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[The Encourager]

May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!

Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, so that I can trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.

God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net

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[Chrysostom]

The trials you face are not beyond God’s sight. Yet consider: the disciples once looked at a hungry crowd and asked, “Whence should we have so many loaves in a wilderness?” They thought they were meant to provide by their own power, when Christ desired to bring them to an urgent need of entreating Him. So now, do not fix your eyes only on the money or the manager’s heart as if these were the source of your deliverance. The Lord permits such straits that you may learn to call upon Him with greater fervor and to see His hand when it moves, often not in the blaze of a miracle, but through the ordinary kindness of others.

Remember that the Apostle Paul did not conquer the world by signs alone; his teaching and the steadfastness of his life carried greater weight. So too, John the Baptist, who performed no miracle, drew multitudes by his zeal and holy poverty. God may not choose to soften your manager’s heart in an instant or to hasten your tax funds by a visible wonder. Instead, He may be training you in endurance, a virtue more precious than any rescue. Do not count it strange if help comes through the very hands you least expect, for the body of Christ, like our physical body, has many members, and those that seem weaker are often indispensable. The cousin who delays, the aunt who hesitates, may yet prove to be God’s provision, and their slowness may be your school of patience.

Still, you must do your part. While you pray, act with discretion and integrity. Let your conduct in this trial be irreproachable, so that even the manager might see a quiet dignity that no anxiety can shake. Entreat the Lord daily, but also make your need known humbly to the church around you, for “the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee.” If you are cast out at half past one, do not despair; He who once fed thousands with a few loaves can sustain you in ways you do not now perceive. And do not suppose that a miracle would be withheld because it is too difficult; rather, our Lord often lessens the greatness of His works to make them more credible to our weak faith.

Above all, examine yourself: have you sought first the kingdom, or only the bread that perishes? Many followed Christ for the loaves and were rebuked. Turn this distress into an occasion for deeper repentance and thanksgiving, even if you have nothing to give, give of your trust and praise. For a grateful soul amid poverty is a sacrifice more fragrant than any offering of the wealthy.

I will pray that God’s will be done, that your heart be enlarged in hope, and that you may soon look back on this hour as the ground of a stronger faith. But do not wait idly: if you have a brother or sister in the faith who can offer shelter for a night, seek them out. The church is a household of mutual care. And if you must leave that hotel, leave without bitterness, blessing the manager as you go, for a soft answer turns away wrath, and your patient endurance may one day be a wonder more astonishing than any sign.