Peace passing all understanding

Philippians 4:6,7 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

 

Father in Heaven, If Michelle feels any anxiety, then help her to remember that Your Word instructs us to talk to You about that matter. Like a good father, You are concerned for her emotional state. And while You may not deliver her from fears in the way that she thinks, You will give her peace of mind which by the world's standards is strange given the circumstances. Lord may she also remember not just to ask and receive, but to give back to You with thanksgiving. Cause her to be able to think back on how You have recently delivered her and give You thanks for doing so. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.

A prayer of encouragement

1Samuel 12:16........stand and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes...

Father, each day you show us new mercies, each day you pour out blessings that we cannot ever finish counting. Today Lord, may Michelle be encouraged as she looks back over the hours just past and see the day through your eyes. All the people, the events, the quiet moments, the smiles, the handshakes, the places, the faces, the wonders, the joys, the worries and maybe even the tears. You bring nothing across our path by accident, may she learn to see your purpose and work in her life. How grateful we are O God for your presence, your great love and your mercy. May Michelle and all of us see the great things to are doing before our eyes. We praise you and offer these prayers in the name of Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen

Meditating on the Word of God

Joshua 1:8 "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success."

Father, I don't know what Michelle thinks of your Word or what her habits of mind are when it come to Scripture. Today, I pray that she loves, learns and lives your Word. You have promised the benefit to be both immediate and eternal. Prosperous (not just money prosperous) and successful in your sight. May the blessing of hiding your Word in her heart that she might not sin against you keep and guide her each day. Thank you for the gift of your Word and the gift of the Holy Spirit to reveal it to us. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen

Set your mind on things above

Colossians 3:2..............Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.

Dear Father, I am so glad you know all about us and all the things we face here on this earth. I am so glad you provided us with a way to meet the challenges of our own sin nature, of temptation, and the attractiveness of the world's ways. Help Michelle to keep her eyes focused on you. When her heart's desire may only be a word away, help her to remember, help her to be wise, help her to stay grounded in you. I pray that all who name the name of Jesus Christ as Savior be likeminded. Thank you and bless your name. Amen.

Will He not do it?

Num 23:19.........God is not a man, that He should lie. Has He said, and will He not do it?

Father, I pray today the Michelle know you as God who does not lie, as God who always does what he says, as God who is as good as your word. The best of us will lie, the best of us will go back on our words, but you O God never, never fall short of your word. May Michelle know this about you and trust you for every word that has proceeded out of your mouth. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen

Hope

Luke 18:27.........The things which are impossible with men are possible with God

Father, I imagine that some days the tangle of life's issues, challenges, joys, sorrows, trials, persecutions and demands must feel overwhelming. As she look through those days help her to see you. To see your readiness, availability, power and majesty. To see your great love as proved by the giving of your Son the Lord Jesus. To see hope in you when all else feels hopeless. Thank you for being our God, thank you that beside you there is no other. Thank you in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen

Boldness in sharing the faith:

Philemon 1:6 says, "I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ."

Father in heaven, I thank you for each and every opportunity to speak to you and to speak of you to others. I pray that Michelle be unafraid to speak of her relationship with you to others. I think of my own challenges when trying to tell others about you and your Son Jesus Christ and imagine that hers are even greater. I pray that she find the balance, the timing and the boldness to know when to speak of you and how to weather the storm when it brings negative reactions. Thank you for being our God, may be not be ashamed to own you wherever we go. In the name of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

Steadfastness

2 Thessalonians 3:5 says, "May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance."

Father, I imagine some days that Michelle may get weary. Tired of the constant prying eyes and sometimes insincere motives. May she be reminded that your eyes are on her always and the your love has sustaining and keeping power. May the love, the Word and the rule of Christ dwell in her richly. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Spiritual understanding and knowing God's will

Colossians 1:9 says, "For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding."

The Apostle Paul prayed to you Father for the Christians he knew and loved. He was always talking to you about them. He never stopped. And so I pray for Michelle, talking to you about her because I believe it is your will that she be supported in this way. And just as Paul asked for the Christians he knew and loved. I pray for her. I do not know her personally, but I know that you have moved and worked in her life and placed her in the view of all the world for a time such as this. And I know as Paul knew that talking to you, interceding for others is a gift of support like no other. I pray and ask you Father to fill Michelle with the knowledge of your will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding."May she walk in your light and your love. In Jesus' name Amen.

Discernment:

Philippians 1:9-11 says, "And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ - to the glory and praise of God"

Our Father in Heaven, I pray that Michelle increase in her knowledge and insight into who you are, for the more we know about you the more we love you. The more we love you the more we are able to be wise in our thinking and decision making. May Michelle's influence and impact reflect the presence of Jesus Christ, His purity and His righteousness, all to the glory an praise of you, our Father. In the name of our matchless Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.

Strength and knowledge of God's love

Ephesians 3:16-19 says, "I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God."

Thank you Father for the wonderful warmth, power, strength and fellowship of your love. May Michelle know deeply the love of Christ and may it shine through her as she moves about and touches others. May her family, friends and associates feel the peace that comes from you when they are in her presence and may they be motivated to seek relationship with you as a result. Thank you for all you have assigned her hands to do. Thank you for your great and immeasurable love for us. Help us to love you deeply in return. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Wisdom and power

Ephesians 1:18-20 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength.

Dear Father, I am praying that Michelle have an enlightened heart so she can see: hope that is available in Christ Jesus, the wonderful riches of eternal relationship, glorious inheritance, and the mighty power available to her. Remind her that there is nothing you cannot help her with or through and that your great love for her can be seen and felt each and every day. May she blossom and grow in the warmth of your love. In the name of the Lord Jesus. Amen

Hope of the Resurrection

1Pe 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Dear Father, During the time when we think about the resurrection of your Son the Lord Jesus Christ, I am praying that Michelle and family recognize and celebrate the hope you can given us. You have shown great mercy to us who had no way to be forgiven and cleansed from our sins. You have sent us the Son, the perfect substitution, the perfect ransom and then raised Him from the dead to prove His power. How we love you and praise you for this provision for the redemption of our souls. May Michelle's Easter be blessed and filled with thoughts of You. In the matchless name of Jesus Christ our Lord and resurrected Savior. Amen

Joy

"In Your presence is fullness of Joy!" Psalm 16:11

Father, thank you first just for your presence in our lives. You are the Almighty God of this universe and creator of everything yet you desire relationship with us. You desire to fill our lives with good things. How humbled we are to know of your love for us in spite of ourselves. And so I pray today for Michelle that she would find joy. Joy from spending time with you, joy from knowing that regardless of circumstances your presence is always a reason for joy. As the hymn says "when all around my soul gives way, you then are all my hope and stay." Help Michelle to choose joy, joy that comes from knowing you. Overflow her heart with the wonderful blessing of feeling your nearness. Thank you for walking with us, talking with us and telling us we are your own. In your presence is truly the fullness of joy. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen

God finishes what He starts

Philippians 1:6 And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ , developing and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you.

Thank you Father for the good work you have begun in Michelle Obama. Thank you that we can count on you to continue that work until the day of Jesus' return. Thank you that you develop us, perfect us and complete us in you. Help Michelle to learn cooperation with you in the process and cause her to know the joy of being a work in progress. Prosper all that she touches that it bring much fruit forth for your Kingdom. In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Freedom from worry

Philippians 4:6 Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God.7 And God’s peace which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Father, Teach us not to look at all that is going on in the world with just our physical eyes. Help us to remember that You have everything under control. May Your peace that passes all understanding keep Michelle as day by day, hour by hour she looks to You, seeks You, loves You and gets to know You better. Thank you for being the great and awesome God that You are. Make Yourself manifest, as You promised, so that our faith may increase. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Her children arise up, and call her blessed

Proverbs 31:23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

Father, Michelle is a mother. Two bright, beautiful and bubbly school age girls who need their parents' love as much as they need breath. Give Michelle whatever it is that she needs to be the mother with the right balance of wisdom and frivolity; discipline and fun; always covered with love..always looking to You to lead, guide and direct. May the children obey and trust their parents and learn that You are the giver of every good and perfect gift. Bless her, her husband Barack, and her daughters Sasha and Malia. Shield them from prying eyes and jealous hearts. Prosper their lives as only You can. Thank you for your love, may we return it to you. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen

Michelle as wife

Proverb 18:22 ¶ Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

Father, Michelle is the wife of Barack Obama. She has many other titles, roles and responsibilities. She has many talents, gifts and abilities. She has many friends, relatives, and family members. But today I pray for her as wife. Your Word calls wife a "good thing" - good to be, good to have. May she continue to be a blessing at her husband's side and may they find mutual love, joy, comfort, solace, satisfaction, shelter, and refuge in each other. Bless and prosper their relationship. Help them to find the time to be together and to be with you. Thank you for the vision and image of them together. Thank you for blessing us with them. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.