Prayer For Gamblers
Lord hear my prayer
Look down on me
I'm not as wealthy as I used to be
It's not even ten and I'm busted again
Why does this happen to me?
Give me a sign
Show me you care
A straight to the Ace Lord, or even a pair
I can't make it alone and I'll sink like a stone
Unless you can undo what I've done
So Lord lift me up in your tender embrace
Lend me your wisdom, your strength and your grace
Help me to smash my opponent's fat face
Oh Lord help me take money from my friends
Deep down I know
That it's only a game
But I want them shaking in terror and shame
It's just poker and beer
Still I need them to fear me Lord
It's not enough just to win
Deal me good cards and I'll handle the math
We'll take their money while they take a bath
I'll show them my hand, you'll show them your wrath
Oh Lord help me take money from my friends
And I don't want to cheat them
'Cause I know that's a sin
I just want to defeat them
And make it, make it hurt when I win
Make it hurt when I win
So poke them with sticks
And crush them with stones
Chew them up good Lord and spit out their bones
Make my riches grow and let those bitches know
That you hate them and love only me
Burn it all down until nothing survives
Make them regret for the rest of their lives
The day that they bet their dogs and their wives
Oh Lord help me take money from
Help me take money from
Help me take money from my friends
Oh God, my life is being destroyed with my gambling addiction, and I am so caught up in it that I know I cannot stop on my own. Lord, You know how badly this has affected my home, my family and my finances and friends. I have lost everything and everyone I care about and I am at my wits end. Lord, please help me to stop this destructive and evil habit and release me from its chains of bondage. Help me God. I can do nothing myself. I am impotent to help myself. You alone Lord can help me, and I am relying on You. Please, please forgive me for the way that I have behaved. I realise that I have been making gambling the god in my life in place of You. Forgive me Lord.
Lord, I do trust You and I know that my sins were all forgiven at the cross, but I also know that for a long time I have been out of fellowship with You. I have behaved in ways that I should not have done. I have done things that have grieved and hurt Your Holy Spirit. I know I have displeased and angered You in so many ways. Lord, I acknowledge my sins and realise that it is against You that I have sinned. I come to you in humble penitence and pray that You would help me cut free from all the gambling cords that have entrapped me so tightly.
Lord, I want to be free of my gambling and turn my life around with Christ at the centre. I know that the responsibility to stay out of casinos and to refuse to participate in any form of gambling is my own responsibility, nevertheless Lord, I ask for Your strength and Your help to keep this resolve firm and sure, day by day and moment by moment.
Thank You that You have promised that Your grace is sufficient, no matter what difficulty we find ourselves in, and Father, I trust that underneath me are Your everlasting arms to uphold and heal. Thank You in Jesus' name,
Amen.
Loving Lord, we lift to You all those who live with a compulsive gambler and are affected by the financial and psychological consequences of this problem. Please grant Your healing and hope, and lead them to find the support they need. In Christ's name. Amen.
Saviour, please strengthen the resolve of anyone struggling to control a gambling habit and experiencing serious problems with their finances, relationships and mental health. May they find the support and strategies they need to recover all that was lost.
Amen.
Dear God,
Please help me to have a good time tonight
and please help me have a good night on the slots
I know you don't care about gambling, God
but I know you want me to be happy
so please, God, help me to have fun and get some good wins
and especially, God
please help me not to lose my shirt.
Thank you, God Amen!
Glorious Saint Cajetan, acclaimed by
all people to be the father of providence
because you provide miraculous aid to
all in need, I stand here before you today,
asking that you present to the Lord our God
the requests that I confidently deposit
in your hands today.
May these graces that I now request
help me to always seek the Kingdom
of God and his Righteousness,
knowing that God — who dresses with
beauty the flowers of the field and
abundantly feeds the birds of the
sky — will give me all other things. Amen.
Oh God, my life is being destroyed with my gambling addiction, and I am so caught up in it that I know I cannot stop on my own. Lord, You know how badly this has affected my home, my family and my finances and friends. I have lost everything and everyone
I care about and I am at my wits end. Lord, please help me to stop this destructive and evil habit and release me from its chains of bondage. Help me God. I can do nothing myself. I am impotent to help myself. You alone
Lord can help me, and I am relying on You. Please, please forgive me for the way that I have behaved. I realise that I have been making gambling the god in my life in place of You. Forgive me Lord.
Lord, I do trust You and I know that my sins were all forgiven at the cross, but I also know that for a long time I have been out of fellowship with You. I have behaved in ways that I should not have done. I have done
things that have grieved and hurt Your Holy Spirit. I know I have displeased and angered You in so many ways. Lord, I acknowledge my sins and realise that it is against You that I have sinned. I come to you in humble penitence
and pray that You would help me cut free from all the gambling cords that have entrapped me so tightly.
Lord, I want to be free of my gambling and turn my life around with Christ at the centre. I know that the responsibility to stay out of casinos and to refuse to participate in any form of gambling is my own responsibility,
nevertheless Lord, I ask for Your strength and Your help to keep this resolve firm and sure, day by day and moment by moment.
Thank You that You have promised that Your grace is sufficient, no matter what difficulty we find ourselves in, and Father, I trust that underneath me are Your everlasting arms to uphold and heal. Thank You in Jesus'
name,
Amen.
Dear Father God, I have sinned and become obsessed with gambling to the extent that it has become a terrible compulsion in my life, for which I am deeply ashamed and grieved in my spirit.
Lord, I know that there is nothing that commends me to You except that I come in the name of Jesus, and ask that in His name, I might be washed clean of this sin and made whiter than snow. Lord, I know that I cannot
do this on my own but only in His strength, only in the power of His Holy Spirit.
Lord, I believe that Jesus died for my sins and rose again so that the power of sin might be broken in my life. I confess that I have wandered far from You, but I also know that You are a God of compassion and mercy,
slow to anger and of great goodness, and I know that this life-style that has so enwrapped me is not Your will for my life. Help me Lord, to break free. In Jesus' name I pray,
Amen.