PRAYER FOR TODAY - January 1, 2012 (Thanking God for 2011 and Asking Him To Carry Us Through 2012)

Thank you Father.....A New Year.   Thank your for allowing us to see another year.   Father there are many that didn't make it this far.   2011 carried with it times of loss, times of pain, times of stress and times of depression.   But God you were there.   You helped us through it.   Thank you Father.   Thank you for each moment we had to praise you, to cry out to you, to call on you Father.   Thank you for always being there.   Father you were true to your word in 2011.....you said that you would never leave us nor forsake us.....and Father you were always there.  

Now Father we have crossed the threshold into a new year.   A year of expectancy.   For Father we are expecting you to move like never before.   We are expecting to learn more of you.   We need you Father.   We call upon you in the beginning.   Right now Father we ask that you go before us this year.   That you lead us and that you guide us Father.   We ask that you direct us Father as you said in your word.   For you said to trust in you with all of our heart...to lean not to our own understanding....in all of our ways to acknowledge you Father and you said that you would direct our paths.   So Father we ask that you direct us this year.    We lean totally on you.   

Father there are many that surround us that don't have a relationship with you.  We ask that you give us words in due season that will minister to them this  year.   Tell us what to say and show us what to do to bring them closer to you.   Use us as your tool to minister to their souls Father.   Their minds, their wills, and their emotions Father.    Let the light of your word shine through us and pierce their hearts at their point of need.    So they can realize their need for you Father.

Father we trust you and we love you.   Again we thank you for being our all and all.   For holding us and keeping us even when we didn't fully listen to your instructions.    Father we step inside of you today.   Inside of your word....inside of your will and we ask that you carry us through 2012.   It is our desire to live totally for you Father.   Help us in any areas where we are weak.   Shield us in any areas where we are exposed.   Keep us in any areas where we seem to be lost.   Father we filter our lives through your word and ask that you search us, cleanse us, and keep us.   In Jesus name we do pray.    Amen.  

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