Dear God, this morning during our staff prayer time, I talked to the staff about the man I prayed to you about yesterday, Dennis Parker. He is a recovering alcoholic who really offers something beautiful to the world through his relationship with you as expressed through both his music and his life. As we talked and prayed, I felt compelled to pray about the people we would encounter today who might really need us.

Then, after lunch, we had a patient in need. For privacy reasons, I cannot write much of what happened with him here, but suffice it to say he had some serious issues, including addiction, and we were able to help get him towards some resources that might be able to help him. The whole time we were dealing with him I was thinking about Dennis and his story.

Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit, I want to really pray for this man right now. I want him to have amazing healing. He has a violent past. I pray that you will heal him from that. He has difficult addictions. Please heal him. He has a huge need for you, God. He simply needs you. Please help him find you. Oh, how I long for him to be an amazing story. I know there are people in the community who are afraid of him. Help him to become a backbone of the community. Help others to marvel at the transformation in him and see you and your power. Draw other people to yourself through his life. Oh, Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit, please don’t let his pain be wasted. Make it count. Make it count for him. Make it count for your kingdom to come and your will to be done on earth as it is in heaven. For your glory, Lord. For your glory alone. And for the staff who helped him today. For everyone still helping him. Please touch them and bless them. Use this to draw all of us closer to you as well.

I offer all of this to you in Jesus’s name,

Amen