MORE PRAYING NAMES

Every month I create prayers based on the names of people we love. This ongoing list of names and prayers can be found at the top of this blog, on the tab titled, “PRAYING NAMES.”

If you would like me to create a prayer based on a specific name, please leave a comment below. I’ll research the name and include it in a future month.

Ann; Anne: Gracious; God has favored me

Heavenly Father, I pray that Ann will live her name. I pray that she will accept God’s favor and receive his grace. I pray that she will live a life filled with grace to others and that she will share her love of God with others throughout her life. Amen.

Christine, Christina, Kristen, Kirsten: Follower of Christ

Heavenly Father, I pray that Christine will live her name. I pray that she will follow Jesus all of her life and that she will be an example of your life and love for all of us to those around her. Amen.

Tracy, Traci: Descendent of the fierce one; warlike

Heavenly Father, I pray that Tracy will live her name. I pray that she will have a fierce love for you and that her passion for what breaks your heart will drive her to love you more and seek to tell others of your love for them. I pray that she will be warlike in defense of her faith all the days of her life. Amen.

Sheila, Celia: Heavenly

Heavenly Father, I pray that Sheila will live her name. I pray that she will be reminded daily that her ultimate home is in heaven with you. I pray that she will spread that understanding to others in her life so that many people will glorify your name because of her. I pray that she will help spread your heavenly love here on earth with those she meets. Amen.

LIVE THE MEANING

Today’s post is part of the Christian Writer’s blog chain. This month, our theme is “Joy.” Please visit my friends’ blogs by clicking on the links in the right-hand column.

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If I could paint "joy" it would look like this

Have you followed along as I’ve added prayers each month to the PRAYING NAMES tab at the top of this blog? 

The burgeoning list encourages people to pray that their loved ones will live the meaning of their names. It’s an easy way to remember to pray for others. We think of them; say their name and pray its meaning.  

One of the names in the list is mine. When we hear the name “Carol,” usually we think of Christmas songs. I wasn’t born at Christmas time. I was born on Easter Sunday. My parents named me Carol because they liked the meaning of my name.

Carol means “song of joy.” That’s the kind of song we sing at Christmas—songs filled with joy because Jesus came to earth as a blessed babe, and then to die so that we might be allowed to spend eternity with him.

When I ask God to help me live the meaning of my name, I pray that I will live with joy; that I will understand and share the true joy we have because of Jesus. I pray that my life will not only be filled with joy but that I will be a source of joy—or at least of encouragement—to others.

Come to think of it, that’s a really good thing to pray for everyone.

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I pray that everyone will live the meaning of my name. I pray that we will learn to live with the true joy found only in you. Please show us more of your glory so that we can live more joyfully and be a source of joy to others. We ask this in your name, Jesus. Amen.

WHAT ABOUT YOU? Click on the PRAYING NAMES tab above and find out if your name and the names of your loved ones are listed. If not, leave me a comment with a name you’d like me to research and pray for. New names are added each month.