And as it happened, she found herself working in a field that belonged to Boaz, the relative of her father-in-law,

But Ruth replied, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. 17Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!”

Lord God my Father,

May I just happen to be in your desire today, Give me a heart that longs to be with you in all things.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

So the men of Benjamin did as they were told. Each man caught one of the women as she danced in the celebration and carried her off to be his wife

Lord God my Father,

Help me to follow you especially when I don’t understand your way. Give me a surrendered heart that is obedient to you only.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

The Lord replied, “Did I not rescue you from the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines, 12the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites? When they oppressed you, you cried out to me for help, and I rescued you. 13Yet you have abandoned me and served other gods. So I will not rescue you anymore. 14Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen! Let them rescue you in your hour of distress!”

In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.

Lord God my Father,

I place my life with you and trust you to lead me to freedom. Rescue me from my past and allow me to live for today with your plan on my heart. Protect your interest in me.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

So it has become a custom in Israel 40for young Israelite women to go away for four days each year to lament the fate of Jephthah’s daughter.

Then Manoah prayed to the Lord, saying, “Lord, please let the man of God come back to us again and give us more instructions about this son who is to be born.”

But his wife said, “If the Lord were going to kill us, he wouldn’t have accepted our burnt offering and grain offering. He wouldn’t have appeared to us and told us this wonderful thing and done these miracles.”

But Samson told his father, “Get her for me! She looks good to me.” 4His father and mother didn’t realize the Lord was at work in this, creating an opportunity to work against the Philistines, who ruled over Israel at that time.

Lord God my Father,

May I commit to follow you without reservation, trusting your plan even when I can’t understand it. Help me to come together with my wife and become a team together for your glory. Soften my heart so all decisions come from you.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

“You have too many warriors with you. If I let all of you fight the Midianites, the Israelites will boast to me that they saved themselves by their own strength. 

Lord God my Father,

Keep me close and open my heart to your will and desire for me. Give me victory over the enemy and protect me in your power.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

 Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help.

Lord God my Father,

Help me to live in your peace and not fall to temptation.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Every time Israel went out to battle, the Lord fought against them, causing them to be defeated, just as he had warned. And the people were in great distress.

Lord God my Father,

Help me to learn how to surrender my battles to your care, Give me your peace to shape my heart properly.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

If we have built an altar for ourselves to turn away from the Lord or to offer burnt offerings or grain offerings or peace offerings, may the Lord himself punish us.

But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”

Lord God my Father,

Make me aware of any areas of my life I have not completely surrendered to you, I have my struggles, take them from me and make me into your servant, soften the heart of my family to your will as well.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

For my part, I wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God. 9So that day Moses solemnly promised me, ‘The land of Canaan on which you were just walking will be your grant of land and that of your descendants forever, because you wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God.’

I am eighty-five years old. 11I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent me on that journey, and I can still travel and fight as well as I could then. 

Lord God my Father,

Free me from my desire that is different than yours, Remove the excuses I use to hole me back from your work.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

And Joshua did as he was told, carefully obeying all the commands that the Lord had given to Moses.

Lord God my Father,

Make my thoughts clear with your desire so my actions will follow only your direction for me.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen