Prayers for Every Need: Prayers for Relationships

Prayers for Every Need: Prayers for Relationships

“Pray without ceasing,” the apostle Paul said. In prayer, we draw close to God and provide an opening for Him to enter our lives with healing, wisdom and blessing. Please keep in mind that there is a prayer for every need. Even yours.

Prayers for Relationships

When You Feel Resentful

God, I am feeling resentful. Maybe there are good reasons for my resentment. Maybe there aren’t. Either way, take these feelings from me. Resentment is really just a desire to hurt another—but I am only hurting myself. Help me forgive. Make me bigger than my resentment. Amen.

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you. (Ephesians 4:30-32)

For the Power to Forgive

God, you told us to forgive those who hurt us. And yet, I find this hard to do. Deliver me from the hateful pleasure of nursing a grudge. It brings only misery. Instead, help me want to forgive. Then fill my heart with generosity. Make me bigger than my little self. Help me know the incredible pleasure of reconciliation. Amen.

A man’s wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense. (Proverbs 19:11)

For a Competitor

Heavenly Father, I live in a society that values competition highly, a dog-eat-dog world that encourages people to win at all costs. But that’s not how you are at all. You are humble and kind and encourage us to love even our enemies. God, help me love those who compete against me. Help me do the right thing. And if someone who competes with me treats me badly, help me remember what you say: “Justice is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”

I commit this competitive situation into your hands and ask for your guidance. Help me behave with integrity and seek your blessing even for those who treat me poorly. Help me love them as you love me. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivers him out of them all. (Psalm 34:19)