God,
Please forgive me of my selfish, stubborn heart.
I don't know why exactly I said and did the things I did tonight at work, but now my sinfulness replays in my head and I feel neither love or peace toward anyone.
I am terrified of losing my job in the new year, and I don't know who to trust anymore...including myself. I don't like this paranoia that's beginning to settle into my head!
Why is it so hard for me to surrender to You??!
I need Your help, please.
I fought so hard today. I tried so hard to be a model employee and be everything to everyone. I know I failed and I fear I will always come up just short enough that they'll want to get rid of me.
I don't want to lose this good-paying job with benefits; but I am so unhappy and don't know how to be a brighter, happier person!

Dear God,
I need a miracle.
As You already know, I have no insurance, and very little money.
My tooth is dying and crumbling.
I need help and I need it SOON!
I'm trying not to lose faith, and to believe that You will provide...but I have known the pain and loss from having other bad teeth pulled; and I am afraid of what's to come. (8()
Please help me stay strong, God. Help me to believe that it really WILL be okay!!

Dear God,
Thank you for every single moment of every single day!
I am blessed to have an amazing family who loves me! Because of You, I have a safe, warm home and plenty of food to eat. Every day I am reminded of Your generosity and kindness in my life, and I can barely say thank you enough!
My heart is heavy, Lord. After all this time, and after all these prayers, I still lust for Marcus in my heart. I am lonely and depressed when I don't see him--it'll be 3 mos. next week.
Help me move forward, Jesus, because I don't want to hurt anymore. I am making myself miserable loving someone who does NOT want to love me back! You have already removed him (physically) from my life, so please remove him from my heart. He doesn't even text me back anymore.
In Your infinite Wisdom, please move me to the next phase of my life. I need direction--and distraction.
Help me to forgive Marcus, and myself...because I want to hate him, and all of this pain, but it's just not in my heart to be angry or to hate him.
In the Name of Your Son, Jesus, I pray.
Amen.

God, please help me to forgive all who have ever hurt me.
God, please grant me the wisdom to know what to do with my ex, Jim.
He's had a very challenging year, and You know his burdens even better than he.
You also know my heart even better than I, God.

While I feel that my relationship with Jim has run its course, You keep bringing him back into my life. I pray you'll reveal to me what I'm to do about it. I won't lie, God, I'm feeling VERY apprehensive and trying very hard to not sound vain, selfish, or cruel about this.
Amen.

My patient, Rita H., has just suffered a mini-stroke. Her husband, a retired doctor, has gone with her in the ambulance.
Details are still sketchy--I don't even know which hospital they're taking her to!

Rita is a long-time Alzheimer's patient, but her decline has really happened in the last two years of her care. This is one of the loveliest, sassiest, God-fearing, and most family-oriented woman I have ever known.
Rita is mother of four, grandmother of 16, and the generations just keep blooming on this matriarch's family tree.

My fear is not in Rita's [potential] passing away, but her pain.
I fear possible disfiguration in palsy from her stroke; possible immobility of her limbs; loss of speech. I'm afraid that the stroke could be the final blow that helps Alzheimer's sever Rita's spirit from all who know and love her...including me.

So I will pray for Rita to recover as best she can. May she be without pain, without lasting effects from her stroke.
And if it IS her time, Lord, please send Your angels to bring her safely and swiftly Home.
Amen.

Dear God,
PLEASE help me get rid of my belly dancer dolls!
If I make any money at all selling them, Your House will get it.

I thank You for blessing me with the talents to make the dolls, and the means and ability to store them until they can be sold, but I'm being crowded out of my own bedroom!

I will do my best to finish what I've started with these darling little "Bedlah Barbies" I make; but I am overwhelmed, over budget and overly stressed out!! (X()
I love them, and am proud of every single one of them, but it's TOO MUCH!!

Whatever opportunity(ies) You bless me with: whether local craft shows, public charity auctions, or even EBay...I'll take it!

I'm sorry if it reads a bit like a grocery list.(;D)lol!

I am asking for God's blessing on all of my friends who have had newborns/young infants added to their families recently. Each new life is a blessing in itself, but new parents need wisdom, patience, and God's guidance throughout their new life together.

I ask for God to bless my unemployed friends with jobs. May they never forget their dreams, nor sacrifice all of those dreams, as they come to terms with finding stable employment--it's enough to lift your chin when your job blesses you with enough prosperity to tend to what MUST be done every day! (;D)

I ask God to please continue to watch over and protect all of my friends who are serving overseas; and God bless their family members/spouses who may be serving in another city or country at the same time.

Please, God, help me to make some changes in my life.
Please bless and guide me on my path, be a beacon for me in the darkness. And I thank You for Your tireless love, patience, and devotion--I'm aware of how "thick" (and stubborn) I can be at times, but I don't know what to do next. I need a little direction, Lord.

I am struggling in my relationship with my boyfriend, Jim.

While I am beyond grateful that he FINALLY has a job and is happy to be working, his confidence level is getting to where he's coming off as a bit of a jerk. I can't help but feel underappreciated; and our communication problems are becoming obvious. I feel like I'm the only one who wants to work on this, while he seems content to let it all fall down around our ears!
I'm not happy, and since I'm new to the whole relationship process, I guess I'm asking for guidance.

I don't know what to say or do without offending him or putting him on his guard.
I feel like such a failure.
Please help me, God!

Dear God, we BOTH know I've been avoiding Marcus; but I thank You for keeping me blessed with busy-ness, so I wouldn't really have time to dwell and obsess.
I'm at a point where I KNOW I deserve someone who's going to love me back, and respect and desire me for the woman I am right now, vs. some fantasy woman that I will NEVER be. And though it greatly saddens me, I know that Marcus is NOT that man!
Please help me be a good friend to him, without being hurtful to myself.
I need help--I still can't find the right balance of giving him what he wants without completely denying myself of the things I want...friendship should be about give and take. I've been the giver for awhile now, and I need a break!!
I'm not going to ask You to change Marcus' heart anymore. I'm asking You to change mine.

I'm praying for my friends Marcus, Jim, and Trish. Please God, heal their hearts, and bless their souls with peace. Help them through these tough times. All three of them need a job; a lot of their worry would be relieved if this happened for them.
I am so grateful that they're all in my life, thank You for this blessing. I pray that God will bless them now.