7 Things You Should Pray For Often

The following seven things are the most important things you should pray about when speaking with God. As you will see in the Bible, prophets prayed for these things and supernatural miracles happened for many of them. When you feel up or down in your life, pray. A healthy spiritual life is key to combating the perils of this life. May the following seven prayer requests renew you in mind, body, and spirit.

One. Healing and health is what sustains us each day. Without being healed from a sickness you can’t be of much help to someone else. When you are not ill, it is best to thank God for the health you already have and remember someone who may not be doing so well with his or her health.

Two. Wisdom is what you will need in whatever you do. How can you know what to do in a situation when you have no knowledge? Sometimes a book to read, conversing with someone, or Internet research is simply not enough. You may have to look to something greater than man or thing to get the answers you need to solve your problems.

Three. Protection from harm and danger is essential when you fear what you don’t know. How do you know when you leave your home today, you will be coming back without injury, better yet, alive? How do you know that your adventure seeking family member will come back safe after challenging his fate yet again? These are experiences that happen to people often and wouldn’t it be nice to know that someone cares enough to pray?

Four. Family and friends and anyone you come in contact with on a daily basis. Most people don’t realize that when they share a problem with a friend, subconsciously they are looking for something more than sympathy. They want answers and encouragement. The next time someone tells you about their aching back or troubled relationship secretly pray for them.

Five. Prosperity financially, spiritually, and mentally. There is absolutely nothing wrong with praying for a financial increase, spiritual renewal, or mental strength to handle the next challenge set before you. If you can ask someone for money, seek a psychologist for mental health, or sit down and listen to a minister counsel you, then why not ask God first?

Six. The ability to see signs and wonders. God is still blessing millions of people with miracles. If you need him to give you a sign your situation is already being handled by Him, then why not ask for a sign? However, you will need to pray the following to be sure that the sign you are awaiting for is not a trick from the evil one.

Seven. Discernment. Too many people go into situations not knowing who is friend or foe. Wouldn’t you like to know who indeed is on your side at work? What family member really doesn’t love you? And why certain people seem to always be around you when you need them? The only way you will be able to see the goodness as well as the evil in some people is by praying for the gift of discernment. However, a gift like this isn’t dispensed to everyone, only God’s chosen and the only way you can become one of God’s people is if you accept Him. Easier said than done.

God is in the Plan

God awoke me one day
I had nothing to say.

For I had a bad dream
and I couldn't scream.

Enemy told me that I would die.
I knew it was a big fat lie.

But weeks later my face was on the floor
Had no idea what I was in for.

God used me to send a simple sign
a single word over the phone line.

No one wanted to think the thought
but they forgot that I was bought.

God was in the plan
and I in His hand
a reminder to us
time is like quick sand.

When It Happens

When pain comes like a rolling sea
Joy is found and you are free.

When bills are due and money is short
There God is standing in your court.

When trouble knocks on your door
Your old heart He does restore.

When bad news rings your black phone
Let it drop, here catch a dial tone.

When there is no comfy car
That’s okay the bus ain’t far.

When the laptop is in the shop
You’ll still make it to the top.

When he has gone and left the house
Forget about the ingrate louse.

When mom is not feeling her best
Remind her that it’s just a test.

When bad dad is stinkin' drunk
Don’t let him get you in a funk.

When your looking for a mate
Pray for love it's not too late.

When the children fight and whine
Call for help, go out and dine.

When time is sinking like quicksand
God is there to lend a hand.

Prayer for A Change Of Heart

An opportunity to be released
From heartache, and a headache.

Desiring, wishing,
Waiting – a long term commitment.

People watching, wondering
Who stole your heart?

Fear what isn’t.
Ponder what is.
Hope that everything between us will be alright.

And It Too Came To Pass...

It came to pass and you won’t call.
An issue of right and wrong, this is not.
An issue of fortune-telling and psychic
ability this is not.

Your life, my life if I don’t tell
is at stake...God told me.
But you don’t believe...
and it came to pass
now you won’t call.

I guess you can handle it all
by yourself. My season is finished
and yours has just begun.

Does the enemy have your hands
tied behind your back and tape
over your mouth?

It came to pass and you doubted.
You told me God doesn’t speak that often.

God doesn’t, God won’t, God hasn’t...
and it too came to pass.

No Time

Knocking on your door
will you open?
The man asleep
the t.v. still on.

Knocking on your door
will you open?
The woman screaming
at her child, his small
hands cover his ears.

Seeking will you find?
The Bible under a pillow
no time to read.

Seeking will you find?
The cross around her neck
and she curses.

Sought and fought
buried six feet deep
now what do you think?

Nicholl McGuire

Godly Forces

Unseen forces
picked up the car and moved it
you won’t see it again
the devil had fled.

Unseen forces
standing behind you they won’t
stab your back
for God has his army.

Unseen forces
surrounding you
they won’t let the enemy
feed on you.

Unseen forces
way above my head
their making a place
for me at home in my bed.

Nicholl McGuire

Dollar Sign

Money hungry woman
the old lady saw the look
you won’t marry
you won’t marry
for your nothing but a crook.

Scheming on the side
and she knows she shouldn’t.
Thinking to herself maybe
she wouldn’t.

He knows her plan
this controlling man
a rose or two
he knows what to do.

And she sits around
showing a little thigh
while he tells her
another little white lie.

Then they do marry
the old lady just shook
because she knows
the vows they just took.

Then it began with just one look
now act on those vows
woman
remember the holy book.

Dedication to Baby

Baby cry out.
You live.
You die.

A world, cold.
Warm us with your smile.

Touch us with your love
Help us find God.

Grow.
Tell us what you know
A piece of paper crinkled in tiny palms.

Fooled Clergy

He doesn’t want the earth’s trash.
He doesn’t want the broken,
tattered, shredded or torn.

He wants you - he wants me.
The leaders all around who play
hide-’n-go-seek.

The self-righteous, proud,
confused and ignorant.

The clergy who pass by
wrapped in covenant.

They can’t see
the cross has blocked their view
and everyone is a devil, of course
not them, but you.