait there for about 4-5 months. We are now on 20 months and he has not been able to come back to his family. He has his visa appointment on November 20th (this is also his birthday) and I pray that everything goes well and that once his waiver is submitted it gets approved in less than a month so he can be here for Christmas. I also pray that I’m able to have enough finances to pay for whatever other fees come our way and for air fare and so forth. I am a mother of 6 kids who was left here and has now lost my job of 8 yrs due to being so ill and depressed to the point of having shock therapy from my family being separated. I’m only getting child support as income so I pray that I come up with the rest of the income needed for his fees but above all that he is able to be with us for Christmas. Amen.

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  961. alyssa

    Thank you, thank you, thank you…just what I needed.
    We need to hold eachother up, encourage eachother like this.

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  962. Barb

    Praying for my daughter Jenny’s salvation!!! She is 31, single, living out of State. I know she is coming to the Lord… I am praying for God’s choice of husband for her as well…
    Also I am now praying for a restoration in my family relationships between my husband and family. Pray for his heart, he is disillusioned and hurting… and was trying to defend and protect me…
    Also I pray for my daughter-in-law Rachel who was just diagnosed with a bad report. Please pray for strength and courage, and for support for her and my son… & kids. TY!!

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  963. Doris

    Yes, please come along side of me in praying for my daughter and my son. They have both walked away from the Lord. In part due to some tough situations with my ex husband. I feel so defeated with unanswered prayer. I especially needed today’s post.. I so need a friend to talk to.!!

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  964. Katie

    I’ve been praying for years for my son & daughter-in-law to let me see my precious grandchildren. I keep praying for God to soften her heart. I admitted I said something I shouldn’t have said and asked for forgiveness over and over. Is God listening to my prayers? This whole thing hurts so bad.

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  965. Michelle

    Dear Lysa,
    I have two beautiful daughters ages 24 and soon to be 21 years old. I have been divorced from their father for nearly 20 years. I worked very hard to give them a life much better than mine. Both of them were inducted into the National Honor Society their Sophomore years in high school. They both received four year, full ride scholarships to major Universities and I am so proud of them.
    Now here is the heartache. Nearly three years ago they were being disrespectful and we had a falling out. It’s a long story. Since that day they severed their relationship with me. I have tried to call, text and email them. I have even left each of them a voice-mail apologizing for my part in the disagreement. They are both in college and I miss them so much. I call them on their birthday at the exact time they were born. I’ve been doing this for several years now so they expect the call. The oldest doesn’t answer and the youngest just gives me one word answers. I’ve prayed, cried, prayed, cried and still crying. I feel like God is not listening to me or answering my prayer. My earthly father abandoned me at the age of five and now I feel abandoned by my Heavenly Father.
    Please pray for my daughters and I to mend this broken relationship. They both love the Lord and I would appreciate as many prayers for us as possible. Thank you for your prayers.

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  966. Nickole

    Please pray over my disability appeal, finalizing my divorce, and for my children’s father.
    Thank you for your inspiring devotions and posts.

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  967. olga

    I been praying that this anxiety and depression goes away. Is been 4 years since my first panic attack. Is been better. But some days is like this is never going to end. Please pray for me. I just want to feel peace again

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  968. carol

    hi, please please intercede for my daughter, i have read your sermon on 3ways unanswered prayers, and i had the same challenge with my daughter. she knows God, but dont want to do anything, she failed matric in 2010 and since didnt want to rewrite, start something, she is still at home and says God will sort out her future, but there is no personal responsibility nothing. i am at a point of giving up, but as a God fearing mother i know Gods grace is enough, but sometimes i feel so helpless as you want to see your child excel in life, she doesnt go anywhere, she dont even want to go to church with me, she is watching TBN for spiritual fruit and this time of the year it really gets to me as im thinking we heading for another year, whats going to happen again. we argue about this, she uses the word of God to justify her position. i really need the back up of prayer warriors, Kingdom blessings

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  969. Sam

    I began working 10 months ago as a volunteer at my church with the promise of a full time position eventually – I don’t know when this will happen or even how much I will be paid. I am frustrated & becoming demoralised & we are really struggling financially

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  970. Erin

    Pray for myself to have faith and trust God in the way He is leading me in my career. For wisdom and peace to guide me.

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  971. Harriet

    I have a daughter who is a senior in high school. I worry about choices she makes. I am praying her though the ‘hard’ timed and trusting that God is workin in the background.
    The wait is excruciating.
    Please pray with me

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  972. roxanne

    im believing for God to restore my marriage and to save my husband and soften his heart. My husband filed for divorce because I lied to him about our finances. I was afraid to tell him that we were broke and that we had no money. He says he will never forgive me. He is an alcoholic and the more he drinks the meaner he is to me. I’ve been praying for our marriage to change for 16 years that we would work together on the finances and that he would accept God in his heart and get rid of his anger, unforgiveness, and bitterness. Our divorce isn’t final yet but he has moved on and has a girlfriend who he says will not have sex with him until our divorce is final. I’m having such a hard time letting go. All I’ve ever prayed about was us having a happy marriage and him to go to church with me and our kids. I know that God can do miracles and break my husbands addiction and lead him to accept God in his heart! I’m walking in faith knowing that we are going to share our testimony that God turned us around and restored our marriage of 18 years.! Thank You Lord for blessing us!

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  973. lydia

    Please pray for my daughter she has been struggling knowing what her priorities are

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  974. Chelsea Dudley

    My husband is illegally gambling and owes money we don’t have to bad people. I hate what he has done. I don’t even know him. I don’t even like him. I’m so angry at him and myself for marrying him and bringing 2 beautiful babies into our messed up life. I feel irresponsible for it but I don’t regret them! I just need prayer,I’m so mad right now.

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  975. Teena

    Please pray for my husbands salvation. For him
    to see the grace and goodness of God. And for
    God to reveal himself to my children especially
    to my son who is now questioning the reality of
    God. Thank you.

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  976. Lori

    I pray God will help me and my daughter’s through these difficult times we are in! I pray God will help my nine year son, whom I haven’t seen in five years!! I pray we can see him, and to be comforted knowing that it will be in God’s time and not mine!!!

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  977. Olinda bias

    We discover by reading and experience the behavior of a family member is destructive but my family member don’t realize. Could you please pray for that persons heart to change or realize she is wrong? I feel that I had enough analyzing her behavior that I have to pray more. Please support me on this. I believe God transform hearts when we let him. Thank you so much. The whole family is involve and only this person is bringing division, lies, and breaking heats. Than you! May the Lord bless you.

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  978. Kim

    Lysa, Thank you for allowing God to use you to bring truth through Gods word to those who need it. Please pray for my son to come to know Christ compleley. I have been praying for him for a long time. I have decided to “do” less about it and pray more about it. Thank you for your ministry and may God bless you and your family.

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  979. Julie

    I need prayer for healing. I was once an athletic and adventurous person who loved going outdoors into creation, or playing different sports. I also had a job I was born and called to do. I was a full time missionary in San Diego, CA, and I ministered to the homeless, the hurting, addicts, prostitutes, poor, and lost people. I knew without any doubts I was doing what God called me to do. Then within a 48 hour period my life flipped upside down. I went from active, and walking, to a wheelchair. This happened just 3 years after stepping into the mission field. Fast forward to today, after much physical pain, a brain surgery, and all ups and downs, I’m working on walking again. I improved to a walker. I would like prayer for complete healing. For my eye sight to be completely restored so I can try to drive again, but most of all to pray that I feel I still have a purpose.
    I was first called to be a missionary at just 10 years old. So much has happened in my life. So many heavy and painful trials have come along all throughout my whole life. But my deepest desire is to walk those city streets again and minister to God’s people. To love on them and share Jesus with them. It’s been almost three years now since getting sick and living back home. I’ve been discouraged lately. Not a day goes by that I don’t greatly miss what I once did. Please keep me in prayer. Pray that God will use my journey to touch others. I want to bring glory to God, even now through my trials. I want others to see Jesus in me and to love Him. Thank you. One day I hope I can speak and share my journey with people. I want to encourage others that even in the darkest times, Jesus will never let us go. We are engraved on His hands and He loves us so much. I want to get that message out. Those desires will never go away. God bless you. Check out my site to read more about me and what God has done, if you want to know more. I have quite the story, but it’s all for God’s glory. God bless you!

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  980. Lindsey

    Dear Lysa,
    Thank you for this post today. I am asking for prayers today for a nasty custody battle I am in with my exhusband and our 3 boys. I am not unfit. I do not do drugs, I have never beaten my children or negelcted them. I fed them and bathe them daily. I provide a roof over their heads and a bed to sleep in. I make sure they get to school with clean clothes, lunch and snack and every school function. We participate in extra curricular activities and church. I take them to every doctors and dentist appointment and I keep them with they are sick. I am NOT a perfect
    mother. I have had my fair share of bad moments but I remind myself daily of your quote “bad moments do not make us bad mothers”. I constantly wonder if God hears my prayers with this sitation. My ex constantly “attacks” me and my parenting (ex: a safety pin in my childs glasses until I got the screw fixed). Somedays I feel its never ending and have sleepless nights praying and wondering if I am praying the wrong way and if God hears/answers my prayers. My 3 boys have been through so much emotional I pray for them but somedays I dont feel like things are getting or will ever get better.
    Please pray for my boys, my situation and myself. Thank you Lysa for your blogs.

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  981. Jessica

    Can you please pray for my son….I was sooo extremely BLESSED AND ENCOURAGED reading your testamony about your daughter…I know God lead me to this PROVERBS 31 page because I’ve seen the Proverbs 31 link several times in the past and a couple of days ago it showed up again on my Facebook News feed and hit the like button not realizing I’d get the advertisements which turned out being a GOD thing at this point in time of my life

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  982. Wendy

    Prayer request: A baby for my husband and I. We’ve been married & trying for 8 years without success. It’s heartbreaking month after month.

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  983. Pesh

    I want to have the relationship I once had with God. it was so surreal. I feel like i lost it somewhere. I know I cant live a meaningful life without God so I want Him back in my life

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  984. Marilyn

    I am praying for my son to stop acting out in school and work on his grades so that he can graduate. I am so discouraged and tired of hearing nothing but bad things about him. He is not a bad boy and I want him to get on the right track before it’s too late. please pray for us.

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  985. hushadramayjay

    The devil has separated me from my hubby n 3 beautiful children 4 d past 8 months. I am longing n yearning for them. But they are not at all feeling my lost. Please bring us back together as one big happy family. I need your prayers very very urgently frequently.

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  986. gail masondo

    Please pray for my son to embrace the truth about his Lord and himself..he is 34..as a teen in a Christian hip hop group he called himself cwest..christian worker ending Satan terror…praying for that commitment to be realized wrapped in truth again on the secular platform he finds himself on now.thank you

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  987. Teresa Anderson tstim

    My prayer is that my son and I can get our teeth fixed.

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  988. Becky

    Lisa, thank you and you team for all you do for your readers. I, too, am praying through the heartbreak of damaged and wayward children. I have been for more years than I can count. So your devotional brought tears to my eyes and a renewed hope for my family’s future. God bless you all.

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  989. shirley

    I need prayer for a job.my contract was recently ended and it was unexpected.But I believe God has a purpose in my life for everything that has happened..I am in a lot of debt and I don’t know how I will pay it.I trust in God for answers.Amen

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  990. Becky

    Lysa, thank you and you team for all you do for your readers. I, too, am praying through the heartbreak of damaged and wayward children. I have been for more years than I can count. So your devotional brought tears to my eyes and a renewed hope for my family’s future. God bless you all.

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  991. Lynnell

    My husband decided a few years ago that he no longer believes the Bible, including the stories about Jesus. He’s always been a skeptic and struggled with faith, he’s never experienced God in any kind of definitive way, and so he quit trying to make himself believe. Obviously this has been difficult for me, but I realize I can’t make spiritual decisions for him. This realization helps me parent with a little less expectation that I can make my boys follow a certain path, but also more fear & worry about their hearts. I know by watching my husband that I can do everything in my power to lead them to Christ, but only the Spirit can help them believe. So I’m forced to pray, and pray I do, but I always welcome prayer from anyone else when it’s offered. Thank you!

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  992. Anna

    I apologize if this is a duplicate, I was unable to find my comment I left yesterday evening. I am in a desert in my faith right now. I sit to do my morning devotions and that is what I do, just sit. I should be praying without ceasing for my 13 year old daughter, who was once so in love with Jesus, now has her eyes lit up by the world, questioning God, her faith, etc. Also need wisdom on high school…Public vs Private. Private would be a great financial strain for our family, but sending her from a very small private christian day school(her graduating class will be 11 kids) to a public high school with a planned freshman class of 500 is a bit daunting especially with the season of life she is in with her faith. Thank you for being so honest and open with your life and for being a great encourager!

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  993. Claire

    I have been informed that I will be out of my job at the end of the year due to budget cuts at my workplace. I am currently applying for as many jobs as I can, which is stressful enough in itself. My prayer is for direction to where God is leading me and for me to see Him guiding me to the place that He wants me to go next. I really struggle with the silence that I am facing and I want to hear His voice and know His will.

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  994. Julian

    I’m so grateful for the hope I found in reading this devotion. I have an older sister who has a precious daughter and neither of them knows The Lord as their personal savior. There was a huge argument between them this past Sunday and I just need the Lord to send the right persons in their circles to experience Him fully. My sister grew up in a Christian family, church two and three times weekly. Yet, she has not consistently attended nor sent her daughter to church for almost 18 years (niece is 17 yo). Now the devil is doing everything in his power to have them attack each other. But Lysa your words have given me hope so join my 3 younger sisters and I as we lay these 2 beautiful daughters of our God before Him to intervene and save them both. Thank you.

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  995. Yvonne

    I have been praying for my youngest son to come back to the Lord since 1998. He tells me he knows he has been saved, but he does not live like it. He is not a bad person , he is just not living for the Lord. Please pray that he would realize how much he needs a relationship with the Lord. Pray that he will find Christian friends that will help influence him and his wife.

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  996. Anonymous

    Would you please pray for my husband to stop drinking and re-dedicate his life to the Lord? And for my son to grow up in a living Christian household whether it be one or two?

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  997. Charlotte

    Please pray for me as my husband and I are trying to conceive and its been month after month of disappointment. It’s a struggle and it’s hard! Prayer support for us would be greatly appreciated!

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  998. dana

    Please pray for my marriage. I have just completed the 31 days of prayer for my husband. Something has grabbed him and is taking him away from God and his family. He has struggled with self control and temptations for many years but it has never changed him as it has the last six months. He no longer wishes to be touched, held or comforted by his wife nor does he wish to extend those things to me. I love my husband and cherrish our marriage. Your article 3 ways to push thru unanswered prayers is a great inspiration and I thank you for writing all your articles.

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    • Janice Thacker

      Dear Lord, we ask that you would speak life into Dana’s marriage. Speak to her husbands heart. Draw him to You. What ever has grabbed him, Lord we ask that You would break that hold. Give Dana wisdom and direction. Guide her to the help that she needs. Keep her strong in You, Lord. we ask this in Jesus Precious Name. Amen.

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  999. Leticia

    Thank you for posting this! We have been struggling financially we know God is faithful and our provider. Ee also know this is a season and he is teaching us. It is painful and scary when you have 4 children and we are
    living day by day praying God will provide food to eat and water, lights, roof. Right now we have one vehicle and if we don’t come up with 2 car payments by monday it will be taken away. Please stand in agreement that God will provide. I took a pay cut to focus on ministry work. Thank you so much!

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  1000. Penny Cory

    I would appreciate your prayers for my son Steven, 25 years old.. He will be in court tomorrow, 11/14, 10 AM. He had a DUI charge that was reduced to a reckless driving charge with a restricted drivers license. He was sitting a a stop light and a police ran his license tag and found that he had a restricted license. He came to check it and Steven was driving outside of his driving restriction, so he received another ticket. He has turned his life around since receiving his DUI. He has stopped drinking. He has attended AA meetings and taken an ASAP driving class. He is playing guitar and drums in a Praise Band. He is working two jobs. He is working with a Presbyterian Church in a Youth Internship for 9 months. Please pray for God’s favor to be with the judge and for God to bring good from this time of trial for Steven. I am trusting Isaiah 41:10, “God will uphold Steven with His Righteous Right Hand!” Halleluia, Praise God! Amen. Thank you for your prayers for Steven.

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  1001. Chifundo Gwaza

    I was happily married but my husband passed on in 2007. Since then life has been tough but I thank God for seeing me and my kids through. I’ve been praying for a Husband who will love and take care of us, but it seems I’m hitting a wall. Please pray with me that God should hear and answer my prayer as He did with Ruth by giving her Boaz. I believe that He is a faithful God and that He never fails. Amen

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    • Suzie Eller

      Lord, I pray with Chifundo that you will fill this gap in her heart. She is seeking a godly mate. I pray that you will give her wisdom and peace as she waits with an open heart. I pray that the man you have chosen for her will be a man of grace, kindness, and that she will sense from you when he is in her path. Thank you for this daughter who loves and trusts you so much.

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    • Nichole

      Praying with you and for you!

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  1002. Ashley

    Please help me pray for my mom and dad. They have been struggling in their marriage. I have prayed for this for years and I am seeing some improvement but I would love for others to help me pray.

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    • Suzie Eller

      Lord, today I believe with Ashley that her parents will begin to move toward one another with greater love and patience. That you’ll lead their hearts to wholeness and to each other. Cover this home with your presence, in the name of Jesus.

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    • Nichole

      Praying for your parents and their marriage, Ashley.

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  1003. momof4boys

    Please pray for my family. My husband has been wrongly accused of something and was arrested. It started the most terrifying experience of our lives. Everything is at stake for our family. Please pray for us.

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    • Suzie Eller

      Lord, you are the Light. Bring the light to the surface. Show the truth in such a way that it cannot be disputed. In the name of Jesus we pray.

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      • Allie

        Lord, I ask that you protect this family and release them from this wrong accusation. Lord I pray that you place people in their life who will encourage them and believe in them through this time. In Jesus’ name, Amen

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  1004. sueandrepont@yahoo.com

    Prayers for my son and husband to fall in love with Jesus.

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    • Suzie Eller

      Thank you for such a godly and faith-filled mama and wife. I pray that her concern and weight of the burden over her loved ones will lighten today. Thank you for bringing truth and your love into their lives in such a way that they are drawn to you, Father. Cover this home with your presence. Live inside the four walls in such a way that you become a part of this family, in this dad’s thoughts and heart, in this son’s life and calling. In the name of Jesus, amen.

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  1005. Cindy Thorp

    prayer for my daughter’s freedom since 2003 and my grandson and son-in-law’s salvation, thanks!

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  1006. Kristi K

    Praying for my father, a former pastor, that he and my mother will accept Jesus’ love for them; believe His love; and accept His forgiveness for them. Praying “Thy kingdom will come…” into their lives so they will know the joy and peace of the Lord. They left the Ministry 45 years ago.

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    • Suzie Eller

      Lord, any hurts that have come at the hands of people — gently fill those places with healing. I pray that the call you once had and that has not gone away will gently draw this dad back into your arms. I pray for this entire family and I thank you for such a beautiful daughter that is standing in the gap for her parents. Thank you for the example that they instilled in her years ago that is bearing fruit today in such a beautiful way. In the name of Jesus we trust and ask these things, amen.

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  1007. Alma

    My husband is struggling with his faith. We are attending a Marriage Intimacy class at church, and through it, he’s realized how stagnant his spiritual life is. He said it’s made him realize everything he’s doing wrong, and that he hates what he sees in the mirror every day. He says he prays that God will change him because he hates who he is, but that God isn’t answering. Our finances are a little rough, and he prays for that, but no answer. Well, of course I have encourage him with scripture, with my own testimony, with the times God supernaturally done something for me, but none of it clicks for him. Please help me pray that he will have a supernatural encounter with God, one that will change completely the person he sees in the mirror, one that will renew the joy of his salvation and will show him how to wait on the Lord in faith. Please pray that I will be able to minister to my husband, not only as his wife, but also as his sister in Christ. Thank you.

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    • Suzie Eller

      Alma, I hear your heart. It’s hard to watch someone you love struggle. It sounds like that a God who loves him like crazy is shining a light on areas where He wants to move. It’s hard when we take that as a reprimand from God. I pray that your husband understands that it’s a drawing to deeper waters, to greater relationship, to transformation. May I pray with you today for your husband?

      Lord, thank you for those moments when you so clearly shine into those areas where you want to live in greater measure. Rather than seeing this as condemnation or guilt, I pray that this much-loved man of God senses your love in this invitation for more. I pray that your love wraps close around him, and that you give his wife peace in this time of introspection. Give her wisdom. Give her joy. Let her light so shine before her husband that he sees you in the words she says, and in the words she holds close in her heart as she trusts you.

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    • Karen Ehman

      Alma– just whispered a prayer for you and for your husband in his struggle. Know that the Lord is very close and that you are loved! Your love for God and your husband both certainly shines through.

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  1008. Tracy

    My 18 year old daughter needs deliverance from a abusive relationship. My 20 year old nephew and 19 year old niece also need prayer. Thank you and God Bless!

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    • Johanna

      Tracy,

      Praying for your daughter, your nephew, and your nice!!! God has a plan…ALWAYS!! Even if we do not understand it. We can put our trust, and our loved ones, in His hands and He will take care of them!!!

      God bless,
      ~Johanna

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  1009. Jenny

    Dear Lysa, I am asking for prayer for my daughter who has chosen a life of sin, with another women that she calls her wife. She is a child of God, we don’t understand how she can be so deceived by the world. She was a great warrior for Christ, she attended a four year christian college and she accomplished great things for the Lord, but than she attended a large secular college for her masters degree and everything changed, she feel into the lesbian lifestyle and its been a heartbreak for us ever since. The scary part is she thinks she’s okay with the Lord. How could she be so deceived? She has a degree in Bible? We love her so much , we pray for her everyday but we cannot accept her “family”. With the culture the way it is she looks at us like we should be okay with it, since we are not she has chosen to not be part of our life. It breaks my heart to pieces. Please help us to pray for her, it would be so appreciated. Thankyou

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    • Nichole

      Jenny – I am praying for your daughter today. Asking God to remove the blinders from her eyes and reveal His truth to her as he strengthens her to walk away from the lifestyle she has chosen. Praying for you and your family, that you can love her and pray her through it. may God bind your broken hearts and give you peace as you wait for your prodigal to return.

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  1010. gairanliu

    Please pray force my boyfriend.he is living a worldly life. He does not know God. I want you to pray for him and Know the Ever living God. I want him to experience complete heart trantransformation and seek God through out his life. Please pray for his join b and our relationship to be in sync with the word Of God

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  1011. Karen Ehman

    I’m praying for you right now. Asking God to meet you in the very deepest places of your heart as you continue to trust him and rely on him for perfect answers. Know you are loved today!

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  1012. Jennifer Perkins

    I am praying and I need you to pray and believe with me that God will speak to my family members who are living in sin knowingly and have once been saved. I pray God will tug at their hearts and show them He is there waiting to take them back in His arms if they will only go and turn their backs to lives of sin. I pray they will see through eyes of Christ the vile and wicked things they are doing and saying. I am afraid they are so blended in with the world they are blinded to good. Thank you! Claiming these things in agreement with you all in the name of Christ! Amen!

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  1013. Donnie

    Lord, I have four children and a husband with a career that I lay at Your altar and turn over to Your provision and power. I have tried in all my power to will each of them through the issues we face. I have tried for many, many years to pray each of them through every obstacle once I realized I wasn’t meant to do it alone. But so many of my prayers go unanswered and I wonder where you are. I have felt your call on my life and I am answering it, but you are still silent regarding my prayers. Please give me peace to be still and wait for you. Thank you, Father. thank you.

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  1014. Sara

    My husband and I are trying to get pregnant. Due to some health issues that I have, bipolar type 2, I am on medication that might make it hard to get pregnant, and one of the medications has the potential of causing a cleft palate in a baby. Also, I know this might seem trivial, but I live in CA and my family is in MI. I would love to be able to tell my family in person. Seeing how plane ticket prices are expensive, it would help if I am pregnant during the time that we have a pre planned trip to MI. This way we don’t have to spend the extra money and take time off of work, that we don’t have, to make that happen. Currently, we are planning a trip to MI next week,and one in March. On top of this, I tend to get really anxious about getting pregnant due to these factors, but my understanding is that sometimes being anxious could also make it harder to get pregnant as well. Plus, I don’t want to feel this way during a time that should be fun and exciting (planning the next phase in our family) My husband and I would feel very blessed to be able to raise a child in God’s name. Thank you so much for your prayers and listening to the deepest desires of my heart.

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  1015. Jeanette

    Please pray for my relationship with my 20 year old daughter. It’s been strained since my divorce from her dad. I believe she has a lot of undealt with anger regarding the divorce. Please pray for healing in our relationship. Please pray I will be emptied of my anger and frustration toward her attitude and will listen to her, acknowledge her feelings and ask appropriate questions. Much wisdom and grace is needed. Also, please pray that she will seek God’s truth and love. Please pray for relationships that will point her to Christ.

    Please pray for my 16 year old son. He is not sure the “god of the Christians” is the true God. He does not want to go to church. Please pray that he will be willing to see the truth.

    Thank you.

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    • Karen Ehman

      Wow Jeanette–you certainly have a heavy mama heart right now. Praying for your daughter and your son both that god would grant them wisdom and grace. And that your son’s questions will lead him straight to the Lord. Hang in there I know you are loved!

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  1016. Thomas Bartel

    I’m praying in faith and believing that God will provide me with a better job and a life companion who loves Him with all of her heart, so we can serve Him together in a ministry of His choosing.

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  1017. Diana

    Prayers for my attitude. We have some issues going on but I just have no joy. Haven’t had joy in a while. I have my list of things to get done and I do them but I’m more of a drill sergeant, trying to get the kids to get done what they need to do. No fun, no smiles. I’m especially in a funk this morning. I know that God has joy for me but I feel like something is stopping me from receiving it and I don’t know what it is.

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  1018. Angela Schabo

    After fighting Leigh’s disease for the past month and a half, this past Sunday we were told that our seven month old nephew was nearing the end of his life here on earth with us. What a fighter he is! Four days later he is still with us. Last evening, however, he started to slow down quickly and hospice nurse thought he wouldn’t make it through the night. He continues to fight this morning! We continue to pray for a miracle in this sweet boy because we don’t want to give up and we know that our might God is capable. We also pray, if a miracle is not in God’s plans (for Tage), for a peaceful departure from this earth, and quickly to end his suffering. We pray for comfort and peace for his mama and daddy who are keeping strong in their faith during this stormy season of their lives.

    Thank you so much for your prayers.
    Sister in Christ,
    Angela Schabo

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  1019. Cissy

    Thank you for praying with and for me. My husband and I have been married for 5 years and we live on a farm. He is a good man, works hard and is completely trustworthy. He does have a very hard time sharing himself with others (and always has), and as a result, his relationships with his family and our marriage have suffered. He works all day and then comes home and works outside until dark. When he comes inside, he is tired and turns on the TV until he falls asleep. We never talk or spend time together. I love my husband and I want us to be close to each other, but also to have a relationship with and serve the Lord together. Please pray that he will come to understand his complete and total need for the Lord to be at the center of our marriage, and that he will want to experience that joy. I also want my husband to understand how much I need him and need to be close to him. I have cried and cried and prayed and prayed that the Lord will soften his heart and help him to understand that this indifference hurts me terribly. I also want Him to clearly show me how to help my husband. I have tried everything I know – cry, scream (which I know is wrong), talk, not talk. I am not perfect, but I am a good person and wife. I confess that I have thought at times that the Lord isn’t hearing my prayers or seeing me cry (which I know is not true) and I feel completely alone. I need to feel the Lord’s peace and have the strength to get through this. Thank you again for your wonderful devotion on pressing through unanswered prayer. It was such a help to me….

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  1020. Kathy

    Thank You…..Your words of encouragment mean so very much to me. I have been walking with God for many years and the past few months my Faith has really been challanged. I am asking that you please come in agreement with me. My company may be folding soon and I have been looking for another Job. I actually need a higher paying Job as My mortgage comany increased my monthly paymemnt because FEMA now declared my area as a flood zone and I make only $12 an hr and I am not able to purchase the flood insurance on my own because it is $455. I have lost an extra $260 a month because my Ex Husband decided ththe does not want to pay for the debt that he owed anylonger which just put me in hardship. Having to take time off to go to court is not possible at this time becuase of the Job situation. I trust God with every part of me…..I am just needing some pray as I feel so alone in this. I am needing surgery in the future and I guess I am just overwhelmed. I have been trying to look for an after work part time Job to help but this has also been very difficult.Thank You for your support in prayers. God Bless.

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    • Karen Ehman

      Kathy– Your words ” I trust God with every part of me” really stood out to me. In the mist of all you have going on your faith seems to be your anchor. Praying with you about your financial situation and the upcoming surgery. My husband is an auto worker and is often laid off. He hasn’t worked for about half of 2014. I know when money is tight emotions often run high. Praying you find encouragement and a new job if you need one due to your company folding. Lean hard into Jesus. He loves you so very much!

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  1021. Zulema Lopez

    Please pray for my husband and my marriage. It feels like it’s been a struggle since the very beginning. I’ve hoped, believed, and prayed, prayed, prayed. My heart is heavy. I’ve handed it over to the Lord and am trusting in Him for a total heart transformation for my husband, that he will want the Lord and lead our family with an unselfish heart. Please pray also for me that I will hear the voice of God’s truth and not waver in my faith regardless of my circumstances.

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  1022. Cheryl Rucket

    Dear Heavenly Father, I humbly come to you today lifting all of these women who posted comments along with all the unspoken request out there. Father , I thank you for all of your provision and protection for each of these things along with your unconditional love and mercy in each situation . In Jesus Name, Amen

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  1023. Jasmin

    Please pray for me and my two little girls! Tomorrow (11/14/14), I have a final protective order hearing against my husband. My lawyer is telling me that he will likely receive unsupervised visits with my little girls because social services was unable to find hard evidence of abuse, although I have observed him physically and verbally abuse both of my children. I’ve finally left the abusive situation that I was in for over 9 years. Please pray that God would do a miracle and allow for the utmost protection for me and my little girls. They are so young and I know what the courts may say and what lawyers may say, but ultimately I believe with all my heart that this decision is really in God’s hands. Please pray with me to be victorious in the hearing tomorrow and that the lawyers would be amazed at God’s hand moving to provide my girls and I with such favor, protection, strength, safety, and grace that they have never seen before!! Thank you in advance for your mighty prayers!!

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  1024. Kelly

    thank you so much for posting this today. I asked for prayers for Ron and I. I pray that Ron rededicated his life to Jesus and that his gift of being able to paint anything would shine through for the Lord. I pray the Lord renew the Tim Tatian and the desire for alcohol. Ron and I are separated now by work and I worry about him. Please pray for me that I can use this time to write the songs that the Lord has put on my heart, songs that need to be shared with those out there who are hurting. Please pray that the doors open for me to get out there and help others through my ministry in my song. Rod has experienced a desire to help me with this, I would love to have you by my side ministering to others and helping others.

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  1025. Lauren

    Seven years ago, our daughter decided she no longer wanted to be part of our family. We are a family in love with Christ and our daughter once enjoyed a great relationship with us. A year before graduating from a Christian college, she met a young man outside the school. He, at her request, called my husband and asked permission to date her. As part of that conversation, my husband asked his intentions toward our daughter. He stated that he had no intentions other than to go out and have a good time. Well…we believe in a similar way to the Duggar family and just believe courting should be in anticipation of finding a spouse. He was very condescending and disrespectful of our beliefs and remained in pursuit of our daughter. When she graduated, he picked her up and she moved with him to his home state. She began speaking to us less and less and finally not alt all. She eventually did marry him (though we weren’t told about or invited to the wedding). We have requested a conversation with them to reconcile our differences. They too claim belief in Christ. In fact, he’s now a student at Dallas Thelological studying counseling. But they refuse our attempts to speak with them. We aren’t even sure what she is angry about. How does a person go from having a close relationship for 21 years to no relationship at all and no desire to forgive or reconcile unles Satan has his hands in it? Please pray that another Christian will intervene and that God will soften both of their hearts to desire to be in fellowship with us again. We now have a grandson from them that we have never seen. Our hearts are broken and we pray daily that we will hear from her.

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  1026. Michelle Cervantez

    Please pray for restoration in my relationships with my in-laws. A few years ago there was a falling out between my husband and I and his family. He is trying to repair things with them, but at this point his family only wants a relationship with him and not me or our 3 kids. I’ve tried to fix things over the years but have gotten no where. Please help me pray for healing. Thank you!

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  1027. Melanie

    Please pray for my son! Since his father left us 2 years ago, he has completely departed from God and is living in sin – using drugs, lying, stealing, dealing with mental illness issues and wants nothing to do with God. He has even attempted suicide. His problems are completely destroying our family. I ask for your prayers for his healing and ultimate return to God and restoration and healing for my family. Thank you!

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  1028. Cindy

    Oh how I am praising my God right now! Todays’ devotion was exactly what I needed to help me through a very difficult time right now – my son recently divorced and has primary care of his 3 yr old son. He jumped right in to a relationship and we have had many talks on how we felt it was too soon. He and his son lived with us for several months and the new relationship with this young woman grew and now they have moved in together with his son. Our whole family has not approved of this situation and neither has her parents. They are engaged now but it still does not change the point that they are not married and living together. This situation has caused a huge divide with my oldest daughter who is very founded in her faith. She has taken scripture from Matthew and applied it to this and has talked to her brother about her disapproval, but he will not change his mind. My son and his fiancé are attending church and are very happy, but my daughter has gone to their pastor to let him know of them living together and it has caused huge problems! Their pastor has mentioned about living together in a sermon along with other things we shouldn’t do as Christians, and although they weren’t mentioned by name my son knew what had happened. He is very angry right now and his father and I are stuck in the middle of it. But as I said, todays’ devotional spoke to me about this today and the Lord has made it clear how I should handle it. I know it will not be easy but I do believe that He works all things together for good. While I will not push I am going to pray for the Lord to place on their hearts that they need to go ahead and get married, stay active in the church and walk with the Lord and set a good example for his son. Please pray for us though as we seek His guidance on how to handle all of this with our daughter because I know it is going to be rough – she doesn’t like for someone to try to show her a different way other than the way she believes. I pray the Father will softened her heart and mind and that she will be receptive.

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  1029. Mrs. Carcuffe

    Please pray for my prodigal husband Aaron, for his salvation, and for him to become sober and start taking his meds again. Aaron has turned away from his relationship with God and says he is no longer a Christian (because he felt like God abandoned him, etc)

    Also pray for our marriage to be restored and strengthened, I miss my husband and miss us going to church and worshiping God together.

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  1030. Stephany Welzien

    Hi Lysa, thanks for a powerful and inspiring Women of Faith conference. We were applauding, praising, and singing along at West Ridge Church, Elgin, Il. Did you hear us??
    Question: You mentioned cards to sponsor women thru World Vision. Can you help as to how I can do this? I sponsor children but find nothing about women. Thanks!

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  1031. Christina Burch

    I thank you for your prayers in this area. My husband has struggled with addiction almost his entire life in some form or another. He was doin well for about 6 years of our marriage and then had a relaps about two years ago. Since then, we have gone through this continuos battle. He has had about four relapses since then. It starts out identical every time. He starts lying and taking money. Not being himself. He gets caught. Thank God we are not living on the streets. He makes promises. We set ground rules. He has been to group therapy. One on one counseling. And now he is going to AA. He knows The Lord but he has not fully surrendered himself or. Committed to Him. We can’t afford a treatment center. We have two children and I’m considering temporary separation if he doesn’t really committ this time. Please join me in praying for complete freedom from addiction for my husband. That he would fully commit to and lean on God for everything. That God would get a hold of his heart and open his eyes to what is really important. I know the enemy is working over time on this. Thank you again

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  1032. Sally

    My family and I are praying for my son who doesn’t believe that God loves him anymore because he is gay (side note: And all us Christians really need to see that a lot of us are promoting that hate!!).

    I am so thankful for this devotional because it gave me hope and a reminder from God to keep praying (doing my part) and God will do His part!! Pray for me to continue showing my son’s God’s unconditional love through me.

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  1033. Carrie Albin

    My son is 27 years old. He volunteers with the youth in the church and loves it. But he has never really fallen in love with Jesus and he goes from one meanial jobs to the next and is living with my mom. Never been on his own. I’ve been praying that God will work his will in his life and motivate him to succeed on his own. It’s been 6 years. I’m trying to be faithful in my prayers but it’s hard. Please help me pray for Shaun. Thank you. You are truly a blessing in my life

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  1034. Keri

    My sons father and I have not been together for over a year. I continue to pray, all the time, that he will have a change of heart and God will give him the desire to start our family again. Please keep us in your prayers for this! Thank you!

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  1035. Lostinlife

    Please pray for me to get me back. I am a recent survivor of a sexual assault by a complete stranger that came under the guise of assisting me. I’ve battled with depression for most of my life and after this “event” I spiraled downward. I couldn’t care for my son, couldn’t work, and just didn’t know how to function. In my process to heal and “forget” what happened, I had a sexual relationship with the guy I had been dating for months prior to try to erase the last time someone was intimate with me and became pregnant. I was completely terrified and went against my morals and thought and had an abortion. This now has me healing from a sexual assault, depression and the guilt of the pregnancy, along with the horror of going through with the abortion. Now, my son is going through trauma from playing sports and may have to discontinue his passion for playing. I’m so lost and almost at the point of wanting to give it all up. Please pray for me to follow HIS direction for my life and to fully trust HIM with everything that is going on….simply to not give up. Thank you!

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  1036. Bernadette

    My son has adhd and what I believe is a comprehension disorder of some sort. I’ve been trying for YEARS to get him help for school. All of my requests have fallen on deaf ears because my son gets average/above average grades. People don’t see the very real struggles he has. He started high school this fall and just turned 15. My constant prayer is for a miracle and I still want that for him. Right now I need to get him tested for these learning issues and not be on an unending wait list, oh and the money for the tests because insurance does not cover educational testing and then the funds to get him into a program that will help. Sorry for rambling. I am well aware that there are others out there with much more severe issues but this has been a never ending heartache for our household. Please and thank you for taking the time to pray.

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    • Karen Ehman

      No request is ever too trivial for God. I appreciate your being sensitive to the fact that others may be facing even more difficult things than you. However your concerns about your son I’m sure way heavy on your heart. Asking God for the miracle you need to see in the midst of his struggles.

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  1037. Terri Webster

    I have a “seemingly” unanswered prayer with God. When I was a single mom, I prayed, begged, pleaded with God to bring a godly male role model into my son’s life. Not a husband for me, or a guy friend for me. But someone who’d mentor my son who needed it desperately. He’s grown now, 34, to be exact. I haven’t seen him in 5 years. He got into drugs, depression, mental illness. Why didn’t God answer my prayers? I know the story isn’t finished yet. Despite my questions, God has opened doors for single-parent ministry, I’m writing books for single moms. I know the hardship, the pain and sorrow. But I also know the God who comforts us, provides and heals us when we don’t understand.

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  1038. D Cahill

    Pray that daughter Erin and husband will recommit their lives to Jesus and that they will know He is real.

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  1039. Rita

    Please pray for my marriage, to survive outside attacks and infidelity. Pray for My husband, my children and I to be united in love.

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  1040. LaDonna Lepley

    So thankful for these daily devotions! I am asking that you all please partner with me in prayer for my son James and his fiancé Courtney! Praying for the two of them for salvation and to become followers of Jesus! Thank you in advance for partnering with me in prayer!!!

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  1041. stephanie

    Please lift my son up in Prayer…he struggles with his sexuality! I’ve been praying for years for God to guide him in a Godly way. I know God has great plans for him. I just get discouraged and impatient.

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  1042. Patty Batson

    Thank you Lysa for another encouraging message and for all you do. I am writing to request prayer for my son. He has had 2 back surgeries in the last 3 years. Neither one of the surgeries have been successful and he lives in pain every day. He has had other health issues and a hearing loss all his life. He has always pressed through difficulties with great perseverance. He’s always worked hard at all he does and has been very successful in college and in his job. Through it all he keeps smiling and has a wonderful personality. He got married 5 years ago and has a wonderful wife who has supported him steadfastly throughout all of the changes in their lives since the surgeries have failed to correct the problems in his back. I am writing to request prayer not only for the physical issues but for his faith to be strong. We have had many conversations about the Lord and he has often wondered why God has allowed all of this to happen all of his life. He’s prayed, held on to faith, and been disappointed repeatedly with his health issues. He always remains thankful for all that God has done for him but he gets tired in this physical battle which affects the spiritual battle. After reading your message today, I decided to write and ask for prayer for him to keep fighting that good fight of faith and never lose sight of God’s indescribable love for him and to keep trusting that this WILL work out for good someday. Thank you so much.

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  1043. Tamika

    almost 2 months ago my husband moved out and we separated. We have been married for over 26 years. There has been a lot of hurt on both sides and unfaithfulness. He stated that it would take a miracle for his heart to change as he has too much hurt, resentment, anger, etc. a day or so later I asked him if he believed in miracles and he said yes. I stated well I am believing for a miracle then. He has since petitioned for a divorce. The night he told me he was filing for a divorce he stated “who knows maybe someday you’ll get your miracle” I told him that’s what I’m still believing for but that I do feel like things needed to happen because change and growth needed to happen in both of us and that when that is accomplished the miracle that IS ALREADY IN THE WORKS will be completed and my marriage will be healed and restored and the love we have for one another will be far greater than it has ever been before. And that it will be because my husband has chosen to be with me because he loves me not because other expect it or he’s doing it because it’s the right thing to do. Please pray for me to be strong and continue to stand on the belief for my miracle. Instead of praying for the miracle, I continually thank God for it being done and in his perfect time because I already asked for it. I love my husband and know that God can heal the hurts that he feels and I feel. Thank you.

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    • Karen Ehman

      Oh Tamika I am so sorry for all you are having to endure in this difficult marriage situation. I am asking God to make things very clear to you as to the steps you are to take the reactions you are to have to your husband’s words and actions. Keep going to the source, God’s word, to find your strength and direction. Hang in there!

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    • Rhonda

      Tamika, I’m praying for your marriage along with mine and all marriages that are going through trials and heartache. God can and will restore our marriages, heal all our hearts. Let’s continue to pray for our husbands and ourselves, read God’s word and keep one another lifted up in Christ. Matthew 6:33.

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  1044. Cecelia

    Please pray for my five adult children to come to salvation in Jesus Christ.They have been running from God, praying God will put Christians in their paths to witness to them and show them the love of God..

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  1045. Carol

    Lord, grant that my son, Michael, may learn to live a life of love, through the Spirit who dwells in him. (Gal 5:25) May integrity and honesty be his virtue and his protection. (Ps 25:21) Father, help Michael not to be like many other around him, but let him be alert and self-controlled in all he does. (1 Thes 5:6) May he grow to find Your word more precious than much pure gold and sweeter than honey from the comb. (Ps 19:10) Father, grant that Michael may show proper respect to everyone, as Your word commands. (1Pet 2:12) Father, let Michael make every effort to do what leads to peace. (Rom 14:19) May Michael be filled with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. (1 Thes 1:6) Grant that he may learn responsibility, for each one should carry his own load. (Gal 6:5) Lord, please instill in him a soul that followeth hard after thee, one that clings passionately to You. (Ps 63:8)

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  1046. Joan

    Please pray for me, that message hit home, I need to remember it. Yesterday, my bankruptcy attorney contacted me and I am not filing bankruptcy (have changed course about 4 times) and in exchange for a Deed In Lieu, my bank will let the foreclosure go. However, it’s all still on my credit. The bank has given me until Dec 31 to vacate my house if I sign the Deed in Lieu, or until the end of Nov if I don’t. I am struggling to find a place to live closer to work (I spend $400./month now in fuel) where I can have my dogs and horses. I can almost make the house payment with what I will save in fuel alone! I have been looking for a place to move to. I believe God has a greater plan for me and I know I need to have faith in his plan. I am just so scared to totally turn it over. I know I still need to keep looking, but, what if God doesn’t come through? What will I do then? I am afraid. I am praying, praising, worshiping Him, I just know there is strength in numbers. Please, pray for me! Thank you so much. God is Great

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  1047. Vicky

    Please pray for my son, Chasen. He has been arrested.. He smokes pot and thinks it’s ok.. And now the law has him and I know this is a God send.. To dry him and out I pray for clarity.. I went to see him and all I could do is cry.. It’s has truly broken my heart.. But I know God is good.. And he will take me through this.. My prayers are for Chasen’s heart to soften and allow Christ back in control of his life.. Thanks for the prays
    Vicky

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  1048. Sonja

    I am trying my hardest to trust God with a situation that is going on right now. I keep talking with Him in my head and feel that He is reassuring me. But fear and doubt continue to creep up. Please pray that a doctors appointment I have tomorrow gives me a clean bill of health and that this difficulty will strength my trust and faith in my Lord and Savior.

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  1049. tasha

    Praying that everyone in my household falls deeply in love with Jesus

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  1050. Maria

    Hi Lisa. Could you and your god’s girls pray for for my family, especially my husband. My husband and I have a different belief. I believe in the trinity and he does not. I tried to talk to him about the trinity and he said “trinity is a scam”. He is and will not believe that trinity excess. This is it for now. I am so torn.

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  1051. PJD

    please pray my Christian husband is set free from porn & becomes the man God created him to be. Thanks so much!

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  1052. Suzanne

    Hi Lysa
    I want to thank you so much for your devotions. They have helped me as I go through this very difficult time with my daughter. She just married in June. She called off the wedding originally planned for May in February and went on a couple of dates with a guy she met at work . They had started talking with each other about problems and such and formed a bond. After a few weeks, she and her then finance were back together and within a month planning a wedding again. They married in June but within a months time, to my horror and her new husbands, I found out that she had deceived all of us and had never broken off her relationship with the guy from work. She had continued to see him through the engagement and even after the wedding. She then decided she wanted a divorce because her husband started smoking and was ” talking down to her” and making her feel bad. She does not understand why her husband is devastated and says that I am her mother and should be supporting her instead of judging her. They have filed for separation and she is still seeing the other guy. My daughter was not raised with these kinds of morals but I have never been able to get her to accept God and his teachings. Your devotions and Gods word are the only things that have kept me going! I go back and forth between depression and despair. I cannot wrap my head around even the thought of her doing something so horrible and heartless to another human being much less the reality. I pray every day that God will seek her out and cause a “transformation of her heart” that will at least cause her to realize the hurt and betrayal she has caused and convict her to be repentant and want to make amends. I know that God can change her in an instant but that she needs to be brought low enough for her to realize she needs him and call on him. Please remember my daughter and I and my son-in -law in your prayers and ask that God work in their lives to bring about a good ending for both of them and that he would give me the strength and faith I need so desperately to get through this and pray them through this.

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  1053. Rhonda

    Praying for a deeper relationship with Jesus. I need Jesus to restore my marriage, transform my heart and the heart of my husband. Praying for better communication between my husband and I. Praying that God blesses me with an awesome job and a permanent job for my husband. Praying for God to bring our 4 boys to his Son Jesus Christ. Lord touch my youngest son’s heart, give him the knowledge and will to make good grades in school and be obedient. My heart is hurting and heavy, I need God’s touch and intervention. Praying for a financial blessing. Praying for God to respect, honor and always confide with my husband. Praying that my husband with take the lead in our marriage. Praying for deliverance from insecurities, doubt, loneliness,jealousy and envy.

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  1054. Cheryl

    My son is turning to the guy lifestyle and seeking only friends that support him. When he was under our roof he attended church and he gave his life to the Lord when he was a youngster at church camp. He attended all of the church youth group events. College was tough and lonely for him and he found support in the gay community. It is breaking my heart. I believe God has a plan for him with incredible happiness ahead for him, but he will never realize it. Please pray for him to return to God’s leading in his life. Thank you so much.

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  1055. Beverley Perri

    Thanks for these encouraging scriptures I’m trusting the Lord for the men in my family to fall deeply in love with the Lord and for the Lord to restore my marriage. Thank you so much for your prayer support.

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  1056. Sharon Westfall

    I would love extra prayers that we figure out why our almost 9 year old son with Down Syndrome, is acting up and not behaving – at home or school! He is normally a sweet, caring, helpful boy, but the past month, not so much. Thank you!

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  1057. debra sims

    Please pray for my relationship, that God will help Charlie find forgiveness in his heart for me and that God will restore his love for me.I didn’t attend his sister’s funeral and he will not forgive me.There were extenuating ccircumstances why I didn’t go. PRAY MAIN LA FOR HIS SOUL.Thank you , in Jesus name Amen!!!!

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  1058. Shelby

    Please pray for my family. My daughter went to college a believer in Christ. She was saved and baptized. Through the teachings of her professors and friendships she made she became athiest and gay. I’m so broken hearted. We have a very strained relationship. She has let people into her life that do drugs, watch porn, and have used her until her savings is gone. She finished college and is very unhappy with her career as well. She and I were very close and now she doesn’t confide in me. I was so angry at her for choosing her friends, atheism and a lifestyle that she knows we do not believe in, but I love her still and always will. She is my child and I want her to open her heart to The Lord. I pray she opens her eyes up to the enemies lies. I also have prayer request for my son. He is having a hard time with school. He’s only seven and is very defiant with me and his father. He is a good boy, loves school and his friends. But he seems to fight me on every situation, even reading out loud, or practicing school work. Every day is a battle and I go to bed in tears, take him to school in tears. My heart is breaking because nothing I do works. Many prayers for my Faith to not waver. I feel like God has stopped listening at times. But, I know He has a plan, even if it isn’t my plan. Thank you. Prayers for you all as well! God bless my sisters in Christ!

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  1059. Abi

    I was married for for 4years when my ex husband impregnated another woman and asked me to live. I remarried and have been with him for 3 years but still waiting unto God for fruit of the womb. please support me in praying to God to open my womb and bless me with kingdom children .

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  1060. Hadassah

    Please pray for a baby girl and a baby boy for my husband and I. We have been married for almost two years now and is still waiting for a child.

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  1061. Jordan

    I need prayers for my son who has lost his way with the Lord. He’s in terrible pain and heard a truth that is hurting him.

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  1062. Tina

    Ive been advised that I will be laid off by the end of the year. I’ve been to few interviews and havent been picked for the position. Please pray for me, I’m weaken in spirit. I will keep praying, and trusting him, as I continue my job search in hope and expectancy.
    Amen

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  1063. Carletta

    I am praying for my five children and two grandchildren. Each one of my children have their own challenges that have kept them from walking with God fully and following His word. I would love to see them come to know Christ completely before I go home to be with the Lord since I have many medical problems. I would also appreciate prayer for my family’s housing situation, which is in a desperate state right now. May God bless each and everyone on here and on the Proverbs 31 team.

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  1064. Curteca Wesley

    I need prayer for complete healing in my body. After my third pregnancy I had developed Postpartum Preeclampsia and one of the side affects for that was high blood pressure, well I’m believing that God is going to deliver me from that and every other negative thing.

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  1065. Rekha

    Prayer for my Son to open his heart to Jesus and transform him.

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  1066. Karey

    Thank you so much for this post! Please pray for my 19 year old daughter. She has severe depression, anxiety, and borderline personality disorder. She is getting help and on medication but still in so much pain. Friends have deserted her (she is difficult to get along with, volatile, angry, negative, always thinks of herself as the victim) and she has attempted suicide. My husband and I are praying for her to be healed, and that her risky behavior and lack of self respect and concern about what happens to her in the meantime has no permanent consequences. It is so hard to watch your child suffer and not be able to make it better, and then have her be so hateful to you in return and not believe that you really love her. It is hard to watch the precious body you loved and cared for for so many years to be mistreated and punished by her own self. She says she doesn’t believe in God anymore and I can’t help but worry what will happen to her for rejecting Him, but I know He is merciful and that she has a brain disorder so I pray He will not hold it against her and she has time to turn to Him. I know God can use all of this for good and for her testimony, but I always seem to make things worse and I want to get out of His way but also do the best job I can at being her mother. It’s so confusing for my husband and me to know when to set limits and when to give her slack because of her disorder. Please pray for wisdom for us and that she will feel loved no matter what, and completely healed, saved, and has a wonderful relationship with Jesus. Thank you so much!

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  1067. Tiffany Charles

    Please pray for my 18 year old daughter Andria. I pray she returns to her 1st love Jesus and is delivered from the snares of the enemy especially when it comes to young men. I pray that my entire household walks upright before the Lord with my husband leading the way. He has some bondage that must go.

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  1068. Pam

    Im asking that you all pray with me. My son was murdered on 10/3/14, no one has been arrested. I have 4 other sons that wants to seek revenge. I have told them that the LORD SAYS vengeance is HIS and HE will repay. I know GOD will answer my plea. Thanks in advance for your prayers.

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  1069. LaLinda Fortenberry

    Lysa, would you & your team please pray for our son, Jonathan? He is in a Christian drug/alcohol rehab. He has been addicted for 12 yrs. His wife, Hope, has filed divorce & is seeing someone else even before the divorce is finale. They have 3 little girls 7,6, &3. They pray for them to get back together when they are in our home. My husband is a Pastor and this has been so hard in every way. Would you pray for deliverance & salvation, forgiveness & humility for both? We desire to see their lives bring glory to God and for reconciliation to take place. Thank you so much for your time and may God enlarge your ministry and do more than we can ask or think on your behalf. God bless, LaLinda

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  1070. Diane Larsen Pare

    Thank you Lysa for todays wonderful message. My daughter Donna is deep in the throes of addiction and living on the street, refusing to seek help or be in contact with her brother, sisters and my husband and I. It is 4years now, i pray every day, especially powerful when we are all at a meal together as a family and i say grace and pray for Donna. My heart is breaking but i do know its all in Gods time for her healing. I am asking for more prayers, i am the only believer in our family… For now! Thank you for giving me the chance to reach out!

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  1071. Michelle

    I have been alone for many, many years and long for companionship. I met a wonderful man 1-1/2 years ago and fell in love. He is now dealing with a difficult issue and has isolated himself and will not talk. I am heart broken. I understand his struggle, but he doesn’t have to go through this alone. It just feels like God is so distant right now. I need hope and direction.

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  1072. Leia

    Praying for a restored marriage, been praying for two and a half years. From the worlds view it looks hopeless, but with God all things are possible!!!

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    • Allie

      Praying for you Leia! You are right – through God all things are possible, and He wants to restore your marriage!

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  1073. Leia

    I am Praying and believing God for a restored marriage, been praying for two and a half years. From the worlds view it looks impossible, but with God all things are possible!!!

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  1074. Debi

    Praying that my husband falls in love with Jesus and complete restoration of my marriage.

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  1075. Jamie

    I’m praying for those who have hurt me to realize that they have done so. I forgive them and I just pray that one day they will see that words hurt greatly. I pray for their hearts that they will be more like Christ. I pray for God to send me Christian friends and a loving, Christian boyfriend. Most importantly, I pray for the lives of the lost to come to know Jesus as their personal savior.

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  1076. Terri

    Praying for my son who has turned his back on Jesus and our family as he doesn’t see how the Lord has ever helped him and thinks we are just hypocrites. Praying for a heart change in my son and for him to understand that we are just sinners in need of God’s grace.

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  1077. Caroline Smith

    Please agree in prayer for my daughter Michelle, that she stays close to the Lord as she is dating a boy who does not know the Lord. xxx

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  1078. Viki

    Good Morning,

    Lysa & team – thank you for your ministry. Made to Crave, Unglued, and I’m reading now The Best Yes – have made a huge difference in my life! May the Lord continue to bless you and the amazing work He’s called you to!

    I would like to ask if you would pray for me please. I am trying to do well, but I’m not really doing well. I don’t even know how to explain it, but God knows my heart and I’m crying out to Him and just wanted to ask if you’d pray that I’ll be okay. Thank you again, VIKI

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  1079. Rebecca

    My girls are 13 & 16, going through a divorce, husband has girlfriend that he’s introduced to them. I pray they are surrounded by Christian friends to bring them out of their hurt and to fall in love with Jesus. Everything is so hard right now, they are angry and I see them making bad choices. Please pray for us all, what a mess!

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  1080. Beth

    What others intend for evil…I am not sure that those who criticize their pastor think it is evil, but it sure sends bullets through my husband’s heart. He truly takes it to heart and I am praying that he is able to discern what is from God and what is not….that he will not be dragged down again and again…that God will lift him up on eagles wings and renew his strength…that he will continue to teach, worship, preach, shepherd, and lead with love, wisdom and joy.

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    • Allie

      Beth, I am praying for your husband. I can only imagine how difficult his job can be! I pray that he is encouraged by his church and that he remembers his strengths while working on his weaknesses. Praying for strength and for wisdom!

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    • Karen

      I will pray for your husband too. Father regularly has me encourage and pray for my Pastor. Blessings.

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  1081. Jennifer

    My mother is concurrently undergoing chemo and radiation to treat klatskin tumor (a rare form of bile duct cancer). Bile duct cancers have a very poor prognosis but the docs are optimisitc, but at the same time keep reminding me and my family not to be overly optimistic. In a few months there will be a post-evaluation to see how much this aggressive cancer had responded to the treatments. I know there is nothing our God can’t do however I am scared, anxious to hear the worst. Please pray with me as my family, especially my mother, who is battling this disease.

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  1082. Teri

    last year I had breast cancer. My twin daughters decided they could not support me since I had caused them pain 20 years ago by divorcing their dad. They do not follow my love of Christ and I have been denied access to my grandkids which I had before Cancer. We had a wonderful relationship. The grief and pain of rejection is far worse than the cancer. I have begged God to just open a door to see my grandkids. He has been silent. My calls, visits, pleas. To them go unanswered . I ask God constantly to help. I love Him first so I honor Hiim but grief in the loss is overwhelming . Please pray for me, them and God to help me find a way to overcome the grief. God bless.

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  1083. Rhonda

    I’m praying for the salvation of my daughter, her husband, and my precious grandson. She grew up in the church but does not attend and her husband grew up attending a catholic church once in a very great while. Please pray that God will grant them th salvation they so desperately need. God bless you in your ministry!

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  1084. kathleen

    I seek pray. I just read the letter about does God answer prayers.
    I am in a situation with my son. He no longer believes in God, has dropped out of school. Is doing drugs and barely has a job.
    I am know God is protecting him, I have prayed that someone will come into his life and show him God.
    I am not giving up… I will continue to pray through this… I know that where two or more gather we will lift up praise and prayer.
    Thank you

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  1085. Allie

    I am asking for prayer for my struggle with compulsive overeating. My prayer is that God will reveal to me what and how he wants me to eat. I pray that God will change me and teach me every day and remove the barriers that my sinful obsession creates between me and completing the tasks he has planned for me!

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  1086. Chris

    I’m asking if you would please pray with me about some very difficult things my family is going through. My marriage feels pretty much dead right now. We don’t communicate well, we have 16 years of unresolved conflict, and to make ends meet my husband is working a full time and part time job and I’m working a part time job. We are both stretched thin and right now we are just sharing a house. Not here is no intimacy or connect. My husband isn’t in God’s word hardly at all and because of work he misses church a lot lately. To top it all off we are dealing with some very difficult and painful things with our kids. Our son has been failing in school and his attitude about everything in life is horrible. We found out through some counseling that he has been sexually molested. Our son has also acted out sexually. We believe that our 3 daughters may have been abused also. Our 8 year old daughter is very emotional and fearful at times. She won’t even take a shower without one of my other daughters or myself in the bathroom with her. My entire life seems like it is falling apart. I feel so physically, emotionally and spiritually worn. Praying God will give me strength and will intercede and bring beauty out of the ashes that my life is in.

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    • Anonymous

      Please help me pray for my marriage to be restored. My husband left myself and our three children, in June. He is involved with another women. My heart is broken, as are the hearts of my children. He has filed for divorce. My heart longs for a husband who loves us best only after Jesus. A husband that follows The Lord in all his ways. My husband has a lot of emotional pain from childhood that he has never dealt with. I’ve tried in vain to simply “move on”, however The Lord continues to lay on my heart to not give up. Please join me in prayer.

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  1087. Netiesha Richards

    My husband is now incarcerated. I believe with my whole heart that he will be home before his sentence ends. I believe in my heart that God is going to bring him home for Christmas. I don’t know how he plans to do it but am trusting God’s heart. Please help me to pray.

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  1088. Norda

    Please pray for me as I’m about to get married. I pray that my husband may grow spiritually in God. Also, I’ve completed university and still unemployed please pray that I receive a job that will pay me my worth.

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  1089. Charity

    This is exactly what I’ve been going through. I’ve had a strong desire to get married & have a family & I do believe this is from God. I don’t understand why I’m still single and my prayers go unanswered. Sometimes, it feels like God must not love me. Especially when I see much younger people getting married and having babies. I just keep praying and asking God to help me through this.

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  1090. Tiffany

    Would love prayer as I am going through breaking off an enmeshed relationship with my mom. It led me to physical anxiety- and still feeling physical symptoms from it 9 months later. Thank you!

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  1091. Tyson

    I have an unspoken request. I am not understanding why things happen the way they do, and when things will get better. I know God is with me and for me, but I can see the devil is at work.

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  1092. Cindy Fowler

    Please pray for my marriage to be restored. For my husband, Desmond Fowler to be saved and for my other loved ones, (Don Reno & Teresa and Terry Owens) to be saved also. In addition, salvation for a dear friend, Cassidy Tilt. Thank you and God bless you all.

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  1093. Kerri

    “When prayers seem to fail”…Feels as if this little article was written directly to me and about me. I am known by those in my sphere of influence as a strong woman and a woman of great faith. I have been a pray-er of “Sun, stand still” prayers and a chaser of lions, particularly over the last two and a half years, as my secure and stable life began to crumble around me. I experienced a divorce, final on Valentine’s day, 2012, the unexpected death of my eldest and only remaining child in May, 2014, and all the in-between months being filled with a need to be dependent on younger siblings for a place to live and struggling to find employment that will put me back on course for independence.

    Until the last three or four months, I was holding onto my faith, my trust, and my positive outlook. But hope deferred, along with the struggle of reconciling grieve and fighting depression, I am hard-pressed to continue the fight. This is not like me and I am in serious need of seeing God’s face and knowing His purpose for my life. Losing both of my children in the last 5 years and feeling that I do not “belong” to anyone is getting the best of me. A crucial sense of identity is missing and I’m not doing very well to find my way back out of this dark place.

    I have been living with my daughter-in-law since my son passed away. But now she is moving at the end of December, to a place I cannot go. There will be no room. I don’t have ANY job right now and bills are coming due again in the next couple of weeks. Where will I go? How will I manage? Truly, only God knows!

    Anyway, I’m simply asking that someone, even just one someone, please pray that something will break in the heavenlies and I can once again see hope. Perhaps it would be prudent to pray that Holy Spirit will stir His song in my deep while I am in this place. Like with Paul and Silas in their prison. I am a worshiper and must confess I cannot even find strength to offer the proverbial sacrifice.

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  1094. Karen

    Praying for my son to have his eyes opened to God’s truth. He will marry a Godly woman and I will have grandchildren by him. I am praying from the point of victory. I don’t know the path, but I trust in my Lord.

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  1095. Daphne

    Read your story about unanswered prayers. You touched on everything I ned to believe. Someti.es my faith is weak.Please pray with me that my 2 oldest sonswill accept God as their Lord and Saviour. Also
    please pray with me for a job. I have been out of work for over a year.. Please also pray with me for a financial blessing as I have gotten behind in bills.

    Thank you for your prayers

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  1096. JoAnna Salazar

    Praying for my son. God has blessed him with many gifts but he can’t seem to find his way. I pray for protection, direction, and a love for Jesus like he’s never known. Thank you for praying with me.

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  1097. Jen

    Please join me in prayer for my friend Jaime who is going through aggressive chemotherapy treatment for stage 3b cervical cancer. She is only 35 years old and has so much more life to live. She is one of the most loving, generous, compassionate, and non-judgemental people I have been blessed to know. Thank you so very much!

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  1098. Donna

    Please pray that I can feel God’s presence. Going thru severe financial issues with our business. I am do stressed and trying to handle on my own. Do not know where money will come from. 5 families depend on income not counting us. I need prayers please.

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  1099. Amanda

    Please join me in prayer for my rebellious teenage son. He is making very poor choices. Pray specifically for him to become more disciplined In scho and push himself so he will graduate in May, that he would mature and take responsibility for his actions, that he will find a job but most importantly that he will have a heart change. That God will send a harvester into his life!! My husband and I are becoming bitter, saddened, and disappointed in our prayers for him. This is something we have been praying for for nearly 2 years. It almost seems the more we prayer for him
    The worse he gets! It is getting very hard not to give up 🙁 it is very hard to trust sometimes when it seems like you are getting nowhere. Thank you for your prayers for all of our family!

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  1100. nancy

    Asking for prayers to see where God has worked in a work situation where two others lied and twisted truth against me. I chose to leave the situation, a comfortable job and several friends (at God’s suggestion) rather than speak out against them. Such a sacrifice must have had a purpose in God’s plan. I would truly love to know what good came of it for the others.

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  1101. Jerrie Hughes

    I am praying for my 15yr old son to come back to Jesus and want to explore his questions about who Jesus is and what life is all about. I want him to experience the joy of living with Jesus, and knowing he is running with you through all of your trials and joys!

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  1102. Karen

    About 3 weeks ago my husband told me that he is leaving because he doesn’t have feelings for me anymore. We have 3 beautiful boys together and I pray that the Lord would open up his heart, soul, and mind to realize the impact of his decision. I love him with all my heart and want to get the help that we need to work through this. Please pray that God would do what is best in this situation. I feel my husband has turned away from God and is being led down the wrong path by his friends and some family members. I fear for his soul. I too pray that God would bring him back. He just seems so hard-hearted right now that it breaks my heart.

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  1103. Diana

    Please pray for me and my husband and two boys. We are really struggling and have been for years to be a family,our struggles intensified with my husbands unemployment that lasted a year and unbeknownst to me he was not in touch with our mortgage lender and other creditors and went through all our savings and we were about to lose our house. Living in such desperation for years has been exhausting. We have no idea what to do anymore

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  1104. Beverly Hoop

    I have been trying for some time now to sell my house. I’m a single mother of 2 teenagers. They have been going to a private school for the last 6 years and when their daddy left, he stopped helping me pay their tuition. If I don’t sell this house, I will have to pull them out of their school and I they don’t deserve to have that pulled away from them. I know that God will take care of this situation, but your prayers will be appreciated. Thank you! And God bless you Lysa!

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  1105. Adrienne

    Going through a difficult time at work. I interviewed for a new position at work in April but even though the new director wants to hire me corporate still hasn’t approved the position. My current director and assist. director are pressuring me about leaving my current position. But I don’t have another position to go into. There is animosity towards me and I don’t understand why? I haven’t accepted the other position yet but the director of the new position told my current director that he wants to hire me. I’m stuck in the middle between two directors and things are getting hostile at work. Please pray that God’s will be done regarding this situation because I don’t know if I even want the other position. I feel as if I’m being forced out of a job and all I did was go on a job interview.

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  1106. Diana

    Praying for my husband to turn from the spirits of anger and depression toward the Spirit of God…that he become so full of God’s spirit there is no room for any other.

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  1107. Elin Griffin

    I’m praying and thanking God in expectation for how He will use me to encourage women and further His Kingdom through my writing and speaking. I am ready! I’m praying for His direction and resources in the next step of this journey. To God be all the glory!

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  1108. Lisa Stanley

    I have a dear friend who is trying desperately to get a divorce. The marriage should have never taken place to start with & now the money & anguish keeps mounting with what seems to b no end in site. Will you please pray for this situation to resolve?

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  1109. Kris

    Please pray for the man I am deeply in love with. He is looking to run back into his past as a means of having his desires met. It almost destroyed him the first time and now he has two kids that I love. I’m praying that he will not leave them, and that he will not run ahead of God, trying to make it work on his own.

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  1110. Mary Chance

    My little family, myself, my son and daughter are not connected. My 32 year old son lashes out telling me i need to fix myself when i ask him to do a minor chore. His reason is that i do nothing around my house. My daughter lives in another town and we are not close. I have fears of running put of money before the end of my life and my children will not be there for me. I am a reborn Christian filled with anxiety znd worry and this is the enemy. I don’t know what God wants from me. I am retired and the thought of working again sends me into anxiety attacks. Praying through and trusting is the only way i know how to cope.

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  1111. Jen

    Also been praying for a restored marriage for over 2 yrs with no signs of hope. Thanks for your prayers!

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  1112. Evelyn

    The Lord put in our hearts to leave our home and move out of state, so we did. My husband let go of the pulpit after 10 years of struggling to get a church plant working. Too many needs, not enough workers. We were stretched thin, and I worked a full time teaching job as well. I was the first one to leave getting a job offer to teach in Indiana. So I moved with my autistic daughter to a friends home. We put our house up for sale believing and receiving cofirmation this was God’s will. After months of no movement on the home my husband decided to join us and we were blessed by a church to stay in their missions home for a few months. I admit I’m feeling doubt, wondering if this truly was God’s will, wondering why it hasn’t been a smooth transition. Our home still hasn’t sold, my husband isn’t working, my income is less than half what I was making in Chicago, and my bank account is quickly dissipating. Please pray for us to receive peace that we are indeed where we need to be, for our home to sell so we can buy a home here, for a job for my husband, and for direction regarding ministry and a church we can call home. Thanks for your prayers. Thanks for the reminder that He is working all things together for my good and the good of others.

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  1113. Kathy

    I am just wrapping up in a Bible study on ‘Your Best Yes’. What a wonderful blessing. How I wish I’d gone through this b4 my granddaughter moved in with me! I realize how much I missed the mark early on & am struggling financially as a result. But our God is a God of a million chances & He rules Supreme. I just want to say ‘thank you’.
    In Christ,
    Kathy

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  1114. Deb

    Praying that God will renew a right spirit in my son and speak to him directly or send angels to care for him. He is a homeless veteran, a drug addict and has been living on the streets in California for about a year. As of this morning he is in jail, very depressed and feels hopeless. This past Wednesday as I was reading your Proverbs 31 devotion on facebook I understood the phrase “in the meantime” for probably the first time in my life. I can definitely testify about God’s mercies being new every day but until this past Wednesday never thought about what I should be doing “in the meantime” so I thank you. Please pray for my husband and I to stay strong in the Lord and for our son.

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  1115. Dana

    I would also like to request prayer for my marriage. I need the Lord to restore our 17 year marriage that has been damaged by severe emotional abuse. Please pray for my family, especially my children. Thank you for your ministry!

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  1116. Sara

    Please pray that God gives me direction. I am a Junior in college and out of no where I have started questioning the major I am and what I am supposed to do with my life. I have been worried and stressed about this for months, and I hate living like that!

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  1117. Jody

    Please pray for strength, discernment, peace, perseverance as God prunes my life. That God would open my eyes, ears, heart, mind to the treasures hidden in the broken pieces. He has me completely isolated and going through trials in all areas of my life. That God would open me up to seek, accept and experience joy in all areas of my life during these trials. Pray that God would bring a female Christian friend into my life who would be a daily support to me.

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  1118. Jennifer Hinkle

    Lysa, I attended the women of faith conference this weekend in Charlotte,NC and I felt like you were speaking directly to me. I have 3 children, one of which has fallen into a bad crowd. I cry myself to sleep most nights praying for him. He started hanging out with this one particular boy in high school and it’s turned into hanging out with more bad influences. God has gifted my Hunter with a beautiful singing voice and he can play the drums like nobody’s business. Never a lesson, all God given talent. My son has moved out twice since high school. He is 19 and is running from God. He recently moved back home 1 1/2 months ago, but has started not coming home or calling or answering out calls anymore. I trust God, but this moma is exhausted!! Please help me.
    Jennifer

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  1119. Jami

    Praying for my marriage and my husband. I have been married for thirty-five years and my husband has walked away from our relationship. I pray that he seeks God and finds a person of wisdom to reach out to help him through whatever is attacking him.
    Praying for my son who is an alcoholic. I pray that he recognizes the love of Jesus and knows his worth in this world. I pray that God opens both their hearts, minds and souls to his words and his love.
    Praying for my sister who was just diagnosed with brain cancer. Give her strength and peace knowing that God is holding her in the warmth of his embrace.
    thank you so much. Sweet blessings

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  1120. Jessica

    The evil one is attacking my family. My mother has fallen into addiction and someone I though was my friend has turned her back on me. I feel as though I’m being attacked from all sides. I’m praying for God to heal my mom of her addiction, and praying for me to be able to get past my anger after being turned on.

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  1121. Kathy Everette

    I am trying to sell my house and move which I believe is God’s will for me. I have rented a house where I am moving to and it is a financial stretch for us. I would ask that you pray that the buyer for my house come to buy quickly and that all parties involved in this move be blessed.

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  1122. Julie

    I am praying for my teenage son that he would allow God to use him and work in him, and completely surrender to God. Also that God would restore my relationship with my son.

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  1123. Joann Gainey

    Please help me pray for my lost companion.he and I both have communication problems in our 44 year marriage. we don’t talk to each other. I am a Christian, and he do so need God in his heart, and life. Please help me pray, call out to God on his behalf for salvation.and together we can grow in our marriage.my heart is breaking…

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  1124. Melissa

    Please pray for me and my family. My husband had a long affair and we have been trying to work through things. My heart doesn’t want my family to end but my head is having a tough time with it. Really scared if he were to do this to me again. My three kids have had a extremely difficult time with it.

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  1125. Jane

    I am asking for prayer for my family. It seems that everything is falling out of control. I have no one to talk to and I live in constant fear. From financial to legal problems; to family and children issues. It seems like everything is falling apart at the same time. I never imagined my life would find itself in this spot and I can’t seem to be able to function. What I’ve always known as a close knit family has disappeared. Please pray for me.

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  1126. Roxanne

    I need prayer for health issues going on 3 years. Praying for a doctor to know what I have and help me recovery. Use me to tell others about Jesus through my experience.

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    • Debra S.

      My son is an alcoholic and will not get help. Has a 1 month old and 7 year old daughter. Has destroyed my marriage cause my husband continues to enable him and allows him to continue to use him financially and will not stop. He is destroying everybodys life and does not care what he does to other ppl. We are all hurting. Please pray that he will get help and overcome these problems he also had a drug addiction.

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  1127. Cathy

    Prayers for my grandson, for peace in his heart and for release of anger issues. In behavioral unit. Missed 3 different times of being able to return home. Praying all the time. Have had good results just to end up getting crushed. Thank you

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  1128. Wendy Offutt

    Your message of Nov 12th (Proverbs 31 ministries) touched me as Nov 12th is also my daughter, Sarah’s, birthday. Seventeen years ago (at the age of 17) she was on her way to ballet class, was kidnapped, raped and strangled, but with God’s help was returned to me alive, battered and bruised. At the time, she handled it very well – almost too well. She has never been one to share her feelings so we never really talked about it much. She did go through counseling for about 6 months right after it happened. I always wondered how much her experience would affect her down the road. Now, at the age of 34 she is single and has had several long term relationships, but they ended with her boyfriends breaking up with her. The most recent one suggested that her experience was affecting their relationship. She told me that she started seeing a counselor. While I have a strong faith, I don’t know what to do next – I always thought the blessing in the tragedy was that she lived through it, but there must be more to it than I can see.
    She will be coming home for the week of Thanksgiving and I am praying for the right words to say to her. Most of the things I want to say are faith-based and I don’t want to turn her off with that. While she attends church when she can, I don’t know where she is on her journey with God. Please pray that God will show her the blessings in her experience and what to do with them, that she will be receptive to what I want say to her, and that she will meet a loving and understanding Christian man who will help her through this. Any words of wisdom would be a blessing.

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  1129. Sara

    My best friend who was more like a sister was diagnosed with cancer (stage 4 breast cancer). I prayed for healing as did many others and she died last year. I have a hard time praying for someone else for healing. I have doubts that God will heal. I don’t know what to do to change this!

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  1130. Holly Lohnes

    Hello. I have had a very close Christian sister of mine completely shut herself off from me and my family. We met about two years ago when we joined our church’s small group. She and her husband were the small group leaders. When we met, seemed like God worked to open up and reveal this families hardships. The husband had been deceitfully hiding financial debt info from the wife, the wife was being verbally abused by her children and very unappreciated in the home. This woman not too long before our paths crossed had lost both father and mother and three siblings (all her natural born sisters). Our relationship quickly developed and she became like family to my family and she called me “sister” and said I was like a sister God gave to her and like family. After our relationships grew very close, her husband was found to have secret financial debts she knew nothing of, her children hit diagnosed with Reactivr Attachment Disorder and she herself was diagnosed with PTSD and ASHD. She asked us to give them a year and not to invite them to our home in this time. They also resigned the small group. For a time, she remained in contact, but more and more when I would see her at church her reactions were increasingly flat and distant and now she’s completely cocooned herself off from our family. She asked that if we see her kids at church we not engage them. Apparently there is something amiss between the family and ours. I have been praying for the last 35 weeks and am asking God for healing for this woman and reconciliation for our relationship. I miss her dearly and she was like a mom/friend/sister to me. As she is a Christian, I cannot believe that this is how God would have it to be between His children. This family has also left our children missing them and my husband asks “if God is real, where is the Spirit?”… I’ve been praying, but have heard hardly anything from this woman in 6 months. Requesting guidance as to how to pray and help praying. She is 52. I’m 38. Really miss my sisterFriend in JESUS.

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  1131. Renee

    Thank God for this post! My aunt died even after we prayed for her. I felt confused because we felt that she was getting better. She was no longer on life support and she spoke and laughed with everyone. They prayed with her and anointed her. It was a shock. Even though I praised God for His infinite Wisdom, I felt like Martha that had He responded she wouldn’t have died. I am praying for the redemption of my entire family. That they would all give their lives to Christ. That none would be lost. I desire restoration of my family the breaking of the spirits of alcoholism anger bitterness and resentment. The healing of my marriage.

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  1132. Wanda Beal

    My daughter and husband are separating. It is an emotional & trying time for all of us. They had just recently started coming back to church, doing life group, and helping with the youth. They were also doing couples counseling with our pastor. Now, no church or life group & only my son-in-law is going to counseling, but is verbal and emotional abusive to her. My heart is breaking because I have been praying for both marriage reconciliation and for salvation for both and it just don’t seem to be any answers or miracles coming. Pray for my grandchildren 1 & 5.

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  1133. Monica

    Please pray for my 12 year old son who has been struggling with medicine issues leaving him very sceptical to continue taking his medicine at all. On top of that he has been rocked at school abruptly changing his one on one aide along with other education hiccups!

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  1134. Kayce

    Please pray for my husband who has chosen to leave me and our children for his affair partner. We love him and want him to come home to us. We pray God can change his heart.

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  1135. Bt

    Praying for my anxiety that follows me daily and at night in my thought life to disappear as I navigate through these difficult waters of a new job that I feel unqualified for. I was promoted by God and must trust Him and Him alone daily. It’s a struggle and the enemy loves to remind me of my shortcomings but God is in control and I need to keep remembering and reminding myself.

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  1136. jackie

    I am praying that I don’t fall back into temptation of drugs. God has led me into a new life n environment even though I had begun to doubt him, although I did know He was there. I just want to continue to be a part of my daughters life and my 3 grandchildrens lives as well,Plz. help me pray that I allow God to continue to be in charge and help me continue to live drug free. Thank you God in advance for my continued sobriety and my loving relationship w/ my family and my new friend and I also thank u ladies for praying this prayer with me and through this In Jesus name AMEM

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  1137. Allison

    I have just lost my carers pension and now have financial hardship I need lots of prayers to help me at this time 🙁

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  1138. Melissa

    I’m a stay at home mom with 2 young kids. My husband just recently lost his job. He’s been applying to other jobs out of state. I’ve been concerned about leaving my family, friends, church and kids school. I’m praying that God will open the doors to where we should be and close the doors to where we shouldn’t go. At times I’m frustrated, anxious and uncertain. The waiting is hard, but my hope and faith is in Him! Thank you for your prayers!

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  1139. Heidy

    I have been battling illness since last Christmas. Praying for healing and relief.

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  1140. Misti

    So many women on here are having problems with their marriages. Lord your plan was not for marriages to fail. The man is the spiritual head of the household and I pray that these men are woken up and stirred with a fire deep inside. Not just to come back to their families but also to be men of God. I pray for peace and comfort these women and I pray that the Holy Spirit would walk with them through this tough season, in Jesus name, Amen.

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  1141. Marie

    My husband has been battling cancer for almost 2 years now, bladder-went to lungs-then to brain. He has endured surgery, chemo and countless scans & MRI’s. It just keeps spreading, and I keep praying, but I don’t feel like God is hearing my prayers. I feel like my husband is Job and I don’t want to be Mrs Job-telling him to curse God. I want to trust, but I don’t feel like He is caring for us right now. I don’t understand why He is allowing the enemy to torture my husband so. When will He finally say, ok stop, that’s enough, he belongs to me, he is my child and I will restore all that you have taken from him and give him double for his trouble. WHEN?!? He has remained faithful-when will God be true to his promises to him?

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  1142. carol

    a about a month a ago my husband was sentenced to 25 years in county jail not prison (in California). I, along with my falling in Christ had been continually praying for 3 years, while he awaited sentence for mercy and grace. However the day of sentencing the the judge said that he had to make an example out of my husband and he will recive the max allowed sentencing. We have 3 children. My oldest joined a Gand (since my husband went to jail 3 years ago) and has put us to so much. We fear for his life and he is also now in county jail serving time for a crime he was charge with as a minor. And to top it off I am close to being homeless along with my other two kids. Our fanciful situation is horrible at times we have not even had enough to eat. We have prayed so much and it feels that no one is listening.

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  1143. Marcy

    Reading through some of these prayers, I feel for guilty writing this. We are getting ready to move thousands of miles away from my kids friends. My oldest had a good friend for a few years but this friend can be hateful. They are not close anymore, but this friend still does things to hurt my daughters emotionally and likes to do it behind her back. Please pray for my daughter for the strength to not care. Please pray for me to know what I am supposed to do to make this and our move as easy as possible for both of my kids. I will be praying for the rest of you too!

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  1144. Kamryn

    I have been in a relationship for 4 years with a guy who questions the Lord’s existence & has been dragging me down with his negativity lately about all the turmoil in the world, among other topics. I have prayed & prayed for God to give me the strength for my heart to let go of him but that hasn’t happeneded and part of me wonders if I am supposed to lead by example to help him. Ive prayed that the lord would reveal himself to him & move mountains in his life….but so far I see neither….my heart is still attached & I see him becoming worse. I’m torn…I dont have the strength to turn my back on him yet I feel like Im dying inside with all of the negativity & doom/gloom. I need guidance & my head has become clouded bc Im at a loss on what God wants me to do…. Please pray for my situation. Thank you all!

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  1145. Grace

    I am praying that God will restore my relationship. That He would calm the storm in my relationship. I pray that God will bring us back together because I am certain it is God given. I pray for strength at this time.

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  1146. Adora

    I am praying for God to show me my purpose. I feel so lost and confused,I seem to be in stagnant position where I do not know how to make progress. God seems so silent and I feel so alone.

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  1147. Trisha

    I began to question the friendships and relationships in my life. I began to feel like I wasn’t good enough to be around several of my friends but I would pray during my drives to/from work, throughout the day and at church. I needed answers to so many questions that I had that i literally felt overwhelmed. I was trying to be there for everyone and not take care of myself or have any time for myself. It hurts knowing that I can’t help those I care about the way they want me to but The best thing I can do for them is pray for them. I’m trying to learn contemplative prayer but I don’t quite understand it yet. Please help me pray for some of my friends and the healing and direction they need in their life. Please pray for me that I will be able to wait patiently for Gods answers and direction for my life.

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  1148. Melissa

    I am believing in prayer that God’s power is going to blow us all away when He heals my husband from Polycystic Kidney Disease. It’s a genetic disorder we recently found out he has had since birth. There’s no cure and the medical science says there’s no treatment. But as in James 5, our elders anointed my husband and prayed over him and I am choosing to believe without wavering that he will be healed and that the doctors and everyone that knows us will soon be marveling at God’s power, which works far beyond our comprehension.

    I am also choosing to believe in prayer that God wants good for us. And I am choosing to believe in prayer that He loves me even when this world has kicked me down over and over and I have often made it worse and more ugly than it even had to be. I am choosing to not look too far into the future today because I’m trusting that the Lord’s power will be with my children one day when we do have to have them tested for PKD. I’m choosing to believe that this doctors appointment I have next week for the questionable places on my back is going to be a good one and not bring another Thanksgiving full of diagnosis and migraines and despair.

    Please help petition the Lord for us. Please.

    Thank you for your daily encouragement.

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  1149. Tara

    I too need prayers for my marriage. My husband and I have been married almost 15 years. I love him so much, but he tells me he doesn’t have feelings for me like a husband should. We have two children and I can see that they worry he will leave. He used to be so on fire for God and that was one of the reasons I fell in love with him. He tells me he is scared to stay and scared to go. My heart is so broken. My pre-teen daughter lashes out and takes all of her anger out on me. For the longest time he seemed unhappy because of my weight. Now that I have lost 30lbs (for me!) it seems like it is something else. I want my marriage healed.

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  1150. Leslie

    Please pray for me and my husband Chris–We’re struggling to have a baby. I’ve had 2 miscarriages and 1 ectopic pregnancy in the last year. It’s really taken an emotional toll on us and our faith is waning. We’ve prayed & prayed that God would bless us with a healthy child, but everytime we get pregnant it goes south in 7-8 weeks (doctors say there is nothing wrong with me–it’s my egg quality b/c of my age-39). We need strength, courage and a miracle to bring us our baby. Thank you for your prayers.
    Your ministry is a real blessing to me and some days it is just enough to keep me going.
    God Bless you all!

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  1151. Teresa

    My 19 year old son is training to be a combat medic in the army. Through all the stress, lack of sleep, and numerous requirements he has had to complete he passed the first 5 exams. He opened up about lashing out at us when things were overwhelming. I told him that god has a special plan for him. He agreed. Tolde he loved me. Then, the world crashed . He failed his next final exam. He has tolde thAt he only went into this because I was worried he would die in the infantry. He lashed put at god, me wants to die. He wNts to drink and doesn’t care what happens to him. I feel helpless, and a failure to him. I have reminded him
    Each time that I loved him. I keep praying but don’t know what to pray. I feel alone and I know he does too. Thank you.

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    • Kathy Sterling

      Oh how final failure can seem! As a “Type A-failure-is-not-an-option; if-I-don’t-get-an-A-I’ll-kill-myself student”, this can seem like the end of the world. But I did get some F’s, and guess what? They weren’t the end and looking back, they were certainly not any reason to think they were anything worth dying over. It’s merely a time to stop, assess, and look at options. Combat medic training is a demanding course. If your son passed the first 5 (he’s got to be very smart to have done that because it isn’t easy) and failed the final, why can’t he repeat it? Usually you get at least 2 tries at each level. And if you fail, Command will try to reclassify you. If you fail out of 68W school, they will give you a list of other MOSs to chose from based on the needs of the Army. You pick three from the list, and you will end up re-training to become one of those. Has he explored any of those options? I believe he is in panic mode right now and probably putting excess pressure on himself. Any relief valves anywhere besides the bottle or worse? And it’s not like we’re in draft mode…if he doesn’t go into the military on any level, is there anything else he would care to be? An EMT? He’s probably already qualified for that. As a combat medic, he is going to be as close to the front lines as many soldiers get. Doesn’t necessarily put him out of harms way by any means. Maybe not directly in the line of fire, but very close so how great an option this really is may be questionable. Just saying it may be time to help your son do some reflecting and exploring. And certainly praying. I will keep you both in prayer that an answer that brings a peace that passes all understanding will come to light. You are not alone. Something to consider…when you are going through something hard and wonder where God is, remember the teacher is always quiet during a test.The teacher is always silent when giving an exam!

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    • Pat

      Please Pray

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  1152. Anne

    Please pray for my sweet daughter. God seems so silent. Thank you and Amen.

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  1153. Judy Sheppard

    Hi Lysa , I’m so relieved to see that I can ask my sisters in the Lord to pray for me ,God Bless you all, my prayer request involves my two sons Barry and Matthew they are both adults ,they were raised in a christian home by two christian parents but as you may have heard that does not always guarantee success. So to make long story short I would appreciate it if you could agree with my husband and me that they would both become men of God , filled with integrity , generosity, faith , and a heart for God I feel we have been struggling with them for such a long time we need the prayers of others to join us right now…Barry has a gambling addiction and I’v tried every form of prayer I can but maybe you girls know of another approach. Thank You and God in advance for your prayers …a desperate Mom…….God Bless Ed and Judy

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  1154. Sharon Cuneio

    My husband came into our marriage with unrealistic expectations of me. He expected me to heal his wounds from his past. Just like what you said in your interview with your husband – my husband’s unrealistic expectations became unmet expectations. After 11 years of marriage, he moved out 8 months ago & now wants a divorce. I never felt I was good enough. He is so unhealthy that I don’t even know what to pray for anymore. Please don’t think I’m putting all the blame on him. I’ve been in counseling for almost two years working on discovering my unhealthiness from my childhood & how I’ve contributed to the damage of our marriage.

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    • Ebony

      I’m going through the exact same thing! After being married for 11 years my husband has moved out and now wants a divorce. He’s been unfaithful and has no remorse or accountability. He’s so lost. He’s told me he hasn’t loved me for a few years. The enemy has his mind gone.

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  1155. TJ

    Pray for my kids. They lost two dear friends in a senseless attack last night. They have experienced a lot of loss this year already.

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  1156. valentine

    Pray for my kids that they fulfil their ambitions/ Also for improvement in my financial situation.

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  1157. Laura Adams

    I never pass up an offer of prayer. One week ago today, Joey Riley, the 27-year old son of some good friends was killed on his last mission on a sniper team of four men, in Kabul , Afghanistan. They were due to leave for home the next day, and we’re due back home this Wednesday. Needless to say, they were in danger every day & night, and had survived two attacks within the last 3 weeks. They were being bathed in prayer, not only for their safety as a team, and for Joey’s personal safety, but also for his testimony to stand strong for the Lord in the company of his unbelieving comrades. We are so incredibly sad. He was a great guy. The Lord has his purposes, though. Already, we have seen people responding to the gospel. His funeral has not yet been scheduled, as the military has not released him. Please pray that there will be many saved through the preaching of the gospel, & the witness of those who knew Joey. He was my son’s best friend, growing up. My son, Nate, has turned away from the Lord, so I would appreciate your prayers on his behalf, also. He will be at the funeral. Please pray for the Riley family (Rodney & Shelly). They have two remaining kids, in their 30’s (Courtney & Justin), who have also turned away from the Lord. Rodney spoke briefly at the end of the service yesterday, and he said, “If this is what the Lord will use to bring my other two kids back to Him, then I am all in… All in. Right now, I am looking forward to the day when I will see my son again.” Powerful stuff. As you can imagine, there are a lot of, “Why, Lord?”‘s being sent up, all the while trusting in His sovereignty & grace. We all appreciate your prayers. Please use your prayerful discretion as to whether to publicly publish this. Thanks so much.

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    • Kathy Sterling

      So, so sorry to hear of this tragic loss. I will be praying for all of you. What seems like a senseless tragedy will be put to extraordinary use by God. Joey is now in God’s army and he has throngs of saints and angels working with him with weapons more powerful that any guns or bullets. The targets are what Christ specializes in…men’s and women’s souls. The impact of his death will reach more people than you might imagine. He is far from gone…just fighting a battle where he is unquestionably on the winning side, the stakes are far higher than any here on earth, and the weapons are the love, grace and compassion of Christ which are certain to pierce the hardest hearts. Heartfelt blessings to the Riley family and to Nate. May they know this was not a life taken in vain. The true purpose will unfold just as Christ’s death did.

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      • Anonymous

        WoW! What a touching story! Thank you for sharing.

        Please pray for me also. My ex-husband left the ministry a couple of years ago, sought a divorce so he could “be happy,” and has changed careers 7 times since. Pray for Truth to be delivered to him. This past weekend he didn’t want to use all of his scheduled visitation, but then called the cops on me and lied saying I was refusing to let the children go and tried to manipulate the whole situation to appear in his favor. If he takes me to court again over this, pray that the Judge would see the Truth as well. Pray for peace in this situation, and that God would bring him to a place of Godly sorrow that leads to repentance, work on his heart, and help him to be the man of God that He called him to be.

        Due to the divorce, we had to sell the home we built. The children and I have been homeless for almost 2 years now. Pray that we can find the perfect home to live in.

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  1158. Steve Stone

    Lysa, My wife Martha reads and support your ministry. But today I ask you to lift her up. She does not know I am sending this but two weeks ago she was diagnoised with breast cancer. All the first reports are for a cure however the oncologist has requested a PT scan. We are asking you pray that that scan will be clean and we can look forward to her healing and her continued ministry as a church preschool director. She is a wonderful woman of God. Please pray through that God will give us that request. The scan is 12-2 at Baptist in Winston Salem. Thank you. In Christ. Steve

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  1159. Angela

    My husband and I have hit a very rough patch in our marriage. He says he is no longer in love with me. We have been together for 13yrs and have two small children. We are in marriage counseling hoping he will get his feelings back for me. He says he wants to feel again but doesn’t know what to do to bring the feelings back. I have been praying fervently for God’s will and presence in this. Please pray for my marriage. Thank you.

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  1160. TRM

    Please pray God will draw my husband back to Him and send him back home to us. Please pray for marriage restoration and God will restore our family. Also, that the divorce papers will be “thrown into the sea”. Healing and spiritual breakthroughs. Thank you!!!

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  1161. betti fernandez

    My brother, Scott, is getting out of prison, Dec. 8th. With no job, car, support from his boys. He has no one to help him. I moved to Arizona and Scott is in Calif. He is saved and repented for what got him in prison but everyone judges and wants to keep him in the box of the past. Please pray for provision and a place to live. Thank you so much.

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  1162. Debra

    It seems like my entire life I have struggled with knowing what Love is… been married and divorced 2 times and am currently involved in another relationship that I am not 100% sure is right. I keep praying and praying that if this is Gods will then let things go according to His plan but if not then to please break us up… I have tried 2 times to break up… the last time he begged me to stay and give him another chance … that he would do whatever he had to … he did… for about a month… and now it seems like things are slowly drifting back… I do pray for a Godly man… and I love this man but I don’t know if he will ever change. Please pray for me… Pray that I will have the faith I need to trust in God… that if this relationship is meant to be that God will transform his life… and mine… Thank you so much

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  1163. Suzy

    Please pray for my Mom who has stage 4 brain cancer. She has started a new treatment and we are all praying it gives us more time with her but for her to still feel well. I also want to pray for her salvation.

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  1164. Amanda Mackay

    Hi Lysa and friends

    I’m writing to request prayer….although I actually don’t know where to begin.
    What my family has encountered this past summer has left anyone I try to talk to about it completely silenced. I’ve only recently been able to speak or write about it and not get too emotional. In addition to prayer I would love to learn by sharing all of this with you: “What should forgiveness involve?” and “How can I practice TRUE forgiveness?”

    So here goes…
    In mid- July my son Jeremy came to me and told me that my stepson Nathan had molested him. I asked him what happened and Jeremy explained in detail. He stated it only happened one time and he immediately told me. I went and asked Nathan what happened and he said that he did not molest Jeremy.
    My husband John was working so I called him to come home. When he arrived home he spoke with Nathan. Nathan admitted that he had molested Jeremy. We called Child and Family Services and John took Nathan to his mother’s. Before he left, he apologized to me and I told him I forgave him. I did not feel forgiving toward him, but that was what I said. It was the last thing I said to him.
    A little bit of background…I have raised Nathan for the most part since he was 6 years old. He is now 16. He has Aspergers syndrome. He is involved with his mom occasionally, however her home is not the best place for a child and she is not exactly interested in raising children. She would likely tell you this herself.
    Since Nathan leaving our home he has been charged and convicted of sexual assault and sexual interference. His sentencing will take place in February. I have made it clear that Nathan is not welcome in our home under any circumstances. As a result I have incurred the wrath of my in-laws who believed that we should have “kept this in the family”. I also have taken to having bursts of rage toward my husband. Real rage. Like “scratch your eyes out” kind of rage. I know for a fact this is not my husband’s fault in any way, shape or form. I know he is devastated. I know these feelings are not of God. I know I feel very little toward John other than rage right now. I feel like I no longer see him as my husband, but as the father of my son’s molester. Even though Jeremy is his son too.
    I am feeling partly ashamed about my feelings toward my husband and my stepson. I am also feeling righteous in my anger…does that make sense?
    I keep telling everyone that I forgive Nathan, but forgiveness does not absolve him of the consequences of his actions….is that just a cop out?
    This past year I have grown a lot closer to God (I know the rage is not consistent with that) and I truly believe I would have handled this whole situation a lot worse had I not had my faith to sustain me and help me to support my children.
    But at the same time, I know Jesus would have forgiven immediately and wholeheartedly. He has shown me mercy time and time again and I feel madly in love with Him…so I can’t understand why I am ruining my marriage with my rage. I feel ashamed that I can’t support my husband who is totally crushed by all of this.

    There are many more things that have happened around this situation and it is ongoing. In addition to the questions about forgiveness, I would really appreciate prayer.
    Your sister in Christ,
    Amanda

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  1165. Annie Hamilton

    Please pray for peace and calm for my nerves as I await a call to attend Physician’s Assistant school….or receive the rejection letter in the mail…..Pray for God’s will in my life.

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  1166. Ruth

    Please pray for me and my marriage. After 5 years I didn’t think life could be more miserable or disappointing. A husband who is battling mental illness and turned away from the Lord, all the while we left our church and have no fellowship, I find my own anxiety and depression overwhelming. The Lord has called me to stay with him, but it not only isn’t getting better, but worse. I have no hope, and assume we won’t be having children. Please pray that I can persevere in my prayer life and marriage, in a world that seems happy and content around me. I feel so alone. Thank you for the support sisters.

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  1167. Ebony

    After being married for 11 years my husband has moved out and now wants a divorce. He’s been unfaithful and has no remorse or accountability. He’s so lost. He’s told me he hasn’t loved me for a few years. The enemy has his mind gone. I’m not perfect but I have loved him past his faults and have truly forgiven him. After which he continued to be unfaithful. I have never had a rea relationship with my father and as a result I fear rejection. And this is exactly what my husband is causing me to feel, rejected. So many wives are hurting and I’m realizing so many husbands are walking out on their families. Please pray for these families to overcome the attack of the enemy because it’s definitely spiritual warfare and not flesh that we are warring with. Please pray for confidence to walk in God’s truth and Word and for peace of mind as well as His protection from the hurt that the enemy is trying to cause.

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  1168. Jenna

    Precious sisters in Christ, I too am facing abandonment and adultery from my husband if 9 years. We have three young girls who are broken hearted that their Daddy has left. I would love to point you both to Rejoice Marriage Ministries. It has been such a blessing for me since my husband left a year ago! I am standing for my marriage and believing God for the promise that he will build my family into a thing of beauty from the ashes. He has been so faithful and I will never stop praying for my husbands heart. God bless you both!

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  1169. Mackenzie

    My husband has moved out of our home and is unsure if he wants to continue our marriage. Please pray for our marriage to endure and our union to become stronger.

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  1170. Jennifer

    My husband Raul left me on November 6, 2013. I tried to fix our marriage but he wants a divorce and moved in with his co-worker which is now his girlfriend since last May. My heart is still broken and I still love him so much. I just want him to come back home. He hasn’t been to church in more than a year and that breaks my heart too. My kids have also suffered so much even though they are not his but he did raise them, Raul took my 8 year old since she was 5 months old and that’s the only daddy she has ever known. He hasn’t seen her or ever talked to her and she cries still after all this time for her daddy. My heart just breaks for all who are going though tough times. Thank you for your prayers. I will be praying also for all of you.

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  1171. Alicia

    I would like prayer for a healing in my marriage. My husband moved out in June of 2014 and now divorce papers have been filed. I have prayed so long and so hard for my marriage and long for my husband to be serving God and home with me. I know God hears my prayers and has already answered some that I have prayed regarding my husband and our marriage. I know that God is for marriage and that He is on my side. I also know that my husband has free-will. So, I would like prayer that my husband will truly turn his life over to God, that God will put a new spirit in him, that his heart will be softened from a heart of stone into a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 36:26), and that he will come home. My husband has said that he is done and does not want this marriage anymore, but I know my God is greater, stronger, mightier, and WAY BIGGER than any of this. Please join me in prayer that God will stir inside my husband and that my marriage will be healed and my husband and I will be reunited in our Holy Matrimony.

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    • Lydia

      I just said a prayer for you. I too am going through something similar. I want so badly for my marriage to be restored and for God to work a miracle in my husband’s heart. I keep praying. I don’t know what else to do. He is even faithful in church and says that he is saved. The church he attends has not tried to even talk to him and tell him that it is wrong to throw your wife away? I keep praying. And I work to keep my own heart right and give this to God. Remember to cast all your cares on Him. He is able to meet our needs and to carry our burdens. Stay close to Him. And may God help you through this.

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  1172. Martie Grobler

    Hi Please pray for my children to find Jesus and fall in love with him. Pray for my daughter to find the right transport from home to college and back that is safe and reliable and affordable. Pray for our broken lives that is just too much to tell but God know the whole story and that he will bless us and prosper us and protect us and heal us. I ask in Jesus name!

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  1173. Deliris Perez Beltran

    Please keep me prayer my husband a believer filed for a divorce we never celebrated our first wedding anniversary . My husband has made this decision on frustration bitterness and unexpected expectations of what marriage is according to his opinion and not what God word says. My hustand needs to deal with pass hurts and issues from his past marriage and allowed God to renew his heart according to God. Ezekial 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and I will take away the stoney heart out of your flesh and I will you a heart of flesh. I will not sign any divorce paper I made a covenant with God and I choose to stand in God word no matter how my circumstances looks like and all my hurts and fears. The joy of the Lord is my strength . Wherefore they are no more twain but one flesh. What God has joined together let no man put asunder. God joined us not the judge, family of friends GOD..

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  1174. Arlene

    Thanks for that God sent word. I’m feeling just so tired and doing all that I know to do with no response. I was frustrated, now just hurt , disappointed and pressure because of the weight that’s pressing me down. My heart is really heavy , I have to put on my smiley face at work. My husband is a believer, but he’s lost focused. Pray with me and pray for me.

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  1175. Megan

    Please pray for me, I have lived on my own for many years, but due to financial reasons I moved back home with my parents 1 year ago. My father is an unsaved man who is battling bipolar disease, depression, alcoholism and a very unstable temper. Which lately, his temper has escalated from verbal abuse into fits of rage and physical violence. He refuses treatment or counseling of any type, and places all the blame for life’s shortcomings on my mother and myself. My mom firmly believes she is being called to stay with him, despite the safety risk in doing so. I fear for her safety and mental/emotional well being if she stays. Please pray for her to receive clear discernment, where it is God wants her to be, married or divorced. I am not a believer in divorce, but I also don’t want to see her being put down and degraded daily, as well as now being physically threatened…I don’t believe that that’s God’s best for her. It is like living in a war zone, walking on egg shells all the time and dreading going home. Please pray for me, that an apartment opens up that I can afford, my finances are better but still not great for being able to afford an apartment on my own. I also have a few cats that are my “children”, and I won’t give them up, but that makes the apartment search more difficult. But for my own physical, mental and emotional well-being I strongly feel the need to leave and put some space between my father and myself. Please pray for us, that God makes a way forward through the wilderness! Thank you and may God bless you!

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    • Megan

      Just something I forgot to add: We have been praying for my father’s salvation, and mental healing, and have been asking church members to pray for him as well. We have been praying for this for almost a year now. But it seems like he is only getting worse with time, not better. The time in between outbursts is shorter and the outbursts themselves are more volatile and explosive. He has not had violent tendencies until very recently, and he sees nothing wrong with his actions and behavior. We are at a loss what else to do.

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