Our God of peace, you have taught us that in returning and rest we shall be saved, in quietness and in confidence shall be our strength: By the might of your Spirit answer this request, we pray of you, so we may be still and know that you are God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Holy God and loving Father, I consciously place my fears, worries, anxieties, and burdens in your hands. I know that I have so little power to change the outcome of these events and I trust that you will work what is pleasing to you, and best for me, out of these situations. Forgive me for my anxious thoughts and for letting my own worry become an idol that robs you of my full trust. Strengthen and empower me to trust you more by the power and presence of your Spirit. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen
Please pray that my wife may find her way back to me over these holidays. That she may forgive whatever angers her and heal our relationship. Bring love back into our lives.
My family has suffered much over the past year, my sweet wife, trying as any desperate mother would, has destroyed herself trying to hold us together. She is saved by faith but, I guess along the way she made things happen in her own strength and not the Lord's, maybe because she lost some trust...