Category: Prayer
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Rescue Me
Where does it go – the desire of my whole soul to be with You? How do I get through the day – the day that leaves me empty and lost without You? Why must I suffer – feeling nothing and feeling everything apart from You? Renew my desire, O God! Release me from this…
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If Not Now, When?*
While seeking, I learn the value of listening; while listening, I accept the value of waiting; while waiting, I fall hopelessly into the comfortable resting places of familiar security and habitual reliance… …until waiting becomes simply being stuck in the bog of my human wants and faithless fears. Draw me out, dear One, from this…
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Prayer of Gratitude
Dear God: I thank You for Your redirection, Your correction, Your discipline of Love. However would I have gotten to this beautiful life I am living without suffering all the losses of the sordid places I have been? Oh dear Lord, how very grateful I am! Amen
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Prayer for Release from Distraction
Dear God: Release me today from the distractions of this world. Keep my eyes focused only on the You in everything and everyone. For, I know You are there – in everything and in everyone. But, this hardened shell of distraction that surrounds it all has been blocking my view of You. Shatter that shell…
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Only What Is Helpful*
As I go forth from here I pray, fill my heart and my mind and my soul only with that which is helpful! Helpful to heal the division of the world. Helpful to relieve the selfishness of my heart. Helpful to lift the darkness of another. Remind me, Lord, throughout the day today, that this…
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My Prayer Today is a Simple One
Dear God: My prayer today is a simple one – whatever is in me that is of You, please highlight that in all the encounters of this day; and, in everything that appears on my path today, show me the You within it all. I need to feel the You in me, to see You…
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My Song of Praise
In the midst of chaos, You still my heart. In the clouds of confusion, You brighten my way. In the presence of evil, You shelter my soul. Where else shall I ever turn? You are the One Who holds my hand. You are the One Who opens my eyes. You are the One Who makes…
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My Prayer for Today
Dear God: I pray at this moment that You will empty out the resentments and fears of my heart, so that the peace of Your Spirit can stream in through bruised places, worried spaces, and the hurting base of my soul. I pray that you will fill me instead with the Love that only You…
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While I Wait
Here is where I rest, in my trust in You; peacefully I slumber, when my faith lies strong within. The tossing, the turning, and the kicking and screaming offer nothing but fear and doubt and waste. Guide me back, dear Lord, to my trust in You, to the strong faith within. Guide me back, dear…
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My Prayer, My Plea
Dear God: I am weary, and I need Your strength. I am scared, and I ask Your protection. I am unsure, and I plea for the confidence of Your Word. What is happening around me, near me, within me, is taking my breath away, and not in a good way. There is so much hate,…