JOY , HOPE, and LOVE

Dear God,

Thank you for the one who is reading these words right now.

I'm so glad that wherever they are, you are there too.



Today I ask that you would bring JOY--

the kind that comes from deep inside

and stays despite our circumstances.

You know what's on their heart today,

those worries that keep coming back.

Lift the burdens from their shoulders,

carry them for them...and please carry him or her too.



I also pray that you would bring HOPE--

the kind that is so much bigger than blue skies,

the sort of hope that sees us through the storms

and walks us into the light of a better, brighter day.

If their belief is sagging or their spirit weary

give them strength to press on to all you have .



And, most of all, I pray for LOVE in life--

the kind that is unconditional, real, healing

and gives us the courage to become

all you made us to be because we know

we're deeply loved just as we are now.



Please let us feel your Presence and these prayers

with us right now, in this moment.

Thank you for being with us always as you promised.



Amen.