Prayer Pond
YOUR SAFE HARBOR FOR PRAYER
The Prayer Pond is your safe harbor for prayer. Share prayer requests, updates, and shouts of praise.
It’s safe, secure, and always without judgment.
What a blessing was that stillness as he brought them safely into harbor! (Psalm 107:30 NLT)
PRAYER IS THE HEARTBEAT OF CHRONIC JOY.
Welcome to the Chronic Joy Prayer Pond, where you can share your prayer requests, updates, and shouts of praise. At Chronic Joy, we’re passionate about prayer.
You are invited to pray for this ministry, for those affected by chronic illness and mental illness, and for each prayer request tossed into our Prayer Pond.
Whether a request, praise, lament, loss, joy, hope, or grief, prayer ripples beyond this day and the boundaries of our world.
We often hear, “Prayer is the least I can do,” when in reality, prayer is the most we can do. As we connect with our Heavenly Father and with one another in prayer, our serving hearts grow and thrive.
“For where two or three come together in my name, there I am with them.” (Matthew 18:20)
PRAYER POND
What happens when chronic pain drives us to bed day after day?
What happens when we feel the weight of loneliness?
What happens when we’ve searched for answers, but found none?
Many of us have felt the sting of wounding in the very places we sought safety. Sadly, even as we have requested prayer, some of us have been met with words cloaked in shame, judgment, or condemnation.
At the Prayer Pond, we invite Jesus to meet our heavy hearts with His Good Word.
OUR SAVIOR IS A SAFE HARBOR
In Christ, we always have a safe harbor to come to just as we are.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7 ESV)
The old-fashioned word in the middle of the verse – supplication – simply means to humbly ask. Jesus will never turn us away. In fact, He specifically asks us to bring our requests to God. As we lift our hearts, He lifts every burden, wrapping us in peace.
Is this world of chronic illness a place where life is stunted or could there be a hidden, not-seen-before gift of intimacy with our Lord? Perhaps that is precisely the place where prayers are born.
Could it be that the unrelenting pain is exactly what causes us to cry out to God for help?
We believe chronic illness invites us to shelter under Christ’s outstretched wings. Jesus is present in our unrelenting pain where His own sweet breath becomes our every prayer, for in this place of crying out, hidden longings are lifted up to Him and the Spirit moves to intercede in and through His Presence in us.
EXPRESSING OUR DEEP LONGINGS IN PRAYER
There is a longing in our souls that rises from the deep places, of “deep calling out to deep” (Psalm 42:7), as we long for God to “Hear the voice of [our] supplications.” (Psalm 28:2)
Sometimes those vague terms cause us to flounder and set aside His call to prayer. Yet what if this safe harbor for prayer is also a safe harbor to learn how to pray, to express the vague and unnamed feelings lingering in our hearts?
Want to Learn More?
Join us at the Let’s Pray page, a safe and inviting harbor to explore a breadth and depth of prayer.
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Let's Pray!
Prayer is Precious Invitation from God
Axe Head Prayer
Redeeming your spiritual edge.
Holy Attention
The Spritual Discipline of Noticing and Appreciating
Breath Prayers
Connect to God with Every Breath.
Lament
An Honest, Vulnerable Expression of Pain
Prayer of Examen
Reflections with God
Lectio Divina
Savor the Words of Scripture
Prayer Journaling
A Touchstone of God’s Love
Praying the Psalms
God’s Prayerbook for His People
The Questions of Jesus
An Invitation to Prayer and a Deeper Faith
Show me, Lord
Teach me. Guide me.
Suffering & Joy
Joy Thrives in the Midst of Suffering
Share Your Prayer Requests at the Prayer Pond
You’re invited to share your prayer requests in a judgment-free zone. While we love to pray for you by name, we’ve included an anonymous option, because we understand that sometimes just the effort to share a request is vulnerable and hard.
At Chronic Joy®, you are prayed for and every request is prayed over. If you share your address with us (which is always kept confidential) we would love to send you a note of encouragement.
Before you leave the Prayer Pond, please #PrayItForward by lifting others’ requests. When you click the “I PRAYED FOR THIS” button, the requester will get an email saying, “Someone just prayed for you.” What an honor to love and serve one another in prayer!
Whenever we pray – on sleepless nights, in the heat of the day, or as dawn breaks on a new day, God will hear us.
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. (Psalm 55:17 KJV)
You are a precious, vital member of the Kingdom of God and this community. We’re glad you’re here, grateful for your presence, and blessed to lift you in prayer.
Thanks to everyone for who prayed for me. It is so encouraging to get a notice in my email indicating someone prayed for me. Blessings to all Chronic Joy prayer warriors. ~ Edna
YOU’RE INVITED TO…
YOU’RE INVITED TO…Nurture and grow your relationship with Jesus.
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Bill
I suffer from anxiety disorder which is genetic. I am on several meds. I have been praying for years. I need a miracle.
Received: May 7, 2022
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Devotional Guide
Chronic Joy® devotionals are an invitation to take one gentle step, to pray in a comforting and familiar or perhaps new-to-you way, or to cry out on behalf of one precious life today … maybe even yours.
Prayer is...
"Prayer is not what is done by us, but rather what is done by the Holy Spirit in us." (Henri Nouwen)
Prayer
"Whether we realize it or not, prayer is the encounter of God's thirst with ours. God thirsts that we may thirst for him." (St. Augustine)
Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
“Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.” John Ortberg
Prayer is my place of surrender.
“…prayer is my place of surrender.” Brenda Bradfort
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.” Soren Kierkegaard
Prayer is as natural expression of faith, as breathing is of life…
“Prayer is as natural expression of faith, as breathing is of life…” Jonathan Edwards
Prayer Creates Possibility
“Prayer creates the possibility for internal calm even in the midst of external chaos.” Shauna Niequist
“Prayer is the beginning and end … of all peacemaking.
“Prayer is the beginning and end, the source and the fruit, the core and the content, the basis and the goal of all peacemaking.” Henri Nouwen
Each prayer is like a seed that gets planted in the ground. It disappears for a season, but eventually bears fruit that blesses future generations.
“Each prayer is like a seed that gets planted in the ground. It disappears for a season, but eventually bears fruit that blesses future generations.” Mark Batterson
Prayer is … the pouring out of the soul … the cry of a broken heart…
“Prayer is … the pouring out of the soul … the cry of a broken heart…” Samuel Chadwick
Prayer is a declaration of dependence on God.
“Prayer is a declaration of dependence on God.” Philip Yancey
Prayer … is meant to be a joyful and creative privilege.
“Prayer … is meant to be a joyful and creative privilege.” Hannah Hurnard
Love of God proceeds from conversing with him… and stillness arrives with the stripping away of self.
“Love of God proceeds from conversing with him… and stillness arrives with the stripping away of self.” St. Isaac of Syria
DEVOTIONALS
Wasps and their Stings: Blessings in Disguise
God is always working in our lives turning troubles into blessings. Even wasps and their stings can be blessings in disguise.
Weaknesses Keep Us Humble: Part 1
Weaknesses keep us humble. The thorns in our lives can be good reminders for us to give our burdens to God. They show us how much we need him.
Prayer Books
The Way of the Heart: Connecting with God Through Prayer, Wisdom, and Silence
Henri J.M. Nouwen
Discover a spiritual path consisting of three stepping-stones: solitude (learning not to be alone but to be alone with God); silence (the discipline by which the inner fire of God is tended and kept alive); and prayer (standing in the presence of God with the mind in the heart).
Beside Still Waters: Words of Comfort for the Soul
Charles H. Spurgeon
This devotional is an inspired collection of Scripture-based readings that offer daily encouragement for dealing with illness, loss, depression, anxiety, and other personal problems.
Prayer That Works
Jill Briscoe
Through studying the lives of Elijah and Elisha (1 Kings 17-19 and parts of 2 Kings), readers will be challenged to pray bold prayers rather than settle for meek prayers not offered in deep faith. Readers will learn to cultivate their prayer lives, surrender to God's timing, and plan and persist when prayers seem to go unanswered.
Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God
Timothy Keller
In their churches and schools, Christians are taught that prayer is the most powerful way to experience God, but few receive instruction or guidance on how to make prayer genuinely meaningful. In Prayer, renowned pastor Timothy Keller delves into the many facets of this everyday act.
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