God Made Man: Discovering Your PurposeSample

"You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me.

Exodus 20:5

Lord God, 

I pray for peace for my brothers. You know their struggles. They may be with finances, addiction, adultery, depression, or self-doubt. You know they are NOT broken but wounded. 

Help them to commit their troubles to You and leave them at the foot of the cross for You to address. Father, so often we men avoid looking back out of fear of what we might see. The past is never as far away as we would like to think. 

It’s within that past that so much pain was caused and created. Men prefer to forge ahead when in reality instead of leaving their troubles behind, we are just dragging them along. 

God, grant our brothers the courage to see what has really caused them pain, whether it was in their past or right in their face, allow them to seek Your healing.

In the precious name of Jesus, we pray, Amen

Manly Challenge

What makes you feel unworthy or unwanted? Explain what those factors influence you in that way, and what will you do to change.