Category: Prayer
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Prayer in Times of Spiritual Poverty
Dear God: Help me to feel. Help me to see. Help me to hear. Help me to know Your presence all throughout this day. Right now, in this moment of the dark, early morning, I feel nothing; I see only clouds; I hear only silence; I am alone. Where are You, God? Why have You…
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Where Have I Been Blind?
Like Saul, I am a pancake of self-righteousness flattened on the ground before You. I cannot lift myself from the dirt, for I cannot see. I cannot crawl to Your voice, for I cannot hear. I cannot beg for Your mercy, for I cannot speak. My heart is crumbling into dust. My mind aches in…
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Seek Me, Lord
Seek me, Lord, in my selfishness – in the self-pity that keeps me from self-care, in the self-righteousness that keeps me from kindness, in the self-centeredness that keeps me from compassion, in the self-flagellation that keeps me from Your mercy, in the self-defeating behaviors that keep me from Your grace. Seek me, Lord, in the…
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Prayer for Those Who Doubt
Dear God: I pray – and yet, I still doubt. I believe in You and Your power, which is why I pray – and yet, I still doubt. Even now, as I write these words to You – I still doubt. I know You are listening, and I know You know all the thoughts and…
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This Morning’s Prayer
Dear God: As this day draws near as the sun rises behind clouds bursting with rain as the birdsongs awaken our hearts anew – remind us of Your sovereignty, and more importantly, of your grace – because it is only there that we are fulfilled it is only there that we are at peace. This…
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A Psalm of the 21st Century
My dear God, what is Truth? For two thousand years I have yearned to know. I have longed for Your Light to shine its brightness onto this world – yet it is still so dark, so very dark. My heart knows You are there – somehow it has always known, but my eyes struggle to…
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Take It!
Dear God: Please remove my doubt. That which stands between me and You – that which blocks the dreams You have given me to dream from coming true. Please remove the lie that deludes me into believing my unworthiness, my wretchedness, my pridefulness – all these things making up my doubt serving only to shut…
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For Protection From Deceit
Dear God: Please remove from me all fear, doubt and uncertainty so that I might stand firm in the face of my enemies. Bless me with Your wisdom to recognize the barriers laid before me by the deceitfulness of this world; and grant me Your strength and courage to remain centered in the Truth –…
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My Red Flag*
Sometimes I can hear it vaguely flapping in the breeze behind me. At other times, its presence goes completely unnoticed and unfelt until it stops me dead in my tracks with the red flashing lights of a railroad crossing: “A Train Is Coming!” That’s when I know my trust has shifted – or strayed away…
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Be My Shield
Dear God: I pray today to be secure in Your Truth. I ask that You fill me with confidence from Your Spirit, so that I may trust only in You. Bless me with wise discernment as words and images bombard my senses throughout this day. Be my shield so that I may see, hear, and…