Dear Lord,
Ephesians 4:14-15 says “that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things, into him, who is the head, even Christ;” (NASB) and Ephesians 4:23-24 says “and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in holiness of truth.”
Lord, These verses as I read them this morning spoke to me of my husband. First, Lord, the beginning of this chapter of Ephesians speaks often and much about gifts from you and our calling. I know my husband seeks his calling from you, Lord. I know he has longed for a vocation and a true and meaningful way of life through your direction. I pray today, Lord, with a full heart and leaving all the worries at your feet, that you will allow him to feel that calling and find his vocation. I pray you will give us the direction strongly so he can see where he will do the most good and most closely follow your will for his career. I lay it all down to you, Lord, and pray you give me the strength when the time comes to follow him as he follows you and to lay down the fears I know I will have and trust that if you would direct him to change careers, we should have faith that it will all be all right. Lord, I fear I let the pressure of money get to him too much, that I don’t shield him from my worries over finances enough, and Lord, I know really you’re the provider in this family and so I need not lean so unduly heavily on my husband. Please, Lord, remind me of that daily and especially while he seeks his purpose in you.
I see my husband growing up so quickly in you. We’ve only been married a year and yet he has begun to so apparently shed his old life and old self and become a Christian man who follows your will as closely as he feels it. I pray, dear Lord, that you continue this work within him and that I get the blessing of continuing to see that light shine from him each day as he grows and matures and changes in his heart. Dear Lord, please, do the same for me. I feel sometimes like my faith is old and worn and needs a polishing. I pray that you create in me a new heart and help me to be renewed in spirit and mind and to follow my husband’s example and trust your guidance to do so. I pray today, Lord, that you allow us to remember not just the few verses that stuck with me strongest but all of the verses of Ephesians 4 so that we can recall that you have gifted each person here on earth, and renewed us, and allowed us the capacity to grow in you and to follow your light, Lord. I Thank you for the fact that you have already done this, Lord, as always.
I pray today as you protect my husband in safe conduct to and from his work that you will allow him to remember who he is now, and as I requested, to feel your calling of him, Dear Lord. I pray that you are a light unto both of our paths and that you would keep us growing not only as individuals in you but as a family. Please keep our Alice safe and growing in her childlike ways as well. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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