John 13:34-35: So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are My disciples.
Have you been born again by the Spirit of God? If you have, then you are a member of the body of Christ and a part of the largest family on earth. Paul tells us in Ephesians that we are one body, and all have one Father. In Christ, we’re all made one family. As members of the same family, we are to love, care for, and bear one another’s burdens. As we do this, we are fulfilling the law of Christ—love.
When you’re going through hard, tragic, and perplexing situations, it can open the door for Satan to try and convince you that you’re all alone, and God has somehow forsaken you. Peter addresses this sense of abandonment in his epistle as he teaches on suffering as a believer:
1 Peter 5:6-11: Humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time He will lift you up in honor. Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you. Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against Him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your Christian brothers and sisters all over the world are going through the same kind of suffering you are. In His kindness God called you to share in His eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, He will restore, support, and strengthen you, and He will place you on a firm foundation. All power to him forever! Amen.
The Lord doesn’t want you or me to feel alone when we’re faced with horrible or difficult attacks from the adversary. Let me encourage you to take this opportunity to allow others to help you carry any burdens that you may be carrying today. Jesus, Himself, had to have someone help carry His cross, and sometimes we do too. Post your prayer requests below and the odj community will pray with you and for you. —submitted by Asa Dockery, US
specialk on June 16, 2011 at 10:29 am
I have a 20 year old son! My family and I have been trying to encourage him to become responsible for himself. We have given him advice day in and day out. None taken he seems to just want to sit around and let others meet his needs. He won’t look for work adequately, he won’t do any thing we have suggested. Grandparent had to call the police on him because he was outside her house disturbing the peace. Please pray for him that he remembers that he is a child of God and that he sincerely looks to the Lord to help him find his way. I’m all talked out! However I am not all prayed out!!
Special K
ilestavecmoi on February 29, 2012 at 11:26 am
please pray for me, because since many years ago, like about 3 years, i’d been sick, i have a hurt in my arm, neck, head, and back because of a contracture i’ve got….i can do not many things, now it’s more pain than before, i’m in my home almost everyday, i can not work fort the moment, i live with my mom, and it have been very difficult, ’cause she had to support me and to work at the time… We are tired of all of these so i do not want to loss my hope, ’cause i like to write poems to God, Who also has inspired me by His Holy Spirit! 🙂
I beg you pray for me, please. I really need it, ’cause as the bibe says the devil is looking for someone to devour.
God’s blessings! 🙂