Prayer For My Friends
Oh Lord, my heart is breaking for my friends,
I am grieved and I don’t know what to do.
I’ve done all I can to offer them hope;
All that’s left, Father, is to lift them up to You.
I can’t change the situations in their lives,
Oh God, they seem so powerless and weak.
Jesus, You who share their every sorrow,
Fill their hearts with the strength and peace they seek.
Lord, let me stand in the gap for all my friends,
Let me lift them in prayer to You each day,
Let me be faithful, Lord, to show Your love,
And shine a beacon of hope to light the way.
Let me be a witness of all that You can do
Through a life that’s set apart for Your glory,
And when the raging tempests come their way
Let perfect peace and comfort be their story.
Let my example be a source of hope,
A vivid picture of Your redeeming love.
Let me always tenderly point the way
To the refuge found in Jesus Christ, above.
May 27th, 2002
Jerry Bouey
(For my friend, Alma
I’m praying for you!)
A bruised reed shall He not break,
and smoking flax shall He not quench…
And in His name shall the Gentiles trust.
Matthew 12:20-21
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD
in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
1 Samuel 12:23
And I sought for a man among them,
that should make up the hedge,
and stand in the gap before Me for the land,
that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
Ezekiel 22:30
Let me stand in the gap, Lord!