“And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before” Job 42:10.
Job’s friends didn’t respond properly to his situation. They didn’t respond to him with love or grace. He told them, “You are miserable comforters, all of you” (see Job 16:2). It was when Job prayed for his friends that the Lord turned his situation around and gave him twice as much as he had before.
People may not be responding to you with love, sensitivity, and grace. They may be showing themselves to be miserable comforters right now, but my sister, the Lord will turn things around for you when you pray for her, pray for him, and pray for them. Pray for every friend in your life, both old and new. For where God is taking you, you can’t afford to have any bitterness or resentment in your heart toward anyone.
Your divine breakthrough is connected to your heartfelt prayers for those who hurt you and misjudged you. As you pray from your heart for them, the Lord will turn your captivity as He did with Job. He will bless you with twice as much as you had before. He will reward you and will be greatly glorified in your life!
Prayer: Yes, Lord. I hear you. With everything in me, Lord, I ask that you bless my friends, old and new. I forgive them, and I ask that you forgive them. They don’t know how deeply their actions affected me. Bless them with your love, your grace, and your mercy. Give them a heart to know you more. Protect them, Lord, and surround their families with your love. Help them to fulfill your divine purpose and plan for their lives. Heal them, Lord, the same way you’re healing me. Love on them the same way you are loving on me. Touch them the same way you’re supernaturally touching me. Be glorified in their lives in a great way, and use me to bless them. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Thank you God, I hear you, I receive what you’ve shared, In Jesus name. 💜
I do need to pray for those who have hurt me as well as those who bless me. I know my breakthrough is coming because of my heart for those who wronged me. I ask God to bless them mightily for His glory to be magnified in their lives.
In Jesus name! Lord I know you are with me. I was very raw with you and you heard me. Help me forgive them and help them to forgive me. I don’t want any bitterness in me. I want to see your fruit displayed in my life. Let us turn our hearts towards you. Bless them Jesus
Yes! This is beautiful! A lot of times when reading Job, the focus is Job’s suffering, but a beautiful point was brought out in this devotional and it echoes what Jesus said in Matthew 6: 44-45. We are to pray for others, especially when they are doing or have done wrong to us. The blessings come when we are able to imitate our Heavenly Father. “Be ye therefore prefect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect” (Matthew 6:48 KJV). Definitely a blessing! 💛💛💛
Yes! This is beautiful! A lot of times when reading Job, the focus is Job’s suffering, but a beautiful point was brought out in this devotional and it echoes what Jesus said in Matthew 6: 44-45. We are to pray for others, especially when they are doing or have done wrong to us. The blessings come when we are able to imitate our Heavenly Father. “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect” (Matthew 6:48 KJV). Definitely a blessing! 💛💛💛
I need to share this because God is so good, so lately I’ve been experiencing some bitterness towards the people God put in my life family, friends, the church. I’ve been feeling so alone, like if nobody truly cares, I notice people not responding to my messages, or when I ask my pastors wife questions or help to interpret dreams, she doesn’t respond and it makes me feel like a burden. a lot of these messages are me sharing what the Lord is teaching me & keep in mind these are all things I get so excited and happy about. But how everyone responds to me shows me that they don’t care. And then I used to have a bestfriend who just ghosted me without really saying why, I’m unsure of what I did to her, she’s not really in church anymore, and then my family they’re always gossiping about me or somehow I’m always in the middle of drama or people talking about me and saying bad things that I do this and that. And I’m being serious everything I want to do, plan to do, I’m working towards is to help my family and others. I have a heart where I’m willing to give all just for God to use me as His vessel for the sake of others. I care and love everybody so much that I even prayed earnestly to the Lord that i will give up my own salvation just for them to be saved. I know I don’t have to do that because God is a God of abundance he is a promise keeper and never fails. But this is my heart posture where I’ll give up everything to see all of them saved, I don’t want anyone left behind. And I guess I was just feeling so rejected for so long, when I just want to love everyone, So until recently who knows how long these feelings been in my heart and they were being masked, but I was feeling bitter towards everyone where I just wanted to isolate, my heart wanted to grow cold towards everyone and just forget about everyone, right now in prayer around 10:44 I was praying to God and asking him why do I feel so distant, I understood where my heart was because I told the Lord “is it because I want to not care for everybody” and then I kept asking the Lord why does my heart feel this way towards them? God am I the problem? What’s wrong with me? Why don’t I have no friends when I try my best to do everything right? Am I to opinionated? Mean? Do I talk to much and share too much to the wrong people? While I’m saying these things I tell God that I know this is a wrong way to think please help me to think the right way, So then I started praying and telling the Lord “Lord even if nobody truly cares, YOU care. This is all a process you’ve called me to help the rejected and when you place them infront of me I’m gonna tell them that even if you feel like nobody around you cares even about the simplest things on what God is teaching you, showing you, speaking to you, how your day was, what plans he has, how he’s leading you and guiding you. Even when you share these things to others and you feel like they don’t care. God cares! He cares about everything concerning you. You’re not alone because God has always been there.” And my heart posture changed, not only did I feel so loved but his love is enough. He is everything and the LOVE of our lives. No matter where we go, he will always be closer than close. I felt as if the Lord wants me to go to him for everything, share everything with him because HE CARES. The biggest important thing that happened in this prayer is this, I told God “God I’m going to love them without expecting anything in return, you loved me and didn’t expect anything from me. I’m gonna continue to do whatever I can to help others without expecting anything because you’ve already given me this free love, everything you give me is enough so I don’t need to expect from others. Freely you’ve given me so freely I will give to them. I forgive them God.” And then right after I open todays devotion and it is perfect word for perfect timing. Our God never fails. You are never alone and he is always always with you. HE CARES!
Thank you for this devotional. I know I have let go of what has/is being done against my children and me from the heart. It is not easy when it is a cycle of hurt and pain from people on every level. I pray for them, please pray for me. May the Lord help me. Thank you. Blessings, Shalom and Agape 👀🙏🏽♥️📖🙌🏽
Thank you, God, for speaking about my circumstances and knowing the things/ challenges I have faced within my relationships. Even feelings I have been feeling, but haven’t been confirmed. Your validation is all I need. Use me to be a blessing, to pray and to hold your word accountable to do just as you did with Job and many others. You are faithful and just.
Thank you, God, for speaking about my circumstances and knowing the things/ challenges I have faced within my relationships. Even feelings I have been feeling, but haven’t been confirmed. Your validation is all I need. Use me to be a blessing, to pray and to hold your word accountable to do just as you did with Job and many others. You are faithful and just.
Amen. Thank you Father! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Prayer for firiendsv of others too. It’s easy to pray for your own but the uncommon dialogue that’s shared with God defines ultimate friendship! Look at that!
God always has your back
Amen! Already done! Thank You for confirmation and giving me the heart to pray for my friends and my enemies. The Best is yet to come! Thank You Lord for Blessing us all real good Father! I Love You!❤️
Beautiful Amen…Holy Spirit is ALWAYS on point i was thinking about my friendships and tjis devotion showed up and out. God all the Glory belongs to you. Thank you ladies xxx