Dear Heavenly Father,

I've blown it today by not setting myself up to be victorious. I neglected getting my prescription filled yesterday, and I picked at my scabs a lot today. I've been this way because I wanted the "rush" that I get from the pain felt, and seeing the blood.

I'm grateful for the medicine because I can see that it's helping me when I take it.

Lord, I'm also feeling a little uneasy -- worried, anxious -- about our housing situation. You know full well that we will no longer be living here, and we need to find a different place to live. I don't like moving, but it's inevitable. Lord, help me to trust you and pray unceasingly about us finding a place that will meet our needs.

We want to find a 3-bedroom place in which we can have Jake, for no more than $500 a month. We want it to be livable, too. Ideally, we'd like it to be close to where we live now, so that Keisha can stay where she is at school, since they have been taking good care of her.

Lord, I'm grateful to you that Jennie and I both have sources of income. Yet I know that we're still far behind in our bills. We've been holding them at bay, and yet it's still been hard to keep the utility bills paid. We're behind on our car payment, and we would like to keep the car because we've needed it to go to work.

I'm also grateful for my mom living with us. She's let me use her car to go to work when Jennie's been at work, too. She's also been available for when Keisha is coming home and neither Jennie nor I can be there because of work. Yet we wonder if this is the best situation for her and us.

We also love having our dog, Jake with us. He's really a part of our family, and we'd all feel hurt if we had to give him up. Also, God, our cars need work done on them.

I guess I'm starting to babble a bit, but these are just some of the things on my mind.

Lord, please help us and your church to be united. Please help the members of the church we've been attending to renew their first love, which is you. Help all of us to fight to stay tied-in with the rest of the body.

Please grant us all a renewed commitment and wisdom, that we may be able to live rightly for you and make wise decisions.

I love you, Lord!

Your son,
Danny