A prayer for the New Year

A prayer for the New Year

A prayer for the New Year

Lord,

As we move forward into this year, 2019, let us find your love, joy, and peace in our hearts and minds. Help us to follow your will throughout the year. If we stray, help us find our path back to you.

You know us. You knew us before we were formed in our mother’s wombs. You know our joy and pain, our heartache and happiness. We thank you for your constant guidance and care of us. We thank you that you have given us free will to choose to follow you rather than be forced into our beliefs. We ask that you help us to remember this as we walk our daily lives as witnesses to your glory and love.

Help us to not be oppressorsĀ but to be lights to the world that we can shine brightly for you. Help us to know you more closely and walk with you on a daily and hourly bases. Let us be the best that we can be in each moment. Lord, when we stumble and fall, we ask that you pick us up and help us dust ourselves off so that we can walk taller and stronger from what we have learned.

We thank you for this opportunity of another year to begin renewed. We know so many didn’t make it this far. We pray for those families who have lost loved ones and have suffered heartache last year, and even today. We pray that you will comfort and guide them in your righteousness and love.

Thank you, Lord for all you have done and all you do. We praise your name and give you glory.

In Jesus Name we pray,

Amen

Father’s Day – Thank you Dad’s

Father’s Day – Thank you Dad’s

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To all my wonderful friends and family who have the honor of being father’s – I want to wish you a wonderful day filled with love and laughter.

Speaking as a daughter, a father’s love is irreplaceable. It is so important to who we are and who we become. You have the honor and benefit of sharing, teaching and guiding your children as they progress through this thing called life. No matter how old or young your child is, remember that you are a template for how your daughter’s will view and interact with men in their lives. You are the template for how your son’s will treat women in their lives. You have such an important job while both raising and continuing to help guide your children throughout the years. A strong relationship will be one of the best gifts you can ever give.

Whether you are a father or a step-father or a surrogate father, you have the honor and privilege of helping to transform and guide your child(ren) through the storms that life will bring about. Use wisdom, lots of love and patience. Remember you are a port during those storms. If you do well your child(ren) will always run to you when they are in trouble. That is something that can never be replaced.
Thank you for being wonderful Dad’s! Happy Father’s Day!