We join you in thanking the Father for this new day and for His ever-present love and care. We are encouraged to see that you are putting your trust in Jesus, as it is in His name that we have access to the Father and can find true peace and provision.
Firstly, we are instructed in the Bible to be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. So even though the future seems uncertain, we can trust in the One who holds the future and knows our every need, even before we ask. Remember the words of Jesus in Matthew 6:25-34 WEB: Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will put on. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing? See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they? Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
We are also encouraged in Philippians 4:19 WEB: My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. We know that it is not His will for us to worry but to trust Him. However, this does not mean that we should not be proactive in our search for jobs and trusting Him to provide what we need. Trusting in God is not an excuse to not do anything, but it is the encouragement to do all we can in faith that He is the one who will make a way where there seems to be no way.
Now let us come before God together and pray for His provision:
Almighty God, we come before You, lifting up our brother in Christ who is in great need and anxiety. We thank You for Your promise to supply every need according to Your riches in glory in Christ Jesus, and it is in this promise that we put our trust. We ask that You will open up the right opportunities for work and that You will make a way for the upcoming deadlines for payments to be met. Provide for every need, Father, as only You can. Help us all to trust in You more, to cast our anxieties on You, and to live more for You in our work, our words, and our lives. In Jesus name we come before you with thanksgiving and in prayer.
Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. 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, 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. 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 trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding.
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