Day 22 of 31 Days of Prayer

{Personal Entry} 10/22/22

Father God in heaven, I pray to you today & ask that you would wrap me in your warm embrace & yoke your spirit to mine to help me carry the weight of my emotions & the heaviness of my body. Send me the Comforter of the Holy Spirit to ease the discomfort of my cycle, Lord. I pray for your understanding & lean on you today. I need your support & sympathy today. Help me to slow down & have patience with myself & give me the self-control to withstand the temptations of the enemy. Please guard my heart in my vulnerable state today, Father. I feel weak today & I need your strength to uphold me as I move through my emotions. I pray for your righteous right hand to guide me & to lead me through the darkness. Help me to walk with you in the light & to put my trust in your ways. I surrender my will to you, Lord, & let yours be done. Be to me a fortress & protect me spiritually today. I lay down my desires at the foot of the cross & I give control to you, Jesus. Help me to become more like you today. I pray for your compassion to abound in my life today & ask that you would help me to display your goodness in my daily life. I want others to see you in me, Father. I pray for your spirit of boldness to help me face my fears & move forward with courage & obedience for your plans. I know your ways are higher than mine & that you will direct my paths & establish my foundation on the Rock. I pray that you would continue to teach me all your precepts & that you would minister to my heart & help me to grow in your word & abide in your vine, Lord. I pray for your wisdom & for the discipline to apply it to my life & help me succeed & achieve my personal goals. I pray that you would change my desires & that you would change my appetite. Help me to overcome the temptations of overindulgence & to abstain from foods that are empty in nutrition. Please give me eyes to see myself as you see me today, as my body image is being influenced by my cycle & is causing me to feel fat & ugly & old & worthless. I know that these thoughts are all coming from the enemy & I need your help to take them captive to you, Christ. I know they are not the truth, but I still need you to help me withstand the flaming darts. I put on the full armor of God & stand strong in my faith & I will fix my eyes upon you & let you influence my thoughts. Purify them & make them holy, like you, Father. I pray for eyes to see like you do & for ears to hear your beautiful voice. Speak to me today & incline your ear to my prayers. Thank you for always listening to me & for answering my prayers & giving me the desires of my heart. You are a faithful Father & I am so grateful to have your presence in my life. You fill me full of living water & my heart overflows with love for you & your works. I am forever thankful for your mercy & grace & for being a safe place for me to run to in times of need. I love you, Lord. With all my heart, all my soul, all my mind & all my strength. I pray this all in the beautiful & mighty name of Jesus Christ.

Amen

“Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭40‬:‭28‬-‭31‬

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