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help us to stop stressing and keep all evil and destruction away from us
keep us safe by you side in jesus name... and also keep us away from all situations of this pandemic..and covid.19
Protect us and keep us safe in the name of Jesus.
Please let this pandemic end soon, if it is your will. I would like one of my teachers, to stop worrying so much, even though I don't really like him much. But everyone is worried- we all know that. Everyone has a fear of what is still to happen and how this world wide disease will be put to a stop. But I know I needn't be afraid, for you, my Father- you have everything under your control. Only You know why this has happened, and what will happen next. But in the meantime, this is an opportunity- to come closer to you, Lord. I'm so sorry I haven't spent so much time with you, I know I can, instead of reading or watching and playing on devices. PLEASE let this be over soon, though, PLEASE Lord. Anyway, also please help me to pray for others- like those girls in my class, who seem nice, but aren't Christian like me. I always feel left out and lonely in school, even though I have siblings, but then they aren't in the same year as me.. and I have been praying for a friend, or maybe even a BEST friend, since primary. I'm half way through highschool now, I HAVE gotten to be a little more confident and talkative, but the other girls.. well I just don't fit in. I'm typing this right now, in school, as you know, Lord. Please, I beg you for a friend, I know you might have other plans for me- but I promise it would mean the world to me to have a best friend. I think that is all I have to say. Oh yes, and please protect my Grandparents- in Germany and in England. Thank you lord for all you've given and all I have- I am grateful for my lovely family of six siblings and why I have to be the oldest, I don't know.. and my Mum and my Dad. Please also bless these people who made this website.
In Jesus' precious name, Amen.
By the way, I thought I was supposed to submit a prayer, not comment, sorry.
- I would like prayers to find a job, restore my marriage, regain health and be a good Christian. Be blessed !
Maddie, even though this Proverb may not seem relevant, I think it shows us that if we please the Lord by doing his Will & exuding Christ-likeness, then even our enemies will not be able to deny our position & of those who can rationalize this new behaviour, will confess that it is the Lord Who hath done this.
I'm sure your parents never thought ill of you, rather it was your desire to present yourself in the best light to them. What matters, as you say, is how God sees you - His precious child, & this is all that matters - He will take care of the rest - even using your life & words to testify of His goodness.
If you believe you're perfect and sinless like Jesus, that would be contrary to: Romans 3:10 and Romans 3:23.
Ephesians 4:32 - says be kind and tenderhearted and forgive others like Christ has forgiven you, but if you have to be 100% perfect as a Christian why would it say that? Are you suggesting that you've been 100% perfect and sinless since becoming a Christian? For example, you have never lied or quarreled or raised your voice at anyone and have always forgiven others for their sins?
If you believe you've been 100% perfect and sinless, which even Paul wasn't able to do, then aside from Jesus you're the first and only human to be perfectly sinless after becoming a Christian? Just as a warning this could be the sin of pride Proverbs 16:5 and 2 Timothy 3:2.
Matthew 5:48 - Jesus said to strive to be perfect and obey his commands John 14:15, but that doesn't mean you must be perfect to be saved. Ephesians 2:8. That also doesn't mean you have an excuse to sin intentionally.
Matthew 12:31 - Jesus clearly said only blasphemy of the holy spirit is the only sin that won't be forgiven. So, if your point is the NO sins are forgiven after you become a Christian then why would Jesus say this to everyone (including his Christian followers) that all sins ARE forgiven but this one?
Paul admits in Romans 7:15 that he deeply struggles with the flesh and sin. Does that mean you think the man who write the most books of the Bible and was the top evangelist for Christianity went to hell?
My belief is that you don't earn heaven by being perfect. You are saved by believing Jesus, confessing and repenting of your sin and actively following Jesus. You try to avoid sin to the absolute best of your ability, but it doesn't mean you'll be perfect. It in fact says we are all imperfect, but if we're genuinely following Jesus then we're covered by grace as we progress in our life as a Christian. It doesn't mean the grace erases sin, but we will be forgiven if we're a Christian following Jesus. Jesus shares a great parable about sin and forgiveness in Matthew 18.
Matthew 12:36-37 - Jesus sets the bar very, very high with every word you speak to others, your thoughts, and if you even look at a woman. Matthew 5:28. Am I supposed to believe your the first person since Jesus to ever do this perfectly and that you're 'earning' heaven? Congratulations, but I think you're in for a surprise, because that's not what the Bible says and above are just a few of the Bible verses that prove that. I'm offering this in kindness to offer a different perspective to a Christian brother. God bless.
and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
Proverbs 18:22 | KJV
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Matthew 19:4-6 | KJV
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Colossians 3:18-19 | KJV
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Hebrews 13:4 | KJV
Who can find a virtuous woman?
for her price is far above rubies.
Proverbs 31:10 | KJV
A man's heart deviseth his way:
but the Lord directeth his steps.
Proverbs 16:9 | KJV
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.
Ephesians 5:25-26 | KJV
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:2 | KJV
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Genesis 2:18 | KJV
When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
Deuteronomy 24:5 | KJV
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 2:22-24 | KJV
Wives, submit you