Prayer to Lift a Broken Heart
Posted: Friday, December 15, 2006
by Wilma E Melendez
God of Mercy, I am laid low in the dust; preserve my life according to your word. Your word promises that you heal the broken hearted and bind up their wounds. I claim these promises in the name of Jesus.
Though I am sad, I can rejoice in the promises of the glory of God because if God closes a door, he opens a bigger one. If something bad has happened, God will restore me two times what I have lost. If I have to wait, God will give something better.
Though I can not see it now, one day I will be so happy that I will not even remember the hurt. I will be able to forget the pain of my trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by.
You are the God, that if another caused my suffering, you will heal me and restore me better off than I was before, whereas the wicked shall fall by calamity. You will help me forgive so I can be free. You will pour love in my heart and I will love again. But if I have caused my own suffering, you will forgive me with the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, and lift me so that I will reap songs of joy.
Help me think of the good things I have received from you. Make me glad by your deeds, O LORD; so that I sing for joy at the works of your hands.
Fill my mind with thoughts of whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let my mind dwell on these things, for you are the God of Peace.
Make me glad for as many days as I have been afflicted, for as many years as I have seen trouble, so that even the years I lost will be restored to me. I will be in awe of your power. I will say to God “You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy".
In the meantime satisfy me with your unfailing love, that I may sing for joy and be glad knowing your promises of happiness and restoration. Many are the woes of the wicked, but they have no character and no hope. Yet those who trust in the LORD have his unfailing love to surround them in difficult times.
Biblical References:
Psalms 119:25
Psalms 147:3
Ruth 4:15
Zechariah 9:12
Psalm 34:18
Job 11:16
1 Timothy 1:15
Psalm 126:5
Proverbs 24:16
Psalm 92:4
Philippians 4:8-9
Psalm 90:15
Psalm 30:11
Psalm 90:14
Psalm 32:10
Romans 5:2-5
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