Enough Courage

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.  Philippians 4:6 NET

Lord, grant us thick skin and big hearts: Thick skin—to protect us from a barrage of criticism and unrequested suggestions; and to buffer us in the emotional roller coaster of the highs and lows in ministry; Big hearts—to enjoy the various gifts of dear people, festive moments, sovereign goodness You grant each who serve You; and to prepare us when some of those same dear people disappear and move on. And we pray, grant us enough fruit to keep them encouraged, enough laughter to keep them soft, enough refreshment to keep them sane, enough grace to keep their plans Yours, enough money to keep them from stressing, enough courage for facing death—in all its forms, and a supernatural endowment of hope, to keep us convinced that our labors in the Lord will never be in vain no matter whom we are reaching. We pray hope, we pray healing, we pray deliverance, we pray love, we pray rejoicing, we pray salvation, we pray revival, we pray forgiveness in the name of Jesus Christ, amen!