Prayer points
Grief
Someone is gone and the world kept moving
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Psalm 34:18 · King James Version
Father, they are gone and I do not know how to be in a world that does not have them in it.
The prayer points
1. Psalm 34:18
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart.
Psalm 34:18
Be near. Not fix it, not explain it — near.
2. John 11:35
Jesus wept.
John 11:35
You wept at a grave You were about to empty. So my crying is not a failure of faith. Let me cry without apologising.
3. Revelation 21:4
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death.
Revelation 21:4
Hold the end of the story in front of me. There is a day with no more death in it.
4. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
The Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; who comforteth us in all our tribulation.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
Comfort me the way only You can, and one day let me comfort someone else with it.
5. Psalm 23:4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me.
Psalm 23:4
Through. Not stuck in. Walk me through this valley at whatever pace I can manage.
6. 1 Thessalonians 4:13
That ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
1 Thessalonians 4:13
Let me grieve as one who has hope — not as one who has to pretend it does not hurt.
Declarations
Say these out loud. Not to convince God — to remind yourself what is true when your feelings are arguing.
- God is near to the broken-hearted. Near is not a metaphor.
- Jesus wept. My tears are not a lack of faith.
- I am walking through this valley, not living in it.
- There is a day coming with no more death in it.
Lord, thank You for them. Thank You for every year I had. I would not give one of them back to avoid this.