Prayer For Strenght

[alisanh]

HI! Hope everyone is doing well! I have been living in a sober living house for almost a year-at which point I will graduate in a month and recieve my 1-year chip and can then move on to other things in the real world if that is God's will. The experience has been life changing and a blessing. I have renewed my relationship with God and know that my purpose to help other with the same problem. My kids are with their dad right now and he has custody so this has been difficult! But they will get thier mommy back! ANyway, I know it souns silly but I am nervous about my birthday night and graduating fro the prpgram. This has also been difficult especially for me because I have to attend meetings every day of the week-and I have done this for a whole ywar almost-and I have always had a problem with social anxiety. I know that being in a relationship with God and trusting in him that inferiority issues should be lifted if I am in his will. MOst of my character defects have been lifted but I still have a problem with self-esteem and insecurity. I am also still very hard on myself, especially if I don't live up to these expectations of myself. For example, I am one of the few that has lasted a whole year at which point I believe I should be speaking and chairing in meetings more but this is difficult for me because in my newfound sobriety I am more of an introverted person and I have always been quiet. I want to be a good example to those new people that come in the program but I must get over this negative mindset of myself and quit getting frustrated when I don't think I'm doing enough!

My prayer request is that I have the strenght to make it through this last month in the house and that I can pull through and "step up" and be a leader. Mostly, that my social anxiety will get better. After almost a whole year, I still get nervous before I speak-and to think I got to get up a speak in front of all those who love me on birthday night-I know this is a celebration and it's OK if good things happen so why do I make this such a big deal? I just don't want to disappoint anyone by being nervous and I have so much to share so I pray that there is nothing-like anxiety-that gets in the way of me helping someone else. Any tips on how to get over this would be helpful as well.

 

[Christine]

Alisanh, I prayed for you today that the Lord would help you overcome the anxiety and truly use you to reach others. I also prayed for continued victory in the self-control you have adopted. I pray you will take one day at a time and lean on our Rock, Jesus Christ for strength and perseverance both on the best days and on the difficult ones.

When I am nervous about social situations, speaking events and being "out there" it usually helps me to remember I am there for them, not for me. It is not about me, but them. I have some knowledge to help them and they need me. Or even in a casual setting, I focus on others, what I can say to encourage them, or do to help them, etc. And I pray in this light before during and after. God, keep me focused on them, not me. Make my words helpful and useful, use me as a vessel to meet needs. And then after, I give Him all the praise and credit, knowing that it is only by His strength that I accomplished the task.

There are indeed many out there who can be ministered to by your testimony, your words of encouragement, your sharing where your strength comes from. Step outside your self-preoccupation and allow yourself to be used to extend that helping hand to them.

God Bless!

"Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says Yahweh of hosts." Zechariah 4:6

 

[heather]

May God lift you because you have asked

—and because he loves you so very much.

By God's grace, as you read this,

Your mind and desires align with His.

By God's grace, the power of your mind

Is multiplied exponentially by all who read this.

Aligned with Him, we are more powerful than any evil

— or any substance—

Can ever be.

PRAYER FOR FREEDOM FROM ADDICTION

Lord Jesus, You said, "I have come to set the captives free." We are captive and need Your healing touch. Free us, Lord, from our addictions, so that we will be:

...free from the cares and worries that stifle our happiness;

...free from sins that cling to us, and to which we cling;

...free from all compulsive behavior that prevents us from becoming what You, Lord, have planned for us.

Bring us, loving Savior, to the experience of abundant life which You promised. Amen.

 

[cesar00]

Alisanh, I want to congratulate you first, one year is a long time and it takes courage and determination to do what you have done, I know I did it many years ago. God is with you and he wants you to be with him. DFear Jesus I beg you for this courageous woman, she is strong, she is brave and she is ready to fight she just doesnt know it. Dear Jesus I beg you come to her and show her the strength and the faith that has grown in her heart during this time. Dear Jesus I beg you erase the scars and the pain she has gone thorugh this year and before, allow her to start her new life clean, free and in peace with herself. Dear Jesus there may be sins that she has not confessed to you, there may be things she has not discussed with you, touch her Lord and make them go away. Build her confidence in your teachings and her trust in you Lord so that when she stands before her loved ones it will be Your words that pour from her mouth. Bless her Lord both spiritually and financially, open the doors she needs opened so she will progress in her new found life, with You. Thank you Jesus in you we trust.

 

[walknfaith]

Trust in the LORD with all your heart

and lean not on your own understanding;

in all your ways acknowledge him,

and he will direct your paths.

Proverbs 3, 5-6

Lord make this be true for her and in her family I pray this in your name-Amen.