O God my rock,” I cry, “why have you forgotten me? Why must I wander around in grief, oppressed by my enemies?” Their taunts break my bones. They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?” Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God! Psalms 42:9-11

Family Focus = GOD

Father God, I am so grateful for Your Holy Spirit and I thank You for leading this family in times where we absolutely don’t see Your plan and there is a lot of chaos in our nations, threats of wars, changes that are uncomfortable, lawlessness, and confusion.  Disrupt the chaos all around our family with Your peace, Jesus. help us to see you most, better and more as we focus on the promise of Your truth. Keep our family focus Jesus, make it be on You, let our hope be fed by Your Word and our courage to face cultural changes be found in Your strength.

God, you’re such a safe and powerful place to find refuge! You’re a proven help in time of trouble— more than enough and always available whenever I need you. So we will never fear even if every structure of support were to crumble away. We will not fear even when the earth quakes and shakes, moving mountains and casting them into the sea. For the raging roar of stormy winds and crashing waves cannot erode our faith in you. Pause in his presence Psalms 46:1-3

God Has Not Abandoned Our Family

Father, everything our family has ever known is changing, everything is being shaken at its roots in our nations. It is sad, but we trust You. It is depressing to see such great nations crumble morally from within. It is definitely a life storm upon our family, but we know You are in the storm.  Help us to trust You, Jesus.  Help us to know, without a doubt that You, Holy Spirit of God, are in the midst of the confusion, the chaos, the lawlessness, the deception, that is so pervasive in our nation, and You are in control of its velocity. Jesus, we know You have not left us, You have not forsaken us, this is a truth which we pray strengthens the inner spiritual core of each one of our family members. Cause us to know how to wait on You, Holy Spirit, as we let be, be still and know You are God. Pray Up This Scripture For Your Family:

Surrender your anxiety. Be still and realize that I am God. I am God above all the nations, and I am exalted throughout the whole earth. Here he stands! The Commander! The mighty Lord of Angel Armies is on our side! The God of Jacob fights for us! Pause in his presence. Ps 46:10-11

“Thankfully we are NOT underneath illegitimate authority, but we are firmly planted underneath the Rulership of God’s supremacy, love, kindness and wisdom, In Christ, We have a future and a hope and it isn’t here, but as long as we are here, we will fight for what is right, true and just… with every breath, with all of our strength we cling to God, we dig our life roots deeply in GOD, we remain empowered by Him, from every moment into every choice to every action.” KimberlyMac

Pray For Hope To Rise Up In Your Family

Jesus, we need You, we need Your Holy Spirit to navigate our family in times such as these.  Teach each one of our family members how to follow You, not our feelings, which are stirred up by our situations. Lead us Jesus by Your wisdom, from the hopelessness of our circumstances, to the steadiness of Your Word, of Your Promises to us. You are the only true satisfaction, Jesus, the only comfort, the only deliverer and we look to You.  We can’t navigate this cultural chaos as a family on our own. It is so much better when we yield to God’s way, truth and life. Pray through the hope in the wisdom of this 1 Minute Encouragement Video. Pray God’s Wisdom And Hope Into The Soul Of Your Family:

Pray To Exchange Anxiety For Trust

Help us Jesus, we pray for each family member to trade in our fearful, anxious thoughts and exchange them for trust in the leading of Your Holy Spirit. Navigate this family, step by step during this time when all common sense is trashed, and there is no real understanding to lean into that can hold us up. Everything we see has a false front, every thing we hear is scripted by the enemy of our soul with crafty deception.  Jesus, lean us into Your Sovereign Sway, be the calm for our family in the middle of this cultural storm. Father God, speak “Shalom” into our family life in times such as these, and disrupt the cultural chaos with Your peace. Lord God, help our family to follow what You have said is right, yield to You, wholly-holy obey You, because You are the only truth that can stand through the tests of these times. Father God, protect our family from the evil of these times and help us to praise you from the shackles put on our freedoms and to trust You to deliver our family from evil.

Rescue me from my enemies, O God. Protect me from those who have come to destroy me. Rescue me from these criminals; save me from these murderers. They have set an ambush for me. Fierce enemies are out there waiting, Lord , though I have not sinned or offended them. I have done nothing wrong, yet they prepare to attack me. Wake up! See what is happening and help me! O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, wake up and punish those hostile nations. Show no mercy to wicked traitors. Interlude Psalms 59:1-5

Jesus, Anchor Our Family

Anchor our family us to You, Jesus, lead us by Your Holy Spirit in these times, where right is wrong and wrong is right and nothing makes sense. Help us to trust You, Jesus, to stay in followship of You, as we tune out the chaos, get into Your Powerful Word and stabilize our Spirit in Your Promises. Protect our family, our children, our grandchildren and position us underneath Your Rulership of love.

Dig Deeper In God’s Wisdom For Our Family

But as for me, I will sing about your power. Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am in distress. O my Strength, to you I sing praises, for you, O God, are my refuge, the God who shows me unfailing love. Psalms Psalm 59:16-17

I look up to the mountains— does my help come from there? My help comes from the Lord , who made heaven and earth! He will not let you stumble; the one who watches over you will not slumber. Indeed, he who watches over Israel never slumbers or sleeps. The Lord himself watches over you! The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade. The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon at night. The Lord keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever. Psalms 121:1-8

Thank you for stopping into The Bridegroom’s Cafe at  The Family Table. We hope as you pray for your family for your soul to be nourished by Jesus, The Bridegroom’s Voice. Please share this link for the Family Prayer-4 on your social media platforms so we can encourage many people to pray for their family. Thank you! God bless you and your family, MUCH, KimberlyMac