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This week’s Five Minute Friday writing prompt is: NOURISH
Lord, thank You for the abundance of nourishment you have provided for me and my family — physically, relationally, and spiritually.
Thank You for feeding our bodies and sustaining us with more than we need. I pray for those who are hungry and lacking food. May You provide for them as well, Lord.
Thank You for nourishing our hearts with sweet fellowship and community with loved ones in the Lord. Thank You for the blessing of friendship and sisters and brothers in Christ. I pray for the lonely, Lord. Please help them to sense Your presence with them at all times.
Thank You for feeding me spiritually with your Word — through personal quiet times, family devotions, church services, Bible studies, discipleship opportunities, and conversations with friends. Thank You for feeding me with so much more than physical bread that grows stale and is here today and gone tomorrow. Thank You for giving me the Bread of Life in Your Son, Jesus Christ, the only One who can feed my soul and sustain me until the last day.
I pray for those who do not yet know You. Please reveal Yourself to them, Lord, and help them to find their hope, strength, and ultimate nourishment from You, the One true God.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen
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Join the link-up with your own five-minute freewrite on the prompt, NOURISH, below, then visit your link-up neighbor to read their post and leave an encouraging comment:
” Thank You for giving me the Bread of Life in Your Son, Jesus Christ, the only One who can feed my soul and sustain me until the last day.” Beautiful said, Kate, and this is where my thoughts went as well. He truly is the only One who can nourish our souls. Blessings!
Nourish me in hope Oh, Lord,
feed me well in faith,
’cause where the world is going towards
we look to lose the race
against the putrid evil tide
that’s washing up our shore,
leaving us no place to hide
and no exit door.
Nourish us in love, I plead,
to stand against the hate;
let us stanch our nation’s bleed
before it is too late,
and help us, Lord, to heal the pain
that we may rebuild again.
Beautiful prayer, Kate.
Thank you for sharing this prayer Kate.
Great take on this week’s prompt, Kate.
I have a question, do you have the weekly prompts planned out ahead of time or does God give them to you one at a time?
Each prompt seems to be perfectly timed.