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Struggling to be good

Dear God, I love you so very much, but I am afraid I have not shown that very well this past year. You know I am in my first relationship with a boy, and it has become very serious. It is serious in a lot of the good ways- he is steady, kind, and thoughtful;…

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I’m losing my father

Dear God, My daddy has dementia. He was such a funny, clever, brilliant man, a good doctor, husband, father, brother, son and friend. He walked into hospital in May, was diagnosed in June and came home in July. It’s September and already he’s bed-ridden, can’t walk and can’t speak properly. I’ve been losing my daddy…

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Forgive me, I need your love

Dear God, I appear before you to ask for your forgiveness, I turned my back on you throughout my teen years and for that I have suffered. I had a difficult time in many aspects of life and I feel like this wrong doing has happened to me because of my neglect. Now I am…

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Prayer for reconciliation with ex-girlfriend

Dear God, Please bring my ex-girlfriend back to me. We dated for almost 3 years and were long distance for most of the 1st year. When we finally moved to the same city after graduating college the stress of my new job and all the changes in my life took their toll and brought a…

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Help Me Decide To Stay Or Go

Dear God, I’m sure you know this already, but I’m in a bind. I’ve been dating my boyfriend for 7 years now, and I don’t love him anymore. I’d like to leave him, and move out of town, but he’s been having a horrible few years and as far as he’s concerned, I’m the only…

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Why is Love so complicated?

Dear God, I have grown up knowing that all I ever want to have deep down, is Love. I am nearly 24 now, and I feel like I haven’t experienced the feeling of love as how I imagined it to be. I want to be held tightly, not ever to be let go, to share…

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Please Heal My Family

Dear Lord Jesus, After years of being divorced and a being single parent, my once abusive ex is now back in my life. He has divorced again and has another child, and while I still have a lot of healing to do, we have been trying to work things out. Lord we are having such…

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At the end of my rope…

Dear God, You know that I am in a place of fear and hurting. I seem to be always behind in life, I have lost my second job in three months and have no one to blame but my self. Rent is due and I dont wanna ask for more help from friends and family. I…

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Forgive My Failings

Dear God, I am weak. Help me to be stronger…I try to remember you and to seek you every day, but lately, things keep getting in the way. Lord, my best friend’s mom is terminally ill, my own mother has been depressed and sick for years, my brother is so depressed he is dropping out…

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Help My Brother

Dear God, I have seen my brother slog all his life but has had little or no success…He is determined to turn things around however has no clear direction, he lacks focus and doesn’t go that extra mile. I cant see him struggle anymore, please stay by his side and make things work. Stay by him and…

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