A Single Woman’s Prayer
God, I confess to you again my overwhelming desire for control, my tendency to create my own security because I don’t believe, like Eve, that you know what’s best for me. I know in my head that you aren’t withholding anything from me, but my heart can’t believe it yet. I see the lives that other people have, and I want it, too. But I’m also scared that if you do put that man in my life I’ll screw it up and he’ll leave, that he’ll see the real me and won’t want to put up with it because no relationship has worked out at this point.
Yet I thank you, God, for putting me in all these different circumstances so that I can learn more about myself. I remember that you are slowly guiding me to a place where I will be ready. I thank you that you love me and this man enough that you aren’t going to have us together until the timing is right, when we’ll both be capable of having this relationship in a way that will be honoring to you. I thank you that you know us better than we know ourselves and will not do anything to lead us away from you. I pray for our protection, God, of our hearts, bodies, and souls, that we will remain pure, chaste, holy, and blameless for the love of each other and of you. Give us strength to withstand temptation and attack from the one who sees the amazing potential our relationship has, is threatened, and wants to squelch it. Give us courage and trusting hearts, to be vulnerable with one another and you. I pray over our minds, that our thoughts would be only of you, that we would continually seek your perfect wisdom and guidance in our decisions, that we would discern what your calling is, and be obedient in carrying it out.
God, I thank you for the grace poured out on us through Christ Jesus. We are both sinners, broken people who will hurt each other, ourselves, and you with our selfish actions. But I praise you for the gift of the sacrifice of your Son, for we have the unending hope of eternal life. Give us the courage to forgive each other and ourselves, to accept forgiveness and not fall into despair when disappointed. May we have servant hearts that look to the desires of the other person before our own. Grant us the perspective to see how our relationship mirrors the one you have with the whole world, and that even the best moments we have together on Earth cannot even compare to what will come when we spend eternity praising you.
I pray for our family and friends, that they will be an encouragement to us, and we will be the same for them, and that our relationship will be a testimony to your amazing love to those around us. I pray for the children we may have, if that is your will, that we will constantly seek your guidance in raising them, that you would keep them safe in body, soul, and spirit, and they grow up to be men and women who live to serve only you.
I thank you, God, for the grace that surpasses all understanding, for being our patient teacher and father. You see all that we do and are writing the epic story of our lives, putting together the characters and events in the most perfect way because you love us that much and know us so intimately. May we be that story’s willing and daring heroes in the adventures of this life.
Amen
God, I confess to you again my overwhelming desire for control, my tendency to create my own security because I don’t believe, like Eve, that you know what’s best for me. I know in my head that you aren’t withholding anything from me, but my heart can’t believe it yet. I see the lives that other people have, and I want it, too. But I’m also scared that if you do put that man in my life I’ll screw it up and he’ll leave, that he’ll see the real me and won’t want to put up with it because no relationship has worked out at this point.
Yet I thank you, God, for putting me in all these different circumstances so that I can learn more about myself. I remember that you are slowly guiding me to a place where I will be ready. I thank you that you love me and this man enough that you aren’t going to have us together until the timing is right, when we’ll both be capable of having this relationship in a way that will be honoring to you. I thank you that you know us better than we know ourselves and will not do anything to lead us away from you. I pray for our protection, God, of our hearts, bodies, and souls, that we will remain pure, chaste, holy, and blameless for the love of each other and of you. Give us strength to withstand temptation and attack from the one who sees the amazing potential our relationship has, is threatened, and wants to squelch it. Give us courage and trusting hearts, to be vulnerable with one another and you. I pray over our minds, that our thoughts would be only of you, that we would continually seek your perfect wisdom and guidance in our decisions, that we would discern what your calling is, and be obedient in carrying it out.
God, I thank you for the grace poured out on us through Christ Jesus. We are both sinners, broken people who will hurt each other, ourselves, and you with our selfish actions. But I praise you for the gift of the sacrifice of your Son, for we have the unending hope of eternal life. Give us the courage to forgive each other and ourselves, to accept forgiveness and not fall into despair when disappointed. May we have servant hearts that look to the desires of the other person before our own. Grant us the perspective to see how our relationship mirrors the one you have with the whole world, and that even the best moments we have together on Earth cannot even compare to what will come when we spend eternity praising you.
I pray for our family and friends, that they will be an encouragement to us, and we will be the same for them, and that our relationship will be a testimony to your amazing love to those around us. I pray for the children we may have, if that is your will, that we will constantly seek your guidance in raising them, that you would keep them safe in body, soul, and spirit, and they grow up to be men and women who live to serve only you.
I thank you, God, for the grace that surpasses all understanding, for being our patient teacher and father. You see all that we do and are writing the epic story of our lives, putting together the characters and events in the most perfect way because you love us that much and know us so intimately. May we be that story’s willing and daring heroes in the adventures of this life.
Amen
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