Tag: Perspective

Happiness is hidden in suffering, redemptive, and transformational.

Life is not black and white. When we find  ourselves standing on one side or another of an issue or a situation, we have assumed the role of judge, a role that is not ours. We are challenged to show no partiality , to make no distinctions in life, for we cannot truly know the heart and mind of another. While difficult to do, we are called to look with love on all those we meet and pray for God’s blessings to fall upon them. As you go through this day, pause and reflect on the issues you face and strive to be a voice of reason, calm, and patience, showing a path of love to God and neighbor.

God of compassion, you are the true judge of what is good and evil. Free us from the temptation to pass judgment on ourselves and others, so that we may live more fully as your sons and daughters. Through Christ our Lord, amen

Another way of explaining intercession is standing in the gap between God and the person you are praying for. In Ezekiel 22:29-30, God lamented “I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.”

The need to stand in the gap before God is as urgent now as it was six hundred years before Christ.  The heart of the true intercessor knows no boundaries; they are able to pray “for all men, for kings and all who are in high positions, for persecutors, for the salvation of those who reject the Gospel” (CCC 2636)

Lord, show me who You want me to stand in the gap for today. When I tell someone I’m going to pray for them, help me know what and when to pray. Thank You God for trusting me to stand in the gap for a vulnerable one whom You have given me to protect and defend in prayer. Amen

Intercessory prayer for God’s goodness:

We can mis-live life. All it takes is the consistent application of mediocrity, laziness, procrastination, obsession with material possessions, and self-centeredness. Let’s pray for the Holy Spirit to guide our hands and be safe in God’s tower of goodness. 

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe who is good and bestows good, let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us and establish the work of our hands upon us, establish the work of our hands.

Proverbs 18:10, tells us that the name of the Lord is a strong tower; and the righteous man runs into it and is safe.

Intercessory Prayer for Awareness

Lord, help all creation see we are created by Your divine workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which You have prepared for us. Help us walk in this knowledge. Grant us  patience with all things – but first with myself. Clear our mind to know that our mistakes don’t detract our value as a human being. We are a perfectly valuable, creative, and worthwhile person simply because we exist. And no amount of triumphs or tribulations can ever change that.

A prayer based in Ephesians 2:10 based on the truth that God created us to be a reflection of him, and that he calls us his masterpiece and the writings of St. Francis de Sales.

Intercessory prayer for peace in our hearts

Lord, May today there be peace within. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content knowing you are a child of God. Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise, and love. It is there for each and every one of us.

-St. Teresa of Avila

Intercessory Prayer for Healing

Heavenly Father, I come before You on behalf of those who need physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. I lift their names before Your throne of grace, asking for Your mighty touch to bring restoration and wholeness to their bodies, minds, and souls.

Lord, I pray for doctors, nurses, and medical professionals involved in their care, that You would grant them wisdom, skill, and compassion. May Your healing power flow through them and bring comfort and relief to those who are suffering. Strengthen the faith of those who are sick and their loved ones, reminding them of Your faithfulness and love. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

This prayer is based on James 5:14-16, which instructs us to pray for the sick and to confess our sins to one another, so that we may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

May we be faithful intercessors; praying without ceasing; praying according to God’s will; praying with faith; praying with love; praying with power.

Mother Teresa offers us pearls of wisdom to live a more humble life and to model them with others in our life so we can behave more virtuously and be kind.

Lord, I intercede for all people to live a life of humility: 

• To speak as little as possible of one’s self.
• To mind one’s own business.
• Not to want to manage other people’s affairs.
• To avoid curiosity.
• To pass over the mistakes of others.
• To accept insults and injuries.
• To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked.
• To be kind and gentle even under provocation.
• Never to stand on one’s dignity.
• To choose always the hardest.

Lord, create in us all a clean heart. Amen

Intercessory Prayer for Unity

Faithful God, I intercede for those who need unity and harmony in their lives. I pray that You would make them one as You are one with Your Son and Your Spirit; that they may be one in You and one with each other; that the world may believe that You have sent Your Son.

Lord, be their unity and their bond of peace, their fellowship, and their communion. May they maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace; being eager to preserve it with all humility and gentleness; with patience; bearing with one another in love; making every effort to keep it through the peace that ties you together. May they love one another with a pure heart fervently; being of one mind; having compassion one of another; being courteous. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

This prayer is based on John 17:21, which records Jesus’ prayer for His disciples: “that they may all be one; just as you, Father are in me; and I am in you; that they also may be one in us; so that the world may believe that you sent me.”

Intercessory Prayer for Freedom

Father, I intercede for those who are bound by sin, addiction, or fear. I pray that You would set them free by Your power and by Your truth, breaking every chain and every stronghold that holds them captive.

Lord, be their freedom and their deliverance, their liberator and their savior. May they know the truth that sets them free and the Son who makes them free indeed. May they live in freedom and not in bondage, serving You with joy and gratitude. May they use their freedom not as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

This prayer is based on John 8:36, which declares that if the Son sets us free, we will be free indeed.