Category: Prayer
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A Prayer
There is not enough time to do everything I have to do. There is too much noise to rest properly. There is no one who understands the struggles I face each day. Make time for me, God, I pray. Bring silence to me, God, I pray. Offer encouragement to me, God, I pray. Not enough…
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Ode to Psalm 139
Thank You, God, for creating me, for weaving me together, for offering me to this world, and this world to me. Thank You for guiding me and staying with me – right by my side – even when I reject Your guidance. How You know me so well, all my words before I say them,…
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The Distraction
Remove it from me, oh please, this need for distraction for running and panting and pushing away from the real me. Remove it from me, oh please, this call to confusion to worrying and doubting and analyzing away from the real you. Remove it from me, oh please, this state of disorder in worldliness and…
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Grant Me Clarity
God, grant me clarity of heart, mind and body – in all that I feel, think and experience, allow me the clearness of mind to receive Your word, the openness of heart to accept Your way, and the willingness within to carry out Your will. I trust You, God, to pave the path before me…
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Prayer for My Spouse*
Dear God: Make me a helper, suitable for Dave. Show me where Dave needs me. Guide me to the places in Dave’s heart that need love. Adorn me with Your grace so that I can be Your face for Dave. Give me all that I need to love Dave as he is in every moment…
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A Request
Dear God: I ask that you remove it all – all of it that blocks me from you. I ask this of you, God, because only you know what it all is. I am truly clueless when it comes to recognizing these things that keep me from feeling your love in my heart and your…
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I Pray Today…
Dear God: The hustle, the bustle, and the gift-giving tussles of this time of year are so very distracting. I pray today for an infusion of your peace your calm and your clarity. Bless me with eyes that see the path ears that hear the need and a heart filled with your love. And through…
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A Prayer For My Friend
Weary, my eyes and my heart, heavy with fatigue and grief… Weary, my body and my soul, devastated with solitude and loss… Take this weariness, O Lord, and replace it with rest, rest for me, dear Lord and rest for my beloved.
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I Am
I am a child of God I am a sister of my Savior I am a home of Spirit’s dwelling I am held I am ready I am becoming
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Glorify Me
I ask today, God, to feel Your glory in my heart, to know Your purpose in my gut, and to follow Your wisdom out of the monkey-maze of my mind. Bless me, God, within those places of my heart, my gut, and my mind that cannot endure without Your sanctuary, cannot follow without Your gentle…