I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers,
intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone.
(1 Timothy 2:1)
Let us pray for fathers . . .
- who are out of work and those who are out of control.
- raising step-children and those working on raising the level of integrity in their lives.
- feeling overburdened who need to unburden their concerns, giving them to the Lord.
- building a new home and those struggling to build a savings account.
- striving to imitate Christ and also for those no longer intimate with their wives.
- coping with thoughts of divorce and those having difficulty coping after divorce.
- in physical pain and those who are trying to keep from causing physical pain.
- grieving a loss and those rejoicing at finding God’s eternal promises of life.
- dealing with aging and others who are dealing with aging parents.
- who are feeling lost and those who seem to have lost compassionate feelings.
- who are honoring their wives and families and in doing this, are honoring God.
- growing in their faith and others who are dying due to lack of faith.
- traveling on business and those who are busy traveling back to God’s ways.
- who never see their children and for children who don’t know their fathers.
- expecting a child and those expecting other kinds of miracles.
- battling diseases or handicaps and all fathers battling the disease of sin.
- learning to worship in Spirit and truth and those who have difficulty telling the truth.
- burdened by guilt and those freed by God’s forgiveness.
- behind prison walls and those living in other kinds of sin-imposed prisons.
- putting work before God and family and those working at putting God first.
- addicted to substances and others who are working at a substantive friendship.
- dealing with the empty-nest syndrome and those with an empty-heart syndrome.
- putting their child(ren) through school and those putting themselves through school.
- who are teenagers and those with teenagers.
- who pray and are strengthened by knowing others are praying for them.
(Add to the list prayer requests of your own)
