Category: Prayer
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Change My Heart, Dear Lord
Bless me, dear Lord, as I walk through this day with Your heart of mercy and grace. Only in Your Light will I find peace. Only in expressing Your Love will I know joy. Transform the heart in me so it may know only You. Amen.
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Your Amazing Grace
Dear God: For so long, I was lost because of my own self-degradation. I thought that because of my addictions and the plethora of sinful behaviors that those addictions talked me into, I was not – and could never be – worthy of Your Amazing Grace. What I know today – and what I wish…
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Ode to Micah 6:8
When will we learn – I mean really learn who we are? As I read the fragile pages of our journey with You, I wonder if it’s even possible. For how many thousands of years have we relied on ourselves instead of You? My soul fills with shame as the stories of yesteryear ring still…
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Lean In To Me
Where are You leading me? Pry open my eyes! What are You telling me? Blow trumpets into my ears! I am looking and I cannot see. I am listening and I do not hear. Lean in to me and fill my whole being with Your Spirit. Release my mind from the hubris that insists: “I’ll…
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Today, I Pray
Today, I pray to let go of the angst that sharpens my words, so that I may bring softness to hard conversations. Today, I pray to be confident in Your wisdom that faithfully guides my steps, so that I may bring clarity to confusing situations. Today, I pray to give generously the Love that flows…
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Prayer for Humility
Dear God: Today when I’m wrong, which You and I both know will happen, grant me the humility to admit my error. Release me from the prideful ego that stands between me and the truth in all situations, conversations, and experiences throughout this day. Bless me with the willingness to recognize my humanness and to…
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Lead Me, Dear Lord
Lead me, dear Lord, to those who lead well. Grant me the wisdom to know them when I see them, to listen to them when I hear them, and to support them in their faith walk. Most of all, dear Lord, Remind me always that the leaders of this world are merely humans, helping to…
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A Welcoming Chorus of Life
Every morning the birds sing. It matters not to me why, it matters only that they are there, belting out a welcoming chorus of life, even before the darkness of night has lifted. Today I pray that I may be for another as the birds are for me every morning.
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A Prayer for Focus
I pray today to hear Your voice when the birds sing, to feel Your breath when the winds blow, and to see only You when all others cross my path. Remove from me all that blocks me from receiving You in all things. Amen.
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Unwavering*
When I remember the time I turned my back to You, my heart cries – it literally sheds aching tears of desolation – despondency – despair, until I remember all the times You have welcomed me back to You, then my heart sings – it literally belts out joyous notes of redemption – recovery –…