Dare:
Pray for David's heart. Pray for 3 specific areas where I desire for God to work in David's life and in our marriage.
Wow, today's devotion mirrored what I blogged yesterday. I can't change David, and it's not my job to. God let's me know David's heart and his faults so I can lift him up in prayer. Now I need to find three specific areas that God points out to me. I don't want to pray selfishly here - that David would go buy me flowers or something life that. I want to pray for things that will make David a stronger man of God.
First I want to pray for the negative spirit that sometimes overcomes David. WHen he gets negative, he gets judgemental and that is wrong. When he sees something wrong, he needs to ask God what part he needs to take in the issue. It may be nothing - God may already be working on it. It may be talking to someone or it may be stepping in to help.
Secondly, I pray for his anger. He can be very quick to anger (although he is quick to get over it). Frequently this anger is unjustified, just a spur of the moment reaction. I pray he would stop and think about what he is angry about and how he should react.
Third, I pray for his health. He is overweight, obese really. He needs to get back on a serious weight loss regimen for his health. Actually, so do I. I've mentioned it before. I think God is telling me I need to suggest David and I go on a weight loss/exercise regimen together.
Okay, there's three. And they are things that will make David happier, make him a stronger man of God, and improve our marriage. Okay, now I need to pray.
Results:
I like praying for David. I know God heard my heart. Now I need to take action on the third item of prayer and help David. As far as the anger, something happened which set off his anger - it's really frustration. Let me just say electric bill and you'll probably understand. I need to take this to the Lord.
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