Prayer for Today

Who am I, O Lord God? Who is the Armstrong Family to You that You have brought us this far?

And yet this was a small thing in Your sight.

Now what more can we say to You? For You, Lord God, know Your servants. For Your word's sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all these great things, to make Your servant know them.

Therefore You are great, O Lord God. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

And who is like Your people, like the Armstrong family that You have redeemed for Yourself to make for Youself a name - and to do for You great and awesome deeds - before Your people in the Portland Metro Area. For You have made us Your very own forever, and You, LORD, have become our God.

And now, O LORD God, the word which You have spoken... do as You have said. Let Your name be magnified forever.

O Lord God, YOU ARE GOD, and Your words are true, and You have promised goodness to Your servants.

Let it please You to bless us today...

Let the building of the Maaco begin, just as You have encouraged us all along the way, that You have been with us and would stengthen us and not abandon us on our quest.

Today, O Lord, let the Refinance go through so that our endeavors until now are paid for by this wonderful land You gave us and so that we don't jeapardize this land with our new business deals.

God, we pray that the Gresham house would be a blessing to us, and that the Permits would be released by the City of Gresham today. Rebuke those officials that put stumbling blocks in the way of innocent builders!

O God, today let the Milwaukie house progress smoothly, let the mud be applied to the walls, give the gutters and dowspouts speedy progress on their way here so we can paint inside and out. Prepare the heart of the buyer, LORD, we have created a vessel in which You can pour out Your blessing upon us! Do not withhold Your blessing of a buyer when the time is ripe! Soften their heart now to offer us full price!

Lord, today you know that Jeremy will be fixing a tub refinish. God, steady his hands, give him Your wisdom and sight for the tub and the owner, Lord, straighten the path in front of him and bless this refinishing business so that we can get to the Maaco, Lord. I know this is not what You called us to do, but bless it until we can put our hands to the work we long to do.

Lord, let me ask more of you, too! Heal Camten quickly! Don't let this cold harrass him any longer! And rebuke the devourer that would spread this strep throat in our house!!! Don't let sickness touch Trinity or Shad or Jeremy or I! Let Aidan and Camten both recover quickly and stay healthy! Help me remember my errands. Help me to quickly tackle my duties with joy.

And now, O Lord GOD, You are God and Your words are true, and You have promised goodness to Your servants.

Now, therefore, let it please You to bless us today, that we may continue forever before You; for You, O Lord GOD, have spoken it, and with Your blessing let the dealings of Your servants be blessed forever.

-my version of II Samuel 7:18-29