Cassie L. Wilson

Learning to be the light

Bear One Another’s Burdens + Printable Prayer List Cards

“Hey, if you wouldn’t mind, would you remember this in prayer?”  “Would you add me to your prayer list?”

Friend, if you’re a Christian, I can absolutely guarantee someone has asked you to bring one of their prayer requests to the Father when you meet Him in prayer.  And asking others to help you pray about a situation is not a bad thing at all.  In fact, Galatians 6:2 tells us to bear one another’s burdens.  And yes, that means carrying those burdens to the Lord in prayer.

Has anyone else wholeheartedly agreed to lift a request up in prayer, but… forgot?

Oh, come on, now, I can’t be the only one, right?

Yeah, I didn’t think so.

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Don’t be discouraged + Free Printable

Discouraged.

Have you ever been discouraged about a situation in your life?

I have.  And, friend, let me tell you.  Discouragement is one of these worst feelings in the world you will ever experience.  Maybe not the worst.  But, it’s up there.  Pretty close to ‘hangry’, actually.  Kidding.

Joking aside, the enemy of our soul loves for us to become discouraged.  When we become discouraged, we’re disheartened.  We lack enthusiasm.  And we lose hope.

Feeling down and out?

You see, friend, discouragement is one of those tools the Devil has in his bag of tricks that he uses to make us lose focus on things above.  The Devil paints us such a menacing picture of our situation never changing, that we lost hope in the One that holds the future and we lose hope of a brighter day.

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