A Prayer for Pleasure This Winter
By: Emma Danzey
Bible Studying: “However you, Lord, are a defend round me, my glory, the One who lifts my head excessive.” – Psalm 3:3
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It’s tempting to really feel discouraged, remoted, and unhappy within the wintertime. When it’s chilly and darkish for longer durations of time, it could turn out to be simple to consider the lies that the enemy sends our means. It’s simple to place our heads down and stay within the “winter blues.” Nonetheless, Psalm 3:3 reminds us that the Lord is a defend round us, our glory, and the One who lifts our heads excessive.
Once I image Jesus lifting my head up, I take into consideration all the explanations a head will be down- due to disgrace, discouragement, or despair. When Jesus lifts our heads, we see His face. When our eyes are mounted upon Jesus, our id and perspective are safe and assured in Him. The temptation to remain in a pit of despair or defeat melts away as a result of we’re reminded of our victory and confidence in Him. Once we really feel defeated and ashamed that we can’t appear to get out of this disappointment and loneliness, He lifts our eyes to Him, the one whom our assist comes from, as He helps us to seek out our means once more.
Perhaps you want prayer for pleasure this winter. It is likely to be a season that reminds you of losses and grief. It might be as a consequence of unexpected circumstances this 12 months. It would simply be the time of 12 months if you end up not getting sufficient Vitamin D and you’re weary and saddened within the frigid winter. No matter is getting you down and inflicting you to consider that you simply can’t discover pleasure on this season, we’re going to battle again immediately with prayer by the Spirit, with the Phrase of God as our anchor. Christ has given us His Holy Spirit and though we might not really feel completely happy, we will at all times have pleasure as a result of His Spirit provides us the fruit of pleasure.
Let’s Pray:
Expensive Lord,
Thank You for being current with us this winter. Thanks that winter blues, isolation, and disappointment don’t shock you and scare you away from ministering to us. We pray by Your Spirit and name upon Your title, Yahweh, to carry our heads up. We’ve discouragement and have purchased into the lies of the enemy. Clear our ideas and assist us to be nonetheless and know that You’re God.
Open our eyes to the sweetness that may be present in winter. Give us hearts gratitude that discover thankfulness within the surprising locations. Give us laughter the place there have been tears, and assist us to smile once more. Once we do cry, assist us bear in mind You catch our tears in a bottle and that You take care of us. Remind us to forged our cares upon you and lean on You. Once we battle, might we have now our heads lifted by You in order that we will repair our eyes on You. You’re the creator and perfecter of our religion. Proper now, our religion is examined, our feelings are sporting us down, and the winter is difficult. Nonetheless, You haven’t modified and Your Holy Spirit nonetheless provides us pleasure in consequence. We’re asking for You to multiply our joys on this wintertime. Do the work that solely Your Spirit can. Lead us and provides us a need for Your scriptures every day to uplift our heads. Remind us of all the issues that we’re blessed with and might be glad about in our lives.
Thank You for salvation in Christ. We’ve every little thing in You. Thank You for shelter and heat to outlive in chilly temperatures. Thank You for cozy fires and heat meals on the desk. Thank You for operating water to drink and sizzling baths. Thank You for the gorgeous snowflakes which might be every hand-designed by You. Thank You for contemporary applied sciences like four-wheel drive and communities geared up for winter climate. Thank You for jackets and gloves. Thank You for holidays all through the time of 12 months when it’s chilly to deliver folks collectively. Thank You for Your love that by no means fails. Thank You for our lives and that we’re by no means caught endlessly as a result of You, Jesus, have already and can get us out of our pits in life once more as a result of You maintain the victory endlessly. Amen.
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