Saturday, January 19, 2019

40 Days of Prayer: Day 19

EACF 40 Days of Prayer 2019
Day 19: For emotional health

Yesterday, I attended a funeral for one of our member's mother. We experienced sorry. Some of us are not wired to be emotive; some of us are influenced by our cultural heritage to be restrained in our emotions; some of us are out-of-touch with our emotions and low in emotional intelligence. Have you ever been sad? Have you ever felt elated? These are God-given emotions, but they too can get unbalanced. Pray for emotional health. Pray that we would find our ultimate joy in the Lord, and thereafter, every joy would be see in light of the joy of our salvation and every sorrow would be seen in light of His grace covering and sitting with us. It's okay to hurt, emotionally and spiritually, because we live in a broken world. Pray for yourself, for others at church, and for those outside of knowledge of God, that we would all find hope, joy, peace, and sympathy in God's grace to us.

"So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.” - John 16:22 ESV

"Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep." - Romans 12:15 ESV

"Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.” - James 5:13–15 ESV

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