Category: Prayer
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A Prayer for Theosis
Dear Ones… friendsfoesfamily and all the fellowsI’ve yet to meet… my prayer today a simple one a Truth I hope to be that when we meet again – or at first and then forever – my Lord is all you’ll see. Amen.
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Prayer for Humility
May my mouth speak nothingbut for Your gloryMay my mind know nothingbut for Your purposeMay my eyes see nothingbut for Your wayMay my heart feel nothingbut for Your loveMay my ears hear nothingbut for Your truthMay my soul breathe nothingbut for Your life. May my I– the I thatYou arein me –refuse to existin any…
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As I Awaken, I Pray
Oh Lord, my God the one who saved me from my self,slay also now the subtle ones that reign within—fear masked as prudencejudgment masked as righteousnessself-doubt masked as humility.These foes know me far too intimately.They lay in wait on the path You have laid before mewith lies buried as deepasthe roots of a sturdy oak…
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A Prayer for My Heart
Dear God: I pray today to be released from that terrible place within me that so desperately needs to grasp You with my mind so that I can be right and wield my right over others who I think are wrong. Please bless me with sensing You in my heart, while providing also a peaceful…
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Pray Without Ceasing
“…pray without ceasing.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:17When I was a child, I was taught how to pray by my parents; and honed the “craft” every night before bed with my mom at my side. My dad was a minister, so church attendance and participation were part of life, praying before meals was expected, and praying…
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Prayer for All I Will Ever Need
Dear God:Bless me with the courage to turn my face toward You today. I believe that when I look into Your eyes, I will know everything I will ever need to know.Amen.
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A Prayer for One Year After My Baptism
Dear God: Oh, how I am still so much like Simon Peter – the one who insisted on his way, the one who barreled through things without thinking, the one who denied You – and also the one who carried Your message with others, disagreeable and judgmental at times, and also, compassionate and so much…
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How Great Thou Art in Me
The pestilence the pain the oppression the wrath – I alone, deserve it all but in Your name, none at all! How GREAT a fact it is Your life, Divine, now lives in me.
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Psalm of My Heart
You have guided me here, God to this day… Your amazing grace and mercy have sustained me all along the way – with patience in the waiting and faith in barren days. Your wisdom and truth have set me free – with willingness to search my depths and honest eyes to finally see.Oh, how I…
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Prayer for His Righteousness
Dear God,How is it that my heart can be so filled with You that it is overflowing, and still, I find myself behaving badly? How is it that You quench my spirit with the fruits of following Your Son, and still I watch myself hurting my fellows with words of frustration, resistance, and pride? How…