Abba Father,
If I’m honest, I’m crying to You along with Job. This suffering feels Job-like.
“I loathe my life” (Job 9:21 ESV).
And yet, as I suffer today, I remember that You gave me eternal life, life that is in Your Son, Jesus Christ. You gave me to Jesus.
I have the Son of God, so I have this life already (1 Jn. 5:11-12)! Knowing You, “the only true God and Jesus Christ” is eternal life (Jn. 17:3 ESV)! It’s all Your gift, Your amazing grace that I am saved, through the very faith You gave me (Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8). Thank You, Father.
By God’s amazing grace, ongoing as I suffer
So, help me cling to Your ongoing grace in today’s mess. To trust in Your grace. Give me grace to walk through today as one whom You’ve already given Your “free gift” of eternal life.
I’m singing these lyrics to the tune of “Amazing Grace” today. By Your ongoing grace as I suffer, protect me from sinning today as one who “was born of God. The evil one” cannot touch me, for I am in Christ (1 Jn. 5:18 ESV)!
He sees me often overcome,
And pities my distress;
And bids affliction drive me home,
To anchor on his grace.
By God’s amazing grace, to the very end
Jesus promises Your amazing grace will endure to the very end, the day I will live with You in my true home. And, You promise that Jesus “shall lose nothing of all” You have given to Him (Jn. 6:39 ESV). Jesus also promises…
That’s me!
How can these blessings be all mine, as I suffer?
How can this be? Because Jesus is praying for me as one of those You’ve given to Him, those who are Yours.
Because Jesus always does Your will and it’s Your will to raise me up “on the last day,” Abba Father! It’s Your will that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him “should have eternal life” (Jn. 6:39-40 ESV)!
’Tis he directs my doubtful ways,
When dangers line the road,
Here I my Ebenezer raise,
And trust the gracious God.
In the name of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, in Whom I have all of these blessings, such amazing grace as I suffer, amen.
Material adapted from Praying God’s Blessings in Christ as We Suffer: Scripture Prayers for the Hardest Days, Lauri A. Hogle, © 2026
By God’s amazing grace, to be trusting in His grace as we suffer
Sister in Christ, I wrote this new prayer book because He has comforted my heart to see…this whole suffering journey is God’s grace to us. His blessing us to help us trust Him no matter what. His continual grace to comfort and sustain our trust in Him, from His gracious start to the very end. His gracious blessing within this suffering, His sanctifying gift to lead us home to Jesus in our longing. Beloved, this is His gift…of trusting faith in Christ. It’s ALL by God’s amazing grace to us!
I’m singing of His ongoing, amazing grace this week, one of much stress and suffering, loss and sorrow. And yet? It’s singing, “Blessings all mine” at the same time! Would you like my weekly playlist gifts of songs He’s given me to help keep me going? Sign up below, I’ll send it to your email with love and prayers that He blesses you as well!
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