Lord, please give me the strength of patience during this Christmas season. I get angry at the crowds of self-interested people and before I am aware of it I, too, become one of the people I am disgusted with. Please, Lord, show me your light during my darkest hour of dealing with insane traffic. Remind me to be happy, help my facial muscles turn my frown upside down. Lord, carry me through the seemingly endless commitments and remind me that someone out there cares that I’m in attendance. Most of all, Lord, help me to keep my eyes on your Heavenly prize, open my heart to service in Your name, and turn my head to Your will. These things I pray in the name of Jesus, Amen.
Blogger’s Note: When I started this it was tongue-in-cheek… when I finished it I discovered I really do need this prayer. Feel free to print, modify, and use yourself. Also, we pray in the name of Jesus to give authority to Him to ask the Father to act upon our prayer. Remember if the prayer does not glorify God and is not His will, there really is no point to the prayer and certainly no point to asking it in Jesus’ name. Say these words at the end of your prayer, but never say them lightly or without understanding the meaning. Refer to John 14:13-14.
