Forgiveness, Healing, And A Heart Set On God

Before the coffee cools, we go straight to the heart: where has love for God dimmed, and what would it take to rekindle that fire? Marking Veterans Day with gratitude, we anchor ourselves in Ephesians 4:32 and walk through an honest, hope-filled journey of worship, repentance, healing, and forgiveness. This is a prayer-led space that invites you to examine what has taken root in your heart, remove the rivals to God’s presence, and let the Good Shepherd bring you back to steady ground.

We name the quiet ways drift happens—when image outruns intimacy, when applause feels louder than obedience, and when a busy life mutes a willing spirit. From there, we ask God to mend what’s broken: memories that ache, relationships strained by unspoken tension, and bodies carrying pain that prayer often avoids. You’ll hear a clear call to practice faith, not just recite it, especially as financial pressure rises during the shutdown. We believe for provision, debt relief, and surprising favor, drawing courage from the story of loaves and fish and the God who multiplies what we place in His hands.

The heartbeat of this time is forgiveness and compassion. We explore what it means to release resentment without denying wisdom, to extend grace without enabling harm, and to let love set boundaries that honor both truth and peace. If you’ve felt far from God, stuck in hurt, or thin on hope, this gathering offers language for your prayers and space for your next step. Listen, pray along, and share it with someone who needs a lifted chin and a lighter heart.

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Transcript

Veterans Day Welcome And Scripture

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Good morning, good morning. Good morning, prayer warriors, good morning, people of God. Welcome to morning prayer. Today is November 11th, 2025. I would like to wish a happy Veterans Day to all of those that have served, all of those that are preparing to serve in our military branches. God bless you. Happy Veterans Day. Amen. And so we are here this morning to give God praise. We're here this morning to honor Him. We're here to give Him our worship, the first fruits of our morning. And we're here to pray our Scripture this morning. Amen. Ephesians 4 and 32. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Hallelujah. We're going to go into a time of prayer. Hallelujah. Come on, let's begin by giving the Lord praise and thanking him for another day. Hallelujah. Lord, we thank you. Lord, we honor you. We give you praise and glory. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Ea na na nashaya. Lord, you're great. Hallelujah. And we bless your name. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. We invite you. Hallelujah. Come in and have your way. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. We say yes to you, Lord. Yes to you, Lord. Hallelujah. A rabay nanosau. Hallelujah. We say yes to you, Jesus. Hallelujah. We say yes, Lord, yes. Have your way today, Lord. In the name of Jesus. Oh God, we're praying, Lord. Our prayer this morning is that you'll help us to love you, Lord. Help us to love you, God. Oh God, help us to love you, Lord. Help us to love you with our whole heart. Help us to love you with our whole heart. Oh God, we know that if we love you, that will keep your commandments. Oh God, we know that if we love you, that we won't stray. That will think twice, God, about how things that we do affect you. Oh God, if we love you, Lord, oh God, it gives us a deeper connection and it gives us a different perspective on this spiritual walk and on this spiritual journey. Oh God, help us to love you. Oh God, help us to truly love you. Oh God, give us to fall in love with you. Oh God, give us to even fall in love with you again. Oh God, some of us, Lord, may notice ourselves drifting away, oh God. Oh God, some of us may notice ourselves. Oh God, not having the same fire that we had maybe a few months ago, maybe last year. Oh God, and maybe some of us don't even know when it slipped, Lord. But Father, I pray, I pray that you'll rekindle the love. Oh God, rekindle the fire. Oh God, that we have toward you, Lord. In the name of Jesus. Oh God, give us to be in love with you. Oh God, so that when we witness, Lord, it's evident that we love you. It's evident that we're passionate about you. It's evident that we have a relationship with you. Oh God, we pray, Lord. Oh God, above being a national wonder, above being an international wonder. God, we pray, Lord. Oh God, first things first, oh God, that we have a foundation. Oh God, a foundation that loves the Lord with our whole heart, with our whole mind. Oh God, with our whole soul. Oh God, we want to be grounded in a love for you, Lord, in a respect for you, God, that'll keep us out of trouble. That'll keep us ever looking up to heaven for heaven's approval and not the approval of man. Oh God, we're praying, Lord, that shall fix the heart, God. Fix the heart, God, fix the heart, God. Fix the heart, God. In the name of Jesus, move everything out of the way. Move everything out of the way. Oh God, that has come in and taken root in our hearts, Lord, and taking your place in our hearts, God. In the name of Jesus. Oh God, you said, Thou shalt have no other God before me. Oh God, you're a jealous God. Oh God, you want us for yourselves. Oh God, you want us to be hot rather than cold, rather than lukewarm. Oh God, you want us, Lord, to be passionate about you. Oh God, you want us, Lord, to love you with our whole heart. Help us today. Lord, realign us. Oh God, where we've gotten off, where we've gone astray. Oh God, where we've gotten lost. I pray that you'll put us back in the place where you need us to be. Oh God, even in our heart, God. Even in the stance of our heart, God. Even in the posture of our heart, God. Oh Lord, get us back to where we need to be, God. Oh God, bring us back to you, God. Bring us back to you, God. Bring us back to you, God. Bring us back to you, Father. Oh God, when the sheep, Lord, wander off, Lord. It is the shepherd that goes through great lengths to find the sheep. Oh God, to find the sheep. Where it may be. It may be stuck in a thicket or a bush. Oh, it may have gone off somewhere else to graze somewhere else. It may have gone down a river somewhere. Oh God, looking to drink away from the other sheep. Oh, but good shepherd, wherever we find ourselves today, if we're not where you want us to be, Father, shepherd us back, Lord. Shepherd us back. Ayana so shepherd us back. Oh God. Oh God. Oh God. The good shepherd will leave the 99 sheep to go off and to find that one, that wayward sheep. Oh God, to find that one, that foolish sheep. Oh God, to find it and to bring it back into the fold. Oh God, some of us, Lord, only consider backsliding to be leaving the church. Oh God, to be out the door. Oh God, to be doing things that we have no business doing. Oh God, but Lord, we can backslide in our hearts. We can take a step back in our hearts, Lord. We can take a step back, God. Ayah, O Bababa Saiya, where we don't love you like we used to. Ayah Baba, where we're not committed like we used to be. Oh God, I pray, Lord, that you'll forgive us for stepping back, oh God. Forgive us for stepping away for a minute. Oh God, some of us stepped away for a minute to go do something else. Oh God, and said we're gonna come right back. But God, I pray, Ayamonaboshiah, that you'll give us to step right back in. Oh God, to where you want us to be. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus, fix the posture of our hearts, God. In the name of Jesus, give us to desire you, Lord, more than personal adoration or accolades. Give us desire to desire you more, Lord, than to look good in front of other people. Oh God, give us to desire you more, Lord, than to look successful in the eyes of man. Oh God, give us to desire you more than riches, oh God, and fame, oh God. Give us to desire you more, God. Oh Lord, more than being a wonder. Oh God, give us to desire you more, God. In the name of Jesus. Oh God, you didn't call us to be celebrities. You didn't call us to be Christian celebrities. But God, you called us, Lord. Oh God, to spread your gospel, to spread your word. Oh God, to be your legs here on the earth. To be your mouthpiece here in the earth, oh God. Oh God, you called us, Lord, to have a heart for you, Lord, to have a heart for your people. Oh God, we're praying this week, Lord. We're praying about the heart. We're praying about the heart. Being in the right place. Being in the right place. Being set in high behoshi. Focused on kingdom work. Being set and focused on passion for God. Oh Lord, we're praying. We're praying that you'll fix our hearts, that you'll realign our hearts with your will. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. Oh God, move every block, every hindrance. Oh God, move it in the name of Jesus. Oh God, move every block, every hindrance, God. In the name of Jesus. Oh Lord. Oh Lord. Oh God, the posture of our hearts is so important. Oh God, I pray that you'll fix the heart. In the name of Jesus. God, even heal the heart today. Some are listening, some are tuning in. And God, their heart has been broken. Oh God, some have dealt with church hurt. Oh God, some have dealt with hurt in their homes, God. Oh God, whatever, whoever broke the heart, God, oh Lord, we pray that you'll mend it and put it back together in the name of Jesus. Oh God, I pray your healing, God. Healing of every hurt. Oh God, healing of every painful memory, God. Oh God, healing of trauma, God. In the name of Jesus. Oh God, you heal. Oh God, you don't only heal the body, oh God, but you heal the mind. Oh God, and the mind is a part of the body. And so we thank you that you're a healer and that you could heal us from our head to our toes, God. I pray for healing on this line, Lord. Complete healing, oh God. Oh Lord, skin issues, Lord, breathing issues, God, mental issues, Lord, joint issues, God, digestive issues, God, oh God. Oh, hallelujah. People of God, lay your hands on whatever hurts and say, Lord, do it. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus. Lord, do it. Ayah Baba Shaya. Do it like you said you would. You said that healing is the children's bread. Oh God, Lord, do it, God. Cause there to be a turnaround in our health. Give us the testimony that you touched us, God, that you changed the situation. That you turned it around. It looked like it was going all bad, but it ended up going all good because you were in it, Father. Oh God, give us that testimony, Lord. In the name of Jesus. Oh God, I thank you. I pray, Lord. I pray, Lord, for those, Lord, that are experiencing, oh God, worry. Oh God, some are experiencing real issues, Lord. Hallelujah with the shutdown. Hallelujah, not receiving paychecks, Lord. Oh God, I pray that you'll be the supplier of every need. In the name of Jesus. I thank you, God. I thank you, Lord. I know you to be a provider. I know you to show yourself strong. Oh God, I know you to be the type of God. Hallelujah. That'll cause people to catch up on bills when they thought they wouldn't even be able to handle what they already had, God. Oh God, I've seen you do it. I've seen you do it, God. In times of laugh, I've seen you, God. I've seen you move, Lord, and show yourself strong. I pray that over this line. I pray that over the people of God. I pray, God, I am so babasta. I pray that you'll do it, Father, in the name of Jesus. Oh God, work financial miracle, God. Oh, right through here, God. This is where a miracle can take place. Oh God, work that financial miracle. We believe for it today. You're the God that fed 5,000. You fed them with two sardines and a couple pieces of bread, God. Oh Lord, you're able, God, to multiply and to do whatever is needed to be done, even with the little that we have. Oh God, little becomes much in the hands of a miraculous and powerful God. So God, we thank you in advance. God, we thank you in advance. Thank you for debt cancellation. We thank you in advance. Oh God, thank you, Lord, for supplying the need. We thank you in advance. And God, I thank you for doing exceeding abundantly above what we can ask or think, God. Blow our minds, God. Blow our minds during the government shutdown, Lord. Blow our minds, Lord. Oh, God, so that we can say it's not my job that sustains me. So that we can say it's not the government that sustains me. Oh, so that we can say that nothing else sustained me, but God. So that we can say that everything that has happened to us that is good, that God did it. Oh, yes, God, we thank you today. We believe you for it, oh God. In the name of Jesus, Lord, I'm praying that you'll have your way in your people. I pray that you'll increase our faith during this time. That you'll give us to walk out faith. Give us to walk face, God. Give us to not just quote scriptures, but give us to walk faith, God, in the name of Jesus. And God, we believe that you won't fail. We believe that when we leap out in faith, God, that you will catch us, that you will catch us. Ah, Shatabah, Eva Bashaya, we believe you'll catch us and you won't let us fall. Oh God, we thank you today. Father, we're asking, Lord, hallelujah, that you'll cover us under your blood. In the name of Jesus. My prayer right now is that under the sound of my voice, that everything that is not like God, every spirit of opposition, oh Shatabah, oh, every spirit, I so I Mashaya that opposes the people of God. I bind you in the name of Jesus and I cast you into dry places. Oh, we plead the blood of Jesus. The blood of Jesus prevail in our homes. The blood of Jesus prevail in our minds. The blood of Jesus prevail, oh God. The blood of Jesus prevail over our children and families. The blood of Jesus, we plead the blood. We plead the blood, the protecting blood, the covering blood. Oh Satta, the purifying blood of Jesus. We pray this morning and we plead the blood. Oh God. Lord, protect us, protect our families. Oh God, cause the enemy to flee. We resist him today. We resist the devil today. We resist the works of darkness today. We resist in the name of Jesus. And we say this morning that we will do that good and acceptable work of the Lord today. That we will do whatever it is that God has given our hands to do. We say today, hallelujah, we declare clean, pure hearts in the name of Jesus. We declare pure hearts in the name of Jesus. Oh God, we ask all of these things in Jesus' mighty name. Thank God and amen. Thank God and Amen. Thank God. Hallelujah for prayer. Hallelujah. Prayer changes things. Prayer changes our outlook. Prayer increases our faith. And so we thank God for prayer this morning. We thank God for communication with our Father. Hallelujah. As I stated during prayer, we have been praying this week somewhat about the state of our heart. We want our hearts to be in the right place as we serve the Lord. We want our hearts to be in the right place. Hallelujah. Because the world is so influential over our desires and our hearts. And we want our hearts to not be the heart, hallelujah, not to be subject to what the world says, but to be subject to what God says. Amen. We want our hearts to be after the things of God and not after the things of the world. Amen. And so our devotional today reads, Time for a heart check. Every now and then we need to check what's really driving our heart. Is it love for God or love for comfort, money, or approval? Actually, I'm sorry, this is yesterday's devotional. Excuse me. Excuse me. We are still dealing with the heart though. We are still dealing with the heart. And you know, so let's start with the actual scripture. My goodness, my goodness, forgive me, forgive me. I had them both in front of me. All right. So the word of God reads, be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ, God forgave you. Amen. Ephesians 4 and 32, be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ, God forgave you. Amen. And the title of this devotional is Repair What's Been Broken. Unhealed hurts and unspoken tension can block the peace that we crave. But forgiveness and gratitude mend what's been damaged. Reach out where you can, release where you must, and let God handle the rest. Healing doesn't always happen overnight, but it begins when we decide to love anyway. Amen. Amen. Here we're talking about having a compassionate heart, having a heart of forgiveness, having a heart, hallelujah, that displays that unconditional love that Christ has shown us and continues to show us. Hallelujah, because I don't know about you, but even though I've been saved for a long time, it does not exempt me from making mistakes. It does not exempt me from having to go back and ask the Lord for forgiveness. Amen. And that being said, hallelujah, God wants us to realize that we're yet a work in progress, and the people around us are yet a work in progress. Hallelujah. To extend grace, to extend grace as we want others to extend grace to us. Hallelujah. Yes, there will be times that people do us wrong. Yes, there will be times and we'll have encountered things that people did on purpose. Hallelujah. But the word of God still declares, it still tells us that we have to forgive. It still tells us that we have to forgive. It doesn't tell us to be foolish and to necessarily reconcile with everybody that does us wrong. But it tells us that our heart needs to be able to forgive those people. We can't have those people on our heart in a place of unforgiveness and make it when we see Jesus. Amen. So the prayer this week it is to get our hearts and our minds into a better place where we are able to receive from God and we're able to do everything that He has for us to do. Amen. So God bless you, people of God. Thank the Lord for the Suttles family. Thank you for being on the line today. I appreciate their dedication, their support. They've been amazing. We thank God for you. Uh, we're also thanking the Lord for Pastor Mark Bayman Jr., Pastor of Healing Word Ministry, Church of God in Christ. Hallelujah, the founder, the founder there, and the one that has so graciously sponsored this program. And our Healing Word family. I just want to remember you and to thank God for you. Thank God for you. Thank God for our podcast listeners, our other prayer warriors that wake up with us in the morning and pray. I thank God for you all, and I thank God for your prayers. Pray for me as I continue to pray for you. And we'll be back tomorrow if the Lord is willing. And I thank God for you all and pray that today you have an amazing day. God bless you, and again, happy Veterans Day.