5/31 - Tommy Emmanuel
A daily prayer log for prominent people matching their birthdates with Scripture. Feel free to add your prayers keeping with the theme of encouragement and free of judgment.
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"Oh that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep my commands always, so it might go well with them and their children forever"
Deuteronomy 5:29
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For Lisa Whelchel born 05/29/1963
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Lisa, I know your heart is for not only your family, but for many other parents to be able to instruct their in God's commands. To instill a holy fear that will bring nothing but blessing. I pray now, that His Spirit will speak to you and teach you new ways to speak His truth. I pray that through your works, hearts of parents will be turned towards their children, and hearts of children will be turned towards their parents, not by any eloquant words, but by your faithful obedience to His calling and His Spirit. I pray you see the fruits of this labor and obedience in many families, but especially your own.
May 28 ( 5 : 28 )
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Let justice roll like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream"
Amos 5:24
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For Robert Zimmerman a.k.a. Bob Dylan born 05/24/1949
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Bob, this is such an appropriate scripture for you as the words of the prophet resonate like many of your own songs crying for justice during turbulent times. I pray the Lord will rejuvenate your spirit and fill you with songs once more. Songs that echo the tone of this scripture, songs that call people to action and draw souls closer to His righteousness. May your life be a reflection of His love, and may you be a channel of His peace
May 23 ( 5 : 23 )
"May God Himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ"
1 Thessalonians 5:23
For Drew Carey born 05/23/1958
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Drew, I thank you for the joy you bring to others as you play the loveable loser. I see in you a real authenticity. Your friends are true and always have been. I pray now that the Lord Himself, the God of peace will truly fill your entire heart, soul, and being. That His joy will flow abundantly through you. Freely you've received, and freely you will give His joy everlasting to others. And you will be presented as blameless through His work on the cross.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old is gone and the new has come!”
2 Corinthians 5:17
For Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor born 5/7/65
Father, I lift Trent to You today. I pray that any wounds from his past by those he trusted will begin to heal. Pour Your healing oil upon the wounds of his heart. I pray today You would send Your Spirit to minister to his heart and that he would know You as his healer, and put away the judgments of man. Replace any bitterness with a sweet Spirit that his friends can’t help but notice. Bless him Father as he becomes a new creation and his new life unfolds before millions.
“The prayers of a righteous man are powerful and effective”
James 5:16
For Bob Edwards born 05/16/1947
Father, so many people wake up to Bob’s voice as he brings them the events that have unfolded while they were sleeping. I pray that he will be filled with Your righteousness. I pray that as he reads the news, he will simultaneously be in prayer and petition to You regarding each story. In that way, even with the delivery of bad news, it will come also with the hope contained in the prayers of righteous man.
May 15 ( 5 : 15 )
"Be careful then how you live - not as unwise but wise"
Ephesians 5:15
For Jamie Lynn Sigler born 05/15/1981
Father, I lift up Jamie to You. Put in her life strong saints who will speak Your eternal wisdom to her. Surround her with a great cloud of witnesses who will reveal Your deep love for her. So she may know how to live with full knowledge of Your mighty power and everlasting love. May she then be able to minister to those around her through Your mighty hand.
May 14 ( 5 : 14 )
"Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord Almighty will be with you just as you say He is"
Amos 5:14
For George Lucas born 05/14/1944
George, your movies potray the epic battle battle between good and evil. I pray that in your life, evil and good are as easily discernable as in your films, and that you will seek the good always. That you will discover the pearl of great price and sell everything just to get it. So that the Lord your God will be with you forever, just as He has promised.
May 13 ( 5 : 13 )
"You are the salt of the earth"
Matthew 5:13
For Stevland Hardaway Morris a.k.a. Stevie Wonder born 05/13/1950
Father God, I thank You for Stevie and his absolute refusal to let his blindness keep him from using the gifts You have blessed him with to their fullest. I pray that You will continue to reveal Yourself to him in ways those of us with sight just cannot perceive. I pray that You will pour into his spirit new songs that speak of Your eternal love and Your splendor. I thank You for Stevie, for he is the salt of the earth.
May 12 ( 5 : 12 )
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"Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!"
Revelation 5:12
For Tony Hawk born 05/12/1968
Tony, you are a hero to a generation of skaters, you have an audience of millions of America's youth that will listen to you. I pray that you will use that influence to speak of the eternal truth of the Lord, that you can proclaim Him as worthy to receive power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and praise. I pray He reveals Himself to you, in deep, wonderful ways that will translate to today's youth.
May 11 ( 5 : 11 )
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"But let all who take refuce in You be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread Your protection over them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You"
Psalm 5:11
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For Louis Farrakhan born 05/11/1933
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Father God, I pray for Louis, I pray that Your full eternal truth will be revealed to his heart. I pray that when he cries out to "Allah", that he knows You as his truth Father God, as his Allah. Send Your Spirit Father, to speak against the lies and half-truths, so that Christ will be revealed, not just as a prophet, but as the One True Son of the Living God. I pray that he will love Your name and rejoice in it day and night. I pray that this revelation to his spirit will bring many into the kingdom with him.
May 10 ( 5 : 10 )
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"And the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered for a little while, will restore you and make you strong firm and steadfast"
1 Peter 5:10
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For Paul David Hewson a.k.a. Bono born 05/10/1960
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Bono, the Lord sees your passion for the plight of the least of His children. He sees how you have taken the talents He has provided and not only have created great music that brings Him honor, but have also parlayed them to acquire a position of influence. He sees that instead of using that influence for your own gain, you seek audience with those of power as a representive for those who have no voice. Those the world has disregarded, or washed their hands of. The Lord sees how you remain strong, steadfast and firm and He is pleased. He wants to continue to be your strength and show you the fruits of your labors.
May 9 ( 5 : 9 )
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"For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receieve salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ"
1 Thessalonians 5:9
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For Billy Joel born 05/09/1949
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Billy, Your heavenly Father knows about your private sufferings. He hears you when you cry out for mercy for the things you've done in your life that you wish you could change. Know that your contrite heart is something He cannot resist. He hears your pleas and wants you to know that You are forgiven and He wants to pour incredible blessing on you. He wants you to return to the desire of your heart. He wants you to honor Him with your music and bless the world with your song.
May 8 ( 5 : 8 )
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"But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us"
Romans 5:8
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For Don Rickles born 05/08/1926
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Father God, I thank You for Don. I thank You that You have blessed him with a quick wit and a joyful heart. I pray that You will place in his life young comics that will respect him and learn from him. Reveal Your heart to him Father, that he may walk in Your ways and teach those ways to a new generation, a generation that needs to learn to laugh without vulgarity.
May 6 ( 5 : 6 )
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"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled" Matthew 5:6
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For George Clooney born 05/06/1961
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Father, I pray for George to not be satisfied for what the world defines as righteousness, for it it tainted and impure. I pray that You will reveal to his heart a glimpse of Your own pure righteousness, so that none other will satisfy. I pray for a gnawing hunger and a deep thirst for Your righteousness, and that You, as promised will bless him and quench that unquenchable desire.
May 3 ( 5 : 3 )
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"Hear this you kings! Listen you rulers! I will sing to the Lord, I will sing; I will make music to the Lord, the God of Isreal"
Judges 5:3
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For Francis Stephen Castelluccio a.ka. Frankie Valli born 05/03/1934
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Frankie, I pray that you will proudly sing the praise of the Lord, that amongst kings, rulers, and people of power you will joyously declare your allegience and affections to the Lord you serve. I pray that each day you will draw nearer to Him and your heart for Him will increase. I pray that His plans for you will become clear and that you will will walk in those pathways.
May 2 ( 5 : 2 )
"through Christ whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God"
Romans 5:2
For Brooke Hogan born 05/02/1988
Brooke, you already know what its like to have a strong loving father who adores you, but know that your Heavenly Father is even stronger, He is even more loving, and has adored you since the beginning of time. I pray that you will see the grace He has poured out on you like rain, and in that grace you will stand and know you are able to approach His throne of grace with no earthly confidence, but only through His glory and lovingkindness. Be blessed today.