I’m Praying for You (Nancy Guthrie)

I’m Praying for You

40 Days of Praying the Bible for Someone Who is Suffering

When we hear that a friend is struggling, it can be easy to say, ‘I’m praying for you’, but harder to know what to actually pray.

Through forty carefully chosen Scripture passages, Nancy Guthrie opens up the wealth of scripture to teach us how to pray for those who are hurting. She shows us how the Bible provides us with a vocabulary for prayer that enables us to ask God to achieve what he intends in and through suffering.  Nancy shows us how God’s purposes are revealed even in our darkest days and encourages us to pray for his will to be done in difficult situations.

Each chapter includes a passage, a short explanation, and a prayer for your friend. Using the QRcode at the end of each prayer, you’ll be able to load and send a personal text message to the person you’re praying for so that he or she will know not only that you are praying, but exactly what you are praying.

Contents

The 40 chapters include learning from the Scriptures how to pray for:

• The work of God to be displayed in your life
• For the Lord to take away your pain
• That this trial will develop your endurance
• That the Lord will keep you
• For you to not fear bad news
• That God will make you strong and immovable
• For you to find fellowship with Jesus as you share in His sufferings
• That God will make you fruitful
• That God will cause everything to work together for your good
• For you to be healthy and in body and strong in spirit
• That you will not worry about your life
• That you will consider this trial as an opportunity for joy
• For God to give you a “but even if He doesn’t” faith
• That God will give you the grace to wait
• For you to be able to focus on running toward the heavenly prize
• For you to live in a way that pleases the Lord
• That there will be a harvest of righteousness in your life
• That God will give you the faith to trust Him
• For you to remain faithful
• That you will rely on God and not yourself
• That you will love and forgive others the way God has you
• For you to not give in to discouragement
• That thinking about the inheritance kept in heaven for you will make you smile
• For you to sense the Holy Spirit praying for you
• That you would bring honor to the name of Jesus
• For the power of Christ to ret on you
• For you to trust the Lord for your security
• That the genuineness of your faith will result in glory to Jesus
• That you’ll be able to say to your Father, “I want Your will to be done, not mine”
• For you to know that the Lord is watching over you
• That God will give you an eternal perspective on your pan
• For you to grasp how deeply you are loved by God
• That you will know God’s presence with you in the darkness
• That you will fix your gaze on things that cannot be seen
• For God to work out His plans for your life
• That you’ll cast all your anxieties on God
• That you will learn the secret of being content
• For you to wait with eager hope for Christ’s return
• That you will never forget the Lord’s faithfulness to you in these days
• That you will sing for joy all your days

About the Author

Nancy Guthrie teaches the Bible in women’s ministries at her home church in Franklin, Tennessee.  She is a frequent conference speaker and author of numerous books.  These include Even Better Than Eden and What Grieving People Wish You Knew.