Prayer of Love

Father God we come to you with grateful hearts and hungry spirits.  We come to you in thanksgiving for the love you have shown us, in the times we thought too much of ourselves to think we deserved it and the times we thought too low of ourselves to think we didn’t.  God we ask for the freshness of your spirit to bring a message of love alive within our hearts so that in the moments where love is the least likely choice, we are convicted to give it.  And Lord because we know how difficult we can be, we ask for your strength, because we can’t do it on our own, but with you we know that all things are possible.  Lord we ask that you help us soak in every truth as we pray your powerful words back to You. 

Your word says, if we have faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, we are nothing. So now more than ever before, we ask that you empower us the courage to love.  Courage to love the people who think differently than us, speak differently, see differently than we do.  Lord we ask that you awaken our spirits to the people we have chosen not to love.  We ask that you allow us the space to make peace with people who have hurt us, harmed us or made us feel as though we were damaged.  Too damaged to receive love or give it.  Lord we declare that from this moment on, we are going to chose to take steps to free ourselves from the wounds of the past, so that love continues to abound in our hearts.  We are so grateful and thankful for your power, your mercy, your grace, your kindness, and most of all your love.  Lord you have and will continue to bless us beyond our imagination and we just want to say thank you Lord, we love you Lord and pray that we continue to grow deeper and deeper in your love, so that we may be an example to the world and safe haven for those looking for a place to call home.  In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Jasmine Duckworth