 |
| A must read.. Ways to pray for your love life: |
I know most of you
are in your late twenties like myself and are still single, some of you are
actually in your thirties, okay maybe forties. And I
don’t know about you, but I hate being single, especially on days such as my birthday,
Valentine’s Day is overrated but still I wouldn’t want to be single on this day
and… etc.
But there is so much you can do when single as you wait, use
your single years to figure out where you want to go and what makes you
tick. Pursue your passions. Further your
Education, I earned myself a Masters degree last year, do the same, maybe a professional
course. Learn to manage your finances. Pay off all your debts. It is a struggle
but instead of waiting around passively, learn to pursue life. Travel,
volunteer, write books, start a blog maybe, create and have fun. Choose to see life from the viewpoint of
contentment. Serve God, bring glory to Him through your life, ministry and
work.
So for those of you who may find yourself consumed by your love
life- or lack thereof, here are some ways to mentally and
prayerfully hand those things to the One who can actually do something about it:
Pray…
That
God would give you a relationship (Matthew
7:7)
God’s word challenges us to ask and bring our needs before God. As long as our hearts
are aligned with His, there are no limits on what we can ask. What are your deepest
needs and desires when it comes to a relationship? Let
Him know.
That He would grant you
patience and insight to wait for a good one (Isaiah
40:31). Waiting
on God is never easy, because once
again, it is a reminder that we are not in control. But
through the time of waiting, ask God to change you, nourish you, and fill you
so that you are empowered and prepared to take the next steps when the timing is
right.
That He would be working out
anything unhealthy in your life (Jeremiah 33:8). Some of our baggage
and sin we can recognize, and some we can’t. As
you seek to enhance your love life, be sure to ask God to help you recognize
and heal all the things in your life that aren’t lining up with His best. Seek to get to the
bottom of your sins, and ask for His healing power to be at work in your life.
That He would shape your heart
for nourishing interactions with others (Colossians
3:12-14). It’s
important to learn how to love, rather than simply longing to be loved. When your heart is open
to loving and edifying others the way it was meant to, your relationships will
be enriched and empowered.
That
He would bring healing into your past so that you are free to embrace the
present (Philippians
3:13-14). We are called to move
forward, and forget what is behind. Sometimes,
it’s easy to get stuck on our past and be paralyzed from living in the present. No matter what kinds of
things your past may hold, ask God to be at work in your past so that you are
free to live in the moment and embrace your present.
That He would protect your emotional
world and give you wisdom of how to set healthy boundaries (Proverbs
4:23). I talk a lot about guarding
our hearts and how to
practically do that, but how often do we actually pray about our hearts and
emotional worlds? God longs to be a part
of our emotions just as much as our spiritual life. He
is a holistic God, who longs to interact with our mind, body, and soul. Give Him a chance by
opening your emotional life to Him through prayer.
That He would open your eyes to
the joy of doing sex His way (Hebrews
13:4). It’s so easy to focus on what we can’t
do before marriage, and end up harboring bitterness and resentment. But what if we were to
ask God to open our eyes to doing life His way? What
if we were to plead with Him to download His heart onto ours, so that we could
truly understand what is best for our lives? Rather
than struggling with His plan, let’s ask Him to reveal His heart to ours,
particularly in the area of sex and sexuality, so that we can be freed to trust
Him without bitterness or regret.
That God would be the focus of your
life now and forever (Psalm 37:4). At the end of the day,
no matter how we view it, there is no gift that is greater than the Giver. Whether we feel that or
not, it doesn’t cease to be true. May
we continue to bring this request before God, so that He can turn our hearts to
Him as our greatest delight and desire, because perspective has the power to
change everything.
No comments:
Post a Comment