Hollywood Prayer Network On PerseveranceSample

LOVE PERSEVERES 

"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th."  Julie Andrews    

"Perseverance, secret of all triumphs."  Victor Hugo

PRAY:  Lord, I thank You for reminding me that Love is the most powerful emotion of all and we are to delight in it - not in evil. We are to rejoice with the truth! Help me to remember to love all people, even those people I don't agree with or whom I feel are hurting others. Lord I ask to love the people in Hollywood who are creating all of our country's TV shows, films, music, video games and news. I want to delight in loving them and rejoicing in the truth that You love them as well. Lord would you protect them, and may they trust You, find hope in You, and persevere. And please help me to do that so that I can love others more powerfully and more deeply.

REFLECT:  Did you ever think that when you choose love and persevere in your choice, that both parties benefit. When you pray for the people in Hollywood, you will delight in the truth and so will they. You will be protected and so will they. You will trust God more deeply, experience a hope that will not disappoint you, and be able to persevere in all you do. And so will they. And it all starts from choosing to love people you don't understand, don't agree with, or just don't like. You will be a different, more Christ-like person by persevering in your love for others.

ACT:  Choose two people from Hollywood whom you don't really like and choose right now to love them. You don't have to like what they do or how they act, but choose to love them as fellow human beings whom God has specifically created because He loves them so much. Then persevere in that love; keep praying for them, never say anything but nice things about them, and bless them. You watch, for not only are you changing them, but you will change. And you know, if you pray for someone, you can't hate them!