Daily Prayer

a prayer to forgive myself

Dear Lord,

It is so hard to forgive myself because I feel like I don't deserve it.

Help me to remember that you love me and have forgiven me.

Teach me to forgive myself and thrive in that forgiveness.

May I be free of the burden of my guilt and find peace in you.

I pray all these things in Jesus' name.

Amen.

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A Blessing for Earth Day

Let us bless

The imagination of the Earth

That knew the early patience

To harness the mind of time,

And how light knew to nurse

The growth until the face of the Earth

Brightened beneath a vision of color.

When the ages of ice came

And sealed the Earth inside

And endless coma of cold,

The heart of the Earth held hope,

Storing fragments of memory,

Ready for the return of the sun

The wonder of a garden

Trusting the first warmth of spring

Until its black infinity of cells

Becomes charged with dream;

Then the silent, slow nurture

Of the seed's self, coaxing it

To trust the act of death.

Let us remember

The beauty of changing seasons,

The passion of the wind,

The fluency of water,

The warmth of fire,

The quiver-torch of the sun,

And shadowed sureness of the moon.

Let us thank the Earth

And the One who created it

That offers ground for home

And hold our feet firm

Let us thank the One

Who gave us the Earth

To steward its beauty

To harness its gifts

So that all might flourish in it.

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help us to work together

Dear God,

Grant us the patience to work together, bring us all together as a family.

Help us to work together with understanding and compassion in our hearts.

Let us not be lazy or complacent as we join with each other in labor.

May we be steadfast in working toward our goals and objectives.

Grant us the grace we need to be loving teammates caring for each other.

Teach us ways to bear each other's burdens as we spread your love.

Amen.

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help me to hear you anew

God of silence and God of all sound,

Draw me closer and help me to listen.

Help me to do the deep listening to the sounds of my soul.

I long to hear your soft voice calling me deeper into you.

Give me attentive ears.

Help me to separate the noise from the sounds that are you.

Thank you for speaking to me throughout my whole life.

Today help me to hear you anew.

Amen.

- Author Unknown

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I look to You, Lord, to bring me through every trial I face today. Sometimes it hard to remember that trials are a part of a spiritual process designed to produce maturity, character, and integrity in my life. I confess that at times I wish You had some other way for me to grow. But I praise You, Lord, that along with the problems I face You graciously provide me with wisdom and strength to carry on. Have your way in my life, Father. Make me a child You can be proud of. I love You. Amen!

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praying about your identity in Christ

•“I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered Himself up for me.” (Galatians 2:20)

*I have forgiveness from the penalty of sin because Christ died for me. (Romans 5:8; 1 Corinthians 15:3)

*I have freedom from the power of sin because I died with Christ. (Colossians 2:11; 1 Peter 2:24)

*I have fulfillment for this day because Christ lives in me. (Philippians 1:20–21)

*By faith, I will allow Christ to manifest His life through me. (2 Corinthians 2:14)

In Jesus' Name

AMEM

Source: Kenneth Boa, Kenneth. Handbook to Prayer: Praying Scripture back to God. (1993)

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How long?

Do you ever feel like this deep down in your spirit?

How long, O LORD???

Do you ever pray and wonder if the LORD is listening? Does He hear?

Does He care about the anguish in your soul? The heartache? The pain?

One thing I have learned in my Christian walk is that He does listen and He does hear. He does care about our brokenness. Our deepest hurt. Our confusion.

Never give up. Never quit praying. Never stop crying out to God.

He loves us with an everlasting and incomprehensible love. A love we can trust. A love we can depend on.

We may not always be able to see that He is working, but we can know deep down into the depths of our being that He is.

Because His Word tells us this truth.

"In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me." (Psalm 120:1) CSB

Hang on to the promises of His Word. Hang on to His love.

And cry out to Jesus.

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a prayer for control freaks

I can relate to this prayer.

I am such a control freak.

Help me Lord to let go.

Help me to trust you.

Amen.

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prayer for grace in trials

Merciful Father,

Hear me for Jesus' sake.

I am sinful even when I am closest to you.

Your grace has given me faith in the cross

by which you have reconciled yourself to me

and me to you,

drawing me in by your powerful love,

seeing me as innocent in Christ

though I am guilty.

Giver of all graces,

I look to you alone for strength

for it is hard to practice what I believe.

Please disarm me from the things

in which I have trusted,

and give me no strength but strength in you.

I need your grace to sustain me when I fall

when the enemy's darts inflame me and the shield

I hold up to protect myself easily drops from my hand.

Let each trial teach me more of your peace,

more of your love.

Increase your grace by the work of the Holy Spirit

as I cannot preserve or improve them without

your constant work in my heart.

May I walk humbly in dependence upon you.

Amen

(adapted from "Grace in Trials, The Valley of Vision)

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a prayer for serving others

Dear God,

I need your wisdom, strength and grace to help me serve others.

Help me to know that every person deserves to be treated with respect.

Open my eyes to see the needs of those around me.

Give me a willing heart that I might intercede and help in any way I can.

To you belongs all glory and honor.

Amen.

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a prayer to be kind

Dear Lord,

Give me strength today to show kindness in all that I do.

Help me to open my arms to those that are different from me.

Bless me that I might extend my hand to those who may need it.

Help me to live in a way that all may see You in my kind words and actions.

Amen.

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We are ready to listen—For illumination

We are ready to listen—For illumination

We are ready to listen

Healing, sovereign God,

overmatch our resistant ears

with your transforming speech.

Penetrate our jadedness and fatigue.

Touch our yearnings by your words.

Through your out-loudness, draw us closer to you.

We are ready to listen.

Amen.

Source: Walter Brueggemann, Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth: Prayers of Walter Brueggemann. (2003)

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life as a prayer

Instead of merely saying a prayer..
perhaps our lives can be prayerful expressions to God.

Instead of merely giving a heavenly thanks..
perhaps our lives will be filled with thankfulness.

Instead of merely asking for divine forgiveness..
perhaps our lives can be lived from forgiving hearts.

Instead of merely singing songs of worship..
perhaps our lives will be transformed in living worship.

Instead of merely interceding for others..
perhaps our lives can be poured out in service to them.

Instead of merely petitioning God for grace..
perhaps our lives will be display glorious graciousness.

Instead of merely loving God in a prayer..
perhaps our lives can be rooted in love for God and others.

Instead of merely praying..
perhaps we will live life as a prayer.

Amen.

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