Joy 12-17-2024

Dear Heavenly Father,

As I sit to pray today, I contemplate the challenges of life, at each stage of life. As we are younger, we worry about careers, money, relationships and those concerns of younger people.

As we grow older, we have concerns about time, how we spend it, how we care for our families and balance all of our responsibilities.

As we age even further, we have concerns about health, diminishing cognitive and physical health and perhaps financial concerns once more.

This morning, I pray, that whatever stage of life we are in, You bring us peace and joy. Give us the patience and faith necessary to navigate each phase of life. Help us to wisely spend and invest our time, and help us to make prayer and church time a priority. Life is way too difficult on our own.

This Christmas season, please bless us with Your mercy and grace. Help us to feel and hear Your calling. May the birth of Jesus find a special place in our hearts these next few days and bring us joy and peace, regardless of what the world is doing.

In the Mighty Name of Jesus we pray and ask these things; Amen.