{"id":7535,"date":"2025-06-17T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my-all-about-you.com\/?p=7535"},"modified":"2025-06-17T23:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T04:32:10","slug":"a-prayer-for-gods-blessings-on-families-nations-and-the-world-day-192-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my-all-about-you.com\/en\/2025\/06\/17\/a-prayer-for-gods-blessings-on-families-nations-and-the-world-day-192-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for God\u2019s Blessings on Families, Nations, and the World, Day 192, Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Heavenly Father,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for today. Thank you for what you do for me each and every day and for that which I fail to notice. Thank you for taking care of my family, friends, and acquaintances. I ask that you shield and protect them and guide them in this life. Bring them safely home to you. Let them know that you are there for them. Never let me forget your presence in my life and guide me safely through this life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lord, I humbly seek your favor. Please touch the hearts of the young, helping them appreciate the sacred gift of marriage and the delicate sounds of children. Enlighten their vision to see the profound beauty in sharing a life with someone they love deeply. May they be open to the joys and sorrows that come with the special bond of marriage, as well as the unique joys and challenges that children bring into their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Heavenly Father, I humbly ask that You guide me to be the light that others long for to find their way back to You, ensuring I never hide my light under a bushel basket. Please grant peace within to those who are yearning for it. I seek Your protection and guidance over our beloved country, our political officials, our clergy, and everyone around the globe. Inspire those who hold influence in their hands\u2014our leaders, entertainers, sports figures, and business leaders\u2014to embrace Your love and share it generously with others, fulfilling their vital roles as cherished members of Your family. Help them to hold on to Your Word and return to it often, keeping You at the center of their lives. May their light shine brightly, drawing others into Your comforting presence. Help us to see one another through Your eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I ask for the conversion and mercy on all sinners and have mercy for the souls in purgatory and all the faithfully departed. I pray that you heal the sick if it be your will. I pray that you help those who are having a hard time. Help them walk with you through those trials and tribulations in their life. Thank you, Lord, for the life you have given me. I ask that your angels fight fiercely against the powers of evil that beset our world, including the archangels of each country. Please bring your peace to every country and peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8647de234cc52bafb8399be85d2b4778 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Heavenly Father, Blessed Trinity, With hearts full of gratitude, we lift our hearts in gratitude, praying on behalf of <a href=\"https:\/\/magicalkenya.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenya<\/a>, a land radiant with Your creation. We thank You for Maasai Mara, its wildebeest migration showcasing Your splendor, and for Mount Kenya, its snow-capped peak rising in Your glory. We praise You for Nairobi National Park, teeming with life near the city, and for Diani Beach, its turquoise waves lapping Mombasa\u2019s shores. We glorify You for Lamu Island, a Swahili treasure of history, and for Tsavo National Park, home to Your red elephants. We are grateful for Lake Nakuru, its flamingos painting Your canvas, for Kenyan tea, nourishing the world from Kericho, and for Jambo spirit, uniting all in hospitality. We thank You for Nairobi\u2019s skyline, a beacon of progress, for Kenyan athletics, inspiring with Eliud\u2019s strides, and for Holy Ghost Cathedral, a Catholic haven in Mombasa. We praise You for Ngong Hills, lifting souls toward You.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b7d5ced91f706400c09cfb7ecb9c2877 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yet, Father, we intercede for Kenya, seeking <a href=\"https:\/\/consolatasisters.org\/blessed-sr-irene-stefani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blessed Irene Stefani\u2019s prayer<\/a>s. Lift 36% from poverty in Turkana, granting dignity. Equip healthcare in Kitui\u2019s clinics, healing the sick. Ensure education for children in Kibera\u2019s slums. Reduce unemployment, opening jobs in Nairobi. Provide clean water in Marsabit, quenching thirst. Curb corruption, fostering justice. Protect farmers in Laikipia from drought. End poaching in Tsavo, saving Your creatures.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heavenly Father, we thank you for the gift of Blessed Irene Stefani. We pray that her Beatification may urge us to imitate her in commitment to holiness and to Jesus totally and completely. Let her charity and her heroic missionary life increase in us the fervent desire of announcing and witnessing the Gospel for the coming of your Kingdom, at the service of the Church and of the mission. May Blessed Irene, angel of charity, help us to love You above all things, in taking care of the weak, the sick, the marginalized, and those far away. May she inspire us to spread the perfume of your love and happiness. May Mother Mary Consolata guide us in bringing consolation and fullness of life always and everywhere. Amen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-57c651df1bf6a2d39ecfbce0ea5c3b05 wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Lord, we fervently ask You to grant peace to all those restless souls awake at this hour of night. We seek Your divine assistance for those on the prayer list, including every cherished individual mentioned earlier, as well as those listed on this website&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/my-all-about-you.com\/what-do-i-have-to-give\/prayer-requests\/\">prayer list<\/a>. Please include these individuals as well: the people of Iran and Israel, the rioters and the world, and those in hospitals and their families, and help teens grow closer to You, those with mental disabilities, those who are lost or confused about Your existence, and people with Alzheimer&#8217;s and terminal illnesses, and the number of men and women entering the religious life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We come before You with humble hearts, seeking Your divine guidance for Pope Leo XIV. We ask that You make him Your pure vessel, filled only with Your Holy Spirit. Let no worldly influence, no force outside Your heavenly kingdom, sway his heart or mind from You. May every word he speaks be Your words, inspired by Your truth and perfectly aligned with the teachings of Your Holy Scripture. We pray that his will be wholly surrendered to Yours, reflecting only Your divine purpose and glory. Lead him, Father, to be a faithful shepherd under Your sovereign control and that Your angels will shield and protect him from all evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We ask that you fill our places of worship to overflowing and that perpetual adoration chapels are filled at every hour of the day, every day of the week. Additionally, please shield and protect our clergy. Give them the strength to carry on and follow you more closely and not lose sight of the mission which you have given to them. We lift up every heartfelt intention and unspoken plea buried deep within us. In your sacred name, we pray. We adore you, and with every passing day, may our love for you grow deeper and more profound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RCNH9_z8EB0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prayer expresses gratitude to God for daily blessings, seeking protection and guidance for loved ones and society. 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