HAPPY NEW YEAR PRAYER

[ELAINE]

OUR FATHER , AS WE STAND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
NEW YEAR , WE CONFESS OUR NEED OF YOUR PRESENCE
AND YOUR GUIDANCE AS WE THE FUTURE .

WE EACH HAVE OUR HOPES AND EXPECTATIONS FOR THE
YEAR THAT IS AHEAD OF US , BUT YOU ALONE KNOW WHAT
IT HOLDS FOR US , AND ONLY YOU CAN GIVE US THE
STRENGTH AND WISDOM WE WILL NEED TO MEET THE
CHALLENGES . SO HELP US TO HUMBLY PUT OUR ❤️ INTO
YOUR HAND , AND TO TRUST YOU AND SEEK YOUR WILL
FOR OUR LIVES DURING THIS COMING YEAR .

IN THE MIDST OF LIFES INERVITABLE DISSAPOINTMENTS
AND HEARTACHES ❤️ HELP US TO TURN TO YOU FOR
STABILITY AND COMFORT WE WILL NEED .

IN THE MIDST OF LIFES TEMPTATIONS AND THE PULL OF
OUR STUBBORN SELF WILL , HELP US NOT TO LOSE OUR
WAY BUT TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT
IN YOUR SITE , REGARDLESS THE COST .

IN THE MIDST OF OUR DAILY PREOCCUPATIONS, OPEN OUR
EYES TO THE SORROW AND INJUSTICE OF THIS HURTING
WORLD . , AND HELP US TO RESPOND WITH COMPASSION
AND SACRIFICES TO THOSE WHO ARE FRIENDLESS AND IN
NEED . MAY OUR CONSTANT PRAYER BE THAT OF THE
ANCIENT PSALMIST,,,,,,, TEACH ME, O LORD , TO FOLLOW
YOUR DECREES ,, THEN I WILL KEEP THEM TO THE END ,,,,

WE PRAY FOR OUT NATION AND ITS LEADERS DURING THIS
DIFFICULT TIME AND FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING
TO BRING PEACE AND JUSTICE TO OUR TROUBLED WORLD , WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO DEFEND OUR FREEDOM, EVEN AT THE COST OF THEIR OWN LIVES .
BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES ALSO , AND ASSURE THEM OF
YOUR LOVE AND CONCERN FOR THEM .

BRING OUR DIVIDED NATION TOGETHER , AND GIVE US A
GREATER VISION OF WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE US TO BE,
YOUR WORD REMINDS US THAT ,,,,, BLESSED IN THE
NATION WHO GOD IS THE LORD ....

AS WE LOOK BACK OVER THE PAST YEAR WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS , OR FORGET ALL YOUR MERCIES
TO US , BUT MAY THEY INSTEAD LEAD US TO REPENTANCE
AND TO A NEW COMMITMENT TO MAKE YOU THE ,,,,,,,,,,,
FOUNDATION AND CENTER OF OUR LIVES THIS YEAR .....

AND SO OUR FATHER , WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENCE
OF HOPE OF THIS NEW YEAR , AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO IT WITH EXPECTATIONS AND FAITH . THIS I ASK IN THE
NAMEOF JESUS AND SAVIOR WHO BY HIS DEATH AND
RESURRECTION HAS GIVEN US HOPE BOTH FOR THE
WORLD TO COME ,,, BILLY GRAHAM 2008

[ELAINE]

Amen