Father God,

I boldly approach your throne of grace. First asking for forgiveness for all of the sins I knowingly and unknowingly committed. Please cast them into the sea of forgetfulness, as far as the east is from the west.

I am ever so led to pray for the Olympic athletes from all over this world. Thank you God for such a gathering. A gathering where people from all nations join together on one accord for such an event. I imagine it’s what heaven will look like…all types of people from all over this world…WOW.

God I lay each and every athlete at your feet. Thank you for allowing them to compete. Thank you for giving them the talent and discipline to train an work hard to accomplish their goals. Thank you for blessing many of them on a world stage and allowing them the opportunity to give you all the praise.

When they go home God, life will be different. Many went there, accomplished their dream and are on cloud nine. But many more went there, tried to accomplish their dreams and didn’t. I pray a special prayer right now for them all. God I pray that you would guard their heart and their minds. Let the ones who will go home medal less know that they are still great. Fearfully and wonderfully made in your image. They are awesome and blessed to have even made it that far. I pry that you would give them new dreams and new visions. Even more purpose for their lives. When the enemy comes in their mind like a flood, I pray that you would lift a standard for them. Guide their lives God, please order their steps. Show them you have even more for their lives. God comfort them. Give them joy that happenings can’t touch. Show them in your own special way that you are still a great God and you love them with such a supernatural love. Lift their spirits and bowed down heads. Help them to continue to run on and see what the end will be. God I pray that your light shined so bright in the lives of your Olympic people that it will cause unbelievers to want to know you in a special way. God touch them like only you can.

God I pray for the ones who won medals. I don’t know if they have said thank you, but I want to thank you God on their behalf. Thank you for using them to reignite joy, pride, discipline and stamina to many of us watching. Thank you for giving them an opportunity of a lifetime. Thank you for their boldness to take you up on the offer. God, many need your guidance like never before. Endorsements will pour in and media scrutiny and comments and everything else under the sun and they need you even more now than they needed you before. They need you to show them which way to go, how to do it, how to make it, how to make wise decisions. They need you Lord. I pray that some atheists that stood on that podium accepting a medal got a glimpse and realized there is no way they could have achieved anything without your help. God if you had to use a medal to save someone’s soul – then so be it.

I thank you in advance for lives changed, just because of a sporting event. If you can use a dove and a donkey I know you can use an athletic event on the world’s stage to save somebody’s soul…you’re God and you can do that :0)

God I lift them all up to you. For all that they have poured out over these 17 days, I pray that you would restore them all the more. Thank you God for caring about the big things in our lives as well as the small ones. Thank you for being concerned about every intricate detail of the lives of your people. Thank you for their families who have stood by them and supported them all along the way. Thank you for their support teams. Thank you that you had people all around them to help them on this journey. God please bless those people in a special way.

God I thank you for hearing and answering this prayer. Thank you for covering the Olympic athletes and their families. In Jesus name. Amen.