2010-08-29

Today’s Verse:
"Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." - James 5:16


Prayer for Today :

Heavenly Father,

Sometimes, we were hurt by people unintentionally, sometime, we put bandages on these wounds and hid them away. Sometimes, we are so weak that we choose to forget about them, rather than open them up and let You Lord to deal with them.

These wounds could be:

- "I opened my heart but was betrayed, I will not trust anybody again."
- "I was being rejected, it hurts. From now on, I will reject before I am rejected."
- "I shared my feelings, but people used them to attack me, to betray me, I'll never
open up the real 'me' to anyone ever again."
- "People just use others as stepping stones, as doormat. I'll look for opportunities
and also be careful not to be taken advantage of."

Father, the more we hid these wounds, the more we didn't open up to receive Your healing, ..., the worsen they would get, and one day, we become people with "heart of stone". Father, teach us how to deal with our wounds, how to confess our sins, how to love one another, how to allow the holy spirit to reach into the depths of our wounds, so that our weaknesses, concerns and the concrete of the problems may be revealed to us. Father, forgivesness is not easy and the process of finding our hurts and pains plus the healing could be long and painful but help us Lord, do not let us to remain as hard-hearted people.

In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.