Category: Prayer
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A Prayer
Dear God: Please release me of the negativity that has been hanging over my head for the last twenty-four hours. Please grant me lightness in acceptance, and grace in tolerance. Please guide my thoughts away from self-righteousness and towards places of humility and understanding. I know that without You showing me the way, I will…
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Gratitude
Thank You, Lord, for the deep yellowy, orangey, red of a Pennsylvania summer sunset. Thank You, Lord, for giving me eyes to see it and a heart that is drawn to gaze upon it. Thank You, Lord, for the soft, silky fur on my cat’s back. Thank You, Lord, for giving me hands to feel…
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I pray today…
I pray today… …for understanding listening ears welcoming hearts open minds… I pray today… …for compassion inviting arms loving hearts soft voices… I pray today… …for tolerance helpful words willing hearts humble souls… I pray today… …for hope imaginative dreams creative hearts fruitful lives… I pray today… …for faith seeking eyes trusting hearts true spirits……
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A Prayer
Please change the eyes of the world, dear Lord, to see as You see the glory and the joy and the lifting up in peace. Please change the ears of the world, dear Lord, to hear as You hear the beauty in the songs and the praising grace recalled. Please change the mind of the…
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Today I pray…
Today I pray… …for kind faces to cross my path… …for gentle hearts to care for us… …for happy souls to carry love… Today I pray… …for humbleness to ground my pride… …for wisdom’s grace to guide my path… …for faithfulness to calm my fear… Today I pray… …for God’s sweet touch to change my…
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Today, I pray…
Today, I pray for wisdom to guide my steps away from troubles toward paths that lead to inner peace. Today, I pray for tolerance that relieves my mind of judgment and opens my heart to love. Today, I pray for selflessness to look beyond my own petty wants and toward the needs of another. Today,…
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Thank You, God
Thank You, God, for warming the heart of my forgotten, lost, and thrown-away me. Thank You for giving her the voice from the darkness validating her humanity. Thank You, God, for healing and light and hope beyond measure. Thank You for giving me the gracefulness to accept and the memory to treasure.
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Help me, today, God…
Help me to be, throughout this day, as You would have me be. Help me to recognize the beauty in this world. Help me to recognize the You in its people. Help me to appreciate the air that I breathe. Help me to appreciate the gift of its nearness. Help me to understand the wisdom…
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Thank You God
Thank You for a quiet springtime evening walk for the bird songs that soothed me along the way for the bunny that watched me cautiously for the squirrel whose fright jolted me out of the noise of my mind. Thank You for the others who sat with me in a circle who understand more than…
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The Amazing Grace
Thank You! Thank You for being there. Thank You for hearing me. Thank You for sending friends. Thank You for opening my mind, my heart, my soul. Thank You for blessing me with courage with dignity with grace. Why am I still amazed when You show up and change my heart and move my mind…