Paulette Taylor
August 28, 2025One day, while meditating on God’s goodness and how nothing is too hard for Him, I began to think about this prayer that I believe the Holy Spirit sent me:
Dearest Lord,
My heart is heavy as I see and hear the turmoil around our world. I lift up to thee:
Your sons and daughters here in the United States that may be facing deportation. People whose lives may be uprooted or displaced, and who may be in danger if returning home;
I pray for those many, many individuals who have been fired, or been told to resign—all losing their jobs/careers because their government agency has been ripped apart in the name of budget cuts;
The increase in cost of goods and services due to the initiation of tariffs upon nations that are allies;
The increase in crimes against your innocent children at their schools, and/or individuals just out in malls, restaurants, sporting events and a variety of other public places. People who have been hurt or lives cut short due to violence;
An increase in the lack of caring and compassion in the hearts and minds of many of your children toward each other. And on and on it goes.
So many other hateful, unjust and hurtful situations may now exist that affect the lives of all of us either directly or indirectly. Lord, when will it end? When will a greater spirit of love and unity manifest itself among your people? I pray that our churches, while we still can, become hospitals for the soul. A place where all are welcomed and nourished by your word in worship and reverence to you, our God and Saviour. These things I pray. Amen.
Amidst all of this, we have this hope: “No power can hide from us the light of the glory which shines from the threshold of heaven along the whole length of the ladder we are to climb; for the Lord has given us strength in his strength, courage in His courage, light in His light. When the powers of darkness are overcome, when the light of the glory of God floods the world, we shall see and understand more clearly than we do today. If we only realized that the glory of God is round about us, that heaven is nearer earth than we suppose, we should have a heaven in our homes while preparing for the heaven above.”—4SDA Commentary 7:961
May we always remember that the joy of the Lord is our strength. The goal is still the same, heaven. My brothers and sisters, please keep praying for each other and our world, because we truly are almost home.
Paulette Taylor is prayer coordinator for the Indiana Conference.
