Peggy’s Prayers

Every feel guilt when it comes to prayer?  You do not pray (you fill in the blank) _________ enough.  Maybe you know prayer is important but you do not know how to pray.  You are not alone.  I believe Peggy's Prayers can help you to not feel guilty when it comes to prayer as you learn to pray in three specific areas.  The first is Praise.  Praising God for who He is.  The second is to Admit.  To be honest before God.  He can handle your feeling and letting HIm know what is on your heart.  After crying out to God, the third is to Listen to Him.  An important part of prayer that most people skip is listening to God speak to you.  

I pray that Peggy's PAL of prayer will encourage you today.  If you want to learn more about Peggy's Prayers you can check out www.peggysprayers.com  

This podcast was mixed and edited by Kelos Halbrook.  

Blessings,

Paul Coy

Peggy listened to God's still small voice in her prayers.  Her hearts desire was to listen and obey!  I pray you are encouraged to listen to God through this episode.

To learn more about Peggy's Prayers and share your prayer requests go to www.peggysprayers.com 

Pray you have a great week!

Blessings,

Paul

Want to help your family and the world?  The best way is to Listen to God.  Peggy prayed, "I listen Lord and even as You care for the birds I listen to You for my souls wealth of holiness & purity & help and for the benefit of all those on my heart from my family to those around the world."  I pray you will be encouraged to listen to God as you listen to this episode.  Amen.

Is there a room or closet in your house you have not clean for a very long time?  Peggy did and praise God for finally getting it clean and organized.  She prayed, "Praise You for answering prayers in getting the books & closet done.  It feels wonderful to be cleaning out the trash & getting organized.  Praise You Lord for You deserve all the praise!"  What room do you want to clean?  Start praying and praising as you start!

Welcome to episode 25 of season 2 of Peggy's Prayers.  Thank you for taking the time to listen.  I pray that my mom's prayers will encourage you to pray deeper and more often.  In this episode, Peggy prays that her children will listen to God instead of always watching television.  Today, with social media, streaming services, and several other influences it is difficult to listen to God.  Peggy teaches us not always fight with our children, but listen to God.  Let God do the fighting for you because He knows the heart and how people will hear, listen and obey His still small voice.

What do you thank God for?  Peggy thanked God for Paul doing the dishes and weeding the garden in this episode.  God is faithful!  It is good to give thanks to the Lord.  

If you have a prayer request you can submit it at www.peggysprayers.com  and you can also check out Peggy's Prayer of the Day.  

Thank you for listening and for praying!

Paul

"I listen to You and I need to hear from You, Lord, HELP!  Please hold me close to You and lead me today."  Amen.  It is important to listen to God!  We all need to hear from God.  

If you have a prayer request or would like to read Peggy's Prayer of the Day, you can go to www.peggysprayers.com

Pray you have a great day!

It is graduation season.  Congratulations graduates!  We are proud of you!  Just as graduates finish their courses, they do not finish learning.  Learning continues through out our lives.  Listening to God also continues in our lives!  Peggy teaches us in this episode the importance of listening to God because you want to and need to.  It is truly the best gift each and everyday.

Do you pray for your doctors?  Peggy did.  She prayed, "Dr. Blair hurts too - Meet his & Mrs. Blair needs through me and give them divine help in helping You & me today."  Peggy knew God worked through her doctors.  She wanted to encourage them and bless them.  Who is someone in your life that you can pray for and bless today?

Peggy felt she was not a natural born listener.  I don't believe most of us are.  She prayed, "Lord, I am not a natural born listener. Help me to hear Your voice and not to miss Your speaking to me.  I turn my hear, head, and ear towards You & Your ways."  Amen.

Do you pray for your doctors, specialists, and health care workers?  Peggy prayed for her Nutritionist.  "I am listening Lord.  Please speak and make clear & specific Your paths of help & especially from the Nutritionist.  Oh, Lord speak to and through him in a mighty way so he will go the second mile with me in helping me get well.  Make me a vessel fit for the Master's use this day.  I'll follow You!  Amen.

This was a difficult week for Peggy as she was facing surgery.  She prayed, "I give myself to You in total complete surrender.  Use me even in this surgery!  I listen to You.  Lead me to some soul who needs You and speak through me."  Amen.

Peggy believed people cared, but also knew they can also confuse.  She prayed, "Stop the confusion of voices all around me, who care but confuse.  Keep my mind & heart & ears turned into You & Your ways.  I plead Your precious blood for You died to make it so!"  Amen.

Remember God is Faithful!  He hears and answers our prayers.  Peggy prays, "Thank you Lord for hearing and answering prayer.  Thank you for the confidence You give - for Your Word to help us through, for the way you can get into our hearts & lives when we cant and I thank You for You - the greatest gift and the greatest Friend!!  Amen.

Peggy is honest before God pouring out her heart.  She prays, "Lord, I admit I am angry, hurt, and confused over lots of things. Please forgive me of all that is unlike You and heal me and make me whole."  It is ok to be honest before God today!

Find it difficult to praise God?  Peggy praise God for who He is and also for the daily blessings like ice cream.  "Praise You Lord for a day with Vern, my honey darling dear!  Praise You for letting us eat out and for the ice cream cone he brought me coming home."  

God knows what is best right?  Peggy knew this.  She prayed, "Oh, Jesus, I want You & Your way more than anything or anyone.  I listen to You for Your way & direction for me.  Please Lord Jesus, come, speak and use me this day.  Get me at the right place doing the right thing in the right way, writing & saying the right thing all for You, Lord Jesus - all for You!!!"  Amen.  If you have a prayer request or would like to receive a weekly email letter with Peggy's Prayers, you can go to peggysprayers.com

Peggy visited the doctor after having a slight stroke.  The doctor told her she was not to go back to teach.  This had to break Peggy's heart because teaching was an important part of her life.  The realization of not being able to finish the school year or teach again is reflected in Peggy's Prayers.  She prayed, "Oh Father, if I and indeed hearing You right You have brought me out of school by night (Doctor's orders), in haste and are telling me not to return.  What a burden lifted to know.  Confirm it Lord to my heart if that is Your will and way and give me the great release of knowing that I know Your perfect will.  Praise You for making Your way known and for the release and peace You can give to me.  Praise You for hearing and answering our prayer."  Amen.  We can trust God even in the midst of sickness, pain, and disappointments.

An important part of prayer is listening to God.  Peggy loved to listen to God as she prayed, "Speak to me and through me.  Lead me down the narrow path  to heaven.  Let me bring precious jewels along the pathway because You have me 100% to use.  Get me at the right place at the right time doing and saying and writing the right things in the right way for You & Your honor & glory.  Fall fresh on me this day and let me hear, Thus Saith the Lord."  Amen.

What is the greatest gift you can give to your children on their birthday?  For Peggy it was prayer!  She prayed, "Today is Paul's and Mom's birthday and I praise You for them and for Your great love.  Praise You for letting me be here and enjoy my time with them."  Amen.  As you are buying the cake and gift, lift up your children in prayer.  It is the greatest gift you can give.  If you have a prayer requests or would like to receive Peggy's prayer of the day please sign up at peggysprayers.com  

God can take our difficulties and struggles to help us draw closer to Him.  Our complaining can turn to praising!  Peggy prayed, "Praise You for taking and helping me carry my burden.  Praise You for unraveling the messes and helping me see the way through.  Praise You for answers when we seek you.  Praise You for helping to take away complaining and replacing it with praise."  Amen.

Have you prayed for your children?  Peggy prayed in this episode that God would help her to say "NO" to them.  It is not easy being a parent, but God is with you and will help you.

Have you ever had plans for the family to get together?  Maybe during the holidays or a vacation.  Peggy did.  She prayed, "Praise Your Lord for helping the family get together even though it wasn't as I wanted it."  Even it does not go perfect or like you wanted it, give praise to God.

Did you ever have to decide whether you were going to watch a ball game or attend church?  I guess I did.  My mom, Peggy Coy, prayed for me.  Here is what she prayed, "Praise You for helping Paul give up the ball game & going to church.  Praise You Lord for hearing and answering prayer!"  Amen!  Parents do not give up on your children.  Keep on praying for them!

Praise God for His Hope and Help!  God does not leave us with Hope alone, but also Helps us.  Peggy prayed, "Praise You Lord for Your greatness.  Praise You for hearing my cries and leading me down various paths to bring Help & Hope. Praise You for hearing & answering prayer."  Amen.

We live in the world of darkness, but there is hope!  We need to pray for hope.  Peggy prayed, "Praise You for hope - the finding of hope, the living of hope, the sharing of hope, and the dying in hope."  Amen.

What is your weather like today?  Did you praise God for it?  Listen to Peggy's prayer, "You are wonderful and precious and worthy of all praise.  I praise You for the wind and calm for the sun and moon, stars and for rain and snow."  Amen!

What to do when you need help?  Pray to God for help and praise Him for 2 hour delays.  Peggy prayed, "Praise You Lord for help yesterday in a delay of 2 hours.  Praise You for helping me through the day when I was so exhausted I couldn't have made it.  Your strength took me through."  Amen.

Welcome to season 2 of Peggy's Prayers.  Peggy wrote in her prayer journal, "Every morning I was up at 4:00 a.m. meeting with the Lord from 1986 on.  Without You Lord, I could not have entered the classroom."  What do you do when you feel tired and your head hurts?  Peggy's answer was to pray!  "Praise You Lord even when I don't feel like it, am tired & my head hurts, scales are over my eyes etc., Praise You anyway!  You are the Lord!  You are my salvation and strength!  You are my joy and I praise You because You love me even when I am like this.  You love me and understand what I need." Amen.

How do we pray to Jesus?  An important part is listening and letting God speak to us.  Peggy prayed, "Speak and let me hear Your voice.  Keep me on the narrow path that leads to You!"  Maybe why we often struggle in prayer is because we get off the narrow path leading to God.  

What will make your Christmas better?  More time, more money, more Holiday Spirit?  Peggy knew that precious memories would make Christmas better.  She prayed, "Please Lord, come and make Christmas & Your great love real - our love to our children - real and precious.  Build precious memories for us all because of You & Your great love."  Amen.

Christmas can be very difficult and busy.  Peggy had to deal with her parents and her kids.  She knew the importance of prayer during the Christmas season.  She prayed, "Please lead Vern & I today to get the right gifts and the right things for the kids for Christmas... Please make mom & dad's Christmas the best one ever for them.  I need You & Your help with that."  Amen.

Don't think you can pray when you feel rotten?  Peggy did.  "Oh, Father, ( I feel so rotten), You are God and I look to You for You flowing through me being & doing & saying,  & writing, etc.  whatever You want & can do out of me.  I give myself to You!" Amen.

Peggy was a elementary teacher.  She loved her students and prayed for them.  "Thank you for Felicia's love in bringing a kitten.  Thank you Lord for helping Michelle lose her sick shyness and go onstage to present the Philharmonic the sack of letters & gifts from the children.  Thanks for helping me to paddle Mike & stand up for what is right."  Thankful for Peggy's honesty as she prayed. 

Ever feel in conflict with your spouse?  Whose voice do you obey?  God or your spouse?  Peggy experienced this struggle as we all do.  She prayed, "Do I obey what I feel You want or what Vern wants - I want to obey & please him so - but it is You I must obey - Oh, Lord show me Your way and Your one & only way for the good of souls & Your Kingdom.  Show me Your way!  Show Vern You way so we are one in obeying You together or separately but please let us know Your way.  I rest in You & ask for Your wisdom & help today."  Amen.

You should not be surprised and discouraged that life is complicated.  Peggy wasn't.  In fact she prayed, "Please Lord, life is so complicated I can not think straight.  Think through me and bring Your will & your way to pass in & through me.  I give You all of me."  Amen.