Lord, grant that I may seek to comfort rather than be comforted

Lord,  

It has only been a few weeks into this new year, and already I feel stressed.

I often feel alone. 

I often feel unappreciated.
I often feel no one cares or understands what I am going through.

I often feel unloved, though I know in my head that you love me.

Help me to look outside my own feelings and circumstances and realise that hundreds of millions of people are struggling with similar thoughts and feelings. And many of them don't know You. And many live around me.

Help me as Mother Theresa prayed to take my eyes off myself and see the needs of others.
Lord, grant that I may seek to comfort rather than be comforted; to love rather than to be loved. 

Help me believe that as I do this, I will freshly experience your love and comfort.

In Jesus' Name

Amen

John 15:12 (ESV)

12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

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