“…I don’t ask You to take them out of the world, but to protect them from the Evil One…” John 17:15 CJB
Father… times of stress and fearfulness can so easily bring out the worst in us. In those times the Evil One will work to separate us from You.
We get anxious, and in a hurry. We get aggressive, impatient and blunt.
It becomes all about us and it is so easy to care less about others. And we can be, not too sorry at all, about it.
Father a storm has come and gone. Another is on its way. May our fears be channeled to address “this something” that is a very real concern and needs to be prepared for.
Enable us to take that fear captive, bring it under control and walk in the strength that trust in You affords us… as we prepare… so that the Evil One will not be able to use it to separate us from You through poor behavior.
May we prepare and go through this, but in Your character.
May we, in our sense of urgency, be understanding and patient and helpful towards others who have that same sense of urgency and need to prepare.
When this storm has passed Father… may those of us who fared well be an aid and comfort to those who did not… be grateful for the aid and comfort of others towards us if it is we who have need… and be able to look back on the way we handled things, without regret.
May Your Spirit of goodness and loving kindness be in us… and towards others… through us… we humbly pray… in Yeshua’s name…
Amen.
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